| 1 | '''Western RPG''' (WRPG for short) is a subgenre of RolePlayingGames. It contrasts the EasternRPG subgenre, and was likely originally coined as a reaction to the emergence of the JRPG genre. |
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| 3 | The genre is historically also known as '''Computer RPG''' (CRPG for short), as a result of Western [=RPGs=]' historical preference for PC platforms, in contrast to Japanese [=RPGs=]' preference for consoles. As multi-platform releases became standard for [=RPGs=] in the 2000s (for both Eastern and Western developers), the term "Computer RPG" lost its WRPG meaning and instead became a name for a new type of PC-exclusive RPG games, which are often independently-developed and in the classic Western RPG style. |
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| 5 | The Western RPG's definitions is in many ways defined to be everything that the Eastern [=RPG=] isn't; after all, before Japanese [=RPGs=] came onto the scene, all role-playing games were Western [=RPGs=]. It was the emergence and divergence of Japanese [=RPGs=] from ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' onwards that made a East/West distinction necessary. As such, the traits that define Western RPG are generally the gameplay traits featured in the original [=70s-80s=] generation of [=RPGs=]; this inclues their association with [=PCs=], as the genre originated as a PC gaming genre. |
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| 7 | If applied to the narrow creator region definition of Eastern [=RPGs=], then Western [=RPGs=] are all [=RPGs=] made outside of East Asia, usually in the Americas (USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, etc.), Australia, New Zealand, and Europe instead. When used to contrast the [[MediaNotes/MechanicsDynamicsAesthetics aesthetical]] definition of Eastern [=RPGs=], Western [=RPGs=] are defined as a Role-Playing Game following a style popularized by Western computer developers. |
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| 9 | General traits of games that people call Western [=RPGs=] include: |
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| 11 | * Aimed to satisfy the player's need for self-expression and fantasy fulfillment by allowing them to become something that they can never be in real life. |
| 12 | * The game rules resemble (and are often licensed from) {{Tabletop RPG}}s such as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. |
| 13 | * Often has a WideOpenSandbox game experience, but can be a DungeonCrawler, or in recent years, a plot-based game focused on the CharacterDevelopment of both the customized PC and the [=NPCs=]. |
| 14 | * The main hero is generally [[CharacterCustomization customizable]], and is more of a [[FeaturelessProtagonist "blank slate"]] than a predetermined character. |
| 15 | * In some games, encounters can be resolved (at least, [[UselessUsefulNonCombatAbilities in theory]]) without combat, through [[CombatDiplomacyStealth diplomacy or stealth]]. |
| 16 | * TurnBasedCombat was the dominant combat form in the past, but has been steadily losing ground to [[ActionRPG action-based real time]]. RealTimeWithPause is the genre's popular middle ground. |
| 17 | * The art style tends to be more realistic than in Eastern [=RPGs=], with more lifelike body proportions and facial features, compared to the more anime-inspired art style of Eastern [=RPGs=]. |
| 18 | * Usually enemies are fought on screen rather than cutting to a separate "battle screen", though the latter was not uncommon in early Western [=RPGs=]. [[CommonTacticalGameplayElements Terrain and party formations]] often play an important role in combat. |
| 19 | * Background MediaNotes/{{dice}} rolls are often visible, and stats are directly shown as they interact with the rules. In recent years, however, many of the more action-oriented Western [=RPGs=] have been moving away from this. |
| 20 | * Often features [[LoadsAndLoadsOfSidequests numerous]] [[{{Sidequest}} optional quests]]. These are usually recorded in a "quest log" or a similar system to keep track of them. |
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| 22 | The Western/Computer RPG is a flexible format, having gone through several dominant design paradigms since its nascence [[TheEighties around 1980]]. The major sub-genres include: |
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| 24 | * '''DungeonCrawler''': The dungeon crawler is focused on the dungeon crawling experience -- players would move through dungeons, kill monsters, and loot treasure. This was the form that the [[UrExample earliest examples]] of RolePlayingGames (and therefore the earliest Western/Computer [=RPGs=]) took, in games like ''VideoGame/TempleOfApshai'', ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}''. These games are directly inspired by ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and in essence are a more forgiving version of the {{Roguelike}}s (which had been codified around the same time). |
| 25 | * '''Sandbox RPG''': The sandbox RPG is focused on the free-form "go anywhere, do anything" WideOpenSandbox experience, with more forms of interaction than [[RPGsEqualCombat just combat]]. The subgenre was codified in 1985's ''VideoGame/UltimaIV''. |
