Community Larian Studios RPG Survey - The Results

[Grampy_Bone]

Interesting that MMOs are so lukewarm. No one is hankering for that style of gameplay anymore. Yet it seems like every developer still wants to make them.

 

[commie]

Fugg, just saw this....I may be a storyfag for when a game has less to offer in other departments, but for a game that uses a quality TB engine to dream about story faggotry rather than pine for maximum tactical combat quality, depth and well crafted encounters? Fuck those faggots!

 

[Moonrise]

Interesting that MMOs are so lukewarm. No one is hankering for that style of gameplay anymore. Yet it seems like every developer still wants to make them.

The industry as a whole is moving toward games as a service, rather than a product. People don't necessarily want that, but it's the most palatable way to fleece customers. They started with season passes, and now they're teetering on the edge of gambling with loot boxes. The fact that China is at the forefront of combating these practices is sad. I just want to buy a fucking video game, and god forbid it comes with all its content, and I finish it and maybe buy the sequel. Why has it come to this. I get that development costs have risen exponentially, but maybe, I don't know, try making less expensive games.

 

[MurkyShadow]

Crafting is cancer.

Jagged Alliance 2's system of modifications is the highest I can take in terms of crafting.
Also, I hesitated to type RPG Codex as my sole source of information in the survey,
fearing it would be counted under 'one of them'. But did write it anyway.

 

[Dorateen]

The industry as a whole is moving toward games as a service

Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar is the highest form of public service.

 

[Pentagon]

I'm just happy so few people "love" crafting. The sooner it dies the better.

I thought Underrail did it right. I only crafted about a dozen items the whole game and each one felt like I had made something that was powerful and customized to my character.

 

[Dorateen]

I know i'm kinda off-topic, but in your opinion, what are the rpg with the best tactical combat ?

SSI Gold Box games, Temple of Elemental Evil, Knights of the Chalice.

 

[Falksi]

I know i'm kinda off-topic, but in your opinion, what are the rpg with the best tactical combat ?

Just playing through Underrail and that's nailed a lot of it. Each battle feels tense but winnable, and also different each time.

Won't be a popular shout, but I actually think Dragon Age Origins nailed the "action-tactical" approach too. Personally I loved it.

 

[Jaesun]

I know i'm kinda off-topic, but in your opinion, what are the rpg with the best tactical combat ?

SSI Gold Box games, Temple of Elemental Evil, Knights of the Chalice.

And Jagged Alliance 2.

 

[Drog Black Tooth]

Story more important than tactical combat / gameplay

It's like video games are not a medium that's all about escapism.

I know right?

 

[selkin]

- if I'm interpreting the graphs correctly.

Thanks to jerf again.

That's the thing, it's uninterpretable. It's a badly designed survey. It can not give relevant info about nearly anything.

 

[Serious_Business]

About that sweet coop!

No friends

 

[Falksi]

About that sweet coop!

No friends

Very much THIS^

You spend all week working, drinking, laughing, and interacting with mates & others. So when you've a few hours where you want to detach and chill by yourself, why would you invite others into that?

 

[Darth Roxor]

itt social rejects

 

[dragonul09]

Good,fuck co-op and every multiplayer bit on my single player games.After a long day of work,I want so god damn peace and a nice single player game to enjoy,not to hear some retard talking about work or other menial shit.

Keep your shitty co-op away from my rpgs

 

[Kev Inkline]

- if I'm interpreting the graphs correctly.

Thanks to jerf again.

That's the thing, it's uninterpretable. It's a badly designed survey. It can not give relevant info about nearly anything.

It can give some info, if the graphs were drawn in the standard way. See above.

 

[Saber-Scorpion]

My sister and I co-op RPGs all the time and greatly enjoy it, so I hope Larian continues having that as an option. I mean, it was an option in Baldur's Gate 1/2, and even if you didn't use it for multiplayer, you could at least abuse it to create your whole party yourself, which was nice. Wish we could do that in D:OS2 also. I love full party creation.

But yeah, telling Larian "we want more story lol!!1" is pretty retarded. People often make fun of the silly humor in D:OS1, but that wasn't even the worst part of the writing - it was the "epic" stuff they had to shove in, where your characters get sucked through time and space, and then some goddess tells you that you are the chosen ones with a special destiny on the tapestry of fate, reincarnated heroes, bla bla bla. Only you can save the universe from the dark something, etc. The story went from small-scale and whimsical to world-shattering generically epic in the blink of an eye, and I much preferred the former. I think BG1 had the kind of narrative a D:OS game should go for: a light adventure story with only a few hints at something grander that lead up to a big final battle.

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

my sister and I co-op all the time

and greatly enjoy it

 

[Bonerbill]

itt social rejects

iip a fag

 

[ikarinokami]

the nice thing is that everyone can see the three things you need. story, tactical combat and character progression. I'm also happy that most people hate prewritten characters.

 

[ikarinokami]

I know i'm kinda off-topic, but in your opinion, what are the rpg with the best tactical combat ?

Temple of Elemental Evil

 

[mindfields]

Fuck story fags