Looking for a good FPS with RPG elements.
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Vampire: The Masquerade; Bloodlines is a great game, you've just got to patch it to Hell and back and it'll be fine.
It's on Steam, really inexpensive.
It's on Steam, really inexpensive.
It's almost depressing, really... I spotted this thread and joined hoping someone would recommend an awesome game I'd never heard of. Now it seems like I've already played every half-way decent FPS/RPG Hybrid :/
Anyway, if you want a few more unusual recommendations, try Thief: Deadly Shadows. It's not exactly an RPG, and it's certainly not an FPS, but I find it comes close at times. Also, if you ever upgrade your system quite substantially, try Alpha Protocol. It's glitchy as hell, but it might entertain your attention briefly.
Also, you might want to consider the Hitman series. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman IV: Blood Money are pretty much universally agreed to be the best in the series. Again, not exactly RPG, but it has that resource management feature going for it, and the gun collection might appeal to you.
Another unusual choice you might consider would be Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Not exactly an FPS, but with the right character build it comes close. It's a bit resource intensive for an older computer, but with 4 gigs of RAM and a moderately good graphics card, you should be ok on lower settings.
I know most of the games I've suggested are either not quite FPSes or not exactly RPGs, but the trouble is that there are so few good hybrids. Pretty much all the good ones have been recommended already. Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Deus Ex, Borderlands, Fallout 3, and so on. They're all awesome, but if you're looking for something similar and you've already played them all, you might need to stray from the beaten path slightly and compromise one either the FPS or the RPG elements.
Anyway, if you want a few more unusual recommendations, try Thief: Deadly Shadows. It's not exactly an RPG, and it's certainly not an FPS, but I find it comes close at times. Also, if you ever upgrade your system quite substantially, try Alpha Protocol. It's glitchy as hell, but it might entertain your attention briefly.
Also, you might want to consider the Hitman series. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman IV: Blood Money are pretty much universally agreed to be the best in the series. Again, not exactly RPG, but it has that resource management feature going for it, and the gun collection might appeal to you.
Another unusual choice you might consider would be Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Not exactly an FPS, but with the right character build it comes close. It's a bit resource intensive for an older computer, but with 4 gigs of RAM and a moderately good graphics card, you should be ok on lower settings.
I know most of the games I've suggested are either not quite FPSes or not exactly RPGs, but the trouble is that there are so few good hybrids. Pretty much all the good ones have been recommended already. Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Deus Ex, Borderlands, Fallout 3, and so on. They're all awesome, but if you're looking for something similar and you've already played them all, you might need to stray from the beaten path slightly and compromise one either the FPS or the RPG elements.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Shadow of Chernobyl / Call of Pripyat (not a stats RPG but I think you'll like it)
Mass Effect (1 is more of an RPG, 2 is still a great game but it is more RPG in the way of storytelling and less in the way of stats etc)
Deus fucking Ex
Mass Effect (1 is more of an RPG, 2 is still a great game but it is more RPG in the way of storytelling and less in the way of stats etc)
Deus fucking Ex
I wasn't talking about graphics. Those are decent enough. I meant the poor AI, and the steep difficulty curve around the beginning.Sacman said:
Good callmikespoff said:or, heck, if you're not dead-set on using guns, go with Oblivion...
Deus Ex rules, it's old but it's storyline and gameplay are uber, and now that apparently there's a high def pack I'm going to play...
STALKER is a really good one for story and gameplay too, there are less RPG elements and it can be a hard game but it's fun times.
Mass Effect certainly has a lot of RPG elements like loot and leveling but in the end it's a third-person shooter. The second game is even more so just a shooter.
Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines is another great game with good storyline. You aren't actually required to use guns and guns aren't that good at the beginning but if you give it a try it's a great game overall.
Borderlands pretty much has almost no story and the RPG elements are limited to the loot and leveling but the shooting aspect is good and it's fun with friends.
Really? I felt that Deus Ex was more of an RPG with FPS elements.henritje said:
That being said I would still recommend it.
Mass effect, both if you have dual core and a decent graphics card; Bioshock i don't recommend because i can't see any RPG element in it; Fallout any of them; Hellgate London if you choose the equivalent of an archer but it's a really slim chance that it's what you want; splinter cell conviction??? only slight rpg elements as you can choose ur weapon, and ive run out of ideas
I know it's already been said but DEUS EX!! You will never find a more complex FPSRPG. The freedom you are given to complete objectives and dispatch/avoid enemies is staggering. Plus it's only $10 on Steam.
I loved Fallout 3 and despised Borderlands! Fallout 3 is an exploratory RPG with a fairly strong story. The emphasis is on scaving, find new quests, and of course exploring.Sarkule said:
Borderlands, in my opinion, is a tedious multi-sectioned fetch quest. I cannot, for the life of me, remember anything about the story after playing it for 10 hours than there is a Vault and you need to find it. The side "Quests" are simply go here, find something or kill something, and come back without any sort of semi-interesting dialog or motivation to fetch such items, and the guns never seem to shoot where I aim them. I heard it was more fun with people, but when I played with 2 other friends I was just as bored as ever.
OT: Bioshock, Fallout 3, Mass Effect 1 and 2. All very fun.
Well I haven't played it or looked at it much so I couldn't say really. So thats that sorted out. I just put it down in case as I haven't played it for all I know it could be a Mario clone with guns instead of fire flower and monsters instead of Koombas.vrbtny said:
I agree completely. This is also a MUST HAVE if you dislike the Twilight approach to vampires.The Madman said:
Some people seem to say it works fine, while others don't. I honestly don't know! It uses the Source engine, known best for Half-Life 2, so I don't envision it having too much trouble although there are still a few results that come up with a quick 'vista vampire bloodlines' google search.FargoDog said:
Good luck, and if you do eventually get it, remember to download both the official and unofficial patches as they fix the game up a great deal from it's rather buggy release.
