Looking for a good RPG

Sword of the Morning · 08-14-2005, 07:19 PM

Hi. Does anyone has a suggestion about a good RPG? I finished Fable and Never Winter Nights. I want something that I can't finish in one day, Fable lasted two days

. As far as platform, I'd like to play the rpg on the computer, but I'm open to any other platform suggestion. Thanks in advance!

AmonRa · 08-14-2005, 09:20 PM

i played the free trial for mount and blade. it has a shoot em up STYLE battle system (instead of point, click and wait) and you can have your own small armies and skirmishes.

the down side is poor graphics and you can only play humans.

it has no spells that i know of, nor classes or ladders (that could either be good or bad, depending on prefferenmce)

Animaiden · 08-15-2005, 04:32 AM

Some of my favorites:

Dungeon Siege (hack&slash-sequel comming out later this year)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (1&2)
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (haven't had the time or inclination to finish it)
Guild Wars (MMORPG- $50 to buy initially, but NO monthly fee)

That's all the one's I can think of at the moment. I've only finished Dungeon Siege (I thought the last boss was slightly lacking), but the rest are really good.

Stormflame · 08-15-2005, 05:11 AM

Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (haven't had the time or inclination to finish it):Quote.
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I bought the guide to Elder Scrolls three, and with it, defeated the whole game. I basically did nearly every quest in Vvardenfell and Solestiem(spelling is way off). I did not continue on to the Clock Work City, nor to Mournhold very much. I lost affection for the game after defeating Dagoth Ur and becoming pretty much unstoppable, and so rich that I could buy any kingdom in our world. I was fitted with 'self-made' armor and weapons that were all enchanted. I had no worries about defeating the game. I also found it hard to keep concentrating on the game, when Elder Scrolls 4 is coming out soon!

kyektulu · 08-15-2005, 01:38 PM

I reccomend the Balders Gate 1 and 2 wholeheartedly if u have not played already, if u liked never winter nights u will love these oh and The Icewind Dale game too!

Dead Riverdragon · 08-15-2005, 03:32 PM

Definately go with the Baldur's Gate games, or anything else by Bioware/Black Isle for that matter-the Fallout games are great, the NWN expansions worth a look, and Planescape: Torment one of the most immersive and bizarre games I've ever played.

Dungeon Siege is another must, providing you can tolerate hack&slash combat with minimal storytelling. Its carried by stunning graphics and music, to be fair, but is still a lot of fun.

I'd also recommend Divine Divinity, an old-school Diablo/ Baldur's Gate hybrid, with single character action but a fairly extensive plot (albeit at times a little trite). Worth the fiver It'll cost you, though.

As for other platforms, I've got a PSX and PS2, with loads of good rpgs on both. If you happen to have one or the other I can suggest a few good titles...

kyektulu · 08-15-2005, 10:22 PM

Yes PS2, I have one of those and started a thread on the game Shadow Hearts 2, Covenant but it seems no one other than me has played it, I do reccomend it its a brill new RPG! I dont know what the first one is like tho havnt played it.
Oh with the PS2 go for The Balders gate games on there too, I have completed both.

If you do have a PS2 I can reccomend a few excellent titles for that too!

Brys · 08-15-2005, 10:50 PM

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - it should last you a few hundred hours, at least, not including all the mods for it. IMO it is by far the best RPG available. If you need a very linear story based RPG, then Morrowind probably isn't for you. If, however, you would like a long lasting game with the freedom to do what you want as well, then Morrowind is nearly perfect. And on computer, the mods make it almost infinitely long, and you can have it almost as whatever you want. If you were disappointed with Fable, it's probably exactly the kind of game you would like. Make sure to get the Game of the Year edition though, which has both expansion packs, which are a lot harder than the original game. Also, by the time you've completed the main quest, assuming you're playing relatively normally, and not powergaming, it will probably take you about 30 hours, and to become powerful enough to defeat anything in the expansion packs it will take you a good few hundred hours. (Oh, and another thing - it has the best graphics of any RPG released so far, and probably will do until its sequel, Oblivion, is released, and these graphics are continually being improved by user-mods - and the Elder Scrolls construction set is a blessing as well).

