[The Kiwi]

Thanks for the answers so far.

The first entertainment literature I enjoyed, just slightly after finding comic books, was Science Fiction. In the past, I have played various strategy sims, oriented around SF themes, starting all the way back in the dawn of graphical games with Star Flight. In more recent years, I have started one or two "RTS" types without getting much sense of satisfaction from the play. I own a copy of Starcraft, never finished it.

I was grown and had a couple of kids before "Adult Fantasy" caught my attention, which was a few years before the advent of the original D & D, which I also got involved in for several years after the kids were somewhat bigger. My all-time favorite game would be a multi-place tie between half a dozen Gold Box games and Might and Magic's sixth CRPG. I really prefer the turn-based mode over any other.

I'm not sure that I ever acquired a copy of Diablo to test it. Generally, I've been unimpressed with the adventure game variety that console players have been calling "RPG's", and it seems to me now that I classified Diablo with Final Fantasy and its ilk. Am I misjudging it?