Best rpg you ever played?
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Truth in that VtM:B is the greatest RPG, or truth in that I have to punished?Joos said:
I won't argue either way.
You pretty just quoted my mind for why I made this except I have DS wii xbox 360 and PCSpleenbag said:
Two rpgs that I play multiple times through and have enjoyed never-endingly are ChronoTrigger and FinalFantasy7; they are my favorites. Following that are Lufia2, Breath of Fire 2 (and that was the game with the atrocious translation on the snes), and Skies of Arcadia. Bloody well did I love Skies of Arcadia.
Nowadays, rpgs seem to be missing some key factor, some large piece of importance that were in the older games. Every PS2 rpg I have played in the last few years has had terrible voice acting, un-likable characters, too many boring cut scenes, and lack of involvement. I worry that this is the set standard of rpgs now, including those that are gradually coming to the Wii and 360. This is only regarding Jrpgs, of course.
Nowadays, rpgs seem to be missing some key factor, some large piece of importance that were in the older games. Every PS2 rpg I have played in the last few years has had terrible voice acting, un-likable characters, too many boring cut scenes, and lack of involvement. I worry that this is the set standard of rpgs now, including those that are gradually coming to the Wii and 360. This is only regarding Jrpgs, of course.
If we're talking about games where you play an actual role, then Morrowind is by far the best. There are no limits on what you want to play and there's no rail-roading you into certain actions. You can play the game for months before even bothering to start the main quest lines.
If we're talking about games where you follow a specific storyline, then I'm going to say Final Fantasy XII. Well written, very well voice acted and much more playable than any of the other Final Fantasies.
If we're talking about games where you follow a specific storyline, then I'm going to say Final Fantasy XII. Well written, very well voice acted and much more playable than any of the other Final Fantasies.
Final Fantasy III entertains me...It's fun, it's portable, it takes forever to beat--The perfect combination of RPG elements.
Then there's Fallout III, which is always fun...Meh, I don't play many RPGs, I need to buy some more...
Then there's Fallout III, which is always fun...Meh, I don't play many RPGs, I need to buy some more...
Computer/Western RPG: Knights of the Old Republic. Baldur's Gate II was more difficult, Mass Effect had a more mature story, but goddamn if KOTOR isn't one of the most fun and engaging games I've ever played. I've replayed it almost every year since it came out.
JRPG: Chrono Trigger. Not a big JRPG fan, but this game totally captured my attention and I loved it. Didn't care for FFVII, FFVIII, or really any other JRPG I've played or watched my friends play. Only Chrono Trigger was good enough to break my perception of JRPGs for me to play and beat it.
JRPG: Chrono Trigger. Not a big JRPG fan, but this game totally captured my attention and I loved it. Didn't care for FFVII, FFVIII, or really any other JRPG I've played or watched my friends play. Only Chrono Trigger was good enough to break my perception of JRPGs for me to play and beat it.
Well when it comes to western RPGs Fallout 3 is probably the best recent one that comes to mind. An old DnD one I liked though was the Dark Sun duology: Shattered Lands and Wake of the Ravager. All four party members were customizable and such at the expense of no personality. Of course the original two Fallout games were also wonderful. Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic were okay but they felt more flawed than the Fallout series. I also tend to deride Baldur's Gate for being too messy, especially the sequel.
For JRPGs (which I do enjoy as well) its hard. I really, really loved Xenogears. Of course I am also a fan of several of the Final Fantasy titles, Paper Mario and Earthbound. Xenogears probably still gets my overall pick though because, at the expense of being more linear and having no character customization, it had a great story and strong gameplay.
For JRPGs (which I do enjoy as well) its hard. I really, really loved Xenogears. Of course I am also a fan of several of the Final Fantasy titles, Paper Mario and Earthbound. Xenogears probably still gets my overall pick though because, at the expense of being more linear and having no character customization, it had a great story and strong gameplay.
Valkyria chronicles. some would argue that it isn't an RPG but i think it's the best one out there.
I could probably fill a top-five list of RPGs I loved.
1. World of Warcraft
Yes, I'm one of those Blizzard zombies who loves World of Warcraft. I didn't get into it by a friend like most people (quite the contrary, I found some buddies in reality who played the game a considerable amount of time AFTER I started playing), I saw an advertisement for it online and figured I'd try the 10-day account thing on a whim. I had played Warcraft III that I had borrowed from a friend/neighbor some time before (I have my own copy now), and I liked the story of Warcraft, and I figured "oh wow, I can become one of those heroes? That sounds cool! I'd like to try that!" when I saw what WoW was about. Needless to say, the trial blew me away and my brother got me my copy for Christmas (soon after the Burning Crusade came out and I bought that, making my first character a Blood Elf since I enjoyed Prince Kael'thas's story and fall from grace in WC3 and made him a paladin since the thought of healing, heaviest armor and biggest weapons sounded cool to me and I still play that character to this day, he's level 80), and the rest is history.
2. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
This one was great. I had never played an Elder Scrolls game before, but the medieval look hooked me and the story sucked me in. Love the story, but love to go on rampages with the Gray Fox's hood and murder all of Cyrodil.
