Will Mass Effect have any competition for RPG of the year?

I thought about it and no other RPG comes to mind.  Wait, let me think again...., nope nothin. So with this isnt mass effect an almost guaranteed hit since it is the only top tier game in its genre this year.  I see this as the only way for rpg junkies to get their fixes. People who want and FPS game have many to choose from like Halo 3, UT3, Bioshock, and Crysis (bioshock is an FPS right?) People who want a racing game have Forza 2, Dirt and others to choose from. People who want action have GTA 4, Drakes Fortune ( is that commin out this year), and Lair to choose from. It seems like every genre except RPG has tough competition leaving RPG fans with slim pickings.

So I ask Is Mass effect autimatically a lock for RPG of the Year and isn't it also a guaranteed hit?

Discuss 

I'm pretty sure it will win, but there is Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey coming.Sir-Marwin105

ok so I guess the 360 has the RPG genre rapped up this year 

I'm pretty sure it will win, but there is Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey coming.Sir-Marwin105

Don't forget Eternal Sonata as well.

if Hellgate london comes out this year, it might have some competition.

the whitcher, also looks pretty good. 

[QUOTE="Sir-Marwin105"]I'm pretty sure it will win, but there is Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey coming.Slyprince

ok so I guess the 360 has the RPG genre rapped up this year 

Yeah, PS3 has it next year though. FF13, FFvs13, White Night Story...

There's Hellgate, Witcher, Kings Bounty and bunch of jRPGs and MMORPGs.

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying. 

Bioshock may give it a run for its money. It all depends on how deep Irrational Games go. Mass Effect is going to be a stellar game mind you.foxhound_fox

Yeah, I was gonna say Bioshock seems to be the next best RPG when pit up against Mass Effect.

And Western RPGs seem to have been more dominant over Japanese RPGs as of late, so I doubt FF or... Blue Dragon (whatever it's called) will pose much of a threat to either.

To me, it just seems to be them two. 

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying. 

AdrianWerner

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Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

PannicAtack

That's the thing I've noticed.

Western RPGs seem to have more actual "Roleplaying" in them than JRPGs do. 

If Blue Dragon and Lost Odysse flop. Then yes, no competition. But they won't.

Wait... do you see what is happening here? The 360 has more RPG of the year candidates than PS3. More RPGS too. OMG, hell has frozen over. 

*turns on fanboy mindset

NOTHING can beat FFXI, my XFire card says so. 

Probably not, maybe Blue Dragon?

Has ME been confirmed for 2007? I'm starting to think it might be an early 2008 title. Could be a November title though, that way it would avoid Halo 3.

Bioshock may give it a run for its money. It all depends on how deep Irrational Games go. Mass Effect is going to be a stellar game mind you.foxhound_fox

I wonder if they will classify it as an RPG. And not splice it into sub genres. 

*turns on fanboy mindset

NOTHING can beat FFXI, my XFire card says so.

Vax45

I hated FFXI... I quit at lvl 56.. it was just GRRRRR to get a flippin party. 

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*turns on fanboy mindset

NOTHING can beat FFXI, my XFire card says so.

Smakkjoo

I hated FFXI... I quit at lvl 56.. it was just GRRRRR to get a flippin party.

As did I. Sadly I liked Star Wars Galaxies more. before they revamped the gameplay and let anyone be a jedi. Master Bounty Hunter killing the weak pityful jedi. I loved it bwhaha

While I do see ME getting the RPG of the year award it does have competition. Blue Dragon Lost Odyssey Eternal Sonata Folklore FFCC - If it launches in 07Ibacai

sorry buddy, folklore does not have a chance. and FF doesn't either.

[QUOTE="Ibacai"]While I do see ME getting the RPG of the year award it does have competition. Blue Dragon Lost Odyssey Eternal Sonata Folklore FFCC - If it launches in 073picuri3

sorry buddy, folklore does not have a chance. and FF doesn't either.

[QUOTE="Ibacai"]While I do see ME getting the RPG of the year award it does have competition. Blue Dragon Lost Odyssey Eternal Sonata Folklore FFCC - If it launches in 073picuri3

sorry buddy, folklore does not have a chance. and FF doesn't either.

Especially if its anything like the last FFCC. What a complete piece of trash that was... 

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying. 

PannicAtack

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying. 

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

I guess Oblivion is a action/adventure game then with that logic. 

Hellgate: London. 'Nuff said.Beowulf935

Word.  Also, Age of Conan could be amazing, could be crap 

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

DoctorBunny

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

I guess Oblivion is a action/adventure game then with that logic. 

:D I actualy do think it's action-adventure in reality:D 

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

DoctorBunny

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

I guess Oblivion is a action/adventure game then with that logic.

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Honestly, in terms of innovation...

Western RPGs > JRPGs 

[QUOTE="DoctorBunny"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

I guess Oblivion is a action/adventure game then with that logic.

:D I actualy do think it's action-adventure in reality:D

I guess there are very few RPG's that exist in the world with your logic 

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy. 

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="DoctorBunny"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

DoctorBunny

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

I guess Oblivion is a action/adventure game then with that logic.

