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[Dieb]

Get Fallout: New Vegas.

If you liked FO1+2 and didn't really get into FO3, there you are. I'd play it for the companion characters alone.

[JamesFaith]

I would recommend Gothic series. It is story-driven fantasy in open world, but not that huge Skyrim like one, it is more well designed smaller world which creates illusion of bigger space.

Key characteristics would be factions (3 with different initiation process) , teachers system, harder combat, living wilderness (some animals warning before attack, other hunting) and non-leveling creatures spawning each chapter. Some quest have multiple solution, especially in G2, where is one special with 8 solutions.

Problematic should be graphic (big jumps between 3 games) and sometimes buggy G3 (biggest open world, but there is good community patch).

You can buy whole trilogy in quite cheap bundle on Steam. Just don't buy bundle with Gothic: Arcania. It was done by different studio and stripped for nearly all characteristic elements (factions, teachers, companions...) to be more friendly to new casual players. Result is average hack and slash empty story in nice graphic.

[Siegdrifa]

Baelrahn wrote...

Get Fallout: New Vegas.

If you liked FO1+2 and didn't really get into FO3, there you are. I'd play it for the companion characters alone.

What i love in Fallout NV is that nomatter where i go and for which faction i do quest, il will pay in some way at the end, so i feel like everything i do is important for the main story.

This is definitly what it is lacking in Fallout 3 or Elder scroll games; you have a huge world with tone of contant, but only 10 or 15% is for the main story, the rest of it is just killing times, which often make me lost intrest in playng in the long run because i lost the purpose of what i'm doing in it for anyway.

[Cornughon]

Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny... old game, crappy controls, but it actually has quite a decent storyline.

The Dark Eye: Drakensang - plays a bit like Baldur's Gate, and looks like a mix between Dragon Age: Origins and The Witcher 1. Not a bad storyline as well.

The Witcher 1: Twice as long but a less heavy storyline compared to it's sequel, I still believe it's worth it.

[Iakus]

Rosstoration wrote...

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 (with TotSC and ToB expansions), add the BGT Mod and you have the best RPG ever made.

Plus the NPC Project for the first game (the original Baldur's Gate was before Bioware really got into banter and personal quests for companions.  NPC Project adds that in)

[Rixatrix]

 AMBROV X: A Story-Driven, Science Fiction RPG

^ An upcoming RPG with a stretch goal including a former BioWare writer.

[P. Domi]

BlueMoonSeraphim wrote...

 AMBROV X: A Story-Driven, Science Fiction RPG

^ An upcoming RPG with a stretch goal including a former BioWare writer.

Thanks for the link... I was curious as to who the former writer was (I wondered if maybe it was L'Étoile...).  Now I know for certain I won't be investing on this, even if it looks promising 

Modifié par pablodomi, 11 septembre 2013 - 05:28 .

[Iakus]

BlueMoonSeraphim wrote...

 AMBROV X: A Story-Driven, Science Fiction RPG

^ An upcoming RPG with a stretch goal including a former BioWare writer.

Yeah I'm backing that.

Project Eternity and Torment: Tides of Numenera as well.

[Rixatrix]

iakus wrote...

BlueMoonSeraphim wrote...

 AMBROV X: A Story-Driven, Science Fiction RPG

^ An upcoming RPG with a stretch goal including a former BioWare writer.

Yeah I'm backing that.

Project Eternity and Torment: Tides of Numenera as well.

Both are highly anticipated by me as well.:happy:

[N7 Shadow 90]

Yeah, Deus Ex: Human Revolution was excellent.

[Kunari801]

N7 Shadow 90 wrote...

Yeah, Deus Ex: Human Revolution was excellent.

Agreed, also Mars War Logs and Spec Ops:The Line

There is a Kickstarter going for a game Ambrov X that looks interesting.  I've signed up to sponcer it so I hope they get their funding.  Instead of Renegade/Paragon they play 4 paths for your character to pick in dialogs that'll shape the story. 

[N7 Shadow 90]

Kunari801 wrote...

N7 Shadow 90 wrote...

Yeah, Deus Ex: Human Revolution was excellent.

Agreed, also Mars War Logs and Spec Ops:The Line

There is a Kickstarter going for a game Ambrov X that looks interesting.  I've signed up to sponcer it so I hope they get their funding.  Instead of Renegade/Paragon they play 4 paths for your character to pick in dialogs that'll shape the story. 

YES. Spec Ops: The Line was incredible. To anyone being put off, because it looks like an abnormal military shooter:
It's much more than that. Fantastic story and almost perfected combat.

