You can have a cRPG set in any videogame universe of your choice

[Elwro]

The Expanse.

So that each player would roleplay his version of Josephus Alois(i)us Miller.

 

[North Gibraltarian Dog]

Caveman in prehistoric time, with DINOSAUR

 

[Night Goat]

I'd really like a hard sci-fi RPG, maybe based on the Eclipse Phase tabletop rpg or the Revelation Space series of books. Some other tabletop RPG settings that could be cool are Rifts (fuck balance!), Deadlands and Seventh Sea. There's a third-party Pathfinder setting called Cerulean Seas that could be cool, it's set entirely underwater so there would be a bunch of creatures you don't see regularly and it could do interesting things with three-dimensional combat.

Also gonna second or third or whatever the Book of the New Sun. The Dying Earth is another far-future setting that could work. I'd also like to see some pre-LotR fantasy like the aforementioned Conan, H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands or the setttings of Clark Ashton Smith.

 

[Xorphitus]

I'd really like a hard sci-fi RPG, maybe based on the Eclipse Phase tabletop rpg or the Revelation Space series of books. Some other tabletop RPG settings that could be cool are Rifts (fuck balance!), Deadlands and Seventh Sea. There's a third-party Pathfinder setting called Cerulean Seas that could be cool, it's set entirely underwater so there would be a bunch of creatures you don't see regularly and it could do interesting things with three-dimensional combat.

Also gonna second or third or whatever the Book of the New Sun. The Dying Earth is another far-future setting that could work. I'd also like to see some pre-LotR fantasy like the aforementioned Conan, H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands or the setttings of Clark Ashton Smith.

It sucks that so far only one Rifts videogame has been made. If they ever made a Rifts cRPG I would like to see it focus on NGR or Phase World.

 

[laclongquan]

Caveman in prehistoric time, with DINOSAUR

WHAT? You dont like hunting giant monster? You dont... cum in your pant at the thought of hunting a humongous lifeform?

Damn, Man! What the hell do you eat everyday, anyway?

 

[Repulsive]

Myst

 

[powell]

A lot of people already said Star Trek, so I'll say Stargate. You could travel worlds with your party, meeting less advanced human societies, slaying Goa'uld, and releasing your burdens until your ascension. Stargate has two tabletop RPGs, but I haven't played either of them.

Already existing cRPG universes are out of the question.

My cheeky answers are Diablo and Dark Souls. Both of those universes could use an RPG set in them.

 

[North Gibraltarian Dog]

WHAT? You dont like hunting giant monster? You dont... cum in your pant at the thought of hunting a humongous lifeform?

Damn, Man! What the hell do you eat everyday, anyway?

Well maybe could be great but I'm a History taliban.

Some ideas for your game bro! Enjoy:

 

[Infinitum]

Warhammer 40k. Random hiveworld. VtM:BL style first person. Start out as a minor Deamon possessing a rogue psyker in the underhive. Complete quests given unto you by the warp powers that be. Eat the souls of your enemies. Grow ever more powerful even as you struggle to maintain your mortal frame. Lie, scheme and murder your way to the top of society. Set up a cult to your own image. Become the baddest motherfucker on the planet, then marvel as his emperors inquisition begs to differ.

Shit practically writes itself.

 

[Lady_Error]

- Planescape
- Demon Princes books by Jack Vance

 

[santino27]

The Black Company world, for me. Always liked the sense of history and 'bad shit keeps going down' that Cook managed to impart.

 

[laclongquan]

No need to go that far. The John Carter's Mars setting could be a fine thing to do.

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

Demon Princes books by Jack Vance

Also Dying Earth.

 

[ga♥]

Something placed in Moorcock's Multiverse would be great!

Oh and planescape too.

 

[Efe]

it would be nice to finally have an rpg in elder scrolls universe

 

[DavidBVal]

A toilet bowl full of piss, shit and germs, where you get to play the chosen germ.

Technically this is what we mostly play already.

I'd pick historical settings, never felt more fascinated with a setting than I did with Darklands. Arcanum came close, but in part it was because of the likeness to historic eras. I'm not sure if it can be reused in other games.

 

[Barnabas]

Someone had a great idea about creating a new Matrix crpg that's set to simulate America in 1880. The idea is actually picking up steam and has quite a following among intellectuals.