fungi from Yuggoth · 08-15-2005, 11:53 PM

Some of my favorites:

Ultima 7 - Part 1 & 2
Planescape:Torment
Buldur's Gate 2
Wizardry 8
Might and Magic 6
Elder Scrolls 3:Morrowind
Fallout 1 & 2
Final Fantasy 3 (SNES)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Earthbound (SNES)

Dead Riverdragon · 08-16-2005, 12:58 AM

Ah Shadow Hearts! That was going to be first on my list of PS2 suggestions. I've only got the first game though, since sometime during uni I woke up to find my PS2 covered in muck and unwilling to function (and my memory card and FF10 plus Soul Calibre 2 missing). But the first game was ace, good graphics, cool characters and a strange WW1/fantasy world. The second looks even better, but until I can afford another PS2 I won't be playing it

I'm pretty sure I've played every good PS1 rpg going bar FF tactics though

Mayhs · 08-16-2005, 02:24 AM

Baldurs Gate 2 and this is not really an RPG as such but it is an amazing game...similar to an RPG called ninja gaiden on the xbox...and you wont complete it in 2 days...it will take you a loong time

Elyssandrel · 08-28-2005, 10:08 PM

SUIKODEN! (1 or 2)
I adore these games. I've played them many time.
You aquire up to 108 different characters who join your army, and they are all playable!
Great storyline and awesome playability.
Graphics let it down, but then again it's quite old.

kaneda · 08-28-2005, 11:13 PM

I'm going to recommend what I always recommend:
baldur's gate 1 and 2 (even though I'm currently very stuck with that which is more than a little bit frustrating),
divine divinity (which is fantastic, especially if you take the time to build your character up properly),
beyond divinity (I haven't played too much of this which does make it strange to recommend, but its the follow up to divine divinity (but you can play it as a stand alone game) but from what i did play it was turning out to be pretty fantastic.
and the typical final fantasy games (7 definatly, 10 for blitzball, and 8 - which is fine just pale in comparison to 7 and 10)

All these games will DEFINATLY take you longer than 2 days to complete. Hope this helps

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aftermath · 08-29-2005, 01:26 PM

SNES
FF3
Tales of Phantasia
Breath of Fire
Chrono Trigger (One of the best RPG's I have every played)

PS
FF7
Chrono Cursade

PS2
Arc the Lad
Bards Tale

PC
Morrowind:Elder Scrolls III
Gothic I & II
Zork I, II, III (more adventure but still great!)
Adom (free online. Its a sweet little game based off D&D)
Baulders Gate II
KotOR (Greatness

)
NWN Online (This is a really good online game. I suggest trying it if you haven't yet)

There's more but I can't think of them... i just woke up about 10 minutes ago

aftermath · 08-29-2005, 05:40 PM

I forgot Vampire the Masqurade: Bloodlines!!

This is an amazing game. You, as i'm sure you can guess, rp a vampire. And you answer questions and be assigned a vampire race according to your answers. there are 3 or 4 races I think. my friend grabbed my copy from me before I had a chance to install it. but he claims it to be on the best RPG's he has ever played.

08-14-2005, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sword of the Morning Wielding Dawn Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 26	Looking for a good RPG Hi. Does anyone has a suggestion about a good RPG? I finished Fable and Never Winter Nights. I want something that I can't finish in one day, Fable lasted two days . As far as platform, I'd like to play the rpg on the computer, but I'm open to any other platform suggestion. Thanks in advance! __________________ I am the architect of my own distraction. A Coward Turns Away, But A Brave Man's Choice is Danger. -Euripides-

08-14-2005, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
AmonRa Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118	Re: Looking for a good RPG i played the free trial for mount and blade. it has a shoot em up STYLE battle system (instead of point, click and wait) and you can have your own small armies and skirmishes. the down side is poor graphics and you can only play humans. it has no spells that i know of, nor classes or ladders (that could either be good or bad, depending on prefferenmce) __________________ Klaatu Barada Nikto - just to show i have some SFF knowledge ;)

08-15-2005, 04:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Animaiden Future Bean Counter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Is it September yet? Posts: 352	Re: Looking for a good RPG Some of my favorites: Dungeon Siege (hack&slash-sequel comming out later this year) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (1&2) Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (haven't had the time or inclination to finish it) Guild Wars (MMORPG- $50 to buy initially, but NO monthly fee) That's all the one's I can think of at the moment. I've only finished Dungeon Siege (I thought the last boss was slightly lacking), but the rest are really good. __________________ I don't have to run faster than the dragon, just faster than the hobbit.

