Wccftech’s Most Anticipated Roleplaying Games of 2024 – The Rebirth of Dragons

11.01.2024 - 21:31 / wccftech.com

2023 was one of the best years for roleplaying games in living memory, thanks to the release of some absolute bangers, but 2024 has the potential to overshadow it by a mile, as the next 12 months will see the launch of some highly anticipated titles.

Whether it's remakes, long-anticipated sequels, spiritual successors, or new IPs, 2024 truly seems to have a little bit of everything for those who always need a roleplaying game in their lives. Here are our most anticipated RPGs releasing this year.

Previously in Wccftech's most anticipated games of 2024: Action

Remaking a game as beloved as Final Fantasy VII was a really daunting task, but the development team headed by Tetsuya Nomura and Naoki Hamaguchi proved to be up to it, releasing an amazing first entry in a trilogy that is setting out to include some of the best titles ever put out by Square Enix.

Instead of completely changing the formula introduced in Remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will expand it in every possible way, introducing a more open-ended structure that will allow players to explore an amazing rendition of the original world's map, some combat system enhancements, such as the combination Synergy Attacks, visual improvements and some twists and turns to the original game's events that will keep all players at the edge of their seats as they continue to pursue Sephiroth.

With the game ending at the Forgotten Capital, the events that will transpire there, as fans of the original known, are just one of the many reasons why Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth is one of the most anticipated roleplaying games releasing in 2024.

There's no denying that Obsidian is one of the greatest Western roleplaying games developers. In the 20+ years since its founding, the Irvine-based studio has provided gamers with memorable RPGs like Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Pillars of Eternity, Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and The Outer Worlds. Of course, their games have often stopped just shy of achieving massive critical and commercial success, usually because of technical shortcomings and a general lack of polish. It is the fervent hope of Obsidian fans that this might change starting with Avowed, their first production powered by Microsoft's backing.

This first-person RPG set in the Pillars of Eternity universe looked a lot like the studio's take on Skyrim when it was first announced in July 2020. Indeed, CEO Feargus Urquhart recently admitted their original pitch was Skyrim in the world of Eora, but the 2021 partial reboot reigned in the scope to focus more on what Obsidian does best: great story and characters.

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