paid for a sub so i could ask “is pokemon an rpg?” but also bc i wanna support. you know i dont play many video games, but i love to learn and your writing is so good ❤️
RPGs have been a huge part of my life since about the same time as you (Final Fantasy 3/VI), but I feel like I missed a whole decade and a half of RPGs since I mostly played JRPGs. Even up to present day I've hardly played a CRPG or earlier western ones.
Will you be playing through the games you're talking about? I don't assume it's going to be a Let's Play type of situation, but I also don't know if you're going to go a more research paper approach vs a personal journey through the history of the games.
I definitely came to CRPGs later as well, and I still have some big gaps in my knowledge of that space (as mentioned in the image captions in this post), so I completely feel you.
My intent is definitely to play every game I talk about that is still available to play in some form. If you're looking at it as a balance between research paper and personal journey, I think these historical entries will land somewhere like 75% research, 25% personal journey, but that may change as I go, or it may shift from game to game depending on how much I have to say about it.
That said, the write-ups won't be in full Let's Play format, like you say. For something closer to that, I seriously cannot recommend enough that you should check out CRPG Addict. I wouldn't describe them as full Let's Play either, but they're a little closer, with multiple entries per game (for most games, anyway), and really digging in deep on his personal experience with each game. He also has a good dose of history and some very sharp criticism!
paid for a sub so i could ask “is pokemon an rpg?” but also bc i wanna support. you know i dont play many video games, but i love to learn and your writing is so good ❤️
Ironically, Pokemon is actually the one game/series that is definitely *not* an RPG. Pokemon is a shooter.
Also thank you so much for the kind words <3
RPGs have been a huge part of my life since about the same time as you (Final Fantasy 3/VI), but I feel like I missed a whole decade and a half of RPGs since I mostly played JRPGs. Even up to present day I've hardly played a CRPG or earlier western ones.
Will you be playing through the games you're talking about? I don't assume it's going to be a Let's Play type of situation, but I also don't know if you're going to go a more research paper approach vs a personal journey through the history of the games.
I definitely came to CRPGs later as well, and I still have some big gaps in my knowledge of that space (as mentioned in the image captions in this post), so I completely feel you.
My intent is definitely to play every game I talk about that is still available to play in some form. If you're looking at it as a balance between research paper and personal journey, I think these historical entries will land somewhere like 75% research, 25% personal journey, but that may change as I go, or it may shift from game to game depending on how much I have to say about it.
That said, the write-ups won't be in full Let's Play format, like you say. For something closer to that, I seriously cannot recommend enough that you should check out CRPG Addict. I wouldn't describe them as full Let's Play either, but they're a little closer, with multiple entries per game (for most games, anyway), and really digging in deep on his personal experience with each game. He also has a good dose of history and some very sharp criticism!