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131-478: Fallout: New Vegas is a 2010 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks . It was released for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 , and Xbox 360 . Set in the Mojave Desert 204 years after a devastating nuclear war , the player controls a courier who wakes up after being shot in the head by an unknown assailant. While tracking down their assailant,

262-540: A bonus payment if any version of the game received an 85/100 or higher on the review aggregator website Metacritic . Fallout: New Vegas missed the threshold by one point, as Metacritic assigned the game a weighted average critic score of 84/100 for the Windows and Xbox 360 versions, and an 82/100 for the PlayStation 3 version. When asked about barely missing the threshold, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said, "It

393-486: A first-person or third-person perspective. It is set in the Mojave Desert , years after a nuclear war left much of the United States decimated. The player controls a courier who survived an assassination attempt from an unknown assailant. The goal of the game is to complete a series of quests to find the assailant, which eventually culminates in a war between different governing factions vying for control of

524-446: A "role-playing shooter" due to the heavy RPG elements within the game, such as quest-based gameplay and also its character traits and leveling system. Half-Minute Hero (2009) is an RPG shooter featuring self-referential humour and a 30-second time limit for each level and boss encounter. Other action role-playing games with shooter elements include the 2010 titles Alpha Protocol by Obsidian Entertainment and The 3rd Birthday ,

655-593: A 1991 issue of Computer Gaming World criticized several computer role-playing games for using "arcade" or "Nintendo-style" action combat, including Ys , Sorcerian, Times of Lore, and Prophecy . In 1991, Square released Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden , also known as Final Fantasy Adventure or Mystic Quest in the West, for the Game Boy . Like Crystalis , the action in Seiken Densetsu bore

786-580: A Securitron named Victor and nursed back to health by physician Doc Mitchell. The courier then departs on the search of Benny and the Platinum Chip. In the casino on the New Vegas strip, the courier confronts Benny, where they choose to either kill him and recover the Platinum Chip or let him escape. The courier becomes embroiled in a conflict between the NCR, Caesar's Legion, and Mr. House for control of

917-535: A bad thing, but New Vegas does feel like a giant, awesome expansion." Pearson was disappointed that there were few technological advancements made in Fallout: New Vegas . Pearson said, "New areas, characters and factions, but the same clunky inventory and character models. Two years to stay exactly where you were." Francesca Reyes of the American version of Official Xbox Magazine struggled to recommend

1048-542: A cut-off for any historical references. The motif of conflicts between factions was inspired by previous fan requests. During a Game Developers Conference presentation, Sawyer noted that Obsidian wanted to avoid what he described as " Jesus / Hitler " moments, in which factions like the NCR or Caesar's Legion were presented as simply either good or bad. Instead, he wanted to instill a sense of moral ambiguity. According to Sawyer, "A player should feel like there's something good and bad about what they pick." In order to capture

1179-480: A deadly toxic cloud. The second DLC was Honest Hearts . Set in Zion National Park , the story revolves around the courier's involvement in a conflict between several tribes. The third DLC, Old World Blues , features B movie humor and a plot about a group of mad scientists . The final story driven DLC was Lonesome Road , in which the player tracks down another courier named Ulysses, who had turned down

1310-411: A doctor or specific items. Additionally, ammo has weight which necessitates careful inventory management, and companions can permanently die . Hardcore Mode can be enabled or disabled at any point in the game. If the player completes the entire game with Hardcore Mode enabled they unlock an achievement . Fallout: New Vegas takes place in the year 2281, 204 years after a devastating nuclear war between

1441-650: A heart monitor to represent the player's Attack Power and Armor Class statistics. Another controversial aspect of the game involved taking drugs (instead of potions) that increase/decrease attributes, but with side effects such as heart-rate increase/decrease or death. Origin Systems , the developer of the Ultima series, also released an action RPG in 1988, titled Times of Lore , which was inspired by various NES titles, particularly The Legend of Zelda . Times of Lore inspired several later titles by Origin Systems, such as

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1572-487: A large expansion pack . Bethesda creative director Todd Howard successfully lobbied for a full game instead of an expansion pack, and suggested Obsidian based on their experience with the Fallout series. Obsidian had previously turned down an offer from Bethesda in 2007 to develop a Star Trek game, but agreed to develop a spin-off game to the main Fallout series. Bethesda wanted the game to take place somewhere in

1703-505: A level cap, or a limit of levels available. For example, in the online game RuneScape , no player can exceed level 120, which requires 104,273,167 experience points to gain, nor can any single skill gain more than 200 million experience points. Some games have a dynamic level cap, where the level cap changes over time depending upon the level of the average player. In some systems, such as the classic tabletop role-playing games Traveller , Call of Cthulhu and Basic Role-Playing , and

1834-426: A level-based experience system also incorporate the ability to purchase specific traits with a set amount of experience. For example, D&D 3rd Edition bases the creation of magical items around a system of experience expenditure (known as burning xp ). The d20 System introduced the concept of prestige classes , sets of mechanics, character developments, and requirements that can be leveled up. Some games have

1965-414: A level-based experience system. In many games, characters must obtain a minimum level to perform certain actions, such as wielding a particular weapon, entering a restricted area, or earning the respect of a non-player character . Some games use a system of "character levels", where higher-level characters hold an absolute advantage over those of lower level. In these games, statistical character management

2096-468: A level-up system while playing a modification of Chainmail , for which Gygax was a co-author. Dungeons & Dragons needed an abbreviation for "experience point", but EP was already in use for "electrum pieces", part of the currency system. One of TSR's first hires, Lawrence Schick, suggested the abbreviation to XP, to help Gygax complete the game manuals before release. Some games use hybrid advancement systems that combine elements from more than one of

2227-424: A lot of popularity on the 2010s with titles such as Warframe (2013), Destiny (2014) and Destiny 2 (2017), The Division (2016) and The Division 2 (2019). Experience point In many RPGs, characters start as fairly weak and untrained. When a sufficient amount of experience is obtained, the character "levels up", achieving the next stage of character development. Such an event usually increases

