Most Anticipated RPGs Of 2016

Mass Effect Andromeda

If the voting at this year’s Global Game Awards was anything to go by, Mass Effect Andromeda is going to be huge. BioWare’s sci-fi RPG picked up the Most Anticipated Game of 2016 gong with ease, more than doubling the votes of the second placed game. It seems that Mass Effect 3 ending wasn’t enough to put off series fans for good. The original trilogy is one of the most enduring RPG game series of all time, and we see no good reason why Mass Effect Andromeda can’t accomplish exactly the same.

Final Fantasy XV

By now Final Fantasy XV has entered near-mythical status. Beginning life as Final Fantasy XIII Versus, it’s been in development since 2006. That’s coming up to a decade. Final Fantasy XV can legally drive a car in six years, and it’s not even out yet. Never let it be said that Square Enix aren’t an ambitious bunch. I dread to think of the money that has been sunk into this sequel. It’s looking more and more as if FFXV could be a return to form for the series, which would be most welcome. Just looking at that iconic logo against a white background is enough to get me salivating.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

RPGs are ruddy obsessed with magic. Finding an RPG without spellcasting is almost an impossibility. And when one does come along, like Alpha Protocol, it gets slated for being ‘boring’, even though it was almost factually awesome. Which is where Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It’s got all the beards, thatched roofs, and pestilence we’ve come to expect from a fantasy RPG, but it’s not got none of that Harry Potter baloney. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an RPG that lets the blades do all the talking.

Cyberpunk 2077

Up until recently we didn’t expect CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk 2077 until 2017 at the earlier, but recent chatter has hinted we could see the sci-fi RPG hoverboarding into town as early as next holidays. It’s safe to say The Witcher 3 turned a few heads earlier this year, and CDPR has said it’s going to build on the systems it had in place for Cyberpunk 2077. Expect a massive open-world city, humming with a neon glow, with hundreds of hours of questing.