Baldur's Gate 2 is commonly ranked one of the greatest computer games of all time, I think rpgs are a cult genre if anything
RPGs haven’t been a cult genre for a long time.
Turn based tactics and RtwP RPGs aren’t super popular, but RPGs in general are a major mainstream genre.
if memory serves me correctly it was the ps1 and specificly square's final fantasy vii that shifted that balance. previously and during the time bg oldschool was being born it very much was a cult genre. i recall quite clearly how my parents judged heavily the parents whose children played AD&D as it was satanic ... not a global oppinion, yet time really has a footprint in this rpg genre
