However, as passionate as RPG fans are about the games they love, they can be equally as passionate in berating the games in their favorite genre that failed to live up to expectations. Games such as Octopath Traveller on the Nintendo Switch and Torment: Tides of Numenera and Pillars of Eternity are designed with classics in mind and are well received by fans and critics. The last few years have seen an emergence in throwback titles paying tribute to the classics of the past. Even long-running franchises such as Assassin’s Creed have moved into the open-world RPG genre and breathing new life into the series as a result. The flexibility of RPG systems has found itself in online shooters, fighting games, and even action-adventure titles. A good quality RPG, whether it is from the West or Japan, is often just as playable today as it was when it was first released take Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, or computer games built with the Infinity Engine like Baldur’s Gate as an example. Role-playing games (RPGs) are one of the few genres that are able to be called timeless regardless of when they were made.
