Genre-Defining Old School RPGs That You Absolutely Must Play

Isometric RPGs are enjoying a Renaissance these past few years, with projects like Divinity, Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, The Banner Saga among others making a rather big splash, so to make sure the classics get some attention too, we made a list of some landmark titles in the genre. As I was playing Fallout 4 last year, I got a bit bored and started thinking baked beans. And then about the insides of a capybara. Then I thought “bugger me, I haven’t been this bored since I last played Call of Duty!” And then I thought about more beans, transmission in a rally car, and then I remembered I was supposed to be playing an RPG. I then laughed to myself, after that there was a baked bean powered rally car, and I have completely forgotten where I was supposed to go with this. So here is a lis...