The last RPG I played where it felt my decisions mattered in the end were The Witcher 3 and the one where it felt they mattered the most was Fallout New Vegas. The latter made me REALLY consider my options and even made me cheese a few things (getting to NoVac early though a hidden canyon than through Nipton to get Boone then go to Nipton so he kills legion there and I get a headstart on his story).
A lot of western writers are scared to give the player a 'good ending' in these kinds of games since they think it's a reward for their greed. They find it hard to write with nuance, that you can do bad actions but still get a good ending. So long as writers in the west are like this, I don't hold much hope for any future Bethesda game or any RPGs from major studios. I'm expecting the next GTA to have a 4 ending than a 5 deathwish ending.
Even Fallout New Vegas kind of fell a little short since they had to cut so much of the game apart to make their deadline. The entire Caesar's Legion story line and ending was totally deleted.
The last RPG I played where it felt my decisions mattered in the end were The Witcher 3 and the one where it felt they mattered the most was Fallout New Vegas. The latter made me REALLY consider my options and even made me cheese a few things (getting to NoVac early though a hidden canyon than through Nipton to get Boone then go to Nipton so he kills legion there and I get a headstart on his story).
A lot of western writers are scared to give the player a 'good ending' in these kinds of games since they think it's a reward for their greed. They find it hard to write with nuance, that you can do bad actions but still get a good ending. So long as writers in the west are like this, I don't hold much hope for any future Bethesda game or any RPGs from major studios. I'm expecting the next GTA to have a 4 ending than a 5 deathwish ending.
Even Fallout New Vegas kind of fell a little short since they had to cut so much of the game apart to make their deadline. The entire Caesar's Legion story line and ending was totally deleted.