lophiaspis
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In regard the guys that defend this list as "not so bad for mainstream media", no, there was a true decline even by "mainstream media standards". 2020 list was a massive decline and the WORST list Rock Paper shotgun ever published:
Compare with their 2015 list:
- Dark Souls
- Planescape: Torment
- Baldur’s Gate 2
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Utima VII
- Deus Ex
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- System Shock 2
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- Fallout
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Divinity: Original Sin
- Legend of Grimrock II
- Ultima Underworld II
- Dwarf Fortress
- Mass Effect 2
- Pillars of Eternity
- Zanbgand
- Vampire: Bloodlines
- NEO Scavenger
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Anachranox
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Avernum: Escape From The Pit
- UnReal World
- Din’s Curse
- ADOM
- Sunless Sea
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- The Banner Saga
- Titan Quest
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Darkest Dungeon
- Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
- Shadowrun Dragonfall Director’s Cut
- Wasteland 2
- Wizardry VIII
- Betrayal at Krondor
- Darklands
- Eye of the Beholder
- Brogue
- Torchlight 2
- Pool of Radiance
- Space Rangers 2
- Recettear: An Item’s Shop Tale
- Diablo II
- Risen
- Dungeon Master
- Hand of Fate
In 2015 list wasn't a jrpg invasion and they included Pool of Radiance, Betrayal at Krondor, Daggerfall, Unreal World, Ultima Underworld II, Darklands or Dungeon Master. Also Diablo II instead III, Morrowind & Daggerfall over Skyirim, Fallout or Deus Ex over Mass Effect 2, etc.
RPS 2015 list was actually good for mainstream media, this new one is extremely bad.
This is what happens when the Codexian demographic gets deplatformed. In 5 years this will be the new normal when talking about PC RPGs. In 10 years this will be the new stodgy. Fallout and Baldur’s Gate will die and be forgotten like blues and jazz. Torment will linger a while in the memory thanks to its art-game poser cachet, but a few more problematic statements by MCA is all it would take for Torment, too, to be purged and forgotten.