I have played any tactical or turn based RPG you can mention, but I also like action RPG's sometimes. I just need the action to be exciting and require some thought.
I think MMORPG's are promising, generally better than the action RPG's that have dominated single player RPG's since 2000 ish. But they also leave so much to be desired. Most of the modern ones I play for a month and have done everything. But The Elder Scrolls Online has blown my mind.
I played it in beta and something unbelievable happened. A mob killed me! It is something that hasn't happened to me in an MMO since about 2001. So I bought the game cheap (on Amazon) a while after it was released and tried it again, and every mob I fought went splat. I figured that like various other MMO's I've played in beta and then release, they dumbed it down at the end and made everything too easy. So I rage quit like I did to most other MMO's, although usually I play them for a month first until I begin to hate them.
But there was a huge update recently and the game is also free to play now, so I figured I would give it another try. I have been hopelessly addicted since. I've played it every day for about 2 months and still only scratching the surface of the game. The game is huge, and really high standard. And the reason some mobs are easy and some aren't, is that there are so many different types in this game. There are several types of dungeons, most are designed for groups of various sizes, but some can be done solo if you are good. I hate the Elder Scrolls games in general, I had some fun with Morrowind but Oblivion and Skyrim I think are an insult to gaming and they are all so under developed. But ES Online only looks like an ES game on the surface. It cost $200 million and it shows. The world is enormous and varied, the mobs too, but more importantly every single game system has been changed, and changed into something far better, more developed, and more thought out. It is basically a proper RPG, with meaningful progression and character building, and the combat is really good. It is spammy and actiony, but it does a better job than almost any other action game I can think of. It is also like multiple games in one, you can do solo questing like Skyrim or something (but a higher standard), but there are really good scripted instanced dungeons, and there are LOTS of them. It has about 3 times the number of the last MMO I played.
If you like action RPG's you really should try it. Ask me if you want to know anything about it. I am still relatively a newbie so can't give pro tips on builds or anything, but I can describe the game well and how it works.
p.s. Don't be typical snooty codexers. Yeah it isn't Baldurs Gate and it is never going to play anything like that. But it offers a lot and it is really good and you shouldn't cheat yourself out of a great game just because of the "Elder Scrolls" tag. I nearly did too and it was a bad idea. I could explain in more detail why it is special but this post would be too big.
I think MMORPG's are promising, generally better than the action RPG's that have dominated single player RPG's since 2000 ish. But they also leave so much to be desired. Most of the modern ones I play for a month and have done everything. But The Elder Scrolls Online has blown my mind.
I played it in beta and something unbelievable happened. A mob killed me! It is something that hasn't happened to me in an MMO since about 2001. So I bought the game cheap (on Amazon) a while after it was released and tried it again, and every mob I fought went splat. I figured that like various other MMO's I've played in beta and then release, they dumbed it down at the end and made everything too easy. So I rage quit like I did to most other MMO's, although usually I play them for a month first until I begin to hate them.
But there was a huge update recently and the game is also free to play now, so I figured I would give it another try. I have been hopelessly addicted since. I've played it every day for about 2 months and still only scratching the surface of the game. The game is huge, and really high standard. And the reason some mobs are easy and some aren't, is that there are so many different types in this game. There are several types of dungeons, most are designed for groups of various sizes, but some can be done solo if you are good. I hate the Elder Scrolls games in general, I had some fun with Morrowind but Oblivion and Skyrim I think are an insult to gaming and they are all so under developed. But ES Online only looks like an ES game on the surface. It cost $200 million and it shows. The world is enormous and varied, the mobs too, but more importantly every single game system has been changed, and changed into something far better, more developed, and more thought out. It is basically a proper RPG, with meaningful progression and character building, and the combat is really good. It is spammy and actiony, but it does a better job than almost any other action game I can think of. It is also like multiple games in one, you can do solo questing like Skyrim or something (but a higher standard), but there are really good scripted instanced dungeons, and there are LOTS of them. It has about 3 times the number of the last MMO I played.
If you like action RPG's you really should try it. Ask me if you want to know anything about it. I am still relatively a newbie so can't give pro tips on builds or anything, but I can describe the game well and how it works.
p.s. Don't be typical snooty codexers. Yeah it isn't Baldurs Gate and it is never going to play anything like that. But it offers a lot and it is really good and you shouldn't cheat yourself out of a great game just because of the "Elder Scrolls" tag. I nearly did too and it was a bad idea. I could explain in more detail why it is special but this post would be too big.
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