RPGs With Deep Lore

In 1876, Caretaker Rancourous Carp unsuccessfully tried to rid Hogwarts of the pesky ghost Peeves , resulting in Headmistress Eupraxia Mole giving Peeves special privileges within the castle. Another Potions Championship also happened this year. Next, 1877 was an interesting time for Quidditch. Since 1473, the Quidditch World Cup took place every four years without fail, but this 393rd World Cub became known as The Tournament that Nobody Remembers, as nobody did. A few Quidditch players that were to perform ended up beaten or bound, but even they had no memory. One theory suggests the Goblin Liberation Front cast a mass Memory Charm as they were active sometime during the 1870s, while another pins it on an outbreak of a fungus that causes forgetfulness and confusion. The Quidditch Cup was rescheduled to the following y


The 70th Potions Championship was held in 1890. 1891 was around the time when 6-year-old Ariana Dumbledore was attacked and traumatized by Muggle boys after seeing her do underage magic. Soon after, Percival Dumbledore - her father - was sent to Azkaban for seeking a brutal revenge on the boys. Albus Dumbledore started his first year at Hogwarts a year later, in 1892. It's possible he could make a youthful appearance in Hogwarts Legacy , if it takes place in this decade. In 1897, the 71st Potions Championship occurred, and famed Magizoologist Newt Scamander was b


Despite its real-world setting, Kingdom Come: Deliverance uses a world-building technique similar to The Elder Scrolls series. It fleshes out its world with various lore books and stories that build upon the real-life history of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Emp


It’s not every day that the survival horror genre perfectly mixes with an RPG, but Chernobylite seems to attempt this with its wildly engaging premise. Players take on the role of a man searching through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and having to survive in this toxic area. As if that wasn’t enough, otherworldly threats have emerged on the scene, making surviving the environment, as radioactive as it is, an almost secondary conc

We’ve seen transphobic institutions make progress in the wake of Rowling’s support, and this being brought into the timelines of even well-meaning individuals only serve to spread them further and wider. I understand the noble intention, and figures like this should be demonised and called out where appropriate, but I fear we’re forgetting about the echochamber we exist within and how substantial Rowling and Harry Potter are in the cultural zeitgeist. Fantastic Beasts is still getting a third film, The Cursed Child is still killing it on the West End, and I bet the films will be all over television during the Christmas period. Harry Potter isn’t going anywhere, it’s eternally relevant and will be read to generations of children to come. For the absolute worst, it’s here to stay, and Rowling’s pockets will be continually lined with profit regardless of how loud we manage to get.


It might be hard to keep track of exactly what's expected to launch this year, but there's a lot to be looking forward to, even if some things might escape fans' radars the first time around. With notable role-playing titles coming out on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC, here are all the best role-playing games to keep an eye out for in 2


Owls About as extraordinary as cats, the trailer opens with what is presumably the player's owl hitching a ride on the carriage to hogwarts Legacy Collectibles. Whether another pet option or dutiful postal worker, owls are a common site in the wizarding wo


Developed by Piranha Bytes, the same studio behind the Gothic and Risen series, the ELEX games are open-world RPGs that merge elements of science fiction and medieval settings. While the games can be janky compared to triple-A titles like The Witcher 3 , the world-building and lore are outstand

So let’s meet that ultimatum with profound silence. Don’t tweet about her, don’t reflect on her comments or make fun jokes or memes surrounding her existence. We’re shining a spotlight on her views and bringing them into the vision of those who really don’t need another reminder that people hate them. Well, I could certainly do without it. Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming open-world adventure from Avalanche Software has come under fire in recent months for a number of reasons, primarily due to Rowling’s potential involvement and the IP coming from a poisoned well that it can’t escape from. It’s a difficult situation.


Following up on the action-survival stylings of the original more than six years after the original’s release, to say that the core fandom hasn’t anticipated its arrival would be more than a little unfair. However, it is certainly a bit understated compared to other banner RPG releases slated for 2021. Dying Light 2 promises a more expansive open-world environment than its predecessor, and being set twenty years after the original, is likely to delve even further into the post-apocalyptic setting of the zombie epide