Since the early days of gaming, the role-playing genre has captivated millions of gamers and that won't stop with the release of the PS5 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X. Many of the sꦿystems and mecha🔯nics associated with the most hardcore of role-playing games have made their way into almost every major genre in video games.
That being said, true Western or Japanese role-playing games can't be matched. Gamers love grinding, rich extensive stories, and crafting one of a kind relationships with ဣcharacters. Let's take a look at, according to Metacritic, the 10 best RPGs of the last 5 years.
10 Di🤪sco Elysium 🌌(92)
If you're a con💟sole gamer then Disco Elysium might be a role-playing game you've never heard of. It was released in late 2019 and is self-described as a detective role-playing game where players navigate a large city recovering in post-war times. Not only is the game sitting at a 92 on Metacritic, but it cleaned up during the 2019 award season. At the 2019 Game Awards, it managed to take home the awards for Best Narrative, Best Independent Game, and Best Role-Playing Game. It's coming to consoles in 2021 viꦇa a Final Cut version of the game.
9 🏅 Demon's Sou🌳ls (92)
Very rarely do launch titles for consoles review well, but leave it to a FromSoftware game to break the mold. The 2020 remake of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Demon's Souls that launched on the PS5 was developed by Bluepoint Games in association with SIE Japan. Sitting at a 92 on Metacritic is no surprise considering the last remake Bluepoint Games did, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Shadow of the Colossus, ended up with a score of 91. Demon's Souls is the reason Dark Souls turned into the trilogy it became and now mꦅillions of gamers can experience how it all began in a high-quality remake.
8 Bloodborne (92) ☂ 🌳
Depending on the gamer you ask many consider 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bloodborne to be FromSoftware's magnum opus. It took the expert combat mechanics and environment story-telling and mixed it i🐼nto a Lovecraftian horror setting filled with beautiful architecture and maddening evil.
The mechanics rewarded aggressive playstyles and removed the ability to block attacks. Its Metacritic is at 92 which puts it as one of the best-reviewed PS4 exclusives of all-time. It's a shame gamers will likely never see a sequel considering it'🎃s been 5 years💟 without an announcement.
7 ꧙ Undertale (93) 🌊
Every year it seems that an independent game comes out of nowhere and takes the world by storm. In 2015 a creator by the name of Toby Fox released this game called 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Undertale that had a pixel-based art style and it's one defining characteristic w✅as that it was a role-playing game. Soon after its ཧrelease, it was apparent that the score of 93 on Metacritic wasn't a fluke. The game built an audience and found praise thanks to its incredibly nuanced approach to the role-playing genre and its handling of the well-known tropes and pitfalls of said genre.
6 ꧙ Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (93)
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir was a remake of the original Odin Sphere game that came out on the PS2 and holds a pretty significant place in video game history. The remake released in 2016 in the United States for the PS3, PS4, and the PlayStation Vita. The PS Vita version reviewed much better than its console counterparts and the score of 93 on Met🦂acritic is why fans recommend playing it on the Sony handheld. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir was also the last published title in the partnership between NIS America and Atlus, likely caused by Sega purchasing Atlus.
5 🦄 Dragon Quest XI S (93)
Depending on what platform you're looking at, the Metacritic review scores for Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age dip as low as 80 on the PC and as high as 93 for the PS4. Considering most people played it on the latter platform it makes sense to add it to this list. The Dragon Quest franchise is one of the most important in all of the gaming industry and it's nice to see modern audiences have a nice entry point whether they're playing on PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox, or computer platforms across the wౠorld.
4 🍸 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (93)
With the recent release of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cyberpunk 2077, fans and critics alike are now looking back at how incredible of a feat 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was 🐼upon release. CD Projekt Red's finale to the Geralt trilogy of games felt 𒆙like a reset on the open-world role-playing game formula.
The game was praised for its meaningful side quests and incredible♛ post-launch con⛄tent. Not only does it sit at a score of 93 on Metacritic, but both of its major DLC expansions released to a Metacritic score of at least 90 as well.
3 🦂 Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced (94)
When modern gamers think of role-playing games they often imagine a first-person or third-person perspective as this is what most games in this genre play like on consoles. People forget that computer role-playing games or CRPGs are the root of what many of the most popular RPG franchises were built from. Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition by Larian Studios was released in 2015 and their attempt to bring this subgenre to modern audiences in an authentic and high-quality way was rewarded with a score on Metacritic ✅of 94.
2 Persona 5 Royal (95) 🌟
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 originally launched worldwide in 2017 and like its prede🌜cessor, it quickly became a widely beloved Japanese role-playing game. It was considered a must-play for fans of the genre, and so good in fact that those outside of the general audience should give it a try. In 2020 a version of the game included a new character and content released called Persona 5 Royal released worldwide and it took the original game's Metacritic score of 93 and boosted it into all-time great territory with a score of 95.
1 🌸 🌳 Divinity: Original Sin II (95)
Following the release of the original Divinity: Original Sin by Larian Studios in 2014 and 2015, strong expectations and hype were built upon their announcement of a sequel title. That sequel in question, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Divinity: Original Sin 2, despite releasing only 2 years later in 2017, met those expectations. Not only did Larian Studios build on what people 🐈loved, but they fixed what didn't work and that resulted in a score of 95 on Metacritic, 2 points higher than what they had accoꦡmplished with the release of the original game.