Which RPG setting do you prefer?
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I love open world like Fallout 3 and Oblivion, but between the two I would have to say... well its a tough call. Falluot 3 is a little funner than Oblivion, but I like the scenery more in the latter rather than the dumpy trash wastes of the former. But It kinda sucks when you have bandits running around in glass and ebony armor, really breaks the vibe. I would have to say Fallout 3 and sci-fi, for now atleast.
Sci-Fi is my favorite Genre but sometimes swinging a sword is better. I don't know. Depends on how compelling the story is. If a Sci-Fi RPG is more focused on the cool environment it introduces you to rather than the story, it sucks. The novelty of it's unique world isn't the only thing I look for in a RPG. Sometimes however, the cliche in Medieval setting RPG's bugs me too much. Eh, neither is better than the other I guess. Depends on my mood.
I find fantasy settings more satisfying. Sci Fi is hard to do well (even though Mass Effect is probably one of my favourite games of all time. Top 3 at least).
I mean, the three most played games on my pc at the moment are Oblivion with 600 hours (Holy crap I played that game way too much over the last few years). Morrowind with 250 hours. Dragon Age with 96 hours. All of which have a fantasy setting. Mass Effect I and II come in close with 70 and 51 hours respectively.
And I consider myself a casual gamer =/
I mean, the three most played games on my pc at the moment are Oblivion with 600 hours (Holy crap I played that game way too much over the last few years). Morrowind with 250 hours. Dragon Age with 96 hours. All of which have a fantasy setting. Mass Effect I and II come in close with 70 and 51 hours respectively.
And I consider myself a casual gamer =/
I love sci-fi or medieval, as long as there is some form of broadsword, hyper-phase blade or sharp melee weapon, I'm there!LWS666 said:
I love swords.
the Warcraft style, a mix of technology and magic is always better than straight Sci-Fi or straight Fantasy.
Planescape: Torment had probably the best setting of any RPG I've played. I guess it was just general fantasy with a heavy dose of darkness and surrealism.
I do also like the Final Fantasy VI-VII-VIII-XIII kind of melding of Sci-Fi and fantasy with a bit of steampunk in some instances. And FFIX was less Sci-Fi but still pure awesome. Ditto X.
I do also like the Final Fantasy VI-VII-VIII-XIII kind of melding of Sci-Fi and fantasy with a bit of steampunk in some instances. And FFIX was less Sci-Fi but still pure awesome. Ditto X.
I prefer sci-fi just because it tends to be more original. Mass Effect 2 held my attention, while Dragon Age Origins was just a painful mess of cliches from the word go.
ME2: a selection of interesting alien species to interact with.
DAO: elves and dwarves again.
ME2: a nasty and mysterious race from the darkest part of the galaxy with a hidden agenda.
DAO: some nasty orcish demons, fuck-a-doodle-doo.
I like Lord of the Rings, but damn does Tolkein have a lot to answer for.
That said, I prefer fantasy books to sci-fi. It's a shame we can't get the same diversity fantasy books do among fantasy games.
ME2: a selection of interesting alien species to interact with.
DAO: elves and dwarves again.
ME2: a nasty and mysterious race from the darkest part of the galaxy with a hidden agenda.
DAO: some nasty orcish demons, fuck-a-doodle-doo.
I like Lord of the Rings, but damn does Tolkein have a lot to answer for.
That said, I prefer fantasy books to sci-fi. It's a shame we can't get the same diversity fantasy books do among fantasy games.
I like fantasy settings like FF7 and maybe the original FF setting (for example FF9) even more. At the moment I'm really enjoying Fallout 3's post-apocalyptic setting. It's something about the everyday hardness of living and surviving in fallout. Sometimes you might just feel like helping someone out. 
While it is completely over done, I prefer the Fantasy DnD style setting, when it is done right. DA:O and Oblivion have both done it right. I wish there would be one in the Forgotten Realms though, one that was done very, very well. Something different and new would be nice, like James Bond/Splinter Cell open world spy game would be cool.
