List of RPGs with base management mechanics

[Bocian]

Lite: Not very important, but it's for more than just cosmetics.

Pillars of Eternity

Was it more than cosmetics tbh (and free rest behind 3 loading screens)?

 

[nobre]

Lite: Jagged Alliance 2.

Lite because you can complete the game going straight to Meduna. If you don't do that however, there's some base-building to do in the form of training militia. Also, land mines and preparing remote-triggered explosives. Now in the base game, you probably won't use that a lot, but with 1.13 mod and all counter-attacks enabled, you will get serious attacks on your towns. With difficulty level high enough, preparing your defenses becomes important if you want to hold on to your towns with minimal manpower allocation, because you get constant attacks on your towns, even after the big counterattack. Apparently, there are also tripwires, clay-mores, sandbags and concertina wires, but I have never tried those.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark

 

[laclongquan]

Lite: Jagged Alliance 2.

Lite because you can complete the game going straight to Meduna. If you don't do that however, there's some base-building to do in the form of training militia. Also, land mines and preparing remote-triggered explosives. Now in the base game, you probably won't use that a lot, but with 1.13 mod and all counter-attacks enabled, you will get serious attacks on your towns. With difficulty level high enough, preparing your defenses becomes important if you want to hold on to your towns with minimal manpower allocation, because you get constant attacks on your towns, even after the big counterattack. Apparently, there are also tripwires, clay-mores, sandbags and concertina wires, but I have never tried those.

At critical paths you can mine them AND flag them, so that enemies can go around the obvious minefield. Waaaaaa, instant fence. If you have sniper with great rifle you can have one or two overlook those fence and deal with that force while the others deal with invaders in the other corner.

 

[overtenemy]

Bros, c'mon. Breath of Fire 2? Also Disciples of Steel, sort of.

 

[Plane Escapee]

Good thread. Maybe add a "main feature but not a RPG" category for all the strategy games with character progression? HoMM etc., maybe also add State of Decay to such category.

 

[laclongquan]

There is no base in HoMM. You lose one town you conquer another~

Oh well, if we include JA2 as having base mechanic, might as well add HoMM too.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

That kickstartered zombie-rpg? Dead state

 

[rusty_shackleford]

OP has been updated.

 

[Circuit the Short]

Birthright: Gorgon's Alliance.

 

[Alex]

Battle City on the nes also had optional base building...

 

[rusty_shackleford]

small update

 

[Galdred]

Main: mount and blade warband

The pirates games from akella should work too if the ship and its crew count as a base.

 

[majorsoccer]

Crusader Kings 2 and fuck you !

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Main: mount and blade warband

The pirates games from akella should work too if the ship and its crew count as a base.

Once you've completed a nation's questline or a pirate questline, you can take over settlements too.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I'd maybe consider Divinity Original Sin for Lite. The Shelter Plane was a base which you built up over time where you rendezvoused with some inportant characters, where able to learn skills, buy resources, and it was the scene for an important battle

Good thread idea btw

 

[Yosharian]

I fucking hate the base building in Fallout 4. Even Sim Settlements isn't that good. The only really good thing that mod does is the automation part that allows you to essentially say fuck off to settlement building.

 

[Goromorg]

Important: Path of Exile

 

[Galdred]

Core: hinterland (Diablo like where you build your town)
Important:
Din's curse, depths of perils, etc...
Diablo like, mostly about managing factions rather than your settlement.


Not really RPG
Settlements, Thea(2 management RPG where you rebuild civilization with a small group of people)
The guild: hybrid of RPG management and UI torture

 

[buffalo bill]

cataclysm dda

 

[Catacombs]

cataclysm dda

There's base management in this? I haven't run into it (yet, at least).

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

cataclysm dda

There's base management in this? I haven't run into it (yet, at least).

You haven't crafted your own stash area or base of operations?

 

[laclongquan]

Lite: Jagged Alliance 2.

Lite because you can complete the game going straight to Meduna. If you don't do that however, there's some base-building to do in the form of training militia. Also, land mines and preparing remote-triggered explosives. Now in the base game, you probably won't use that a lot, but with 1.13 mod and all counter-attacks enabled, you will get serious attacks on your towns. With difficulty level high enough, preparing your defenses becomes important if you want to hold on to your towns with minimal manpower allocation, because you get constant attacks on your towns, even after the big counterattack. Apparently, there are also tripwires, clay-mores, sandbags and concertina wires, but I have never tried those.

You can mine THEN mark the mine to block obvious route and channel them into fire zones. Or you can mortar that area to trigger the mines to explode anyway.

 

[Galdred]

Also:
Main: Legends of Elaria (Early Access): ARPG where you manage a kingdom
Important (or main feature?) : Ni No Kuni (action RPG where you have to rebuild your kingdom)

Medium: Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs (tactical RPG where you rebuild your castle. It is mostly through interacting with the staff, though).

Light: Monster's Den: Goldfall: You get a few upgrades in your base iirc.
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming: same as above. You can build some stuff in your base, which gives you a few bonuses.

Not really RPG: King Arthur: The Role Playing wargame (it has RPG in the name, so it must count! It is basically total war with heroes that are more fleshed out than Warhammer TW heroes).


I made a thread on reddit about kingdom management RPG. Some entries might be worth looking (but I am not too sure which ones really count as RPG).

Some space games with RPGish features (Starpoint Gemini 2, Starpoint Gemini Warlords, even the X series) could count too.

There also are a few other rimworld like games:
Survivalist(build a base and protect if from zombies).
judgment(same but with demons).

 

[rusty_shackleford]

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