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Top 30 Best RPGs of Last 5 Years

October 19, 2020 by Dennis Patrick

You won’t want to miss out on these great RPG titles!

#25 Child of Light
  • Developer: Ubisoft
  • Publisher: Ubisoft

Child of Light takes place in a fictional land known as Lemuria where players take on a child who awakes to find the land dying. In order to bring the land back to life Aurora must seek out the sun, moon and stars that are being captive by the Queen of the Night.

Gameplay is mainly a side-scroller with platforming and RPG elements. As you progress further into the game, players can level up various stats. Combat on the other hand is similar to active-time battle systems that are present in other classic RPG series such as Final Fantasy.

#24 South Park: The Fractured But Whole
  • Developer: Ubisoft San Francisco
  • Publisher: Ubisoft

The latest South Park video game, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is an RPG played in a 2.5D third-person perspective and follows the events that occurred in South Park: The Stick of Truth.

Within the game, players take on the role of the New Kid during a massive war of rival superhero factions. Gameplay features turn-based RPG combat where players can think out attacks before initiating them. Likewise, character classes will be available for players to choose and each will alter character stats such as increasing short-ranged or long-ranged combat.

#23 Assassin’s Creed Origins
  • Developer: Ubisoft
  • Publisher: Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed: Origins is the latest installment within the Assassin’s Creed series. Players are taken to the end of the Ptolemaic period in Egypt as they witness the origins of the long driven conflict between the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Templar Order. Being an Assassin’s Creed game, you can expect a heavy emphasis on stealth with Origins being more opened world to explore during your game progression.

#22 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
  • Developer: Square Enix, Amor Project
  • Publisher: Square Enix

The eleventh main installment to the Dragon Quest franchise is Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. This video game installment keeps up with the same formula that you’ve likely been accustomed to with the past Dragon Quest video game releases. Players will be exploring the world and fight against a variety of monsters as they go through the RPG narrative. As expected, the combat system will remain the same as a turn-based RPG where players will have to strategically take out the enemy.

When it comes to the story, players will take the role of a young boy who must climb a mountain as is the tradition for all young children during a coming of age ceremony. However, after the climb, our protagonist finds out that he is actually the reincarnation of a former hero. With this new information, players will embark on a destiny filled with combating evil and darkness within the land.

#21 Tales of Berseria
  • Developer: Bandai Namco Studios
  • Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment

Tales of Berseria is an action RPG where players take the role of a young woman named Velvet Crowe who is out for vengeance after she is betrayed by someone who she once saw as family. The Tales series has a few installments on the PlayStation 3 such as Tales of Xilla which is another highly regarded installment available on the console but Berseria is one you won’t want to put down.

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