3. Fallout 3
Another Bethesda title, this time in post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. The first time I saw the D.C. Ruins, it really made me think, "wow, this could ACTUALLY happen if there was a nuclear war." It's so deep and immersive, and the main characters are great (Three Dog is that one voice that you will love to hear praising your actions in the game, good or evil) and the opening and closing sequences are beautiful, especially with the narrator being Hellboy, by day known as Ron Pearlman.
4. Any Pokemon Game
I was about 12 when I first got sucked into the pokemon games. I heard about it from television commercials, and thought "wow, that looks really fun!" Of course, I was 12 at the time as I said, so I was sort of the target audience, perhaps being a clear indicator of Nintendo's marketing strategy to this day. I got Pokemon Blue version, my brother got Red and I got sucked in and still haven't come back out. Even so, I prefer most of the Red/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal creatures, even some of the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald creatures to the ones in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. Even now, though half of my team in Diamond consists of Rotom, Garchomp and Leafeon (the others are Feraligatr, Charizard (which I wouldn't mind swapping out for something else, maybe Typhlosion) and Hypno), I wouldn't mind changing out Rotom with something else, maybe Aggron or Metagross. Anyway it's simple gameplay but fun, though I wouldn't mind a full 3D pokemon game like the portable ones where you go around capturing pokemon instead of stealing them from people and let go to ALL the regions of the pokemon universe (Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh and Hoenn).
5. Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X was another entry in a hideously ironic game series. Suffice it to say, it was actually good, which was different from a lot of the Final Fantasy game elements I've encountered (most of them from Final Fantasy VIII, ironically). The environments were great, most of the characters had actual likeable traits (Auron especially seemed like the most badass of all the characters), a villain that returns from the dead TWICE to try and kill you, and a minigame that was actually some measure of fun, Blitzball. I actually liked it compared to the crappy card game from VIII or all of them from VII put together. My experiences with the Final Fantasy series has been limited severely to VII, VIII and X, and X is definately the best. I just wish they didn't crap it up with Final Fantasy X-2...
And so I did fill out a top-5.
1. World of Warcraft
Yes, I'm one of those Blizzard zombies who loves World of Warcraft. I didn't get into it by a friend like most people (quite the contrary, I found some buddies in reality who played the game a considerable amount of time AFTER I started playing), I saw an advertisement for it online and figured I'd try the 10-day account thing on a whim. I had played Warcraft III that I had borrowed from a friend/neighbor some time before (I have my own copy now), and I liked the story of Warcraft, and I figured "oh wow, I can become one of those heroes? That sounds cool! I'd like to try that!" when I saw what WoW was about. Needless to say, the trial blew me away and my brother got me my copy for Christmas (soon after the Burning Crusade came out and I bought that, making my first character a Blood Elf since I enjoyed Prince Kael'thas's story and fall from grace in WC3 and made him a paladin since the thought of healing, heaviest armor and biggest weapons sounded cool to me and I still play that character to this day, he's level 80), and the rest is history.
2. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
This one was great. I had never played an Elder Scrolls game before, but the medieval look hooked me and the story sucked me in. Love the story, but love to go on rampages with the Gray Fox's hood and murder all of Cyrodil.
3. Fallout 3
Another Bethesda title, this time in post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. The first time I saw the D.C. Ruins, it really made me think, "wow, this could ACTUALLY happen if there was a nuclear war." It's so deep and immersive, and the main characters are great (Three Dog is that one voice that you will love to hear praising your actions in the game, good or evil) and the opening and closing sequences are beautiful, especially with the narrator being Hellboy, by day known as Ron Pearlman.
4. Any Pokemon Game
I was about 12 when I first got sucked into the pokemon games. I heard about it from television commercials, and thought "wow, that looks really fun!" Of course, I was 12 at the time as I said, so I was sort of the target audience, perhaps being a clear indicator of Nintendo's marketing strategy to this day. I got Pokemon Blue version, my brother got Red and I got sucked in and still haven't come back out. Even so, I prefer most of the Red/Blue/Yellow and Gold/Silver/Crystal creatures, even some of the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald creatures to the ones in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. Even now, though half of my team in Diamond consists of Rotom, Garchomp and Leafeon (the others are Feraligatr, Charizard (which I wouldn't mind swapping out for something else, maybe Typhlosion) and Hypno), I wouldn't mind changing out Rotom with something else, maybe Aggron or Metagross. Anyway it's simple gameplay but fun, though I wouldn't mind a full 3D pokemon game like the portable ones where you go around capturing pokemon instead of stealing them from people and let go to ALL the regions of the pokemon universe (Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh and Hoenn).
5. Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X was another entry in a hideously ironic game series. Suffice it to say, it was actually good, which was different from a lot of the Final Fantasy game elements I've encountered (most of them from Final Fantasy VIII, ironically). The environments were great, most of the characters had actual likeable traits (Auron especially seemed like the most badass of all the characters), a villain that returns from the dead TWICE to try and kill you, and a minigame that was actually some measure of fun, Blitzball. I actually liked it compared to the crappy card game from VIII or all of them from VII put together. My experiences with the Final Fantasy series has been limited severely to VII, VIII and X, and X is definately the best. I just wish they didn't crap it up with Final Fantasy X-2...
And so I did fill out a top-5.
