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RPG's dying?

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MammalSauce:
As far as first-person action RPGs go, I loved the Elder Scrolls series. I thought Bethesda's take on the Fallout series was a bit of a stinker though.

Stsin:
RPGs are stronger than ever.  People are playing that I never would have thought possible.  I'm talking about MMOs.  Look at the millions of subscribers currently playing WoW.  Have to give Blizzard credit for joining diehard D&Ders and casual mothers/sisters alike on one game... unlike other MMOs.  They are a major reason why there are less stand alone RPG games being released.

I'm on my second play through with Dragon Age, and I love it.  But the side-quests feel way too similar to what I did in WoW.  Heck, Bioware isn't hiding that much is copied from it, like the Dwarven city being like Ironforge, to the PC interface and controls being quite similar.  And they stepped away from the D&D rules by doing it, unlike NWN.  But the good thing about Dragon Age is that there is an end.  Which adds closure and needs a good story to be satisfying.  Though with Dragon Age you are able to take many different paths with different outcomes later like Witcher, without feeling they are punishing you for not following some set morals.  And another good thing about Dragon Age is the toolset (sorry console users).  If don't like the combat rules, change it.  With games like this, I spend more time with the toolset than actual playing it :)

If it weren't for the MMOs, I'm sure there would be many more RPGs being released.  Because with most of us, our roleplaying appetites are being satisfied with online play.  Because you can't really compete with interaction with other live players.  D&D was never meant to be a solo game.

DeadSpaceX:
i wouldn't consider me2 an rpg...it has rpg elements, but it's primarily a fps in gameplay, in overall concept it's like most of the rest of biowares releases (i love bioware btw)...a story you play through. Even most FF's tend to be story more than role play driven. You're stuck as the people they choose for you.

Dragons Age should have been open world...it wasn't, fails as an RPG for that reason and quite a few others. Oblivion, Morrowind both have the elements of RPG's the only thing i disliked was the leveled lists(and oblivion being dumbed down for consoles). And my opinions are not the case of what i was introduced to first. rpg's have been my favorite genre...and it does seem they're dying or being replaced by mmo's.

Main quest, side quests, open world, choices, paths, possibility of getting your ass kicked if you wander into the wrong place, hidden things, hidden places, making allies, making enemies, interaction with the enviroment and the population of the world, treasure, leveling and getting stronger, skills, magic, tech...most everything that mmo's do now...

Kinda depressing writing this, i would like to see a good standalone rpg come out...and while i wait...i play mmo's :/

MammalSauce:
Mass Effect 2 is a third person action RPG/sex simulator.

flyawave:
^ so true... sex sim that is.

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