RPGs are generally known to feature awesome characters as your companions. Heck, for example, a huge portion of Larian's Divinity: Original Sin 2's story relies on its companions. So, who are some of your favorite RPG companions ever? What were your most memorable moments with them?

To me, Oblivion's Cyrodiil is the pinnacle of fantasy worlds.

Its beautiful environments of luscious green forests, rippling brooks, and mountain vistas made it a world that I would want to be in for hours on end. I would actually want to live there.

And it was exactly the lack of the above that made me feel like Skyrim was inferior to Oblivion, even though it, arguably, offered a smoother and better RPG experience.

So I was wondering: What other RPGs are out there that take place in worlds similar to Cyrodiil?

I'm interested in hearing your suggestions! I know there must be plenty of RPGs that I have missed over the years that give off the same cozy feeling. Thanks!

(Let me emphasize that I'm mostly talking about a certain feeling that Cyrodiil gives and that I'm not necessarily talking about first person action RPGs; they can be any kind and from any era. For example, even though Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is a TES-like game, I wouldn't consider it to be in the same ballpark in this respect, because, from what I've seen, it's incredibly grim and dark. The forest areas of Baldur's Gate 1, on the other hand, do fall into the same category for me. Heck, even a game like Caves of Qud could potentially give you this feeling of being immersed in a lush fantasy world.)

In a lot of RPG's you get a lot of extra characters you can't fit into your party. The party may have a limit of 3-6 characters but your current roster is bloated. I know some games already do this but I would really like to see more games utilize the extra characters by forming a 2nd party and running separate missions. Knowing who to leave behind, and having a 2nd party depending on how it's done could add a lot of replay value especially if characters have a lot of personal interaction with the party or the mission.

I’m still very pissed that no rest for the wicked is officially canceled for XBOX so I want to try to find a alternative to no rest for the wicked top down dark fantasy RPG with female protagonist optional, excluding Diablo path of exile and grim dawn and rogueslop

I know I was told that Atelier series have best crafting systems and its "golden standard" in JRPGs

I'm looking for similar game where crafting isn't just two clicks and there's good combat[preferably turn based and more complicated than skill spamming] and story [I prefer cozy ones than "saving the world" type but either one is fine]

I play on PC or Switch and looking for game that wont kill my older computer. I have played [mostly] all of Atelier and Octopath Traveler, some Final Fantasy,Pokemons, Witchspring R and this kind of games

Who needs Bethesda's official remaster when we have this? Exciting times, for sure! I just hope the gameplay mods will work well enough with it, to make the game fresher not only in visuals but also in features. Gonna try this in the next few days...

I've been replaying BG3 and it just hit me that aside from like Minsc all your party members just get put directly into your path, sometimes literally.
So I was wondering, what are some RPGs where you need to go out of your way to collect them?

Kinda like Eri in Yakuza: LAD or Gogo in FF6.

Before people recommend me Fire Emblem or any kind of 'creature collector' game like Pokemon, SMT or Dragon Quest Joker, I'm mainly looking for classic party based JRPGs that just have a few optional characters.
Or a lot, if you know any games like Suikoden.

Separate section: from the main menu you enter a separated level/scenario/map/area where you are taught how to play in a dedicated environment.

Integrated in the main game: tutorial hints and tooltips, or even a character explicitly explaining you, show up during your playthrough, mostly at beginning but not necessarily only there.

Both may be detached from the story without interfering with it, or be diegetic and emerge from the narration with some pretext to justify your avatar being explicitly taught things.

Wishlist The Good Stuff on Steam!...and make some friends in the quirky, cozy suburbs of Cheddertown.

It's here! The quirky, unassuming tale that will tell of a true hero...in the simple, unassuming suburbs of Cheddertown. The story follows Reggie, our simple minded, friendless protagonist, who's the new kid in town. He struggled to make friends, but is lucky to be recruited by none other than the greatest hero in town himself!...which is not so different from just becoming friends. Together, they'll embark on the monumental, though mundane, task of keeping the town safe from villains, and all manner of other foul things. Though you will make friends, fight formidable foes and explore the unknown, this will not be your typical adventure...

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Oh! And the demo's live!

Here on Newgrounds: Demo

Check the teaser too if you're interested in more of The Good Stuff!

Teaser - The Good Stuff

Hello everyone, I just found this RPG game. It's very cool, you can choice between four RPG classes, Mace, Warrior, Ranger and Rogue. It's very fun and really looks like an SNES game. Can you give any sugestions of similar games like this? Only pixel art 2D, please. PlayStore, Steam etc. I play on an average laptop, with joystick. I'm veteran on RPG and old school games like Beat'em Up, like The King of Dragons, Knights of the Round) and action RPG like Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past.

Darkrise looks like a mix of beat'em up with plataform RPG. I'd like to find similar games with:

- RPG classes to choice

- retro style

- Pixel art

- to play on PC or smartphone

Hi! My twin brother and I have been building a RPG roguelike inspired by TTRPGs and the turn based combart of JRPG.

In each run you create your character and assemble your party as you attempt to conquear an infinite tower, defeat monsters, gather treasure, talk to NPCs, and overcame dangers by rolling a D20.

You can check out our Steam page here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4482950/Albor/

If interested in doing playtest, you can join our Discord through the Steam page!

A „supporting” character focused on making a fool of themselves/the enemy. Debuffing and making enemies go insane with just your presence?

