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Five Great ARPGs for Busy People - The List at MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited January 2017 in News & Features Discussion

imageFive Great ARPGs for Busy People - The List at MMORPG.com

I was talking to @BillMurphy earlier today about what he’s been playing lately and we got started talking about action RPGs and how great they are for busy parents, extrapolating into how fantastic they are for anyone with limited time to play. MMOs, while magnificent and are our passion, tend to demand more time to feel as if progress has been made, hence the easy joy that comes out of ARPGs.

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  • mnemic666mnemic666 Member UncommonPosts: 224
    Path...on a list of games for "busy" people?

    ...Why?
  • ElvocElvoc Member RarePosts: 549
    I truly miss the Torchlight series, not sure why the development team decided HOB was going to be the answer to our Torchlight 3 dreams, hopefully they get back on track after HOB is released.
  • Scott_JeslisScott_Jeslis Member RarePosts: 637
    edited January 2017
    I consider myself busy, I play games 1-2 hours a day, if lucky. I still like to dabble in MMOs but you're correct with 1-2 hrs a day I don't get far. Playing D3 and MH I do get satisfication, especially with the built-in achievement systems! My main problem with ARPGs is they are a bit repetitive.
  • JakikJakik Member UncommonPosts: 27

    Aori said:


    mnemic666 said:

    Path...on a list of games for "busy" people?



    ...Why?


    If you're playing standard it can be played in small bits, ladder obviously wouldn't be ideal for busy folk.



    With this logic any game can be considered great for "Busy" people if you don't care to be competitive or accomplish anything in a reasonable amount of time.

    Path of Exile should really not be on this list. It is one of my favorite ARPG's but is not ideal for people with "Busy" lives | in my opinion |
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  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,368
    PoE i tried but dont enjoy it , the animations , the gameplay , dunno what its ....

    D3 is enjoyeable , but has its own issues that we all know

    MH , enjoying it , play a bit every other day , tons of fun

    Grim Dawn , meh dont like the world , dont like the classes...dunno didnt click at all

    Torchlight II - Tons of fun , but not as much as other , graphics are cartoonish and thats kinda refreshing

  • WoebringerWoebringer Member UncommonPosts: 9
    -Grim Dawn (Great Deep ARPG without the need for a degree in quantum physics and 47 spreadsheets to make fun characters)
    -Van Helsing Series
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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    Great List all goto ARPGs ,all great fun in there own way ...

    Latley in my rotation is Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem , Fantastic ARPG in EA available thru Steam ..

    Very playable , very fun and literally a New Spin on the passive skill tree ... chk it out ...

    Also great watching it grow very reminiscent of Grim Dawns growth and production ...

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/424370/
  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    There is no such thing as a even a good arpg....just saying :pleased:

    J/k j/k carry on enjoy your game,it is just not for me.I actually just tried to see if i could go back and play POE last night,i lasted like 3 minutes and exited,i simply cannot enjoy a ARPG type game in their present day form.

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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    Scorchien said:
    Great List all goto ARPGs ,all great fun in there own way ...

    Latley in my rotation is Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem , Fantastic ARPG in EA available thru Steam ..

    Very playable , very fun and literally a New Spin on the passive skill tree ... chk it out ...

    Also great watching it grow very reminiscent of Grim Dawns growth and production ...

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/424370/
    It looks nice, but is it supposed to remain single player only when it releases as a finished product?

    If so, then it is not for me. The coop mode is one of the reasons I like ARPGs.
    Multiplayer mode*: Dungeon Challenge and Co-Op................... in development
  • JakikJakik Member UncommonPosts: 27

    Aori said:



    Jakik said:





    Aori said:






    mnemic666 said:



    Path...on a list of games for "busy" people?







    ...Why?






    If you're playing standard it can be played in small bits, ladder obviously wouldn't be ideal for busy folk.









    With this logic any game can be considered great for "Busy" people if you don't care to be competitive or accomplish anything in a reasonable amount of time.





    Path of Exile should really not be on this list. It is one of my favorite ARPG's but is not ideal for people with "Busy" lives | in my opinion |






    Not sure why not, PoE can be done in short play sessions, there isn't really any activity in PoE that takes more than 30minutes without break point. Unlike say raiding in an MMO.



    Your post is about ARPG's that are for "Busy" people not Game's or MMO's for busy people so that comparison about MMO's and raiding really does not apply.

