[King Bear]

 Solidsnape, on 21 May 2011 - 11:34 AM, said:

LOVE oblivion.
Was loth to say so, as most people (purists) pipe up, saying morrowind is better. I've never played it so I wouldn't know. Oblivion is about as good as it gets for me though. Can't wait for Skyrim.
My ps3 is knackered though. Will have to sort that out.

Oblivion is a great game, and the right mods make it an even greater one. I'd say that Morrowind is better on balance, but not in every department. The dungeons in Oblivion are an improvement over those in Morrowind.

Since you love Oblivion, it's still months until Skyrim is released, and if you have the time, it might be worth your while to play Morrowind. In many ways it's just Oblivion in a different, more exotic, setting. I think there's even an update that overhauls the graphics to Oblivion's quality.

[Solidsnape]

If I'm honest, I've been toying with the idea of playing morro for a while. How couldn't I when I love oblivion so much? I only ever hear good things about it.
Problem is time, I don't have enough.
What spare time I do have, I'm reading Erikson.

Just found out we're expecting a second child. He/She is on the way. So, even less time now!!
I'll let you know if I decide to have a go.
Thanks.
Sorry about the max brook/vamp thing. I'm not very good. Hoped you enjoyed though.

[POOPOO MCBUMFACE]

Morrowind
Said why to death here and elsewhere. The ultimate game just to get lost in. Spent years of my life modding the thing - anyone ever play the epic quest Muffinwind? - and don't regret a minute of it.

Fallout 1
Released alongside Baldur's Gate, this is the game subsequent RPGs should have followed. A fantastic world built around real, tangible choices and consequences, no game before or since has allowed the player to define and play a character to his strengths in the way Fallout did. Add Jagged Alliance 2-style combat and you would have an utterly perfect game.

Planescape: Torment
I don't play games for the story. I used to, then I started getting tired with the frankly childish writing and plots in 90% of "great story" games, whose fans seem unable to separate quality and quantity of writing. Then Planescape came along. I've only truly enjoyed one or two game stories since (Mask of the Betrayer), and it's because this beauty spoiled me for life. Gives most good novels a run for their money, and almost always integrates the great backstory into the game world and sidequests and makes you work for every scrap of information - not just that which will lead you to your goal. No matter how many times I replay, there's always something new to discover that sheds new light on the mystery of the Nameless One.

Jagged Alliance 2
Hairs will split over whether it's an RPG or not, but I've seen no good argument as to why it isn't. And it has the best damn RPG combat ever made.

Might and Magic 3-5
Back in the day, RPGs were about a very simple formula. Explore. Kill. Get stronger. Find loot. Venture into new, forbidden locations that you have no business being in, just to steal some obsidian weapons and flee before the dragons roast you. Exploit the game and AI just to stand a chance of survival. Watch those dozens of beautiful little numbers go up, and up, and up. Gaze at exotic locales and commit genocide on the entire local population. RPGs may have become a confused and schizophrenic beast from then on out - even my beloved Fallout and Morrowind were considerably warped takes on the genre, though arguably improvements - with the genre now a sad limpet-like thing stuck to the side of glorified dating sims and shooters, but for a taste of The Way Wot It Once Were, you can't do much better than grabbing the M&M 1-6 pack off GOG.

Can't pick just one, but if I had to on pain of death, I'd die screaming "Fallowindaaargh".

This post has been edited by POOPOO MCBUMFACE: 21 May 2011 - 03:26 PM

[Sammehmander Rake]

FF7/8 (ff7 was the first taste of RPG I got as a youngen)

witcher1

and I think witcher2 will probably be up there.

Demon Souls blew my mind.

[Aptorian]

It's not that nobody likes the game, it is the fact that no one bought a Dreamcast. It was just a legend here in Denmark.

[POOPOO MCBUMFACE]

The Gamecube port was pretty good, from what I remember. Didn't play too much of it.

[Gust Hubb]

I had the misfortune of growing up in a home that disallowed video game consoles, so I spend most of my time watching neighbors play games (Final Fantasy was one of my favorites to watch!). I was allowed into the PC RPG realm and grew up on Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, King's Quest, Think Quick, and Myst.

