Anon baits people into recommending good RPGs
Fallout, Wasteland, The Elder Scrolls.
Also smaller games come to my mind, like Child of Light or South Park: The Stick Of Truth which are made by Ubisoft Montreal.
Yeah, "western RPGs" from a couple decades ago were mostly made in the US. Then Bethesda bought interplay and it all went to shit.
And thanks for reminding me of Child of Light, I've had it in my library for ages, installing it to my steam deck right now :)
You're never gonna believe this friend, but Montreal is actually in Canada.
Fun fact Canada is in North America
Stick of truth was developed by Obsidian
You're right it was only published by Ubi. The Fractured but Whole was developed by Ubisoft*
well... fallout, wasteland.
pillars of eternity? I don't know if americans made it, but it was pretty intensely american.
Fallout? And I mean the Black Isle fallouts.
Speaking of Black Isle, they also did Planescape and Icewind Dale.
Also: Bioware made Baldur's Gate 1 and 2; they're Canadian not European. Unless they just mean 3.
And of course, the OG RPG: D&D. Pretty sure Gygax was American.
After 20 years you need to do something new. You can't live forverer on your legacy.
Swiss person here:
What's that supposed to mean?
Are you trying to say we aren't recognized as the supreme military power in Europe anymore?
Surely you're joking, right?!
Intentionally lists RPGs not made in US
"Why doesn't my list have RPGs made in the US?!?"
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Elder scrolls, Fallout, Red Dead Redemption, and Mass Effect would all like a word
RDR isn't an RPG, it's an action-adventure game.
I concur on the rest.
I don't think those genres are mutually exclusive. I haven't played RDR1 but RDR2 is definitely an Action-Adventure RPG. You level up Arthur's stats throughout the game and can choose different moral paths that affect the ending. That's playing a role.
I'm gonna defend the Americans on this one.
Fallout and Elder Scrolls are two of the most obvious examples that could have been listed, but they weren't.
Last mainline TES game is a decade old and Fallout 4 is also nearing that decade. Meanwhile almost all games in OPs list have released in the last decade.
There's Obsidian but besides them I really can't come up with another good RPG studio from the US that has released a game in the last decade.
So what you're saying is that Bethesda are RPG hipsters.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mass Effect yet. Or Dragon Age, even with a picture of a cosplay of Morrigan in the OP.
BioWare is Canadian
If Elden Ring is Canadian, and Witcher is European, then we can just call Bioware games North American
Pathfinder - Asia
Uhh, no? Paizo is an American company. Based in Redmond, Washington, according to Wikipedia.
I think they meant Owlcat Games, creators of Pahtfinder Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous video games. They are based in Cyprus but their developers are all over the place from what I know (so it's more Europe-Asia kind of thing but I may be wrong)
Honestly, everyone's developers are all over the place. Almost every studio hires contractors from wherever to do things as basic as spell checking to pathfinding to artwork. Hell, sometimes they outsource story writing too.
The post is clearly talking about video games. It is reasonable to conclude they are talking about the Pathfinder video games, which were not made by Paizo, but by Owlcat Games. Whether or not Cyprus is part of Asia is kind of debatable, but they are certainly not American.
It gets even worse when you know Europe and Asia are the same continent.
Errh, sort of.
It really depends on your definition of Continent. Most people would argue that Asia is a different continent.
Wants good RPGs
lists Solasta, one of the mid-dest games I've have the neutrality of playing
Is Rockstar US? I considered the red dead series a quite hellacious RPG. Is GTA an RPG?
Rockstar is a US company, but the developers of GTA are Rockstar North in the UK. They used to be their own company developing GTA, when they were bought by Rockstar.
Red Dead is definetly an american game though.
Rockstar is a British company that has a studio in the US but they're not an American company. Rockstar North is their original studio.
I have not played Red Dead but GTA is definitely not an RPG. It's an action adventure and at least from what I've seen from the former I'd expect it to be the same.
Red Dead is just GTA with horses and a way better story. Calling it an RPG is a massive stretch.
I was going to say Horizon Zero Dawn, but Guerilla Games is Dutch.
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