/v/ - Video Games

>>15006956

No, it's not uncommon. Just play Neverwinter Nights.

>>15006975

But not the sequel?

>>15007005

Why would you play sequel first?

Do you mean companions that can also be controlled by you if you want, or completely AI controlled? VtM:B with Companion quest mod kinda does the second

>>15007005

n the sequel, you can control all party members, whereas in the original game, you only had one mercenary, and could give general orders, like stay close to me, or stay far away from me, or attack on sight, or attack only when attacked, things like that.

>>15006956

I'd say that most CRPGs, and even JRPGs that have a team, let's you control the entire team, as opposed to only one character. Notable exceptions are, Mass Effect, Jade Empire(both Bioware games), Persona 3.

>>15007025

Companion mod*, mixed it up with clan quest mod

>>15007027

I prefer not being forced to command an entire party.

Honestly, ideally, I'd want a CRPG where there IS no party and just one character but that seems pretty rare as well.

>>15006956

The norm is that the game gives you total control of your whole party.

However, that's not to say that CRPGs where you only control 1 character and the rest are given general orders (stay close/heal me/check inventories and equipment) aren't common.

>>15007041

try dungeon rats

>>15007041

For that there's elder scrolls, Gothic/Risen/Elex, ARPGs like Diablo/Titan Quest, and even games where you have a party you can solo, such as Dragon Age Origins, Fallout 1&2, Baldur's Gate(?), Persona 3/4(?), though there might be sequences where you need a party member, but you can let that party member die afterwards.

>>15007061

OP may play with Elder Scrolls, Gothic, Risen, Elex, Witcher, Fallout games except Tactics and all those Diablos and clones, but going solo with DAO/BG1/2 isn't probably best because then it seems that you're gonna be limited in ways you can play the game in order to have fun while also playing solo.

>>15007078

>it seems that you're gonna be limited in ways you can play the game in order to have fun while also playing solo.

You most often than not, get limited when having games with a single character, multiple jobs/professions/classes and limited skill points. Take Gothic for instance, you can become a mage and spend skill points on mana and spells, but then you can't use the strongest armor or the best weapon in the game, and the reverse also holds true, so that's not the problem, the problem is that you are artificially imposing limits on your games when you can have multiple characters, but are playing as just one.

>>15007112

But isn't Jade Empire an action RPG?

Anyway, I am not sure there many turn based games, where you control only one character, the advantage of turn based being that you can manage multiple characters at the same time, anyway I guess Pilgrim's Progress might be what you are looking for.

>>15007112

might want to try Age of Decadence and the spinoff I mentioned earlier

very flawed game though, not for everyone

For some reason I like player-customizable CPU-controlled allies that you can't play as yourself, like the mercenaries in Diablo II. I even like the fact that they have fewer gear options than the playable characters because it forces you to make some tough choices, but there's still just enough gear slots to get some good variety. KotOR and games like it let you play as everyone and customize them to the max, but the fact that you can assume control of the other characters at any time makes me always want to issue all of them orders individually. This never bothers me in strategy games because the options for each unit are generally very limited.

>>15007185

brain washing christian kids with a shitty rpg is a new low.

>>15007061

>fallout 1&2 meme

>BG meme

Ok, enjoy your VN dressed up in graphics with garbage combat and shit tier WRPG story.

>>15008892

who is this boy

>>15013546

angelina jolie the wood elf

>>15007231

always found kotor weird with the whole overly consoled level up system for companions, especially with how "fleshed out" they are as characters. wouldn't one assume that you would be able to stear them towards ls/ds with diolog and pick a point for them to start leveling as jedi based off how log it took them to "awaken"via dialog. rather than having the option to auto level up that caused everyone to spam force scream.

>>15006956

>playing as a shitskin female

>wielding two different coloured (!) lightsabers instead of using the superior one one-handed lightsaber fighting style

Whoever took that screenshot is a gay flaming niggeroid.

>>15015313

Angelina Jolie is a disgusting monster and I have never understood the attraction to her. I imagine it's a negro thing.

>>15006956

It's not all that uncommon. Ultima 6 let you set your party characters to specific tendencies (Assault, Flank, etc.) or manual control.

>>15006956

It's by no means rare though. Generally speaking it's used for games that lean more towards action, which makes sense considering you absolutely cannot control multiple characters in real time action combat.

Outside of action games, Fallout 1 and 2 do this, as does Arcanum. In nearly all cases the companion AI is fucking retarded.

>>15018153

>superior one one-handed

>He thinks he is superior even though I have twice as much stat boosts from the shit equipped on my lightsabers compared to him

>Having a problem with aesthetically pleasing green + blue lightsaber combo

You're autistic and an idiot.

>not playing mullet man

>playing on phone

come the fuck on

>>15021670

Space jesus is the only real option to be honest.

>>15021666

>that one time munchkin Satan with asymmetrical clown-colored lightsabers got fucking butthurt

>>15021679

You can sperg and shit talk all you want but you've still got shittier stats than I do my dude.

>>15007005

looking of how shitty things are for vidya, play ALL NWN 1 and NWN 2, the expansions are the strongest in each game.

>>15021693

Enjoy getting cucked with damage penalties while I get attack and defense bonuses for having non-plebeian tastes, you little wookie.

>>15018153

>implying that double bladed isn't king

>>15021726

>damage penalties

You wot m8? You mean attack penalty.

With dual wealding feats the reduction in accuracy is 0/-1 and I cant more than 5-6 attack from attaching crystals and items on the secondary lightsaber so I'm still gaining more attack than you and hitting for around twice as much.

So you'd trade double damage and 10-12 attack bonus for +3 attack and defenc? wew ok retard.