| 26 | * '''Narrative RPG''': The youngest subgenre of Western [=RPGs=], narrative [=RPGs=] put a greater emphasis on intricate plots and interesting characters. Although its [[UrExample earliest specimen]] -- ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtKrondor'' and (unsurprisingly) the ''Ultima'' games from ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII'' onwards -- emerged at the dusk of the Golden Age (1993[[note]]not entirely coincidentally, a similar shift to more intricate narratives was occurring around the same time in big JRPG franchises, as well, e.g. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''[[/note]]), the subgenre wasn't codified until ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' and ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' towards the end of the 1990s. |
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| 28 | The RPG genre originated from attempts to adapt the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' pen-and-paper RPG format onto a digital video gaming medium. Two games, ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' codified the RPG genre as a whole, and even the JRPG codifier ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' directly took their influence from them. After RPG development diverged into WRPG and JRPG (or Computer RPG vs Console RPG) following ''Dragon Quest'', ''Wizardry'' and ''Ultima'' continued being the pioneers of Western RPG tradition, with ''Wizardry'' codifying such things as a PlayerParty of [[NonPlayerCompanion pregenerated NPCs]] and KarmaMeter, while ''Ultima'' codified things like OverworldNotToScale, interactive dialogue (via a TextParser), NPCScheduling, and even {{Romance Sidequest}}s, as well as the traditions of the Sandbox RPG. |
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| 30 | The ''Ultima'' series reached its [[VideoGame/UltimaVII high point]], [[VideoGame/UltimaVIII withered]], and [[VideoGame/UltimaIX died]] by 1999. In the [[TheNineties mid-90s]], things were looking very grim for Western [=RPGs=]. ''Ultima'' was not the only reputed series that didn't [[VideoGame3DLeap make it to the 3D]]: ''Wizardry'', ''[[VideoGame/TheBardsTaleTrilogy The Bard's Tale]]'', ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', the VideoGame/GoldBox, ''VideoGame/TheMagicCandle'', ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'', ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder'', ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore''... [[EverybodysDeadDave they were all dead or dying]] by the end of the decade. |
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| 32 | Then, however, FromTheAshes of the old Western RPG tradition, two phoenixes rose around 1997. One was ''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}'', a perky little dungeon crawler that captivated the masses with simple, action-oriented gameplay (instead of traditional turn-based) and a consistent and moody {{Gothic|Horror}} atmosphere. The other was ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', a game that profoundly changed the Western understanding of role-playing video games by focusing on a single PC's story (rather than a [[PlayerParty party]]) and on the choices the players must make, from [[CharacterCustomization building their character]] to [[StoryBranching story-shaping decisions]] to figuring out [[CombatDiplomacyStealth their path to victory]]. |
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| 34 | The emergence of the narrative RPG became a new GenreTurningPoint for the WRPG genre. As the [[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth generation]] approached, Western [=RPGs=] went on an offensive and planted boots on the console ground with ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' (a sandbox RPG) and ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' (a narrative RPG). |
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| 36 | The jump to full 3D and MultiPlatform brought with it new sensibilities, however. Some Western-developed games (''VideoGame/SepterraCore'', ''VideoGame/{{Anachronox}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}}'', ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'', etc.) deliberately went for the console RPG feel. Other developers embraced real-time combat and [[MediaNotes/GeneralGamingGamepads Game Pad]] controls and started streamlining traditional RPG mechanics and pitching their games as "{{Action RPG}}s"--a term that has never been particularly well-defined in the West, but one that now posed the critical question: just when does an "ARPG" stop being an RPG and become an ActionGame? At the same time, RPGElements started to bleed into other genres (shooters, strategy games, {{MOBA}}s, sandboxes, etc.), and by TheNewTens, Western RPG was suffering from a severe identity crisis that could be summed up in one sentence as "It's an RPG if the publisher says it is." |
