Decline RPG Codex and the internal workings of RPG developers

[Kev Inkline]

I'm looking for my father. Middle-aged guy. Maybe you've seen him?

 

[AwesomeButton]

I can't make up my mind, should I be critical of the OP, or of people arguing with him. There are reasons for both...

 

[Iznaliu]

I can't make up my mind, should I be critical of the OP, or of people arguing with him. There are reasons for both...

RPGs are all about making decisions. This is simply another RPG.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I can't make up my mind, should I be critical of the OP, or of people arguing with him. There are reasons for both...

RPGs are all about making decisions. This is simply another RPG.

Not just decisions, but decisions with their own consequences

 

[Luckmann]

Early 00s Codex didn't care at all for dungeon crawlers, it was Black Isle or bust.

This isn't true. I always loved Eye of the Beholder.

That said, the shift from loving Baldur's Gate and the like to hating on anything with continuous turns is both sad and hilarious, and it feels like Baldur's Gate 2 has almost suffered reverse-nostalgia simply because it was the first game in the now cancerous Bioware formula.

 

[Roguey]

isn't true. I always loved Eye of the Beholder.

2009 isn't early 00s. There was a forum culture change post-Oblivion.

That said, the shift from loving Baldur's Gate and the like to hating on anything with continuous turns is both sad and hilarious, and it feels like Baldur's Gate 2 has almost suffered reverse-nostalgia simply because it was the first game in the now cancerous Bioware formula.

My impression is that a great deal of early 00s Codex either outright disliked both BGs or inisisted that they belonged to the action-adventure genre and weren't actual role playing games (because they didn't play like Fallout).

 

[Luckmann]

isn't true. I always loved Eye of the Beholder.

2009 isn't early 00s.

Neither is 2010.

Also, I was mostly joking, since me being a fan of Eye of the Beholder wouldn't mean jack shit. For a very long time, it was pretty much the only blobber/dungeon-crawler I had played.

 

[Roguey]

Neither is 2010.

I'm not including myself. I'm referring to all those ancient threads I read.

 

[Saduj]

I don't know why anyone responded as if OP said it is wrong to call shit games "shit". What he's talking about is people here saying "This game turned out shitty because [insert some scrap of information about developer that is extrapolated into some fictional version of events by someone who has no true inside information or unique insight based on practical experience]."

That does happen here. Often. I don't know that it is a problem or deserves a thread. It is funny at least as often as it is annoying.

Edit: Basically, he said people talk shit on the internet.

 

[Iznaliu]

I don't know why anyone responded as if OP said it is wrong to call shit games "shit". What he's talking about is people here saying "This game turned out shitty because [insert some scrap of information about developer that is extrapolated into some fictional version of events by someone who has no true inside information or unique insight based on practical experience]."

Because people think in black and white. They think "You must agree with me, or you must be a BioWare employee".

 

[Luckmann]

I'm not including myself.

Then why include me based on my rejoin date?

 

[vdweller]

When new batch of bread was coming for a brief moment I could see that someone took a shit under a table where new batch of cake was being prepared.

So you were there when Fallout 3 was made.

 

[Roguey]

I'm not including myself.

Then why include me based on my rejoin date?

I had no idea you were an alt.

 

[Iznaliu]

I had no idea you were an alt.

Me neither.

 

[Bohrain]

A firm rule must be imposed upon our forum before it destroys itself. The Codex needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

 

[Iznaliu]

The Codex needs some theology and geometry

Why those things in particular?

 

[Bohrain]

The Codex needs some theology and geometry

Why those things in particular?

Google it if you can't figure out the reference.

 

[Kev Inkline]

The Codex needs some theology and geometry

Why those things in particular?

Geometry and shapes are needed because numbers are too hard and may cause confusion.

 

[Iznaliu]

Geometry and shapes are needed because numbers are too hard and may cause confusion.

The alphabet is probably better.