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The Platinum Age of CRPGs

Posted by Zonk on from the my-favorite-coin-denomination dept.

Matt Barton writes "I've just posted my third (and final) installment on CRPG history at GamaSutra: The Platinum and Modern Ages. This article covers the many classics released between 1994 and 2004, including Fallout, Planescape: Torment, Ultima Underworld, and of course Baldur's Gate, Diablo, and The Elder Scrolls. It also discusses why WoW and other MMORPGs aren't descended from these CRPGs (but rather MUDs). The Platinum Age produced the finest CRPGs ever made — but the future of the stand-alone, single-player CRPG looks grim."

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  1. The trouble with Platinum by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 4, Funny

    The trouble with Platinum is, where do you go from there? It's like an amp that only goes up to 10.

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    1. Re:The trouble with Platinum by Gr8Apes · · Score: 2, Funny

      Iridium, then Einsteinium. Bonus!: they both make you glow.

      After that, you move towards man-made chemicals such as Xalatan [TM], a glaucoma eye medicine that costs $70 for 5ml. (My dog is getting a might expensive these days....):

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    2. Re:The trouble with Platinum by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Based on D&D games you go to diamond then to adimantium?

      The X-Games has faced this too. They'll soon have the XX-Games then the Super-XX-Games. They can't go to XXX-Games for obvious reasons.

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  2. Re:This guy needs an editor by the+phantom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nonono! You have it all wrong. Dante did write Paradise Lost. The Divine Comedy was written by Dickens. As an aside, Dickens often gets credit for Tale of Two Cities, but that was actually written by Milton.

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  3. Re:This guy needs an editor by Vintermann · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you by any chance a wikipedia admin?

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