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RPG General News - The Best RPG of 2023 @ IGN

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Dec 15, 2023.

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    [​IMG]IGN has chosen the best RPG and the best Soulslike of 2023:

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    The Best RPG of 2023

    One of gaming's oldest genre's had a remarkable 2023. It contained several long-awaited releases, a number of delightful surprises, and a stunning sequel that will be remembered as an all-time great. We knew it would be a good year for RPGs going in, but we didn't know that it would be this good. Role-playing games of all different types were represented this year - turn-based and action, strategy and open-world, Japanese and European. It was a feast for fans of the genre, made all the more surprising that one of its anticipated releases spent less time in the limelight than many would have expected.

    Runner-Up: Starfield
    Runner-Up: Diablo IV
    Runner-Up: Sea of Stars
    Runner-Up: Octopath Traveler 2
    Runner-Up: In Stars and Time
    Runner-Up: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
    Winner: Baldur's Gate 3

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    The Best Soulslike of 2023

    It's rare that a whole new genre emerges. It's even rarer when a new genre breaks out of its niche and becomes a significant part of the medium as a whole. But that's exactly what has happened with Soulslikes. There's a whole movement of games inspired by Dark Souls, and with the likes of Lords of the Fallen, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and Lies of P arriving over the past 12 months, 2023 was the ultimate proof of that. No longer just clones riding the coattails of FromSoftware, these games have built on the Souls ruleset and bloomed into a scene all of their own. Hence, there seemed no better time than now to give Soulslike its own category for this year's IGN awards.

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    Runner-Up: Remnant 2
    Winner: Lies of P

    Honorable Mentions:
    Lords of the Fallen
    Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

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