Morrowind is a great game, but I wish that it was a little more challenging acquiring items and maybe even more interactive in its environments (the series maybe that way now, unfortunately I do not have any gaming setup whatsoever now). I really want to try Gothic, but alas!!! nothing to play it on. One of the few things that sucks about Mac's.

And a Malazan style Morrowind? I would sell everything I own to get a rig for that game!! I miss the good ole days sometimes....

This post has been edited by Gust Hubb: 21 May 2011 - 05:35 PM

[Gust Hubb]

 Quick Ben, on 21 May 2011 - 03:10 AM, said:

Gust Hubb necrothreads, Briar King posts, then myself. I see a pattern forming. Anyway like you Hubb I joined well after these interesting/fun threads died a natural death, so I'm down with the reanimation.

That is a hilarious way of putting it. I like.

[Solidsnape]

Hehe!!
I love Guybrush Threepwood!!

[Macros]

never liked the Ff games at all.
That is all

[Una]

I'm still waiting for a game that's as good as Final Fantasy 3/6. Final Fantasy 2/4 is still my favourite, because it has a happier, sweeter story, but I haven't found a game yet that made me care as much about the characters than FF3. The later games, fancier graphics notwithstanding, just don't quite measure up. I guess I'll just have to play it over and over on emulator until something better comes along.

[Mentalist]

 Quick Ben, on 21 May 2011 - 06:04 AM, said:

 Mentalist, on 21 May 2011 - 05:43 AM, said:

the original Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain was described as an "RPG in the style of Diablo"

and that is one of THE best games I have ever played in my life. not to mention that it spawned a series with one of the best storylines in all of gaming.

I always wanted to play that one. I've played some of the later ones that weren't really RPGs, but more tomb-raidery.

Good stories, indeed they are sir.

Think Zelda. but gothic.
and with your character as badass Kain. and after every kill, before you finsh off the opponent, you must feed.

and the soundtrack.... 14 years later, I still get shivers when I hear it.

[drinksinbars]

i played skies of arcadia - really enjoyed theat one.

the tales series have had some notably quality titles as have the fire emblem series. I think ff just pips them though in terms of story telling (9 was just an amazingly good game). oh and chrono trigger and shining force were really good games as well, chrono triggers use of time was really awesome back in the day. A remake of that would be brilliant now.

This post has been edited by drinksinbars: 25 May 2011 - 08:21 AM

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Chrono Trigger might still be the greatest (J)RPG ever made, as my friends insist. It's good, it's probably even great. But there's no accounting for taste.

[Gothos]

 Solidsnape, on 21 May 2011 - 10:39 AM, said:

KOTOR was just the absolute mutts nuts!! I was so disappointed with the 2nd one.
Thinking that Mass Effect might be worth a shot. Ain't got an xbox though, and my PC is not upto it.

Odd. I found the second one to be tonnes better, if unfinished.

[Gothos]

Also: what would be the best way to get to play Chrono Trigger these days? PC + SNES emulator?

[champ]

Chrono Trigger has just been released on the Wii Virtual Console...

http://uk.wii.ign.co.../1170454p1.html

Or you can get it on a SNES emulator, PS1 or DS

[Bulwyf]

Tough call. I pretty much stopped playing most traditional RPGs when MMORPGs came out.


Hmmm, I think I'm going to go with Dragon Warrior on the old NES. Heh, I remember replaying that game numerous times, trying to get the hidden Eldrick armor/weapons as early as I could to be a billy-badass a few levels early...heh, got it free with Nintendo Power subscription, along with a whole packet of strategy guides and maps etc. Plus farming metal slimes was pro

Shout outs to Wild Arms and FFVII for revitalizing RPGs for me in the (old) next Gen era.

I also really Liked the 2 King's Field games on Playstation. First Person RPGs. No idea why, they weren't anything special if I recall correctly but I dug 'em.

The KoTOR's were good of course too.

[Seatiger]

Love the final fantasy series and the online MMO. Dragon age was great to play as well.

[Beliar]

FF7/10,

But also love

Witcher 1, (got 2 but not played yet)
Oblivion,
Morrowind,
Mass Effect games (not 100% RPG games i feel though)
Demon Souls (no real story but the gameplay!)
Lost Odyessy