2011 Year of the WRPG's.

Lucky me that never heard about those.Robbazking

[QUOTE="RyuRanVII"]

You forgot the most promising one:

Yangire

Sorry but I beat you to it bro.

Also, is there a release date? I haven't seen anything at all.

There's also Grimoire (Forever...) :lol:

Inquisitor (Q2 2011)

Knights of the Chalice 2 (TBA 2011)

Grim Dawn (TBA 2011)

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

[QUOTE="RyuRanVII"]

You forgot the most promising one:

RyuRanVII

Sorry but I beat you to it bro.

Also, is there a release date? I haven't seen anything at all.

There's also Grimoire (Forever...) :lol:

Oh yeah I actually forgot about that game, it has a demo?

Its gonna be one of the best years for me! I love rpgs :)

I can't wait for skyrim and mass effect 3

I consider WRPGs to be my favorite genre and yet of the games you mentioned only Dead State, Risen 2 and The Witcher 2 interest me. Am I still a WRPG fan? :(

The most promising RPG that might be released this year is Age of Decadence. If it is as good as the game promises to be, it will probably be my GOTY. Here is a video of it.

Exit JRPG. Enter WRPG.

2011 is looking to be a great year for RPGs in general.

nice thread. I love wrpgs!!

2011 Year of the WRPG's.TC

Dark SoulsTC

Hmm?

I consider WRPGs to be my favorite genre and yet of the games you mentioned only Dead State, Risen 2 and The Witcher 2 interest me. Am I still a WRPG fan? :(

The most promising RPG that might be released this year is Age of Decadence. If it is as good as the game promises to be, it will probably be my GOTY. Here is a video of it.

Maroxad

You're not alone there, although I'd add Dungeon Siege 3 to that list since Obsidian tends to fill their RPGs with good ideas. The bigger name Bioware and Bethesda titles will probably be entertaining, but...they probably won't be doing a lot for the genre.

[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

I consider WRPGs to be my favorite genre and yet of the games you mentioned only Dead State, Risen 2 and The Witcher 2 interest me. Am I still a WRPG fan? :(

The most promising RPG that might be released this year is Age of Decadence. If it is as good as the game promises to be, it will probably be my GOTY. Here is a video of it.

You're not alone there, although I'd add Dungeon Siege 3 to that list since Obsidian tends to fill their RPGs with good ideas. The bigger name Bioware and Bethesda titles will probably be entertaining, but...they probably won't be doing a lot for the genre.

[QUOTE="Planeforger"]

You're not alone there, although I'd add Dungeon Siege 3 to that list since Obsidian tends to fill their RPGs with good ideas. The bigger name Bioware and Bethesda titles will probably be entertaining, but...they probably won't be doing a lot for the genre.

texasgoldrush

By doing anything for the genre I think he meant evolving it.

• I recall Alpha Protocol using a framed narrative, for most of the game anyway.
• That is not evolving anything, that is just bringing a conclusion to the Mass Effect series. Going by Bioware's history, I doubt the choices will be particulary significant anyway.
• This has been done before, but not the scale Bioware is doing it in. Age of Conan had a story-driven single player section up until you left tortage. Conversation options has been done before as well in the mmo genre.

Diablo 3 is not confirmed for 2011 :/

How is Dark Soul and Witcher 2 is classified as WRPG, one is made in Japan and the other in Eastern Europe.

How is Dark Soul and Witcher 2 is classified as WRPG, one is made in Japan and the other in Eastern Europe.

calvinx6

WRPG and JRPG is not based on where they were made but rather how they were made.

WRPG=Western take on the RPG genre
JRPG=Japanese take on the RPG genre

[QUOTE="calvinx6"]

How is Dark Soul and Witcher 2 is classified as WRPG, one is made in Japan and the other in Eastern Europe.

Maroxad

WRPG and JRPG is not based on where they were made but rather how they were made.

WRPG=Western take on the RPG genre
JRPG=Japanese take on the RPG genre

Then most JRPGs are WRPGs because they copy mechanics and ideas from early WRPGs.

Also this thread was called "Year of the RPG" but he only had Dark Souls up there for JRPGs. He was asked by a few users to change RPG to WRPG and he did without taking Dark Souls out.

[QUOTE="calvinx6"]

How is Dark Soul and Witcher 2 is classified as WRPG, one is made in Japan and the other in Eastern Europe.

Maroxad

WRPG and JRPG is not based on where they were made but rather how they were made.

WRPG=Western take on the RPG genre
JRPG=Japanese take on the RPG genre

Please tell how they are made.

Please tell how they are made.

calvinx6

As Yangire said JRPGs are heavily based of older WRPGs such as Ultima and Wizardry, they have gone somewhat to their own route after that. Both JRPGs and WRPGs can have choices and consequence and conversation options, as well as dark fantasy.

I am not saying Dark Souls is a WRPG. In fact, I might actually say the contrary. I am just rebutting to the fact that WRPGs and JRPGs are based off where they were made. Of course, since we have no universally agreed definition of them we are both correct, some say it is the Japanese style on RPGs, other say it is RPGs made in Japan.

WRPG and JRPG is not based on where they were made but rather how they were made.

WRPG=Western take on the RPG genre
JRPG=Japanese take on the RPG genre

Maroxad

I am not saying Dark Souls is a WRPG. In fact, I might actually say the contrary. I am just rebutting to the fact that WRPGs and JRPGs are based off where they were made. Of course, since we have no universally agreed definition of them we are both correct, some say it is the Japanese ****on RPGs, other say it is RPGs made in Japan.

Maroxad

WRPG and JRPG ARE based on where they were made, and it does appear as if you were referring to dark souls as a WRPG based on design.