What is Your Favorite RPG Of The Last 10 Years?

[Barthheart]

Darklands.

[mirth]

The Mass Effect series.

[Grimnirsson]

Dark Souls and Dragon's Dogma

[MuzzyDev]

In terms of playtime I guess Skyrim is about at the top.

However, I don't really consider those true RPGs. They're more like action games with an RPG layer.

My favorite RPG is probably Icewind Dale II. You could roll up the entire party if you chose (I did). Great storyline, great fun...that is probably my favorite RPG.

There is something extremely cool about rolling up and playing an entire party.  I'm surprised more of those type of RPG's aren't being made. 

Chris--

[LongBlade]

In terms of playtime I guess Skyrim is about at the top.

However, I don't really consider those true RPGs. They're more like action games with an RPG layer.

My favorite RPG is probably Icewind Dale II. You could roll up the entire party if you chose (I did). Great storyline, great fun...that is probably my favorite RPG.

There is something extremely cool about rolling up and playing an entire party.  I'm surprised more of those type of RPG's aren't being made. 

Chris--

Lots of inside baseball in them. You can really nerf a character if you don't know what you're doing. I suspect it's too much work for most people.

For me, rolling up the entire party gave me more emotional investment in the characters. They weren't disposable NPCs anymore, they were my characters. That made a lot of difference in how I played the game.

[TheCommandTent]

In terms of playtime I guess Skyrim is about at the top.

However, I don't really consider those true RPGs. They're more like action games with an RPG layer.

My favorite RPG is probably Icewind Dale II. You could roll up the entire party if you chose (I did). Great storyline, great fun...that is probably my favorite RPG.

There is something extremely cool about rolling up and playing an entire party.  I'm surprised more of those type of RPG's aren't being made. 

Chris--

Lots of inside baseball in them. You can really nerf a character if you don't know what you're doing. I suspect it's too much work for most people.

For me, rolling up the entire party gave me more emotional investment in the characters. They weren't disposable NPCs anymore, they were my characters. That made a lot of difference in how I played the game.

If there was an in game guide/tutorial I think that would help alot but I agree most people wouldn't want to take the time.

[airboy]

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)
Morrowind

[Bison]

Airboy go down into R&P and explain to me the economic impact of transitioning back to a gold standard.  Thanks.

[Staggerwing]

Man, you're asking a lot of him. At least let him get all the shots and paperwork done first.

[Nefaro]

In terms of playtime I guess Skyrim is about at the top.

However, I don't really consider those true RPGs. They're more like action games with an RPG layer.

My favorite RPG is probably Icewind Dale II. You could roll up the entire party if you chose (I did). Great storyline, great fun...that is probably my favorite RPG.

I agree with LongBlade about "true" RPGs.  Many of them, today, are First-Person Shooters with varying degrees of RPG in it.   While still technically RPGs, I'm more nostalgic for the isometric style ones that focus more on tactics & game mechanics than twitch.  I wish there were more that weren't FPS.  Up to the indies to do it, anymore, as many of the modern ones are sadly action console ports.  :(

I think Temple Of Elemental Evil could've easily topped this list for me, had it been finished by the devs before released, and a bit longer in length.  The game mechanics, especially the combat, is excellent and after the Co8 mod-patch is applied, it's fairly bug-free (which helps push it towards how it could've been).   Of course, I enjoy gameplay over story so I'm sure some will disagree on this one.

[LongBlade]

In terms of playtime I guess Skyrim is about at the top.

However, I don't really consider those true RPGs. They're more like action games with an RPG layer.

My favorite RPG is probably Icewind Dale II. You could roll up the entire party if you chose (I did). Great storyline, great fun...that is probably my favorite RPG.

I agree with LongBlade about "true" RPGs.  Many of them, today, are First-Person Shooters with varying degrees of RPG in it.   While still technically RPGs, I'm more nostalgic for the isometric style ones that focus more on tactics & game mechanics than twitch.  I wish there were more that weren't FPS.  Up to the indies to do it, anymore, as many of the modern ones are sadly action console ports.  :(

I think Temple Of Elemental Evil could've easily topped this list for me, had it been finished by the devs before released, and a bit longer in length.  The game mechanics, especially the combat, is excellent and after the Co8 mod-patch is applied, it's fairly bug-free (which helps push it towards how it could've been).   Of course, I enjoy gameplay over story so I'm sure some will disagree on this one.

Agreed. TEE was nearly great.

[Sir Slash]

I would echo Neverwinter Nights because it's Forgotten Realms, and Skyrim because you can do anything you want. I loved Dragon Age at first, the story was great but it got old to me pretty quickly and I never finished it. The original question was, "What was your favorite RPG in the last 10 years"? Well thanks to GOG.com I've been able to finish games that I started way back when. Does it count if you've played the game in the last 10 years? If so then I have 2 words for you. Planescape Torment. The only game I've played that I began thinking I would hate, and ended wishing it was longer.

[Nefaro]

Dark Souls ..

Really?  Is that any good?

I read just the first couple paragraphs of the PC Gamer review and they completely bashed it for being a terrible console-to-PC port, which just drives me nuts (and makes me literally ill when I try to play those).  I suppose that hasn't bothered you any?

First, I'll give you something Dark Souls never does: a warning. Brought to PC by From Software, this port of the Japanese fight-heavy action-RPG is just that: a port. A straight port.

It plays like someone took an Xbox 360, packaged it up small, and slid it into your PC when you weren't looking. The HUD is huge, the textures muddy, and such luxuries as control over field of view and vsync are nonexistent.

Ask yourself how you pronounce 'PC game'. If your emphasis is on the 'PC', then run. Run far from Dark Souls and don't look back. There is nothing for you here....

http://www.pcgamer.com/review/dark-souls-review/

[Greybriar]

My favorite RPG of the last 10 years? I probably got more enjoyment from Neverwinter Nights because I was playing online with friends. The persistent world we played in had a good design, which was a critical consideration for online play.

[Nefaro]

My favorite RPG of the last 10 years? I probably got more enjoyment from Neverwinter Nights because I was playing online with friends. The persistent world we played in had a good design, which was a critical consideration for online play.

Same here.  Played on a persistent & original NWN server (World of Caenyr, IIRC).  I never did get terribly far into the single-player campaign because I always ended up playing it online with a bunch of other people.  8)