[IntrepidProdigy]

IF you still have a dream cast, do yourself a favor and play Shenmue 1&2. Before the first mass effect, this was the game of games to me.

[MrFob]

Most of what came to my mind has already been said here. Since Gothic was mentioned (absolute recommendation by the way, you can get the on the cheap at gog), Piranha's later games, Risen 1 and 2 are also pretty good (though I don't know how good the English VO would be).
I thought Two Worlds 2 was fun as well but there are better choices (which all have already been names).

Also, since Spec Ops: The Line is here (which really is a good game), if you care more about story than the RPG elements, you might want to take a look at the Assassins Creed series. Especially the Ezio title have a compelling and well presented story arc, IMO.

[Sanunes]

 

Siegdrifa wrote...

Yhea, too bad that boss fight are one of the worst ever boss fight.

Yeah, it shows that it was developed outside the team that worked on the rest of the game, for it felt tacked on.

To the original topic, most that I could recommend are already listed, but a word of caution when looking at some of the older games they are showing their age and that might hurt the experience for a first time player.  One game I don't see mentioned here is Jade Empire overall its not a bad game, but does have a few flaws and is also showing its age.

Modifié par Sanunes, 15 septembre 2013 - 03:18 .

[bluebullets]

ive been playing skyrim.. Now bored of it.. every quest: go to a cave. follow the linear cave to the end. repeat 900000000000000000x

I just want a recent game with an immersive, good story..
i just spent $1700 on pc/equipment and I have nothing to use it on. lol

Guess I might need to play DA:O or ME for the 11th time. lol.
Gothic is from like 2001, I'm kind of ashamed of it, but I'm kind of a spoiled graphics sl*t. (don't even play indie games)

edit: just started alan wake.. ran out of bullets and I'm stuck in chapter 2

Modifié par bluebullets, 15 septembre 2013 - 07:09 .

[Cornughon]

I personally really enjoyed Skyrim, but not really for the immersive story, since it doesn't have one. It does have a few interesting questlines, but nothing really standing out (just like Oblivion, which a lot of people seem to find the better game for some reason).

What I personally found having a compelling story too is Darksiders, but it's more of a hack&slash with RPG elements.

Alan Wake is quite nice as well, especially the atmosphere. The ending is a bit...odd though.

@bluebullets: What about Max Payne 3? And have you tried The Witcher 2 yet? Bioshock Infinite? Tomb Raider? Metro Last Light?

[TheRevanchist]

Am I the only one that was extremely bored while playing Deus Ex Human Revolution? I didn't really care about anything going on in the story or about the character. To top it off I hated the ending, yes that ending was appropriate and it fit well in Deus Ex. However it felt very unfinished, you dont see the results of your choice, you just hear him monologueing about his choice and how he hopes it was ok to do that.

Also I find Skyrim's stories very immersive, yes...I said it...deal with it.

Modifié par kylecouch, 15 septembre 2013 - 09:26 .

[Reever]

Go to GOG.com and buy all the RPGs (most of the ones mentioned here are available over there, DRM free! /shameless advertising). Pity you can't buy more time to be able to play them all, too

Modifié par BlueDemonX, 15 septembre 2013 - 02:41 .

[Cornughon]

Another one came to mind, being it an ancient game though:

-Megatraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients.
It has it all: RPG, exploring planets, not so bad storyline...

[AlanC9]

If we're going that far back, how about Starflight? ME1 ripped that off a bit.

[Cornughon]

Starflight, never played that one unfortunately .

[AlexMBrennan]

BG2 Enhanced Edition, coming out in November. Preorder NAO

[Cornughon]

AlexMBrennan wrote...

BG2 Enhanced Edition, coming out in November. Preorder NAO

How was BG1's Enhanced Edition by the way? Since noone mentioned it in this topic at all (all BG-related posts are about the modded original one)...

[bluebullets]

Cornughon wrote...

I personally really enjoyed Skyrim, but not really for the immersive story, since it doesn't have one. It does have a few interesting questlines, but nothing really standing out (just like Oblivion, which a lot of people seem to find the better game for some reason).

What I personally found having a compelling story too is Darksiders, but it's more of a hack&slash with RPG elements.

Alan Wake is quite nice as well, especially the atmosphere. The ending is a bit...odd though.

@bluebullets: What about Max Payne 3? And have you tried The Witcher 2 yet? Bioshock Infinite? Tomb Raider? Metro Last Light?

I played tw2 yes.
never played max payne, I played bioshock 1 and didn't really like it, never played tomb raider or metro.. although I did get metro 2033 from a humble bundle, never played it