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[–] [email protected] 143 points 2 months ago

Anon baits people into recommending good RPGs

[–] [email protected] 104 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Fallout, Wasteland, The Elder Scrolls.
Also smaller games come to my mind, like Child of Light or South Park: The Stick Of Truth which are made by Ubisoft Montreal.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago

Yeah, "western RPGs" from a couple decades ago were mostly made in the US. Then Bethesda bought interplay and it all went to shit.

And thanks for reminding me of Child of Light, I've had it in my library for ages, installing it to my steam deck right now :)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You're never gonna believe this friend, but Montreal is actually in Canada.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Still not Europe or Asia, innit?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Fun fact Canada is in North America

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Stick of truth was developed by Obsidian

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You're right it was only published by Ubi. The Fractured but Whole was developed by Ubisoft*

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

well... fallout, wasteland.

pillars of eternity? I don't know if americans made it, but it was pretty intensely american.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)

Fallout? And I mean the Black Isle fallouts.

Speaking of Black Isle, they also did Planescape and Icewind Dale.

Also: Bioware made Baldur's Gate 1 and 2; they're Canadian not European. Unless they just mean 3.

And of course, the OG RPG: D&D. Pretty sure Gygax was American.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After 20 years you need to do something new. You can't live forverer on your legacy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Swiss person here:

What's that supposed to mean?

Are you trying to say we aren't recognized as the supreme military power in Europe anymore?

Surely you're joking, right?!

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Intentionally lists RPGs not made in US

"Why doesn't my list have RPGs made in the US?!?"

ಠ_ಠ

Elder scrolls, Fallout, Red Dead Redemption, and Mass Effect would all like a word

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

RDR isn't an RPG, it's an action-adventure game.

I concur on the rest.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I don't think those genres are mutually exclusive. I haven't played RDR1 but RDR2 is definitely an Action-Adventure RPG. You level up Arthur's stats throughout the game and can choose different moral paths that affect the ending. That's playing a role.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'm gonna defend the Americans on this one.

Fallout and Elder Scrolls are two of the most obvious examples that could have been listed, but they weren't.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Last mainline TES game is a decade old and Fallout 4 is also nearing that decade. Meanwhile almost all games in OPs list have released in the last decade.

There's Obsidian but besides them I really can't come up with another good RPG studio from the US that has released a game in the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

So what you're saying is that Bethesda are RPG hipsters.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mass Effect yet. Or Dragon Age, even with a picture of a cosplay of Morrigan in the OP.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

If Elden Ring is Canadian, and Witcher is European, then we can just call Bioware games North American

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Pathfinder - Asia

Uhh, no? Paizo is an American company. Based in Redmond, Washington, according to Wikipedia.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think they meant Owlcat Games, creators of Pahtfinder Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous video games. They are based in Cyprus but their developers are all over the place from what I know (so it's more Europe-Asia kind of thing but I may be wrong)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Honestly, everyone's developers are all over the place. Almost every studio hires contractors from wherever to do things as basic as spell checking to pathfinding to artwork. Hell, sometimes they outsource story writing too.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The post is clearly talking about video games. It is reasonable to conclude they are talking about the Pathfinder video games, which were not made by Paizo, but by Owlcat Games. Whether or not Cyprus is part of Asia is kind of debatable, but they are certainly not American.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It gets even worse when you know Europe and Asia are the same continent.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (16 children)

Errh, sort of.

It really depends on your definition of Continent. Most people would argue that Asia is a different continent.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not including FF, Dragon Quest or Persona in Asian RPGs?? Blasphemy!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (21 children)

Well, the Diablo series was quite good

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wants good RPGs

lists Solasta, one of the mid-dest games I've have the neutrality of playing

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasn’t Gary Gygax American?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is Rockstar US? I considered the red dead series a quite hellacious RPG. Is GTA an RPG?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rockstar is a US company, but the developers of GTA are Rockstar North in the UK. They used to be their own company developing GTA, when they were bought by Rockstar.

Red Dead is definetly an american game though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rockstar is a British company that has a studio in the US but they're not an American company. Rockstar North is their original studio.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have not played Red Dead but GTA is definitely not an RPG. It's an action adventure and at least from what I've seen from the former I'd expect it to be the same.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Red Dead is just GTA with horses and a way better story. Calling it an RPG is a massive stretch.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was going to say Horizon Zero Dawn, but Guerilla Games is Dutch.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I seriously can't tell if that's cosplay or video game screenshot

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