I like not just CRPG, but specifically scifi and/or post apocalyptic CRPG. I’ve replayed the first two Fallout games umpteeth times. Wasteland 2 and 3, while being tactical CRPGs rather than singular character driven ones are high on my list of great games.
But I’m looking to diversify. I know there are many Fallout-likes, but figuring out which are worth my time is difficult. So what have you?
UnderRail is always recommended but it also looks kind of impenetrable to understand.
ATOMRpg was fun at first when I tried it, but after a while my character simply couldn’t pass any speech checks and I got stuck wandering around the map in frustration.
I haven’t tried Encased. Reviews are split, with a lot of critique of the end game. I have no clue if it’s been worked on.
Colony Ship looks super interesting but I won’t buy it until it’s done.
I spent some time on Kenshi and had a good time, but I still don’t get how the factions’ system works. It looks liem there’s a bunch of NPCs around, and a few of them have some sort of quest (I remember the Sheks that go in the desert to die fighting some big enemy), but I see people talking about how the world changes regardless of your actions and I just haven’t experienced that
I’d have to check it again for details but there’s a tab in the menus that logs faction activities. There you can see who’s raiding who and if someone’s planning to raid you a few days in advance.
Otherwise there are these religious fanatics that require you to carry their book, pay taxes and basically be a racist to be in good standing…
Also travelers are out and about who trade, get robbed, enslaved, attacked by monsters etc etc.