what was the last *great* RPG??

[Infinitron]

Damn, there are a lot of people on here who really like Alpha Protocol. I thought I was an Obsidian fanboy but I am nothing compared to you.

I think it's a joke/running gag, but it's been going on for so long that some of the people repeating it may not realize that anymore.

 

[hivemind]

Great, just Fallout 1 and 2.

The rest is good at best.

what is it that sets the fallouts so far ahead of the games that came afterwards in your mind ?

don't get my wrong I liked them but I'm interested to hear why you think nothing even came close

I think it's a joke/running gag, but it's been going on for so long that some of the people repeating it may not realize that anymore.

Damn, there are a lot of people on here who really like Alpha Protocol. I thought I was an Obsidian fanboy but I am nothing compared to you.

retards

 

[Xathrodox86]

Nov 17, 2004, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Yup. Also DX: Human Revolution.

 

[Animal]

what is it that sets the fallouts so far ahead of the games that came afterwards in your mind ?

don't get my wrong I liked them but I'm interested to hear why you think nothing even came close

I played a lot of other RPGs that I thought were good (BGs, IWDs, NWN HotU and some mods, TOEE, some blobbers...), but almost always I get to a point where I feel tired. I start to pass on side quests or I just get bored of filler combat and start wishing for the game to end so I can move on to something else.

Classic Fallouts are the only games to this date where I don't feel that way and often while playing (and replaying) Fallout 1, I feel sad, because I'm getting to the end of it. That's why I like Fallout 2 almost as much, because despite of the weaker main plot, it has a lot more content.

I played this crap so many times and I still fire it up with some weird build sometimes and find new stuff to do.

For me, these were the only great RPGs, no doubt.

 

[hivemind]

DX: Human Revolution.

I really liked the "dialogue battles" in HR.
I think that when I replay the game sometime in the future I'm probably going to play without the pheromone detector perk and see if they will feel good without it.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Underrail.

Hands down, no questions asked.

 

[Animal]

Underrail.

Hands down, no questions asked.

I've been meaning to try that out...

OT: I liked the Shadowrun Returns titles recently, but I wouldn't classify them as great.

Too light on the content and almost no freedom. But fun nonetheless.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

Underrail.

Hands down, no questions asked.

I would agree but it isn't finished yet. Let it have Codex GoTY glory, then we can talk about it in the past tense!

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

I could make a great case for "finished" not mattering in this case. As it stands right now...RIGHT NOW...it is already my favorite game since PS:T**.





**maybe even FO2!

 

[hivemind]

what is so good about it?(not a snark I just want more people to explain their choices)

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Last great RPG? Ultima IV.

 

[Nephologist]

Thread has predictably degenerated into "What is your favorite RPG?"

 

[Melan]

There have been many good RPGs in the last ten years, but I have played none I would call great. Greatness is something more than just being competent. The Grimoire demo is the only RPG that had that spark, the sense of stumbling onto something genuinely well done. The fact that it is some kind of outsider art created by a lunatic only makes it more sad. There are no developers anymore who look upwards, and not at the ground before their own feet.

(Disclaimer: I am getting some really good initial impressions from Serpent in the Staglands, but haven't delved deep enough to comment.)

 

[Amn Nom]

Dark Souls.

 

[Black]

Before you can descend into the "what is a great rpg" first we must answer the ever present "what is an rpg".

 

[Lurker King]

Serpent in the Staglands

 

[Lurker King]

Dragonfall Director's Cut

This.

Oh, god! The lack of good cRPGS for so many years made people insane! The game has shitty combat system, shitty writing and shitty itemization. The only positive thing we can say about it is the setting, which is a breath of fresh air among the usual generic fantasy setting of most cRPGs.

 

[Excidium II]

Oh, god! The lack of good cRPGS for so many years made people insane! The game has shitty combat system, shitty writing and shitty itemization. The only positive thing we can say about it is the setting, which is a breath of fresh air among the usual generic fantasy setting of most cRPGs.

Serpent in the Staglands

 

[Grimwulf]

shitty writing

Try to be thinner next time.

 

[Decado]

Quest For Glory IV. Or Betrayal at Krondor.

 

[iLkRehp]

Weird. It's like there's 2 types of ppl; either you love Alpha Protocol AND hate D:OS or you love D:OS AND hate AP. Does anyone out there either hate both or love both? I played D:OS thru 3x back to back to back. . .I uninstalled AP after an hour and never looked back. Why the dichotomy?

 

[Crooked Bee]

Oh, god! The lack of good cRPGS for so many years made people insane! The game has shitty combat system, shitty writing and shitty itemization. The only positive thing we can say about it is the setting, which is a breath of fresh air among the usual generic fantasy setting of most cRPGs.

My theory is that Dragonfall is just mediocre enough to come the closest to the Codex's perfect RPG, because this is the way the Codex works.

It may be mediocre in all areas, true, and personally I found it extremely boring and limited, but at least it doesn't really fail at anything either, which ironically makes it the closest to the Codex's perfect dream RPG that would excel at everything at once, from combat to writing.

 

[Whisky]

Witcher 3.

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

New Vegas. It crushes all those other FPS attempting to be RPGs in the past 10 years. Of course VTBM is more awesomesauce, but if we speak of the ''last'', for me it's pretty much Vegas. If we speak of a game that comes from a past golden age of gaming, well I guess everyone has a different one depending on when the decline was definitive. My vote definitively doesn't go to D:OS or Alpha Protocrap.

 

[KK1001]

I struggle to come up with great games of the past decade, let alone great RPGs. A lot of my favorites (Vegas, Dark Souls, Deus Ex:HR, MOTB) have severe flaws that prevent them from being truly great.