I am in the mood for a good single character RPG. It can be fantasy (I am also in a mood to play a mage), or sci-fi. The idea is that you are not controlling a party, but a single person. Id prefer character a lot of development choices. It can be a 1st person or 3rd person style of game. It would also be great if this game was on sale on steam. I also want it to be too ‘old school’. For example, a long time ago I played fallout 2. It was awesome. I then bought it on steam and started playing again. I get quests like, find object X with almost no clue of where to look. Back in the day I was fine with that, but now that is a bit much for me. I do not have the patience for that kind of thing anymore.
I have many of these games and I am kind of looking for the less well known ones that may be out there.
Very strong mechanics, a bit light on quests and talking. Exploration is second to none in my opinion. Quest journal could be a little better but the game has an excellent wiki where you can look for hints if you hit a dead end.
dive: If you mean the witcher, that’s why I said less main stream. I already have played that. If it is a AAA title, I am sure I played it a while ago.
Bateau: Yes, underrail is good. To bad I already played it too.,
However, as a PSI mage, I could not get that to work very well. At first it was good, but later on, I kept getting my ass handed to me. I then started a melee character and it was a world of difference.
I looked at that. That isn’t really the kind of game I was thinking of. Its more of a pure role-play game. At least it seemed that way when I was watching a lets play of it. I do want combat and adventure. To delve into the haunted forest or crypt or whatever. AoD is more like a political RPG kind of thing it seemed.
Ach, I saw “PSI Mage” and I was hoping that was going to be some sort of bizarre magic system based on tire pressure in the Underrail, and we’d be gathering “pound-force units” or something rather than more goddamn mana.
But it turns out to be just a boring-old “Psi Mage”.
Hard to recommend something when you don’t specify what exactly you played already that fits the criteria. I would recommend Gothic 1/2/NOTR and Risen 1 or Vampire Bloodlines but I am sure you already played all those.
Divinity 2 Director’s Cut was also great, Two Worlds 2 was decent.
I think the issue with PSI mages is that you rely on status effects, like stun and whatnot. The problem is that after these effects wear off, everyone gets 2 turns of immunity to them, which makes you fairly defenseless as some melee dude runs up to you and pummels you for 2 rounds. Its hard enough juggling GROUPS of people. The fact that they become immune to CC for 2 rounds pretty much puts the nail in the coffin for the psi mage.
Yeah, I am sorry about that. And yes, I have played all those. I also played risen 2 and 3, but they kind of suck.
I am just hoping someone throws out something obscure that I have not heard of. Really the best guideline is that if it was a very well known title at one point, then cross it off the list. For example, underrail is not a well know title, so that was a good suggestion. Unfortunately there is a forum thread about it, so I got wind of it and bought it.
Victor Vran is pretty fun. Mars: War Logs is clumsy and has low production values, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would (Technomancer is its sequel, but I haven’t played it yet). Seraph is not exactly an RPG, but it’s a pretty good game with some interesting character development. And finally, I heard good things about Dex, though I have yet to play it.
There’s also E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy, which is an exotic cyberpunk game that some people absolutely love.
The Game of Thrones RPG is good. Technically you play two characters but you play them one at a time and never as a party. It’s ugly and the voice acting is grim but the story is surprisingly decent.
Also seconded for Mars War Logs, which is a bit of a mess but certainly enjoyable.
Well, there’s the Eschalon series (all available on Steam, IIRC). You play a single character in a top down iso turn based RPG. It’s not a rogue like, mind. It’s like playing a more story driven Ultima I.
