What is your favorite RPG in terms of narrative integration into the mechanics? What makes it satisfying to you?

@kate im not going to say disco elysium because its too obvious, so instead i'll go with the second most obvious option: new vegas! i don't think ive ever seen a game manage to write this level of meaningful, deep roleplay into so many buckwild and different directions, WHILE keeping such a clear narrative focus and theming through the whole thing. its really great how every skill has impact on how you Talk to people, not just "raw" gameplay, makes the whole thing feel so unique and personal

@kate and i think its a testament to just how Right they got it that to this day, sometimes i see people talk about their experiences with f:nv and go "wow i had NO idea this was In There" or "i had no fucking clue this alternate way to get from point a to point b existed" how crazy is that??? this game is a DECADE old

@dee I absolutely agree. Tbh I was asking this because I haven’t had as much fun and felt like I was playing as unique a character in any other game BESIDES new vegas, disco elysium and morrowind

@kate HONESTLY yeah! i havent tried morrowind but de was legit the first game i felt was on the same level as nv ever since i played it for the first time years ago. its just an insanely high bar lmao although a honorable mention goes to the pillars series, which i think is also extremely fucking good but doesn't Quite get there the way NV and DE do

@dee @kate I think they have some weaknesses but imo pillars 1 and 2 definitely stack up specifically irt to the "playing a unique character" question

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@abraxas @kate yea theyre both VERY good on that front too, which makes sense since. obsidian JFJDJS those guys just dont miss in general

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