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| 38 | Perhaps as a response to this, the genre has experienced a renaissance of sorts in TheNewTens. The rise of crowdfunding (and Website/{{Kickstarter}} in particular) and affordable game tech (like MediaNotes/{{Unity}}) has allowed some veteran developers to go back and reevaluate the gameplay and story ideas that were on the table during the Golden (pre-1995) and Silver Ages (late [=90s=] to early 2000s) but have been swept under the rug as Western [=RPGs=] went down the triple-A road. |
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| 40 | On the triple-A side of the industry, the narrative RPG subgenre was, for a long time, defined by the [[DuelingGames rivalry]] between Creator/BioWare's {{cash cow franchise}}s, ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and ''Franchise/DragonAge'', and Creator/CDProjektRED's ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' games[[note]]although with CPR finishing ''The Witcher'' story arc and [=BioWare=] switching its full attention to the non-RPG ''Anthem'', the narrative subgenre has been dormant in the AAA space for some time[[/note]]. The sandbox RPG niche is dominated by Creator/{{Bethesda}}'s massive ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' and ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' franchises. Pure dungeon crawlers have largely gone out of favor with the big publishers, but Creator/{{Blizzard|Entertainment}} has made a resurgence with ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', and ''Diablo'' clones like the ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' series still bring in the cash. |
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| 42 | The history of Western [=RPGs=] is a long one, and is intimately tied to the history of the RPG genre as a whole. For more information on the genre's history, see [[MediaNotes/WesternRPG its Media Notes]]. The WRPG genre is also closely linked to several other genres outside of [=RPGs=] by their shared origins; RPG codifier and WRPG pioneer ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' also gave birth to the ImmersiveSim[[note]]with the ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld'' SpinOff[[/note]] and the {{MMORPG}} genres.[[note]]''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'' had not invented the genre, but it was its first commercial success[[/note]] |
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| 44 | See also our guide on how to SoYouWantTo/WriteAWesternRPG. |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | !!Examples of this genre: |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[index]] |
| 49 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:#-D]] |
| 52 | * ''VideoGame/{{AdventureQuest}}'' |
| 53 | * ''VideoGame/{{Aedemphia}}'' (made with MediaNotes/RPGMaker) |
| 54 | * ''VideoGame/TheAethraChronicles'' |
| 55 | * ''VideoGame/TheAgeOfDecadence'' |
| 56 | * ''VideoGame/{{Aground}}'' |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/AidynChronicles'' |
| 58 | * ''VideoGame/{{Allods}}'' series |
| 59 | * ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' |
| 60 | * ''VideoGame/AlternateReality'' |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/AncientEvil'' |
| 62 | * ''VideoGame/Ancients1Deathwatch'' |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/Ancients2ApproachingEvil'' |
| 64 | * ''VideoGame/AnvilOfDawn'' |
| 65 | * ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/ArkandianLegends'' |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/ArxFatalis'' |
| 68 | * ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': |
| 69 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' |
| 70 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' |
| 71 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'' |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/AtomRPG'' |
| 73 | * ''VideoGame/{{Avadon}}'' |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/{{Avatar|PLATO}}'' |
| 75 | * ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' |
| 76 | ** ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' |
| 77 | *** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateTalesOfTheSwordCoast'' |
| 78 | *** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear'' |
| 79 | ** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' |
| 80 | *** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIIThroneOfBhaal'' |
| 81 | ** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' |
| 82 | ** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateDarkAlliance'' |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga'' |
| 84 | ** ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga2'' |
| 85 | ** ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga3'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/{{Barony}}'' |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/BattleChasersNightwar'' |
| 88 | * ''VideoGame/{{Battleheart}}'' |
| 89 | * ''[[VideoGame/TheBardsTale The Bard's Tale: A Quest for Coin and Cleavage]]'' |
| 90 | * ''VideoGame/TheBardsTaleTrilogy'' |
| 91 | ** ''VideoGame/TheBardsTaleIV'' |
| 92 | * ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtClubLow'' |
| 93 | * ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtKrondor'' |
