Thread 3819521

Is there any RPG game that gives this "party" adventure feeling?

Looks gay asf

>>3819521 (OP)
No.
Never has, never will

>>3819521 (OP)
Darkest Dungeon

>>3819521 (OP)
Baldur's Gates. Skyrim with mods, more followers and if you create your character with a party in mind.

>>3819583
True, why?
>>3819639
Bg is awesome, but has plenty of flaws. If you look up what was cut last minute, it's really a shame. We got like 20% of an excellent game.

>>3819667
>but has plenty of flaws. If you look up
Naw man, for me, it's all about focusing on what's good in life

there is only one. dragon's dogmaaaaa! play the oregano, the sequel is severely lacking in soul and writing and VA and cinema and snappy gameplay. it's worse in almost every way.

OG tho is the only game to ever give me anything close to that "adventuring party" feel ur looking for.

>>3819521 (OP)
This could literally be a screenshot from Dragons Dogma. You're looking for that game

>>3819521 (OP)
there is but it's futa

>>3819560
Sabu (the artist of OP pic) has a habit of making every female character cry and suffer yet all his femboys and traps are happy and gay.
Really makes you think.

>>3819521 (OP)
The first Dragon Age gives you a pretty well rounded party of stock good guys and edgy anti-heroes that you can talk to at camp, and who'll have different reactions and even objections to shit you'll do in the game, IE the edgelord mage girl gets annoyed when you help people who can't really repay you, or the stoic warrior race guy challenges you if he thinks you're wasting time on bullshit

>>3819521 (OP)
fitmommies with an attitude yum!!!!!!!

>>3819975
What's the problem then? Spit it out.

>>3819521 (OP)
Most Dragon Quest games, but especially those that let you make your own party like 3 or 9.

>>3820277
those are the least party feeling, especially 9 which was meant to be played online so you just get a bunch of generics with no party chat.

>>3819705
>generic party members
more like dragons ligma

>>3819975
I second the other anon's motion. If it's actually a good game it's worth at least trying.

>>3819975
you say that like it's a problem. name, now

>>3819705
>>3819945
dragons dogma is not an rpg, it's an action game parading as an rpg. Also, like the other anon mentioned, the companions are not characters at all.
>>3819667
>Bg is awesome, but has plenty of flaws. If you look up what was cut last minute, it's really a shame. We got like 20% of an excellent game.
I'm pretty sure that anon was talking about the original games.

>>3819521 (OP)
Did the Berserker lose her part of her shins fighting orcs?

>>3819521 (OP)
Why does porn drawn by western artists look so nauseating?

>>3821813
They want women to be men despite knowing full well how to draw women (the ones they always draw as the feminine woman that their standard "women" lust for). It's not disgusting because it's low skill, it's disgusting because of the mind behind it.

>>3820234
I miss when Sabu wasn't making homosexual porn. His betrayal is only second to Vavra's.

>>3819521 (OP)
Unironically FF15 is just you and your boys going on an adventure. Probably the closest thing you'll get.

>>3820234
Sounds like he hates femoids. Based.

>>3819521 (OP)
Drawing would have been perfect if that barbarian had a massive bulge

>>3819521 (OP)
Xenoblade and Tales of games.

>>3819521 (OP)
>no mention of Icewind Dale I & II
>no mention of Temple of Elemental Evil
>no mention of Neverwinter Nights II
>no mention of Solasta
Wtf are you retards even doing on this board?

>>3819521 (OP)
I always had a problem with RPG parties, they mostly go to 6.
But what kind of retards would hunt a legendary monster or delve into a supernatural dungeon with only 6 people?

What kind of works would even be more optimal for such a small group, because, if we're being real, most games make no sense for the parties they have.

What the fuck is the Baron from Kingmaker doing on the Troll Fortress or storming Irovetti castle with only 5 more people when he has a fucking army at his disposal?

>>3823956
You sound very smart

>>3824114
Smugness aside, it's still true.

>>3819521 (OP)
Can't help you OP, I'm not into that tumblr vibe you're looking for

>>3821769
It's not an RPG, but it is one of the few games that gives that feeling. Even though the whole pawn thing is garbage. Such a shame, with a few tweaks that game could have been a masterpiece.

>>3821813
Brazilians are a feisty people, they like their big strong women.

>>3819521 (OP)
FF15 unironically. If only the game was longer and far more nuanced.

Concur with the BG suggestions. But I couldn't fuck with BG3 because the companions are even more fucked up and retarded than in the prequels. If you can stomach that, try it as well. Solasta was alright and Pathfinder WotR has tons of party banter too.

>>3819521 (OP)
WoW

>>3820234
>really makes you think
There's nothing to "think" about, he's drawing his fetish

Diablo 2 with the Amazon, the Archer merc and the summoned Valkyrie.

