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HoloDust on 24 July 2024
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LegitHyperbole said:
HoloDust said:

Yeah, love me some CRPGs of isometric nature.

I don't find BG3 to be specially good full-fledged CRPG, especially if you look at it from Baldur's Gate sequel perspective (I gave it 6/10 for that), but it's great megadungeon crawl (or dungeon megacrawl, however you like to look at it) - that's what Larian's games really boil down to, so 9/10 if measured that way (for overall 7.5/10).

I'm not sure I can pinpoint best one, between Fallout 1/2, Planescape: Torment, Arcanum:Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, BGII and some of the Ultimas, with maybe some of the newer in the mix, like Disco Elysium and Pathfinder, they all have their pros and cons.

CRPGs are the closest one can get (so far) to TTRPG experience in many aspects, yet they pale quite a bit compared to TTRPG experience, and I generally play them only when I don't have TT campaign running or playing in one, so if you have a chance, please do try actual TTRPGs.

Man, you're lucky to have people who'll TTRP. I've always wanted to try it but no-one here grew up with it so I've never met anyone who plays anything more complex than poker. 

Maybe you can try playing online via one of Virtual Tabletops (Foundry, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds...) - personally, I don't like playing it that way, but I see lot of people doing it and enjoying it.

Other approach is for you to learn some TTRPG system and GM it yourself, and see if anyone's willing to try it. If you chose that, I strongly recommend watching Matt Collvile's "Running the Game" series - he's a video game/boardgame/TTRPG developer and writer and started YT channel back in 2016 while he was still working at Turtle Rock Studios with specific goal to show that anyone can be DM, run the game and have fun while doing it. He mostly references D&D (pretty much all editions), but his advice is universal, no matter the system.






As for system, since you say you don't have pool of players around you that are into 5e as most popular TTRPG (not to be confused with the "best" by a long shot, even in its own genre), you might as well go with something easier to run and teach, that won't break your bank - I would recommend Dragonbane Boxed Set, a class/level type of fantasy TTRPG that somewhat resembles both D&D and Runequest (which was influenced by), but easier to play and run than both, especially for beginners.