Monday, 11 March 2024 23:00

The Thaumaturge Can Teach CRPGs About Blending History with Horror

Written by Matt Karoglou
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The Thaumaturge's skillful blending of real-world history with supernatural horror can impart lessons on both CRPGs and horror games as a whole.

In many ways, The Thaumaturge delivers a CRPG experience that is both familiar and unfamiliar, mixing tried-and-true gameplay elements with an atypical setting and plot to provide something altogether unique. While most of the standard elements of a CRPG are on full display in The Thaumaturge, the game's framing of them through its historical setting and supernaturally-charged protagonist and plot bring something intriguing to the conversation. Right as the CRPG genre is having a bit of a moment in the limelight thanks to 2023's groundbreaking success of Baldur's Gate 3, the things that The Thaumaturge does well should provide an example to other games in the genre as it continues to evolve.

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