What's the best new crpg? What's the best one overall?

What's the best new crpg?
What's the best one overall?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Witcher: EE

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Baldur's Gate 3 and it isn't even finished.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Haven't checked in on that in since the early access started but gotta say I was pretty impressed with the bard implementation. I just hope BG3 is decent - I hated the D:OS games.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >I hated the D:OS games.
        I find them sort of similar though? You can tell its a Larian game still, still turn-based as per D&D, only difference is limited to action/bonus/move instead of tons of AP.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I just hated every fight in DOS ends up with me throwing a barrel of oil to start a fire or some looney toons shit. I think environmental effects are neat but with DOS it's saturated throughout the game. I haven't played through all of the EA for Baldurs Gate but I haven't had the same experience.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Give me a quick rundown why is it good. I just can't imagine 5th edition being any fun in vidya.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It'a got a qt twink to frick

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Solasta is pretty fun. The multiplayer aspects of Solasta/DOS2/BG3 is what makes them more digestible to me, though

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They homebrew alot of stuff to keep up the pace and give you more tools.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It actually feels like a tabletop game
        >"role playing" cantrips/spells that are totally useless or unavailable in every other crpg are actually selectable and integrated with dialogue choices and world interactions
        >proper use of verticality and positioning so you have a lot more tactical elements to think of
        >stealth reasonably integrated and based on lighting, which is interactable e.g. bonfires, candles, torches, etc.
        >using the environment to your advantage and combining spells creatively e.g. "create or destroy water" + ray of frost to create an ice surface but not as overboard with it like in the Divinity games
        >dialogue choices vary heavily not just on race and class but also your information, lots of skill checks and ways to alter whether you have advantage or not
        >can select different party members to take over the conversation instead of your own character just being the universal leader constantly as in 99% of other RPGs
        >combat is actually fun and Larian is working on making it not bog-down with waiting for enemy moves (I think they're working on a way to make large mobs take their turn simultaneously as an option)

        It's only act 1 so far but what they have is genuinely good. Most of the hate towards it is either people who have a stick up their butt that it's not rtwp or they're just trying to flex about how cool they are for hating 5e.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        its absolutely abysmal and looks and plays like dragon quest inquisition, play Pathfinder instead when the Enhanced edition comes out next month, Pirate the dlc

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >its absolutely abysmal and looks and plays like dragon quest inquisition
          Did you actually play EITHER game you Black person?

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    How does a beholder have sex?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      they're content to watch

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      they touch pupils

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They literally imagine offspring and it happens/

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I like Divinity 2

    PoE is boring

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Wait for Colony Ship RPG. It'll be a while yet.
    Best overall is BG1+2 and the Big World mod. You've gotta use the old gog forums and wayback machine to get the full modlist together, though.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Wait for Colony Ship RPG. It'll be a while yet.
      Really like it so far. The amount of builds you can make is a lot of fun.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    POE, Pathfinder, the iso Shadowrun games have all been p good anon

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    there's pathfinder games but i can only recommend them if you have serious case of autism
    game gives you so many options that you will likely reroll you character for like 7 times, play with that character for 7 hours and then reroll again

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Pathfinder: Kingmaker is enjoyable if you have a lot of patience...and save often.

    Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2 are also nice

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This. I've been playing original BD DE and I have to save scum so much.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      > Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2 are also nice
      idk about 2
      but 1 was really boring

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >but 1 was really boring
        Eternity 1 suffered from cramming all the kino shit in the last act of the game. the reveal, defining your history, previous lives, meeting the Gods, killing Kyros or whatever the villain's name was, all kino shit. the rest is a slog though. and I feel like the game only really gets interesting when you meet the Grieving Mother and get an understanding of the Hollowborn situation.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >killing Kyros
          Kyros is in Tyranny. The guy you're thinking of is Thaos.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            same shit different pile tbh

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Whatever you say

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          No, it suffered from Obsidian not managing their dev time properly enough to allow for an editing pass. Sawyer said as much.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Sawyer said as much.
            Where?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              In a response to a critique of PoE1 he made on tumblr here: https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/161883319926/destroy-that-douchebag-jeff-vogel-now

