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Post stupid ideas you had about RPGs as a kid. Could also just be a "how has your taste changed" thread.
What got me thinking about it was this:
My first exposure to RPGs was either Diablo II, Bard's Tale "re-imagining" from 2004 on PS2, or watching some older family friends play BG: Dark Alliance; can't remember which came first. Anyway, this somehow gave me the impression that turn-based combat was strictly the realm of JRPGs, which I already knew I didn't like even at that formative time, and so for a long while I avoided turn-based RPGs. I was even sceptical when a friend showed me NWN, because even though it's real time, the combatants still sort of take "turns" attacking. Thankfully I eventually found Fallout 1 which showed me the error of my ways.
Anyway, discuss!!
What got me thinking about it was this:
My first exposure to RPGs was either Diablo II, Bard's Tale "re-imagining" from 2004 on PS2, or watching some older family friends play BG: Dark Alliance; can't remember which came first. Anyway, this somehow gave me the impression that turn-based combat was strictly the realm of JRPGs, which I already knew I didn't like even at that formative time, and so for a long while I avoided turn-based RPGs. I was even sceptical when a friend showed me NWN, because even though it's real time, the combatants still sort of take "turns" attacking. Thankfully I eventually found Fallout 1 which showed me the error of my ways.
Anyway, discuss!!