>>3819667
Is it even a real flaw if you have to look it up?

>>3819521 (OP)
No one's going to comment on the fact that the girl was last seen picking flowers?

>>3819521 (OP)
>no magical aoe crowd control
>no technological (if setting allows) aoe crowd control either
Yea, they were cooked from the start.

>>3825462
The elf is not wearing any armour so she is probably a spellcaster.
>but muh bow
Muh elves.

>>3825615
>Arcane Archer
[brotha_ew.gif]
Give me a Wizardry 8-style high-level psionicist with Pandemonium. Make those gobs kill each other.

>>3825371
>immortal negentropic beings of pure spirit
>shitting
god i hate the cuckanese

>>3823819
>Icewind Dale I & II
Both in my list

>>3819521 (OP)
>women adventurers
Fucking cringe

>>3819705
My biggest problem is the pawns are literally philosophical zombies in universe. I can't stand that. I wish they were actual adventurers you met on the road or in taverns.

>>3824455
FF15 captures the fashionable rich kid roadtrip vibes so fuckin well, but not quite the vibe OP is looking for imo

>>3824378
It's just as true as saying that Mario shouldn't grow larger by eating a mushroom. It's at best a pathetic attempt at smug condescension and at worst a complete ignorance of what you're talking about.

>>3831187
Agreed. Groups of specialized men are the only valid adventurer party compositions. One is hypermuscular himbo who's always basically naked except for furry go-go boots and a skimpy loincloth. One is a short, skinny twink troublemaker kleptobrat. One is a mature, bearded paternal figure who shields the weaker ones of the group and manages the brat. And one is a sensitive, thoughtful English lit and philosophy student who lets the himbo carry his pack because he knows how much himbo loves to show off his muscles. When they finally get back to town from their camping trip, they can only afford one room with a shared bath, so they all pile in together so the water doesn't get cold.

Anything else is woke.

>>3831469
But who corrects the bratty twink?

>>3828017
If they eat meat and drink wine then they shit.

>>3828017
If it makes you feel better, the elves in this story are a race that were created long ago by some truerer elves as guards and servants, they age up much faster so they can protect elder elves' babies easier (it's one of those strange settings where elves' children get too much time to grow into adulthood). But the truerer elves were destroyed pretty thoroughly by a bad thing happening so now only few descendants remain and the "normal" elves forgot their roots. The elf loli is considered a strange hag and deviant half-breed in part for looking like a child (she's like 500 years old) while being older than fully grown men in her village. I mean, the truerer elfs still have to do it, but they have some cool tricks too, like looking naturally cute so you'd want to protect them (doesn't really work in the story except on the main character who'd do that anyway...) and appear and smell unappetizing to anything that would want to eat an elf, plus they are pretty stronk when they put their mind to it.

>>3831493
The daddy cleric, of course. Did you not read?

>>3831469
we did it reddit!

>>3821813
I've never been a fan of this artist, but they were always apparently popular enough to pop up on like recommendations or most favourited pics or something, so I've known about them for like 15 years.
They used to draw conventionally attractive women that were always tortured in bdsm situations. Every single painting was the same (in a different style to what you see).
Then after like 10 years they just started doing things in a new art style that was like OP: it had an ink or watercolour look to it, and I thought was more beautiful in a painterly, artistic sense. As an amateur artist I thought this was really neat, because this guy seemed like he'd plateaued in skill but then broke through and really developed.
Eventually their art started becoming more caricatured with exaggerated proportions, which often happens as artists experiment and refine their style for the sake of interest in the medium itself. And also in this time they started doing gay stuff, which also often happens with porn artists. Now their female characters are cartoony, though I don't think they're necessarily ugly and masculine.

However, it's important to remember this artist has always been into rape and torture of women and so is clearly more degenerate than the average artist.

>>3823956
The solution is a band of loyal and exceptional friends and companions, but you also lead an army aka Mount & Blade.
But also, not writing world-ending quests that absolutely have to be done by PC_charname and his 3 friends when an army could also do it. This is the result of a positive feedback loop of writers giving increasingly exaggerated, high stakes stories to players who only ask for more, until the only exciting enough plot left is to kill god, or time, or the concept of existence itself, or whoever secretly made god etc.

>>3819635
Best answer

/thread

>>3820283
"I lack the mental capacity to write backstories and imagine dialogue for my own characters."

Sorry about your mental illness, Anon.

>>3821813
This has to be bait. Have you ever actually seen Hentai?

All porn is nauseating because it's made for people who don't know what an actual women looks like, but at least western porn sort of vaguely resembles a human person.

>>3821813
>>3832941
Have either of you fucktards heard of different art styles?

