The Elder Scrolls co-creator Ted Peterson is happy that players want to play RPGs with more depth as he works on The Wayward Realms.

With the success of massive RPGs like Baldur’s Gate 3 that actually offer player choice again, Peterson is excited to release his game to an audience that does want more again. After a rough period of RPGs where player choice and ingenuity were watered down, there’s now a hunger for more branching paths and player freedom.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 days ago

    That is one way to make a good RPG, sure. But some of the best RPGs ever made are completely linear (most JRPGs for example).

    • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
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      21 days ago

      I think JRPGs do focus on choice, but usually more in terms of the gameplay and deep combat systems with weird synergies to discover. Story-wise… yeah definitely more linear.