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Article #720479Re: RPGCodex top 70 CRPG's
From: MetalGuru
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 23:24
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 23:24
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On 5/11/2014 2:57 PM, Ross Ridge wrote: > Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On the plus side, at least none of the modern "action-RPGs" like >> Diablo or Titan's Quest made the list. I still bristle when they are >> considered role-playing games ;-) > > Eh... it really discredits the entire list by excluding these games. > Diablo is more an RPG than Deus Ex, even though I think Deus Ex is the > better game. Star Control 2 and Mount and Blade are also great games, > but calling the former an RPG is a big stretch and the later absurd. > If games like these can make the list, than Diablo and all of its clones > should be under consideration as well. Not to mention the fact they included Divine Divinity, which is obviously a Diablo clone. Very strange criteria indeed.
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