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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by stateoff on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:56PM (#16279542)
In this case he really did invent the "Realtime-RPG" that made Diablo what it is.

In his own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscdPA6sUkc

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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by cortesoft on Thursday February 01, 2018 @12:46AM (#16279847)
They did not invent the 'realtime-rpg'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Underworld:_The_Stygian...

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Re:Diablo creator David Brevik is back with a new game: It L... by zaphos on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:39AM (#16280007)
Yes, you're right -- Diablo did a lot for the ARPG genre, but if you enjoy digging through the history of games there is a ton of interesting ARPG stuff from at least the 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_role-playing_game
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