2358-538: A mission system and role-playing game mechanics, as well as MMORPGs with real-time combat systems. Allgame listed the following games released prior to 1984 as action RPGs: Temple of Apshai (1979) and its sequel Gateway to Apshai (1983), Beneath the Pyramids for the Apple II (1980), Bokosuka Wars (1983), and Sword of Fargoal (1983). Jeremy Parish of USgamer claimed that Adventure (1980)

2489-979: A more dialogue-heavy experience akin to the Baldurs Gate games and even older series like Falcom's Dragon Slayer/Xanadu series had its outing Xanadu Next with similar Diablo influences. The influences also come full circle when the first Diablo game was inspired by rogue-likes Umoria and Angband and in more recent years many games in the rogue-like genre are inspired by more classic dungeon crawler ARPGs that Diablo helped spawn. In this sub genre there are such recent titles as Path of Exile (2013), Grim Dawn (2016), Zenonia S: Rifts In Time (2015), Book of Demons (2018), Shadows: Awakening (2018), Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl Gold (2017), Titan Quest: Anniversary Edition (2016) and its expansions Titan Quest: Ragnarök (2017) and Titan Quest: Atlantis (2019), Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (2020) and Minecraft Dungeons (2020). The prominence of Diablo 2 in

2620-483: A more traditional RPG-esque system, including experience points and levels with action game elements. Unlike its predecessor, Zelda II more closely fits the definition of an action RPG. Another Metroidvania -style action RPG released that year was System Sacom 's Sharp X1 computer game Euphory , which was possibly the only Metroidvania -style multiplayer action RPG produced, allowing two-player cooperative gameplay. The fifth Dragon Slayer title, Sorcerian ,

2751-534: A much more charged meaning. A term intended to describe this style of play without pejorative connotation is optimization , also known as "XP farming". Power-leveling is using the help of another, stronger player to level a character more quickly than is possible alone. Games that allow several characters to participate in a single event (such as battle or quest completion), implement various methods of determining how and when experience gets shared between participants. These methods include: only awarding experience to

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2882-460: A perk, which is a permanent beneficial upgrade. For example, the perk Rapid Reload increases the reload speed for guns by 25 percent. Fallout: New Vegas features an open world map that the player can freely explore. Locations the player can discover range from small settlements and abandoned buildings, to larger locations like the Hoover Dam and the city of New Vegas, which was built from

3013-766: A prequel and expands on the story of the courier. A mod that added a new map to the game, Fallout: The Frontier , was the subject of media attention due to its large size and controversial content. Some fans have negatively compared Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 to Fallout: New Vegas . When compared to Fallout: New Vegas , common criticisms ascribed by fans are uninteresting storylines, downgraded role-playing mechanics, and limited options for player expression. Patricia Hernandez of Kotaku commented, "It sometimes seems as though you can't talk about Fallout 4 without having someone start talking about how good New Vegas is, how much they wish Obsidian, rather than Bethesda, handled modern Fallout games. It's in every comments section for

3144-444: A radio, and listen songs from the 1940s to the early 1960s on makeshift radio broadcasts. While exploring, the player can recruit some non-player characters as companions, who will accompany the player and assist them in combat. There are a variety of weapons in the game, including standard guns, energy-based guns , melee weapons, and explosives. While in combat, the player can utilize a gameplay mechanic known as V.A.T.S., which pauses

3275-446: A remorted character. The term "remort" comes from MUDs . In some MUDs, players may become immortal characters—administrative staff—simply by advancing to the maximum level. These users are generally expected to distance themselves from gameplay, and interaction with players may be severely limited. When an immortal chooses to vacate this position to resume playing the game—usually from level one just as with any new character—he or she

3406-404: A sense of surviving in the desert, such as item crafting and Hardcore Mode. According to Sawyer, "We really approached it from that perspective, like, 'Hey, if you want a more challenging thing that makes you feel more like you're struggling in the desert, then here's this aspect for you." Obsidian took inspiration from the Fallout 3 modding community, specifically the mods that sought to improve

3537-480: A set cost in experience points with set limits on the maximum bonuses that can be purchased at a given time, usually once per game session. Once experience points are used, they are erased or marked as spent from the character record and cannot be used again. Final Fantasy XIII and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay are examples of games that use a cash-in advancement system. Since many early role-playing video games are derived from Dungeons & Dragons , most use

3668-580: A strong resemblance to that of Legend of Zelda , but added more RPG elements. It was one of the first action RPGs to allow players to kill townspeople, though later Mana games removed this feature. Arcus Odyssey by Wolf Team (now Namco Tales Studio ) was an action RPG that featured an isometric perspective and co-operative multiplayer gameplay. In 1993, the second Seiken Densetsu game, Secret of Mana , received considerable acclaim, for its innovative pausable real-time action battle system , and its innovative cooperative multiplayer gameplay, where

3799-513: Is Hardcore Mode, which adds survival mechanics such as a need to routinely eat, drink, and sleep. After the release of Fallout 3 in 2008, Bethesda contracted Obsidian to develop a spin-off game to the Fallout series. Las Vegas and the surrounding Mojave Desert was chosen as the setting, as they evoked the 1950s style that the series was known for, as well as the post-apocalyptic imagery of Mad Max . Project director Josh Sawyer wanted

3930-423: Is a game mechanic in some role-playing games. Once a character reaches a specified level limit, the player can elect to start over with a new version of the character. The remorting character generally loses all levels, but gains an advantage that was previously unavailable, such as access to different races , avatars , classes , skills, or otherwise inaccessible play areas within the game. A symbol often identifies

4061-567: Is a subgenre of video games that combines core elements from both the action game and role-playing genre. Action role-playing games emphasize real-time combat where the player has direct control over the characters as opposed to turn or menu -based combat while still having a focus on character's stats in order to determine relative strength and abilities. These games often use action game combat systems similar to hack and slash or shooter games . The term "action role-playing game" may also describe action-adventure games , which include

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4192-458: Is a very short period of time to develop a Triple-A game. When asked about the hastened development, Sawyer said: "We were working somewhere between forty and fifty hours a week, which is not too crazy ... It was a really tight schedule, but I don't think we had a point where we all thought 'this is crazy we can't do it.'" The contracted development meant that some areas of the game needed to be cut. For example, there were planned settlements east of

