Recommend me a Sci-Fi RPG
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If you can get your hands on Oni, I think you'd like it. It's anime-styled game about a cyborg police officer in the future. Third person with some shooting[footnote]you can get weapons off enemies, but they aren't usually that many nor is there that much ammo[footnote] but more fighting. I think the combat system was rather good, even if it was slightly...dunno how to call it "anime-ish", is correct, I guess - some attacks include shouting the name of the attack ("Double. Spin. Kick.") and there are, like, swirls around. Still, it's not annoying, it does fit in.dangoball said:
The game is...well, let's say "heavily inspired" by Ghost in the Shell, if that's any help. It was also created by Bungie of Halo (and more recently Destiny) fame.
Other than that, there is Remember Me - in a lot of ways it does remind me a lot of Oni, personally. But it's set in a cyberpunk feature. Overall, I did like it, myself, but I felt it didn't quite explore as much as it could have or it should have of the world. It was pretty linear. Also, the memory alteration mechanic shows up very few times, and it was indeed interesting. If worse comes to worse, it's not a really long game - I think I did it in about a couple of days, which would put it around 10 hours or something. I'd suggest getting it when it's on sale, if you're interested.
I can also recommend Alpha Protocol - it's slightly on the futuristic side with some tech being a bit more advanced, but not that much. Let's say, it's set between now and Deus Ex: HR. It is a good RPG, if you ask me, and it's made by Obsidian. So if you liked the first Fallouts and New Vegas, it could be down your alley.
Speaking of Fallouts, I'll go ahead and suggest Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. It is one of my favourite RPGs made ever. And I only played it first in 2012 - way after it was released. At any rate, it bears a lot of similarities to Fallout 1/2 and it is not surprising - it was made by Troika games[footnote]If you don't know them - think Obsidian. They were together in Black Isle when Fallout was made, long story short, after Black Isle got closed, it continued living in Troika and Obsidian. Nowadays, it's Obsidian only.[/spoiler]. At any rate, it's not actually sci-fi, but I think you may be interested - the setting is, more or less, D&D going through the industrial revolution. It's steampunk and it explores the clash created by the changing of times (as well as saving the world). I think it's a really interesting setting and it has some ideas explored that I still marvel at. Also, it has robots and necromancers inhabiting the same world.
Finally, I don't think I see Wasteland on your list - have you considered it? I've not actually played it myself yet but it's supposed to be close to Fallout, in that it's a post-apocalyptic future world, at least.
Well there's XCOM Enemy Unknown, it's kind of a tactical RPG military vs. aliens sort of deal.
Starbound is a side-scroller sandbox/survival/crafting game that's in progress, it isn't a true RPG but has many elements of it, exploration, inventory, NPCs, towns, dungeons, etc. Definitely worth checking out.
Finally, try a game called "Consortium", it's a first person narrative driven RPG that has some similarities to Telltale Adventure games and really makes you kinda feel like you're in a Star Trek episode, worth checking out.
Starbound is a side-scroller sandbox/survival/crafting game that's in progress, it isn't a true RPG but has many elements of it, exploration, inventory, NPCs, towns, dungeons, etc. Definitely worth checking out.
Finally, try a game called "Consortium", it's a first person narrative driven RPG that has some similarities to Telltale Adventure games and really makes you kinda feel like you're in a Star Trek episode, worth checking out.
It's surprising to me just how rare a combination it is.SoreWristed said:
I mean, sci-fi themes are very common in games, and RPGs aren't exactly rare beasts considering that the genre includes everything from Diablo clones to roguelikes to action-RPGs.
You'd think more developers would think to combine the two. But nope, more elves and mages for everybody.
Seconded. In fact, the Ghost in the Shell game that came out 4 years after Oni is practically the same game. I have trouble telling the two apart from my memory of them. The cover is pretty similar even.DoPo said:
Both i'd recommend if you find on or the other interesting. Storywise they are sadly quite similar aswell, but that means both have a decent story at the least, Oni being the slightly more interesting of the two. Oni has some more interesting weapons, like the sniper rifle that shot frozen quicksilver, but both games have a focus on melee combat.
Star Control II. It's not really a traditional RPG, being based around a Spacewar!-esque shoot-em-up with equipment-based progression, but it is great fun. Also, it's free, which basically means you have no excuse not to at least try it.
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
I never played it, but I've heard really good things about "Anachronox". It's an older game (it's on GOG I think) but it's definitely a sci-fi RPG (it's even billed as a "Epic sci-fi RPG adventure".
Well, E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy is a sort of sci-fi/cyberpunk RPG. Kinda interesting, has some fun and/or hard moments. Has co-op campaign as well, and multiplayer.
Not too sure about the story, though. It can be a bit confusing, and easy to miss at points. Like, you can skip most of the story by just killing everyone and everything.
Not too sure about the story, though. It can be a bit confusing, and easy to miss at points. Like, you can skip most of the story by just killing everyone and everything.
Anachronox is definitely at the top of my list of recommendations.Ihateregistering1 said:
If you're fine with action rpgs i would also recommend Alpha Protocol as well has maybe the last two Jedi Knight games.
I'd recommend Binary Domain. It's not exactly an RPG to be honest, but there is some level of upgrading over time. You spend money you earn fighting the robots, to upgrade your teams primary weapon. So in a way there is some leveling to it. The story is pretty good, the voice acting is quite excellent, and some of the characters are just damn awesome. It's pretty cheap on Steam too, so I'd say check it out. The combat is pretty fast paced, and very diverse. It's all cover based shooting yes, but the environment changes a great deal, and the method by which you have to do that fight changes a lot too. Overall, it was an enjoyable game with a very sci-fi-ish theme to it.
Going off the RPG element though, I would also suggest the Wing Commander series, Freelancer, Freespace series, and Tachyon, the Fringe. All space flight games, with a fun theme to them.
Other than that, yeah I can't really think of any RPG specific games that are sci fi in nature, that you haven't already listed.
Going off the RPG element though, I would also suggest the Wing Commander series, Freelancer, Freespace series, and Tachyon, the Fringe. All space flight games, with a fun theme to them.
Other than that, yeah I can't really think of any RPG specific games that are sci fi in nature, that you haven't already listed.