>>3833338
Art styles can be ugly

>>3833338
I have but Japan hasn't. There are literally three Japanese artists who have their own style, every thing else is generic low effort crap. Japan culture still can't grasp the basic concept of "art".
>and yes anime is for faggots btw

>>3832121
>vampires shit after drinking blood

>>3819521 (OP)
Nope, not even close

>>3823819
>OP asks for party-based RPGs that focuses on the party aspect
>retard brings up mediocre dungeon crawlers with zero party interactions
kys

>>3819521 (OP)
DnD Arcade.

>>3819521 (OP)
>>3820234
I don't want to google it but isn't he the artist who "build" a full on goblin rape and torture cave?

>>3834240
You don’t sound like a very good roleplayer.

>>3821813
This artist's style has evolved a lot over time and he uses different styles for different genres (eg fantasy vs sci-fi)

>>3834240
OP probably just wanted to post the image from the porno.
Wouldn't think too deeply into what he means by "party" adventure feel.
For me, I don't need dumbass scripted party interactions written by cockgobblers, I want adventures where party members work together and each use their unique abilities to overcome obstacles and challenges. Every game on anon's list qualifies for me.

>>3823956
>>3832852
I always wanted to see more "parallel" multi-party RPGs.
Sort of like what Square did in Final Fantasy VI, in those dungeons where you can switch between different parties instantly.
Except it would be more open-ended and you'd do most of the game that way.

>>3823819
Gold Box series

>>3820234
is he korean?

>>3819705
I genuinely cannot fathom why a certain portion of gamers go crazy for that unfinished piece of shit. Yes it had potential but it's clearly a messy hunk of shit as-is.

>>3834584
You cannot grasp why people like a 3d adventure game with big monsters, decent combat, progression systems and followers with an elaborate dress-up system?

>>3834584
Personally? I think it's a great game.
Pawns are retarded in a charming way and provide an in-universe explanation why your NPC companions might act stupid/strange, they are real Artificial Idiots in and out of it. BONES! WALKING BONES! I'LL SERVE AS BAIT, STRIKE THE TAIL!
There's a weight/gravity to all of characters' actions which greatly enhances both combat and exploration: the character needs some time to pick up speed when running, there are great climb/stagger animations, wind pushing you in that one place, getting soaked, there's climbing/grabbing foes/foes grabbing you/throwing everyone and everything around, magic needs time for incantations and sorcerer's spells reward your patience with impressive localized mayhem, warriors with their "your life ends in an hour from now on" attacks and striders (?) with their anime ninja bullshit moves. Even the fast travel system has it with those big crystals you pick up and then drop to create convenient teleportation points. It's all very FUN.
There's a pretty impressive variety of foes to fight against and they can provide a challenge too.
The game isn't the most colorful but still pretty to look at, both the environments and characters. It was a time before CAPCOM's Westaboo fetishes got out of hand with "realistic" goblinos and goblinas everywhere.
Runs much better than the sequel too. I can't really compare them because I can't play much of it, dunno if it's lack of optimization/Denuvo/both. So the first game wins by the virtue of the sequel being unplayable for me.
It's an action RPG like no other I've played and I love it.
>unfinished
Lel, lmao even. It's a complete and working game, made even better with the expansion and all improvements that one brought. Yes, the catfolk, elves, orcs and moon adventures were cut during development. Things like that happen to pretty much every single game.

>>3819705
Dragon's Dogma 2 was disappointing in a lot of ways, but one thing I think it did a lot better than the original was make wandering around much more interesting. Something like a large enemy wandering into a fight that already has a large enemy just isn't nearly as common in the first game.
I just wish it didn't have the technical fuck ups, dragonforging was balanced more like the first one so more gear would be relevant, felt less slow in general, and made very different choices with the vocations

Heavensward

>>3834597
You forgot the most crucial feature: bust slider for pawns.

>>3834981
There are many things to love about the game and only so much you can type out at the time. A great body editor is a one too.

>>3834593
>>3834597
Yeah but all that is just mechanics, the empty shell within which there's no meat. The game reuses content like crazy, especially the chimera boss and the locations, and the story is both relegated to a side activity AND nonsensical retardation in the way only a bad JRPG can be. The world is not cohesive or organic - it feels like an unused movie set. Exploration is undercut when everything you find is just hollow, it needs to be immersive to be rewarding. Likewise an adventure is undercut when there's no narrative payoff.

>>3835010
You'd have a point if the genre was saturated but right now there's only this or modded TES and the latter isn't any better.