4323-544: Is considered the first example of an immersive sim , a genre that combines elements from other genres to create a game with strong player agency and emergent gameplay, and has influenced many games since its release. The engine was re-used and enhanced for Ultima Underworld ' s 1993 sequel, Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds . Looking Glass Studios planned to create a third Ultima Underworld , but Origin rejected their pitches. After Electronic Arts (EA) rejected Arkane Studios ' pitch for Ultima Underworld III ,

4454-402: Is referred to as leeching. In games that allow players to gain rewards by kill stealing , this is also considered a form of leeching. Some players of online games use automated programs known as bots to grind or leech for them in order to progress with minimal effort. This practice often violates the terms of service. Bots are also commonly used in commercial operations in order to powerlevel

4585-404: Is said to have remorted, "becoming mortal again". Grinding refers to the process of repeating one specific activity over and over. This is done, for example, by repeatedly participating in challenges, quests, tasks and events which reward experience points for performing repetitive, often menial challenges. This definition can also be used in multi-player games , but it is typically displaced by

4716-464: Is top notch (especially the dialogue), and I wanted to see more from most of the characters I met, but none of the scripted moments deliver the nuclear bang that Bethesda achieved." The side quests received praise, and some reviewers felt they were more interesting than the main story. Kevin VanOrd of GameSpot greatly appreciated the amount of solutions each quest offered, such as a quest that allowed

4847-424: Is usually kept to a minimum. Other games use a system of "skill levels" to measure advantages in terms of specific aptitudes, such as weapon handling, spell-casting proficiency, and stealthiness. These games allow the players to customize their characters to a greater extent. Some games, particularly MUDs and MMORPGs , place a limit on the experience a character gains from a single encounter or challenge, to reduce

4978-860: The Princess Crown series, including Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade . Princess Crown had a more cartoon-like visual appeal. It still had quality visuals due to the George Kamitani style. LandStalker's 1997 spiritual successor Alundra is considered "one of the finest examples of action/RPG gaming", combining platforming elements and challenging puzzles with an innovative storyline revolving around entering people's dreams and dealing with mature themes. Ultima Underworld ' s influence has been found in BioShock (2007), and that game's designer, Ken Levine , has stated that "all

5109-506: The World of Darkness games, experience points are spent on specific abilities or attributes chosen by the player. In most games, as the difficulty of the challenge increases, the experience rewarded for overcoming it also increases. As players gain more experience points, the amount of experience needed to gain abilities typically increases. Alternatively, some games keep the number of experience points per level constant but progressively lower

5240-743: The World of Darkness series. It allows the player to select which skills to advance by allocating "points". Each character attribute is assigned a price to improve, so for example it might cost a character 2 points to raise an archery skill one notch, 10 points to raise overall dexterity by one, or it might cost 20 points to learn a new magic spell . Players are typically free to spend points however they choose. Some games simplify free-form advancement by offering packages or templates of pre-selected ability sets. A cash-in experience advancement system uses experience points to "purchase" character advancements such as class levels, skill points, new skills, feats, and base attribute points. Each advancement has

5371-633: The Colorado River , including three locations controlled by Caesar's Legion. These locations would have provided more information about the faction. Fallout: New Vegas was announced in April 2009, and the first trailer was shown in February 2010. There were four different pre-order bonuses available for players who pre-ordered the game from Amazon , Best Buy , GameStop , Steam , or Walmart . Each pre-order bonus included weapons and items that

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5502-616: The Dragon's Crown Artworks foreword: "The motif within Dragon's Crown is all the fantasy works that has affected me until now: the PC RPG Wizardry that I first came into contact with as a student; Ian Livingstone 's gamebooks; games like Tower of Druaga , Golden Axe and The King of Dragons ." He also cites his early 20s work on Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom as "truly something that I had aspired for". Dragon's Crown

5633-413: The Fallout intellectual property . The following year they released Fallout 3 . Fallout 3 was well received by critics, and sold more than 5 million copies in 2008. Prior to the release of Fallout 3 , Bethesda had already begun development on what would become The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim . Bethesda wanted to support Fallout 3 with more content, and decided to contract another developer to create

5764-477: The Fallout 4 articles we post, I see it on Reddit a whole lot, and I've been emailed petitions about Obsidian and future Fallout games many, many times" said Hernandez. When the Fallout television series came out, the episode " The Trap " seemingly contradicted the plot of Fallout: New Vegas , which led some fans to believe that Bethesda was trying to retcon the game due to their perceived disdain of its reception. When Bethesda director Todd Howard clarified

5895-790: The MMO vehicular combat game Auto Assault (2006) by NetDevil and NCsoft . Other action RPGs featured both hack and slash and shooting elements, with the use of both guns (or in some cases, bow and arrow or aerial combat ) and melee weapons, including Cavia 's flight-based Drakengard series (2003 to 2005), and Level-5 's Rogue Galaxy (2005). Other RPS games include the Mass Effect series (2007 onwards), Fallout 3 and subsequent Fallout titles (2008 onwards), White Gold: War in Paradise (2008), and Borderlands (2009). Borderlands developer Gearbox Software has dubbed it as

6026-557: The West Coast of the United States . The first two Fallout games were set along the West Coast, and Obsidian felt that a similar setting would give them opportunities to expand on concepts that were introduced in Fallout 2 , such as the NCR. Numerous story elements were proposed, such as setting the game in a city based on Reno, Nevada , or allowing the player to play as either a human, ghoul , and super mutant. The latter idea

6157-503: The first installment of its Ys series in 1987. While not very popular in the West, the long-running Ys series has performed strongly in the Japanese market, with many sequels, remakes and ports in the decades that followed its release. Besides Falcom's own Dragon Slayer series, Ys was also influenced by Hydlide , from which it borrowed certain mechanics such as health-regeneration. The Faery Tale Adventure offered one of

6288-609: The soundscape of the American Southwest . The first email Zur received while working on the soundtrack included the following descriptors: "Southwest in the Future. Open, Spacious, Raw, Lonesome, Cowboy, Rattlesnake, Desert, Wind, Heat, Rust, Steel, Dirt, Grit." Inspired by the soundtrack for the film There Will Be Blood , Zur worked with audio director Scott Lawlor to compose music for a string quartet . Fallout: New Vegas features an adaptive music system, which means

