I’m Sam, and I want to get one thing settled after our team meeting. Tim said that action RPGs with cooperative gameplay are “basically button masher games with stat sheets.” Honestly, that’s a pretty big deal — and I think he’s never actually played Secret of Mana. I get that the genre can seem overwhelming to someone just getting into it, but to dismiss one of the most important cooperative experiences in video game history…

The Only Reason We Have Modern RPGs: Baldur’s Gate II Was The First To Get It Right I’m Joe, and I have to say one thing before we look at BioWare’s work of art. Carl thinks the current crop of RPGs, like The Witcher 3, are the ultimate expression of the RPG genre, while Tim believes that JRPGs do a better job of telling stories. Both of them are wrong, and this is why: Baldur’s…