| 94 | * ''VideoGame/BetrayalInAntara'' |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/BigSkyTrooper'' |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/BlackGeyserCouriersOfDarkness'' |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/BlackSkylands'' |
| 98 | * ''VideoGame/{{Blackguards}}'' |
| 99 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bloodnet}}'' |
| 100 | * ''VideoGame/BobsGame'' |
| 101 | * ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' |
| 102 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' |
| 103 | ** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' |
| 104 | * ''VideoGame/BornOfBread'' |
| 105 | * ''VideoGame/BoundByFlame'' |
| 106 | * ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'' |
| 107 | * ''Main/BroQuest'' |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/C4Quest'' |
| 109 | * ''VideoGame/CallOfCthulhuTheOfficialVideoGame'' |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/CaptainBibleInDomeOfDarkness'' |
| 111 | * ''VideoGame/ChampionsOfNorrath'' |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/CircusElectrique'' |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/CitizenSleeper'' |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/ClassOfHeroes'' |
| 115 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cloudpunk}}'' |
| 116 | * ''VideoGame/ColonyShip'' |
| 117 | * ''VideoGame/{{Consortium}}'' |
| 118 | * ''VideoGame/CrayonConwuest'' |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/CrystalChronicles'' |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/CubeWorld'' |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cythera}}'' |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dark}}'' |
| 124 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darklands}}'' |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' |
| 126 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeonII'' |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/DarkHeartOfUukrul'' |
| 128 | * ''VideoGame/TheDarkMeadow'' |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/TheDarkSpire'' (Made by a Japanese developer and a clone of ''Wizardry''. Note that ''Wizardry'' [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff remained popular and influential in Japan for far longer than in the USA]].) |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/DarkSun'' |
| 131 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darkstone}}'' |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/DarkWaters'': A GameMod for ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' created by Adam Miller. |
| 133 | * ''VideoGame/DeadState'' |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/DeathSpank'' |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/TheDead'' |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/DecayOfLogos'' |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deliantra}}'' |
| 138 | * ''Franchise/DeusExUniverse'' |
| 139 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' |
| 140 | *** ''[[VideoGame/TwentyTwentySeven 2027]]'' |
| 141 | *** ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod'' |
| 142 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' |
| 143 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' |
| 144 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'' |
| 145 | ** ''VideoGame/DeusExTheFall'' |
| 146 | * ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' |
| 147 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}'' |
| 148 | ** ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' |
| 149 | ** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' |
| 151 | * ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' |
| 152 | * ''Franchise/{{Dishonored}}'' |
| 153 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' |
| 154 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored 2}}'' |
| 155 | ** ''VideoGame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'' |
| 156 | * ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' |
| 157 | ** ''VideoGame/BeyondDivinity'' |
| 158 | ** ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'' |
| 159 | ** ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'' |
| 160 | ** ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'' |
| 161 | ** ''VideoGame/DivinityFallenHeroes'' |
| 162 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dnd}}'' |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/DoctorWhoLegacy'' |
| 164 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'' |
| 165 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' |
| 166 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' |
| 167 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' |
| 168 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' |
| 169 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeDreadwolf'' |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/{{DragonFable}}'' |
| 171 | * ''{{VideoGame/Dragonstomper}}'' |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/{{Drakensang}}'' |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/{{Drakkhen}}'' |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/DreamWorld'' |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/DroxOperative'' |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dungeon}}'' |
