firestorm713

You have a very interesting point of view here. Please name at least 9 PC rpgs using a steampunk setting. Arcanum, Septerra Core... What else?Hell, just try to name rpgs or games or anything period recently that's been steampunk based. Fable III, Resonance of Fate, Bioshock, Damnation, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Steambot Chronicles, Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness, and that's about it from the last 5 years.And not a single RPG was mentioned. Thanks for proving my point.I also sense lots of JRPG derpity in the rest of your post. Not sure what you mean as far as JRPG derpity, but I was in fact trying to prove your point that no CRPGs have come out in the genre, and pretty much no games period that capture the same allure as Arcanum did. So you're welcome?

You have a very interesting point of view here. Please name at least 9 PC rpgs using a steampunk setting. Arcanum, Septerra Core... What else? Hell, just try to name rpgs or games or anything period recently that's been steampunk based. Fable III, Resonance of Fate, Bioshock, Damnation, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Steambot Chronicles, Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness, and that's about it from the last 5 years. Now the steampunk movement has been gaining....st..momentum, but steampunk as a paradigm for a setting hasn't been attempted very much recently. Dieselpunk, as a spin-off of steampunk has great potential, as demonstrated by the Leviathan series. giant walking tanks instead of tanks on treads, huge airships made out of whales that have been bred and evolved to breathe helium, etc. The time travel one has a lot of potential as well. Do something Dr. Who ish like have the PC meet a major NPC in reverse(or random) order, give the player a bunch of different eras to explore, hell, you could just make it a Dr. Who RPG!

Joined the forums just to put my two cents in. The words Arcanum and Planescape are pretty much the two that sound the best. I'll throw in Baldur's Gate 3, although I think that's what NWN was supposed to be, and what Neverwinter is supposed to be, soo yeah...Arcanum or Planescape(or similar settings) would be amazing. Arcanum - there hasn't been a decent steampunk RPG to memory for years. Arcanum also was one of the most interesting universes that I've seen in recent times. If the IP is joint owned by a bunch of people, make a new steampunk tech vs magic world. That was probably what made Arcanum the most interesting to me. Also, there hasn't been a steampunk IP except for maybe Skies of Arcadia that has come at all close to being as awesome as Arcanum. Planescape: Torment - It is still being hailed as the best RPG of all time. Need I say more? I'd love to see another RPG in the same universe, with the same weirdness, the same insanity, and the same deep, immersive universe. Not a sequel, but a visit to the universe. Would be awesome to see either or both of these as Action RPGs or as traditional CRPGs in the same vein as Dragon Age: Origins. Another idea? Buy the Edge of Twilight iP! That game engine looked awesome, and I bet Obsidian could make something beautiful out of what was left! EDIT: Also, if you need an unrealscript programmer for if/when you decide to do Alpha Protocol 2, I'll totally do it!