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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   2737 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 16, 2023

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In a similar vein to @Pasha’s thread below, what are your favorite RPG games?

Divinity Original Sin 2, Disco Elysium and TES: Oblivion stand out to me.

I'm not sure if it completely counts as an RPG, but Final Fantasy Tactics is an incredible game with one of the best storylines I've ever seen in a video game.

I enjoy Divinity Original Sin 2 and am looking forward to the full release Baldur's Gate 3, which is made by the same company and appears to be a similar game except using the rules of DnD 5th edition.

I hope BG3 is good, but I can't say I like the art direction. Why's everything got to be so clean and perfect?

but Final Fantasy Tactics is an incredible game with one of the best storylines I've ever seen in a video game.

Can't agree strongly enough. A lot of my strongest memories of my childhood are of playing that game, hell I even played it on vacations. It was truly a masterpiece. The gameplay and combat system were incredible too, and so innovative. Although some people claim it was stolen from Tactics Ogre....

Have you played any of the early access for BG3? I have been holding off but a couple of my friends have told me they're unimpressed with it. I'm trying to reserve judgment.

I haven't, because I've been told it's very limited. After almost 3 years in EA I think it's still pretty locked down in terms of progression and content. So who knows how the full game will be.

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