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I am gonna say it...A good story or setting makes an already good RPG better. It doesn't make a bad RPG good, at best it makes it tolerable.
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I am gonna say it...A good story or setting makes an already good RPG better. It doesn't make a bad RPG good, at best it makes it tolerable.
Fallout franchise has botttom of the barrel turn based … combat.
That's a setting. You can construct a setting with thick atmosphere just by the level architecture and visual style you use. No written story is necessary.
Ultimately I am a bit of a storyfag, but really more of a settingfag. A game with the best combat in the world can rarely keep me coming back to it if the setting is extremely boring, the game has no exploration, the characters are weak, etc. I am much more willing to tolerate a game with great setting and story even if it means putting up with bad combat.
It's sad that reactivity/Choice & Consequence don't even make it into the poll. C&C are separate from story, and it's a good way to measure how much devs respect player agency apart from just gameplay decisions.
It's a role-playing game. Not a combat simulator, or lore dump, or VN.
Tell me, what is an RPG really?It's a role-playing game. Not a combat simulator, or lore dump, or VN.
Tell me, what is an RPG really?It's a role-playing game. Not a combat simulator, or lore dump, or VN.
Tell me, what is an RPG really?It's a role-playing game. Not a combat simulator, or lore dump, or VN.
It's a game where pants and boots are fused together into a single piece of clothing.Tell me, what is an RPG really?It's a role-playing game. Not a combat simulator, or lore dump, or VN.
A friendship of imaginative virgins solving problems together.Tell me, what is an RPG really?It's a role-playing game. Not a combat simulator, or lore dump, or VN.
Has there even been a RPG released with good combat in the last 5 years?
I feel like I'm missing an obvious one.