08-15-2005, 05:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Stormflame The Prolific Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. Posts: 135	Re: Looking for a good RPG Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (haven't had the time or inclination to finish it):Quote. - I bought the guide to Elder Scrolls three, and with it, defeated the whole game. I basically did nearly every quest in Vvardenfell and Solestiem(spelling is way off). I did not continue on to the Clock Work City, nor to Mournhold very much. I lost affection for the game after defeating Dagoth Ur and becoming pretty much unstoppable, and so rich that I could buy any kingdom in our world. I was fitted with 'self-made' armor and weapons that were all enchanted. I had no worries about defeating the game. I also found it hard to keep concentrating on the game, when Elder Scrolls 4 is coming out soon! __________________ Save a horse. Ride a cowboy. ~Big@Rich

08-15-2005, 01:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
kyektulu just here, no explanation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I am currently working on my first novel and most likely in the middle of more new paintings. My dream is to set up a animal rescue center. Posts: 947	Re: Looking for a good RPG I reccomend the Balders Gate 1 and 2 wholeheartedly if u have not played already, if u liked never winter nights u will love these oh and The Icewind Dale game too!

08-15-2005, 03:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dead Riverdragon Fuimus, non sumus Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 118	Re: Looking for a good RPG Definately go with the Baldur's Gate games, or anything else by Bioware/Black Isle for that matter-the Fallout games are great, the NWN expansions worth a look, and Planescape: Torment one of the most immersive and bizarre games I've ever played. Dungeon Siege is another must, providing you can tolerate hack&slash combat with minimal storytelling. Its carried by stunning graphics and music, to be fair, but is still a lot of fun. I'd also recommend Divine Divinity, an old-school Diablo/ Baldur's Gate hybrid, with single character action but a fairly extensive plot (albeit at times a little trite). Worth the fiver It'll cost you, though. As for other platforms, I've got a PSX and PS2, with loads of good rpgs on both. If you happen to have one or the other I can suggest a few good titles... __________________ I cannot believe such monstrous energy of grief can lead to nothing!

08-15-2005, 10:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
kyektulu just here, no explanation Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I am currently working on my first novel and most likely in the middle of more new paintings. My dream is to set up a animal rescue center. Posts: 947	Re: Looking for a good RPG Yes PS2, I have one of those and started a thread on the game Shadow Hearts 2, Covenant but it seems no one other than me has played it, I do reccomend it its a brill new RPG! I dont know what the first one is like tho havnt played it. Oh with the PS2 go for The Balders gate games on there too, I have completed both. If you do have a PS2 I can reccomend a few excellent titles for that too! __________________ Death is just another adventure..... There is always more to see.... the wise words of Tasslehoff Burrfoot!!!

08-15-2005, 10:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Brys Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 84	Re: Looking for a good RPG The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - it should last you a few hundred hours, at least, not including all the mods for it. IMO it is by far the best RPG available. If you need a very linear story based RPG, then Morrowind probably isn't for you. If, however, you would like a long lasting game with the freedom to do what you want as well, then Morrowind is nearly perfect. And on computer, the mods make it almost infinitely long, and you can have it almost as whatever you want. If you were disappointed with Fable, it's probably exactly the kind of game you would like. Make sure to get the Game of the Year edition though, which has both expansion packs, which are a lot harder than the original game. Also, by the time you've completed the main quest, assuming you're playing relatively normally, and not powergaming, it will probably take you about 30 hours, and to become powerful enough to defeat anything in the expansion packs it will take you a good few hundred hours. (Oh, and another thing - it has the best graphics of any RPG released so far, and probably will do until its sequel, Oblivion, is released, and these graphics are continually being improved by user-mods - and the Elder Scrolls construction set is a blessing as well).

