Most anticipated RPG's of 2008

[Saxon1974]

Ok, this really drives me crazy. All of these games are action rpg's and Im guessing only one of them will come out on the PC (Fallout 3).

None of these look like RPG's to me, so I wish the console people would stop calling them RPG's! Just call them action games!

Maybe we should come up with a new name for the hard core RPG's, since the term RPG has been raped into a graphical adventure game with a few stats thrown in.

http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2120/ ... f-2008/p1/

 

[Raapys]

Age of Conan is the only one I'm looking forward to, simply because it's made by the guys that made Anarchy Online.

I agree though, the term RPG has been raped and abused too many times, and has thus lost all its meaning. If you buy an RPG now you only know that you'll get a game that has alot of Bloom in it.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

2008: Fuck RPGs, Far Cry 2 and Starcraft 2 are coming out.

 

[yns88]

You complain about lack of PC RPGs...in an article from TEAM XBOX?

JESUS CHRIST MAN WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? Of COURSE they're not gonna list PC RPGs, and since it's an (american) console system, it's pretty obvious that any 'RPG' will just be a mindless action game with stats. (note: on the PS3 all 'RPG's will just be cliched dramas with stats)

 

[Suicidal]

Are there even any good mainstream RPGs that are going to be released in '08 at all? Only Dragon Age comes to mind but I doubt we'll see it in '08.

 

[fastpunk]

2007 was a great year for RPGs but 2008 doesn't announce too much. Dragon Age might be worth a look and so would Purgatorio for NWN2. Leaving RPGs aside, 2008 doesn't look like a particularly good year for other genres either. Eh, we'll see.

 

[Hory]

Wow, FO3 actually appears to be the best RPG from that list. The other games seem so generic...

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Hopefully we might see another NWN2 expansion and a Witcher expansion in 2008. I very much doubt we'll ever see Dragon Age.

 

[NiM82]

When you look at the depth in such games as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Mass Effect, it’s obvious that the genre is evolving and improving. With those titles hitting the Xbox 360 and pulling in large audiences, it’s no surprise that there are more RPGs—and more good RPGs—to come.

:D

You complain about lack of PC RPGs...in an article from TEAM XBOX?

+1

 

[OSK]

There are RPGs coming out in 2008?

 

[dagorkan]

Age of Decadence.

Oh sorry... is that 2009?

Also, Grimoire.

 

[Müg]

Age of Decadence.

Oh sorry... is that 2009?

Also, Grimoire.

2013 is my guess, after jupiter turns into a new sun most of his data will be wiped

 

[Saxon1974]

You complain about lack of PC RPGs...in an article from TEAM XBOX?

JESUS CHRIST MAN WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? Of COURSE they're not gonna list PC RPGs, and since it's an (american) console system, it's pretty obvious that any 'RPG' will just be a mindless action game with stats. (note: on the PS3 all 'RPG's will just be cliched dramas with stats)

So you don't think all these dev's teams working on console RPG's and then selling millions of copies to the kiddies is not going to affect how many PC RPG's get made in the next few years?

It was an article on RPGwatch. Im just irritated how the main bulk of development teams that are going "RPGs" are now working on consolized action RPG's and not only is that bad enough, but now they aren't even releasing them on the PC anymore. I posted this mostly out of frustration. Plus the use of "RPG" for alot of these games is retarded.

But then again, I don't think I would buy any of those even if they get release on the PC. I have decided to just collect and play all the great RPG's of the past, there should be enough of them to keep me entertained for a long time.

I remember a day when RPG meant an Ultima, Might and Magic 1 - V, or a wizardry type of game. God I miss the good old days.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

Wow, FO3 actually appears to be the best RPG from that list. The other games seem so generic...

Now I get why the console kiddies like Bethesda.

 

[Lumpy]

Crafting an epic tale centering on the adventures of an immortal man who can’t remember his past, wrapped up in a battle to preserve the future, the experience just couldn’t fit on a single DVD.

Obviously.

 

[Nedrah]

2008: Fuck RPGs, Far Cry 2 and Starcraft 2 are coming out.

Assuming AoD does indeed not make a 2008 release, I almost would have to agree.
I fully plan to try and seriously get lost in sc2 multiplayer for a while. Everyone beeing a noob (to a degree) will be such a nice change of pace from current sc/wc3 online gaming.

Also, I obviously still can fall back to Gothic 3 and The Witcher, which I both could not play with my old pc .

 

[Virtz]

There are RPGs coming out in 2008?

Darghul! :evil:

 

[kingcomrade]

Crafting an epic tale centering on the adventures of an immortal man who can’t remember his past, wrapped up in a battle to preserve the future, the experience just couldn’t fit on a single DVD.

Obviously.

Haha!

 

[Spec]

Crafting an epic tale centering on the adventures of an immortal man who can’t remember his past, wrapped up in a battle to preserve the future, the experience just couldn’t fit on a single DVD.

Obviously.

Considering how often this kind of concept is batted around I'm VERY disappointed that there haven't been any Roger Zelazny adaptations.

 

[Section8]

a fantasy-driven, action-epic-style RPG

That's some mighty editified pseudo-journalisticary there, champ.

Nobody has ever questioned the creative mind of Peter Molyneux

Imagine, a smart, sassy and challenging RPG…

They can't be talking about Fallout 3, right? Wrong.

 

[Solaris]

For me...

Age of Conan -hope its a good'un.
Sacred 2 - hopefully will satisfy the inner diablo craving in me.
Dragon Age - dunno when this is out, if ever. But certainly a game I've been looking forward to.

Also hope there is a Witcher addon of some sort, and the SDK is good enough to get the mod community busy (myself included).

Screw the rest, Fallout 3 etc....not interested at all

 

[aboyd]

For me:

NWN 2 expansion pack #2 (I assume up to level 40)
Witcher expansion from DLA team
AoD
Broken Hourglass
Mythos
Purgatorio
Mystery of Westgate
BG 3 (The Black Hound)

Plus... there was a member here who was making his own RPG using a licensed engine. I recall that he posted screenshots of the dialogue editor that he had created for it, along with samples of the text. I don't recall the name of that game, but I have a bookmark somewhere, I seem to check it every 6 months or so. I'm hoping that's out in 2008.

 

[gromit]

the term RPG has been raped into a graphical adventure game with a few stats thrown in.

And what of the rape of the term "adventure game," slung around nearly every time someone refers to an action game with a plot (which is, what, everything in the last decade that wasn't an explicit exercise in nostalgia?) and surprisingly often by someone claiming something isn't really an RPG?

Seriously, the last adventure games I played with a few stats thrown in were Anachronox and, arguably Torment. I WISH the term RPG had gotten raped into that, because any potential trauma, humiliation and shame the genre felt would be completely outweighed by several direct hits to the g-spot.

 

[flabbyjack]

Darkfallis coming soon. Hopefully 2008.
http://contest.mmosite.com/annual_vote2 ... ated.shtml <- looks fairly anticipated in this partisan poll

 

[Saxon1974]

Darkfallis coming soon. Hopefully 2008.
http://contest.mmosite.com/annual_vote2 ... ated.shtml <- looks fairly anticipated in this partisan poll

Dang it, I was sort of interested until I realized it was another MMO, no thanks.