Sigourn
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"Games don't age", say some people.
After having played some of the earliest cRPGs ever made, I can tell you: that is bullshit. Games do age. They age by virtue of better games being released with time. Being the only cRPG in existence is not the same as being one among thousands of cRPGs, which offer different experiences, probably better and more fun ones.
Temple of Apshai wasn't fun for me. Ultima 1 wasn't fun. Akalabeth wasn't fun either. Hellfire Warrior was a chore. Wilderness Campaign was interesting, but not exactly what I would look forward to playing after returning home from college.
I managed to find one "gem" amongst all the rubble: Eamon. One game that truly stood the test of time, because it asks you to play with your imagination. All of it. Unlike Temple of Apshai's "in this room you see yadda yadda yadda", only for the rooms to look all alike, Eamon is pure text, so you have no trouble believing you are truly in a cavern or in a smith's workshop. It is a game that is perfectly playable today, if only because it is possible to have genuine fun with it.
With that in mind: which old school cRPGs are fun today? Which ones do you still play? Why do you still play them? I'm not asking you to tell me what would be fun for me, I just want to see what's fun to you.
After having played some of the earliest cRPGs ever made, I can tell you: that is bullshit. Games do age. They age by virtue of better games being released with time. Being the only cRPG in existence is not the same as being one among thousands of cRPGs, which offer different experiences, probably better and more fun ones.
Temple of Apshai wasn't fun for me. Ultima 1 wasn't fun. Akalabeth wasn't fun either. Hellfire Warrior was a chore. Wilderness Campaign was interesting, but not exactly what I would look forward to playing after returning home from college.
I managed to find one "gem" amongst all the rubble: Eamon. One game that truly stood the test of time, because it asks you to play with your imagination. All of it. Unlike Temple of Apshai's "in this room you see yadda yadda yadda", only for the rooms to look all alike, Eamon is pure text, so you have no trouble believing you are truly in a cavern or in a smith's workshop. It is a game that is perfectly playable today, if only because it is possible to have genuine fun with it.
With that in mind: which old school cRPGs are fun today? Which ones do you still play? Why do you still play them? I'm not asking you to tell me what would be fun for me, I just want to see what's fun to you.