History Main / ModernDaySciFiRPGClassEquivalents

* The Left4Dead Franchise's Weapons and Items

** Soldier: Shocktrooper, Armored Tech, and ''actual Swordsmen'' [[hottip:*:The game is basically a fantasy Europe at modern war]].

As of today, shooters with RPG elements have slowly-but-surely became the norm. However, shooters and other gun-games like them can be difficult to make into [=RPGs=] without magic, which is why there has to be a collection of equivalents to make-up for the lack of magic. Thankfully, there are two: Explosives such as grenades and rockets, and healing-items such as medkits and defibrillators. Therefore, when creating a shooter, developers have to take into account the following RPG-like shooter archetypes:

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown''

** Medic: Support (while everyone can deploy Medikits, only this class has skills specialized in it)

** Medic: Engineer.

* MassEffect

** MassEffect1 Squad

** MassEffect2 Squad

** MassEffect3 Squad

*** Sapper: Kaiden Alenko and Liara T'Soni

*** Sapper: Liara T'Soni, Kaiden Alenko (if he's alive), EDI

*** Sniper: Barry Burton (minus the sniper-rifle)

*** Sniper: Ada Wong (again, minus the sniper-rifle)

* Mongoose edition of TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}: Doesn't use "classes" per say but has "careers" that determine starting skills

* DonkeyKongCountry

** ResidentEvil1

** ResidentEvil2

* The AssassinsCreed franchise (despite not taking place in modern-times except during the Desmond Miles segments)

* MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker's Mother Base

* The ResidentEvil Franchise

* The {{Fallout}} Franchise's SPECIAL stats

* The {{Assassins Creed}} franchise (despite not taking place in modern-times except during the Desmond Miles segments)

** Side Mechanics (VideoGame/{{Assassins Creed II}}, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]], and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations Revelations]] only)

* The {{Call of Duty}} Franchise's Weapons

** Medic: Tactical Grenade and Riot Shield ({{Modern Warfare 2}} and [[ModernWarfare3 3]] only)

* {{d20 Modern}} Character Archetypes

* {{Donkey Kong Country}}

* {{Doom}} Pick-Up Items

* The {{Left 4 Dead}} Franchise's Weapons and Items

* VideoGame/{{Marvel Vs Capcom 3}} and {{Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3}}

* {{Mass Effect}}

** {{Mass Effect 1}} Squad

** {{Mass Effect 2}} Squad

* {{Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker}}'s Mother Base

* The {{Resident Evil}} Franchise
** {{Resident Evil 1}}

** {{Resident Evil 2}}

* The {{Super Smash Brothers}} Franchise

** Soldier: [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Soldier]], Heavy, melee-loadout Demomen
** Sniper: Scout, [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Sniper]], and Spy

** Medic: Engineer and [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Medic]]

** Soldier: [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Soldier]] and Heavy

** Side Mechanics ({{Assassins Creed II}}, [[AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]], and [[AssassinsCreedRevelations Revelations]] only)

* {{Marvel Versus Capcom 3}} and {{Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3}}

* {{Borderlands}}

* {{Portal 2}}, despite it being a first-person puzzle game

* {{Team Fortress 2}}

* ''ValkyriaChronicles'' series (as of ''ValkyriaChroniclesIII''):

** Medic: Engineer and [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Medic]]

** Class Talents
*** Soldier/Sniper: Combat
*** Sapper/Medic: Biotics and Tech

** Sapper: Heavyweight weapons, including the chainsaw, the rocket-launcher, the plasma-gun, and the BFG9000