• LEX@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I so disagree. I think Skyrim, for example, is all about roleplaying but extremely shallow in the RPG mechanics side of things.

    I mean to say, the gameplay is shallow, but that shallowness allows casual players to essentially ignore the mechanics and play characters from bandits to farmers or merchants or nomads or whatever they want. It’s the purest form of roleplaying and I think that’s why Skyrim in particular is still so popular.

    That said, my fav is Morrowind because I love stats driven, cronchy RPG mechanics.

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      1 year ago

      You may or may not be right about Skyrim

      But 1000% Morrowinds Stat driven cronchy bs was bae (and the best world IMO, God I hated Skyrim from the jump just for that - Funky mushroom land getting around on silt striders to fucking HELL PORTALS to… Every generic fantasy land ever, dragons and all 🙄)

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        1 year ago

        And they turned Cyrodill from a cool interesting tropical jungle into… Fable 4.

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          1 year ago

          Fr that bothers me to this day. Wtf happened to Bethesda’s unique settings? Nothing coming from the elder scrolls IP has matched Morrowind in that regard and I have no idea why.

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      1 year ago

      Purest form of roleplaying? Have you tried or heard about Kenshi? That game is pure roleplaying, this is action game with a bit of rpg sprinkled