I voted No, but am closer to Maybe, which wasn't an option.
I would play a robot if robots in this fictional universe had free will. (It's sort of implied by allowing the player to choose this as a playable race). But there needs to be some sort of consistency in the fiction. I wouldn't want to play a robot who's only function in life was "Identify life form. Classification: Orc-equivalent. Action: Smack until dead." I also don't want to play a pure evil creature like a Dalek. So, me playing a robotic character would depend entirely on the context.
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
I voted No, but am closer to Maybe, which wasn't an option.
I would play a robot if robots in this fictional universe had free will. (It's sort of implied by allowing the player to choose this as a playable race). But there needs to be some sort of consistency in the fiction. I wouldn't want to play a robot who's only function in life was "Identify life form. Classification: Orc-equivalent. Action: Smack until dead." I also don't want to play a pure evil creature like a Dalek. So, me playing a robotic character would depend entirely on the context.
So you mean they would have to be sentient?... in the lore.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what
it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience
because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in
the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you
playing an MMORPG?"
The only case in which I'd play a robot is if it interacted as a person with NPCs, whether they were other robots or humanoids. For example I'd play a transformer or the type of mecha or starship which has its own personality and can choose what pilot it wants to work with. Ideally it would be a race of silicon-based organisms which reproduced sexually on their own and were not created by humans. I don't want to roleplay as something asexual or lacking in individuality or emotions. (Totally no offence meant to asexuals though. It's just doesn't fulfill my wish-fulfillment quota.)
I want to help design and develop a PvE-focused, solo-friendly, sandpark MMO which combines crafting, monster hunting, and story. So PM me if you are starting one.
Comments
I would play a robot if robots in this fictional universe had free will. (It's sort of implied by allowing the player to choose this as a playable race). But there needs to be some sort of consistency in the fiction. I wouldn't want to play a robot who's only function in life was "Identify life form. Classification: Orc-equivalent. Action: Smack until dead." I also don't want to play a pure evil creature like a Dalek. So, me playing a robotic character would depend entirely on the context.
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
Wildstar I played one of these an engineer.
Epic Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1
Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"