Sci-Fi-ARPGs?

So, i`m kinda wondering why there are no real sci-fi-arpgs.
Sure, some shitty games have been released (Greed, Spacesiege,Darkspore etc.) but there
has never been a tripple A (or B for that matter) sci-fi-titel.
I`m not talking bout semi space-sim-arpgs like freelancer,
i`m talking bout a Diablo-like game in a sci-fi-world.
Just imagine the possibilities:

-Art-Design could go crazy, not just diffrent zones on a planet but whole diffrent planets, etc.
You could do jungle-like-planets, gritty/dark alien-like spacehulks, technocrazy cites and and and. Mobs could differ from Zerg/Alien-like creatures, to mechanized units, humanoids with firefights included, etc. .

-Skillvariety would be all over the place. You could have ur ranger-like chars, just with guns (laser, projectile, etc.). Melee could be done aswell: powerfists, swords, etc.. Magic could be explained with psychic-abilities (Eldar in Warhammer 40k for example), summoning chars could go with drones, mechs, robots, etc. .

-Loot and equipment offer massive possibilities aswell, augmentations, implants, armor, shields, etc.
and the list goes on.

Give a game like this a well thought skill/gear/attribute-system, a polished look/soundtrack and fluid gameplay, get influences (art-wise) form Alien, Halo, Bladerunner and all the other great sci-fi-franchises
and i would probably lose my job, my girlfriend and a lot of weight...but i`d love it.

I`m realy happy with PoE (got nothing negative to say, besides syncing-probs), but after nearly 20 years of beeing a gamer, i`d love to see one well done sci-fi-arpg.

I would assume there isn't much of a market for it- or at least, no-one has done the research to find the market if there is one. That's just speculation, though- like you, I have always wondered why no-one has done it yet.

Does this qualify?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/46400/

You should probably check out Divine Space on Kickstarter. Even though it will be developed for mobile platform, it may start a trend of sci-fi ARPG's, so it's definitely a good idea to check out Kickstarter once in a while.

It would be great to start as a rookie Blade Runner in a dystopian 2019 LA, in a gritty and immersive environment, level up and hunt some Replicants ^^

Why isn't there a starwars ARPG is the real question

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Trapperkeeper wrote:

Why isn't there a starwars ARPG is the real question

Why is star wars seen as the only sci-fi reference? Its really not that good compared to other works.

Drox Operative

http://www.soldak.com/Drox-Operative/Overview.html

its a space action rpg

Now that you mention, I'm curious why it isn't a thing too. Does Doom: Fall of Mars qualify? I still don't know why I haven't played it myself yet.

As mentioned above, there were some shitty ones, "Greed" falls in that category....but this just has "nice" graphics, gameplay/depth was even worse than what Restricted Area offered, and that was horrible to begin with.
Drox Operative is kinda cute,a Space-Ship-ARPG. But honestly, if i want to play something like that, i got Freelancer.
No, i m talking bout a welldone, deep, ARPG like Diablo/PoE in a sci-fi-setting.
There`ve been tons of "fantasy"-arpgs, even PoE is (dark and gritty) fantasy and there are plenty more coming (Grim Dawn for example), but not a single worthwhile sci-fi-game and i looked and searched like mad...then you just get something as aweful as Space Hack and friends or the manga/anime-whatever PO2.

I honeslty doubt that there is no market for this. Couple of years ago i might have agreed,
but Mass Effect, the Halo-Franchise, even movie-"relaunches" like Prometheus (Aliens) and Star Wars made sci-fi mass-friendly again imho. Just by lookin at movies, you get one big-budget-sci-fi movie (relaunch, remake, or new creation) after another, where there were near to none big budget ones for years -> Total Recal, Judge Dredd, Oblivion, etc. .

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Misguidance wrote:

I would assume there isn't much of a market for it- or at least, no-one has done the research to find the market if there is one. That's just speculation, though- like you, I have always wondered why no-one has done it yet.

Are you kidding me?
There is definitely a market in Sci-Fic
A freaking huge one.
To me why no one has made one yet is because that creating a good storyline is time consuming and frustrating.

Most Sci-Fic stuff is just stuff ripping off other stuff to make sorta new stuff.
Evolution.