6419-414: The 1990 games Bad Blood (another action RPG based on the same engine) and Ultima VI: The False Prophet , based on the same interface. Also in 1989, the enhanced remake Ys I & II was one of the first video games to use CD-ROM , which was utilized to provide enhanced graphics, animated cut scenes, a Red Book CD soundtrack, and voice acting. Its English localization was also one of

6550-531: The Great Khans, a tribe of drug dealers; and the Brotherhood of Steel , a militant organization who aim to secure old technology. While delivering a poker chip -shaped data storage device known as the Platinum Chip to New Vegas, the courier is ambushed by mobster and casino owner Benny, who steals the Platinum Chip and shoots them in the head. Left for dead, the courier is dug out of a shallow grave by

6681-885: The Mojave Desert. In addition to the main quests, the player can participate in optional unrelated quests known as side quests. Kristinie Stiemer of IGN estimates that it takes around 100 hours to complete every quest in the game. At the beginning of the game, the player can customize the courier's physical appearance by choosing their gender, age, and race. They can then allocate points into seven primary attributes : strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility, and luck. These attributes are known as S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats, and range from 1 to 10. Additionally, there are 13 secondary attributes whose point totals are affected by S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats: barter, energy weapons, explosives, guns, lockpick, medicine, melee weapons, repair, science, sneak, speech, survival, and unarmed. If

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6812-591: The NCR took control of the Hoover Dam, which provides electricity to the surrounding area. Caesar's Legion and Mr. House each want to control the Hoover Dam for themselves and advance their own plans for the region. Along with the three main factions, minor ones include; the Boomers, a heavily armed xenophobic tribe at Nellis Air Force Base ; the Powder Gangers, escaped convicts from a correctional facility;

6943-600: The PC-8801 computer in September 1984, it abandoned the command-based battles of earlier role-playing games in favor of real-time hack-and-slash combat that required direct input from the player, alongside puzzle-solving elements. In contrast to earlier turn-based roguelikes , Dragon Slayer was a dungeon-crawl role-playing game using real-time, action-oriented combat, combined with traditional role-playing mechanics. Dragon Slayer's overhead action role-playing formula

7074-537: The Platinum Chip as part of his plan to usurp Mr. House with the assistance of a reprogrammed Securitron called Yes Man. Hoover Dam becomes the center of the conflict between the NCR and Caesar's Legion. The player can choose which faction to support, which results in one of four endings. If the player supports the NCR, they successfully repel the Legion's attack at Hoover Dam and annex the Mojave Wasteland. If

7205-888: The United Kingdom. Fallout: New Vegas was released for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 , and Xbox 360 on October 19, 2010, in North America, October 21 in Australia, and October 22 in Europe. By November 8, the game had sold 5 million copies worldwide, and achieved $ 300 million in revenue. The market research firm Electronic Entertainment Design and Research estimated that by 2015, the game had sold 11.6 million copies worldwide. Fallout: New Vegas suffered from numerous glitches upon release, including crashes , saved game corruptions, and frame rate issues. The large number of glitches were heavily criticized by fans, and

7336-679: The United States and China, known as the Great War. Three major entities seek control of the Mojave Desert, known in-game as the Mojave Wasteland: The New California Republic (NCR), a democratic republic that attempts to maintain law; Caesar's Legion, a violent tribal army inspired by the Roman legion ; and Mr. House, a mysterious businessman from New Vegas who controls an army of robots called securitrons. As part of an eastward expansion from California,

7467-568: The Washington, D.C. metro in Fallout 3 was tightly compact, the Mojave Desert in Fallout: New Vegas is more spread-out. Other differences include a warmer color palette for the graphics, and the inclusion of local flora, such as Joshua trees and prickly pear cacti . Obsidian wanted the city of New Vegas to closely resemble the Las Vegas strip in the 1950s. This meant that each casino was adorned with large neon signs, and their architecture

7598-633: The Year, and the 2010 IGN award for Most Bang for Your Buck. Fallout: New Vegas was also nominated for the Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year award during the 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , but lost to Mass Effect 2 . In the years since its release, Fallout: New Vegas has been reevaluated by fans and journalists, and the game's reception has significantly improved. Cass Marshall of Polygon wrote, " Fallout: New Vegas has endured in

7729-537: The base game. Avellone cites the survival horror elements of the DLC Dead Money as an example. Avellone said, "It would feel weird if you designed even maybe a big Fallout New Vegas level around that. But as a DLC, it felt like, 'Oh, cool. This is my trip to a horror realm.'" In Dead Money , the courier is captured and forced to stage a heist on the Sierra Madre Casino, which is concealed by

7860-535: The camera to some degree. As such, these are often grouped with other "isometric RPGs". The popularity of the Diablo series spawned such franchises like Divinity , Torchlight , Dungeon Siege and Sacred . Commonly, these games used a fixed-camera isometric view of the game world, a necessity of the limitations of 2D graphics of early computers; The Diablo series spawned many terms like being referred to as "dungeon crawler" "slasher RPG" "hack and slasher",

7991-411: The character stronger and able to accomplish more difficult tasks, such as safely battling stronger enemies, gaining access to more powerful spells or combat techniques, or resolving more difficult social challenges. Typically, levels are associated with a character class , and many systems allow combinations of classes, allowing a player to customize how their character develops. Some systems that use

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8122-586: The character whose hit killed the enemy (as in Fire Emblem series); sharing experience among characters (as in D&;D ); and giving experience based on each character's actions (as in Final Fantasy Tactics ). In some online games (for example Dungeon Defenders ), it is possible to join a group and gain experience while providing little or no contribution to the group. This type of behavior

8253-451: The character's statistics , such as maximum health , magic and strength, and may permit the character to acquire new abilities or improve existing ones. Levelling up may also give the character access to more challenging areas or items. In some role-playing games, particularly those derived from Dungeons & Dragons , experience points are used to improve characters in discrete experience levels ; in other games, such as GURPS and

