Daveyd, you've got to be kidding. I'm making a list of upcoming RPGs for another website, and now you're posting a bunch I haven't even heard of. Everytime I think I've found the most important ones…
However, I second Copper Dreams, No Truce With the Furies, Stygian and Colony Ship. But is Seven Dragon Saga still a thing? I fear that the developers may have given up after the failed kickstarter. Let's hope for the best.
However, this is a dangerous thing to ask me, because I have a very, very long list of games to look forward to, including Ash of Gods. Let's stick to the ones that are probably most compatible with this forum's taste.
Exoplanet: First Contact
A sci-fi RPG with western flair. You're stuck on a foreign planet with a small human settlement and have to survive. Do quests, hunt down the local wildlife to sell their hide etc. But ammo is scarce, so you have to do a lot of crafting, work with traps and be creative in combat.
Seven: The Days Long Gone
Our hero is a master thief in a post apocalyptic world, who has to infiltrate a prison island for a job. There's a surprising catch, though. His employers put a demon in his head. Why? We'll see.
The world is a mix of medieval culture and machines from the times before the apocalypse. And the hero knows parcour, which is a huge part of the gameplay. Plus all moral choices are based on the game world's ethics, not on ours.
Underworld Ascendant
Who remembers Ultima Underworld? This is part 3. Don't let the name fool you, EA still owns the name Ultima, but they don't own the content of the Underworld games anymore. So it's the real Ultima Underworld 3 with a slightly different name.
InSomnia
Mankind has left earth on the way to a distant planet to find a new home there. 400 years later, when they're almost there, "Noman" awakes from his cryo slumber and has to find his way in the society of a giant space station/ship. Few people are left, and large parts of the ship are abandoned. He'll also have to find out why they left earth in the first place.
The developers promise tons of skills to build a unique character, branching questlines and even different endings.
Edge of Eternity
When Aliens attacked Heryon, people managed to drive them back into their ship with the help of powerful magic crystals. The invaders released a virus on the planet that turned every infected into a hybrid of machine and organic being.
This game combines the ATB combat of Final Fantasy and the looks and story telling of a JRPG with the tons of subquest and influenceable story of a WRPG. That means the ending depends on the players choices.
Call of Cthulhu
Another lovecraftian RPG. Unlike Stygian, this one's about an investigator who's trying to find the murderer of a family.
Sneaking and snooping around are the core of this game. If you want a lot of combat, this game isn't for you.
After Reset
A postapocalyptic RPG in the tradition of the original Fallout. The character system is inspired by S.P.E.C.I.A.L. and DnD. The developers also promise a branching storyline with a lot of c&c.
ATOM
This is another Fallout inspired game, this time set in Russia. While trying to survive in the wasteland, the player comes across a conspiracy against the rest of mankind. Obviously somebody wants us extinct.
Quests will have multiple solutions, and there'll be several skills to chose from, so no character has to play the same.
It's currently on
kickstarter. I really hope the funding will be successful, though the developerst are going to finish it anyway. It sounds like a good alternative to the old Fallout games.
Black Geyser
The story has a rather unusual approach. The country isn't infested by monsters or invaded by another country's army, but it's greed that spreads like a plague and brings down society.
The inspiration for the gameplay were classics like Baldur's Gate, and the ability to place items in some NPC's pocket or even apply poison to his skin sure sounds like an interesting element of gameplay.
Synapse
A distopy in set a world that's ruled by big corporations. 90% of all people live in mega cities, and the lowest of the social classes make a living by digging through the trash in search of sellable spare parts. It was just a question of time until someone dug up something that wasn't supposed to be found.
Cyberpunk and tactical turnbased combat, but also 11 playable characters. I hope they don't mess it up.
Dungeons of Aledorn
Okay, the story is just Orcs vs. Humans, but that's not the point. This is one for the real old school gamers. I love the list of inspirations: Fallout 1 and 2, Realms of Arkania, Might and Magic… Read it yourself, but don't drool on your keyboard.
And they're putting some real effort into gameplay and world design, it seems.
So late already? I've got to go now, but I'll post the rest later on, if others aren't faster. Yes, there's more.
