Best RPG of 2019

VGChartz's Ben Dye: "The RPG genre has had decades of glory. For years, games in which you play a crucial role as a central character have been released, generation after generation. The genre isn’t going anywhere and is only continuing to evolve from its more simplistic roots into something that can be overwhelming for some and pure joy for others. Side quests, open worlds, the removal of invisible walls, and the introduction of more player choice and agency than ever before are just some of the areas where RPGs have evolved over time. With that evolution, wonderful looking and playing RPGs have continued to be enjoyed all over the world. Here are this year’s nominees."

[MadLad]

Outer Worlds, and Disco Elysium made this a freaking fantastic year for rpg fans.

[coolbeans]

I'd add Greedfall to that list.

[MadLad]

Surprised I forgot to include that one. I've played pretty much every Spiders game, but Greedfall was the first time it really felt like they managed to produce the game they aspired to make. One of my favorite games of this year, and excited to see what's down the road. They now have a publisher willing to put more money behind their titles too.

[Wasabi]

@Coolbeans

**"I'd add Greedfall to that list"**

I've just finished up Disco Elysium for the third time and I'm looking for my next big adventure.

I'm hearing good things about Greedfall, What's so good about the game in your opinion and is there anything I might have played you could compare it to?

[Wasabi]

@Ted

Disco is probably my favourite game this year, I love the characters and setting and I found the writing to be superb. I'm glad it finally got some recognition and it set for a 2020 release on consoles, I was afraid it may fly under the radar for a lot of players.

[coolbeans]

I'm on the opposite end of that spectrum: Greedfall was my first Spiders game I played and I'm interested in hopping into their past works (even if they're less polished). Given their reputation, I'm with you on this feeling like their breakout hit. Even financially, it's performed incredibly well for Focus Home on the steam charts.

-"They now have a publisher willing to put more money behind their titles too."

True, but Big Ben Interactive is such a weird entity to me. I really hope Big support them well, but also hope they're able to keep questionable monetary practices from infiltrating.

[Christopher]

Really surprised that, out of those available, Disco Elysium didn't win. Outer Worlds is a "solid" RPG but not really noteworthy for awards or GotY material for me. Disco Elysium played amazing for what I played (only 45m or so) and Greedfall, while rough on some areas, did things that we've wanted AAA RPG studios to do for a long while.

[coolbeans]

Since the staff/user split is right down the middle, I think it's more a case of Worlds' popularity overwhelming Disco's intrigue and uniqueness. Were it a summer release with more people having a chance to try it? The results could've been different.

[King_Noctis]

Can you imagine a Disco Elysium 2 with bigger budget, bigger world, and full voice acting? Any big publishers should really pick this game up and support this IP.

[bluefox755]

I think I need to give Disco Elysium a try.

[Zeldafan64]

Dragon Quest XI S

[King_Noctis]

Disco Elysium, Outer Worlds, Fire Emblem 3 Houses, and DQ XI S are some of my most favorite RPG this year.

[coolbeans]

Fire Emblem was a candidate under the 'Strategy/Sim' category during the vote process.

[King_Noctis]

It is a hybrid though. Just like Persona which is a hybrid of RPG and turn based genre.

[RedDevils]

Outer Worlds also look more like FPS game as well.

[coolbeans]

I mean...you gotta take it up with virtually every other site in respect to these hybrids, then. The Game Awards and other prominent places who give prizes have all placed it in the strategy genre.