8384-456: The characters, setting the standard for first-person computer RPGs for several years. It inspired many other developers to make real-time dungeon crawlers, such as Eye of the Beholder and Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos . Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss , released in 1992, has been cited as the first RPG to feature first-person action in a 3D environment. Ultima Underworld

8515-406: The courier becomes embroiled in a larger conflict between different governing factions vying for control of the region. Fallout: New Vegas features an open world map that the player can freely explore. Much of the gameplay revolves around combat, and there are a variety of weapons the player can use, such as melee weapons, conventional guns, and energy-based weapons . An optional difficulty level

8646-514: The cultural zeitgeist in a way that few other games have." Some critics have referred to Fallout: New Vegas as the best game in the Fallout series, and as one of the greatest role-playing games of all time. In a retrospective article about the Fallout series, Ian Dransfield of Retro Gamer stated, " New Vegas served as the balance between Bethesda's new 3D approach, and Black Isle/Interplays focus on traditional [role-playing] mechanics." Eurogamer 's Emma Kent wrote that, "it felt like even

8777-409: The effectiveness of power-leveling . "Perks" are special bonuses that video game players can add to their characters to gain special abilities. The term refers to the general usage of " perk " as an abbreviation of " perquisite ". Perks are permanent rather than temporary and are progressively unlocked through experience points. The first video game to use the term "perks" to refer to such a mechanic

8908-402: The experience gained for the same tasks as the character's level increases. Thus, as the player character strengthens from gaining experience, they are encouraged to accept new tasks that are commensurate with their improved abilities in order to advance. The term "experience point" was introduced by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in the creation of Dungeons & Dragons . Arneson introduced

9039-558: The feel of the Mojave Desert, Obsidian used data collected by the United States Geological Survey . Additionally, Sawyer traveled to Las Vegas and took reference photos of the surrounding areas, including the nearby Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area . Obsidian used the Las Vegas Beltway as a point of reference while designing the map, as they felt a road system circling the map would help

9170-487: The first to use voice dubbing . The game received the Game of the Year award from OMNI Magazine in 1990, as well as other prizes. Another 1989 release, Activision 's Prophecy: The Fall of Trinadon , attempted to introduce "Nintendo-style" action combat to North American computer role-playing games. Action RPGs were far more common on consoles than computers, due to gamepads being better suited to real-time action than

9301-428: The following types. In many role-playing games, such as games derived from Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D ), an accumulation of a sufficient number of experience points (XP) increases a character's "level", a number that represents a character's overall skill and experience. To "level" or "level up" means to gain enough XP to reach the next level. By gaining a level, a character's abilities or stats increase, making

9432-430: The game and allows the player to target specific body parts of an enemy. V.A.T.S. is dictated by a statistic known as Action Points. Each attack while in V.A.T.S. costs Action Points, and when the player runs out of Action Points they must wait a short period of time before they can use it again. The player's reputation among factions is an important game mechanic, and it is determined by previous actions. For example, if

9563-512: The game for what it was. The subsequent DLC add-ons and the active modding community also contributed to the game's long-lasting appeal. PC Gamer 's Dominic Tarason wrote, "Years of dedicated community efforts have culminated in New Vegas being a better game than ever." Among the more notable mods include Tale Of Two Wastelands , which combines the maps of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas , and Fallout: New California , which serves as

9694-448: The game is played from a third-person perspective. Players can customize their player character , which learns to cast spells, brew potions, and master combat abilities, eventually developing their own special combat style. In late 1987, FTL Games released Dungeon Master , a dungeon crawler that had a real-time game world and some real-time combat elements (akin to Active Time Battle ), requiring players to quickly issue orders to

9825-414: The game to anyone who did not enjoy Fallout 3 . The newly added gameplay mechanics, such as faction reputation and Hardcore Mode, were well received, as reviewers felt they added an additional layer of complexity over Fallout 3 . By contrast, reviewers were divided in their opinions on the companions. Christopher Monfette of G4 felt the companions provided a stronger emotional connection than any moment in

9956-471: The game with quality of life changes. Bethesda provided Obsidian with the Gamebryo engine, which had been used for Fallout 3 . No one at Obsidian had ever worked with Gamebryo, and as a result, the company hired a modder who had worked with the engine while developing a mod for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion . The soundtrack for Fallout: New Vegas was composed by Inon Zur , and was intended to evoke

10087-409: The game's mouse-based combat were mixed. In 1997 Blizzard's Diablo was released and became massively successful. It was an action RPG that used a mouse oriented point-and-click interface and offered gamers a free online service to play with others that maintained the same rules and gameplay. Diablo ' s effect on the market was significant, inspiring many imitators. Its impact was such that

10218-400: The game, including four story-based add-ons that featured new areas for the player to explore. Since its release, Fallout: New Vegas has been reevaluated by fans and journalists and is now regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time . Some commentators have described the game as a cult classic . Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing game that can be played from either

10349-585: The gaming market and its influence on the MMORPG genre later popularized the strongly used mouse-oriented point and click combat. While in the Diablo series this type of combat does not have a lock-on key, World of Warcraft and most MMO games uses some kind of key to target an enemy, usually TAB, to lock into it, usually referred to as "tab-target". In tab-target combat the player's character automatic do attack animations with some kind of regular attack, while

10480-484: The help of Yes Man. The origins of Fallout: New Vegas date back to the cancellation of Van Buren , which was intended to be the third game in the mainline Fallout series. Under the development of Black Isle Studios , Van Buren was to be set in Arizona , Colorado , Nevada , and Utah , and would have included a mixture of real-time and turn-based combat. Black Isle Studios' publisher Interplay Entertainment

10611-466: The issue, PC Gamer released an article with the headline " 'New Vegas is a very, very important game to us,' says mildly exasperated Todd Howard, who will never stop getting grilled about New Vegas." Since 2022, a yearly Fallout: New Vegas themed fan event has been held in the town of Goodsprings, Nevada , the player's starting location in-game. Action role-playing game An action role-playing game (often abbreviated action RPG or ARPG )

10742-448: The job to deliver the Platinum Chip to Mr. House. Two additional non-story driven DLC add-ons were released: Courier's Stash and Gun Runners' Arsenal . Courier's Stash granted access to the items that were originally released as pre-order bonuses, and Gun Runners' Arsenal added new weapons, modifications , and types of ammunition. Upon its release, Fallout: New Vegas received positive reviews from critics. Bethesda offered Obsidian

