Bethesda alone.
Wizardry, Ultima... Rogue?
The entire genre of RPGs exists because of geek-ass weirdos on American mainframes in the late 1970s. I got nerd-sniped wondering what could've come out on Channel F, and every trope was established and waiting before literally the first proper games console.
7 1 ReplyIntentionally lists RPGs not made in US
"Why doesn't my list have RPGs made in the US?!?"
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Elder scrolls, Fallout, Red Dead Redemption, and Mass Effect would all like a word
67 4 ReplyGive me like 15 years.
6 0 ReplyI'm gonna defend the Americans on this one.
Fallout and Elder Scrolls are two of the most obvious examples that could have been listed, but they weren't.
42 1 ReplyI'm surprised no one has mentioned Mass Effect yet. Or Dragon Age, even with a picture of a cosplay of Morrigan in the OP.
40 1 ReplyWasn’t Gary Gygax American?
19 0 ReplyAnon baits people into recommending good RPGs
136 0 ReplyFallout? And I mean the Black Isle fallouts.
Speaking of Black Isle, they also did Planescape and Icewind Dale.
Also: Bioware made Baldur's Gate 1 and 2; they're Canadian not European. Unless they just mean 3.
And of course, the OG RPG: D&D. Pretty sure Gygax was American.
69 5 ReplyFallout, Wasteland, The Elder Scrolls.
Also smaller games come to my mind, like Child of Light or South Park: The Stick Of Truth which are made by Ubisoft Montreal.105 7 ReplyNot including FF, Dragon Quest or Persona in Asian RPGs?? Blasphemy!
30 2 ReplyWants good RPGs
lists Solasta, one of the mid-dest games I've have the neutrality of playing
26 2 ReplyIt gets even worse when you know Europe and Asia are the same continent.
44 13 ReplyPathfinder - Asia
Uhh, no? Paizo is an American company. Based in Redmond, Washington, according to Wikipedia.
42 7 ReplyI was going to say Horizon Zero Dawn, but Guerilla Games is Dutch.
15 3 ReplyI seriously can't tell if that's cosplay or video game screenshot
10 0 ReplyWell, the Diablo series was quite good
28 1 ReplyDungeons and Dragons
27 6 ReplyIs Rockstar US? I considered the red dead series a quite hellacious RPG. Is GTA an RPG?
26 10 ReplyThere was once a game called Warcraft 3. I refuse to play the remake.
8 4 ReplyWit da SKALD reference
3 0 ReplyI'd say it's just barely an Action RPG. But there's no real decision making in the story, or even an attempt at it like Mass Effect, The Witcher, Cyberpunk.
1 0 ReplyUndertale.
1 0 ReplyAmerica invented the entire RPG genre - thank you Steve and Dave (d&d). Anon isn't just wrong; he's a complete idiot.
8 14 ReplyAmeritards can't even handle being a country, let alone creating decent content.
10 24 ReplyGrand theft auto.
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