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Originally Posted by MarchoftheBlackLions
Remember that pretty much everything in this game is based on role-playing.
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I played a little bit and this is pretty much it. You wouldn't know it, but there are NO NPC's in this game. Walking around I saw people standing and walking around like guards and stuff. I looked at my objectives and I saw I get EXP and credits for doing things like "Patrol (insert place) for X in-game minutes" or "Scout (insert place) X amount of times"... which I assume means to just walk through it and watch over the place for enemies. I guess I was playing as the policing faction.
But to an extent the "quests"/objectives in this game facilitate role-playing or at least doing your job in the universe.
I was patroling around New York City and I saw some guy kill another guy (perhaps to be a jerk or to complete his own objectives). I didn't really have a great weapon or a lot of ammo, nor was I entirely sure how the people in the game world feel about me killing someone, so I just decided to follow him around for a little bit. Eventually he met up with a friend and I approached them. I didn't say anything, but they both looked at me and the murderer said "What the **** are you lookin' at?" I just ran off and decided to follow them around a little more before giving up on it, but that whole scenario just seemed so thrilling to me. If I were better, I could've probably tried to stun and arrest him, but still... if everyone role plays and does their part, this could be a VERY interesting game. All of the ingredients are there, it's just up to the players to make the most of it.
The game is third person shooting and you don't see peoples names unless you get up close enough to really have the crosshairs on them, so sneaking around following people is a perfectly legitimate (and kind of fun) tactic. It's pretty easy to hide behind stuff and not have anyone see you.
Not to mention, if you crank the volume a little and really get into it, the game has some incredible futuristic atmosphere. It's kind of like how I felt with Anarchy Online back in the day, before they reworked the starting areas and the expansions kind of messed with the formula.