Codex Interview RPG Codex Interview: Chris Avellone at Digital Dragons 2016

[ERYFKRAD]

Does anyone have any idea what this thread is about?

Joined: May 14, 2004

 

[ArchAngel]

26+ years of heavy RPG gaming, all for naught because I haven't played 2 specific classic CRPGs yet.

Woe is me.

Console games are not real RPG, don't kid yourself

 

[Lurker King]

I started on skyrim and mass effect too

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[HoboForEternity]

I started on skyrim and mass effect too

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[FeelTheRads]

I started on skyrim and mass effect too

What a surprise, coming from another PoE fan.

 

[karfhud]

That was an awesome interview, great job! I wonder what's up with the "new" Van Buren.

 

[HoboForEternity]

anyway, he got more stuff other than DOS and torment too. also not mean to intrude another man's family business, but if i am being selfish, i hope his matters are resolved so he can works as lead writer + full commitment instead of this bits and pieces that end up getting cut anyway.

looks like alot of hands are outstretched to him, he just cannot accept any more responsibilities.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

If you want to talk about cinema or literature in academic circles your peers won't expect you to have seen every film ever made or read every book ever written, but there will be certain works they will expect you to be familiar with (Citizen Kane, Psycho, 2001, The Bible, The Ramayana, The Quran, etc). If instead you boldly proclaim you're completely unfamiliar with the relevant works and how dare they expect you to be, then they will probably treat you like a fool, regardless of how many other films you've seen or books you've read.

Right but Codex is hardly the equivalent of an academic circle, most members here will flock to latest Bethesda turd and proceed waste several hundred hours on it. Just because you watched Citizen Kane once a long time ago doesn't absolve you of spending most of your present "cinema" time on Michael Bay's trash, the latter is still very much representative of your taste otherwise you wouldn't be spending your money and free time on it.

Fluent should play Fallout and PST because they're great games (certainly far better than modern offerings, including those produced by nostalgia peddlers), that's about it. Not because of some genre research or to be on a more equal footing with other Codexers who played them (or claim they did).

 

[Irenaeus]

Codex is the equivalent of an academic circle for RPGs.

 

[vivec]

#taking computer games too seriously

 

[Kz3r0]

Does anyone have any idea what this thread is about?

The usual, MCA worship, Sawyer hating, RPGWatch bashing and what is an RPG?

 

[Kz3r0]

#takingcomputergamesseriously

 

[ArchAngel]

That was an awesome interview, great job! I wonder what's up with the "new" Van Buren.

Hopefully Unreal 4 engine is up :D

 

[Forest Dweller]

I started on skyrim and mass effect too

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What is going on in that gif?

 

[Excidium II]

What is going on in that gif?

Probably got kicked in the butt and assistant is applying ANALgesic spray.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Console games are not real RPG, don't kid yourself

Come on, now. This is just silly. You must either be joking or looking for a reaction, right?

It's clear to anyone who's played enough console RPGs throughout the years that even if many of them are Japanese in origin, they share many similarities with other computer RPGs. They are, in fact, "real RPGs".

Not to mention that many PC RPGs got ported to console over the years, many of which I've played.

Maybe there is some "Codex Consensus" that console RPGs aren't real RPGs, but I'm sure the majority of gamers would clearly disagree with that.

I really don't care to even discuss what makes up a "real RPG" because so many RPGs are different with entirely different philosophies and designs, yet still scratch the RPG itch.

I consider Final Fantasy to be just as "real RPG" as Elminage Gothic which is just as "real RPG" as Wizardry 1 which is just as "real RPG" as Baldur's Gate, etc. etc.

Different design philosophies, different games, different ideas. All RPGs.

 

[J_C]

Console games are not real RPG, don't kid yourself

Come on, now. This is just silly. You must either be joking or looking for a reaction, right?

It's clear to anyone who's played enough console RPGs throughout the years that even if many of them are Japanese in origin, they share many similarities with other computer RPGs. They are, in fact, "real RPGs".

Not to mention that many PC RPGs got ported to console over the years, many of which I've played.

Maybe there is some "Codex Consensus" that console RPGs aren't real RPGs, but I'm sure the majority of gamers would clearly disagree with that.

I really don't care to even discuss what makes up a "real RPG" because so many RPGs are different with entirely different philosophies and designs, yet still scratch the RPG itch.

I consider Final Fantasy to be just as "real RPG" as Elminage Gothic which is just as "real RPG" as Wizardry 1 which is just as "real RPG" as Baldur's Gate, etc. etc.

Different design philosophies, different games, different ideas. All RPGs.

Don't waste your breath, as his tag says, Archangel is possibly retarded. What did you expect from him? Saying something like "console games are not real RPG" just make this more obvious.

 

[Jedi Exile]

26+ years of heavy RPG gaming, all for naught because I haven't played 2 specific classic CRPGs yet.

Woe is me.

By the way, did you play Arcanum?

Spoiler

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Yes, I played several hours of Arcanum, but not nearly enough yet. Early impressions were - this is exactly my type of game. Brilliant stuff that I would put near the top of a short list of "Most Interesting RPGs" I've played.

Excellent character creation, brilliant setting - overall a very unique, interesting and wonderfully creative game. Need to play more soon.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Yes, I played several hours of Arcanum, but not nearly enough yet.

Let me guess: wolfs?

Spoiler

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

As in, why I stopped playing it? No, although I did run into those wolves you might be talking about near the starting area! :D

I happened to last play it during a time where my passion for gaming was crashing a bit. My mind works like that. I go through hot and cold periods when it comes to my hobbies, and Arcanum was played during the start of a cold spell.

At the time I think I was playing at least 5, if not 7 different RPGs. I was uploading a one hour video for each game every day, a different game depending on the day. While I would love to eventually do that again, I have to wait until the inspiration hits me again.

 

[DeepOcean]

Does anyone have any idea what this thread is about?

MCA gay worshipping with fluent's diarrhea shitposting.

 

[Lhynn]

Right but Codex is hardly the equivalent of an academic circle, most members here will flock to latest Bethesda turd and proceed waste several hundred hours on it.

Actually that sounds p. much like most academic circles work.

 

[Starym]

Yes, I played several hours of Arcanum, but not nearly enough yet. Early impressions were - this is exactly my type of game. Brilliant stuff that I would put near the top of a short list of "Most Interesting RPGs" I've played.

Excellent character creation, brilliant setting - overall a very unique, interesting and wonderfully creative game. Need to play more soon.

So you find an RPG that's among the most interesting, exactly your type of game and your immediate reaction is to stop playing it. Yea that's what I do too. When I first played Torment and saw all the things you could do in the Mortuary I instantly stopped playing for a year. Then I played a few more hours and skipped another year. I am currently around Curst and it's taken me a couple of decades but I sure am savouring it, same as you!

Seriously though how can you have an actual YT channel with 600 videos about RPGs, call yourself an RPG enthusiast and feel it's ok to not have played the two consensus best games in the genre (and I don't mean KKK either, pretty much everyone anywhere ranks those two at least among the best if not THE best).

 

[SausageInYourFace]

Reading this thread and watching it going off the rails, you'd almost think that fluent was some kind of master troll, but really, he is just

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