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Wilbot666

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Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines is awesome and you can pick it up for around $20 AUS. Make sure you get the fan-made patch though as Troika went out of business and never fixed all the bugs. The patch not only fixes them all but restores all the content that the developers removed to get it out on time. Try it and thank me later.
 

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If you have a DS and don't mind excessively high Random Encounter rates I would recommend Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled, other than above mentioned encounter rates I've had a really good time with the game so far.
 

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Riobux said:
Mount&Blade: Warband.

In fact, there's a sale on Steam for it now. There's also a demo on there.
I have the original. Bought it back before the sale, and now I can't afford Warband. How drastic of a change am I missing?

But yeah, Mount and Blade. I've sunk 18 hours into it already.
 

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Hmm...

The Witcher(Enhanced Edition) is good, but it has some core design problems. You have to constantly run from one end of the map to the other. the combat is acceptable but still pretty dull. It's not always clear what you're supposed to do next, and there's little to no detective work involved in finding out, just fucking around until the plot continues. The story and characters range from passable to pretty damn good, Garalt(Or however the fuck you spell it) is kind of a boring protagonist if you ask me, not blank enough to project onto, and not developed enough to really get behind, and a lot of the usual cast is pretty one note. There are some characters that are pretty interesting, like an Elven rebel leader who walks an interesting line between separatist and extremist, but they only show up every now and again. The plot is fairly standard, some guy fucks with you, so you gotta fuck him and all his friends back, but first you gotta find him. The best part of the game is the world it takes place in which is richly detailed with lots of intriguing conflicts that go on backstage, and your decisions have genuine consequences, and though it's blunt, having Garalt outright explain how things could have gone differently really brings out the reactivity of the story and makes up some of the best moments in the game. If you're a hardcore PC RPG player, and you miss the classic fantasy setting, then look up some gaemplay for yourself and see if it's your cup of tea.

Other then that, just play anything else that's already been mentioned.

Persona 3 and 4
Dragon Age: Origins(Vastly superior to 2)
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Fallout: New Vegas(Give it time)
KotOR 1 and 2(The age shows, but they're still really good)
 

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If you care more about gameplay then story, you might want to give Nethack or Dwarf Fortress a try. If you REALLY want to make it especially meaty, try it without looking up stuff on their wikis. Okay maybe that's just too meaty.
 
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A lot of my suggestions have already been posted I see. If you only have a 360, then there's nothing I can recommend you that hasn't already been mentioned. But if you have access to a DS at all I would definitely suggest Devil Survivor, an excellent title that is getting both a 3DS remake (although I feel like that's a blatant cash in but we'll save my opinion on remakes of games that are only two years old for another thread) and a regular DS sequel. Also Strange Journey was quite good as well.
 

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Selvec said:
InnerRebellion said:
Riobux said:
Mount&Blade: Warband.

In fact, there's a sale on Steam for it now. There's also a demo on there.
I have the original. Bought it back before the sale, and now I can't afford Warband. How drastic of a change am I missing?

But yeah, Mount and Blade. I've sunk 18 hours into it already.
Multiplayer, thats it. Everything else is EXACTLY the same. It's Taleworlds ripping off the people that supported them from the beginning. There is more mods for the original anyway.
Doesn't it let you start your own kingdom as well? That's my only gripe with it, the fact that I can't establish a kingdom under my name.
 

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A Playful Shark said:
I'm really looking for a game to feed my RPG craving.
I've been searching, but i just can't find it! Something deep you can get lost in.

MMO's are alright... but they fall short more often than not.
Western, JRPG, doesn't matter! I just want a good experience!

Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, WoW, and Guild Wars are the one's i've played pretty extensively.

Hit me with your best shot.
Nier. It's way better than most people say.
 

NeoShai

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Selvec said:
InnerRebellion said:
Riobux said:
Mount&Blade: Warband.

