What are the best RPGs on the PC (single player)?

Stretlow · 19 Aug 2018 at 16:45

Besty said:
I have played through most of them.

The answer is Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Ive tried on a few occasions to have a go at it and just get bored after half hour or so...

Pighardia · 21 Aug 2018 at 18:20

Probably the millionth time I've said this on here

, but Fallout New Vegas is the pinnacle of RPGs. Before last year I would have said it was by far the best, but Divinity Original Sin 2 very nearly rivals it.

It is those two, then a fair margin to the next game imo...Which is probably Skyrim.

Radox-0 · 21 Aug 2018 at 22:45

Going to be an odd one to throw out there given its MMORPG. But Elder Scrolls online is a massive world and 90% of the content can be played solo. There is a massive number of quests, stories etc and quiet enjoyable from a PvE perspective.

lee32uk · 21 Aug 2018 at 23:41

Tyranny

https://store.steampowered.com/app/362960/Tyranny/

spudbynight · 22 Aug 2018 at 19:10

Besty said:
Actually, Original Sin 2 is getting a major upgrade to its latter stages through a free DLC in a few weeks time.

Is it? I got stuck into this and loved it but then just lost the will to continue in the final act. I got to a building in town with lots of fire and monsters that kept coming back after I killed them. Got fed up and uninstalled it.

monkentage · 22 Aug 2018 at 23:01

lol @ getting that far then rage quitting over a single side quest.

Cromulent · 23 Aug 2018 at 05:05

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I've just started to play Divinity Original Sin: Enhanced Edition and then when I finish that I'll play Divinity Original Sin 2. They look like interesting games.

I didn't realise I already owned them. I must have bought the games ages ago and forgotten about them. Hopefully, they'll keep me occupied for some time.

Armageus · 23 Aug 2018 at 05:17

Radox-0 said:
Going to be an odd one to throw out there given its MMORPG. But Elder Scrolls online is a massive world and 90% of the content can be played solo. There is a massive number of quests, stories etc and quiet enjoyable from a PvE perspective.

I'd argue that WoW is similar these days. Majority of content can be done solo or with automatically found groups of randoms, but the stories/lore is all still very interesting.

Cromulent · 23 Aug 2018 at 05:21

Radox-0 said:
Going to be an odd one to throw out there given its MMORPG. But Elder Scrolls online is a massive world and 90% of the content can be played solo. There is a massive number of quests, stories etc and quiet enjoyable from a PvE perspective.

I've been playing Elder Scrolls Online for the last month, and I'm enjoying it. I've pretty much completed Summerset Isles and am working on Morrowind at the moment. The voice acting is excellent but it does annoy me a little bit as it slows down the questing experience quite a bit. I can read the quest text much faster compared to listening to it being spoken. I might turn off the in-game audio and listen to music instead and read everything.

Kiyoshi · 23 Aug 2018 at 08:58

That's part of the experience surely, what questing experience are you looking for? It's not a race.

Cromulent · 23 Aug 2018 at 10:36

Kiyoshi said:
That's part of the experience surely, what questing experience are you looking for? It's not a race.

I find voice acting annoying for the same reason I find learning from videos annoying. It is much quicker to read a book or read the quest text than listen to someone talking.

Stokesy · 23 Aug 2018 at 11:12

lee32uk said:
Tyranny

https://store.steampowered.com/app/362960/Tyranny/

I gave up on this as I was save scumming my way through it, which wasn't particularly enjoyable.

Can anyone recommend any decent combat guides so I can give it a decent go?

spudbynight · 23 Aug 2018 at 19:59

monkentage said:
lol @ getting that far then rage quitting over a single side quest.

I didn't rage quit. I just couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to open it up again. I think it was about 3 months before I uninstalled.

Radox-0 · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:38

Armageus said:
I'd argue that WoW is similar these days. Majority of content can be done solo or with automatically found groups of randoms, but the stories/lore is all still very interesting.

Yup. I have not played Wow, but can imagine. ESO is real nice, more so if you like elder scrolls lore. While not perfect, they have did a very solid job area for ESO.

Cromulent said:
I've been playing Elder Scrolls Online for the last month, and I'm enjoying it. I've pretty much completed Summerset Isles and am working on Morrowind at the moment. The voice acting is excellent but it does annoy me a little bit as it slows down the questing experience quite a bit. I can read the quest text much faster compared to listening to it being spoken. I might turn off the in-game audio and listen to music instead and read everything.

I know what you mean! Having said that, I have amusingly did the opposite, 95% of the time, I skipped story points, but recently, have been reading / listening to it all. Its actually really well done, love Cadwell and Raz um dar, done so well.

RumbleBee · 23 Aug 2018 at 22:53

Fallout 4 with Horizon mod.
Horizon drastically changes the game and adds a lot of RPG elements (skills like previous Fallouts). It's extremely well-polished and has various difficulty levels nowadays.

ThatDuckSauce · 14 Dec 2018 at 19:35

Kotor I and II
SWTOR
Guild Wars 2
WoW

Doug2507 · 14 Dec 2018 at 21:21

Baron C said:
Dragon age 1 was very good.

This and divinity.

SPG · 15 Dec 2018 at 00:16

Stretlow said:
Ive tried on a few occasions to have a go at it and just get bored after half hour or so...

Couldnt agree more, i really enjoyed the first game but i found the second utterly tedious.

SPG · 15 Dec 2018 at 00:19

Cromulent said:
I find voice acting annoying for the same reason I find learning from videos annoying. It is much quicker to read a book or read the quest text than listen to someone talking.

Absolutely this, voice acting helps set the major scenes but every mediocre side quest is just mehhhh and is uninstalled

kthula666 · 15 Dec 2018 at 02:24

Kingdoms of Amalur : Reckoning

Castlevania Lords of Shadow 1 & 2