| 177 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonLords'' |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonMaster'' |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'' |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dwerve}}'' (combined with TowerDefense) |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:E-H]] |
| 184 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': |
| 185 | ** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' |
| 186 | ** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' |
| 187 | ** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' |
| 188 | *** ''VideoGame/TamrielRebuilt'' (a fanmade [[GameMod add on]] that aims to make the rest of Morrowind (and, as the name implies, other parts of Tamriel) explorable) |
| 189 | ** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' |
| 190 | *** ''VideoGame/{{Nehrim}}'' (a fanmade [[GameMod total conversion]]) |
| 191 | ** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' |
| 192 | *** ''VideoGame/BeyondSkyrim'' (a series of fanmade [[GameMod add ons]] that aim to make most of the continent of Tamriel (and a few places beyond) explorable) |
| 193 | *** ''VideoGame/{{Enderal}}'' (a fanmade [[GameMod total conversion]] from the developers of ''VideoGame/{{Nehrim}}'') |
| 194 | *** ''VideoGame/{{Falskaar}}'' (a fan-made [[GameMod add-on]] that adds a whole new region to explore) |
| 195 | *** ''VideoGame/InterestingNPCs'' (a fanmade {{NPC}} {{GameMod}}) |
| 196 | ** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', a GaidenGame {{MMORPG}} set at least 500 years prior to ''Arena'' |
| 197 | * ''VideoGame/EldestSouls'' |
| 198 | * ''VideoGame/{{ELEX}}'' |
| 199 | * ''VideoGame/{{Elvira}}'' |
| 200 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ember}}'' |
| 201 | * ''VideoGame/EncasedRPG'' |
| 202 | * ''VideoGame/{{EpicDuel}}'' |
| 203 | * ''VideoGame/EpicTheHumorousRPG'' |
| 204 | * ''VideoGame/EscapeFromHell1990'' |
| 205 | * ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' (another example by a Japanese developer) |
| 206 | * ''VideoGame/{{Everhood}}'' |
| 207 | * ''VideoGame/EverreachProjectEden'' |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/EvilIslands'' |
| 209 | * ''VideoGame/ExcelsiorPhaseOneLysandia'' |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/{{Exile}}'' |
| 211 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'' |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/ExiledKingdoms'' |
| 213 | * ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder'' |
| 214 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' |
| 215 | ** ''VideoGame/FableI'' |
| 216 | ** ''VideoGame/FableII'' |
| 217 | ** ''VideoGame/FableIII'' |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/FaeryLegendsOfAvalon'' |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/TheFaeryTaleAdventure'' |
| 220 | * ''VideoGame/TheFallLastDaysOfGaia'' |
| 221 | * ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' |
| 222 | ** ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' |
| 223 | ** ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' |
| 224 | ** ''VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren'' (a canceled installment) |
| 225 | ** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' |
| 226 | ** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' |
| 227 | ** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' |
| 228 | ** ''Fallout'' Fan Games: |
| 229 | *** ''VideoGame/Fallout1Point5Resurrection'' |
| 230 | *** ''VideoGame/Fallout4NorthernSprings'' |
| 231 | *** ''VideoGame/FalloutSonora'' |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fate}}'' |
| 233 | * ''VideoGame/FearAndHunger'' |
| 234 | * ''VideoGame/FearAndHungerTermina'' |
| 235 | * ''[[VideoGame/FearMythosRPG Fear Mythos: The RPG]]'' |
| 236 | * ''VideoGame/FinalVision'' |
| 237 | * ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' |
| 238 | * ''VideoGame/ForgeQuest'' |
| 239 | * ''VideoGame/ForgottenRealms'' |
| 240 | * ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' |
| 241 | ** ''VideoGame/PulpAdventures'' |
| 242 | * ''VideoGame/FreedroidRPG'', which is also OpenSource and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin free]]. |
| 243 | * ''VideoGame/FrozenState'' |
| 244 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gamedec}}'' |
| 245 | * ''VideoGame/GameOfThrones'' |
| 246 | * ''VideoGame/AGameOfThronesGenesis'' |
| 247 | * ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' |
| 248 | * ''VideoGame/GhostHospital'' |
| 249 | * The ''VideoGame/GoldBox'' series by [[Creator/StrategicSimulationsInc SSI]] |
| 250 | ** ''VideoGame/UnlimitedAdventures'' (a [[GameMaker game making tool]] for Gold Box-style games) |
| 251 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenLand'' |
| 252 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' |
| 253 | * ''VideoGame/TheGreatCollapseOfGoatVillage'' (Chinese RPG based off of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'') |
| 254 | * ''VideoGame/GreedBlackBorder'' |
| 255 | * ''VideoGame/GreedFall'' |
| 256 | * ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'' |
| 257 | * ''VideoGame/GrimoireHeraldsOfTheWingedExemplar'' |
