I could be stating this a bit early, but I am beginning to believe that the PC RPG is dead. I don’t mean the MMORPG, I mean the standard RPG, you know the solo player one where you make a character (generally in a fantasy world) and then go off on an epic adventure of some kind.

In fact I can’t think of the last PC RPG that was actually not a first person shooter in disguise. This is kind of sad really, I mean the PC is a great platform for this kind of game, with multiple input/output sources, better than average graphical abilities, and a host of other benefits over the standard gaming platform (though to be fair the platforms are quickly catching up). So my question is why they don’t come out?

I can tell you why. Greed, plain and simple, greed. Why create a single player game that you sell for fifty bucks, when you can create a multi player game that you not only sell for fifty bucks, but then can bend some shmuck over a barrel for another 15 bucks a month?

The thing that sucks is I actually agree with this. See the RPG as we know it started out as a bunch of friends gathering around a table and playing make believe together. In essence the true spirit of the RPG is in playing with multiple people.

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However as video games became popular, the video game RPG began its rise. Soon those tables that were once the only place to get an RPG fix became something that seemed almost unnecessary, not only that but video gaming has always been considered a lot cooler than playing Dungeons and Dragons so it is no wonder the console and PC began to replace the home experience.

Add to this the now popular MMORPG and there is almost no reason to actually game at a table anymore except in a LAN. I just wish not every PC RPG was a MMORPG.