What game did you lose your RPG virginity to?

[Darth Canoli]

But you only controlled one character per game, right? Then indeed you were roleplaying. EoB has no main character so it's a dungeon crawler with rpg mechanics.

Another one of these people...
You're lucky you're not Chinese, they'd send you to a re-education center.

 

[Nikanuur]

It was the year 1990...

Damn... the year must've been 1991 because EOB was realeased that year and not sooner. I hereby apologize for the grave RPG dimension continuity error :3

 

[DavidBVal]

Oblivion, because

 

[Nikanuur]

Those are dungeon crawlers, not RPGs, despite utilizing the AD&D rules.

Back in my day, that's exactly what you did at the table with friends. And it was called RPG! *Shakes his fist like an old man.*

But you only controlled one character per game, right? Then indeed you were roleplaying. EoB has no main character so it's a dungeon crawler with rpg mechanics.

Where did you come to understand that RPG genre is defined by having a main character to play? And are we talking about RPG in general (because PnP is where this term actually came from) or just computer/console games?

 

[anvi]

It was the year 1990 and I, as a 12 year boy, traveled 800km alone by the train to my brother's college. I wasn't afraid of that at all. It was an adventure. But he presented me this game Eye of the Beholder and insisted I play it. This, I was really scared of. I hade nightmares. really. Because these little buggers kept jumping into the screen without a warning, how evil they looked, how ominious the red color theme was... Everything was very atmospheric back then. Much later it became one of my dearest reruns - EOB1-2, played 6x :D

Have you tried EOB3? I think it is ok. EOB2 was my love, I didn't see the first game until later. Also what do you think of Lands of Lore?

Lands of Lore 1 is a true piece of art of its time. But rly, this game is ageless. Awsomely drawn, riddles to solve, secrets to find, character progression present, story well graduated, combat very ok (for its sub-genre)... I've only praises for it.
I really liked EOB1 and especially EOB2. But as for the EOB3 - that's a strange egg. It aspired to be an open-esque atmospheric game with the feeling of an explorational freedom, but I think it sadly achieved the opposite. It felt empty, clueless and chaotic. I've tried to play it 3x and never got into it. Maybe it's just my feeling, idk. What did you like about EOB3? Maybe you'll inspire me to play it again :D

I like EOB3, the biggest problem was bugs and performance which doesn't really matter on a modern PC. Start is not very fun. There is some puzzle where you have to go through holes in some brambles that is a tedious head scratcher. And the huge open area you start in is quite overwhelming to get right at the start, and there isn't really anything in there, just some arrows and a few potions or whatever, so it was kind of a pain to explore. But any XP is worth having. But mid way you get some dungeons to visit that are like classic EOB1/2. It is bigger and less refined but it is mostly more of the same. You also get to use some higher level magic and I like one of the characters you can recruit, his special ability was nifty.

EOB2 will always be my first love though

 

[MrMarbles]

A shareware copy of Exile: Escape from the Pit.

Same here Took a few weeks for pupation to complete, then jumped over to BG1.

 

[Semiurge]

Oblivion, because

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Oblivion was more of an RPG than EoB.

 

[somewhatgiggly]

Early 2000s, Icewind Dale. My bro gave it to me. He would lick the disk sometimes to clean it, he was odd. I never did get past the Kalahar tombs, until once I did, and it was tough, but man.

 

[Pink Eye]

Heh. I used to lick my gamecube disks too. They were small and tasted funny. Glad I wasn't the only one doing that.

 

[Ruchy]

Morrowind for me, grew up as a console peasant until Morrowind changed my ideas of what games can be. Started my love affair with RPGs.

 

[Ivan]

I had the privilege of losing it to Fallout. I grew up a Nintendo kid and didn't really get into PC gaming until steam Launched. Which makes me wonder how I got the Fallout disc to begin with. Somehow I found my way to NMA. Anyway, it was a great experience. I mostly remember loving the journey to the Hub and meeting Decker and Butch. I've always loved the voice acting. "Time is money. Chit-chat is not money. You here about the job or what?"

 

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[Fishy]

Can't remember for sure because they were likely concurrent, but either Wizardry (1) or Ultima 3, both on Apple //c.

The Ultima 3 character/monster sprites, tactical combat, cities, and huuuuuuge overworld (that's how it felt) completely wowed me. Being young and not a native english speaker though, I wasn't too sure what a Bobbit or a Fuzzy were, or why I'd want to have a 'Lark' when I could have a Fighter, Paladin, Wizard or Cleric. Oh, and the first person dungeons were shit. I loved the top down view and sprites, so I hated that shitty first person dungeon exploring, so I never finished the game.

 

[DavidBVal]

Oblivion, because

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Oblivion was more of an RPG than EoB.

You're already gold-medal wrong, you don't need to try so hard. Reserve some energy for the next competition.

Oblivion is one of the harbringers of decline, the fact you drag just one character's sorry ass through a thousand irrelevant dialogue trees and repetitive maps does not make it any better RPG than magnificent party-based RPGs from the last 4 decades. We get it, you liked it, maybe it is special for you for some reason. We all enjoy certain terrible movie or game because we enjoyed it so much with our friends or whatever. Just don't rationalize it into being good.

 

[Desiderius]

The beginning of Oblivion is the most visceral murderhoboing you can get. I can imagine it making an impression as a first ever.

 

[Eisen]

But you only controlled one character per game, right? Then indeed you were roleplaying. EoB has no main character so it's a dungeon crawler with rpg mechanics.

Not this shit again

 

[Norfleet]

Rather than get stuck in argument of whether other examples are or aren't RPGs, I'll just list my first RPG, which is most definitely an RPG: The M20A1 Bazooka.

 

[boot]

Dragon Quest 3

 

[Semiurge]

The beginning of Oblivion is the most visceral murderhoboing you can get. I can imagine it making an impression as a first ever.

And so it did. My first memories of it were crawling through some cave near the sewer exit where your tutorial ends and the adventure really begins. Swinging a shortsword at giant rats and goblins in the dark with that atmospheric music was intense. With no knowledge of Morrowind this was peak gaming for me, and it got better with those guild quests. It was the first time I got to experience a fantasy-RPG setting in 3D, not to mention a sandbox world that seemed truly alive.

 

[Night Goat]

A shareware copy of Exile: Escape from the Pit.

Same here Took a few weeks for pupation to complete, then jumped over to BG1.

Me too, I think it came with the Mac my family got in the mid-90s. Curse you, Shareware Demon

 

[jebsmoker]

my mom introduced me to dungeon siege. i played it a lot on my mom's old compaq circa 2002-2004. i have many fond memories of that game. dungeon siege is still one of the ideal fantasy murderhobo sims in my mind.

when 2006 came around, someone i used to talk to on msn messenger told me about fallout 1 and pleaded me to play it. i downloaded it from the pirate bay, installed it, and instantly fell in love. fallout 1 is still the bar that all crpgs should be judged with.

i was going to cite the very torrent that i used all those years ago, but it got nuked

 

[OSK]

A shareware copy of Exile: Escape from the Pit.

Same here Took a few weeks for pupation to complete, then jumped over to BG1.

Me too, I think it came with the Mac my family got in the mid-90s. Curse you, Shareware Demon

I got the game from these Shareware of the Month floppies my uncle would give me. It was an incredibly sizeable demo, and I sunk a ton of time into it.

 

[Moaning_Clock]

I think it was Morrowind. 2005 or something. Worked on a mod with a friend that was never released - awesome time

 

[Carpincho Pampeano]

I haven't yet, i lurk this place to pick the right one so my first time is special.

 

[the mole]

probably pokemon red