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The 2017 RPG Discussion Thread

Labadal

Member
Continuing what Durante started, I have decided to take up the mantle and continue with this yearly thread that we have had since 2014. Here's a link to the thread of 2016. What this thread will try to accomplish is to list role playing games relased in 2017 (in the West) and then we can discuss. I will list the games by release date. I will list full games and expansions. If you guys have any suggested games, please, share. Sharing is caring! I will continuously update the thread. While it might look bare bones now, I fully intend to list as many rpgs, PC, console,handheld, wrpg, jrpg, action, tun-based or what have you, as possible.

JANUARY
Kingdom Hearts 2.8
PS4: RELEASED
Action, AI companions, Disney, Third person
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
3DS: RELEASED
Allocate skill points. Party based, Turn-based, Visible enemy encounters, Third person
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Hellenica
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Tactical, Steampunk, Ancient Greece, Party based, Isometric
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Yakuza 0 10/10 Labadal Hype Points
PS4: RELEASED
Action, Story heavy, Side quests, Single character, Multiple protagonists, Third person
Japanese Demo available
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Tales of Berseria 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4: RELEASED
Action, Party based, Anime, Female protagonist, Third person
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Digimon World: Next Order
PS4: RELEASED
Breeding, Open world, AI companions, Third person
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FEBRUARY
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
PC, PS4, PSV: RELEASED
Alchemy, Party based, Turn-based, Third person
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Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
PC: RELEASED
Party based, Turn-based, Comedy
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Nights of Azure
PC: RELEASED
Action, Female protagonist, Summon AI companions, Third person
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Nioh
PS4: RELEASED, PC: December
Action, Japanese mythology, Third person, Souls inspired
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Super Robot Wars V
PS Vita, PS4: RELEASED (Asia with English subs)
Tactical, Turn-based, Party based, Mecha, Anime
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Dragon Ball: Fusions
3DS: RELEASED
Turn-based, Character creation, Party based, Time combat actions, Third person
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Shadows of Adam
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, pixel graphics, party based
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Ys Origin
PS Vita, PS4: RELEASED
Action, Platforming, Dungeon crawling, Top down camera, Single character, Multiple protagonists
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Torment: Tides of Numenera 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4, XB1: RELEASED
Turn-based, Party based, Spiritual successor, Story heavy, Far future
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Horizon: Zero Dawn
PS4: RELEASED
Action, Third person, Exploration, Post apocalyptic
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Summon Night 6: Lost Borders
PS Vita, PS4: RELEASED (NA)
Turn-based, Strategy, Class/job system
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MARCH
NieR Automata 9/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4: RELEASED
Action, Multiple endings, Genre shifts, Post apocalyptic
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Akiba's Beat
PS4, PSV: RELEASED
Action, Separate battlefields, Anime
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Mass Effect: Andromeda 4/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4, XB1: RELEASED
Shooter, Party based, Exploration, Sci-Fi
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Battle Brothers
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Tactical, Strategy, Survival, Medieval
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Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX
PS4: RELEASED
Action, Disney, Complation
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Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX (stylized as Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX) is a combo pack comprised of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX.



Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Blobber, Dungeon crawler, Anime
PC: RELEASED
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Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
PC, PS Vita, PS4: RELEASED
Alchemy, Party based, Turn-based, Third person
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APRIL
Persona 5 10/10 Labadal Hype Points
PS3, PS4: RELEASED
Turn-based, Dungeon crawl, Story heavy, Present day
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Cosmic Star Heroine 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4: RELEASED, PSV: TBA
ATB, 16 bit, Party based, Sci-Fi
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Dragon Quest Heroes II 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4: RELEASED
Action, Party based, Exploration
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Expeditions: Viking 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Strategy, Resource management, Allocate skill points
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Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
PC, PS4, XB1: RELEASED
Action, Cartoony, Change protagonist
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MAY
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Story rich, Party based, Side Quests
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The Caligula Effect 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
PS Vita: RELEASED
3rd person, Turn-based, Dungeon crawling
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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
3DS: RELEASED
Strategy, Class based, Anime
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Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Strategy
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The Surge
PC, PS4, XB1: RELEASED
Action, Souls inspired, Sci-Fi
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Starcrawlers
PC: RELEASED
Dungeon Crawler, Blobber, Sci-Fi
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Disgaea 5: Complete
NSW: RELEASED
Turn-based, Party based, Tactical
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The Long Journey Home
PC: RELEASED
Strategy, Simulation, Space
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Rakuen
PC: RELEASED
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JUNE
ClaDun Returns: This is Sengoku!
PC, PS Vita, PS4: RELEASED
Action, Pixel graphics
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Ever Oasis
3DS: RELEASED
Action, Build, Party based, Desert
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Dark Rose Valkyrie
PS4: RELEASED
Visual novel, Turn-based, Anime
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Tokyo Xanadu 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PS Vita: RELEASED
Action, Story rich, Dungeon Crawling, Anime
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JULY
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age 9/10 Hype Points
PS4: RELEASED
ATB, Job system, Gambits, Hunts
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Tower of Time EARLY ACCESS
PC: RELEASED
Real Time with Pause, Separate battlefields, RTS
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Children of the Zodiarcs 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4: RELEASED
Party, based, Turn-based, Tactics
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Immortal Planet
PC: RELEASED
Action, Isometric, Pixel graphics
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Fallen Legion
PS4, PSV: RELEASED
Side view, party based, time combat action
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AUGUST
Weaves of Fate
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Tactical, Pixel Graphics, Short
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GRIMOIRE
PC: RELEASED
Blobber, Pixel Graphics, Party Based, Allocate skill points, Incline
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
PC: RELEASED
Turn-based, Story rich, Anime
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Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
NSW: RELEASED
Turn-based, tactical, crossover
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Yakuza Kiwami 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PS4: RELEASED
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Ys SEVEN
PC: RELEASED
Action, party based, dungeon crawl
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SEPTEMBER
Monster Hunter Stories
3DS: RELEASED
Turn-based, Breeding, Anime
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PS Vita, PS4: RELEASED, PC: TBA
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 10/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC: RELEASED
Turn.based, Co-op, Party based, Allocate Skill points
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Vaporum
PC: RELEASED
Dungeon crawler, real time, steam punk
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GOKEN
PC RELEASED
Action, open world, isometric
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OCTOBER
Battle Chasers: Night War 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
NSW, PC, PS4, XB1: RELEASED
Turn-based, comic book style, jrpg inpsired
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Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates
PC: RELEASED
Isometric, Phase based, Party based, Neo Victorian
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ELEX 5/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4, XB1: October 13
Open world, factions
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Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon
PS4: JP Aug 31, US Oct 24, EU Oct 27
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NOVEMBER
.hack//G.U. Last Recode
PC, PS4: Nov 3 (PS4, don't know PC date)
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Demon Gaze II
PSV, PS4: US & EU
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Labadal

Member
TBA 2017
Demons Age
PC, PS4, XB1: It's a mystery

Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4, XB1 (Q2 2017)
Official webpage

Dark Quest 2
PC: TBA 2017
Available on Steam Early Access
Official webpage

Death's Gambit 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, PS4
Official webpage

Dungeon Kingdom: Sign of the Moon
PC, Mac, Linux: TBA 2017
Available on Steam Early Access
Official webpage

Dungeons of Aledorn 6/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC/Mac/Linux: TBA 2017
Official webpage

Fear Effect Sedna
PC: TBA 2017

For the King
PC, Mac: Q1 2017
EARLY ACCESS
Official webpage

Hyakki Castle
PC: Winter 2017

Insomnia
PC: TBA 2017
Official webpage

Legrand Legacy
PC: September 2017


Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords
PC: TBA 2017
Official webpage

No Truce With The Furies 8/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC: TBA 2017
Dev blog

Quote
PC: 2017
Available on Steam Early Access
Official webpage

Rainbow Skies
PlayStation: TBA 2017
Official webpage

Seven: The Days Long Gone
TBA: 2017
Official webpage

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones 7/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC, Mac, Linux: Q4 2017
Official webpage


Tangledeep
PC: Early Access

Tokyo Xanadu EX+
PS4, Steam: Fall 2017
New scenarios, new side stories, After story and other added content. HD resolution and 60 fps.

