There's a lot to be excited about right now.
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IndignantHedgehog
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Doesn't mean they can't be good. The Metro games have excellent stories, and you influence how they turn out (the endings).
Dr Fallout
Centurion
Hmm... it would have been better as a survival game but I can see where you're coming from.
IndignantHedgehog
It Wandered In From the Wastes
And that's sort of why I would like them to go for open world (or, more accurately, structured open world, like STALKER). With what they have done, it's pretty clear that they could still tell a good story and keep an open world interesting and engaging. The writing styles would have to be a bit different, both 2033 and Last Light's stories were frantic rushes to stop catastrophe, so it would have to rely more on impending doom or need the player to push it forward. And I think the metro games could fit really well for open world, the lone exploration parts were always my favorite. Now this will require them to create more weapons/attachments/armour too keep the progression curve, but I think they can do well. Especially since it's been two years since redux, so they've probably been working on it for 2-3 years at this point, at least on the design and writing side.
My main question is whether they will keep with Artyom. I really think they should have a new character to explore a new part of the metro, without just the same old crew. Although if they do keep with him, they should really voice him (although keep him quiet and shy, and only speak to others, not something like FO4 or BS:I, reading out whatever pops into their heads). He was already voiced in cut-scenes, so it's the next logical step, as him being silent adds nothing, but voicing him does, IMO.
Irwin John Finster
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Yea a lot of those games are AAA/overhyped games that are attempting to make money off of marketing rather than quality.
I just checked out one of the games on that list: Homefront: The Revolution. 53 Critic Score, 3.5 User Score. Jim Sterling gave it 1/10. It's getting negative reviews across the board. Not at all surprising and I don't know why anyone would have been hyped for this game aside from blindly following the marketing blitz hype machine.
So yea there might be a lot to be excited about but a lot of the stuff on that list are doomed to disappoint.
In contrast, Stellaris is good and will probably be REALLY GOOD after expansions/DLC/patches. XCOM 2 was good, and we have Endless Space 2 and Civilization VI and some RPGs like Divinity Original Sin 2 and I think Torment comes out soon as well. Mass Effect Andromeda was apparently delayed until early next year, but I'm cautiously optimistic about that game as well.
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MercenarySnake
Kept you waiting huh?
Well Homefront was already a linear pile of shit while advertising things like Hooters. I expected the new game to be a trainwreck.
Irwin John Finster
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Exactly. A lot of these games are just linear first person shooters that just get churned out with a lot of marketing and IGN coverage and end up being awful. Anyone with critical thinking skills can see right through this BS after seeing it happen over and over again.
Mr Fish
Slippy sloppy, The
Sesamstreet? Wasn't that made to educate ghetto kidz?
Irwin John Finster
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Yea I am emphasizing the *cautiously* part of cautiously optimistic. Crossing my fingers that it doesn't suck.
It's too bad the RPG developers like Obsidian and InXile seem to have some fixation on fantasy settings, because I think they'd make a great space RPG. Or at least a post-apocalypse RPG to replace Fallout since that franchise is basically done.
AskWazzup
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
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MercenarySnake
Kept you waiting huh?
I wonder how many alien wimmins you can flirt with in this game.
I'm calling it now, this game is going to be a stinker.
I'm calling it now, this game is going to be a stinker.
I am willing to give it a chance as an action-adventure game as I liked Mass Effect 1 and 2.
But it is not an RPG and I think it is time that Bioware also accepted that.
I think they should consider changing the few stat related systems like conversation with something that fits more to an action-adventure game. Still some choices of course as well as being able to ask question, but less reliant on a system that isn't that necessary any more as the game focuses most only shooty action.
Definitely. I would really like to see some more sci fi settings other than Star Wars (though if Obsidian could make a Star Trek RPG I would love them for it), perhaps do something more based on 'hard sci-fi' (subjects likes transhumanism, uplifiting, no faster-than-light engines, any sentient aliens are starfish aliens), or if they do space opera, let them do something light hearted in the trend of Buck Roger and Flash Gordon. (daring Earth rocket men and women of the Space Patrol against the Martian Saucer Empire and Dr Maximilian's Doombot Army from Saturn)
Or perhaps pick up the cancelled Post Apocalyptic RPG Troika was working on. (they would be allowed to use that not that Tim Cain works at Obsidian right?)
Sergeant Politeness
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
There are a lot of interesting RPGs being made at the moment but most of them do not seem to get much coverage on NMA, which is way I spend a lot of time on the Codex these days.
Black Angel
Grand Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus
Yeah, General RPG Discussion Forum over there got so many on-going KS'ed games and RPGs, and also many more covered. Maybe I'll add some of them into this thread or make a new thread.... I don't know. Probably just gonna add into this thread.
Izak
I Shot The ALBATROSS
Well, if we're mentioning new RPGs then Stygium, the Cthulhu game, looks pretty cool. Also, while not an actual game, Mutants Rising seems like it's fairly close to completion.
Black Angel
Grand Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus
Hell, there's even more to get excited about other than what's mentioned in the OP and else. In this thread, Risewild and later myself gave a list of stuff that we ought to get excited about. Other than all that have been mentioned, there's also Krai Mira, successfully funded but didn't make it to the stretch goals. There's also InSomnia, successfully crowd-funded via Kickstarter in 2014, and has just managed to get funded in its' second crowdfunding, with only 37 hours left and only now revealing its stretch goals. Lastly, there was Consortium: The Tower, the second entry of the Consortium game series (I'm looking forward to play the first game, currently hooked to other games), which have been successfully funded like 2 weeks ago on fig.
There's many more, I'm primarily looking in the Codex's General RPG Discussion section for new games.
There's many more, I'm primarily looking in the Codex's General RPG Discussion section for new games.
YOu know what is sad? At least a little.
There will be a whole generation growing up, which has never played RPGs, but only know Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age 2 and 3, Borderlands, Diablo 3 and Fallout 4. And calling it deep and complex RPGs.
There will be a whole generation growing up, which has never played RPGs, but only know Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age 2 and 3, Borderlands, Diablo 3 and Fallout 4. And calling it deep and complex RPGs.
Black Angel
Grand Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus
Hopefully, with the resurgence of cRPGs, we will see the new generation; heck MY generation to get to know genuinely true RPGs.