Why are there no rpg games set in the present day?

Fursona 5

the present day is kind of boring desu

Your life is an RPG set in the modern day.

They're usually fantasy, and there's just less scope for suspension of disbelief.

>>390152230
Woah...

>>390152230
How do I respec my stat points?

I guess it would basically be something like The Sims which already exists

>>390152152
>shoot a dude
>he instantly dies

the rpg gameplay loop being centered around combat doesn't lend itself to enemies which aren't HP sponges. As soon as you add modern weapons to the mix, it falls apart.
If you don't add modern weapons to the mix, the stakes feel low in a present day setting.

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>>390152152
Jagged Alliance 2 and picrelated.

tfw earthbound goes full fantasy after the beginning area, where you do nothing but murder innocent animals and teenage gang members

>>390152152
There are plenty of "contemporary" RPGs, at least in the sense that whatever time they were released was contemporary to the release of those games. Persona is a series set in the now, pretty sure TWEWY is a now setting too. If you want to stretch your definition of RPG, then you can include any sandbox that allows you to build your character/increase your stats (saints row, GTA, Just Cause series, and any shooters that you build stats in)

>>390152152
What about Alpha Protocol?

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And it has the best OST of any rpg in the past 15 years.

>>390152152
Secret World Legends is kind of modern day-ish.

>>390152979
agreed

>>390152230
>the character creator is completely randomized and there's no way to change it later
Fucking lame, I wanted to play as an INT build girl but I'm stuck as a NOTHING REMARKABLE build manlet.

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Tabletop games seem to have much more variety in settings/themes than videogame rpgs.

Not-Mad Max rpg when?

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There are RPG games that reference present times though

Because I play video games to experience something fun.

>>390153329
faggot

>>390153290
>Car Wars

One thing that stuck with me is how dueling cars sounds incredibly awesome, but is horribly realized because you both basically need the equivalents of natural 20 to hit each other. Hell, it's better to put your house on wheels and fight in that because of different rules it employs. Trainwreck of a game.

>>390152640
I'd make them more instakill spell equivalents.
>>390152837
>he hates random encounters

>>390152152
I'm surprised by sheer lack of urban fantasy games. That's the easy way out of "it's preset day so it has to be boring and believable". Still want that singleplayer Secret World.

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OC is my fave vidya

>>390152152
I too would like to play games about roleplaying games. I'd like to play as the girl who plays RPGs so that her betamale classmates will hover around and lavish her with attention.

>>390153246
Hi chell

Is that Speedy?

>>390152939
it makes MGS seem realistic

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>>390152152
Alpha Protocol stands out as a notable example.

>>390152152
Earthbound

>>390152152
>destructive hurricans and earthquakes
>social unrest on middle east
>ISIS killing people at random
>SJW and lefties destroying society
>possible war with North Korea (best Korea)
>Mexican cartels skinning people alive

I don't want to recreate reality, I want escapism

>>390152230
That game sucks, I've rolled low Int and can't restart

>>390152152
>the present day

who wants to play a game set in this shit show

>>390152304
Paid DLC

>>390152152
Every Persona, both Devil Survivors, Parasite Eve, to name a few unless you meant modern with no magic/powers

Because real life is fucking awful boring shit that you read books, watch movies, and play games to get away from.

South Park The Stick of Truth and Costume Quest are all I can think of.

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>>390152230

>>390152230
a compete shit rpg you mean

>>390152152
I'm sure people already posted the obvious examples, but not reading a thread before replying never stopped me before:

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
second half of Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption
Alpha Protocol
Jagged Alliance series
STALKER series
Mother series
Costume Quest
Persona
Secret World


There's probably more

present day, present time?

>>390152230
>create character
>roll low STR, INT, CHR and LCK
>all viable builds revolve around these stats
>still no patch to fix this

0/10, wouldn't play

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>>390154071
>not equipping god-denying hats to increase your wits

>>390152230
>one roll
>manlet

>>390157541
it's not worth the charisma decrease they have since patch 2.011 or so.

>what is YIIK?

>>390152152
>what is persona 3/4/5
>what is TWEWY
>what is akibas beat
Etc

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>>390157429

>>390157535
>Implying you aren't also incredibly uncoordinated and sickly

Shin Megami Tensei

Now sucks do a rpg in the 90s

Family dynamic was more volatile and you can write so much more

>tfw i have high str and wis but terrible con and low charisma and int

>>390157739
all so grossly dated except the last persona

>>390152230
OP must have Max'd his FAG in early game without thinking about consequences

It would be pointless, the first few hours alone would be spent cycling through the 4,392 genders to find the male/female.

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>>390152152
Persona series
Jagged Alliance
TWEWY
Alpha Protocol
Secret World
Mother
Stick of Truth
Parasite Eve
The long Dark
Xcom Sorta
Freedom Force games
Chroma Squad
Dead Island
Akiba Series
Costume Quest
that one hipster RPG

Basically fucking neck yourself you normie retard if you want a recommendations thread just ask for recs don't "epik bait" for them.

>>390158219
>moving the goalposts
OP asked for games, he didn't specify anything with regards to being dated.