Underworld Ascendant
PC: TBA 2017
Official webpage

Vigilantes 6/10 Labadal Hype Points
PC: 2017
Oficial webpage

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr
PC: TBA 2017
Official webpage

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
PC: TBA 2017
Available on Steam Early Access
Official webpage

Xenoblade Chronicles 2
NS: TBA 2017

Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection
PC: TBA

2018 or later
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Archmage Rises
Ashen
ATOM RPG
Banner Saga 3
The Bards Tale IV
Barkley
Battletech
Bevontule
Biomutant
Boma Naraka Sura
Celestian Tales: Realms Beyond
Chronicle of Ruin
Copper Dreams
Code Vein
Cryamore
Cyberpunk 2077
Deep Down (Deep down, I know this is dead)
Deep Sky Derelicts
Depth of Extinction
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker's Memory
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Druidstone
Dual Gear
EITR
Ember
Fallen Gods
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Forged of Blood
Granblue Fantasy: Project Re:Link
Greedfall
Griftlands
Heart Forth, Alicia
Hellpoint
Immortal: Unchained
Inazuma Eleven Ares
Indivisible
The Iron Oath
Kingdom Hearts III
Knights of the Chalice 2
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Liege
Lost Sphear
Lost Soul: Aside
Mage's Initiation
The New World
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
No Truce With The Furies
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pathway: In search of the Lost Element
Phantom Doctrine
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Pixel Noir
Project Octopath Traveler
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology
Romancing SaGa 3 (Believe)
Rune: Ragnarok
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Second Coming
Secret of Mana Remake
Secrets of Grindea
Seven: The Days Long Gone
Seven Dragon Saga
Shadows: Awakening
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shin Megami Tensei for Nintendo Switch
Stellar Tactics
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Soul Saga: Episode 1
The Swords of Ditto
Underworld Ascendant
Unworthy
Vampyr
Wasteland 3
Werewolf: Earth Blood
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
Zanki Zero
 

Exentryk

Member
January:
Kingdom Hearts 2.8
PS4: Jan 12 (JP), Jan 24 (WW)



Feb/Mar:
NieR Automata

PS4:
JP: February 23, 2017
NA: March 7, 2017
PAL: March 10, 2017

PC:
TBA
 

Arulan

Member
No Labadal hype points? :p

You're missing some obvious ones such as Divinity: Original Sin 2, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and Battle Brothers, but I assume you already know that.
 

Kayhan

Member
Very, very curious about ELEX primarily because of Risen.

Surely the developer has to see the light at some point, right?

I mean, we all know it is going to be Euro-jank of the wazoo but I am fine with that. The problem is the don't seem to understand what made Risen so great.
 
Cosmic Star Heroine (by Zeboyd Games) should be out in 2017, I think.

Edit: Oh and if ARPGs count, Grim Dawn is getting an expansion this year. Don't think it has a name yet.
 

Mawnster

Member
Cyberpunk 2077
PC, PS4, XB1

AT ONE POINT THIS YEAR, I CAN FEEL IT IN MY VEINS.
I have faith... I... I just know... this is our year... I... Damn it...

*cries*...
 

Inuhanyou

Believes Dragon Quest is a franchise managed by Sony
My...my wallet is crying ;_;

Horizon
P5
Nier
KH 1.5+2.5+2.8
Nioh
Berseria
DQ11
NNK2

Off the top of my head, this is horrible!
 
The OP is missing the two most important RPGs of 2017: Divinity Original sin 2 and Torment.

