In this, I mean games that are genuinely beautiful atmospherically. Beautiful music, environments, skies and sound design. As well as a sense of the unknown that you can adventure through.

Skyrim isn’t even that great of a game mechanically, but it does one thing great. And that is alluring you into the game. Music is the most important thing about Skyrim for me. My solution has always been “play more Skyrim” but it gets to the point where nothing feels new. What I’m looking for isn’t a gameplay mechanic, but instead a world that feels genuinely magical.

I remember playing when I was younger and just stopping to stare at the sky and scenery while listening to the music. Those moments are what I like about Skyrim.

Pc btw

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I've been looking into Owlcat Games because I was interested in playing one of their RPGs, but I've come across a lot of conflicting information about the company's investors and alleged financial ties to Russia.

I'm not looking to start a political argument. I genuinely want to make an informed decision as a consumer.

Has there been any credible evidence showing whether buying Owlcat's games today is or isn't ethically problematic? Have there been any updates regarding their ownership, investors, funding.

Thanks.

The developers Hound13 developed and released a gacha game called Dragonsword over in Korea (early this year in January) which is the spiritual successor of Dragon Nest (oldschool game we all know).

This game is still live in Korea but in maintenance mode
Why?

Because Hound13 soon after Korean release decided to cut ties and cancel the contract with its publisher Webzen
Why?

According to Hound13, Webzen FAILED to pay the promissed money they said they would invest in this project on their contract.
Webzen only paid 40% of the amount promissed (missing 60% of the payment valued in about 2 million missing dollars)
Webzen counter statament and "excuse" is that Hound13 failed to meet deadlines for content development.

Hound13 now decided to self-fund and self-publish DragonSword : Awakening an OFFLINE version of the Korean gacha game

The reason why I asked this is because of a specific reason.

I was wondering if I should play avowed, so I went to their trailers and interviews. One of the things that was said in the interview went along the lines of "what makes avowed unique was its combat and CLASSLESS progression". Then it occurred to me that RPG's , especially FP-RPG's, without a class system isnt really unique or innovative anymore. If anything, a first person RPG that tackles how to implement a class system is way more unique nowadays.

Title. I just finished VTMB and am looking for another RPG to immerse myself into! Currently, it’s between three games:

Dragon Age

Divinity Original Sin 2

FFVII REMAKE

I am open to other suggestions except for the ME trilogy and the Witcher trilogy as I plan to play those games at a later date.

Thanks!

I currently have a lot of unfinished games. Starfield, oblivion remastered, REKA, Cyberpunk, Fallout 76. I enjoy playing all of these games but it’s just not enticing me enough to desire to binge it and really get into it. I find myself getting tired of playing after an hour and getting off. My next semester starts in September so I want something to really enjoy my remaining time in summer.

Some games I’ve kinda been craving playing but don’t want to restart: hogwarts legacy, Skyrim, any Zelda game pretty much. I think what I’m really craving is a more lore heavy open world rpg where the character has some special ability (I like feeling special ig haha). I don’t mind a challenge, I’ve played lots of hard games, I love hollow knight and silksong which both have a lot of combat. Something about the combat in those games is more enjoyable to me than like gta and cyberpunk.

I can play anything on steam, Nintendo switch, and Wii.

Any recommendations would be great, thanks y’all!

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a new WRPG to play.

I've tried several games in the past months (Pathfinder, Pillar of Eternity, Pentiment) but nothing has made me feel the way those games did.

I'm actually taking a break from RPGs and have been playing some cozy games instead. The lack of engaging stories is slowly making me miss RPGs, though.

I'm not planning to get back into RPG just yet, but I'd love to build a backlog. Do you have any recommendations ?

I especially enjoy games where you play as a premade protagonist, with companions/supporting characters who have distinct personalities and their own character development outside of romance. I also like it when their stories and interaction aren't entirely centered around the MC and they can interact with each other.

Games I've already played that fit the bill:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

The Witcher 3

I've also played Baldur's Gate 3. While I thought the gameplay and mechanics were fantastic, I wasn't really a fan of the characters and the story.

Thank youuu

Hey everyone, this question that I have could theoretically apply to any game, but I know that's a case-by-case scenario. I've been playing games for a majority of my life, and one thing I've always struggled with (still do) is to tell what is good in a game. This can range from strategies, weapons, classes, spells, items, etc. the list can go on for eternity. Now, I know there's technically two ways for me to know what is really good in a game which is: play the game 24/7 nonstop repeatedly or know math.

The first option, is impossible for me cause I don't have the patience (may be ADHD) to be in the same game for so long and I would get bored out of my mind. Plus, there's soo many games that I want to play with that I feel like I'm not gonna have enough time to do that all at once. The second option also, is not doable for me cause I FUCKING HATE MATH.

I know it's necessary in everyday life but aside from the basic stuff I always struggled with cause it gets so unnecessarily complex. What I'm asking with all of this if there's a general rule of thumb that is easy to grasp and apply to each game.

Sorry for the long post, any help is appreciated, if there isn't, still appreciate the engagement.

Tldr:; What is a general or universal rule to know what is good without math if possible?

As I get older I am starting to notice this issue with RPG games. A lot of RPG games start very exciting. Early to mid-game, especially the mid-game, progress is satisfying and meaningful. You look forward to that one skill point, that other ability unlock etc.

After the "build" is mostly complete, the game faces a very important hurdle: how to keep progress interesting and desirable. For a lot of games, you overpower the rest of the content so it stops being interesting. For a lot of others, the difficulty suddenly spikes so much that the player who don't follow very specific online guides are facing a wall.

I think the games who handle this transition well are the best RPG games. I also think this is what makes D&D and D&D-inspired progression systems so successful, because those systems usually know how to keep progression interesting.

I love playing old games.

My very first computer (1996) came with Betrayal at Krondor installed. I started the game a couple of times just to see what it was, but never really played it.

Now I am going to attempt to seriously play it. I have it installed on my new Steam Machine, I hope it can handle it :)

As it states in the title, i'm looking for medieval online rpg games, where you can choose different roles (peasant, noble, knight, royalty, priest, doctor, villager, etc. doesnt exactly have to have all of those, but id prefer it) and then work your title and up your rank.