Play a character, or as they say "roleplaying“, Adds that extra bit of challenge and charm to the games. It will also be for this reason that the world of RPGs table and gods LARP little by little it becomes more and more within everyone's reach, so much so that we always see new intriguing projects being born. But would you ever have expected one day to see someone rolling through a title like Among Us? Apparently there are those who succeed.
Among Us is a multiplayer video game that has risen to prominence in the last period for its immediacy and replayability: a lupus in space and videogame tabula with minimal and stylized graphics that attracts millions of players every day, and all free or almost. The game works like this: in a group of astronauts, a couple attempt to sabotage a spaceship trip with disruptive actions; the saboteurs they must not get caught and must kill the rest of thecrew, while the other players attempt to discover the traitors and in the meantime try to repair the vehicle.
In a report on GameSpot it emerges that there are more and more players trying to play the characters during Among Us matches. But how is it possible that such a game can be exploited in a role-playing way?
Streamers DisguisedToast e LilyPichu they played Among Us so much they wanted mix the cards on the table a little. They therefore thought of really impersonating characters during gameplay, creating their own adventurous and mysterious version of the game, all thanks to a good dose of fantasy and improvisation during gameplay. We report in a literal way a passage of the gaming experience of the two streamers as well as the GameSpot transcribes it, in order not to lose thenarrative aura created by the report author.
Ludwig Ahren and Jeremy Wang were bodyguards. They were attached to their head like glue, making sure nothing escaped their attention. The Polus Outpost is a dangerous place and you never know what to expect from a lava-coated planet.
“The Don is on the move, heading south right now,” Ahren said as they left an emergency meeting. Their leader disappeared seconds later. They hurried to look for her. "Oh ... uh ... we have an emergency here."
He and Wang searched far and wide for the missing Don; they checked the communications, oxygen, office, and other outpost buildings. They had no luck. "Where's the Don?" Ahren screamed as she scanned the footage from the outpost's camera. "Just give me a sign of life!".
The mysterious disappearance was too much for Ahren, who rushed to the infirmary, only to find that the Don - the person she was supposed to protect - was dead. Ahren's voice choked in her throat as he screamed in anguish.
This is just one example of the kind of scenes some players recreate with Among Us. Between nonsense dramas and scenes, both streamers and their viewers thus create amore intriguing and participatory experience.
Rolling makes winning less important.
Ludwig Ahrem, streamerOf course, one would expect to see things like this with games that, in theory, lend themselves more to this type of initiative, such as RPGs such as Skyrim or Baldur's Gate (and trust me that happens, you can find games in roleplay). Among Us would attract this trend perhaps due to a combination of factors: great popularity, gameplay that in itself already includes mystery and investigation, and such a simplicity to be comfortably malleable in the hands of histrionic streamers who want to give a little show to their followers.
Another second GameSpot reason why players would be pushed to roll with Among Us is the actual absence of a real game lore: in this way it is the same players through their countless reiterated games who decide to make themselves active part of an otherwise non-existent narrative.
The fact that Among Us is so bare gives us so much creative freedom.
An Among Us RPG in response to GameSpotGameSpot has also found players in public matches behave by playing a role, with no live streaming involved. Among those who pretend to be a soldier on a military base and who instead impersonates historical figures such as Joseph Stalin, they are found in all sauces. Personally it happened to me to play a game where a couple of players posing as Dunder Mifflin employees, the fictional company of the TV series The Office.
And that's not all, there seem to be gods too server at Discord which are organized precisely to create private games in which players role-play. One of these was examined by GameSpot, and is called Time Loop. The project behind this Discord server attempts to recreate a match between subjects trapped in a time loop. The role-playing game in this way "resets" each new game, allowing players to interpret their characters differently because their memory would have been erased.
My character was originally a very happy and lucky guy who was on the ship simply because it was his job. Time Loop helps me to become more familiar with my character, and to change him over time. He is now more down to earth and a little more cautious with others.
Gato, a role player on Among Us's Time Loop projectIn short, Among Us never ceases to amaze: from indie game to candidato ai The Game Awards 2020 to object of role-playing performances of the players. The title is currently only available via PC and smartphone, but the developers, given the unexpected popularity, have a long support in store and who knows that it will also arrive on other platforms.
