I wish we agreed in this too my friend
You see, where i am standing?
i) Take D:OS's multiplayer, graphics and voice-overs out. You'd still be left with the ---exact same--- amazing, awesome, best in a decade RPG. For us. They? They would not even touch it. They'd refure to even get near it.
-What does that say?
ii) For all its systems and mechanics, did it dare push them too far? Did it introduce some punishing gameplay the likes of which i have yet to see repeated since the late 80s? Did it perhaps feature controversial lore and questing as we used to get before liberals became legion? Was it.. hard? In any a way?
-What does that say? Because even if the above helped you reach a conclusion, you still need to acknowledge the 'how' it finally managed to come to life yes?
Let us broaden our horizons..
Pillars of Eternity. Nothing new, less of everything, simplified skills, fewer abilities, voice-overed hints ffs..
Wasteland 2. Nothing new, less of everything, NO stealth, NO tertiary activities, no complex progression so as not to confuse said same legion of fools calling themselves RPG players.
Want me to go on?
Over two decades later and we have yet to even (re)reach what once was. Not equal it. Forget topping it. We've yet to even reach it again. Why do you think that is?
(before you say 'but here you are, here i am'.. it takes more than the exception for that ^^ See my post above. Harsh is ok for me, sometimes even righteous. Life itself is harsh. Some allowed a culture imported through Hollywood to convince them otherwise. Me, i call things as i see them. And way i see them? Everyone's money been equal has been a bane. In all scales, from the macro level, down to the micro one; RPG gaming notwithstanding)
There have been indeed games that were creative. It is not coincidental however that none of these was an RPG. Do never neglect that. Lack of focus, insufficient attention span lengths, autism-resembling personal traits, plump behinds from having everything available and i-want-to-do-everything spoiled mentalities is why. And it is these very reasons that give me every damn entitlement i could ask for and then some to think of these generations as i currently am. Just being honest here
