RPGs Were Never About Roleplaying

Support the channel on Patreon!: Follow me on twitter!: Check Out Moon Channel! @moon-channel Role Playing Games, as they are sometimes called, are some of the longest-lived and most popular genres of videogame out there - to the point that they’re older than videogames themselves. However, in spite of their consistent presence in our culture, it’s increasingly feeling like no-one knows what RPGs are actually about... and it isn’t, as one would naturally assume... role playing. So, the sacred duty to navigate the realm find the eight sacred crystals, determine the fate of reality and slay a few dragons along the way falls once again, to The Architect, who on top of saving the world also needs try and find out where the RPG came from, and where it’s going - with the answer coming from a rather... unconventional source. You Saw: Microsoft Flight Simulator - 2020 Sid Meirs Civilization 6 - 2016 Final Fantasy 10 - 2001 Legend of Grimrock 2 - 2014 Divinity Original Sin 2 - 2017 Super Mario Bros 3 - 1988 Tetris - 1984 DOOM - 2016 Persona 5 Royal - 2019 Monster Hunter: World - 2018 Fallout New Vegas - 2010 World of Warcraft - 2004 Final Fantasy 6 - 1994 Final Fantasy 15 - 2016 Final Fantasy 16 - 2023 Final Fantasy 7 Remake - 2020 Final Fantasy 7 - 1997 Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2 - 2009 Horizon: Zero Dawn - 2017 Assasin’s Creed Valhalla - 2020 Disco Elysium - 2019 System Shock Remake - 2013 Wasteland 3 - 2020 Jupiter Hell - 2019 Ctrl Alt Ego - 2022 Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark - 2018 Undertale - 2015 Stardew Valley - 2016 Caves of Qud - Early Access Garage: Bad Dream Adventure - 1999 Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - 2022 Dave the diver - 2023 F-Zero GX - 2003 XCOM 2 - 2016 Honkai: Star Rail - 2023 Baldur’s Gate 1 - 1998 Nier Automata - 2017 Super Mario RPG - 1996 Bioshock - 2007 Doom - 1993 Pokemon Emerald - 2004 Dragon Quest 8 - 2004 Prey - 2017 Battle Chef Brigade - 2017 Vampire Survivors - 2022 Pathfider War of the Righteous - 2021 Dragon Quest 11 - 2017 What Remains of Edith Finch - 2017 Fallout 4 - 2015 The Dungeon - 1975 Moria - 1975 DnD - 1975 Hand of Fate 2 - 2017 Wizardry 2 - 1982 Ultima 1 - 1979 Rogue - 1980 Diablo - 1997 Diablo 2 - 2000 Diablo 3 - 2012 Diablo 4 - 2023 Borderlands 3 - 2019 Hades - 2020 Slay The Spire - 2019 Dead Cells - 2018 Dungeons of Dredmor - 2011 Dark Souls - 2012 Darkest Dungeon - 2016 Elden Ring - 2022 Darkest Dungeon 2 - 2017 Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion- 2006 Solasta: Crown of the Magister - 2020 System Shock 2 - 1999 Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011 Ultima Underworld - 1992 Elder Scrolls 1: Arena - 1994 Runescape - 2001 Dishonored - 2012 Hitman 3 - 2021 Deus Ex - 2000 Xenoblade 2 - 2016 Mother 3 - 2006 Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 2020 Xenoblade 3 - 2022 Final Fantasy 14 - 2010 The Hex - 2018 Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 2017 Wizardry 3 - 1983 Final Fantasy 1 - 1987 Chrono Trigger - 2015 Octopath Traveller - 2018 Valkyria Chronicles 4 - 2018 Rune Factory 4 - 2012 Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - 2004 Super Paper Mario - 2007 Suzerain - 2020 Colossal Cave Adventure - 1976 Mystery House - 1980 Roadwarden - 2022 Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - 2004 Pathologic 2 - 2019 Neverwinter Knights 2 - 2006 Fallout - 1997 Planescape Torment - 1999 Fallout 3 - 2008 Yes, Your Grace - 2020 The Withcer 3 - 2015 Dragon Age: Origins - 2009 Mass Effect - 2007 Sunless Skies - 2019 80 Days - 2014 Overboard! - 2021 Pentament - 2022 Moon: RPG Remix Adventure - 1997 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - 2016 Dicey Dungeons - 2019 Borderlands 2 - 2012 Stranger Things - 2016 Dragon Age: Inquisition - 2014 Mass Effect 2 - 2010 Anthem - 2019 Mass Effect Andromeda - 2017 Pokemon Ultra Moon - 2017 Pokemon Legends: Arceus - 2022 Pokemon Scarlet - 2022 Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos - Not Out Yet Crusader Kings 3 - 2020 The Sims 4 - 2014 Neverwinter - 2013 Destiny 2 - 2017 Fire Emblem 3 Houses - 2019 Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 2007 X-COM: UFO Defense - 1994 Indivisible - 2019 Terraria - 2011 Esoteric Ebb - Early Access Tabletop Simulator - 2015 Chess - 6th Century CE New Pokemon Snap - 2021 Dark Souls 3 - 2016 Street Fighter 6 - 2023