Divinity: Original Sin

IGN’s Top 100 RPGs of All Time, Part 1

The only thing harder than defining what an RPG is, is creating a ‘Best of’ list without angering anyone in the process. To prevent some of the inevitable grumbling, IGN’s new list contains a full 100 of titles, and outlines…

PC Gamer’s Best RPGs of All Time 2016 Edition

People love “best of” lists. Knowing this, PC Gamer has provided a timely update to their best RPGs of all time list. The criteria are nebulous at best, and the genre itself doesn’t do them any favors, but this is…

Some Little Things to Love in RPGs, Part One

Richard Cobbett’s latest contribution to Rock, Paper, Shotgun isn’t one of his usual editorials, but instead a gallery that attempts to point out some interesting and often overlooked aspects of RPGs he’s played throughout the years. We’re not necessarily talking…

CRPGs are Back, and They’re Better Than Ever

Pointing at the availability of Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, Divinity: Original Sin, and Shadowrun Returns, as well as the upcoming releases of Torment: Tides of Numenera and Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, the team at IGN Africa have concluded that “CRPGs…

The Joy of Expansions and Enhanced Editions

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has just made one of its supporter-funded posts available to the public, and it’s an interesting look at the benefits of expansions, patches and enhanced editions based on this year’s upgrades to Divinity: Original Sin, Pillars of…