    Any game can be plaid in short bursts, if again like I said, you are not trying to be competitive or accomplish anything in a reasonable amount of time. Path of Exile, as far as ARPG's go, requires significantly more time investment than most.

    Just my opinion but I just don't feel Path of Exile is a realistic ARPG for busy people which is what this is about :)

  • Tenebrys22Tenebrys22 Member UncommonPosts: 31
    What about Chronicon? :Þ
  • BeyornBeyorn Member UncommonPosts: 372
    MH , enjoying it , play a bit every other day , tons of fun




    This may seem like a stupid question but what is MH?

  • BeyornBeyorn Member UncommonPosts: 372
    Gorwe said:
    Beyorn said:
    MH , enjoying it , play a bit every other day , tons of fun




    This may seem like a stupid question but what is MH?

    Marvel Heroes I guess.
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  • Tiamat64Tiamat64 Member RarePosts: 1,545
    Zombasite is interesting.  Not sure if it's for casuals though since maintaining your own town can be pretty time consumming (and also, save-scumming via constant back-ups of your saved game is recommended for casuals)
  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    edited January 2017
    Tiamat64 said:
    Zombasite is interesting.  Not sure if it's for casuals though since maintaining your own town can be pretty time consumming (and also, save-scumming via constant back-ups of your saved game is recommended for casuals)
    Zombasite is excellent .. Love Soldak .. they doi great work

     So we should also mention Drox Operative which is a Kick ass space ARPG .. SO much fuggin fun ...

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/274480/

  • APThugAPThug Member RarePosts: 543
    I recently got a job as a Web developer and barely have any time for games any more. I 100% agree on D3 being in the list. I usually play for less then an hour a day.

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  • ForgrimmForgrimm Member EpicPosts: 3,069
    Scorchien said:
    Tiamat64 said:
    Zombasite is interesting.  Not sure if it's for casuals though since maintaining your own town can be pretty time consumming (and also, save-scumming via constant back-ups of your saved game is recommended for casuals)
    Zombasite is excellent .. Love Soldak .. they doi great work

     So we should also mention Drox Operative which is a Kick ass space ARPG .. SO much fuggin fun ...

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/274480/

    I picked up Zombasite and Drox Operative on Steam sale recently. Soldak is the one of the few game devs that actually do something different with the ARPG genre.
  • sayuusayuu Member RarePosts: 766
    edited January 2017
    "games that can be played. . .with a baby in one hand."


    one handed gameplay?


    D3? maybe normal difficulty.

    Grim Dawn? no

    Path of Exile? HA HA. . .no

    Marvel Heroes? probably with some playable heroes/villains

    Torchlight? I dunno, I cant remember this game at all.

    EDIT:I should clarify that the players we are talking about are busy family people. . .so they are not gonna spluge money of getting a 600+ button mouse.
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Probably Dark Souls series, Sacred games, Diablo Series, Titan Quest, Baldurs Gate.

    "We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa      "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."  SR Covey

  • BruceYeeBruceYee Member EpicPosts: 2,556
    Elvoc said:
    I truly miss the Torchlight series, not sure why the development team decided HOB was going to be the answer to our Torchlight 3 dreams, hopefully they get back on track after HOB is released.
    I always wanted a full online multiplayer version of Torchlight.
  • ThupliThupli Member RarePosts: 1,318
    ^ I thought that is what Devilin is supposed to be?

  • Tiamat64Tiamat64 Member RarePosts: 1,545
    Well, there was Redstone, which was pretty nice if it weren't so ancient and antiquated (the base gameplay is as slow as Diablo 1, and in this day and age you will likely not find that a good thing)

    Devilian wasn't really an ARPG.  DMKano would constantly remind people about that :P
  • Kevan_fKevan_f Member UncommonPosts: 65
    poe for busy people? not even d3 fits the description, because of endless pl and gr.

    no full online game is for busy people.
  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    After eschewing the last MMORPG I was into over their RNG lock box bullshit I recently found myself back in Path of Exile. Fun game, easy to get into, but I find myself missing persistent world features such as deep crafting. Certainly someone could find a way to marry MMORPG and ARPG features together. And yes I know that both Albion and Shards Online kinda of do this, but they're both still heavily in the development stage at this point.
    Guardians of Ember is up , can play to lvl 40 , fun game , interesting builds .. cant craft to lvl 30 tho and they have housing etc ..
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/463680/


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