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[Mar 07, 2011, 11:03 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Hooked Gamers - Dragon Age II: The Decline of the Classic RPG.
There is no question about it, the classic cRPG is dying out. So why bring it up now then? The reason is because one of the few big developers who have remained adamant about catering for players who want to play the classic cRPG is BioWare. Their breed of cRPG was popularised with the Baldur’s Gate series just before the new millennium. This consisted of some defining aspects: detailed character creation (not just customisation); immersive character interaction; strategic-based combat that required thought and timing; and a deep, engaging story that was shaped by the player’s choices. This was a game that could only truly be experienced on a PC. It required a fair amount of work on the developer’s part, but players were rewarded greatly for their efforts and paid the developers back justly.

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Re: Op Ed

Mar 7, 2011, 20:03

space captain

personally i dont really understand how this is a "shocking!" revelation or something like this.. bioware has been doing action/rpgs exclusively since NWN - KOTOR was the first step, it set a fairly high standard but it was their first foray into that hybridized genre and everything since then has followed that formula down a primrose path to further idiocy and dumbed down wankery.. DAO was a strange and weird exception, taking a step back evolutionarily but not really hitting the mark in terms of being an "awesome game" IMO, but at least it was an epic, sprawling RPG that attempted to revive the genre of yore in some way

its more of the same from bioware, as it has been for nearly the past 10 years.. perhaps if people were able to remain aware of the passage of time as it occurs they would have less confusion about these ever repeating cycles, or perhaps not, its basically a moot point anyway.. just more noise for the crowd




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Comment [quote="space captain"Mar 7, 2011, 20:03]personally i dont really understand how this is a "shocking!" revelation or something like this.. bioware has been doing action/rpgs exclusively since NWN - KOTOR was the first step, it set a fairly high standard but it was their first foray into that hybridized genre and everything since then has followed that formula down a primrose path to further idiocy and dumbed down wankery.. DAO was a strange and weird exception, taking a step back evolutionarily but not really hitting the mark in terms of being an "awesome game" IMO, but at least it was an epic, sprawling RPG that attempted to revive the genre of yore in some way its more of the same from bioware, as it has been for nearly the past 10 years.. perhaps if people were able to remain aware of the passage of time as it occurs they would have less confusion about these ever repeating cycles, or perhaps not, its basically a moot point anyway.. just more noise for the crowd [/quote]

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