Best RPG in the last 5 years

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Other thank skyrim i found fallout las vegas to be the most immersive roleplaying game out. Does anyone have any opinions on this or other games they liked better.


P.S i have a love for bethesda
 
hassun11 said:
Other than skyrim i found fallout las vegas to be the most immersive roleplaying game out. Does anyone have any opinions on this or other games they liked better.


P.S i have a love for bethesda
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I dunno if I would call Skyrim immersive, fun sure but the immersion was regularly broken by some or other form of Hilarity or Rage due mostly to bugs. Also Skyrim's base design is flawed as a roleplaying game, any game that lets you join ever faction or wantonly murder people with out any real consequence on the larger experience will always fail at immersion due to our brains telling us, unless you are delusional or psychotic, that the real world doesn't work like that. Fallout Vegas on the other hand while more immersive than Skyrim for me personally was near unplayable at launch, I should know, I reviewed it. However now, with the ultimate edition and a whole host of other content and a few patches, it is a far more enjoyable game. It does still suffer from the same issues as Skyrim, Fallout 3 & Oblivion the immersion breaks due to either bugs or ingame logic. As someone who spends my evening mapping out quest paths on flowcharts for my Gamedesign course I understand why some quests are structured they way they are but that doesn't mean its right.

For me personally the apex of Roleplaying has always been plot, while the above mentioned titles all have reasonably interesting plots narrative is far from their strong point. My favourite roleplaying game(s), games in which I play a role and in which I shape my character and the gameworld, I would say the Mass Effect Trilogy, regardless of the copious amounts of Internet Rage that have been heaped upon it (a topic we WILL NOT be dwelling on here) it remains a testament to narrative in a video game. Oh yeah The Witcher 2 is a tie with Mass Effect (Thanks C-Bear dunno how I forgot about it). It has its flaws but overall an excellent game.

I also recommend Kingdom's of Amalur as a good RPG.
 
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Mass Effect trilogy, The Witcher 1, Neverwinter Nights 2 (can't remember when that came out, but I think it's within 5 years :P maybe 6...). Divinity 2 (the sequel to Divine Divinity) is also very good, but takes quite a while to get into.
 
Skyrim is great! Love it! It has a few flaws, maybe, but nothing that's going to keep me from playing it on and on again...

The Witcher 2 is ... Well ... Damn near perfection! IMHO.

But Mass Effect 2 for me... It was the first true RPG love... Especially after playing Alpha Protocol... ESPECIALLY after playing ALPHA PROTOCOL!

It was a game like Alpha Protocol that made me realize how much better Mass Effect 2 is as an RPG!

More enjoyable! More heart-felt! More immersive! JUST PLAIN BETTER!

Hell! The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, my first ever RPG was more enjoyable and memorable than AP was! OMG!
 
hassun11 said:
Other thank skyrim i found fallout las vegas to be the most immersive roleplaying game out. Does anyone have any opinions on this or other games they liked better.


P.S i have a love for bethesda
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Ya, I also love Skyrim and the latest Fallouts, I enjoy how you can go from a nobody to a ridiculously powerful demi god. People hate that but I dig it.
The Mass Effect series will always be special to me too. Blown away by the story and universe they created with that series.
 
hassun11 said:
Other thank skyrim i found fallout las vegas to be the most immersive roleplaying game out. Does anyone have any opinions on this or other games they liked better.


P.S i have a love for bethesda
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Also, it's Fallout New Vegas, not Las Vegas... :)
 
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Yeah, remember that part in Fallout 3 when you first exit the vault, and you see that huge panorama of desolate landscape just begging to be explored? That was a striking moment, and sure enough the game followed through. That was a highlight.

Another game worth mentioning would be Atlus's Persona 4. If you havn't played it yet, get the rom or something, like, now. The dungeon crawling may be repetitive, but everything else is just pure zany fun.
 
For me it's Dragon Age: Origins by a mile for a pure RPG. Otherwise the Mass Effect series.

As the OP loves Bethesda, I love Bioware. :)
 
Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Witcher 2

Mass Effect was my first RPG and after finishing that a couple of times, I went out hunting for similar games and the three I just mentioned are the ones that stuck. Although, nothing quite measures up to that experience of playing Mass Effect 1 for the first time.

Fallout was awesome, but just too much. Too many choices, too many bugs, too long, etc. It is great for a while, but later I get burned out which is why I still haven't had the motivation to continue with Skyrim.
 
The epitome of an RPG is the massive length and scope of the game. Games like ME are not real RPG's because they are linear and short and, in my opinion, just plain shit.

The more scope, the more time sinks available, the immersive story, that is what equals a great RPG.
 
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The epitome of an RPG is the massive length and scope of the game. Games like ME are not real RPG's because they are linear and short and, in my opinion, just plain shit.

The more scope, the more time sinks available, the immersive story, that is what equals a great RPG.
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Id take the 40 - 50 hours I spent in each Mass Effect or the 40 odd hours I've spent in Witcher 2 over the 400 odd hours I've spent in Fallout 3, Vegas, Skyrim or Oblivion for the simple reason that on stroy alone the latter fall flat but to each his own.
 
Not sure how you can call ME short, think my average for those games has been around 30hrs. Mine time is no factor for quality. Also if you are going to label other games as shit then you should at least provide some concrete examples of what you deem to be good.
 
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Not Diablo 3, Not Fable 3, Not, Mass Effect 3, Not Dragon Age 2.
Fall out series, Guild Wars, Dragon Age, Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii), Zelda Series.
 
Another big thing for me in RPG's is the ability make choices that matter. That every decision have consequences. I think the best game to do that is the mass effect series
 
Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story.

I don't feel any kind of connection with a WRPG, the art style's are utter shit to me. I tried ME3 on my PS3 (got it on sale) and it was the worst fucking thing I ever saw in my entire life. Final Fantasy X on Ps2 had better graphics and ran smooth, it wasn't such a steaming pile of broken antelope droppings thrown together.

After 2 hours of playing ME3 I couldn't bare it anymore and archived it in the bathroom.


**Demon Souls is also worth a mention**
 
Played a lot of RPGs and gotta say that the first Mass Effect really stands out. I think few games got it right to create such an immersive atmosphere. Also recently got into Dragon age and liking it.
 
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