What distinguishes a good role-playing game from a bad one? In my opinion, the determining factor is the immersion effect that it has on the user. In the world of a well-made RPG, I want to live another life, I’m more drawn to return there. At the same time, there are many other equally important factors. Each of them has its own: for someone, the plot and the presence of interesting characters with a well-developed history are important, someone is happy for the variable pumping and battles, and someone wants everything at once. I made a list of ten games that, in my opinion, will satisfy all such requests.
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Game designer Daniel Wavra is very fond of realism in his games. For example, the original Mafia has become a cult, not because there is an impossible level with the race, but because of the harsh life. The main character of the game Thomas Angelo does not immediately get at his disposal a cool cloak and a Thompson machine gun. First, he sadly carries to the addresses of passengers, then he works in a warehouse, and only then it comes to mafia showdowns.
Wavra did the same in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. This is a harsh game about a realistic Middle Ages, where there are no flying dragons and fire wizards. And the main character here is not some chosen one, the heir to the great principality or savior of the world, but the simple son of a blacksmith, whose village was looted and burned, and his parents were killed. Therefore, you have to climb yourself.
Realism is achieved not only due to the history of the protagonist, but also thanks to the gameplay. The equipment wears out over time, the clothes deteriorate, and the stomach becomes empty. You even need to sleep here regularly.
The battles are also unique: especially for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, developers have come up with a fencing system, the development of which takes several hours. But if it works out, then the battles will bring real delight. There is no class system either – what skill has pumped, it will be so.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance deserves attention not only because of the brutal realism of what is happening, but also the general approach to gameplay. This is a serious RPG that will require considerable effort from you. That is why she is good.
Mass effect 2
Another game from BioWare on our list. If with Mass Effect the team was not immediately able to achieve the very zen that everyone and everyone liked, then here it was in the top ten.
This game sends us to the gloomy Middle Ages, where humanity is on the verge of death due to endless attacks of demons. His only hope is the order of the Gray Guards, fearless knights and magicians. To become a Guard, you need to go through a rigorous training and drink the blood of the creatures of darkness. Not everyone survives after such a procedure.
Origins largely outperformed the competition thanks to the colorful characters that accompany the main character. Each of them has personal motives, someone may not like the decisions made by the player, with someone you can enter into a relationship and so on.
Enumerate the advantages of Dragon Age: Origins can be very long. It will be easier to say that this is one of the best role-playing games in principle. You will definitely not be mistaken if you want to start acquaintance with the genre precisely from it.
Divinity: Original Sin 2
New Vegas can be called a sort of renegade from the Fallout series – in a good way. When Bethesda acquired franchise rights, it changed it a lot. However, many fans were angry because of such impudent handling of the foundation that the first parts laid.
And here the Obsidian Entertainment team appeared on the scene, which fixed Bethesda’s jambs in just two years. From the new milestone, Fallout took only the engine from Elder Scrolls and the vision of the gameplay, but everything else was radically redone. New Vegas is filled with numerous references to the original series, in it there are a lot of options to influence the world with your actions and quests, according to which you can write textbooks.
In many ways, New Vegas has become for fans of “the very Fallout”, which has sunk into oblivion and turned out to be locked in a loop of time. It feels the spirit of the original series, for which she was so loved.
The outer worlds
Skyrim came out nine years ago. During this time, it was possible to have time to graduate, get married and have children. But someone still plays it: Skyrim is still stunning the imagination with the huge amount of content that filled it. Here you can become anyone and do anything.
You can become a member of the order of magicians and practice magic. You can become a vampire and go hunting at night, drawing blood from your victims. You can join the order of ruthless killers and get cool black armor. Finally, you can “just” become a dragon slayer, a skilled alchemist, a fencing master, or even a werewolf. Everything is possible in this game.
In many respects, the quality of an RPG is determined by the ability to get any game and enjoy it. And Skyrim is just that. I would easily put it in the first place, if not for the next two games.
Disco elysium
I don’t even see the point of telling you about the third “The Witcher” – you already know everything about him. Everyone is aware of its merits, such as a developed quest system, a huge number of classes and the very atmosphere of a fairy tale that comes to life directly on your monitors and screens.
Games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt come out once in a generation. And it’s all the more interesting to see if CD Projekt RED can once again jump above its own head when the newly postponed release of Cyberpunk 2077 takes place. We will follow this with you.