What programming language is best to make a graphical 3D RPG?

Luke: What programming language is best to make a graphical 3D RPG?
I am planning on making an RPG which will be of a similiar concept to Runescape. However I don’t expect it to be of the same standard but I need help on choosing a programming language and API to use for this project. I would love to hear of any particular advantages or disadvantages of any programming languages or API’s that anybody knows of. Thank you.

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Answer by Josh
JAVA

Answer by rudeedude
Java is the best bet, but if you know C++ it can be done.

Answer by oops
Well, Runescape uses Java, so obviously that will work. But if you decide you want performance, eventually you’ll need to be developing native apps, and for that, you’ll need c/c++. Luckily, Java syntax is nearly identical to c++. So learn Java, then if you decide you need more power, switch to c++.

Answer by dowen
C/C++ is the best for performance and you have *many* sdks to get you started.

Java is good in the sense that it should take you less code to write a game engine but there are less third party libraries for Java so you could end up having to write more code anyway.

Most companies use C/C++ along with a scripting language like python or lua for high level coding. Ogre3D and Delta3D are written in C++ and have python bindings.