Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum?
Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So I did a class on the art of the video game and MoMA (museum of modern art) has a number of them in their collection. There is even a Wikipedia article on it. Wikipedia Article
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pretty solid collection IMO. I am surprised they haven’t included any RPGs (say one CRPG like Ultima 6 and one jRPG like say Final Fantasy 7).
duchess@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
They have, EVE Online and The Sims.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Eve Online and The Sims are excellent additions. But they are not RPGs.
I would personally include VTMB or Deus Ex, but from a broader perspective probably one of the Ultimas (6 or 7 are considered the best I believe) would be more appropriate.
Don’t play jRPGs, but from my understanding is FF7 is considered the “best in genre” release.
duchess@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Of course they are role-playing games, you completely assume the role of a character in another world, even with stat sheets. What kind of role-playing game is Deus Ex, where you play a pre-defined character in a pre-defined plot? The Masquarade is certainly a janky fan favourite, but hardly revolutionary. CRPGs made a shift, from being tabletop simulators and dungeon crawlers (with MOMA contenders like Rogue, Wizardry, or as you suggested Ultima) to games about narrative manifolds. Disco Elysium would be my pick.