251: back in my day wank meant something

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Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

ok, let me be more aggressive for no reason so you'll answer me

name THREE fantasy game series without MPs that even COMPARE to DA

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

da

the witcher, legend of zelda, god of war

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

all of these have actual protags

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

yes bc that's what was being asked.

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

without MPs = without malleable protagonists

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

christ

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

ty anon

i mean SCREW YOU!!!

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

i wouldn't say zelda or god of war are really comparable to dragon age at all other than being "fantasy" because they have swords or magic. they have completely different kinds of stories and in most cases only focus on one or two main characters with everyone else being a supporting npc.

the witcher seems like it's closer from what i've seen, but i haven't played it so i don't know

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

+1 the witcher is the only one that's actually comparable to dragon age but with no malleable protag

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

well this already excludes my recs because DA is poop and i only like GOOD games

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

any final fantasy besides the mmo trash
vagrant story
xenoblade
lunar
castlevania
devil may cry
fear and hunger

elden ring isn't that bad of a suggestion because even though it has a malleable protag there's not any romancing so there aren't a bunch of npc players shitting blood over the thought of having to tag the main character from their voluntarily chosen canon

[(Anonymous)]

i play an elden ring npc and would romance a tarnished with them

[(Anonymous)]

playing elden ring rn and this makes me very happy
eyes emoji at roderika myself

[(Anonymous)]

same but i don't think there are going to be any tarnished players, because dwrpers aren't real gamers

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

a bunch of npc players shitting blood over the thought of having to tag the main character from their voluntarily chosen canon

why are people in this thread implying that if you play from a MP-having game you have to tag the MP

you do not

you can in fact opt out of whatever the hell you want

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

nobody wants to deal with the wank storm over some mp screeching about how 'ooc' it is for characters x y and z not to tag them

>b-but you can opt out of

yes, we know

still don't want to deal with whiny bitches whining bitchily

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

>elden ring isn't that bad of a suggestion because even though it has a malleable protag there's not any romancing

someone didn't do ranni's route

[(Anonymous)]

most final fantasy games
the witcher
sekiro if ya nasty
hades
divinity original sin 2 has the option of playing a malleable protagonist if you want, but all of the companions are also built as playable protagonists with a ton of additional narration and characterization if you choose to play as one of them

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

i mean what do you mean "compare" to da? in what sense? because there are a shitton of fantasy games out there and most of them are comparable to da in some way or another.

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

in the sense of "ayrt wants to be able to dismiss all responses"

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

idk i was just being sarcastic! i guess i mean games people consider as good as or better than DA!

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

Since we're talking in the context of DWRP, I'm gonna assume you mean other fantasy games where you can play the NPCs without getting your dick wrung out the MP players.

- Skyrim, Dragon's Dogma, and other games riding their coattails usually have MPs that are easy to avoid by just saying that in your NPC's version of the game the Dragonborn/Arisen/whatever never followed the relevant quest line to meet them.

- Elden Ring, Soulsbornes, Hollow Knight, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Come, Shadow of Mordor, most Metroidvanias, lots of older JRPGs, and a ton of other games have 'malleable but not really' protagonists, where the malleable parts of the character are either totally irrelevant or exist only in the player's head. As a bonus a lot of these also fall into the first category.

- In most non-FFXIV MMOs the player characters are nobodies, or easily avoided like the first category. World of Warcraft, Black Desert, Runescape, Guild Wars, probably even the Monster Hunter games.

- Immersive sims tends to have semi-malleable protagonists where the only changes in story or personality are some dialogue options. Thief and Dishonored are probably closest to fantasy, but if you want to branch our into sci-fi/modern stuff there's also Deus Ex, Bioshock, STALKER, Deathloop, or even something like Red Dead Redemption 2.

- And finally there are some actual CRPGs with fixed protagonists. Planescape: Torment and Thaumaturge jump to mind, and Baldur's Gate III lets you excise Tav from the plot entirely if you play as either Durge or one of the main party members.

But you don't actually need to play any of these if you want to avoid malleable protagonists. Speaking as a reformed doormat, I can promise you that you'll be much, much happier when you learn how to set and enforce boundaries with Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor players.

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

op: i want recommendations for games without malleable protagonists
you: ok i assume you actually want some games with malleable protagonists

wankgate learn to read what you're replying to challenge

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

da, but i definitely would not consider either emily or corvo attano to be malleable protagonists - you can make choices that change the outcome, but their personalities are largely the same except for "blood for the blood god" versus "i guess i'll pull this punch," and their backgrounds are set in stone

Re: DRAGON AGE

[(Anonymous)]

minecraft

the sims

subnautica

rollercoaster tycoon

fallout shelter