Editing Role-playing video game (section)

===Dungeon crawlers===
{{see|Dungeon crawl}}
[[File:DOTGv0.31screenshot.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of ''Damnation of Gods'', a ''Dungeon Master'' clone. All four members of the players' party move around the game world as a single unit, or "blob", in first-person perspective.]]

This subgenre consists of RPGs where the player leads a party of adventurers in [[First-person (video games)|first-person perspective]], typically through a dungeon or labyrinth in a grid-based environment.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Examples include the aforementioned ''Wizardry'', ''Might and Magic'' and ''Bard's Tale'' series; as well as the ''[[Etrian Odyssey (series)|Etrian Odyssey]]'' and ''[[Elminage]]'' series. Games of this type are sometimes called "blobbers", since the player moves the entire party around the playing field as a single unit, or "blob".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/12/05/the-rpgs-of-2017/ |title=The RPGs of 2017 |last=Cobbett |first=Richard |date=December 5, 2016 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]] |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/crpg-history-abridged---21-rpgs-that-brought-something-new-to-the-table |title=CRPG History Abridged – 21 RPGs that brought something new to the table |last=Pepe |first=Felipe |date=June 25, 2015 |website=Gamasutra |publisher=UBM |access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>

Most "blobbers" are turn-based, but some titles such as the ''Dungeon Master'', ''[[Legend of Grimrock]]'' and ''[[Eye of the Beholder (video game)|Eye of the Beholder]]'' series are played in real-time. Early games in this genre lacked an [[automap]] feature, forcing players to draw their own maps in order to keep track of their progress.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Environmental and spatial puzzles are common, meaning players may need to, for instance, move a stone in one part of the level in order to open a gate in another part of the level.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}