Before there was Final Fantasy...
Before there was Dragon Quest...
Before Japanese made RPGs...
Even before Japanese knew RPGs...
The West was already playing D&D, Rogue, Ultima, Wizardry, The Bard's Tale, Dungeon Master, Might and Magic, and other RPGs.
Get ready to be educated about the differences between Western RPGs and their Japanese counterparts on the grounds of their respective pasts, presents, and possible futures – for a few weeks. This history/comparison will last a few installments of the column – this week's being Western RPGs' past.
"Treat your players as you would like to be treated, that's it," Vincke says when asked about how to maintain trust with a game's community.
Virtuos is currently working on a multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 remake, which is rumored to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
I thought they’d go for Morrowind first to be honest but this is a welcoming surprise to tide us over before ES6
Unreal Engine isn't efficient for open world games, so I question the reliability of this story.
Hopefully modders can fix the aged combart in this game if this is true. Enemies leveling up with you broke and defeated the whole purpose of leveling up.
The Elder Scrolls: Baldur's Gate 3.
Kinda cool I guess. Seems they just allowed the camera to zoom in right on top of the characters head and then able to control movement like a fps. Makes me wonder what the game would be like if I didn't ever zoom way out and scroll over the environment to check out for enemies nearby almost constantly.