Life after Oblivion? What's the next game?

[GawainBS]

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

This thread's actually pretty good. What I like is, a game that's not all dark, which there's not many of, and a 3rd person or 1st person view, with dialogue, some decent story and all. I enjoy spending time in towns, the actual missions aren't exactly as important to me, because they usually end up being "find bad guy, kill him, get plotlines". I'm one of the people that's attracted by the little things, weather changes, good NPC's, especially sidequests.
Can't find a game that's like that all so much. Most of them are all dark and gloomy. I don't know why that seems to be a req. when it comes to RPG's.

Sacred Gold maybe? It has lots of "little things."

[DesR85]

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

Most of them are all dark and gloomy. I don't know why that seems to be a req. when it comes to RPG's.

I was under the impression that very few RPGs use a dark or gloomy setting, no? I noticed that quite a number of them are light-hearted in nature.

[recolilla]

mmmmmm I loved the Divinity series, especially the first game, Divine Divinity and later the Beyond Divinity. Maybe you should try those. Good RPG games with solid stories, good action, replay posibilities, and a lot of hours of fun...

just my 5 cents...

(it was my first post is like i lost some kind of virginity)

[rearviewmirror]

Originally Posted by DesR85

I was under the impression that very few RPGs use a dark or gloomy setting, no? I noticed that quite a number of them are light-hearted in nature.

I apologise if I sound rude, as it's not my intent, but what exactly do you mean?

Oblivion: OK, lighter for the most part
Morrowind: Dark
Diablo I/II: Dark
NWN/2: Dark
Fable:Light
KotOR/2: Futuristic, so its both.
The Witcher: Dark/Sometimes light

In my experience, it's seemed like a lot of them were dark and gloomy, both cosmetically and story-wise.
I'm not really big on top-downers. (I know, what's wrong with me?) I got into the RPG universe with KotOR, so maybe that's why.

[DesR85]

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

I apologise if I sound rude, as it's not my intent, but what exactly do you mean?

Oblivion: OK, lighter for the most part
Morrowind: Dark
Diablo I/II: Dark
NWN/2: Dark
Fable:Light
KotOR/2: Futuristic, so its both.
The Witcher: Dark/Sometimes light

What I meant is the setting and the theme. Some examples I can think of:

Light: The Gothic series, Freedom Force, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Oblivion, Fable, Two Worlds, Star Wars: KOTOR series, etc.

Dark: Fallout series, the Witcher, Planescape: Torment

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

I'm not really big on top-downers. (I know, what's wrong with me?) I got into the RPG universe with KotOR, so maybe that's why.

I'm not a big fan of them either, but it's more to the playing style which I wasn't very fond of.

[DaveO]

I like the reply to play Morrowind, but why not work backwards towards the first one. Sure there will be challenges for the first two, but Arena is still free as far as I know and is quite playable using the DOSBox program. That should keep you busy for the next several months.

[GawainBS]

Originally Posted by recolilla

mmmmmm I loved the Divinity series, especially the first game, Divine Divinity and later the Beyond Divinity. Maybe you should try those. Good RPG games with solid stories, good action, replay posibilities, and a lot of hours of fun...

just my 5 cents...

(it was my first post is like i lost some kind of virginity)

Seconded. DD has an awesome amount of detail and pretty decent quests. The whole world feels like it's a whole, not a random collection of towns.

[rearviewmirror]

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll do some research and get back to you.