Deus Ex Exploration, what do you mean by that?

[Tito Anic]

Nobody mentioned it but Vogel's games have top notch exploration.

 

[luj1]

I never found Gothic's or Morrowind's exploration very exciting - they're both completely quest-driven.

I guess you never found the Lord's Mail in Morrowind?

I love how they hid Boots of the Apostle... on a fucking ledge 10 meters up in a cave

 

[Kabas]

Nobody mentioned it but Vogel's games have top notch exploration.

Geneforge canistres are definitely a nice way of combining the skill progression with exploring. Granted, the first game is the only one i have beaten.

I also recall the voidspire/alvora tactics that had a nice way of integrating crafting into exploration.
The crafting process itself was very simple, just combine the material with the crafting kit. Combine the giant spider fang you just found with the crossbow kit and you get yourself a poison crossbow.
You could also melt items back into the basic material, meaning that if you don't like this new laser sword you can remelt it into the laser axe or spear.

 

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Underrail

 

[Leitz]

DOOM is the best RPG to understand exploration. You start in a room and see only the room you're in. Then your start moving into new rooms, going through doors, exploring more rooms. After you end up at a door that needs a key, you ricochet from that door into other directions which are by wish more than one...

After rooms, directions, choices, a map developes in your head. You understand your surroundings. The area becomes clear to you. Exploration has been done.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

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Underrail

they added an ingame map, right?
I got lost so many times and ended up memorizing most of the map

 

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they added an ingame map, right?
I got lost so many times and ended up memorizing most of the map

Same here, the map actually got me confused multiple times lol.

 

[V_K]

find the way to summon an optional boss

IIRC, that boss isn't optional. If you don't summon and defeat him in the desert, he'll join another boss battle at the palace, so you'll have a harder time there.
Soulbringer is a criminally underrated game.

 

[Kabas]

Didn't know that.

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I thought that the Chimera implied that he is not a part of the Scorn gang anymore or something like that. Seems like i misunderstood his introduction.

 

[V_K]

French games aren't exactly known for communicating unambiguously :D

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Nobody mentioned it but Vogel's games have top notch exploration.

Agreed. Everything is meticulously hand-placed, including combat encounters and loot. Tougher enemies are there from the start, there's lots of interesting locations to see, and great loot is often guarded by greater enemies. No respawns (I think it's the same in all his games, could be wrong) and a handmade world full of intrigue and mystery generally add to the exploration as well. Jeff knows what he's doing when designing a world. Avernum, Geneforge and Nethergate have great exploration, and even Avadon isn't bad in that regard either.

 

[SupremeLaziness]

I want my exploration to give me the feeling I had wandering the woods by my house as a kid.

Preferably with less discarded needles and hobo camps.