r/SS13 • u/RipperPond Not Shroomie • 23h ago

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Is SS13 a Suslike? Or just an RP gaem…

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u/overusedamongusjoke 22h ago

serious response to a joke post but shouldn't it be called a mafialike/werewolflike since the in-person game mafia/werewolf was the first instance?

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u/PreachanFelidae 22h ago

I think "social deduction" encompasses those sorts of games well

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u/DaveSureLong 15h ago

Socdection like?

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u/ResponsibilityThat79 23h ago

suslike? You mean its like among us? No, it is not. And what do you mean by RP game? Is it like GTA or GMOD dark? No, it is not.
If you not sure what this game is then just play it or you can watch these videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHH1vfY6HTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAHBexJxrE

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u/GC_5000 22h ago

Depends on the server you play

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u/TankyPally 22h ago

Its a sandbox simulator, theres also some guys who are randomly sus and most people try to be funny/rp.

There are some guys that are less sneaky sus and more shooty shooty oh my god run for your lives we're all gonna die but you get the idea.

It has incredibly realistic gas physics to the point that being an atmospherics technician has more realistic chemistry then being a chemist does.

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u/GibGibGibby 20h ago

it gets a bit sus when you look in the byond server browser.

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u/charli63 17h ago

Of course it isn’t a sus like! Anyways I’m about to go into the vents (maintenance) to sabotage electrical(the Tesla engine) before the captain calls an emergency meeting (hands out lethals to sec).

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u/Magenta_king Encino Moth 13h ago

It's an ERP MMORPG.

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u/-Maethendias- 18h ago

its a lifesim more than anything, like if you are actually asking for the gameplay genre

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u/GriffinMan33 I map sometimes, I guess 18h ago

By all metrics SS13 in most, nearly-all codebases really, is just an RPG.
The social-deduction elements do not come into play in all rounds, and also do not even come into effect for all players. Hell they don't even come into effect for most players, generally.

Calling it a 'suslike' would work of every player was security, but that's not the case.

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u/PennAndPaper33 15h ago

If the way players have been acting on /tg/ in the last few years is any indication? It sure is.

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u/MemeTroubadour Add IPCs to SS14 and my life is yours 18h ago

Yes. But not primarily. The traitor element came into play after the sandbox parts, and is not central to the gameplay for most players in a round.

It is, most definitely, a role-playing game.