Anyone able to recommend any good newer RPGs without any woke elements shoved in?
I made the mistake of buying Drova - Forsaken Kin without looking into it first thinking it was the perfect way to scratch the Gothic itch only to be greeted by Body Type 1 & 2 and a black celt/viking druid within the first minute.
The only other RPGs I've got my eyes on are Tainted Grail (still Early Access) and Skald (not liking the limited color scheme).
Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos was released in 2021. Is actually a mod on Gothic 2 but is a stand-alone RPG on a different island with some great improvements over 2. Highly recommend if you liked Gothic.
Tower of Time - great RPG with 0 woke. Same devs made Dark Envoy recently that has no woke either but it's not great. Can't recommend the second game.
Astlibra - no woke JRPG. Only thing I found that I hated was a mention of a god being non-gendered and referred as they rather then it or by name- to be honest I think it was a localization issue.
The dungeon of naheulbeuk - is a DND parody where you have a team of murder-hobos. Funny and 0 woke stuff, including sexy characters, dumb blond elf, male barbarian that is dumb but kicks ass.
+1 for Astlibra, the game is a labor of love that was in development for 15 years. Plenty of moments that would make lefties squirm, but more importantly it's one of the best action RPGs I've ever played. It has a demo as well, but skip the combat demo portion of it (overwhelming) and just start New Game.
Another vote for Astlibra. I cannot overstate my appreciation for that game. Easily the best thing I've played in years.
Not seeing a demo on Steam. Where can I find it?
It might not be attached to the main store page, but will show up when doing a steam store search for Astlibra.
Nope. Not for me. Can't go through steamdb either.
When I was in highschool in Québec, bunch of friends were fans of the MP3 adventures and songs. Amasing what a small team of France shitposters can do in a basement wtih some audio montage. The universe was good enough to warrant a game based on it.
The game is good. There is also a ''Dungeon Keeper'' Naheulbeuk game.
I had no idea there was a game made about Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. I'll definitely look into that.
The combat system is nice and they did put thought in encounters. For a parody type game it is surprisingly competent.
Already played Archolos. Waiting on the 2.0 update.
Tower of Time and Naheulbeuk look interesting but Astlibra's visual style isn't my cup of tea. Thanks for the suggestions.
If you are interesting I also recommend Enderal: Forgotten Stories - free on Steam but you need Skyrim to play it.
Technically a mod for Skyrim but it's a different system in a different world with a great story that is engaging. It's not as open world as Skyrim and you even have well written companions.
Only reason I didn't include it in my initial recommendation is that it's from 2019 and shockingly 2019 was 6 years ago.
Totally forgot Enderal. I installed it once at some point but never played it.
You just have to. It's now on my favorite game list. Good story, interesting characters, no woke as I remember. Only thing I didn't like was that half the guards are women and the mod that makes all guards male or female does not work.
It was the same in Skyrim and women/men are designed to be equal in most fantasy games since at least the 90s but it takes me out that a high mortality world would not prioritize having kids.