Adventure & RPG Games · 30

Save points used to be partly a technical constraint, but designers learned to use them as atmosphere: a safe place feels safer when the game visibly lets you stop there. The history behind the category adds another layer: MUD1, developed in the late 1970s, combined a shared online world with text adventure and role-playing ideas long before 'MMO' became everyday vocabulary. The real final boss of many adventures is deciding which unfinished side quest you can emotionally abandon.