Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are among the games that remind Konrad Tomaszkiewicz (director of The Witcher 3 and Blood of Dawnwalker) of the 1990's RPG golden age in the sense that there are multiple hits in the genre that differ wildly from each other, but still open folks up to "an unknown experience."
Speaking to GamesRadar+ about the games that might have inspired his upcoming vampiric RPG Blood of Dawnwalker, Tomaszkiewicz emphasizes that he's been playing games since he was a child, so he was naturally shaped by old-school RPGs like The Eye of the Beholder, Stonekeep, and Betrayal at Krondor. His taste is so classic that Baldur's Gate, "which is an ancient story for most people," is kind of new for him.
