Looking for a good single player RPG. Recommendations pls !!

[DoPo]

OK, OP, go on GOG right now and buy stuff. Good RPGs are on sale this weekend, including BG, P:T and NWN. Just...go. Now!

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

Star Control 2

And it is free!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sc2/?source=directory

Great writing, fun resource gathering and customization, huge galaxy to explore. This game is oldschool and there is no "adventurer journal" so keep a spiral notebook and pen by your comp.

 

[Dendio]

OK, OP, go on GOG right now and buy stuff. Good RPGs are on sale this weekend, including BG, P:T and NWN. Just...go. Now!

wow talk about luck! I almost bought planescape and NWN yesterday, but decided to sleep on it, now an awesome sale springs up!

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Sacman]

Would we count S.T.A.L.K.E.R as an FPS RPG or an FPS with RPG elements. Either way play it. The Witcher is also really good.

Hell I wouldn;t even call it an FPS... it's focus is mainly on survival... FPSing is only what you do in your off time... while trying not to die from radiation poisoning or roaming packs of wild mutated dogs... or both...<.<

But either way it's good... totally recommended...

Also, Baldur's Gate is a classic... though I'd wait for the rerelease... since the original is pretty unintuitive...<.<

Also try Deus Ex... it's FPS RPG Hybrid...

Also if we're looking at CRPGs the Ultima series has some classic entries in it...

 

[Dendio]

Isn't Dark Souls a JRPG?

Yes, it is.

Don't let anyone tell you different.

JRPG =/= turn based combat
JRPG = Made in Japan

OP: Valkyria Chronicles (if you like SRPGs at all)

I plan on getting a ps3 and going through its exclusives, once ps4 comes out and the price drops

I'll add chronicles to the list, thx for this!

And ty everyone for the awesome advice!

 

[Mordekaien]

If you harbor love for Isometric turn-based rpgs, I recommend Eschalon Book 1 & 2
It has it's quirks, but is still very fun RPG, with pretty good customization and interesting storyline.
Other than that, most of my other recommendations were said already.

 

[R3dF41c0n]

My advice is to hit up the RPG section of GOG.

You may want to consider the first two Fallout games (and F3 and NV if you haven't played them).

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

If you don't mind indie games, and story-driven RPGs (as in, kiss combat and loot goodbye), I highly recommend To The Moon.
It is available on Steam. Not sure if it is still 20% off. Probably won't be in a few hours.
It is a lovely little game. You mightenjoy it. Plenty of humour/references. And it has made a number of people at least tear up.
I want to play it again...

 

[Dendio]

If you don't mind indie games, and story-driven RPGs (as in, kiss combat and loot goodbye), I highly recommend To The Moon.
It is available on Steam. Not sure if it is still 20% off. Probably won't be in a few hours.
It is a lovely little game. You mightenjoy it. Plenty of humour/references. And it has made a number of people at least tear up.
I want to play it again...

Story is very important to me! I got it off steam before the sale ended, thx for letting me know about it

 

[Eldrig]

Good god, play Morrowind now! The sheer detail that went into the game world is astounding. It still blows anything else Bethesda has made since out of the water. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

 

[Gabanuka]

Another vote for New Vegas. It's probably one of the best RPG experiences around today, despite being so old

Um did you just call New Vegas old? Dude it came out in 2010.

I dont think anything made in the last 5 years can really be called old.

 

[aguspal]

Another vote for New Vegas. It's probably one of the best RPG experiences around today, despite being so old

Um did you just call New Vegas old? Dude it came out in 2010.

I dont think anything made in the last 5 years can really be called old.

You would be suprised by my friend then.


Apparently, according to him, any game thats somewhere around 6 months is old. Well, in a way I guess its true, by that point the game is probably not the central theme of videogames, but cmon.... it will still be alive in terms of sales and whatnot.

 

[Growley]

Another vote for New Vegas. It's probably one of the best RPG experiences around today, despite being so old

Um did you just call New Vegas old? Dude it came out in 2010.

I dont think anything made in the last 5 years can really be called old.

You would be suprised by my friend then.


Apparently, according to him, any game thats somewhere around 6 months is old. Well, in a way I guess its true, by that point the game is probably not the central theme of videogames, but cmon.... it will still be alive in terms of sales and whatnot.

Fallacious exaggeration is fallacious.

I said a two-year old game is old (I actually thought it was a little older before this, but I digress), I still stand by what I said; two years is a long time. As for sales being alive, people are still buying Crysis, are you telling me that game isn't old?

 

[Kotep]

Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga.

The best WRPG no one cares about.

 

[Shadowcreed]

I don't think any RPG has beaten Morrowind when it comes to pure enjoyment. The game is just so open and diverse you can get lost in it completely.
If you like a more story-line driven RPG I'd go with the Mass Effect series. They're awesome.

 

[Horizun]

Isn't Dark Souls a JRPG?

Yes, it is.

Don't let anyone tell you different.

JRPG =/= turn based combat
JRPG = Made in Japan

OP: Valkyria Chronicles (if you like SRPGs at all)

You know very well when someone refers to something as a JRPG or a WRPG they're not referring to their origins, but more their cultural and art styles which is very important for someone who's trying to decide whether or not the game might suit their tastes. Now it is true that more western style RPG's are coming out of Japan so hopefully it'll help eliminate the usage of the terms or inspire new terminology in general, but right now to the general gaming community JRPG and WRPG do represent something beyond the origin of a game's developer.

 

[The Cliffe]

There was discussion many posts back about good Action RPGs - I'll give a bump to Titan Quest as well, one of the best in the genre I've ever played.

I'll mention the Sacred series too - it's pretty sandboxy, but the first one had a decent storyline, and they're both good hacky-slashy fun. Be warned though, the second one gets really weird. Like, Cyborg-Werewolf-Ancient-Guardian weird.