My friends and I have enjoyed Diablo 4 together but we are looking for something new. We want RPG, can have a story line, but we want it to be automatic, hack and slash type game, similar to Diablo 4. It’s mainly about just getting together and having fun but we are all middle age adults so we want something interesting as well.

(Breath of fire 3 lmao) but besides that, I'm looking for some good turn based rpgs with a sizable party that's fun to play. I got that grand story itch and wanna see what else is out there. I have a switch and Xbox series X, if that info helps. Any recommendations?

I'm in a rut and I'm not sure I'll find anything, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I've been struggling to fill the void ever since I finished Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven. That game was perfect for me. I tried following it up with the Dragon Quest 3 remake, which exposed a lot of things I didn't know I disliked about that series. After that I tried Crystal Project, but lost interest in the lategame. There was a difficulty spike and things that would make me stronger suddenly got farther away and much harder to find.

I'd like something with easy navigation as in I don't want to spend too much time lost or trying to find the content. Give me quest markers, fast travel, automap, not too much sprawl, etc. SMT Vengeance, the Yakuza series, and Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven are good examples.

Simply put, I don't want a game with too many mandatory chores in towns or huge empty worlds, but I'd still like the option to explore when I want. Menu-only towns with full dungeons are fine. Systems that are just menus and battle screens, like Saga Scarlet Grace, are not.

A few related games I enjoyed:

-SMT and Etrian Odyssey series, incl. most spinoffs

-Most of the Ys games before 9. Didn't vibe with the demo for X

-Pokemon series before Pokemon Company stopped caring. HeartGold was the last game I actually liked from them.

-Chained Echoes

-Witchspring R

-Operencia: The Stolen Sun

A few games I didn't care for:

-Diablo 3, Path of Exile, and Last Epoch. I also have Grim Dawn, but the controls are awful on Steam Deck IMO. It feels like I spend more time managing inventory than fighting. Especially when the farther I get, the more my build plays for itself.

-Fallout 4 and Skyrim. The promise to "be anyone, go anywhere" ends up as "be a nobody getting nowhere" because navigation is such a chore and everything I found was trash.

-Persona 3-5 and the Metaphor demo. I would rather not have long town and dialogue segments between dungeons.

-Purgatory Dungeoneer, Dungeon Encounters, and Saga Scarlet Grace- I would prefer some actual dungeons to move around in. Not an abstract map or a crossword grid.

-Dragon's Dogma- takes way too long to get anywhere and the quests were a chore.

-Mass Effect series. I finished them, but wasn't fond of the gunplay.

-Witcher 3. The monster tracking segments are a chore and the combat just isn't fun for me.

I am extremely burnt out on Soulslikes ATM. I platinum'd Elden Ring base game and have zero desire for the DLC at this time.

I played through Baldur's Gate 3 several times. That game would be too town-heavy for what I'm after currently. Playing murderhobo isn't fun for me in that game, but ignoring all town and dialogue stuff is pretty rough otherwise. I have Solasta, but it just isn't the same for me without Larian's homebrew rules about throwing items from inventory.

Anything else I can play? I have a Steam Deck and PS5. I can emulate PS2 and below easily, and I can emulate 360 with some luck.

Thanks in advance.

In search of an RPG that feels like an adventure, customizable builds for the party, little to no crafting, and grinding for story purposes is ok but I don’t care to grind a 100 floor dungeon to upgrade a weapon. I’m on ps5, I do have a PC as well. I’m less interested in min/maxing and more interested in building a party of diverse classes that allowed for fun synergy.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I love the disgae series but I couldn’t get back into it. Fft is god tier. Arc the lad is awesome

I’m in the mood for something tactical but I’m open to a turn based type rpg.

I just finished a few Tales games, I’m burned out on action RPG stuff.

Early RPGs seemed to be hack-and-slash games, or pretty linear "A, B, C" activities. What was the first game with side quests? Like, the game needs to have story elements, a plot, not just "kill enemies, get treasure", but an overarching story that gradually unfolds as you play. More importantly, I'd like to know one that had optional side quests -- little missions that didn't feed into the main story, but unlocked extra things and had their own mini-stories? I don't know if it has to be open-world, but stumbling across optional quests while exploring the main story would work.

Friends, curious to know how the community feels about crpgs. Topdown ones like bg1.

Would you rather play a triple a game with top of the line graphics but limited story and choices/gameplay or a bg1 style game with many story paths and game mechanics, but oldie graphics.

Of course, we want both. But if you had to pick, which would it be? Which do you enjoy more?

