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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.

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Legend of Grimrock 2 - 2014
Divinity Original Sin 2 - 2017
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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
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Horizon: Zero Dawn - 2017
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Undertale - 2015
Stardew Valley - 2016
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Diablo - 1997
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Diablo 3 - 2012
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Borderlands 3 - 2019
Hades - 2020
Slay The Spire - 2019
Dead Cells - 2018
Dungeons of Dredmor - 2011
Dark Souls - 2012
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Roadwarden - 2022
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