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"If the player trusts you enough, they are not going to savescum": Why the makers of some of the best RPGs on PC want you to get used to failing
Several RPG developers discuss the concept of player failure in digital versus tabletop role-playing games. They explore how game design can encourage players to embrace failure as a narrative tool rather than something to be avoided through savescumming, emphasizing trust and agency.
In 2007, two game music GOATs collaborated on the criminally underrated soundtrack to a similarly underrated D&D RPG
This article celebrates the criminally underrated soundtrack of Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, a collaboration between composers Alexander Brandon and Womb Music (Rik Schaffer and Margaret Tang). Brandon, known for Deus Ex and Unreal, discusses his work at Obsidian Entertainment and how he contributed to the haunting atmosphere of the CRPG expansion, highlighting specific tracks like "Death God's Vault" and the "Mulsantir" theme.