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RPG and FPS don't need to be exclusive tags.
For example cyberpunk does a pretty good job marrying the two.
I prefer games with a strong character creator which tend to be RPG games. I've been really enjoying Baldur's Gate 3.
However, games like the sims, left4dead2 and the Borderlands series are pretty fun too.
FPS, but mostly because I no longer have the free time to finish a 50-100 hour RPG.
I like action games, including FPS, with RPG elements.
Borderlands and Diablo - I like that you can just jump in and start blasting without really having to read anything about the setting or characters
Fallout and Cyberpunk 2077 - slower paced and less immediately fun than the previous two, but the action does keep the story interesting
Pure RPGs can be fun as an engineering project - twisting the game's systems to create unbalanced character builds.
CRPGs like Dragon Age Origins and BG3 are awesome
What is a CRPG?
Technically it stands for "Computer RPG" but nowadays it's more commonly meant as "Classic RPG". It refers to any of those games like the classic Fallouts, Baldur's Gates, Planescape Torment, that blend turn-based strategy game with RPG. Modern examples are BG3, Pathfinder: War of the Righteous, Pillars Of Eternity 2, Wasteland 3, etc.
Ah i see, thanks.
RPGs all the way for me. Nearly all first-person games make me incredibly nauseous. I'm highly prone to motion and simulator sickness.
Ha, what about first person RPGs?
If you mean like older Megami Tensei games or Etrian Odyssey, then I can handle those. If you mean something more like Skyrim, then that's a no.
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I like both, depends on the mood. I like halo and SciFi fps games but the army propaganda ones such as cod got old pretty fast and are boring. RPGs I love them from chrono trigger to ff 7,8,9 and 10 to elder scrolls and mass effect.
Western or Japanese RPG?
Both. Both are good.
I loved playing the greats like Halo CE and Morrowind when they came out. Both were phenomenal games, and they're still great now.
But if there is one genre I play more, it's definitely FPS. I dont really play them for the violence, but I find the actions in the game more engaging for the time I can play them than an RPG like Skyrim or Dragon Quest. I have recently been enjoying Ready or Not and Zero Hour, but I also have been playing Yakuza Kiwami. I just finished the slog of the coliseum battles in Yakuza Kiwami so things might pick back up, but I never found any part of RoN or ZH as much of a slog as that part of Kiwami.
I'm a big fan of both, but FPS games that are up my alley have dried up in recent years. I was eating good between 1998 and 2017, but now FPS games must be either live service or boomer shooters. By contrast, there's no shortage of the kinds of RPGs I like now that we're through that genre's dark ages in the late 00s and early 10s.
I think RPGs are a lot better at telling a story, but many of them don’t have interesting stories to tell. It’s also admittedly hard to develop that hook. So, while my most memorable games are RPGs, I usually get drawn more to FPSs.
The one exception to this feel is Half-Life 2. Something about the lack of ceremony behind level transitions, lack of objective markers or excess UI, and being “in” the environment in which characters are trying to accomplish their goals helps it feel more immersive. Sadly, not many AAA games have aimed to have expressive faces during gameplay since then to help sell the visuals.
Which RPGs are you playing that don't have interesting stories to tell? Also, I feel like most FPS campaigns since Half-Life 2 have had similar or better facial animations.
I like alternating genres when I get too much of one thing or another. Although it might be undiagnosed ADHD kicking in and preventing me from focusing on one game for long
RPG without only focusing on FPS. I quite don't like ARPG these days that don't have a good story but add a lot to combat mechanics.
Used to play a ton of FPS, don't really have the desire to do so anymore these days. Started up another heavily modded run of Skyrim the other day
FPS by far ... Most of the time I'm uninterested or minimally interested in a game's story. If I wanted to read a book or watch a movie... That's what I'd be doing.
If I'm playing a game it's normally because I want a challenge or something to do that doesn't involve being totally idle ... and also doesn't involve a ton of thinking.
RPGs, specifically turn-based or strategy ones. Action is sometimes fine too. I like stuff with complex battle mechanics and tons of customisation/planning - anything that gets the brain working is fun, really.
I don't like FPS in general. I've only completed Borderlands 2 and Fallout: New Vegas. I don't like the perspective and the gameplay often feels dull to me. I don't feel stimulated by them.
Sometimes I get a craving to jump in a FPS and just start lighting shit up, but for the most part, I've gotten too old for that shit. My reflexes and eyesight can't keep up with the kids, so I mostly stick with RPGs that allow me to take my time and play when I have a chance.
Of course, most of my favorite games of all time have been both: Fallout, Borderlands, Elder Scrolls.
Honestly, we should call FPS games for what they really are... point and click.
I can dig both, but I much prefer precision platformers.
I almost exclusively play VR FPS these days. I only have time for short <1hr play sessions so my RPG days are on hold until life allows it.
RPG's. Specially turn-based. But it was many years now that they started turning those into shooters "with RPG elements." At least we got some of my favorite series, like Mass Effect, Fallout, Bioshock, etcetera, out of the deal.