Support the channel on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow me on twitter!: https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Check out Maggie Mae Fish!: null Dungeons and Dragons has been around for years, and in its many years of influence, D&D has inspired a countless number of videogames. Experience points, a bunch of classic monsters, dungeons, and yes, even dragons as videogame staples can ultimately be traced back to the venerable king of roleplaying games - but there's one idea D&D popularized that doesn't get anywhere near enough credit. And that, is classes. Yep, everything from warlocks to warriors ultimately draw influence from a couple of very clever ideas the creators of D&D had way back in the 1970s - but why are classes so influential? In an attempt to find out why, The Architect has donned a sword, staff, bow and a whole host of other cliche articles of classy clothing in an effort to find out once and for all why both developers and players love classes as a mechanic so damn much. You Saw: Baldur's Gate 3 - EARLY ACCESS Stranger Things - 2016 Wizardry 1 SNES - 1980 XCOM 2 - 2016 Final Fantasy 3 - 1990 Darkest Dungeon - 2016 Overwatch - 2016 (yes I am refusing to note overwatch 2 as a seperate game out of spite thank you for asking) Among Us - 2018 Paper Mario 2 The Thousand Year Door - 2004 Super Paper Mario - 2007 Moonbreaker - 2022 Warcraft 3 - 2002 World of Warcraft - 2004 Guild Wars 2 - 2012 Lost Ark - 2019 New World - 2021 Final Fantasy 14 - 2010 Runescape - 2001 Perfect Heist 2 - 2021 Final Fantasy 7 Remake - 2020 Xenoblade 3 - 2022 Dark Souls - 2012 Elden Ring - 2022 Skyrim - 2011 Path of Exile - 2013 Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 2019 Dota 2 - 2013 Dome Keeper - 2022 Gears Tactics - 2020 Space Engineers - 2013 Deep Rock Galactic - 2020 Invisible Inc - 2015 Into The Breach - 2018 Foxhole - 2022 Battle Brothers - 2015 Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga - 2022 XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 2012 The Binding of Isaac - 2014 Risk of Rain 2 - 2019 Gunfire Reborn - 2020 Grim Dawn - 2016 Titan Quest - 2006 Dragon Age Origins - 2009 Before Your Eyes - 2021 Fallout New Vegas - 2010 Terraria - 2011 Magic The Gathering Arena - 2018 Sid Meir's Civilization 6 - 2016 Cybperpunk 2077 - 2021 Prodeus - 2022