A
Role Playing Game for the computer or the
Video Game Consoles in which
the
protagonist, (or rather, the Player Character) has a lot of ground to
explore. You are given a goal, with few if any clues on how to achieve that
objective, and in fact there is stuff to do on the side, other than that
objective.
That is, the storyline does not progress in such a manner that:
- You cannot go back to previous areas.
- All of the choices you can make are obvious
- The destiny of the characters is not pre-determined no matter what the
characters do, short of dying.
Good examples of Free Exploration RPG's include:
The Legend of Zelda
Baldur's Gate
Saga Frontier
Fallout one and two
The Elder Scrolls (by Bethesda Softworks