>mfw I cringe remembering when many people on /v/ (including myself) were hyping up the "return" and "new golden age of WRPGs" thanks to Kickstarter
>mfw all of them ended up mediocre and terrible
Let's break them down, shall we?
>Shadowrun (Dragonfall and Hong Kong)
Gender and race selection literally don't effect the game in a meaningful way
Linear as fuck
iOS menus and design
Terrible combat
Nobody uses the creation tools because the games suck
>Wasteland 2
No true role playing thanks to the shitty party system
No replay value due to the shit tier character building system
Energy weapons are complete shit even with the best ones equipped
Certain poorly designed combat sections make you resort to using LAWs and RPGs to win (the brothel)
>Pillars of Eternity
Lore dump dialogue
Bland and boring setting
Terrible, nonsensical balance (no combat for EXP but the game is full of trash mob combat)
Party relationships are complete shit (party members never do their own thing aka acting like real characters and not just your combat slaves)
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Agreed tbqh famquila
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>>332409549
>Gender and race selection literally don't effect the game in a meaningful way
Very few games do this, even fewer do it well.
>Linear as fuck
Nothing wrong with that.
>Lore dump dialogue
Again nothing wrong with that, I enjoyed learning more of the world. Maybe you wouldn't have found the setting "bland and boring" if you had listened to the "lore dump"s.
>Terrible, nonsensical balance (no combat for EXP but the game is full of trash mob combat)
You get XP for combat, there's just a limit of how much. It's to prevent grinding. It's not a perfect system, but do you really only play the game for XP and level up? Combat can be fun on its own on harder difficulties.
I'm not saying that any of those games are perfect and I agree with some of your other points, but they are enjoyable and while it's not a second golden age, at least it's something.
>>332410397
>>Linear as fuck
>Nothing wrong with that.
Let me guess. You're a Witcher 2 fan.
The fact that you don't understand a linear WRPG is bad means your opinion should be disregarded.
>It's to prevent grinding. It's not a perfect system, but do you really only play the game for XP and level up?
Maybe they should have given out less XP for combat like a good game
>>332410605
Not everything has to be open world, anon. I like the Witcher series, but my favorite games are BG1-2.
Whether a game is linear or open is a stylistic choice similarly to whether it's real time or turn based. Neither is better than the other.
In a lot of the highly regarded classics, nonlinearness just means visiting the same areas in a different order and doing the same quests in whatever order you like.
>>332410920
>and doing the same quests in whatever order you like.
Or
OR
OOOOR
Like Fallout 2, accidentally missing areas or quests based on your stats, karma, gender, etc rather than being a shitty mission based X-com clone like the Shadowrun games
>>332410920
He is trolling you
>>332411080
You're a cuck
Look ma, I posted it again!
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