IGN - Best of E3

Dhruin · June 14, 2009

IGN has kicked up their Best of E3 thingy, with Mass Effect 2 winning the Best RPG. Alpha Protocol made a brave showing at #2 and then we have Dragon Age, Final Fantasy XIII and White Knight Chronicles.
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Jabberwocky · June 14, 2009

Hmmmpf. And not a single one of those games on my 'need to play' list. - Maybe Dragon Age someday.

danutz_plusplus · June 14, 2009

I see 2 cool games there. Alan Wake from Remedy (Max Payne devs), Modern Warfare 2.

northreign · June 14, 2009

I'll be playing 3-4 out of 5 RPGs.

Still, not sure about Alpha.
XIII and WNC are going to be great.

Kostas · June 15, 2009

Mass Effect is still being labeled as an RPG :thinking:

Damian Mahadevan · June 15, 2009

Kostaz said:
Mass Effect is still being labeled as an RPG

. Even so amazing now since there is more action.

JDR13 · June 15, 2009

Kostaz said:
Mass Effect is still being labeled as an RPG

Regardless, it's still a quality title, and a lot of fun imo.

Thoth · June 15, 2009

Def Jam Rap Star looks better then most of those RPGs. THIS IS THE NEW SHIT LOL

Rithrandil · June 15, 2009

My best of E3 will always go to Hearts of Iron 3! Or whatever game Paradox is making at the time!

Maylander · June 15, 2009

Personally I feel that AP is showing a lot of promise. Finally a setting I haven't explored in anything but silly action titles.

I have no doubt whether ME is or is not an RPG: It is an RPG. Sure, there's a lot of action, but there's also choices with consequences (very important ones too). And, of course, there's the mandatory levelling system.

On an "RPG element scale", I'd put ME far above titles like Oblivion, simply because the galaxy is shaped depending on your actions.

Kostas · June 15, 2009

Maylander said:
And, of course, there's the mandatory levelling system.

Which to my memory you can ignore for a long period and still get the job done.

wolfing · June 15, 2009

Kostaz said:
Which to my memory you can ignore for a long period and still get the job done.

And for ME2 they're even advertising that it's more action oriented than ME1 so... Quake. Again, making decisions doesn't really make an RPG, if it were so then Indigo Prophesy and many other adventure games would be RPGs.

Maylander · June 16, 2009

Add levelling and combat to most adventure games, and they would certainly become RPGs.

Alrik Fassbauer · June 16, 2009

The whole list has one big drawback : Everything interesting for me appears only on consoles ...

IGN - Best of E3

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Kostas

Dormant Watcher

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JDR13

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Thoth

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Rithrandil

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Kostas

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wolfing

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Maylander

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Alrik Fassbauer

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