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RETRO MANIA

In 2019, Disco Elysium sailed beyond the edge of our convenient definitions, an RPG so revolutionary some weren’t sure it counted as an RPG at all. Disco Elysium felt like a product of an overgrown hothouse, surely about to produce more unusually proportioned fruit.

By contrast, RPGs in 2021 felt safe, predictable. For starters, there was a wave of remasters, re-releases, and ports like Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Diablo 2: Resurrected, the Final Fantasy pixel remasters, , , , more games than anyone could ever play, and the incremental update of .

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