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[Vendayn]

As title says...outside of FPS games (lots of Sci-FI FPS games)...what are some Sci-Fi games that can be played on land? I'm more looking at RPGs. Since there is a lot of Sci-Fi strategy games too. For some reason, a lot of MMO/RPG Sci-Fi games are almost always in space. I'm not really talking about Post-Apoc games either, though they can be sort of Sci-Fi. We already have Fallout series for that, which I love (including Fallout 2), but not what I had in mind.

All I know of is...

MMO-
Shores of Hazeron
Anarchy Online (my favorite MMO, even if it is old. Waiting for the graphics update to release)
Saga of Ryzom
Face of Mankind (thanks Klingon13524)

Singleplayer-

Precursors
Mass Effect
Planet's Edge (thanks Virtz)

Roguelikes-

Prospector (thanks Klingon13524)
Gearhead (thanks Virtz)

Other-

Spore (if it lived up to the hype, I would have actually probably still been playing. More about strategy though, except for Cell/Creature stage. I do love the huge open universe and being able to land on every planet and build on it or terraform it)

I'm sure I'm missing a lot. But those are off the top of my head. I can't really think of too many singleplayer Sci-fi RPGs, except what I listed. And Spore isn't really a RPG, but I do kind of like the mechanics of it.

[klingon13524]

Face of Mankind is a Sci-Fi MMOFPS you might want to look into. Prospector is a good Sci-Fi roguelike.

[Vendayn]

Ah yeah. Prospector is a good one. Haven't played Face of Mankind yet, but one of my friends was/is really into it.

Added them to the list (with a Roguelike category added)

[Virtz]

If you don't mind old stuff, then there's Planet's Edge and the Buck Rogers Gold Box games (Countdown to Doomsday and Matrix Cubed).

There's also DoomRL and Gearhead - roguelikes.

[Sirus]

*googles LAND*
 ...why are you trying to launch denial-of-service attacks?

[dizzyelk]

If you don't mind old stuff, then there's Planet's Edge and the Buck Rogers Gold Box games (Countdown to Doomsday and Matrix Cubed).

There's also DoomRL and Gearhead - roguelikes.

Love the Buck Rogers Gold Box games. But there is a general lack of good sci-fi games out.
 

We already have Fallout series for that, which I love (including Fallout 2), but not what I had in mind.

What do you mean including Fallout 2? That's the best of the series. It'd make more sense if you said including Fallout: Tactics. Or Fallout:POS BOS...

[Vendayn]

*googles LAND*
 ...why are you trying to launch denial-of-service attacks?

lol. Well, since you can't really emphasize things online very easily...I put it there since a lot of Sci-Fi games are in space, and I like to look for more ground based stuff. Maybe ground would have been a better word.

[Sirus]

*googles LAND*
 ...why are you trying to launch denial-of-service attacks?

lol. Well, since you can't really emphasize things online very easily...I put it there since a lot of Sci-Fi games are in space, and I like to look for more ground based stuff. Maybe ground would have been a better word.

I am facepalm.

[Vendayn]

If you don't mind old stuff, then there's Planet's Edge and the Buck Rogers Gold Box games (Countdown to Doomsday and Matrix Cubed).

There's also DoomRL and Gearhead - roguelikes.

Those look pretty cool. I especially like the look of Gearhead. I'll add them to the list.

[Meta]

System Shock 2: not on land technically, but an amazing Sci-Fi RPG.
And maybe more Anticipation than Sci-Fi, but there are the Deus Ex games.

[DJ]

AvP

[Sonlirain]

Well there is Space Hack and Space Siege.
Both are more of the Hack & Slashy sort tho.
While they DO happen in space it takes place on a huge spaceship.
(Space Hack is a budget version of space siege but it's pretty much the same setting)

Scrapland... not quite a RPG but it partially takes place on land and a robot city (where humans are considered dangerous and disgusting) is grade A Sci-Fi material.

I'm also suprised... that NOONE yet mantioned Deus Ex... surely Cyborgs megacorporations and doomsday weapons should be considered Sci-Fi.

[ColdSpiral]

Greed: Black Border is a SciFi ARPG.
The upcoming KRATER is a party-based ARPG with a Borderlands-ish setting.
Oh, and Borderlands is SciFi, of course.

[612DwarfAvenue]

I'm also suprised... that NOONE yet mantioned Deus Ex... surely Cyborgs megacorporations and doomsday weapons should be considered Sci-Fi.

And maybe more Anticipation than Sci-Fi, but there are the Deus Ex games.

Just saying.

[Sensei]

Y'know Faces of mankind looks kinda' cool, is there a thread on that?