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G2ThaUNiT on 23 July 2024
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LegitHyperbole said:
G2ThaUNiT said:

I love CRPGs. That's what I grew up with along with computer strategy games that my dad would play. CRPGs are the closest you're gonna get to actual RPGs in the purest form that started with Dungeons & Dungeons. Which is why quite a few of them are based within the world of D&D. Which, naturally this means it's meant to be played with a group of people rather than by yourself.

But being able to experience branching storylines that encourage multiple playthroughs, webs upon webs of choices/consequences (something most RPGs these days tend to severely lack) and being able to be fully immersed in the world is really what sets CRPGs apart.

Might and Magic and Ultima were a couple of the series I played the most. But my personal favorite (which is heresy to some purists) is Icewind Dale. Primarily because of its heavier emphasis on combat and is more enjoyable playing single player. Which was something I found myself doing quite a few times, so Icewind Dale was a series I spent the most time in.

But I also loved games like Star Wars KOTOR, Dragon Age, Fallout: New Vegas, because they were fundamentally CRPGs in a new camera angle.

Exactly. I've never played DnD but from these games I can see why people love it so much and Yep, a new camera angle indeed but the same core genre. I fear for the future of Dragon age based on what they've shown us though of Veilgaurd and Fallout has gone to the dogs with F4 and the unmentionable one. I've heard rumors of a new KOTOR game though, It'd be great to see that come to fruition. I'd just love a remake/remaster so I can play it in full now as an adult. 

Same. BioWare and Bethesda just aren't the same as they used to be and have focused on a more casual experience that appeals to as large of an audience as possible. 

There was supposed to be a remake of KOTOR, which apparently still seems to be in development at Saber Interactive, but they were going to be modernizing the combat to be more in line with FF7 Remake. Which I guess is fine. It'll be flashier, but it removes the d20 D&D combat system the original had, which removes a big part of the CRPG experience. Every attack had a 20-sided dice constantly being rolled. But as long as the story is the same for the most part, I'm fine with it. Still one of the best stories in all of gaming!

One suggestion I have you can currently check out is Greedfall! It's Dragon's Age inspired in nature, and it has a sequel releasing in September. 

Another game that's releasing at some point in the future is The Wayward Realms. Being developed by 90s era Bethesda devs and are promising the game to be what made those early Elder Scrolls games special but fully realized than being held back by the technology of that time.