In September 2006, the editors of Gamasutra asked its readership of game industry professionals to chime in and vote for which game in the role-playing genre "brought the genre forward" in the biggest way - whether it be an early game that helped define the RPG, or a more recent one which took those core ideas and developed a more rewarding experience than before. Specifically, we asked:
"Which role playing game over the entire history of the genre do you think has made the biggest 'quantum leap', and why?"
"Which role playing game over the entire history of the genre do you think has made the biggest 'quantum leap', and why?"
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