10873-465: The keyboard and mouse. Though there were attempts at creating action-oriented computer RPGs during the late 1980s and early 1990s, very few saw any success. Times of Lore was one of the more successful attempts in the American computer market, where there was a generally negative attitude towards combining genres in this way and more of an emphasis on preserving the purity of the RPG genre. For example,

11004-448: The largest worlds at the time, with over 17,000 computer screens without loading times. In 1988, Telenet Japan 's Exile series debuted, and was controversial due to its plot, which revolves around a time-traveling Crusades-era Syrian assassin who assassinates various religious/historical figures as well as 20th-century political leaders, The gameplay of Exile included both overhead exploration and side-scrolling combat, and featured

11135-469: The main quest, while Dan Whitehead of Eurogamer found the companions to be more trouble than they were worth due to their penchant for ignoring the commands he gave them. Many reviewers derided the glitches, which were seen as substantive and disruptive to gameplay. Among the more common glitches noted in reviews were poor companion and enemy pathfinding , framerate issues, and crashes. Mike Nelson of 1Up.com stated that Fallout: New Vegas had some of

11266-405: The map, as she felt it acted as a catalyst to find new side quests and unique locations. Since Obsidian chose to make only minor adjustments to the gameplay, some reviewers described Fallout: New Vegas as merely a large expansion of Fallout 3 rather than a separate game. Steimer wrote, "I often want to call it Fallout 3: New Vegas . Since the first game was so widely loved, that's certainly not

11397-432: The most frustrating glitches he had ever seen, and he would have given the game a higher score had it not been for them. A reviewer for Edge wrote, "Creatively, New Vegas gets almost everything right. Mechanically and technically, it's a tragedy." Some reviewers noted that they still enjoyed the game despite the glitches. Giant Bomb 's Jeff Gerstmann wrote, "When I reflect on the experience, I'll probably think about

11528-746: The player can focus on activating other skills and items by pressing other keys. Usually this type of combat is not heavily based on aiming or hit boxes thus the player can hit enemies from different distances and even from a far. Some tab-target MMOs have other targeting options such as an "Action mode". Shooter-based action RPGs include Strife (1996), System Shock 2 (1999), the Deus Ex series (2000 onwards) by Ion Storm , Bungie 's Destiny (2014), Irem 's Steambot Chronicles (2005), Square Enix's third-person shooter RPG Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006), which introduced an over-the-shoulder perspective similar to Resident Evil 4 , and

11659-415: The player could access at the beginning of the game. Another pre-release item for Fallout: New Vegas was a collector's edition , which included the game itself, seven poker chips , a replica Platinum Chip, a deck of cards with character illustrations, a prequel graphic novel , and a making-of documentary. Pre-order sales for Fallout: New Vegas were higher than those for Fallout 3 in North America and

11790-421: The player decides to help a faction, they may be given new armor or access to a secret base. Likewise, if the player's actions are perceived as detrimental, the faction might send assassins to try and kill the player. Some factions dislike one another, and if the player is helpful to one faction, they may be unable to complete quests for another faction. Reputation extends to companions, as some companions will leave

11921-440: The player has a high intelligence stat for example, then they will be more proficient with the medicine, repair, and science skills at the beginning of the game. The player can add more points into skill stats whenever they earn enough experience points to level up . Experience points can be earned through several methods, such as killing an enemy or completing a quest. When the player reaches an even-numbered level, they can select

12052-428: The player if they are disliked by a specific faction. An optional difficulty level in Fallout: New Vegas is Hardcore Mode, which adds survival mechanics the player must keep track of. For example, the player must routinely eat, drink, and sleep in order to avoid dying from starvation, dehydration, or sleep deprivation. Healing items gradually heal wounds instead of instantly, and crippled limbs can only be healed by

12183-640: The player navigate. Bethesda requested that the game include large structures that the player could use as visual landmarks. While Fallout 3 used monuments in Washington, D.C. as visual landmarks, Fallout: New Vegas used kitschy roadside attractions, such as a large dinosaur statue, based on the Cabazon Dinosaurs in Cabazon, California . These attractions were part of a broader goal to differentiate Fallout: New Vegas from Fallout 3 . Whereas

12314-416: The player supports Caesar's Legion, they force the NCR to retreat, and conquer the Mojave Wasteland. Mr. House wants to have sole control of New Vegas, and if the player supports him, the overwhelming securitron army forces both factions to leave the area. Alternatively, if the player wishes for the Mojave Wasteland to remain independent of leadership, they can take control of Mr. House's securitron network with

12445-452: The player to either fight robots in an abandoned museum or steal a keycard and avoid confrontation altogether. Reiner offered similar commentary, and said, "In just the missions and story, New Vegas offers a nearly unprecedented level of depth ... it delivers a true sense of ownership over the experience and gives you thousands of reasons why you should come back and play it again and again." Kristine Steimer of IGN gave particular praise to

12576-426: The player's stats, or as a currency to purchase items, and penalizing player deaths without imposing an outright failure state. It also incorporated online features allowing players to leave messages in the overworld that can be read by other players, to temporarily join other players' sessions to assist them cooperatively, or "invade" another player's session to engage in player versus player combat. Especially after

12707-481: The region. It is revealed that Mr. House survived the nuclear apocalypse in a life-support chamber. He created the Platinum Chip, which contains a program capable of upgrading his Securitron army; the device was initially meant to protect Las Vegas during the Great War, but the war began before the Chip could be delivered. After the Platinum Chip was located, the courier was tasked with delivering it to Mr. House. Benny stole

12838-514: The release of its spiritual successor Dark Souls (2011) and its sequels, other action RPGs emerged in the 2010s that incorporated mechanics influenced by those of Demon's Souls , which have been popularly referred to as " Soulslike " games. In 2013, Vanillaware released the fantasy beat 'em up ARPG Dragon's Crown , a spiritual successor to Princess Crown and a "deeply moving product" of Vanillaware director George Kamitani. Kamitani cites many classic RPGs as his inspiration, stating in