| 258 | * ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': |
| 259 | ** ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'' |
| 260 | ** ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy'' |
| 261 | * ''VideoGame/HellgateLondon'': Owned now by a Korean game distributor, it's still defined by its Western developers and influences, particularly Diablo. |
| 262 | * ''VideoGame/HeroU'' |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/HeroicArmiesMarching'' |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/AHouseOfManyDoors'' |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'' |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:I-L]] |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/IMissTheSunrise'' (freeware; blended with EasternRPG) |
| 270 | * ''VideoGame/IOfTheDragon'' |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' (and its sequel) |
| 272 | * ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing'' |
| 273 | * ''VideoGame/{{Inquisitor}}'' |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade'' |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/JoeDeversLoneWolf'' |
| 277 | * ''VideoGame/KidMystic'' |
| 278 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'' |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' |
| 280 | * ''VideoGame/KingsField'' (another Japanese example) |
| 281 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheChalice'' |
| 282 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' |
| 283 | ** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' |
| 284 | * ''VideoGame/{{Krater}}'' |
| 285 | * ''VideoGame/KultHereticKingdoms'' |
| 286 | * ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore'' |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/LastDream'' |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheAncients'' |
| 289 | * ''VideoGame/LegendOfGrimrock'' |
| 290 | * ''[[VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader]]'' |
| 291 | * ''VideoGame/TheLogomancer'' (mostly an EasternRPG, but contains the WideOpenSandbox aspect of this genre) |
| 292 | * ''VideoGame/TheLongingRibbon'' |
| 293 | * ''The Lord of the Rings Vols. 1 and 2'' (the 90's [=RPGs=] by Interplay) |
| 294 | * ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesWorldOfMayhem'' |
| 295 | * ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheThirdAge'' (Another western take on the JRPG) |
| 296 | * ''VideoGame/LordsOfXulima'' |
| 297 | * ''VisualNovel/LorenTheAmazonPrincess'' |
| 298 | * ''VideoGame/{{Lunacid}}'' |
| 299 | * ''VideoGame/TheMagicCandle'' |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:M-P]] |
| 303 | * ''VideoGame/MarsWarLogs'' |
| 304 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' |
| 305 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' |
| 306 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' |
| 307 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' |
| 308 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' |
| 309 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' |
| 310 | * ''VideoGame/MaxAnAutisticJourney'' |
| 311 | * ''VideoGame/{{MechQuest}}'' |
| 312 | * ''VideoGame/MeriwetherAnAmericanEpic'' |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' |
| 314 | ** ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'' |
| 315 | * ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterArena'' |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/MoonstoneAHardDaysKnight'' |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/MordorTheDepthsOfDejenol'' |
| 319 | * ''VideoGame/{{Moria|PLATO}}'' |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' |
| 321 | ** ''VideoGame/EighteenSixtySixAMountAndBladeWestern'' |
| 322 | ** ''VideoGame/AnnoDomini1257'' |
| 323 | ** ''VideoGame/Europe1200'' |
| 324 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLastDaysOfTheThirdAgeOfMiddleEarth'' |
| 325 | ** ''VideoGame/LightAndDarknessHeroesOfCalradia'' |
| 326 | ** ''VideoGame/PhantasyCalradia'' |
| 327 | ** ''VideoGame/ProphesyOfPendor'' |
| 328 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' |
| 329 | ** ''VideoGame/SolidAndShade'' |
| 330 | ** ''VideoGame/StarWarsConquest'' |
| 331 | ** ''VideoGame/SwordOfDamocles'' |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/MountAndBladeIIBannerlord'' |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nethergate}}'' |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/{{Neverend}}'' |
| 335 | * ''VideoGame/NeonXSZ'' |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/NeoQuest'' (Notable for being a PHP RPG on the {{Website/Neopets}} website) |
| 337 | ** ''VideoGame/NeoQuest II'' |
| 338 | * ''VideoGame/NeoScavenger'' |
| 339 | * ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' |
| 340 | ** ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' |
| 341 | ** ''VideoGame/TheAielundSaga'' (a popular fanmade module that will take you to epic levels) |
| 342 | ** ''VideoGame/BloodrightTheBloodRoyal'' (a popular fanmade module) |
| 343 | ** ''VideoGame/D20ModernNeverwinterNights'' (a [[GameMod mod]] which adds modern and futuristic themed content for the LevelEditor) |
| 344 | ** ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'' (a popular fanmade module) |
