I'm so SO glad you took up this mammoth task of covering history of RPGs. 70s were elusive to me and so there was a lot of new to learn here. Looking forward to 80s, particularly Wizardry. I've read a LOT about Wizardry few years back and I'm amazed at how massive its influence was on the genre.
@@HellFireRPGs As self proceeded expert I think it would be good place to add my five cents. 1) Alongside origin in wargames of hardcore Hack and Slash. RPG's also take lot of inspirations from murder mystery games, where group of players play characters solving criminal cases, dating back to XIX century. In this genre tactic suplement like D&D is actually considered as optional, with some forms like LARP or narrative gaming sometimes straight not using it at all. It is why RPG should be defined as games about narrative choices, not the RPG systems themselves. 2) Most early cRPG's were based on homebrew, overly simplified systems, because Wizards of the Coasts sued game developers, even when games were made on workstations. Because of that they overly focus on systems and not the narration. Because of that RPG fans usually define those early games as Dungeon Crawl. 3) Controversial opinion: jRPG's aren't actually cRPG's. I love jRPG's, but simple fact is that they were developed from early Dungeon Crawl, what already has limited focus on the character choices (so role-play) and in most cases (there are exceptions) remove narrative choice entirely. Term "jRPG" was originally sarcastic as using country of origin as definition make no sense. As such I think those games should be defined more as Tactic-Adventure, though "jRPG" still can be used as custom name. Sadly many people still have problem with acknowledging that RPG's already have definitions and bring nonsensical terms like "Western RPG's", "Console RPG's", etc. What for the most part are meaningless. For example, exemplary wRPG is Dark Souls (made by Japanese) or exemplary console RPG is The Elder Stroll, even if it is actually one of last survivors of Dungeon Crawls from PC's. Speaking of which example of Action RPG (which is actual cRPG subgenre) is game like Witcher, witch Zelda being classified that only as custom as it was first Action-Adventure game, so replacement term was used before coining proper definition.
I have to say, you through me for a loop when Sara's theme from breath of fire started playing in the background. That's what I have set for my wife's ringtone lol.
@@ethersturm Thanks. The next two songs are Frozen Flame from Chrono Cross (I think?) and then Reminiscence from Suikoden II. Not sure what the last song is. Great video, looking forward to the one on the '80's!
Might and Magic X: Legacy has only six years. Creators of Ultima were one of victims of EA and after disastrous Ultima IX and Online its revival is extremely unlikely. Creators of Wizardry bankrupt long time ago and The Elder Scrolls still successfully pretend that isn't dated genre.
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