:D I actualy do think it's action-adventure in reality:D

I guess there are very few RPG's that exist in the world with your logic 

Oblivion turned the ES series towards action-adventure. It still has some light RPG elements, but the focus is more on action-adventure. Compare Daggerfall(RPG) and Redguard(Action-adventure), both from bethsoft, Oblivion is actualy more similiar to Redguard.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

mjarantilla

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy. 

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements. 

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

mjarantilla

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

I guess unless if it is 100% dialogue, its an action title :p 

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

mjarantilla

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

not as much as ME. Seriously... can you honestly say that after watching all the movies the game doesn't look more like an action game. Plus it's not like Bioware games ever were heavy on actual roleplaying. 

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

DoctorBunny

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

I guess unless if it is 100% dialogue, its an action title :p 

Well, makes more sense than claiming 5% of RPg is enough to label game as RPG :) 

Bioshock may give it a run for its money. It all depends on how deep Irrational Games go. Mass Effect is going to be a stellar game mind you.foxhound_fox

Mmm...Bioshock will go in the FPS genre because it is a FPS game so it is impossible for Bioshock to be RPG of the year. Anyways it can't be confirmed at this point because games like Blue Dragon and LO are made by great devs but Mass Effect is my 3rd or 4th most anticipated this year so i wouldn't be surprised if it got GOTY.

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

not as much as ME. Seriously... can you honestly say that after watching all the movies the game doesn't look more like an action game. Plus it's not like Bioware games ever were heavy on actual roleplaying.

Yes as much as ME. Dredge up all the official videos you can find, the vast majority of them will be combat, and maybe one or two will show dialogue.

And please don't tell me you're an RPG Nazi for whom the only real role playing games are the kinds played with on tabletops with pencil and paper, because that just makes me nauseous.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

mjarantilla

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

not as much as ME. Seriously... can you honestly say that after watching all the movies the game doesn't look more like an action game. Plus it's not like Bioware games ever were heavy on actual roleplaying.

Yes as much as ME. Dredge up all the official videos you can find, the vast majority of them will be combat, and maybe one or two will show dialogue.

And please don't tell me you're an RPG Nazi for whom the only real role playing games are the kinds played with on tabletops with pencil and paper, because that just makes me nauseous.

Well, the real roleplaying can be found only in pen and paper. But the videogame RPGs are completely diffrent types of entertainment(just like real sports isn't on videogames, but we still label some videogames as sports). 

Still, currently the wRPGs are getting so watered down that they become less and less RPGs. Oblivion is the first of this type that makes it difficult to call it RPG. 

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Bioshock may give it a run for its money. It all depends on how deep Irrational Games go. Mass Effect is going to be a stellar game mind you.solidte

Mmm...Bioshock will go in the FPS genre because it is a FPS game so it is impossible for Bioshock to be RPG of the year. Anyways it can't be confirmed at this point because games like Blue Dragon and LO are made by great devs but Mass Effect is my 3rd or 4th most anticipated this year so i wouldn't be surprised if it got GOTY.

You just called bioshock a FPS?

I stopped there 

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

Propably ME will win RPGoty by a landslide, even if it will have almost zero roleplaying.

AdrianWerner

Well...so far ME looks like a shooter with light Rpg elements. And even conversation system looks more like a mini-game than full grown dialogue roleplaying.

Other way around, buddy.

Not really. Look at the gameplay movies: shooting, shooting, shooting and one lousy short video with converstation. It;'s definitly action RPG, if not an action game with RPG elements.

Look at the gameplay movies of Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll guarantee you'll see the same thing: combat, combat, combat, and more combat. Even though Torment has more written words and dialogue than the average doorstopper fantasy novel.

not as much as ME. Seriously... can you honestly say that after watching all the movies the game doesn't look more like an action game. Plus it's not like Bioware games ever were heavy on actual roleplaying.

Yes as much as ME. Dredge up all the official videos you can find, the vast majority of them will be combat, and maybe one or two will show dialogue.

And please don't tell me you're an RPG Nazi for whom the only real role playing games are the kinds played with on tabletops with pencil and paper, because that just makes me nauseous.

Well, the real roleplaying can be found only in pen and paper. But the videogame RPGs are completely diffrent types of entertainment(just like real sports isn't on videogames, but we still label some videogames as sports).

Still, currently the wRPGs are getting so watered down that they become less and less RPGs. Oblivion is the first of this type that makes it difficult to call it RPG.

I agree with you on Oblivion. Words cannot express how supremely disappointed I was with Oblivion. It was fun for about two hours, then I put it aside.

I disagree with you on Mass Effect being watered down. I think that both Mass Effect's RPG and its combat elements will be equally well-developed. It's certainly the first RPG where you can almost completely customize your character and STILL give him/her a unique and interesting character history and personality that you choose. You couldn't do that with previous WRPGs. The main characters in previous WRPGs would always be silent protagonists with no real history or personality.

If Blue Dragon and Lost Odysse flop. Then yes, no competition. But they won't.

 

Wait... do you see what is happening here? The 360 has more RPG of the year candidates than PS3. More RPGS too. OMG, hell has frozen over. 

Halo2_Norad

Was bound to happen with the PS3 coming out a year after the Xbox 360. ^^