| 345 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Gladiatrix}}'' (a fanmade module) |
| 346 | ** ''VideoGame/JulyAnarchy'' (a futuristic UrbanFantasy series of planned mods - the first one has been released) |
| 347 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfArterra'' (a popular fanmade module) |
| 348 | * ''VideoGame/NewHorizons'' |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nox}}'' |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/{{Oddity}}'' |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/OdysseyTheLegendOfNemesis'' |
| 352 | * The ''VideoGame/OfPenAndPaper'' series: |
| 353 | ** ''VideoGame/GalaxyOfPenAndPaper'' |
| 354 | ** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfPenAndPaper'' |
| 355 | ** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfPenAndPaper2'' |
| 356 | * ''VideoGame/OfOrcsAndMen'' |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/{{Outward}}'' |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' |
| 359 | * ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'' |
| 361 | * ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures'' |
| 362 | * ''VideoGame/{{Perihelion}}'' |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire'' |
| 365 | * ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' |
| 366 | [[/index]] |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/PlanetStronghold'' (an independent 2D game with many Western RPG elements, created by Creator/WinterWolves with MediaNotes/RenPy, released for computers in February 2011) |
| 368 | [[index]] |
| 369 | * ''VideoGame/ThePrecursors'' |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Q-T]] |
| 373 | * ''VideoGame/QuarterstaffTheTombOfSetmoth'' (overlaps with InteractiveFiction) |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/QueensWish: The Conqueror'' |
| 375 | * ''VideoGame/QuestArrest'' |
| 376 | * The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series: |
| 377 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' (1989 as Hero's Quest; 1990 re-release with new name) |
| 378 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'' (1990) |
| 379 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'' (1992) |
| 380 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' (1993) |
| 381 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' (1998) |
| 382 | ** ''VideoGame/HeroU'' (2013) (Set in the same setting but not a direct sequel) |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/QuestForInfamy'' |
| 384 | * ''VideoGame/QuestOfYipe'' |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/RaidShadowLegends'' |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/RainbowBillyTheCurseOfTheLeviathan'' |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/RainbowSkies'' |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/RavenswordShadowlands'' |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/RealmsBeyond'' |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/RealmsOfArkania'' |
| 391 | * ''VideoGame/{{Realmz}}'' |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/DieReiseInsALL'' |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/{{Revenant}}'' |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}'' |
| 395 | * ''VideoGame/{{Roadwarden}}'' |
| 396 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}}'' |
| 397 | * ''VideoGame/Sacred2FallenAngel'' |
| 398 | * ''VideoGame/Sacred3'' |
| 399 | * ''VideoGame/SaltAndSanctuary'' |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/SeaOfStars'' |
| 401 | * ''VideoGame/SentinelWorldsIFutureMagic'' |
| 402 | * ''VideoGame/SerpentInTheStaglands'' |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/SevenTheDaysLongGone'' |
| 404 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowKeep'' |
| 405 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns'' |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/ShroudOfTheAvatarForsakenVirtues'', the successor to the ''Ultima'' series |
| 407 | * ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates'' |
| 408 | * ''VideoGame/SiegeOfAvalon'' |
| 409 | * ''VideoGame/{{Silverfall}}'' |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skyforge}}'' |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/SolastaCrownOfTheMagister'' |
| 412 | * ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' |
| 413 | ** ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' |
| 414 | * ''DarthWiki/{{Space}}'' |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceSiege'' |
| 416 | * ''VideoGame/{{Space Station 13}}'' |
| 417 | * ''VideoGame/{{Stonekeep}}'' |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/StygianReignOfTheOldOnes'' |
| 419 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sudeki}}'', though it is modeled after [=JRPGs=] |
| 420 | * ''VideoGame/StickRPG'' |
| 421 | * ''VideoGame/{{Soulbringer}}'' |
| 422 | * ''VideoGame/SouthParkSnowDay'' |
| 423 | * ''VideoGame/StarcomNexus'' |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/StarControl II'' |
| 425 | * ''VideoGame/StarCrawlers'' |
| 426 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsUprising'' |
| 427 | * ''Franchise/StevenUniverse'' |
| 428 | ** ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'' |
