Kirill Pokrovsky, who composed the music of Larian Studio's Divinity series of games, passed away yesterday.
"A great man, a fantastic composer and a good friend passed away yesterday. Rest in peace Kirill Pokrovsky – we will miss you."
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With Evolve finally coming out today, Paste looks at ten other games that let you play as monsters.
MWEB GameZone writes: "The Role-Playing Game genre has seen countless wonderful games that have consumed players into their magnificent worlds for over 20 years.
RPG’s promote character infusion and self-expression on a deeply personal level, which leads to an immersive gaming experience unlike what we find in other genres.
Here are five exceptional RPG's which directed the player to extended him or herself along emotional, visual and intellectual pathways that are mostly absent in other genres."
Yeh, the ME series of games are awesome. Sadly number 3 dissapointed a lot of people, but I actually liked the ending :)
i am a JRPG player. this list means nothing to me.
Are all these games better than a Dragon Quest or FF? pleaaaase get serious!
Demon's Souls, Morrowind, Fallout 3, FF7, Dragon Quest and the original Deus ex make up my top 6 list (Ok I cheated but I cant decide which one to remove from the list).
Loved ME. Loved ME2. Got bored with ME3 after a few hours and never went back.
Honestly these are just better :) I think FFVI would have been number 6 for me if this was a top 10 :)
Eh, it all goes to personal opinion I guess. I haven't played one wrpg that I think comes close to persona 3, persona 4, ff vii, and chrono trigger. The Witcher is probably the closest, although I haven't played the Witcher 2 again. Morrowind was good as well, but I think Skyrim is really overrated. Fun and all, but about as shallow as a kiddy pool.
I think they wanted to make it fair, if they let jrpgs in the list they would have had no room for these one's they listed.
Because JRPGs aren't true RPGs. They're fun and entertaining, but they're kind of their own genre. Look at a game like Suikoden. Really hard to call that an RPG.
So you point at one jrpg and say that's reason enough?
Sorry, but in an rpg, you play characters with a specific role. Hence rpg.
Jrpgs deserve spots on the list. Odds are they deserve too many, so they omitted them altogether.
Good list, mass effect is just a classic. A little sad to not see the witcher in here, but its a top 5.... pretty tight!
As for jrpg, generally weaker than RPGs, lately anyway if directly compared to mass effect. But chrono trigger, ff6, ff7, ff9, star ocean 1 all could hold their own easily. Seiken densetsu 3 too! But jrpg and RPG are almost entirely different genres now, can't compare
Well said sir. It was tough leaving out The Witcher and Baldurs Gate II, really really tough ! Thank you :)
Completely agreed about the JRPGs
I understand it was necessary to balance the Infinity Engine games a little. Else the list might have been:
1. Planscape Torment
2. Baldur's Gate II (incl. Throne of Bhaal)
3. Baldur's Gate I (inlc. Tales of the Swordcoast)
4. Ice Wind Dale I
5. Ice Wind Dale II
Well at least mine. Lol
That being said, can't wait for Pilars of Eternity and Torment: Tides of Numenera!
Some of these aren't modern tho some are as old as most of the jrpgs, there is not one game on this list better than star ocean final fantasy 7,8 or 9 or chrono trigger imo. I would even pick final fantasy 10 and 10 part 2 over most.
Edit also forgot legend of dragoon that game kicks any of the lists arse imo.
If i could, there would be around 20 more RPGs on the honourable mention list! Except for Dungeon Siege haha
I was about to post, that if this list doesn't feature Planescape: Torment, it would be an automated fail. Fortunately I don't have to ;)
Formerly being a fanatic Mass Effect fan with ME1, I now look down on the series with disgust, when thinking of what they have turned it into first with ME2 and finally with ME3.
If this list would also feature jrpgs, my top choice would be either Xenogears or Xenoblade closly followed by FFVI.
Mass effect, till that bloody awful ending, was great. But mass effect 1 is the stand out. Call me sad, but I gave mass effect a standing ovation literally clapping saying wow Wtf that was insane! Epic song at the end as the camera slowly moved away from shephard... that's one of the best moments in gaming!
IM PLAYIN highlights some of the great games that you can currently get on the Xbox 360, including some that are multiplatform, for relatively cheap.
"State of Decay is crazy cheap on the Xbox Live Marketplace, considering how many hours you can squeeze out of it. It’s one of those games that you can play religiously for hours, or flit in and out of when you’re looking for a bit of filler. As far as zombie survival games go, this is one of the greats. It’s also one of the first to do it, especially on such a grand scale. Search for supplies, clear out the zombie hordes and grow both your community of survivors and your base of operations – all whist exploring a pretty decent sized game world ranging from country fields to packed towns."
Gotta love XBL! I bought so many good games for insanely low prices in the past year. It's a great way to end a lifecycle in my opinion.
My condolences to his family and close friends.
He will be missed.
He have filled me with Magic since 2002, with the Release of Divine Divinity. His Music gaves me alot of chills. And he was a nice person too. My best wishes to the Family, i will miss him and his music that he woud have written.
Divinity: OS One of my favorite soundtracks ever.
RIP.
Rest in peace good sir
Rest in peace. A very talented composer--you will be missed.