Best rpg you've ever played
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i do love me some Dragon Quest VIII but i liked Dragon Quest III better. If DQVIII let you pick your parties classes it would have been my favorite, but having the class system made DQIII much more fun for me at leastREM_lite said:
I have played so many, it is very hard to say which I have like more than others; each have their charms and frustrations. And i like particular aspects of some for seemingly inexplicable reasons; for example:
I really liked the idea of being a downtrodden nobody in Planescape: Torment and finding out more about yourself rather than carving out a legend as a famous hero. I liked the camaraderie and feeling of lost innocence and what you had left behind on the road over the two Baldur's gate games. The bitter hostility of pretty much everywhere in the Icewind Dale series. And those are just the infinity engine games.
I could literally wax on about every game that everyone above has talked about above. However, I won't. There is only one which I notice hasn't been mentioned. It isn't much of an RPG, but could be described as one. Sort of.
Severance: Blade of Darkness, some of the best combat in any game. It looks horribly dated now, but the mechanics of it are solid as a rock. each goblin required predatory circling, well timed blocks and swings, and sometimes flinging a chair at their head would work in a pinch. The rudimentary physics work very well in spite of their simplicity, and I have yet to see a better way of showing that the chracter cannot use the weapon you have chosen than just let your spry but weak amazon pick up a giant 2-handed sword and watch her drag it around and attempt to swing it in a malcoodinated flail. All chracters can use all weapons, but their skills shine with the right type.
I don't know why this thread reminded me of it, but it was a pretty good experience. Savagely hard though, the first time I met an Orc, my knight was poisoned and cut into pieces in about 3 seconds flat. Worth a look if you haven't had a go.
I really liked the idea of being a downtrodden nobody in Planescape: Torment and finding out more about yourself rather than carving out a legend as a famous hero. I liked the camaraderie and feeling of lost innocence and what you had left behind on the road over the two Baldur's gate games. The bitter hostility of pretty much everywhere in the Icewind Dale series. And those are just the infinity engine games.
I could literally wax on about every game that everyone above has talked about above. However, I won't. There is only one which I notice hasn't been mentioned. It isn't much of an RPG, but could be described as one. Sort of.
Severance: Blade of Darkness, some of the best combat in any game. It looks horribly dated now, but the mechanics of it are solid as a rock. each goblin required predatory circling, well timed blocks and swings, and sometimes flinging a chair at their head would work in a pinch. The rudimentary physics work very well in spite of their simplicity, and I have yet to see a better way of showing that the chracter cannot use the weapon you have chosen than just let your spry but weak amazon pick up a giant 2-handed sword and watch her drag it around and attempt to swing it in a malcoodinated flail. All chracters can use all weapons, but their skills shine with the right type.
I don't know why this thread reminded me of it, but it was a pretty good experience. Savagely hard though, the first time I met an Orc, my knight was poisoned and cut into pieces in about 3 seconds flat. Worth a look if you haven't had a go.
Neverwinter Nights with all it's premium mods. I really enjoyed the zombie pirate part. Also anything ammusing, like the Baldur's Gate games & Diablo 1. The bugs & exploits in the Elder Scrollg & RDR games crack me up, but they're not "supposed" to be there & so don't count. Dungeon Siege 1 still has the nicest landscape graphics I've ever seen in a western fantasy RPG.
Haha Gothic II wasn't bad eh. Shame about III... did you play it? Crossed fingers that Arcania isn't shite.LC Wynter said:
OT: I don't usually re-play games, but I'm on my 3rd run through Fallout 3. I guess that says something.
Final Fantasy X - First game I played through till the end so part of it's appeal is nostalgia but I still find myself playing though it about once a year.
Final Fantasy XII - Played through this one maybe 5 or 6 times, even bought the International version of it so I could play with its class system. The battle system is fantastic.
Valkyrie Profile 2 - Just really like this ones battle system.
Couldn't choose only one.
Final Fantasy XII - Played through this one maybe 5 or 6 times, even bought the International version of it so I could play with its class system. The battle system is fantastic.
Valkyrie Profile 2 - Just really like this ones battle system.
Couldn't choose only one.
Was I the only one who liked him? Also that game didn't age oh so well.Onyx Oblivion said:
I'm going to have to say Mass Effect for west and Chrono Trigger for japan
No, you're not the only one. I liked Carth and honestly have no clue why people dislike him, he seems like a realistic and sincere character and I like that!Cody211282 said:
"i reckon the best RPG i've played is Final Fantasy X. I've got so many hours on that game, yet i am still capable of playing on it and finding more to do. I love the battle system, i love all the characters and their backstories, i love the character development, i love playing Blitzball on it and the music track is awesome too. Its actually a game i've found that all of my friends can play/watch someone else play and enjoy themselves. obviously, not watching for an extended amount of time, but to be fair, thats pretty true for all games."
That's another game i love, it was the first FF i ever played and i completely fell in love with the sphere grid system. I guess because of that i've never really liked any of the other games systems. Anyway...that's another of my favorites i literally burnt out the disk.
(sorry about the quote still working on learning everything)
That's another game i love, it was the first FF i ever played and i completely fell in love with the sphere grid system. I guess because of that i've never really liked any of the other games systems. Anyway...that's another of my favorites i literally burnt out the disk.
(sorry about the quote still working on learning everything)