What are the most interesting settings in CRPG's?

Is this for all the games?

Morrowind, Planescape, Oddworld, Bloodborne, Hollow Knight, Xenoblade Chonicles, Nier and Nier: Automata, Mother 3

I dropped the first because of this and many other bullshit but maybe you won't consider all that bullshit so just try it. The few anons who talk about it sing it high praises.

In terms of gameplay the latter games improve on the combat in nearly every way. The first is a little rough around the edges and has serious balance issues.

If gameplay is important and you can't stand the 1st game in the series I'd start with the 5th, otherwise if you want to absorb the whole story (it's quite good) I'd start with the 1st and play all of them.

If you only care about playing optimally you want to unlock the highest tier summon at the earliest level you can manage, possibly even getting the upgraded version of it (at level 3 skill level) putting either 0 into everything or 2 into just int. Then making sure none of them ever die. Their EXP gain is equal to yours so if you get them at level 10 and they start at level 42, once you're 30 they'll be 62 and shred everything.

The world of underrail is very bizarre because there are no stairs or escalators leading to the "surface", if there's even such a thing in that universe. I've looked everywhere and there just aren't any, not even ones blocked by rubble. There's an area in late game that looks like an ancient mall with all the exits leading back to metro tunnels. Numerous notes and other lore related stuff in the game, but no mention of the world above the surface anywhere in the game either.

>playing optimally
No, I was just hoping that following the in-game tips won't fuck me over several hours down the line. As in my creatures not getting instagibbed by anything in yet unexplored locations while doing barely any damage to enemies. Maybe some day I'll try it again.

You won't have to worry about that then, a low level higher tier summon is worlds better than a super high level lower tier. Only thing you need to know is not to neglect your INT if you're going for a pure Shaper build, Essence is the most important stat for a summon build, not shaping skill.

Biocorp built underrail, but that was hundreds of years ago. So there was a surface, and whatever happened to Earth (assuming it is Earth) is probably related to Godmen

>a low level higher tier summon is worlds better than a super high level lower tier
Yeah, I figured it the hard way. Still, the latest creature I could access to serve as replacement died about as easy to plated scorpions (sp?) and whatnot.