| 429 | ** ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'' |
| 430 | ** ''VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'' |
| 431 | * ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'' |
| 432 | * ''VideoGame/{{Strife}}'' |
| 433 | * ''Suit: An [=RPG=] Adventure'' |
| 434 | ** ''VideoGame/SuitsAbsolutePower'' |
| 435 | * ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}}'', though it has elements inspired by Eastern RPG and is something of an hybrid of the two. |
| 436 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Summoner 2}}'', its [[ActionRPG action oriented]] sequel. |
| 437 | * ''The Summoning'' (a 90's dungeon crawl, not to be confused with the above) |
| 438 | * ''VideoGame/SuperDarylDeluxe'' |
| 439 | * ''VideoGame/SuperheroLeagueOfHoboken'' |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/SuperLesbianAnimalRPG'' |
| 441 | * ''VideoGame/SwordCoastLegends'' |
| 442 | * ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' |
| 443 | * ''VideoGame/TaskMaker'' |
| 444 | ** ''VideoGame/TheTombOfTheTaskMaker'' |
| 445 | * ''VideoGame/TelepathRPG'' (also a TacticalRPG [[WebGame made in Flash]]) |
| 446 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TelepathRPGServantsOfGod Servants of God]]'' |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/TempleOfApshai'', the first game in the ''Apshai'' series. |
| 448 | * ''VideoGame/TheTempleOfElementalEvil'' |
| 449 | * ''VideoGame/ThroneOfDarkness'' |
| 450 | * ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'' |
| 451 | * ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'' |
| 452 | * ''VideoGame/TooHuman'' |
| 453 | * ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' |
| 454 | ** ''VideoGame/TorchlightII'' |
| 455 | * ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the successor to ''Planescape: Torment''. |
| 456 | * ''VideoGame/TwoWorlds'' |
| 457 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:U-Z]] |
| 461 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' |
| 462 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaI'' |
| 463 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaII'' |
| 464 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaIII'' |
| 465 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaIV'' |
| 466 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaV'' |
| 467 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaVI'' |
| 468 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaVII'' |
| 469 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII'' |
| 470 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld'' |
| 471 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaVIII'' |
| 472 | ** ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' |
| 473 | * ''VideoGame/{{Underrail}}'' |
| 474 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' |
| 475 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' |
| 476 | * ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief'' |
| 477 | * ''VideoGame/Undertale2RevengeOfTheRobots'' |
| 478 | * ''VideoGame/UndertaleYellow'' |
| 479 | * ''VideoGame/UnderworldAscendant'', the spiritual successor to the ''Ultima Underworld'' series. |
| 480 | * ''VideoGame/UnemploymentQuest'' |
| 481 | * ''VideoGame/{{Unepic}}'' |
| 482 | * ''VideoGame/UnhappyEverAfter'' |
| 483 | * ''VideoGame/UnisonLeague'' |
| 484 | * ''VideoGame/UnterwegsInDuesterburg'' |
| 485 | * ''VideoGame/UntoldLegends'' |
| 486 | * ''VideoGame/UrbanoLegendsDebut'' |
| 487 | * ''VideoGame/VacantSky'' |
| 488 | * ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' |
| 489 | * ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeRedemption'' |
| 490 | * ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeSwansong'' |
| 491 | * ''VideoGame/{{Venetica}}'' |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/VictorVran'' |
| 493 | * ''VideoGame/WarpForce'' |
| 494 | * ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000InquisitorMartyr'' |
| 495 | * ''VideoGame/WarhammerChaosbane'' |
| 496 | * ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000RogueTrader'' |
| 497 | * ''VideoGame/WarriorsOfMightAndMagic'' |
| 498 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' |
| 499 | ** ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'' |
| 500 | ** ''VideoGame/Wasteland3'' |
| 501 | * ''VideoGame/TheWaywardRealms'' |
| 502 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wildermyth}}'' |
| 503 | * ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' |
| 504 | ** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'' |
| 505 | ** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' |
| 506 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' series |
| 507 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wolcen}}'' |
| 508 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenhain}}'' |
| 509 | * ''[[Franchise/{{Thunderscape}} World of Aden: Thunderscape]]'' |
| 510 | * ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG'' |
| 511 | * ''VideoGame/YourBizarreAdventure'' (made with ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'') |
| 512 | * ''VideoGame/TheYouTestament'' |
| 513 | [[/folder]] |
| 514 | [[/index]] |
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