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Short RPGs
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Lord_Potato
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Age of Decadence - a campaign lasts somewhere between 5 and 8 hours. But there are tons of replayability.
Fallout 1, you can finish it in like 15 hours without rushing things.
Of the titles that are less famous in these parts, Mass Effect 1 had quite a short campaign. Also, Vampire the Masquarade Redemption can be completed in under 20 hours. Also, if you like Spiders and/or Cyanide games, they are fairly short.
IncendiaryDevice
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How long is a piece of string?
Can you define what you mean by short pls?
1-10 hrs?
11-20 hrs?
20-40 hrs?
41-65 hrs?
66-120 hrs?
121-200 hrs?
201+ hrs?
Somberlain
Arcane
I was done with Numanuma in less than 2 hours.
CryptRat
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Some very good ones would be the Quest for glory games.
Also, from recent games I guess it is a good time to mention Epikos, which is loosely an RPG since there's no advancement but still mostly plays like one. It is kind of a storyfag game, with interesting and mysterious (pregenerated) characters, a cool plot with alternative endings unlockable via further exploration... Besides under the Ultima combat system constraints the combat is actually often fun, kinda puzzlish. Not great by any mean, but a decent small game in my opinion.
It's available here : https://kingbee.itch.io/epikos
Recently I've played Legends of murder 1 & 2 which are investigation games, adventure RPG/hybrid and are very short. They're not near as deep or good as the QfG games but the plot and atmosphere are nice and the research part is very decent.
More screenshots :
It's available here : https://kingbee.itch.io/epikos
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Goliath
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Shadowrun Returns was nice RPG snack food.
Most RPGs take so long because they have countless side quests, Shadowrun Returns doesn't. And while the combat is turn-based there aren't that many fights and they are over rather quickly.
The game is not very popular around here but it's my favorite among the new Shadowrun games because of the atmosphere / story which is way better than in the later games. I was actually emotionally impacted by it.
Dragonfall is a way better (and way longer) RPG but I felt like I was locked into the fantasy world of German leftists who went to Bioware writing school. Didn't feel remotely as "cyberpunk" as the first game.
Most RPGs take so long because they have countless side quests, Shadowrun Returns doesn't. And while the combat is turn-based there aren't that many fights and they are over rather quickly.
The game is not very popular around here but it's my favorite among the new Shadowrun games because of the atmosphere / story which is way better than in the later games. I was actually emotionally impacted by it.
Dragonfall is a way better (and way longer) RPG but I felt like I was locked into the fantasy world of German leftists who went to Bioware writing school. Didn't feel remotely as "cyberpunk" as the first game.
Falksi
Arcane
Blast through "A Bird Story" if you just want a short, 1 hour, barely interactive but sentimental story to chill to.
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West of Loathing.
My 1st playthrough was about 10 hours, though I missed stuff.
My 1st playthrough was about 10 hours, though I missed stuff.
Neanderthal
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Fallout.
IncendiaryDevice
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Awesome. Which ones have you already played so people can get an idea of the kind of stuff you like?
ShaggyMoose
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circ
Arcane
I am in total agreement with you. Many on codex disagree, but I think after finally having played it recently, SRR captures the SR cyberpunk feel and world the best out of all three, and if I'm not mistaken it has the most varied locations too, if small. It doesn't get hung up on personal stories which aren't interesting in the first place, but lets the world do most of the story - which is as it should be.
V_K
Arcane
Voidspire Tactics and Alvora Tactics are both 10-15hr games with great combat and exploration.
CryptRat
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Buck Rogers : Countdown to doomsday is probably among of the shortest SSI gold box games. Starflight is not that long either. They're both great.
circ
Arcane
Oh how i yearn for a Starflight remake
Filthy Sauce
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I found Dragon age inquisition fairly short. Lasted me about a hour.
Luckmann
Arcane
The request was for RPG:s, not gayworld simulations.
Unrest isn't really a classic RPG, more like an interactive novel but with you having a character that you move around and everything, but it may be worth a shot. One of those games that try to have a reactive narrative so it can be worth a replay or two. One playthrough is very short.
Not great or anything but for a cheap price it might be worth it.
Not great or anything but for a cheap price it might be worth it.
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