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(Off-topic) What is a "CRPG"? 04/20/2020, 12:19:35

The Elf writes: I always thought CRPG was the proper name for a computer RPG (remember the controversy over that, about 20 years ago in this very website?)as opposed to plain RPG, which was specific to the pen-and-pencil game so popular then. (And is still popular, eh Peter2?) But I see games listed in Steam as being CRPG, which seems like it would be ANY RPG listed therein. If "JRPG" means Japanese, does "CRPG" perhaps mean Chinese? Czech? Croatian? I haven't seen the term used in "PC Gamer", to which I subscribe. Inquiring minds want to know! Thank you.

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I always thought it meant "computer RPG"... - Ramillies ( Mon 20-Apr-20 12:47:03 ) +1 Ramillies, you da man! - The Elf ( Tue 21-Apr-20 13:05:45 ) +1 Hehe, I'm glad to have made it to your party . - Ramillies ( Wed 29-Apr-20 10:45:00 ) +2 (And imagine that I have been banned from this board for using that Latin word...) - Ramillies ( Wed 29-Apr-20 10:47:45 ) +1 I got banned years ago for using . . . - Peter2 ( Thu 30-Apr-20 05:52:22 ) +1 Well, I understand it. It's of course not possible to guess what the human at the keyboard meant. - Ramillies ( Thu 30-Apr-20 09:36:18 ) +1 Totally agree. Not all consequences of an action are intended. - Peter2 ( Thu 30-Apr-20 12:53:05 ) +2 Uh, kind of like sheltering in place while the economy tanks? - The Elf ( Thu 30-Apr-20 13:05:32 ) One could even say that most of the consequences of an action are unintended . (n/t) - Ramillies ( Fri 01-May-20 10:22:22 ) Update on TELP party - The Elf ( Thu 30-Apr-20 13:02:21 ) If you type "CRPG" into Google, the first hit is . . . - Peter2 ( Mon 20-Apr-20 17:21:02 ) +1 Sci-Fi and CRPG's - The Elf ( Tue 21-Apr-20 12:58:12 )