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The Narrative RPG was pretty thin on the ground in the Western RPG category until the late 1990s.
by bsder 4y ago
The Narrative RPG was pretty thin on the ground in the Western RPG category until the late 1990s.
- com2kid 4y agoBetrayal At Krondor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayal_at_Krondor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayal_at_Krondor Quest For Glory series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Glory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Glory Ultima Underworld - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Underworld_II:_Labyrinth_of_Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Underworld_II:_Labyrint... Darksun - (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun:_Shattered_Lands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Sun:_Shattered_Lands) Incredibly large number of ways to resolve any situation, and one of the best, and most flexible, opening sequences to a game that I've played to date. The mainline Ultima series, notably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_VII:_The_Black_Gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_VII:_The_Black_Gate was 1993 and started to get heavy on narrative. Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenloft:_Strahd%27s_Possession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenloft:_Strahd%27s_Possessi... 3 games in made back to back by that developer, all are worth playing. The Summoning - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summoning_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summoning_(video_game) Predates Planescape Torment, but is in the same genre/feel. Dragon Wars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Wars Open world RPG, fit on a single floppy disk. Start out as a slave, work you way up to leading (or suppressing!) revolutions. Less narrative heavy maybe, but still a great game, and one of the most groundbreaking IMHO. Needs more appreciation. While I'll admit Baldur's Gate was a first for the very large amount of text included, it isn't like western RPGs were devoid of storyline prior to 1995.
- Waterluvian 4y agoPathways Into Darkness (1993) had a brilliant narrative. The most disappointing thing is that so many people will never experience it.