(D:OS2 is more than likely to get delayed to 2018, but as of now the official time window is 2017)
 

kswiston

Member
Cyberpunk 2077
PC, PS4, XB1

AT ONE POINT THIS YEAR, I CAN FEEL IT IN MY VEINS.
I have faith... I... I just know... this is our year... I... Damn it...

*cries*...

We can add it now and see if it can make as many yearly threads as Persona 5 did.
 
Dragon Quest XI and Persona 5 is basically me set and done for the year.

Those are the two games that I just know won't fail me.
 
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book and Nights of Azure both come out on Steam this year too.

Gonna be a good one for PC.
 

Bladenic

Member
Trails of cold steel 3 is also coming out in japan this year i think. So... you know, just 5 more years for the west.

No way, the series is caught up in the west now. I think Cold Steel 3 will be mid 2018 in the west, which still sucks cuz avoiding spoilers that long ugh, but it won't be more than a year wait.
 

Mephala

Member
I was totally waiting for the Durante thread. I'm not sure if you wanted us to contribute thoughts on the releases but I'll add one for you any way.

Expeditions: Viking
PC (Q1 2017)

Tactical/Strategy RPGs with turn based combat and a dash of resource management. I played Expeditions: Conquistador with low expectations having been disappointed by another SRPG I had played (Blackguard) but it turned out to be a far more engaging experience and I had a great time. The combat in Conquistador fell into the tough start but easy late game trap but the game was enjoyable and pretty short so this was not an issue for me. The writing and setting in Conquistador both surprised me pleasantly so I have been looking forward to more from the developers. I find SRPGs to be less common subgenre so it gets a bonus on hype points from me 8.5/10 Mephala hype points.
 

Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
Dungeons of Aledorn
PC/Mac/Linux, TBD 2017

A kickstarter RPG that's looking to bring back the old Gold Box style RPG (or Northlands Trilogy or Betrayal at Krondor if you prefer). Graphically it's not much to look at but the gameplay and systems are shaping up nicely.

Underworld Ascendant
PC, TBD 2017

The spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld being made by a team of ex Looking Glass folks? Hell to the yes.

Starcrawlers
PC, Spring 2017

First person dungeon crawler/blobber in a sci fi setting with procedurally generated dungeons. This one has been a long time coming but the early access version is really solid so the final product should be stellar.

Copper Dreams
PC/Mac/Linux, Q1 2017

Cyberpunk RPG from the makers of Serpent in the Staglands with an emphasis and allowing multiple player driver approaches to solving problems. Looks great.
 

Labadal

Member
Writing from work: I haven't forgotten any games, especially not Divinity OS2 or Torment: Tides of Numenera. Thet are my most anticipated PC games of the year! but keep suggestions coming. Contributions like the one Mephala shared is also encouraged. I will update the thread in the evening.
I will be adding the Yakuza games.
 

Some Nobody

Junior Member
Feel free to steal this.

February:
Summon Night 6: Lost Borders
PS4, PSVita


Courtesy of the folk from Working Designs, Media Vision's 3D strategy RPG Summon Night is coming to America. Released for Summon Night's 15th anniversary, Lost Borders features main characters from across the entire franchise.
 

Staf

Member
This is going to be a extremely good RPG year with both Divinity 2 and Torment. Just hope Divinity is coming to the PS4. Me and my gf's best gaming moments is from co-oping 1 on PS4.
 

Staf

Member
Also subbing to this magnificent thread as i do every year. Good work Labadal. And good luck filling Durante's huge shoes :).
 

Opa-Pa

Member
Man, this year seems super promising. The highlights for me are Cosmic Star Heroine, Persona 5 and Digimon World.

Automata has me excited too but it seems to be 90% action, although I've avoided a lot of info so maybe I'm wrong.
 
I don't understand why Nier and Yakuza are RPGs and Horizon isn't. Actually I just recently found that people consider Horizon not an RPG even when devs constantly says that the game is an action RPG, but whatever.
 
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