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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   2735 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'd say my favorite RPG was the Witcher 3, but only after I modded the fuck out of the gameplay with the Witcher 3 Enhanced Edition mod. The story was chef's kiss, but the stupidity of the combat system made me give up on vanilla playthroughs.

In a lot of RPGs, I despise leveling mechanics, you're telling me that Geralt, a superhuman dude who can block arrow with his sword, needs approximately 17 minutes of constant wailing on a town guard to kill them, and not even get the contents of his wallet for his pain? Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that the guards are always conveniently higher level than you, guess I'll die then.

I actually enjoyed Divinity 1 more than 2, because the former was often gutbustingly funny while the latter took itself too seriously. Good game though, I need to get around to finishing it sometime.

Unfortunately Larian can’t write, and despite hiring new writers for Baldur’s Gate they don’t seem much better.

Yeah I would give a lot to see an RPG like Divinity in scope and combat, with writing on par with Disco Elysium.

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