12969-515: The remnants of Las Vegas . The player is equipped with a wearable computer called the Pip-Boy 3000 . The device serves as a menu , and allows the player to access items they have acquired, view detailed character statistics and active quests, and look at the map. The player can use the Pip-Boy 3000 map to fast travel to previously discovered locations. The player can also use the Pip-Boy 3000 as

13100-451: The role-playing video games Dungeon Master , Final Fantasy II , The Elder Scrolls , the SaGa series, and Grandia series, character progression is based on increasing individual statistics rather than general experience points. Skills and attributes grow through exercised use. Free-form advancement is used by many role-playing systems including GURPS , Hero System or

13231-610: The same year. Jeremy Parish of 1UP.com argues that Japanese developers created a new brand of action role-playing game; these new Japanese games combined the role-playing genre with arcade-style action and action-adventure elements. Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade also traces the genre's roots to Japan, noting that the "Western game industry of the time had a tendency to treat action games and RPGs as separate things for separate demographics". Jeremy Parish argues that action RPGs were popularized in Japan by The Tower of Druaga . It

13362-459: The second or third players could drop in and out of the game at any time, rather than players having to join the game at the same time. The game has remained influential through to the present day, with its ring menu system still used in modern games and its cooperative multiplayer mentioned as an influence on games such as Dungeon Siege III (2011). Most other such games, however, used a side-scrolling perspective typical of beat 'em ups, such as

13493-459: The series should follow chronological order. Project director Josh Sawyer wanted the story of Fallout: New Vegas to focus on the themes of greed and excess. As a result, the history of Las Vegas served as an inspiration, due to the city's connection with organized crime . One of the working titles for the game was Fallout: Sin City . Sawyer used the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 as

13624-411: The series was also heavily criticized by players and media for not being a proper RPG due to it being focused more on fighting enemies and creating character builds than following a proper narrative and dialogue-heavy journey. After its success many other games tried to mix its influences with different structures and narratives, there are multiple games like Divine Divinity that were an attempt to have

13755-453: The smallest story was carefully crafted to maintain interest and deliver a rewarding kicker ... on the macro scale, New Vegas took a more serious tone by weaving a complex power struggle that mirrors many current real-world conflicts." Part of the game's reevaluation stemmed from the patches that fixed many of its glitches. Kat Bailey of VG247 notes that once the discourse regarding the technical aspects subsided, players grew to appreciate

13886-542: The soundtrack will change depending on what is happening to the player. While exploring, the music is quiet and ambient, and when the player enters combat, the music becomes loud and powerful. In addition to the original soundtrack, Fallout: New Vegas features licensed music that the player can listen to via in-game radio stations. The licensed music features songs from the 1950s, and encompasses several music genres , including country and bluegrass . Over 65,000 lines of dialogue were recorded for Fallout: New Vegas , which at

14017-483: The story as a significant improvement over Fallout 3 , and appreciated how factions would adapt to the player's choices and previous actions. The British version of Official Xbox Magazine called the story "staggering in scope and consistent in quality", with particular praise for the final quest. Despite their enjoyment, some critics bemoaned the lack of memorable story moments when compared to Fallout 3 . Game Informer 's Andrew Reiner wrote, "Obsidian’s writing

14148-427: The story to focus on the themes of greed and excess, and used the history of Las Vegas as an inspiration. Obsidian used data collected by the United States Geological Survey as well as reference photos taken by Sawyer to design the map. Bethesda gave Obsidian 18 months to develop Fallout: New Vegas , which several journalists have noted is a very short period of time to develop a Triple-A game. Fallout: New Vegas

14279-506: The studio instead created a spiritual successor : Arx Fatalis . Toby Gard stated that, when designing Tomb Raider , he "was a big fan of ... Ultima Underworld and I wanted to mix that type of game with the sort of polygon characters that were just being showcased in Virtua Fighter ". Ultima Underworld was also the basis for Looking Glass Technologies' later System Shock . The 1988 Origin Systems title Times of Lore

14410-620: The template for many future action RPGs, even though it does not strictly fit the definition of later action RPGs. In contrast to previous action RPGs, such as Dragon Slayer and Hydlide, which required the player to bump into enemies in order to attack them, The Legend of Zelda featured an attack button that animates a sword swing or projectile attack on the screen. It was also an early example of open-world, nonlinear gameplay , and introduced new features such as battery backup saving. These elements have been used in many action RPGs since. In 1987, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link implemented

14541-427: The temples to refuse to level him up. Xanadu Scenario II , released in 1986, was an expansion pack , created to expand the content of Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu . Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (1985) also featured a morality system. Eurogamer cites Fairlight (1985) as an early action RPG. An important influence on the action RPG genre was the 1986 action-adventure The Legend of Zelda , which served as

14672-468: The term "action RPG" has come to be more commonly used for Diablo -style games, with The Legend of Zelda itself slowly recategorized as an action-adventure. Very commonly, these games used a fixed-camera isometric view of the game world, a necessity of the limitations of 2D graphics of early computers; even with 3D graphic engines, such point-and-click games are still presented from a similar isometric view, though providing options to rotate, pan, and zoom

14803-713: The things that I wanted to do and all the games that I ended up working on came out of the inspiration I took from [ Ultima Underworld ]". Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski also cited it as an early influence, stating that it had "far more impact on me than Doom ". Other games influenced by Ultima Underworld include The Elder Scrolls: Arena , Deus Ex , Deus Ex: Invisible War , Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines , and Half-Life 2 . FromSoftware 's Demon's Souls (2009) emphasized unforgiving enemies and environments, combined with risk-and-reward mechanics such as limited checkpoints, collecting "souls" that can be consumed as experience points to increase

14934-553: The third game in the Parasite Eve series, features a unique blend of action RPG, real-time tactical RPG, survival horror and third-person tactical shooter elements. Shooter-based RPGs include Imageepoch 's post-apocalyptic Black Rock Shooter (2011) , which employs both first-person and third-person shooter elements, and Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV (2016) , which features both hack and slash and third-person shooter elements. The online live service version gained