08-15-2005, 11:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
fungi from Yuggoth bzzzzbzzzz Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brattleboro, Vermont Posts: 19	Re: Looking for a good RPG Some of my favorites: Ultima 7 - Part 1 & 2 Planescape:Torment Buldur's Gate 2 Wizardry 8 Might and Magic 6 Elder Scrolls 3:Morrowind Fallout 1 & 2 Final Fantasy 3 (SNES) Secret of Mana (SNES) Earthbound (SNES) __________________ I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim Where they roll in their horror unheeded Without knowledge or luster or name

08-16-2005, 12:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Dead Riverdragon Fuimus, non sumus Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 118	Re: Looking for a good RPG Ah Shadow Hearts! That was going to be first on my list of PS2 suggestions. I've only got the first game though, since sometime during uni I woke up to find my PS2 covered in muck and unwilling to function (and my memory card and FF10 plus Soul Calibre 2 missing). But the first game was ace, good graphics, cool characters and a strange WW1/fantasy world. The second looks even better, but until I can afford another PS2 I won't be playing it I'm pretty sure I've played every good PS1 rpg going bar FF tactics though __________________ I cannot believe such monstrous energy of grief can lead to nothing!

08-16-2005, 02:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
Mayhs Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 9	Re: Looking for a good RPG Baldurs Gate 2 and this is not really an RPG as such but it is an amazing game...similar to an RPG called ninja gaiden on the xbox...and you wont complete it in 2 days...it will take you a loong time

08-28-2005, 10:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
Elyssandrel Ely the Faery Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Plymouth Posts: 88	Re: Looking for a good RPG SUIKODEN! (1 or 2) I adore these games. I've played them many time. You aquire up to 108 different characters who join your army, and they are all playable! Great storyline and awesome playability. Graphics let it down, but then again it's quite old.

08-28-2005, 11:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
kaneda The Diva Dance Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hiding inside Zandorra's box Posts: 504	Re: Looking for a good RPG I'm going to recommend what I always recommend: baldur's gate 1 and 2 (even though I'm currently very stuck with that which is more than a little bit frustrating), divine divinity (which is fantastic, especially if you take the time to build your character up properly), beyond divinity (I haven't played too much of this which does make it strange to recommend, but its the follow up to divine divinity (but you can play it as a stand alone game) but from what i did play it was turning out to be pretty fantastic. and the typical final fantasy games (7 definatly, 10 for blitzball, and 8 - which is fine just pale in comparison to 7 and 10) All these games will DEFINATLY take you longer than 2 days to complete. Hope this helps . __________________ Call me eater of planets. Call me Devourer of Worlds. Call me Galactus. To sustain myself, I must consume the essences of heavenly bodies. It has always been so, and so it shall ever be.

08-29-2005, 01:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
aftermath Alex Cy'ane or Xir? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 673	Re: Looking for a good RPG SNES FF3 Tales of Phantasia Breath of Fire Chrono Trigger (One of the best RPG's I have every played) PS FF7 Chrono Cursade PS2 Arc the Lad Bards Tale PC Morrowind:Elder Scrolls III Gothic I & II Zork I, II, III (more adventure but still great!) Adom (free online. Its a sweet little game based off D&D) Baulders Gate II KotOR (Greatness ) NWN Online (This is a really good online game. I suggest trying it if you haven't yet) There's more but I can't think of them... i just woke up about 10 minutes ago __________________ go visit... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

08-29-2005, 05:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
aftermath Alex Cy'ane or Xir? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 673	Re: Looking for a good RPG I forgot Vampire the Masqurade: Bloodlines!! This is an amazing game. You, as i'm sure you can guess, rp a vampire. And you answer questions and be assigned a vampire race according to your answers. there are 3 or 4 races I think. my friend grabbed my copy from me before I had a chance to install it. but he claims it to be on the best RPG's he has ever played. __________________ go visit... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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