Difference between revisions of "Main Quests"
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| − | [[Main Quests]] have most common in [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] but not so in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop]] due to the often open-ended narratives. Likewise, overarching quests may be present as story-telling devices in [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games]] and large scale [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|LARPS]] but can often not be completed or do not have rewards on a gameplay level. | + | [[Main Quests]] have most common in [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] but not so in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop]] due to the often open-ended narratives. Likewise, overarching quests may be present as story-telling devices in [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games]] and large scale [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|LARPS]] but can often not be completed or do not have rewards on a gameplay level. Examples of [[Main Quests]] include saving the world of Tamriel in [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]] by stop ''oblivion portals'' from opening<ref name="oblivion"/>, saving or diverting the intentions of ''project purity'' in [[Fallout 3]]<ref name="fallout3"/>, affect the outcome of the struggle between the mages and the templars in [[Dragon Age II]]<ref name="da2"/>, and choosing the path of non-humans, knights, or declaring neutrality in the [[Witcher]]<ref name="witcher"/>. |
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| − | Examples of [[Main Quests]] include saving the world of Tamriel in [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]] by stop ''oblivion portals'' from opening<ref name="oblivion"/>, saving or diverting the intentions of ''project purity'' in [[Fallout 3]]<ref name="fallout3"/>, affect the outcome of the struggle between the mages and the templars in [[Dragon Age II]]<ref name="da2"/>, and choosing the path of non-humans, knights, or declaring neutrality in the [[Witcher]]<ref name="witcher"/>. | + | |
== Using the pattern == | == Using the pattern == | ||
| − | Note that although completing the [[Main Quests]] | + | Note that although completing the [[Main Quests]] may end games (as it does for example in the [[Fallout series]] with the exception of [[Fallout 3]] with the ''Broken Steel'' [[Expansions|Expasion]]). |
=== Diegetic Aspects === | === Diegetic Aspects === | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 21 June 2011
Quests whose completion provides the main winning condition of games.
Main Quests are the ones that provide overarching goals for players in games structured around the fulfillment of quests. They are often tied to storylines in the games and provide a framework for smaller quests.
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Examples
Main Quests have most common in Computer-based Roleplaying Games but not so in Tabletop due to the often open-ended narratives. Likewise, overarching quests may be present as story-telling devices in Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games and large scale LARPS but can often not be completed or do not have rewards on a gameplay level. Examples of Main Quests include saving the world of Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion by stop oblivion portals from opening[1], saving or diverting the intentions of project purity in Fallout 3[2], affect the outcome of the struggle between the mages and the templars in Dragon Age II[3], and choosing the path of non-humans, knights, or declaring neutrality in the Witcher[4].
Using the pattern
Note that although completing the Main Quests may end games (as it does for example in the Fallout series with the exception of Fallout 3 with the Broken Steel Expasion).
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narrative Aspects
Consequences
Relations
Can Instantiate
Anticipation, Predetermined Story Structures, Quests
Can Modulate
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Can Be Instantiated By
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Can Be Modulated By
Hierarchy of Goals, Sidequests
Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
Massively Online Multiplayer Games, Unwinnable Games
History
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