Fallout 2
Fallout 2 or also known as Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an Open World Action-RPG (Role Playing Game) video game developed by Black Isle Studios. The game takes place in 2241 in distant future where a worst ever drought hits the primordial city of Arroyo. The elder of the village asks the descendant of the “Vault Hunter” to come forward and help the villagers by finding the ancient Environment Restoration Device named as Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK). The chosen one gathers up his/her gear and starts off his journey into the wilderness of a drought ridden open world and the story continues.Fallout 2 offers a new and quite extensive Storyline along with a larger gameworld that the Previous Hit of the Series Fallout and lets you experience similar type of game mechanics and and visuals as well. Fallout 2 was a massive hit from the year it released back in 1998 and is still famous among the true Action-Adventure and RPG game enthusiasts. With game mechanics mostly built on the blue prints of Fallout, an Extensive storyline, superb graphics and a significantly larger game world, this game is a wonder If you want to enjoy Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 properly, you should play the Fallout and Fallout 2 first. it’ll definitely make it your most favorite Action-RPG experience ever.
#1 Fallout New Vegas
Fallout New Vegas is an Action, RPG and a First-person Shooter video game developed by Obsidian Entertainmen and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is set in a futuristic era in three fictional cities of California, Nevada and Arizona in a post-apocalyptic open world. You take the possession of protagonist’s character of The Courier who is hired by an unknown company to deliver a package to New Vegas strip but in the middle of his quest he gets ambushed by a mysterious man who shoots him in the head and steals the package. A friendly robot rescues him and takes him to Doctor Mitchell who heals him. After recovering, the protagonist starts joining the dots and upon getting to the core, vows to avenge and recuperate the package. The Courier takes a place in a faction and starts working for the cause, finds the man who shot him, kills him and recovers the package. After the package recovered, he gets to the company that hired him and moves slightly to the top leadership by killing the low profile members of the organization, finds the man and kills him and the game concludes. Fallout New Vegas features a well written story-line, unique and HD visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy. Do try it out if you haven’t yet.
#2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard is an Expansion Pack for the Action Role-playing and Single-player Open World video game The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim, developed by Bethesda Game Studios. The DLC pack offers the Vampire lord named as Harkon, who has returned to power and looking to end the sun by using the Elder Scrolls. The game invites you to join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and struggle to fend off him. The DLC pack comes with all new faction quests and locations. It has two unique skill trees such as one for Lycanthropy and one for vampirism. At the starting of the game, the player is given a choice to either become a part of forces with the vampiric Volkihar Clan, or battle as the vampire hunters called the Downguard. The player can explore the world from a third-person perspective with a task to take down enemies to score the points. The game introduces a variety of weapons, spells, armours, and shouts. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard includes core features such as New Weapons, Become the Vampire Lord, Werewolf Perks, New Locations, and more.
#3 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Hearthfire
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Hearthfire is a 2nd Expansion Pack for Action Role-playing and Single-player video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The game takes place in an open-world environment, and the DLC pack focuses on acquiring and improving the land, enabling the player to create and modify his home. It offers adoption system, letting the player option of adopting up to two children to love with them in his beautiful and customizable house. The game allows the player to buy a plot of land and construct the house using raw materials like clay and lumber, with the choices of additional features such as beehives, greenhouses, and alchemy, and other facilities. There are three different homesteads that the player can create such as Windstad Manor, Lakeview Manor, and Heliharchen Hall. During the gameplay, the player can hire stewards to look after his beautiful house, carriage drivers for safe transportation, and more. In the game, the player has an option to raise the family by adopting children and advances through the game. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Hearthfire includes core features such as Select your Land, Customization, New Objectives and Interaction, Adoption System, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#4 Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins is an amazing Action-RPG game by BioWare. The game allows you to enjoy melee combat system with Hack and Slash elements. You can explore the stunning game world by going through different quests. You have to save the world from the disastrous event, called as the Blight. You can communicate with the NPCs and make a team of different players. Your companions are controlled by AI to assist you in multiple combats. You have to fight against different types of enemies such as ghosts, giant spiders, darkspawn, walking trees, and dragons. You have to save the world by fighting against these evil forces. You can test your skills and abilities by fighting against the ancient dragon awakened by the Darkspawn. You can choose your character from the six given classes, each class has different fighting tactics having different weapons and different skills. You have to make your character strong and powerful to deal with most horrible battles against your enemies. Dragon Age: Origins is an exciting and engaging game to play with enhanced visuals.
