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I've been playing RPGs for quite a few years and have noticed that I haven't really enjoyed anything made in the last 5+ years except the first Dragon Age. Can anyone recommend a newer game that is similar to Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights? Games with an in depth story that leave the character creation to you but don't force you to become the same generic character as everyone else (looking at you elder scrolls).
 
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If you like ARPGs, a real and unique ARPG is Dark Souls. It has an unreachable quantity of playable ways and customizations and a very hardcore gameplay. The environment atmosphere, the designs and the story background is absolutely authentic and interesting.

If you can fluidly progress in gameplay's ability, then you'll love it. If you don't like hardcore challenges, then you will not.

Good luck.

 
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I thought it was sooo monotonous - generic quests - even though it was marvellously done...
 
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Borderlands 1 and 2 - even though not strictly RPG, it completely pulls you in from the moment it starts (including the fantastic intro video). And after you finish the first playthrough, you can go on in a "True vault hunter mode", where bandits and monsters are tougher... Trust me, it's great, I finished it (each of them) 4 or 5 times with different characters...
 
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similar to baulders gate you say?

baulders gate: dark alliance 2 (the sequel)
diablo iii (really fun, i would recommend the console version as i think its better)
sacred 2 (a bit monotonous but well made)
kingdoms of amalur: reckoning (a fairly well done rpg)
dragons dogma + dark arisen (one of the best made rpgs i've ever seen. only thing lacking is multiplayer)
demon's souls + dark souls + dark souls 2 (great action rpgs. fairly hard though)
champions of norrath+champions return to arms (same era as baulders gate and about as good)

out of all of them... what would my personal favorites be?

currently i'm playing diablo iii on ps3 and it is quite fun. a little short per se but still fun and its multiplayer.

i was very impressed with dragons dogma and i loved the new content with dark arisen (even if it was a bit of a rip off to re-release the game with the content instead of making it an add on or dlc) and honestly the only reason i gave up on it (temporarily... i will definitely get back to it) is because of a game bug where my character got deleted. other than this fact.... the game is truley great. oh and i'd love to see a version of multiplayer where you can play on one console or online and coop quests but perhaps we will see that in the future on the next version (if there is one).
 
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Those may be good games, but everyone of them is more of a Diablo like game, than a Baldur's Gate game. This is just so you are aware, as I liked most those games too.

Neverwinter Nights series
Dragon Age series
Knights of the Old Republic series
Mass Effect series

These are all similar to Baldur's Gate. They are party based RPG's with dialog and big story lines.
 
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@bystander... not sure i agree with you there...

i have a copy of both baulders gate: dark alliance and the sequel dark alliance ii and have played them both.

champions of norrath and champions return to arms are cut from the same cloth as those titles. while definitely a different game they are very similar in feel. in fact they might be slightly better.

sacred 2 is also a party based game with a long storyline but it doesnt have quite the feel to it that baulders gate did.

i agree that the single player games i mentioned are more diabloeque but still very well done and worth recommending for anyone who liked baulders gate.

i've always wanted to play NWN myself but find it hard to bring myself to get something with graphics that old. that sounds strange considering how i went out of my way to get baulders gate when i saw it. ahh... nostalgia.

 
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1. Fallout 3
2. Fallout NV
3.Witcher 1
4.Witcer 2
5.Dragon Age Origin
6.Dark Soul
 
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Sacred 2, while you may be able to play online with players, is not a party based game. In its single player format, you play alone. It is very much like Diablo, you play alone, but can play with a few players on line if you choose, but it is purely a hack and slash.

So are all of those games. They are all hack and slash. Which is like Diablo.

They are all RPG's, and may share a similar fantasy world, they are hack and slash. Baldur's gate and the games I mentioned, all require you to control several characters by yourself, and have a lot of dialog with those characters.

I'm not arguing that they aren't good games, only they are hack and slash RPG's, as opposed to being a party based RPG.

If you haven't, and considering you got Baldur's Gate, get Dragon Age: Origins. That is the closest thing there is to a modern day Baldur's gate.
 
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baulders gate dark alliance and dark alliance 2 are both hack and slash. i've played through both. perhaps you are referring to a different baulders gate game?

i dislike dragons age as much as i do skyrim. i just dont like how the gameplay is.

i think we should just agree to disagree on that point about what is similar and what is not to baulders gate. we all have our own opinion i am sure.
 
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He is referring to a different game the one called "Balder's Gate", which the console action style is borrowing its name from. Really next time look up the OPs mentioned games if your not sure what they are, because your posts ended being useless to the OP.
 
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Apparently you are talking about a different Baldur's Gate. I'm pretty sure I have the right one, as he is also comparing it to Neverwinter Nights, which again, is no where near a hack and slash.
 
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@psychodegu

get the $$$$ off your high horse. if anyone has a useless post it is yours which i find insulting.

"baulders gate" can technically refer to any in the series. in any case it is an rpg in which case my posts do have merit even though they may not be as much of a perfect match per se.

@bystander

i sort of figured as much. yes i've heard of nwn and i've heard of the original baulders gate but the first one that came to mind was the ps2 classic. as it was not really specified and to be honest they are all related in some way it really doesnt matter.

at a bare minimum it gives more suggestions and options to the op to pursue.

thank you for the clarification.
 
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Btw, did you play Dragon Age: Origins on the console or the PC? These types of games are better on the PC due to the way you control characters.
 
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Just in case my post got lost in there, I wanted to reiterate that Spiderweb Software captures the classic late 90's RPG pretty well and have new games out called Avernum: Escape from the Pit and Avadon: The Black Fortress, as well as a back catalog of great party based story driven games. Please check them out. The Demos are small in size.
 
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^ Exactly why I didn't close it.

Personally I am waiting on the new Dragon Age and hopefully a new Mass Effect game sooner rather than later.
 
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yes...

i realize we may not ever see a response from the op...

however there are many others who may happen across this thread and who may find it sparks a few ideas. hence why i listed a few ideas of my own.


@anort

by the way... i love the "its the only way to be sure" quote. perchance is it from aliens the movie?
personally i'm looking forwards to dark souls 2
 
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For someone with the gaming authority badge, your very ignorant about games.
 
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