Summary

  • Engage in meaningful dialogue choices to shape the story and your character's personality in open-world RPGs.
  • NPCs and companions in games like Skyrim, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and Dragon Age: Inquisition offer rich dialogue experiences.
  • Explore immersive worlds like Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Witcher 3 through well-written, character-driven dialogue interactions.

Open-world games, when done 💝well, offer players an immersive world to explore. With side quests and NPC encounters, you have a lot of opportunities to interact with your environment. With a high amount of autonomy, you typically have various dialogue choices to pick from.

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Dialogue can make or break a game’s success. As an important aspect of the story, you must speak with NPCs and companions to discover new opportu🍒nities. Character reactions, voice actors, and the residual impact of your lines are key to the role-playing experience. Here are some open-world games with the best dialogue systems.

10 Skyrim

Skyrim Delphine in a dialogue with the dragonborn.

Released
෴ November 11, 2011 🌃
ESRB
🔯 M for Mature:💫 Use of Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes
Developer(s)
Bethesda
Publisher(s)
Bethesda
Engine
Creation
Expansions
✃ Skyrim: Dragonborn, Skyrim: Heartꦉhfire, Skyrim: Dawnguard
How Long To Beat
26 Hours
File Size Xbox Series
ꦛ 29 GB (December 2023)
Metascore
73
PS Plus Availability
▨ Extra & Premium ✱

When Skyrim was first releas🎀ed, it was considered a game-changer for open-world RPGs. Full of unique dialogue, NPCs respond to you with their views and personality, with certain lines resulting in aggression and violence.

The vast dialogue choices throughout the story help with world-building and immersion. The game is🥀 still quoted today, with memorable lines like “I used to be an adventurer l🗹ike you” sticking with players.

9 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Alexios talking to Erinna about Kleio.

Released
✅ Oc☂tober 15, 2018
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language ﷽
Developer(s)
꧟ Ubisoft Quebec
Publisher(s)
Ubisoft
Engine
anvilnext
Platform(s)
PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, Stadia
How Long To Beat
45 Hours
File Size Xbox Series
75 G🐭B (November 2023)
Metascore
87
PS Plus Availability
Extra & Premium 𓄧
How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
143 Hours

Assassin’s Crꦰeed: Odyssey was the first big role-playing game of the series. ꧟With a variety of dialogue choices that impact various endings, the dialogue leads to a captivating gaming experience.

The conversat✅i🉐ons you have help you understand your characters better, and the voice actors provided impressive performances as Axios and Cassandra. With hundreds of NPCs vowing for your attention, you’ll never get bored of trying out various lines.

8 Drago♛n Age: Inquisition

Solas and the dialogue wheel in Dragon Age Inquisition.

Released
November 18, 2014 ꦬ
ESRB
🐻 M for Mature: Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language
Developer(s)
BioWare
Engine
Frostbite
Multiplayer
Online Multipl⛎ayer
Platform(s)
PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC
How Long To Beat
50 Hours
File Size Xbox Series
🅘 45 GB (November 2023)
Metascore
89 (PS4); 85 (Xbox One & PC) 🍌

The conversation trees in Dragon Age: Inquisition impact the plot and your relationship with different characters. The dialogue is well-written, providing beloved compan𒊎ions yo🍌u enjoy engaging with.

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The dialogue wheel includes icons indicating your tone. This game mechanic allows you to choose various paraphrases that 🀅lead to a fully voiced dialogue, with different ways to r🃏eact and follow up on your choices. Your choices determine the personality of your Inquisitor. While the wheel is controversial among fans, it’s unique and worth highlighting.

7 Red Dead Redemptio⛎♍n 2

Arthur Morgan having a converstation in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Released
ꦡ October 26, 2018
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs and Alcohol ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ
Engine
RAGE
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer 🎶
Cross-Platform Play
N/A
Cross Save
N/A
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
Platform(s)
PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia
How Long To Beat
50 Hours
Metascore
97
PS Plus Availability
🐼 𒐪 Extra & Premium

Red Dead Redemption 2 is seemingly unending, as players are encouraged t🎐o forge their path. Praised for its attention to detail, the complex characters you encounter have engaging, unique dialogue that makes you want to learn more about the world around you.

Arthur Morgan, the main character, has some deeply powerful quotes as you get to know his personality through dialogue with other characters you enꦏcount﷽er on your travels. Whether speaking to an enemy or a friend, you will hear masterfully crafted character interactions.

6 Fallout 4

Dialogue Options for the main character in Fallout 4.
Fallout 4 dialogue

Released
Nove🦄mber 10, 2015
ESRB
M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, USE OF DRUGS 𓆏
Developer(s)
Bethesda
Publisher(s)
Bethesda
Engine
Creation
Cross-Platform Play
no
Cross Save
no
Franchise
Fallout
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
File Size Xbox Series
5🦂1 GB (December 2023) 𓆉
Metascore
87
PS Plus Availability
Extrꦗa & Premiumꦚ

The Fallout franchise has some standout quotes, particularly from the fourth installment in the series. Fallout 4 has a radically different dialogue system than the previous games, including a f𓄧ully voiced protagonist and various responses in conversations.