#5 Overlord
Overlord is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters. It offers the fantasy setting where the game takes place and puts the player in the role of the protagonist, who is a warrior. According to the plot, the player has controlled the hordes of gremlin-like creatures called Minions. In the challenging quests, the player has to take down the seven brutal ruling heroes to reconquer the land and restore his lordship over the people. The game brings a corruption feature similar to Fable games but enabling the player to become an evil to fulfill his objectives. It combines the RTS and RPG elements to offers a brilliant gameplay experience. The player navigates the world from a third-person view, battle heroes using melee combat, his primary weapons and hack and slash element. It has multiple quests, and the player needs to accomplish each one to progress through the game. With well-written storyline, impressive graphics, engaging gameplay, and smooth controls, Overlord is the fantastic game to play and enjoy.
#6 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#7 Jade Empire
Jade Empire is an amazingly engaging Action-RPG video game similar to Gothic. The game is set in the Ancient China offering a unique location and story. The game allows you to be a Martial Arts Student under a skilled martial Arts master. One day the School gets attacked by a mysterious force that leaves the student shocked. The game offers a multiple ending story and every ending depends on the actions the player performs. Jade Empire allows you to choose male or female character, lets you use any of the given fighting styles and engage yourselves into epic combats against the attacking force that devastated your school and killed your master. Like any other Action-RPG, Jade Empire lets you level yourself up as you progress in the game and complete a number of objectives including various Quests, Adventures along with NPC and Social Interaction etc. With an Asian Thematic, amazing Exploration and Loot options, epic Combats against the enemies, Multiple Endings, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play, Jade Empire is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#8 From Dust
From Dust by Ubisoft is an Open-World City-Building and Management RTS video game that offers unique gameplay from a First-person perspective. The game offers a beautiful Sandbox style environments and it is set in an Archipelago like Environment and allows you to manipulate it in order to save the Nomadic Tribe. From Dust allows you control 3 main types of matters named as Soil, Water, and Lava and craft different items with them. These three elements will help you restructure whole islands in minutes and will let you enjoy being in full control of almost everything. From Dust offers two main game modes, Story mode, and Challenge mode. Each mode offers different missions, stories, and other characteristics. With a wonderful setting, great abilities to use, cool visuals, and amazing mode based storyline and an immersive gameplay, From Dust is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.
#9 Dungeon Siege 3
Dungeon Siege III is an Action-Adventure and RPG video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Square Enix for PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game features a female protagonist Jeyne Kassynder who blames the Legion of her father, The king’s Murder and vows to avenge the culprits who did it. She gathers the people of Ehb and Azimuth Church and sets off to hunt down the members of Legion. After a long and devastating battle against the Legion and all of its members, she kills all of them and the Legion gets disassembled. Dungeon Siege 3 provides with four different characters with special abilities for players to choose between, more enhanced graphics and redefined storyline along with single and multiplayer gaming modes, upgrades and stuff. Dungeon Siege 3 will surely be a better choice as compared to a lot of other games of the same genre. You should give it a try. You’ll definitely enjoy playing Dungeon Siege 3.
#10 Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Inquisition is a great Action-Adventure and RPG video game by Bio Ware and is a direct sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: II. The game puts you into the character of Herald of Andraste who after the attack on Mages and Templar meeting vows to kill the enemies. He forms up an Organization named Inquisition with the help of Cullen and Ambassador Josephine. The game lets you be Herald of Andraste and tasks you eliminate the monsters and demons who swarmed through the Rift, opened at the blast site. You must explore various sites on the game map, Strengthen up Inquisition by recruiting more individuals (Mages and Templars) like you, engage in gruesome battles and combats with the enemy and kill them all. You must also get help from your Dragon as the Boss enemy Corypheus has one to help him out with the destruction. Dragon Age: Inquisition concludes when the Boss Corypheus is dead, so you must focus on his allies too and kill them with your mighty sword and your unnatural powers. Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of the best MMORPGs to play and it will definitely provide you with tons of entertainment for sure.
#11 Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age 2 is an exciting Action RPG game by BioWare. The game allows you to enjoy melee combat system with Hack and Slash factor. You can explore the game world by going through different quests, fighting against the enemies in PvP and PvE Combats. Your character belongs to a family Hawke. You can communicate with the NPCs and make a team of different players, take them all with you on your epic encounters and enjoy fighting against the enemy bosses. You can bring three companions along with you while having combats against the enemies. You can pause the game and freeze your enemy, you can now switch your player with other members of your team. New player can kill the frozen enemy. You can control all your players during any battle or outside the battle. You can make friends and have a friendly rivalry. Your friends can be changed in to your rivals. You have to be careful in this regard while going on different quests, your friend should follow your instructions during a quest. Otherwise you have to fight against your friend as a rival to complete your task. You will get rivalry bonuses and friendship bonus in both cases. You will get a chance of romance as well. Dragon Age 2 is a thrilling and engaging game to play with enhanced visuals and a brilliant story.