BREAKING NEWS: NEXT GENERATION OF RPG REACHED

[Darque]

Diablo 2 was good.

 

But Blizzard still sucks for killing off Starcraft: Ghost

[Gabrielle]

[astr0creep]

And the rest : Wizardry, Diablo, Elder Scrolls, Might & Magic, Ultima.

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What do these games have in common?

 

 

How do you even dare to put Ultima and Diablo in the same category?

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Can't you read?

 

They're not D&D.

[Gabrielle]

The title of the thread reads RPGs, doesn't say anything about D&D.

[astr0creep]

The title of the thread reads RPGs, doesn't say anything about D&D.

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The quote from the OP makes a comparison between D&D based games and others, wether consciously or not. The quoter seems to believe that D&D based games were "Old-School" and the others are "New-School", mainly refering to FPRPGs like ES games.

 

Such a comparison is erronous, as during Baldur's Gate's reign, M&Ms, Wizardry, System Shock, etc were also quite popular.

 

"Old-School" has more to do with technology, interface and gameplay than simple perspective or being skill/stats based.

 

Of course my post was not as detailed as this one since :

1- I was in somewhat of a hurry, being at work and all and

2- I consider people here to be smart enough to read between the lines.

 

My mistake.

[newtar]

Old?? as someone who played the original D&D box set back in the late 70's at UVA with some of the folks that went on to form Iron Crown Enterprises (no we're really talking old school!)---I beginning to feel more like ancient dragon status---