In fact, there's a sale on Steam for it now. There's also a demo on there.
I have the original. Bought it back before the sale, and now I can't afford Warband. How drastic of a change am I missing?

But yeah, Mount and Blade. I've sunk 18 hours into it already.
Multiplayer, thats it. Everything else is EXACTLY the same. It's Taleworlds ripping off the people that supported them from the beginning. There is more mods for the original anyway.
But, Multiplayer is a pretty big addition though?
 

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Give the Disgaea series (PS2/PS3/DS OR PSP) a try. Phantom Brave is good too.

Heck, try ANYTHING by NIS.
 

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A Playful Shark said:
I'm really looking for a game to feed my RPG craving.
I've been searching, but i just can't find it! Something deep you can get lost in.

MMO's are alright... but they fall short more often than not.
Western, JRPG, doesn't matter! I just want a good experience!

Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, WoW, and Guild Wars are the one's i've played pretty extensively.

Hit me with your best shot.
If you want a very heavily stat based rpg, I'd suggest the shin megami series.
Atlus seems to remember that RPG's are supposed to be difficult, unlike Square (although they kind of redeemed themselves with XIII).
-Tabs<3-
 

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The Witcher Enhanced Edition is a good choice,if you're looking forward for the second installment of the game.

Theres also Dragon Age Origins and DA 2.

Mass Effect series.

If you want a bit of old school ones give Neverwinter Nights a shot.
 

mikev7.0

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A Playful Shark said:
I'm really looking for a game to feed my RPG craving.
I've been searching, but i just can't find it! Something deep you can get lost in.

MMO's are alright... but they fall short more often than not.
Western, JRPG, doesn't matter! I just want a good experience!

Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, WoW, and Guild Wars are the one's i've played pretty extensively.

Hit me with your best shot.
Meaty huh? I dunno if it's well wait yeah it's an RPG well sorta' but it's also an arca- no, that's not right because it's kind of a strategy game, yeah definitely a.......*sigh* I don't know what the hell it is to be quite honest other than it would definitely qualify as what I would call a "Meaty" game.

Knights in the Nightmare.

You're welcome.

On the off chance you're still hungry? (and don't mind Dragomorphin' some people aren't cool with it but I say hey whatever floats ((or burns and sinks)) yer boat) I recently picked up the ATLUS redux of the Divinity series: Divinity II: the Dragon Knight Saga which is actually Ego Draconis and Flames of Vengeance. I have played about half way through Ego Draconis (the first one) and it is an amazing game, You can mindread (in exchange for xp), it has a HUGE emphasis on exploration, there are puzzles, item enchanting, potion making, it really surprised me considering how much it was supposed to "suck." What can I say? Sometimes it pays to be ch-uh er, thifty.
 

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Fallout 1 & 2 ( if you liked fallout 3 story characters and setting )

Warhammer 40k ( not an rpg 100 percent but has some rely nice rpg elements )

Fable series( this game is rely good but more emphasis... how to put this ok say its like the
karma system get ripped out of fallout 3 brutally ,revamped and put into a third person rpg)

Kotor (buggy as F^ck but great)

Fallout new vegas ( imagine fallout 3 where there is more emphasis on faction joining a crap load more survial aspects (including weapon modding and bullet choosing for specific weapons) and ironsight but the story is not as good as fallout 3 nor are the characters as memorable or events ( the battle for the dam was not as good as the battle for the purifier ) but has some good humor and a shit load more content)

Megaman battle network( good game in my opinion not rely big on its rpg elements but still great rpg lol )
 
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Riobux said:
Mount&Blade: Warband.

In fact, there's a sale on Steam for it now. There's also a demo on there.
This. You'll lose hours upon hours to this game.

The_Healer said:
Grab the Witcher Enhanced Edition.

Great game. The sequel is coming out soon as well.
Also this.

I also suggest Alpha Protocol. Because there just aren't enough good games with proper espionage/spy stories. Stories that twist and turn in ways you can't imagine at that.