@MatTheCat
I disagree of course but I've said my piece. Of course it's a matter of taste.
Bioware is a Canadian developer BTW and while I agree that there are some good RPG's from Euro developers right now in the past the best RPG's mostly came from the west (Ultima Series, Baldur's Gate series, Neverwinter Nights, Planescape, Fallout 1&2, Deus Ex, System Shock etc).
There are still a few good ones coming out from there but the western developers are now appealing to the mainstream audience sadly. In the end they suffer as proper RPG's fans (who form quite a large audience as those traditional RPG's launched on Kickstarter prove) look elsewhere, meanwhile the shooter/action fans these developers are trying to attract simply continue playing their shooter/action games which do the shooting/action better.
Dragon Age 2 wanted to be God of War but it failed. Mass Effect 3 wanted to be Gears of War but it failed. Skyrim is simply too dumbed down and lacks deep mechanics and tries to wow people with its visuals, open world and sandbox elements but remove that and you have a very shallow action-RPG with poor RP elements and a boring generic story.
If I want action then I'll go play Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and if I want shooting then I'll go play Halo. If these western developers want to attract fans of these games then they better start improving their gameplay. Action-RPG's like Dark Souls show that you can have good action combat gameplay and deep RPG mechanics and succeed. After Dark Souls all other action-RPG's just feel very lite in comparison especially with how they have sacrificed complexity and choice for accessibility for the ADHD gaming generation of today.
Last edited by Demonic; 20/03/13 12:11 AM.