Edit: triple a games like dragons dogma 2 (from what I heard, not as good as hype). Excluding souls series. Those were legit

Edit: didn't think I needed to specify. Triple a rpg games. Because this is an RPG sub

LootQuest!

Hello adventurers!

Four months ago, I released my passion project, LootQuest, a GPS-based RPG with incremental gameplay inspired by DnD. After years of development (and a lot of late nights fueled by weekly DnD campaigns), it’s finally live, and I couldn’t be happier with the incredible reviews and feedback we’ve received so far.

In LootQuest, your real-life walks become epic adventures. Using GPS, the game transforms your location into a living, breathing map filled with dungeons, encounters, and battles. Whether you're exploring a mysterious ruin, aiding a villager in distress, or just out for a stroll, there's always something new to discover.

The idea started when I realized I wanted a daily dose of role-playing between DnD sessions. Since I love walking, I thought: What if I could turn those walks into small adventures? That’s the core of LootQuest: a pocket RPG to make your real-world journeys a little more magical.

Key Features:

• GPS integration to bring the game world to life around you.
• Explore dungeons, engage in encounters, and battle enemies as you walk.
• 100% No Pay-to-Win! Your progress is all about your adventures, not your wallet.

The community has been amazing so far, but I’d love for even more players to join the journey and share their feedback. Whether you're a fan of DnD, RPGs, or just enjoy unique ways to gamify your daily activities, this game was made for you.

If this sounds like your kind of game, give LootQuest a try and let me know your thoughts! Your feedback could shape the next chapter of the game.

Thanks for reading, and happy adventuring!

In regards to games I've tried and finished off the top of my head:

• Disco Elysium, fantastic writing.
• DOS:2, I really can't say much wrong with this game. I think the armor system was a bit of a miss though, considering it reduced party viability, although I usually ended up replaying in honor.
• BG3, pretty good. The only criticisms I'd even have towards the game stem more from the fact that DnD will sometimes have poor translations to a videogame system considering there's no DM to be like "Alright, well that's bullshit, I'll just fudge the dice."
• Underrail, fantastic mechanics, fantastic worldbuilding and an absurdly choppy story. I enjoy games that necessitate build optimization, so it wasn't much of an issue.
• Shadowrun games, enjoyed the world, combat was meh.
• Tyranny, same deal as the Shadowrun games.
• Encased, I thought the set-up was really interesting story-wise but found it to fall off as time went on. Combat was mediocre.
• Fallout 2, it's great, not much else to say.

In regards to games I've tried but didn't finish.

• Planescape: Torment, was honestly too dated for my zoomer mind. I'm also not fond real time with pause based CRPG's and prefer turn based way more.
• Pathfinder: WOTR, holy shit man was that a huge deal of information overload. Also, it kind of got annoying with the buffs I needed to cast + the combat felt sort of clunky.
• Arcanum, same deal as Planescape.
• WH40K, Rogue Trader, just not super into the Warhammer setting honestly.
• Wasteland 3, story felt way too joke-y and whimsical to be honest. Couldn't get invested.

I am developing my first game and to give some excitement to the loot/crafting I’ve added a random attribute generator where weapons and armor get a number of randomized attributes based on quality/rarity (Uncommon, Rare, Epic, etc) I have a basic list of attributes that I’ve seen in other games. Suggest anything that was something you liked in a game or would like to see in a game. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

I'm looking for anime/animated (by this I mean non-realistic) style RPG (maybe open world?) video games where you play as the female main character and where the main character has a male love interest that she meets in the game's story. I haven't played any games like this so I'm hoping I find something!

Also I only own a nintendo switch and pc but you can recommend me any games doesn't matter what console they might be available on.

what i mean is im looking for and 2d RPG dungeon crawler with crafting but many of the game recs I got are nothing even close horror might be okay but id prefer not I just like the crafting and looting mechanics with the turn based combat if you guys got any ideas that would be nice

I remember a game trailer I thought was from Square Enix but I can't find it anywhere and I'm starting to think I imagined it.

The trailer has a cute 3D art and features a male main character who carried a backpack and does freelance adventuring work. He travels the world on a 3D "Mario World" esque type map with random encounters. It shows him riding a train, getting blocked on his journey by sheep and finally taking a job in an old creepy Victorian house where the owner leads him down to the basement where there is a pool with some tentacle monster in it. We see the job giver kick our adventurer into the pool with the tentacles and the trailer ends.

It looks like a pretty cozy and fun game, and I believe they announced online features. I think it was a Playstation exlusive and I remember it alongside the PIxel Remasters of the old Final Fantasy games.

Am I going crazy? Does this game exist? I've searched for days and I fear I'm losing my mind.

