Morality Games
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Might as well as call this "downvote harvesting -- the thread."
I guess mine would be that although I love computer RPGs ahead of all other genres (personally), objectively I doubt they are the best video games or even a particularly stellar example of the medium. RPGs to me are ultimately an analog, tabletop driven experience, and their existence as video games is a lot of artistic concession for little artistic gain.
Implications being:
I know beyond all doubt that Planescape: Torment deserves to have shit sales because it is a shit video game. It should be Chris Avellone's 2nd Edition Planescape module that he ran for his friends and sold on a website for other Dungeon Masters.
Temple of Elemental Evil should never have been adapted into a computer game.
And while I'm glad they do exist for the sake of my enjoyment, computer RPGs are basically an abomination and shouldn't exist generally for the same reason why margarita mix or powdered cocktails shouldn't exist.
Jagged Alliance 2 for one.
I sort of think it is an RPG though in the same respect that Loki is one of the gods -- in an "honorary" and "adoptive" sort of way, as well as being some kind of relation (turn-based strategy games are the cousins of RPGs, along with adventure games, visual novels, and CYOA) if not clearly of divine lineage.
I guess mine would be that although I love computer RPGs ahead of all other genres (personally), objectively I doubt they are the best video games or even a particularly stellar example of the medium. RPGs to me are ultimately an analog, tabletop driven experience, and their existence as video games is a lot of artistic concession for little artistic gain.
Implications being:
I know beyond all doubt that Planescape: Torment deserves to have shit sales because it is a shit video game. It should be Chris Avellone's 2nd Edition Planescape module that he ran for his friends and sold on a website for other Dungeon Masters.
Temple of Elemental Evil should never have been adapted into a computer game.
And while I'm glad they do exist for the sake of my enjoyment, computer RPGs are basically an abomination and shouldn't exist generally for the same reason why margarita mix or powdered cocktails shouldn't exist.
Some games in RPG Codex's Best RPGs are NOT RPG.
Witchers ARE RPG.
Just out of curiosity, which ones aren't?
Jagged Alliance 2 for one.
I sort of think it is an RPG though in the same respect that Loki is one of the gods -- in an "honorary" and "adoptive" sort of way, as well as being some kind of relation (turn-based strategy games are the cousins of RPGs, along with adventure games, visual novels, and CYOA) if not clearly of divine lineage.
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