Best Current RPG with a good story?

[Red Hawk]

ME3 was a huge step back in terms of quality of story telling. Not so much the greater plot, but the dialog and side stuff like codex entries and data logs were really poorly written. Bad prose and they even used today's slang and idioms in the writing. I highly doubt people hundreds of years in the future are still going to be saying "Just sayin'" or "Not gonna lie." It instantly broke immersion and made me think of the 20-something year old that was tasked with churning out dialog.

ME 1 and 2 are great. Another good one is Banner Saga for story. You actually have an impact on your clan, people lived and died by your decisions, that gave the game a lot of weight for each decision made.

Divinity is fun, but its not one to play for story. I think people are just listing fun RPGs now. It's supposed to be about the story.

What are they supposed to do, exactly? Make up their own idioms that players won't get because they're not living in 2186? Realistically speaking, they shouldn't even be using all the same grammar structure and should have different words entirely. But the game isn't about strict realism, it's about entertaining, having sympathetic characters, and telling a good story. Casual language like that makes characters feel a bit more human, and not stilted and pretentious. It seems like a petty reason to say that Mass Effect 3 was a "huge step back" from ME1 and ME2.

ME3 was light on technical codex entries because, well, ME1 and ME2 had already filled out a lot of the technical side of the codex. What was interesting about ME3's codex was how it had summaries of how each battle when, from a strategic perspective.

 

[darkewaffle]

It's set not even two hundred years into the future. There's still a wealth of phrases and words that originated in the 1800s (and earlier) still in use today. That's a really, really trivial thing to nitpick about.

I thought ME2 and ME3 were both overall upgrades over 1. I think they really fleshed out the universe far better with more involved/interesting side quests and more detailed environments. I think dialogue options were more expansive in 1 but part of that could certainly be attributed to the newness of it all - when you play ME1 you have no idea what a Volus is, what their homeworld is like, why they wear a suit, what their society or culture is like, etc. But if you're playing 2, chances are you played 1 and have at least some idea (or don't care) and covering it again isn't really a good use of anyone's time.

2 and 3 are also much more refined in terms of gameplay. Ugh, I made the mistake of trudging through 1 as an engineer lol.

 

[KeithTalent]

It's set not even two hundred years into the future. There's still a wealth of phrases and words that originated in the 1800s (and earlier) still in use today. That's a really, really trivial thing to nitpick about.

I thought ME2 and ME3 were both overall upgrades over 1. I think they really fleshed out the universe far better with more involved/interesting side quests and more detailed environments. I think dialogue options were more expansive in 1 but part of that could certainly be attributed to the newness of it all - when you play ME1 you have no idea what a Volus is, what their homeworld is like, why they wear a suit, what their society or culture is like, etc. But if you're playing 2, chances are you played 1 and have at least some idea (or don't care) and covering it again isn't really a good use of anyone's time.

2 and 3 are also much more refined in terms of gameplay. Ugh, I made the mistake of trudging through 1 as an engineer lol.

I have not played 3, but I found the exact opposite to be the case when comparing ME 2 to the first one. I loved every single minute of 1 and explored every nook and cranny of the world, but I played part 2 for a a bunch of hours and found it to be quite painful. Never even made it half-way through the game and have no desire to go back. Would much rather go back and play the first one again.

KT

 

[artemicion]

I'd also recommend Child of Light. It's pretty cheap ($15 regularly, has been $6 on Steam). It's got throwback RPG gameplay (turn based combat) and pretty neat art style. Solid choice for an introduction to old style RPGs.

 

[KeithTalent]

I'd also recommend Child of Light. It's pretty cheap ($15 regularly, has been $6 on Steam). It's got throwback RPG gameplay (turn based combat) and pretty neat art style. Solid choice for an introduction to old style RPGs.

Child of Light is very cool. I've only played the demo so far, but it was awesome and I intend on going back to play it through.

KT

 

[Tarvaln]

Tetris
It's the story of a man trying to put his memories together to remember his past. The further he goes down the rabbit hole the more he realizes he is not who he thinks he is. Maybe, not even human.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

State of decay was a ton of fun

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