If someone offered to give you a list of the best PC RPG games ever made, would you believe them?
While searching the web today you could be forgiven for thinking that almost everything has been catalogued and all facts established as irrefutably as such. There seems to be a list for everything. Want to know what the best PC RPG Games "of all time" are, there is a list that will tell you. Even on more esoteric subjects like "dangerous dogs" there is another top-ten list available. The problem with lists like these is that they often do not tell you much about why the item in question is on the list, or even anything about the author's authority in compiling that list. In the case of computer games, do they even play them?
Players of PC RPG games are like most gamers in that they are looking for a temporary escape from everyday reality. Where RPG gamers differ though is that they want to see some kind of immersion in the world of their character and an opportunity for character development. This process of character development is going to be different for each character and each player, it may even be different for each character a single player makes!
Given such diversity in a players aims when playing an RPG game, is it likely that any "top ten" style list is going to be accurate?
Different players will no doubt value different aspects of any game they play, so perhaps the best we can expect in this area is an honest review. Unfortunately, many games companies pay the wages of games reviewers directly, or indirectly through advertising. This sometimes applies pressure on a reviewer, or their company, to give a game a better review than perhaps they would ordinarily. There have been some high profile cases where a reviewer has been honest about a game that the community knew was awful and actually told the truth, but his employer then altered or withdrew the review. Try Googling "game review withdrawn" or similar. You may be surprised how often this happens.
Clearly what is needed is some kind of community review by players that actually play the games being reviewed. This would allow players to get a more honest opinion on the game without commercial interests being able to manipulate the results. Perhaps this is another area where social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter will make an entry and change the whole review process? If this happens it will benefit the quality of all games production and not just PC RPG games.
I am a long time player of PC RPG games and have frequently been amazed by the glowing reviews a particular game will receive on a commercial website. Often I wonder if the reviewer ever actually played the game. My own reviews of PC RPG games are a personal effort to take back this process.
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