              >We didn’t really have time to do serious editing passes on anything outside of a few major dialogues. Both at Black Isle and Obsidian, the designers have had a tendency to overwrite. Overwriting in itself is not bad, but only if editing is a normal part of the development process that follows the overwriting. Not enough time was allocated to editing on Pillars of Eternity.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      PoE1 has the worst writing I've ever encountered in a video game.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        You haven't played many games then, or crpgs for that matter.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    PoE 1 and 2, Pathfinder (both), NWN2 because MotB is pretty cool and SoZ was kinda fun, some modules like Live Forever were really interesting.

    don't know what else to tell you. I haven't tried BG3 yet but I will.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    5e was a mistake

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      it was made to cater to the aging DnD demographic that doesn't have time for the autism of the old editions anymore.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        pretty sure that the aging demographic, aka grognards, hate 5th edition, and it's the zoomers who play it

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          grognards dont buy books they pirate them from the trove

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            not always true, i like have physical books for in person sessions

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            not necessarily. Plus the trove is kill, no?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              trove dead but /tg/ still maintains the archives, it's just not all consolidated anymore

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I think it's pretty clear that it was made to capture new audiences. All the 2A nerds are dead or are doing OSR. All the 3.5 nerds moved to PF. 4 was a wash. 5 was palatable 4e. This era of Roll20, Foundry, Critical Role - it's all developed the current demo and it shows. Less focus on the mechanics of adventure, more focus on "big moments" and roleplay.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    CRPG are bad.
    Just play an actual ttrpg.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >beholder
    >that fricking big
    moronic artist

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    any crpgs that let you play a beast race? pathfinder wotr lets you play as a kitsune, but i don't know of any other recent ones.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >new
    age of decadence or underrail
    >overall
    fallout 1 or bg2 I'd reckon

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    solasta
    completely shits all over baby's gate 3

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Not sure about the best, but in terms of newer crpgs
    Pillars of Eternity 1-2
    Divinity Original Sin 2
    Expeditions Rome
    Tyranny
    Shadowrun Dragonfall
    Baldur's Gate 3
    Underrail

    Black Geyser is also pretty decent and it got a ton of post-launch support, with some major patches coming up that will allow you to create a custom party Icewind Dale style, more extensive romances and companion quests, and some other quality of life improvements.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    underrail

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Pathfinder 1-2, everything else is a pale imitation of old cRPGs

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Too many blacks and trannies.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Pathfinder as a setting is a pale imitation of DnD, and as games they're just discount Baldur's Gate but with some of the most terrible writing in a video game and more autism.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Let's not pretend Baldur's Gate ever had good writing. It was 90% dad jokes and the only reason anyone ever thought otherwise is because of BG2's incredible voice actors carrying the otherwise forgettable script.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >and the only reason anyone ever thought otherwise is because of BG2's incredible voice actors carrying the otherwise forgettable script.
          I consider BG2 to be a huge mess of a game with one of the most overrated villains of all time, so yeah, I generally agree. But BG1 had pretty good writing. Granted, it's not perfect, and it had its fair share of cringe, but I'd take that over Pathfinder any day.

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Playing ttrpgs in one-shots or short campaigns (3-5 sessions) with normies is the best way to experience the hobby. Playing with smelly nerds trying to be relevant suck. Also:
    >D&D
    eeewww

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Playing B/X with normies is the best. They don't know anything so I can just tell them it's the same D&D everyone else is playing and they're all for it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >They don't know anything so I can just tell them it's the same D&D everyone else is playing and they're all for it
        This is a big one, I've run unpopular systems with many normie groups, it's always great fun.

        you need to have friends or at least be able to deal with people to do that though

        Lift weights, improve your hygiene, get rid of graphic t-shirts, have you clothing tailored for a good fit. Won't solve all your problems but the Halo Effect is real anon, take advantage of it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      you need to have friends or at least be able to deal with people to do that though

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >new
    None of them are good but probably pathfinder
    >overall
    It's still baldurs gate 2, fallout 1 or temple of Elemental Evil depending on what you're after.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    whats the difference between 3.5e and pathfinder
    also any crpgs that are like them

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Like 3% of the rules, that's it. They are interchangeable.

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Some older crpgs with mods are awesome. Icewind dale's Improved Heart of Fury mod (by Olvynchuru) really stands out. Not quite like Sword Coast Stratagems for Baldurs Gate 2, but its got lots of charm (and difficulty, especially trying to solo it). For newer games, I had a lot of fun trying to solo the endless dungeon dlc in Pathfinder Kingmaker too.

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Disco Elysium.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      it's a VN with "rpg elements" so it doesn't count

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        More like "point&click adventure game with RPG elements".

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