RPG suggestions?!

Just finished Dragon Age Inquisition. Now have a huge void i need to fill.

I'm considering Witcher 2, Mass Effect 3, Dark Souls.

I've already played Skyrim, Oblivion, Fable 1-3, Dragon Age 1-3, Grand Theft Auto 1-5, Bioshock Infinite.

I loved all of those. Based on my RPG history, think you got a good one for me?

What platforms do you have access to? There are a bunch of RPGs on PC only that would fit the bill.

@mosdl: Oops forgot to mention that. Xbox 360 and PC. :)

GTA and Bioshock Infinite aren't RPGs. Bioshock has some RPG elements but is primarily a shooter and I have no clue why anyone would classify GTA as an RPG.

If you are thinking about playing Mass Effect 3 you should play 1 and 2 first as there's a save import mechanic where it carries over your choices. Same with The Witcher but to a lesser degree.

@corevi: True, just thought i'd mention a couple FPS, i wouldnt want to seclude any suggestions that someone might think i'd really like, regardless of the type of game. :)

The three games you are already considering are all well worth playing. All three being a rather different experience.

I'd also really recommend Deus Ex: Human Revolution, not as action oriented as those other games, but still great and a modern RPG. You can kinda play it as a stealth type game or somewhat of a shooter. (That one is on the Steam Sale for 4 bucks right now.)

If you are willing to try something entirely different: Divinity: Original Sin. It's a more old-school, strategic RPG with a 4 man party and it's absolutely amazing.

Other recommendations than the ones that are already here...

Fallout New Vegas is a fantastic FPS RPG hybrid thing and has one major leg up over it's predecessor (Fallout 3), good writing.

Mount and Blade: Warband is another FPS RPG but it's set in the dark ages so the most sophisticated weapon you have is a bow and most of the mechanics are focused on melee combat. It has a really well realized dynamic world where you can actually do whatever you want to.

Two more from this year you might want to consider:

• Diablo III: Evil Edition: a lot of fun. also a lot of replay value with the multiple character classes and difficulty levels.
• South Park: The Stick of Truth: I think this is some of the best material Matt and Trey have written in years. It's bolstered by some solid RPG mechanics, similar to the Paper Mario games. I enjoyed it a lot the first time around but I'm not sure if I want to play it again after seeing all the jokes once already.

Also think about: Fallout 3 & New Vegas, The Witcher 1 & 2, Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut, Rogue Legacy, Persona 3 & 4, Bastion, Deus Ex 1 & HR

@queersecretary: Dragons Dogma! No rpg I've played has better combat (though one could argue dark souls, but that's a slightly different beast). The combat is alive with movement and a huge variety of unique an impactful abilities of carrying effects. Playing a mage (later a scorcerer) you get these crazy spells, one creates a massive tonado, another literally sends massive chunks of rock shooting up from the ground and crashing down on your foes. You pick 1 or 3 classes then later you unlock 6 other classes to advance to.

The world is a bit lackluster but holy crap the game is fun!

Witcher 2 all the way

Based on what you have played and enyojed i suggest The witcher 1. Shadowrun returns is also worth mentioning if you dont mind alot of reading as it is a superb rpg.

Edit. Also with all those games still to play i can assure you will have no problem filling that void :)

• Fallout 3 / Fallout New Vegas
• Bastion
• Lost Odyssey (this or either Fallout will really fill the void)
• Nier
• Wildcard: Borderlands (although it will probably be re-released soon)
• Demon / Dark Souls
• Wildcard: Getting into a MMORPG such as WoW or The Old Republic

You're considering Mass Effect 3 but haven't said if you've even played the first two! If you haven't then I recommend playing through them before touching 3. You may not enjoy some of the gameplay aspects of the first one but it's worth muscling through it for story and universe building reasons.

As far as your initial list goes:

Witcher 2: I'll admit to being an unabashed fan of both that universe and how CDPR handled it, but the gameplay isn't always the greatest. I've always found the controls a little but too complicated for a controller. Navigating the the menus really sucks on consoles to. Definitely something I'd recommend, but if you have a chance to go PC with that one, that's the platform I'd pick.

Mass Effect 3: Only if you've played the first two. The "payoff" in ME3 kind of relies on you knowing and liking the characters from the prior entries. If you have that, then a lot of ME3 works. If you don't have that I think it would be hard to view it as anything but a pretty derivative third-person shooter with mediocre-bad writing.

Dark Souls: A solid choice, but I'd play the original over DS2, which I didn't think was anywhere near as good. You need to have a reasonable degree of patience though. It was one of those games that I had some trouble getting into before it "hooked" me.

Other recommendations/de-recommendations:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution: I love this game. Love, love, love, love it. They pretty much nailed the cyber-dystopia feel of the world, and I though the gameplay stayed reasonably true to the original as well. You'll need to like yellow lighting filters though.

Fallout 3: My opinion probably differs a lot from other people here in that I'm not a big fan of this game. I don't think Bethesda did a very good job taking what was unique and cool about the original PC game and translating that onto consoles. I thought the art design was really uninspired (oh, look, more gray and brown) and the decision to make the game first-person and mostly real-time just made it feel like "Oblivion with guns" rather than it's own unique thing.

Divinity: Original Sin: This one is hard, since it's very much going to be a love it/hate it kind of thing. It's super-impressive for a partially Kickstarted game, the devs seem to be giving it a fair degree of support, and if you are into it's "style" it can be very fun. That said, it's definitely super old-school. It reminds me a lot of the Baldur's Gate re-make. That was one of my favorite games of all time, but I had the hardest time picking it up again when playing the re-master because of all the little ways that games have evolved over time. Divinity is sort of like that. It's super-fun if you can get into it, but you need to be really patient and willing to put up with some UI annoyances along the way.

Since you listed some shooters with RPG elements, I'm surprised no one has suggested the Borderlands series yet. People really seem to like those for the most part. I personally can't stand the writing, so I don't like Borderlands, but you should do some research into that series to see if you're into that kind of humor/gameplay. Apparently the PC is the way to play those games, just so you know.

Woah thank you so much guys!! Read all your replies.. I think i'm going to gift myself Dragons Dogma, Dues Ex and Witcher 2 for Christmas. :)

Happy holidays!

If you get Dragon's Dogma, get the Dark Arisen version. It will save you some headaches.

@queersecretary: Sounds like the best Xmas ever!

@queersecretary: Jump on that Dark Souls train, brother man. Either one, they are both fantastic

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn is the best RPG I've ever played. Everything holds up except the graphics.

I personally haven't played Risen 3, but I've heard really good things about that one (after Risen 2 was kinda lacklustre).

Fallout 3 is the big one.

Too bad you don't seem to be into Japanese stuff.

Shadowrun: Dragon Fall

It's a standalone expansion to Shadowrun that is way better then the original and one of the best RPG games i have ever played in my life and i am an old school RPG nut. The orginal camping is worth trying first, but Dragonfall is so many times better.

DARK SOULS BROTHER.

This (the graphics are not really a problem either imo).

I'm a big fan of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

edit: He already decided. And Deus Ex was among the choices. Sweet!