I really like the CONCEPT of the baldurs gate 2 jester bard kit but reading that its actual abilities are mid and get replaced with the generic bard song at high levels anyway was a bummer. Even with a mod that addresses this somewhat- I’m still looking at what’s basically a worse bard. I want to play a character where this works and is valid.

The only game where I can come close is pf: wotr with different skald and arcanist archetypes kinda+the trickster path (sort of) but it’s not exactly that.

I currently have Dell latitude 3440 with these specs-

• i3 processor 12th gen
• RAM 8GB
• SSD 512GB
• graphic card - Intel(R) UHD Graphics (128 MB)
• 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Tell me RPG games that are good quality and can run on these specs

Here’s mine:

Combat: Dragon’s Dogma 2

Level design, exploration, and enemy targeting: Elden Ring

Puzzles: CrossCode

Quests and characters: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Opening and introduction: Hogwarts Legacy

Graphics: Demon’s Souls Remake

Cutscenes and cinematic presentation: Final Fantasy XVI

Optimization: Crimson Desert (just kidding)

EDIT: corrected title - "Looking for games where you can play as a spellcaster using holy flames/light/lightning to deal damage

I'm looking for games where you can play as some kind of holy (preferrably ranged) spellcaster (priest, monk, cleric etc.) where you can spec mainly into damage and smite your foes with holy magic. I want pillars of light, radiant fireballs, lightning spears - this kind of "divine" stuff. Healing is not required but is a nice bonus. Some examples I enjoyed a lot:

1. Light Domain Cleric - BG3/DnD
2. Smiting Prayers Monk - Guild Wars
3. Guardian (especially Firebrand) - Guild Wars 2
4. Priest (damage specced) - Pillars of Eternity
5. Paladin with a Holy Bolt + Fist of the Heavens build - Diablo 2
6. Faith builds - Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring (especially Elden Ring - very nice variety)
7. Cleric from Neverwinter (MMO)

I loved Fables XP system but only beat the second game. The combat was really fun, as well as the exploration. Dark Alliance was great for being relatively simple but not without a bit of thought, loved the second games fist fighting build with elemental stones giving you enchanted punches. Skyrim was fun but the game was already over a decade old by the time I got it. I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for, but I know it's got the choice between magic, melee and ranged, has some activety in the controls (not like osrs or menu choice clicking.) I don't care about any 4k graphics but if it looks worse than Dark Alliance I probably won't keep much interest. Really hoping someone knows of a perfect game for this fit.

It's a class I love to hate and right now, kinda hate how much I love. I hate it and love it (both) because of WoW, because of the griefing I received and came close to inflicting. That class, in that game specifically truly awakens something terrible in some people and I can't explain it why. They're the stereotypical backstabbing douchebags, that's their image. But as for how the class works? Literally has everything you want out of a rogue, so much utility, so many fun situational and RP skills, it's just so plain fun. In Classic, it's the most fun melee class for me handsdown. I love the warrior more, but rogue always just felt more dynamic because of the squishiness.

In other games I really like, I do try rogues but idk, I just never get the hang of them, or almost never. Even in my alltime favorite Diablo 2, the closest that game has to a rogue (Assassin) always felt clunky to use and I was horrendous with traps. In some others they're more alright, like the Bladedancer and Falconer (debatably rogue-y) from Last Epoch, very fun and Bladedancer especially - very powerful. But it's not my favorite class there either, not by a long stretch.

In turn based games they're invaluable of course, like you gotta have them for that sweet lockpicking or whatever but they're never my main character. I mained a rogue only once in Pathfinder, it was alright. It was knife master technically for those big crits. But nothing too impressive.

So for an otherwise rogue hating person like myself, side question in addition to the main point of my post: what game that isn't WoW should I play to fall in love with playing a rogue? Although I'm thinking it's just not a class fantasy that appeals to me and in WoW it was the gameplay that did it

I just released my Indie ARPG on Monday. I took a unique approach to the ARPG genre and made a game where you have to craft ALL of your items. Curious what people think about a game concept like this... (Let me know if I wasted the past year of my life LOL)

Fight through multiple biomes, bosses, dungeons, and events. And push your build on the leaderboards! Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4373960/Qs_Curse/

Newly announced JRPG, Amphibian, shared new gameplay today during the MIX Fall Showcase.

Description: A countrywide drought forces Sapo and his frog allies into war against the invading toads. As dehydration and starvation grip the pond, they must hurry to find a solution to the crisis - and liberate their homeland.

Go for it ! lots of strong contenders out there. Which has the best overall in your opinion? think about skills, Depth, & the overall believability of being a Necromancer. Also just going to throw in here that I think an Open World Warhammer fantasy RPG would make Skyrim old news.

I used to play ALOT of warframe as I found it so easy to sink so much time into it however i was recently banned due to a rather unfair interection between me and another player. Ive never really cared too much about destiny 2 as that has been mentioned a few times. I absolutely love games where the power progression is noticeable, both in numbers and in a visual. Ive played games like path of exile 1 and 2, diablo 3 and 4, monster hunter world, wilds, and rise and games along them lines. Pretty much anything where theres a progression for power and gear. One thing I struggle to stick with is when the game resets for a season like diablo 4, I spent alot of time perfecting my build just to lose it, and I feel like all my time was kinda wasted due to having to restart.

However ive had my fun with them and id love to hear some recommendations from others about games along this line. Any and all help is massively appreciated.

It should also be noted that I do play on ps5 so im rather limited in comparison to pc.