>>3835010
>the meat of the game is not meat, the game is totally shallow and hollow too, the world is not cohesive or organic
Are we talking about different games here? I obviously can't argue with you if we are. Shallow for me would be something like GTA, a rather popular series, by the way. As for cohesive and organic, you mean like all of the city guards having only the fighter vocation? That fucking sucks, sure. But the player isn't fighting them most of the time, so I can forgive it. Bandits and other human enemies have a better variety of vocations. Or you mean griffins bullying local wildlife and travelers and then using their status as pretty much undisputed kings of air to fuck off into the horizon before many players manage to ground them? That's very organic and cool. Maybe Monster Hunter series has it and even better stuff happening but as far as action rpgs go that's fucking unheard of. 100% of their mobs prefer just staying or wandering in a small zone as if they are in a videogame (like do DD enemies too,though the immersion benefits from some cool idle animations like cyclops sitting around).

I remember an old interview with the Dead Island (I think) team. The devs/marketers promised super (un)living world and random events happening like a large pack of zombie orangutans forming somewhere, migrating across the gameworld map in REALTIME and wiping out a survivor camp the player could use as a safehub. That WASN'T in the final product. I think there weren't even any cool special zombies in it and that game came out after L4D and maybe even L4D2. Now that's unorganic and shallow if I ever heard of one.

>>3835113
No I mean worldbuilding and design where everything flows together. Towns feel like places people actually live in, npcs feel like real people going about their own lives, locations have a history that explains their design, enemies have a reason for doing what they do and being where they are. As it is yeah the game has a weird old magic tower, and an underground cult, and a witch in the woods and so on but all of it feels so one dimensional - it’s just transparently stock assets there because that’s what goes into a video game, rather than parts of a meaningful vision. It is probably the worst rpg I’ve played when it comes to immersion. A similar vibe comes from korean mmos- they just put generic European/fantasy assets in as a backdrop and then focus only on gameplay.
GTA, though not an RPG, does have the feeling of a cohesive and immersive setting.

>>3819521 (OP)
niggerwanker nights 1

>>3835010
>the empty shell within which there's no meat.
>the story is both relegated to a side activity AND nonsensical retardation in the way only a bad JRPG can be.
>The world is not cohesive or organic - it feels like an unused movie set. >Exploration is undercut when everything you find is just hollow, it needs to be immersive to be rewarding.
>Likewise an adventure is undercut when there's no narrative payoff.
I had never heard of the game until maybe two years ago when an anon shilled it on here and I bought it on sale for five bucks (and so I had no nostalgia for it). I absolutely fell in love with it, and frankly I disagree with virtually all of your critique here (except the reused enemy types/assets, which is fair and true). Did we even play the same game? Did you not finish it or something? If you disliked it this much I can’t imagine you invested much time into it. The game is dripping with sovl and I found the story and plot very compelling, and the world to be very immersive and a refreshing change of pace. It felt like a Japanese WRPG. Maybe I just liked it because I stopped playing JRPGs like 25 years ago, and western devs all got irony poisoning and terminal cultural Bolshevism.

>>3835490
>Did you not finish it or something?
I 100%ed it back in 2019. I concede that it could have been great, if given a competent writer and another year of dev time, but as it stands it was one of the most empty gaming experiences I've had.
The only time a lower quality game was shilled more was with undertale, although I went into that before I knew it had a fanbase.

>>3835516
NTA but then share what other games give you better gaming experience. Curious and looking for games to play.

>>3819521 (OP)
>THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T GO IN THE DUNGEON WITH A PARTY OF NOTHING BUT WOMEN, LADIES!

>>3838014
The sight of woman excites it!

>>3838014
>immune to dryads, sirens, succubi
Looks like it's the opposite.

>>3838162
I don't think any of those have give a shit about the sex of their target

>>3838175
Dryads and succubi absolutely do. Pretty sure sirens as well. Add mermaids to the list as they're much more common predators on the water as opposed to some non-seductress types.

I was wrong about mermaids but nereids/sirines definitely are like that. Kelpies as a bonus. I'm sure there are others.

>>3834981
Height and muscle sliders too, for tall, busty Amazons.

>>3838213
>Charismatic victims of a dryad's attentions are taken to the tree sprite's home, where the men serve as amorous slaves to their beautiful captors.
GIWTWM

>>3838366
>There is a 50% chance that a person charmed and taken away by a dryad will never return. If he does escape from the dryad's charms, it will be after 1d4 years of captivity.
This is not love or any other kind of relationship. It's called slavery for a reason.

>>3838020
Based Arisen.

>>3834240
Do you know what dungeon crawler even means? Are you retarded, or are you imbecile?

>>3838907
No mention of any mistreatment, though. Even evil people usually don't like hurting those they sleep with, and dryads aren't evil.

>>3838366

This sounds like a dream

>>3839430
Taking away someone's freedom is as mistreated as it gets.

>>3839495
I can understand that viewpoint. I just think I might consider it worth the loss of freedom.

>>3839928
Her not asking is the problem. She just brainwashes people into slavery and thinks it's fine. All those types either genuinely see nothing wrong with it because their mindset is too alien, or know it's wrong and enjoy it (succubi).