There are lots of role-playing games that are worth playing nowadays. As a passionate gamer, you probably have your best picks for the best RPGs you have played. Here are five of the best RPGs that you need to play aside from the series of video games such as the Diablo, Fallout, Mass Effect and Elder Scroll.
Mass Effect
This video game has provided a lot of gamers with a detailed and rich universe that is full of very interesting characters which have their own background and unique personalities. Every gamer has their own favorites among these characters which they find very fun to play. All of these characters are very unique and as players, you have to care for them as you go along with the story. This aspect of care for characters is the great achievement of the Mass effect series as no other video games has done it. The storyline of the video game is great and the game itself is a breather as you have to shoot your enemies rather than the traditional sword and magic game.
The Elder Scroll 3: Morrowind
If you are a great fan of Elder Scroll or RPGs, this one is a must-play indeed. Morrowind is completely different compared to the Skyrim and Oblivion and it is home for the Dark Elves or Dunmer. The place is mostly barren and desolate land full of twisted and diseased creatures, swamps, decaying trees and has a giant volcano in the map’s center. There are lots of challenges here compared to the Skyrim and Oblivion and you have to remember all the directions provided with you in the quest, meaning that you have to master the game.
Fallout: New Vegas
This version of the game is as good as Fallout III, except that the environment is completely new. New Vegas have a faction system that makes the game fair to the leading factions such as the Brotherhood of Steel and the Boomers. It has an interesting setting as it features a civilization that develops with the New California Republic (NCR) that begun to introduce taxes and offers clean water as protection to the wasteland’s citizen. There is also Caesar’s Legion which is a ruthless and power hungry community. They want to dominate the wasteland.
Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms
This video game provides a lot of fun for a cooperative game on PS2. Everquest universe is the setting of this game and includes four gamers cooperative gameplay. You can select from seven classes such as the ranger, wizard, cleric, barbarian and Iksar Shaman. You will be able to customize all the character classes in the game as you just have to select and combine set of facial features in order for you to have a unique character.
Jade Cocoon
This game is similar to Pokemon where you have to battle captured monsters. You will play the character of Levant in this game. A special feature about this video game is that you can combine the captured monsters to create new creatures. It has an advanced combination system for PS1 game.