The Best RPGs You Can Play Without Audio

Key Takeaways Many modern RPGs offer subtitles and accessibility options for players who prefer to play without audio, ensuring an inclusive experience. RPGs like Pillars of Eternity, Stardew Valley, and Skyrim provide rich details, visuals, and text- …

Dragon Age Is The Serious Sam Of RPGs

With Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare's fantasy series is continuing a trend that sets it apart from nearly every other series in gaming. Every time a new Dragon Age game comes out, it’s extremely different from the one that came before. Veilguard is …

Avowed dev channels Baldur's Gate 3 by admitting that "the core of RPGs is missable content" that most players might not ...

If you're like me, then you probably have a compulsion to see and do everything on offer in whatever RPG you're playing. For one Avowed dev, however, the key to a successful RPG isn't the content you do, but the content you miss instead. In an …

The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem?

Why is it that in a role-playing game where the stakes are usually 'the end of the world', the end of the world always has to wait for us to finish our sprawling to-do list first? There's no way you've never encountered this. I came across …

Avowed's party camp feature captures what I love most about RPGs like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Baldur's Gate 3

In many ways, companions in RPGs act as our guides. Through those we journey alongside, we learn more about the world around us, get closer to the cultures and beliefs of its people, and gain other perspectives on the events we go through. While they also …

"It was like f***ing Da Vinci": Almost every companion in one of the most iconic D&D RPGs ever made was crafted in "a ...

Most of the companions in one of the most important RPGs ever made were crafted in "a day or less" by a developer with minimal 3D modeling experience. Speaking to PC Gamer, Planescape: Torment lead artist Tim Donley explains how he was able to …

Great Western RPGs That Run Well On The Nintendo Switch

Fantastic though it is, there's no getting around the inevitable fact that the Nintendo Switch is aging hardware that was already graphically behind the times when it was released. However, graphical power has never been a priority in Nintendo systems, …

10 Fast-Paced Turn-Based RPGs That Keep Players on Their Toes

Turn-based RPGs (many of which are JRPGs) often get a bad rap for being tedious, monotonous experiences that are more cerebral than exciting. Every gamer has their own definition of fun, but the tendency of some games in the RPG genre to turn gameplay into …

8 RPGs With The Best Dungeons

Even half-finished, Path of Exile 2 is shaping up to be one of 2024's best action RPGs

The bad news is that Path of Exile 2’s early access debut won’t be the full game, as initially hoped. The good news is, even limited to half of the main story and six of the planned 12 classes, this is shaping up to be one of 2024’s best action RPGs. …