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[Gamer_By_Proxy]

That they're made for the "MoDeRn AuDiEnCe"

 

[Arsic]

Every game has rpg elements now so the best genre is survival horror. Throw in some more rpg elements and it'll be undisputed.

Current good rpgs:
KCD2
SMTV
Clair 33
Oblivion

Bad RPGs:
Rebirth

Issues I have:
Piss side quests.
Lack of challenge or option to make game hard.
Dog water writing and dialogue.
Terrible upgrade paths or lack thereof. Green arrow go up.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I prefer to play games and not one and done movies.

 

[hemo memo]

Difficulty spikes and the need to grind break an RPG for me.

 

[Ogbert]

Tutorials, communism, dialogue and the fact they're developed by women.

 

[StereoVsn]

I hate level scaling

That crap has been around before Oblivion. With Oblivion being a poster child why it sucks most of the times. "But why"!? …well, clearly to save on cost and not worry about proper zone design and loot placement.

Personally I hate Joss Whedon rip off snarky dialogue and modern verbiage in RPGs.

But there are still great RPGs being produced. BG3, Pathfinder WotR, Rogue Trader, KCD2, and more.

 

[Mozzarella]

Before voting, just reading some of the choices i want to tell you that this is already wrong, most of those listed are present in old RPGs as much as modern RPGs. So just say 4 things you dislike in RPGs instead, lmao.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

By far is the poor interpretation of RPG systems to begin with. Many RPGs just become number games where you constantly chase the same weapons, magic, skills, etc; but with a higher number, to then defeat the same enemies as before, but with a higher number.

Yeah, pure stat-bloat is the laziest of difficulty balance in game design...across all genres.