Question of the Day, September 6, 2010

[Plinglebob]

Dungeons and Dragons!!
You never said it had to be a computer game and it influenced both the Final Fantasy series and pretty much all WRPGS.

Other then that, I'd say Final Fantasy for JRPGs. Its harder for WRPGs as I know there are probably games that influenced Baldurs Gate (the 1st one I can remember) but I've no idea what they would be.

 

[Rakkana]

I'm saying oblivion because I haven't played the early final fantasy's. I'm sure they set the standard.

 

[Lacsapix]

Dragon age could be more fun, but Oblivion (and all the TES games) was a revolution in both graphics and story.

 

[i am not god]

I chose Neverwind, as it is based on D&D. And it (and all the versions of it) was the first proper RPG, the one that intruduced all the things that now seem mandatory in RPG's like character customisation, shitloads of weapons to choose from and abilities/skills whatever you want to call them. So Neverwinter would seem to be the game that has had most influence on the genre.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Well first of all, Zelda isn't an RPG at all.

Anyone who thinks it is needs to go back and play Pokémon Blue and Majora's Mask. At the same time.

 

[Eleima]

Oh wow... Where are the Baldur's Gate??? Where's Planescape: Torment, one of the greatest RPGs *ever*?? Where's Ultima? Or Ultima Underworld? Or Diablo for that matter?
And don't get me wrong, I love Oblivion to bits, but you should've just put "The Elder Scrolls series", as Morrowind was one of the most vibrant RPGs I've ever played, and Arena & Daggerfall pretty much paved the way for the rest of the series.
Anyhow, that's why I went with "other", and although it's hard to pick just one, I guess in the end I would pick Baldur's Gate, although PS:T was the pinnacle of isometric RPGs.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

D&D?

You didn't say it had to be a videogame...

 

[DaxStrife]

Other: Baldur's Gate and Fallout.

 

[PureChaos]

i'd say FF

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

Diablo.

 

[Keava]

I chose Neverwind, as it is based on D&D. And it (and all the versions of it) was the first proper RPG, the one that intruduced all the things that now seem mandatory in RPG's like character customisation, shitloads of weapons to choose from and abilities/skills whatever you want to call them. So Neverwinter would seem to be the game that has had most influence on the genre.

*cough* Baldur's Gate had character customization, loads of wepaons and all those things, NwN, if we are talking about the Atari/BioWare one and not the AOL one, was just a next step when 3d graphics became a common feature. BG along with Diablo was pretty much the game that broke the scheme of first person dungeon crawl cRPGs like Might and Magic, Eye of Beholder, TES, etc.*cough*

 

[MrNickster]

Zelda isn't even an RPG, how can it have influenced the genre?

 

[Furious Styles]

Not Oblivion cos its too recent, but the Elder Scrolls for sure

 

[ArseRocket]

Jeez... It really is a tough decision between Ultima or Final Fantasy but Ultima really did set in stone the core RPG elements that we see today.

 

[neoontime]

Well, I guess I would like to say FF since it was simply one of the best firsts out there.

 

[Marter]

Final Fantasy always gets copied far too many times for its own good. It wins.

 

[Ch@Z]

Deus Ex. One of the first ever action RPGs and now all we have is action RPGs.

 

[Guest_Star]

Other - the Ultima series.
Day/nite cycles, NPCs having time dependent tasks, completely open worlds, multiple (but mostly bad) endings etc..
Also it was great fun.

 

[SideburnsPuppy]

DnD. Brought the wargaming experience into a fantasy setting, and pretty much all early video RPGs were attempting to be it.

 

[thebackupfreak]

C'mon, why is Baldur's Gate not on the list? It kept the genre alive!