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I'm currently playing Fallout: New Vegas, and the real-time FPS combat is remarkably playable (though I normally hate FPS games). The VATS is terrible, and not a good replacement for the combat systems of 1 and 2.

After Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1 and 2 were probably among the best CRPGs ever. That was really the golden age of CRPGs. Only The Witcher really added some real value (unfortunately The Witcher 2 has the most horrible combat I've ever experienced in a CRPG).

If you love the classic isometric games, also check out Shadowrun Returns. It's not quite up there with Torment and the Fallouts, but it's well worth playing.



Baldur's Gate 2 was very good too, and was (AFAIK) the first CRPG to develop party NPCs to such an extent. And fortunately, you could dump most of the awful, strangleable NPCs from Baldur's Gate 1.


Amen. Recent Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition (on iPad) was enjoyable trip down the memory lane.




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