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Earlier this year, Owlcat Games launched their survey about RPGs people play. They've been generous to share detailed results in the Steam announcement. This is an exceptional moment (not often you get such survey results published for free). I remember many years ago, Larian did the same thing...

This is a thread for interesting things that people have picked up over the years. The game is big enough that every player might find something they missed. I'll start. 1. The DC for pickpocketing is not directly displayed in the game's interface, and the number you see is actually NOT the...

User Kynslagh on Steam created a list to measure the replay value/bang for buck of games by the percentage of 100+ hour reviews they have compared to total reviews. Raise a hand if you're one of them (I certainly am, for quite a few games from this list, from Skyrim, to BG3, to Rimworld). ;)...

Noticed this today while browsing the game's Steam reviews (45% from only 73 reviews, yeeesh). The game got into Early Access yesterday. https://www.eurogamer.net/greedfall-2-mystifies-me-its-currently-a-step-backwards-for-the-series So it seems for today's RPG market, you either go action...

Forget the BG3 character creator, forget Dragon's Dogma 2, or even Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I didn't know something could surprise me that much, and at the same time, fulfill exactly all my wishes for a character creator in an immersive game...

A sequel has been announced and will become available later this year. Feeling inspired, I've returned to the first game, which is a flawed masterpiece. When Kingdome Come: Deliverance released, it got a lukewarm reaction. But with time, bugs were squashed, optimization improved, and more and...

I've managed to restore the text of a (now deleted) previous post about Nier: Automata from the thread about games that surprised us. Here it is: My experience with the game went like this: female sexy androids were all over the Internet, and everyone mentioned the game; I also knew it won a...

Our forum grows! Just recently, 2 fresh users joined, hopefully, more are on the way! Let's vote and see what the community thinks. We already have a Baldur's Gate 3 section. Is it time to introduce more? The General RPG Discussion section now has 10 pages. Eventually, every forum should get...

Hello and welcome to another exclusive by the TavernRPG team. We reached out to Writer and Designer Anton Krasilnikov. Atom Team is a multinational game indie-development studio based in Cyprus, Ukraine, and Latvia, currently working on Swordhaven: The Iron Conspiracy, a classic party-based RPG...

Welcome to another exclusive by the TavernRPG team. We reached out to Isaac Otway @IsaacCHS —the founder and producer of Crimson Herring Studios. CHS is an indie studio headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with a talented, diverse, remote-working team. Thanks a lot to everyone involved in...

Dating. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I feel like role-playing should affect relationships with NPCs as well. BG3 (especially with the latest patch) and now also Cyberpunk 2077 added long-requested features to be able to hang out with your partner and spend time together. It's been a long road...

It's that time of the year! The time to celebrate games we've all enjoyed. Just as in 2022 (our 2022 thread), Steam allows every user to nominate games you've played (but actually playing the nominated game is not a hard requirement) for 100%-community-driven awards. Take note that the majority...

I'm fairly certain it's a possibility now. Let's look at the factors leading to an assumption the next game for Larian Studios is Neverwinter Nights 3. Before BG3 was released, Swen Vincke gave Eurogamer an interview which had the following parts: How much do your plans for the future depend...

This has been an important topic for me for a long while. Some context. My own experience now when I actually play Act 3: yes, and no. There are some really fun quests and moments. But also, some things feel unfinished. I'd say the game would benefit from quests that do not include combat or...

There is a discussion on Twitter about whether BG3 can be considered an indie for the purpose of the Best Indie awards. Then the question goes this way: is Dave the Diver an indie? What about games by Valve or CDPR? What are the requirements? No external publisher? A small team size? Exactly...

I know we have another thread about VO actors, but needed to get it off my chest, I've wanted to say this for some time. What needs to be recognized on a bigger scale in the whole industry (IMHO) right now is this amazing event that has been going on for a while with the BG3 cast! Reaction...

"TA: If you had a chance to work on any single project right now without any budget or time limitations, and you could get whatever team you wanted, would you make Pentiment 2, Pillars of Eternity 3, or Fallout New Vegas 2? JS: I don’t think I would make Pentiment 2. I really do feel very...

"The meeting of Minsc and Boo, one of the most enduring partnerships in PC gaming, came about in a tabletop Dungeons & Dragons game James Ohlen ran as a teenager. Then a comic book store manager, he took advantage of his premises to guide no fewer than three concurrent D&D groups through their...

I've thought about starting this thread for a while. We had a similar topic about games created in the '90s and '00s. Here are a few snippets I've gathered about the latest info on games' budgets. Baldur’s Gate 3 was said to have been developed by over 300 staffs across 6 studios with a budget...

Yeah, that time of the year is approaching. The Golden Joystick Awards 2023 (GJAs) is already open for voting. Doesn't require any subscription or anything. Just vote. If you don't know or don't want to vote in a particular category, you can skip it...