>>390152230
Literally f2p p2w garbage

>>390152541
Why do people give giving this kind of false advice? It's obvious to anybody with an iq above 80 that women are selfish materialistic creatures that only care about what they can get out of men. Who exactly are you shilling for with these posts?

>>390159902
literally all humans are selfish and materialistic.

>>390152152
I keep searching through this image in the hopes that i'll find some subtle, funny edit.

>>390152152
That's a cute girl

>>390153779
fucking disgusting

>>390160227
Thanks. She'll let Chad know of your feelings.

>>390152152
Who are these semen demons?

>>390152152
Rat face

>>390152664
don't forget marauders

>>390160501
better than yours :^)

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I learned one thing from this thread - there are games set in the present day but they all warp it with magical elements, conspiracy theories, and other ludicrous plots. There is not one single RPG that deals with everyday life in a realistic setting.

I don't count strictly military stuff like 7.62 etc because those are primarily strategy games.

Is it due to the fear of the "mundane"?

There's an entire genre of video games dedicated to modern RPGs. They're called sports games.

>>390159087
How's it p2w you shitstain.
Please explain to me I'm probably dumb and you are smart but whatever, GO ON I'm waiting... what?
You don't have what? a job?
You don't want to grind all your life?
Meanwhile you are just playing the game for free what a spoiled child omg.

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>>390152152
Here you go, OP

>>390160931

Its because we live in an odd time where you dont have to fight to survive or anything like that

RPGs can be set in old time periods because knights and shit were common place. You wanted to live? You gotta fight off animals and other plebs trying to take your land and your life.

But even that on its own lacks flavour, so it inevitably adds magic and other folk tale things of that time period

Nowadays you don't have to. The average modern experience is just waking up in a safe home, travelling to work and doing your 9-5 relatively safe, relatively uninteresting grind, then going home.

Theres no need to go on adventures and fight shit. And devs are unable to make RPGs that doesn't involve fighting shit

The notable exceptions to this are the Simulator games like roller coaster tycoon. Its literally an RPG set in modern times doing normal things with no fluff, but its an exciting job

Or its train simulator or forklift simulator.

RPGs set in completely normal modern times need an enemy for you to face, hence why Persona is set in modern times but you always venture into other worlds and shit to fight monsters

>>390161454

God damn this game looks awful from trailer no.3

>>390160931
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Lives
there

>>390152152
Life is basically an RPG, you idiot. You make choices and you have stats. Age, weight, height, etc. I guess what bothers people is that they didn't get to create their character. I got lucky so I don't even want a reroll.

>>390152152
Shin Megoomi Tensay you double nigger

>>390157739

>akibas beat

>Set in modern realistic setting
>Put people's delusions come to life
>You venture into trippy labyrinths to fight monsters, personifications of people's delusions

Isnt that basically Persona?

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>>390157429

>>390152152
Nice two Q'ts

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>>390160931
gee maybe it's because real life is fucking boring and RPGs are typically associated with magic or fantastical elements

but also what >>390161470 said
there's no adventure in real life
there are no enemies
there's just you and your boring hobbies and your boring friends
the closest thing to a modern day "RPG" as you're imagining would be something like Bully

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>>390152230
>SPECIAL
>start with 1 everywhere
>parents choose useless perks
>later got memed into meme perks
>getting Strength Gain because I don't give a fuck anymore
>tfw when you hear someone fell for the Heave Ho! perk

>>390152230
>autosaves
>everything locked behind paid dlc
>no postgame

>>390162727
>You're boring! Have a generic dragon bar your way to spice it up!

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>>390157535

>not maxing dex

>>390157541
>>390157615

lmfao

>tfw maxed out edgyness
>can't respec

Some of you are alright, don't go questing tomorrow

>>390163172
no but actually
even grand theft auto gives its characters special, superhuman abilities to spice things up these days

>>390161210
>being this mad
jesus anon, who pissed in your cornflakes

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>>390152979
>has the best OST of any rpg in the past 15 years
I like Undertale and his OST but you can't simply say that while Xenoblade Chronicles OST exist in the same universe

>>390161454
>Wii U
This game was released already or they just cancelled the Wii U version in favor the inevitable Switch port?

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>>390152664

Life is the biggest and only true limitless open world game

Why the fuck do Unity and UE4 engines never add any features that would actually be useful?

Like how about dynamic animations like GTA has? You know, shit to actually cut our workload down.

Live a Live (near-future segment). Be careful, it's really easy to stumble upon big spoilers.

>>390152230
>can't customize character
>forced multiplayer
>no skill points
>only stat is health and stamina
>pay to win
>graphics are amazing but the rest of the game sucks

Fuck that game.

>>390164698
This. Xenoblade has the greatest soundtrack in any videogame.

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>>390164698
>>390167848
>>390152979

As much as I love the soundtracks for both Undertale and Xenoblade, there is absolutely no question that FF14 has the best video game soundtrack. It's impossible to compete with its sheer volume, which it even has a Guinness record for, and the vast majority of the tracks are great to amazing.

>>390152152
The World Ends With You, as long as you count 10 years ago as the present day

>>390152152
What a cute grill, she needs to get BLACKED

>>390166735
there is literally no pay to win
you either grind, trade, or ask other players for stuff
total player driven economy

>>390157535
>STR
>a roll
Lull.