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These conversation choices are powerful and can impact the way the scenario at hand plays out, particularly when you attempt persuasive lines. Some players wan💦ted to enhance the mechanics and created various mods you can use to further impact the dialog💜ue options.

5 Theไ Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ܫ

Geralt and the timed dialogue in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Released
May 19, 2015 𝐆
ESRB
🐻 M for Mature: Use of Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content
Engine
🙈 REDengine 3 ♛
Cross-Platform Play
yes
Cross Save
yes
Expansions
The Witcher 3: Heꦑarts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
Steam Deck Compatibility
verified
How Long To Beat
52 Hours
Metascore
94
PS Plus Availability
Ext🧸ra & ♔Premium

The Witcher 3 is another open-world RPG full of choices that impact the world around you. The dialogue is straightforward but well-written, and the game warns you if your choice is about to drastically change the story ar🀅c.

Throughout the game, seemingly small line choices can change the outcome of the scenario you are in. The NPCs Geralt encounters are more complex, grounding you in the fictional world. The third installment was a massive dialogue improvement from the f🎀irst games in the series.

4 Life Is Strange: True Colors 𝔍

Alex choosing dialogue in Life is Strange True Colors.

Released
December 7ജ, 2021 🐟
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood, Drug Reference, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence 🍨
Developer(s)
Deck Nine
Engine
Unr🍒eal Engine 4

Life Is Strange: True Colors is the first game in the series 💞to offer a true open-world experience. The world is small, but full of complex, well-written characters and situations. Choices and consequences are key to the Life is Strange games, so whenever you🦋 choose a line to say you should weigh your options carefully.

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3 Disco Elysium 𒊎

Dialogue with Gary, the cryptofacist in Disco Elysium.

Released
🐭 October 15, 2019 ♒
ESRB
🍰 M For Mature 17+ due to Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs, Violence
Developer(s)
ZA/UM
Publisher(s)
ZA/UM
Engine
Unity
How Long To Beat
23 Hours
Metascore
89
PS Plus Availability
Extra & Premium ♛

Disco ꧑Elysium offers players a chance to change the main character, Harry’s, inner monologue. The police detective has amnesia, so you are in control of the narrative. You make dialogu😼e choices when speaking with other characters as well as hearing your narrated thoughts.

The massive amounts of dialogue trees help determine the outcome of your m🙈urder investigation. Various interactions with suspects and criminals are richly crafted, immersing you in the story.

2 Cyberpunk 2077 ☂

Corpo dialogue options in Cyberpunk 2077.

Released
🐲 🍸 December 10, 2020
ESRB
M foꦓr Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
Engine
ꦐ ꧅ REDengine 4
Cross-Platform Play
ps, xbox, ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚpc 𝔉
Cross Save
yes
Franchise
Cyberpunk
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
How Long To Beat
25 Hours
Metascore
75
PS Plus Availability
N/A

Cyberpunk 2077 has a rocky release, but as fans have embraced the open-world game, they have praised it for how well-written and immersive the dialogue is. Your past will change your op🃏tions, including deception and persuasion, so carefully choose V’s background at the start.

In most scenarios, the dialogue heavily determines the outcome. You can either act with aggression or try to defuse the situation. ꦰColor-coded lines indicate whether the option will give you more world-building context or keep the conversatio📖n going.

1 Baldur&rsqu🤡o;s Gate 3 🧜

Blaze Elin dialogue options in Baldur's Gate 3.

Released
August 𒉰3, 202🍬3
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence ജ
Engine
Divinity 4.0 🐷
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op ღ
Cross-Platform Play
Full cross-pl♚atform play. ꦏ
Cross Save
Full cross-platform🌳 progression.
Franchise
Baldur's Gate
Number of Players
1-4
Split Screen Orientation
🃏 Vertical Only
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified
How Long To Beat
ℱ 1🐓00+ Hours
Metascore
96
PS Plus Availability
N/A
Local Co-Op Support
1-2 Players ♐ 🎶

The dialogue in Baldur’s Gate 3 is unmatched by othe🃏r open-wor🅷ld RPGs. Interacting with characters opens a dialogue cutscene with multiple choices, which may require an ability check. Failing or succeeding can drastically alter the outcome of the conversation.

Outside of cutscenes, party members banter and make offhand remarks,❀ and the cast nailed their voice work. Upon your second playthrough, you will discover dialogue you didn’t hear the first time. The flexibility of the dialogue in the f💃ace of so many player-based decisions and party combinations is impressive.

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