Introduction
Role-Playing Games are always best genre of games. There are many new Role-Playing Games in the market. But old Role-Playing Games have some uniqueness. Here are 9 Old School Role-Playing Games.
1. Fallout 2
The second part of the legendary franchise about post-apocalypse and retrofuturism corrected many of the mistakes of the first and became one of the main RPGs in history. No wonder: the game has great quests (just the mission to find a clock in an old toilet), memorable characters and locations.
Fallout 2 also has great humor and an incredible amount of possibilities. Leave a bomb in your pocket so that a city thief foolishly steals it and explodes? Easily. Losing an ear in a boxing match? Why not.
However, all this will only be available if you can cope with the very slow and unintuitive combat system.
2. Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2 was developed by Larian, a studio staffed by ardent fans of classic role-playing games. This is clearly visible in their projects: characters and plot always come first.
Original Sin 2 tells the story of a prisoner who not only has to escape from prison, but also fight magic hunters, kill God’s chosen emperor, and in the end also take part in a battle with the old gods for the fate of his world.
Or maybe he will make friends with the villains, and in the end he will allow darkness to consume everything that exists. Or he himself will become a deity and begin to restore order in Rivellon. In this game you can make decisions of different scales: from arranging furniture in your own cabin to saving or destroying intelligent life. It all depends on the player’s choice.
3. Baldur’s Gate II
One of the most beloved RPGs in the gaming community. Each quest here is a small adventure with unexpected turns and memorable situations. Each of the 16 available companions of the main character is an individual with his own motivation and beliefs. And every skirmish is a test of the player’s tactical abilities.
The game’s role-playing system is based on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, so it is complex and extensive. Here you can create a truly unique character with seemingly incompatible skills and abilities.
4. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The third part of The Elder Scrolls is an almost perfect combination of aspects of classic and modern RPGs. From the first game she inherited branched dialogues with lines lasting several paragraphs, verbal descriptions of quest locations instead of markers on the map, and ample opportunities. From the second – a huge three-dimensional world in which there is always somewhere to go.
The only thing that the developers didn’t do very well was the combat system. Few people like it when they manage to hit an enemy standing close to them only in one case out of 10.
5. Pillars of Eternity
RPG from the developers of the first Fallout. The main character accidentally witnesses a secret ritual of cultists and gains the ability to read other people’s souls and remember their past lives. To avoid going crazy from these abilities, he must find the cultists and reverse the spell. And along the way, of course, save the world.
The game received high marks from users and the press due to its exciting script, abundance of quests and well-written characters. As in the best of the genre, the player’s choices here affect the outcome of almost every mission, as well as which NPCs and companions will survive and which will not.
6. Wasteland 2
A sequel to the game that inspired the creators of Fallout. A squad of four rookie rangers is sent on an extremely important mission: they need to find the source of mysterious radio transmissions, the authors of which threaten humanity with disaster.
The player creates four team members, and then can add three more companions to them. The character customization options are extensive: you can customize the appearance of fighters, determine their basic skills and attributes.
All characteristics affect the passage. Charismatic heroes will find it easier to negotiate with NPCs, and a soldier with good coordination can perform more actions per turn.
7. Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Avernum is a remake of the 1995 game. According to the plot, the main character is one of thousands of prisoners in an underground prison, where everyone who disagrees with the emperor’s policies is sent. He will have to assemble a team, escape from the dungeon and fight back against the land ruler.
The game may not be very impressive in appearance, but it has thoughtful gameplay. The user has access to dozens of locations, more than 50 spells and combat disciplines. Avernum feels like a cross between Baldur’s Gate and the later Ultima – a great combination for those yearning for classic RPGs.
8. Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock is the spiritual successor to cult first-person RPGs like Eye of the Beholder. Thanks to the combination of modern graphics and old-school gameplay, the game looks very unusual. The hero controls a party of four people from the first person, and his movement options are limited to four directions: forward, backward, left and right.
Legend of Grimrock has a lot of traps, terrible enemies (minotaurs and huge spiders are not included) and useful loot. For the most fearless, the game has an Oldschool mode, which turns off the map – you have to draw it yourself.
9. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
The first thing that catches Arcanum is its unusual world. Steampunk, magic, firearms and fantasy creatures coexist in it.
The game begins with the main character surviving an airship crash. Almost everything that happens next depends on the actions and characteristics of the character – in Arcanum there are hundreds of ways to develop the plot.