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Hi everyone! I'm excited to announce that my first paid project, Mortal Vessel, is now available on Steam (Windows OS) for $10 (with launch discount). Mortal Vessel is a dungeon crawler with turn-based combat and roguelite elements.

===Features===

• Fully animated battles
• No random enemy encounters
• Fast paced turn-based battles
• Over 50 monster types
• Over 80 unique skills
• Over 80 unique items
• All playable creatures have unique skill trees
• Element Affinity System
• Procedurally generated random events, monsters, and treasure in certain dungeons

===Link Game===

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1979200/Mortal_Vessel/

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Hello,
Im looking for a single-player (preferably 3rd person or like an ARPG view but not turn-base) RPG game where you control 1 character but also command/fight with more allies/soldiers (at least most of the time) it doesn't have to be the only thing in the game, but should be in most of it.

- Big bonus is having a main base, that also need to protection? similar to real time strategy games but with the RPG gameplay, like controling a city or defend a base sometime but not with a mouse from above.

Need the game to look like a fantasy/medieval game, DnD/witcher style, and need the main character to have magical powers, or like a choice for a class (i like most mages/clerics, those types, My favorite part of most of the games i play is when the main character/s are joined with some AI characters/army and fight to protect a place or invade somewhere, for example i liked Dragon's Dogma1/2, Path of Exile gameplay style can also be cool but from my understanding you play it solo without allies or army, i liked Spell Force 3 but the fight itself was kinda lame and more rts style, maybe ill give it another try idk.

Got any recommendations?

I was wondering what peoples rules for grinding are? For me whenever I feel the need for grinding I will see how much exp I get from a fight and if I'll level within 10 fights I'll hang out and run encounters until that number changes. Although it is a bummer when I play a game that this rule doesn't apply to and I feel under leveled like the most recent Tales game towards the end game

Yes, my Blades gear is stolen.

Yes, I was arrested twice.

Yes, I had to steal it all again.

The dialogue and facial animations are hilarious, especially compared to Skyrim, but they do have an undeniable charm to them.

The world can feel a bit empty outside of cities and towns, especially when you're used to seeing a lot of enemies and animals.

Combat is.. more or less the same. And, as per usual, I went for a shield and a one-handed sword. Occasional magic use.

I like the story so far. Early days yet, but the idea of portals to Hell opening up and I have to stop them is very "Doom" in nature.

Not sure about the levelling system, or how much enemies scale to yours. I didn't set the difficulty very high, so it's been fine so far.

For my first run, I just wanted to do a typical Nord build with an emphasis on power and speed. I didn't ovethink that too much.

I will say, I really like being able to fast travel pretty much anywhere right off the bat. I've also got a horse. All boxes ticked.

Ramble finished.

We finally made it, our fantasy sandbox RPG Dustgrave is out! Dustgrave is our attempt at mixing a traditional turn-based RPG with dynamic narrative and sandbox elements, with a vast world to explore, events that get recorded and affect relationships, factions to join, dynamic quests and dialogue with content adapting to the context!

I also made an entire branch of dialogues only used by NPCs to insult the player, and they dynamically change based on the NPC personality and the player's chosen culture (but only if they are like, you know, a little xenophobic, otherwise they'll use non-discriminatory insults).

It's in Early Access, so saying the game is perfect would be a lie, but our playtesters reported 15-25 hours of playing time before reaching the current end-game content, which is mostly big quests for factions involving defending or conquering settlements. We had excellent feedback regarding the turn-based combat, and we are working hard to flesh out the dynamic narrative and improve the world's simulation.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393370/Dustgrave_A_Sandbox_RPG/

I'll be here to answer any question!

What do you think of my list of games?

I am asking because I plan to make an RPG, but the roles of humans and monsters are swapped sort of, the player protagonist is a rouge-like Goblin, and the antagonist is a beloved heroic paladin (who is supposed to represent RPG players in normal RPG games) who kills monsters prejudicely, and I'm just curious if there's some tropes I can either use, not use, or swap it, any questions u have I will try to answer. (its gonna be in the HD2D artstyle, and will be an ARPG, like real time combat)

I would like to hear your opinions, It doesn’t have to be a major overhaul but a something that you makes you buy the game just to use it. here what comes to my mind

Enderal

The Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos

Do2 epic encounters 2

Fallout London

Legacy of the Dragonborn

Elona+

Bloodlines Unofficial Patch

Tamriel Rebuilt

Warband Prophesy of Pendor

Gmdx

Arcanum unofficial patch

Owlcat games quick buff

I’m probably missing a lot of jrpg mods