Alkarl
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In truth, the Golden Age ('87-94) should be renamed Stone Age to more clearly reflect the technology, technical aptitude
In that case, why isn't the current age considered the Golden Age of rpgs?
and imagination of the coders.
Oh, that's why.
(What coders were achieving at that time in the genre is as nothing when compared to what coders were achieving in other genre, such as flight/space-sims, survival games, FPSes, strategy games, platform games, shoot 'em ups, side-scrolling hack n slashers and vs. Fighters.)
These games had different goals than crpgs. I'm sure it fits your "rennaisance" narrative better if the games that came before a certain period are considered "stone age" or "dark age", but it doesn't line up with reality. In all actuality, the signs of the Decline are all over those mid-late 90's and early 2000's crpgs, but it takes a critical eye to spot them. Not that those games are bad, there are a lot of master pieces in that age too, but the goals and nature of their gameplay were obviously shifting.