cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13809164
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with handicap features, and also to find Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, you’d lose a number of hours exploring every nook and cranny finding them!
Ultima 3’s books were one of the first things I read in English: https://c64sets.com/details_db.html?id=4196
So awesome. And they got only better in 4-6.
And check this out: https://c64sets.com/details_db.html?id=4200 – “Sex: Male, Female or Other” – in a CRPG made in 1983. But those were different times: all RPGs were from Satan himself back then.