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> And here it is again. Why is it that people assume crpg's should be about
> killing hordes of monsters? I blame the game makers of the 80's. They made
> all these rpg's with only one thing to do, and it stuck. Now the whole genre
> is in a rut, despite a few exceptions (fallout, pst, *maybe bg2, deus ex)

The RPG is alive thanks to Fallout and the Adventure genre died around
the same time RPG was getting popular.

> PST is not an adventure game. Not even close. And I should know since I have
> played adventure games since about 1985. Just trust me on this.  Its not
> even adventure-lite. Its a HARDCORE rpg, among the very few good rpg's ever
> made on computer. Its about as good as an rpg on a computer can really be,
> since freedom of will is so difficult to simulate in a computer game.

I always assumed that Planescape: Torment was the most Adventure like
RPG, but after reading what you said that it's is a HARDCORE RPG. I
began to agree because Planscape: Torment has only one thing in common
with an Adventure game. It's story was so powerful, the characters
were oozing with personality, feeling, and empathy. I am an
ex-Adventure game player because Adventure games are just guessing
games with puzzles or read the game designer mind game. Planescape:
Torment gave me a great story, but with out all the fuss. The fuss is
the puzzles that are in an Adventure game. There is only one way to
aproach it and figure it out. Planscape: Torment had dilemmas but
there were more than one way to solve it or figure it out. I needed no
hint book or hints to finish it.