Realm versus Realm
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Realm versus Realm is a type of Player versus Player
gameplay in Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
(MMORPG) where the player base is divided over multiple preset realms that fight each other over game assets. This differs from normal Player versus Player combat in that Realm versus Realm usually depicts a game that is centralized around this combat, as opposed to a game where sporadic Player versus Player combat occurs. In this context, "realm" generally means a geographic territory or political affiliation.
This concept is also referred to as Group versus Group, Race versus Race, Nation versus Nation, or Faction versus Faction depending on the specific implementation in the game under discussion. Contrast with "Guild versus Guild" games (or GvG, in an alternate usage from Group versus Group), such as Shadowbane or Age of Conan, in which players organize themselves into factions of their own creation and design rather than realms which are prebuilt by the game developers.
introduced a new team-based form of PvP combat with the release of Dark Age of Camelot
and called it Realm versus Realm. In RvR, players of each realm team up to fight against players from the opposing realms in team-based combat. This can include normal skirmishes between rival groups that is common in other PvP systems, but also consists of objective-based battles such as taking and holding keeps or capturing enemy relics.
Many other MMORPGs include RvR elements without classifying themselves as a RvR game. Such titles include:
Player versus player
Player versus player, or PvP, is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between two or more live participants. This is in contrast to games where players compete against computer controlled opponents, which is correspondingly referred to as player versus environment...
gameplay in Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
(MMORPG) where the player base is divided over multiple preset realms that fight each other over game assets. This differs from normal Player versus Player combat in that Realm versus Realm usually depicts a game that is centralized around this combat, as opposed to a game where sporadic Player versus Player combat occurs. In this context, "realm" generally means a geographic territory or political affiliation.
This concept is also referred to as Group versus Group, Race versus Race, Nation versus Nation, or Faction versus Faction depending on the specific implementation in the game under discussion. Contrast with "Guild versus Guild" games (or GvG, in an alternate usage from Group versus Group), such as Shadowbane or Age of Conan, in which players organize themselves into factions of their own creation and design rather than realms which are prebuilt by the game developers.
Origin
In 2001, Mythic EntertainmentMythic Entertainment
BioWare Mythic is a computer game developer in Fairfax, Virginia which is most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot...
introduced a new team-based form of PvP combat with the release of Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG, released on October 10 2001 in North America and in Europe shortly after through it's partner GOA. It is still running today recently celebrating its 10th anniversary....
and called it Realm versus Realm. In RvR, players of each realm team up to fight against players from the opposing realms in team-based combat. This can include normal skirmishes between rival groups that is common in other PvP systems, but also consists of objective-based battles such as taking and holding keeps or capturing enemy relics.
Other games
Mythic's newest MMORPG, Warhammer Online, is also an RvR game. It features the conflict between the realm of Order and the realm of Destruction as a core gameplay aspect.Many other MMORPGs include RvR elements without classifying themselves as a RvR game. Such titles include:
- Anarchy OnlineAnarchy OnlineAnarchy Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game published and developed by Funcom. Released in the summer of 2001, the game was first in the genre to include a science-fiction setting, dynamic quests, free trials, and in-game advertising. The most ground breaking feature in...
- Three groups of characters that fight in designated PvP areas.
- EVE OnlineEVE OnlineEve Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven, persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting. Characters pilot customizable ships through a galaxy of over 7,500 star systems. Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates...
- EVE Online
- Factions fight over specific regions.
- The different player created alliances fighting for control of regions of low security space also resembles RvR.
- Final Fantasy XIFinal Fantasy XI, also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a MMORPG developed and published by Square as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was released in Japan on Sony's PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002, and was released for Microsoft's Windows-based personal computers in November 2002...
- Final Fantasy XI
- Players of different nations can fight in Ballista battles.
- Jumpgate EvolutionJumpgate EvolutionJumpgate Evolution, commonly abbreviated as JGE, is an unreleased massively multiplayer online game having been in development by NetDevil intended to be published by Codemasters...
- Jumpgate Evolution
- Three nations fight for control of certain sectors.
- Legend of Edda
- Players choose between the Olympus and Titan gods and fight for crystals in Sacred Wars.
- Lineage
- Players organize into bloodpledges that fight over control of castles.
- Pirates of the Burning SeaPirates of the Burning SeaPirates of the Burning Sea is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Flying Lab Software...
- Pirates of the Burning Sea
- The three nations and the pirates fight over the control of certain ports.
- Regnum OnlineRegnum OnlineRegnum Online is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NGD Studios, a game development studio located in Argentina. This game is also known as "Realms Online" in America...
- Regnum Online
- Three Realms fight against each other in war zone invading Forts and Castles.
- Shattered GalaxyShattered GalaxyShattered Galaxy is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy that was released in 2001 by Nexon Inc., now known as KRU Interactive, after an extensive open beta period. In Usa itt was published by TriSynergy. It combines the attributes of a massive multiplayer online role-playing game...
- Shattered Galaxy
- Three factions fight over the control of all battlegrounds.
- PlanetSidePlanetSidePlanetSide is a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter computer game published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on May 20, 2003....
- PlanetSide
- Three factions, The Terran Republic, The Vanu Sovereignty, and The New Conglomerate fight in islands for control over bases that lock and give bonuses to the side that owns them. Planetside is a First Person Shooter FPS style MMO that creates three-way battles royal with everything from tanks, to planes to stealth units.
- Star Trek OnlineStar Trek OnlineStar Trek Online, often abbreviated as STO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Cryptic Studios based on the popular Star Trek series created by Gene Roddenberry. The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis...
- Star Trek Online
- The Federation and the Klingon Empire battle over star systems.
- Silkroad Online 2
- The sequel to Silkroad Online will be based around an RvR system.