 

[Pablosdog]

Videogame Universes: A Mind forever Voyaging, Endless Legend, Mdk, and Descent

Novel Universes:The Eternal Champion by Michael MoorCOCK (Elric would also be good but people might accuse it of being too much like Twitcher), Imajica universe by Clive Barker
Pnp universes: Mage: The Awakening or Changeling, Deadlands,
Rifts would be hilarious

 

[Aenra]

- Choice n1:
Dan Simmons' Hyperion


As long as:
a) it's not written by librul cunts
b) it's not written by youngsters (no offense to most of you, but you just don't get it like we do)

edit: as to 'why'? Multiple reasons. The theme, the atmosphere, the mood, it's like William Gibson matured. Bleak, raw, but in a subtle kind of way where it matters, he never tells you life isn't worth shit anymore/ tech supplanted the drive to imagine. Touches all the relevant topics, but doesn't serve you conclusions as is the trend nowadays. And it could fit in a good RPG like a glove. Few "battles", but important ones aka no "trash", plenty of C&C, branching, time tropes..

If you don't know what i'm talking about, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)
(buy it, thank me later)

- Choice n2:

The Black Company world

Want... again though, lol, as long as it's not written by librul/sensitive cunts, as long as it's not written by children.

 

[Harry Easter]

A RPG at the time of the Thirty Years' War, with Magic as a ressource, based on the ideas about magic at the time. The Protestants and the catholic church would be their own factions, with the church more streamlined and the magic of Saints on their side and the Protestants compensate their lack of structure through sheer fanatism. Relics are very valuable and can change the course of the battle.

There are Dwarves and Elfes, but more the kind we get in old fairytales and myths, so they are more mysterious and dangerous than Legolas and Gimli. The Wild Hunt appears sometimes and fucks everything up, from cities to whole armies. They could be a possible antagonist, like in the Witcher 3 (the concept is as old, as europe). Witches are real and you can decide to ally with them, but it costs you reputation with Protestants and Catholics.

You would play a group of mercenaries trying to get rich or become nobles. Maybe you stop the world/the Empire from getting destroyed, when you fight the Wild Hunt.

 

[North Gibraltarian Dog]

Something placed in Moorcock's Multiverse would be great!

I agree. But I prefer some of the Eternal Champion trilogy worlds over more popular Melniboné.

For example Phoenix in Obsidian (1970) world, is an older and far more complex and credible version of "Dark Sun", dying Earth, D&D setting.

On the other hand every of the historic settings proposed could work.


But anyway, either fantasy, sci-fi or historical setting, the true innovative part will be always the gameplay focus/game mechanics.

Some ideas for a different types of Crpgs:

-Ideology struggles of the age of ideological incline (1830-1930): Old TRUE liberals* against neo-absolutism, the Spring of Nations, the rise of nationalism, the transformations on conservativism, the beginings of the true racism, the anarchists, the old pre-russian revolution marxists, the imperialism, the american isolationism/pan-american (by USA) imperialism, the great changes era in Japan, the true colonialism, the apex of Imperialism, the roots of fascism and nazism... With gameplay centered on that ideological struggles, on social prevalence, on economic or political fights. The combat anyway, could and probably MUST exist, but not "typical Crpg-warrior combat".

-Wartime "not combat based" Crpg. WWI or II, 30 years war or whatever, guns, magic or sword war, but with civilians as protagonists. A more complex and "rpgish" War of Mine, centered not only in survival but in the rest of changed activities during wartime.

-A Crpg centered in Old World commerce (phoenicians, trans-asian caravans, roman ship merchant, republiche marinare -Venice, Genoa, etc- during their Golden Age, or fucking dutch sea-gypsies/pirates Golden Age -and later english but more meh- , etc...). Something following the Caravan (a 2016 german casual game but interesting in some aspects) innovative ideas but with far more complexity and Crpg features.

-A combat focused Crpg in a "resist the invasion" context. The exact moment of the nazi or russian/austrian/prussian invasion of Poland, or the chinese/persian/russian setting during the exact moment of the begin of Mongol Invasions or some sort of opposite of Expedition: Consquistador role-playing in the maya, aztec, incaic side. The mechanics can change radically with this focus on "being in the invaded" side.


*: WTF :kwafuckyeah: friends? "Liberals" as post-modern leftist? really??

 

[V_K]

Myst

Just opened this thread to say exactly that.
Myst would make a terrific blobber.

 

[LibertyRansom]

Set in Louisiana in 1865 during the final days of the confederacies defeat during the American Civil War. You would play as a confederate deserter. Essentially, you would be on the run from both confederacy, along with the union army as it laid waste to many southern institutions. The game would be fairly dark and focus on concepts such as defeat and collapse of organizations.

Combat would be split between limited range weapons (one or two shot guns), and then forced melee or other tactics. Game would have light elements of voodoo, bullet crafting, and black magic.

 

[Spectacle]

it would be nice to finally have an rpg in elder scrolls universe

Daggerfall exists. Another one would be sure be nice whough.

 

[Dorateen]

Samurai Jack, the future setting when Aku has taken over. With a Wizardry-style class system and gameplay.

That's how you do an RPG "where Evil won".