What style RPG do you enjoy the most?
It's all about the isometric loot fests. I'm a sucker for any kind of progression system in single player games, but loot's got me by the balls. ALL THE ARROWS NEED TO BE GREEN AND POINTING UP. ALL OF THEM.
@Canteu said:
@Video_Game_King said:
Hi-resolution retro 3D first person isometric dungeon crawlers.
What the Empress said.
Huh?
The kind where I roll for THAC0 or some thinly veiled equivalent, usually in a first person or isometric perspective.
I honestly don't think I have a preference. My only preference relates to theme - anything but medieval fantasy is alright with me.
I just started playing Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System off of the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection for the first time. It reminded me of how much I love old school RPGs. I broke out my SNES cartridges and gave ChronoTrigger, FF2, FF3, Secret of Mana, and Secret of Evermore great big hugs of loves!!!!
I think the best 2d art always looks prettier than the best 3d art, and I don't see any gameplay advantages that 3d art offers for the kinds of rpgs I like to play.
Western, party-focused, turn-based. They don't do a lot like it anymore. X-COM is the only example I can pull recently. Maybe Avernum: Escape From The Pit, but that's pretty low-tier. They either do Single Character (like the Elder Scrolls), or they do Real Time With Pause. If you're going to make it a real time game, just make it an action game with stats so I don't have to deal with bullshit pathfinding.
Hard choice, but nowadays I lean towards third person, party-based such as KOTOR and Dragon Age: Origins. Third-person action-y RPGs are a very close second like The Witcher, Risen, Divinity 2. Still love me them classic 2D RPGs though.
At the expense of a copout I don't have a particular preference, only one I would say I don't particularly enjoy is first person RPG since I'm" not a fan of person games in general other than racers.
I don't really have a preference but, for shits and gigs, I'll say first-person since that's what I've been playing lately.
I have no preference for an RPG.I love Skyrim,Pokemon,Torchlight,Mass Effect and similar ones as well,as long as their enjoyable to play.
That's a really bizzare way to separate RPGs and why people would prefer one over the other. Isometric RPGs can be hugely different, and 3D third person perceived RPGs can also be completely different games with almost nothing alike; while certain games have both 1st and 3rd person perspecive, further yet some 3D rpgs are very similar to 2d isometric counterparts, and many games even straddle the line of being both.
The approach to core mechanics, narrative and game play is imo why different people like different types RPGs. As these can make far more of a difference and create hugely varied types of games.
Also Diablo is not an RPG, labeling the venerated isometric old school RPGs with such "diablo style" makes me want to puke a little in me mouth. :/
I prefer the RPG you play with pen & paper.
Also, I never thought of Diablo as an RPG, nor do I Darksiders. Mass Effect is, well... it comes close enough I guess. To me there is more you gotta be able to do than simply put skillpoints in a game to call it an RPG. The player has to be able to make choices as to his characters motivation, otherwise you aint playing a role. You are just watching a story unfold.
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