15065-401: The time, set a Guinness World Record for the most lines of dialogue in a single-player role-playing game. Numerous celebrities were brought in as voice actors , including: Matthew Perry , Wayne Newton , Zachary Levi , Kris Kristofferson , Danny Trejo , Michael Dorn , and Felicia Day . Bethesda gave Obsidian 18 months to develop Fallout: New Vegas , which several journalists have noted

15196-406: The times the game locked up on me or broke in a dozen other crazy ways first, before thinking about the great world and the objectives that fill it. If you were able to look past the issues that plagued Fallout 3 and [ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ] before it, New Vegas will eventually show you a real good time." Fallout: New Vegas won the 2011 Golden Joystick Award for Role-Playing Game of

15327-415: Was a commercial success, and is estimated to have sold 11.6 million copies worldwide. It received positive reviews upon its release, with praise directed toward the writing and quests . Some critics questioned the lack of significant gameplay changes when compared to Fallout 3 , and the numerous glitches present in initial versions were heavily chastised. Six downloadable content add-ons were released for

15458-478: Was also one of the earliest action RPGs. Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu , released in 1985 (billed as a "new type of real-time role-playing game"), was an action role-playing game including many character stats and a large quest. It also incorporated a side-scrolling view during exploration and an overhead view during battle, and an early "Karma" morality system where the character's Karma meter will rise if he commits sin (killing "good" enemies), which in turn causes

15589-508: Was also released that year. It was a party-based action RPG, with the player controlling a party of four characters at the same time in a side-scrolling view. The game also featured character creation, highly customizable characters, class-based puzzles, and a new scenario system, allowing players to choose from 15 scenarios, or quests , to play through in the order of their choice. It was also an episodic video game , with expansion disks later released offering more scenarios. Falcom also released

15720-433: Was an action RPG with an icon-based point-and-click interface. Bad Blood , another Origin Systems game from 1990, would use the same interface. The designers were inspired by console titles, particularly The Legend of Zelda , to make their interface more accessible. The 1994 title Ultima VIII used mouse controls and attempted to add precision jumping sequences reminiscent of a Mario platform game, though reactions to

15851-610: Was an action RPG. Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton claimed that the Intellivision games Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1982) and Treasure of Tarmin (1983) were action RPGs. Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade notes that Adventure lacked RPG mechanics such as experience points and permanent character growth, and argues that Gateway to Apshai is "the earliest game I'd feel comfortable calling an action-RPG" but notes that "it doesn't fit neatly into our modern genre classifications", though came closer than Bokosuka Wars released

15982-483: Was an ongoing rivalry developing between the Dragon Slayer and Hydlide series over the years. The Tower of Druaga , Dragon Slayer and Hydlide were influential in Japan, where they influenced later action RPGs such as Ys , as well as The Legend of Zelda . Falcom's Dragon Slayer , created by Yoshio Kiya, is "the very first action-RPG ever made" according to GameSetWatch. Originally released for

16113-475: Was commonly discussed by video game journalists at the time. In the months after release, Bethesda published multiple patches to fix the glitches. Fallout: New Vegas was supported with six downloadable content (DLC) add-ons. Designer Chris Avellone spearheaded the development of the DLC add-ons. His goal was to expand the story of Fallout: New Vegas , and incorporate gameplay ideas that would not have worked in

16244-512: Was in the contract, it was what it said. We didn't put it in there and we signed it. I wasn't crying over it by any stretch of the imagination." Bethesda's decision to use Metacritic's rating as a determinant for bonus payment was met with some criticism, as journalists felt that the website lacked the objectivity needed to measure the quality of a game. Fallout: New Vegas 's story and writing were well received, and were consistently highlighted in reviews. Craig Pearson of PC Gamer described

16375-427: Was modeled after the contemporary Googie movement. The gameplay of Fallout: New Vegas remained largely unchanged from Fallout 3 . Obsidian instead focused on making minor adjustments, such as giving the player more tactical options while in combat. The player could now use iron sights on guns, and accuracy would be greatly affected by player movement. Optional gameplay mechanics were added that would further evoke

16506-575: Was re-released with a PS4 "Pro" edition in 2018. Assassin's Creed , a long-running Ubisoft franchise, also shifted towards the action RPG formula, inspired by the successes of The Witcher 3 and the Dark Souls series, with its titles Origins (2017), Odyssey (2018) and Valhalla (2020). Avalanche Software released Hogwarts Legacy in 2023. Set in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and its surrounding areas,

16637-444: Was rejected due to the technical challenges that would arise from ghouls and super mutants wearing armor. Las Vegas and the surrounding Mojave Desert was chosen as the setting, as they evoked the 1950s style that the series was known for, as well as the post-apocalyptic imagery of Mad Max . Obsidian wanted Fallout: New Vegas to take place between the events of Fallout 2 and Fallout 3 , although Bethesda mandated that each game in

16768-454: Was released for arcades in June 1984, and was intended as a "fantasy version of Pac-Man , with puzzles to solve, monsters to battle, and hidden treasure to find". Its success in Japan inspired the development of Dragon Slayer (1984) and Hydlide (1984). Dragon Slayer , Hydlide and Courageous Perseus (1984) "vie for position as genre precedent" according to John Szczepaniak, and there

16899-574: Was struggling financially, and in December 2003 Van Buren was cancelled. Prior to the project's cancellation, former Black Isle Studios and Interplay Entertainment employees cofounded Obsidian Entertainment. Over the next few years, Obsidian developed the role-playing games Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords , Neverwinter Nights 2 , and Alpha Protocol . In 2007, Bethesda Softworks purchased

17030-457: Was the 1997 role-playing video game Fallout . Besides RPGs, perks have been used in various other video games in recent times, including first-person shooters such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and Killing Floor (2009), as well as action games such as Metal Gear Online (2008). "Remorting" (also known as "rebirth", "ascending/ascension", "reincarnating", or " new game plus ")

17161-515: Was used in many later games. T&E Soft 's Hydlide , released in December 1984, was created by Tokihiro Naito, who was influenced by The Tower of Druaga . It was the first action RPG with an overworld . The game was immensely popular in Japan, selling 2 million copies across all platforms. According to John Szczepaniak, it "cannot be overstated how influential Hydlide was on the ARPGs which followed it". The same year, Courageous Perseus

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