Record-Breaking Dialogue and Text Counts in RPGs

Some RPGs push the boundaries of narrative scale, featuring scripts with millions of words and extensive lore that rival or exceed traditional literary works.

The top 3

1. Baldur's Gate 3's Unprecedented Script: Baldur's Gate 3 holds the Guinness World Record for the longest video game script, boasting over 2 million words of dialogue, which is more than triple the word count of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books.
2. Mass Effect Trilogy's Expansive Lore: The original Mass Effect trilogy features a collective word count of approximately 1.2 million words across its three main games, including extensive dialogue and codex entries that build its rich sci-fi universe.
3. The Elder Scrolls Series' Deep World-Building: The Elder Scrolls series, including games like Skyrim, is known for its immense collection of in-game books and lore, with the entire series containing over 1.2 million words of world-building text, separate from dialogue.

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