I am a huge rpg fanatic. Unfortunately having played so many of them I have grown a bit jaded.

Mediocre rpgs to me: Final Fantasy Series, Dragon Quest, Ultima, Might & Magic, Summoner, Suikoden, Kingdom Hearts, Elder Scrolls, and the list goes on and on. (Though some of these series did have high points.)

Good rpgs to me: Planescape: Torment, Gothic, Baldur's Gate (the PC games, not the PS2 games).

My all time favorite: Wizardry VIII

Every time I think about this game I want to load it up and play it again. Open world. Side quests. Many character classes and a variety of bonus characters (that have to be found and added to the party) make for good replayability.

It is a first person, party-based rpg, which is my favorite. Unfortunately nobody makes games like that anymore :(

Anyway, I will add Terranigma to my list of games to play some day.

cdude1034 said: Earthbound. Ness always wins.

I'd say Earthbound is the funniest RPG I have played.  I also love how the cops are all a-holes :)

 

ArtofAngels said: Pffft, I bet you don't even know who Utada Hikaru is.

Don't know about him, but I do

 

She's the Japanese singer behind the masterpiece that is "Simple and Clean".  That song, combined with the ending, made me cry for the first time at a video game.

Oh you softie, her other songs are even more badass, "You will always be my first love"

Baff2 said: I am a huge rpg fanatic. Unfortunately having played so many of them I have grown a bit jaded. Mediocre rpgs to me: Final Fantasy Series, Dragon Quest, Ultima, Might & Magic, Summoner, Suikoden, Kingdom Hearts, Elder Scrolls, and the list goes on and on. (Though some of these series did have high points.) Good rpgs to me: Planescape: Torment, Gothic, Baldur's Gate (the PC games, not the PS2 games). My all time favorite: Wizardry VIII Every time I think about this game I want to load it up and play it again. Open world. Side quests. Many character classes and a variety of bonus characters (that have to be found and added to the party) make for good replayability. It is a first person, party-based rpg, which is my favorite. Unfortunately nobody makes games like that anymore :( Anyway, I will add Terranigma to my list of games to play some day.

I can't believe you find the Ultima series mediocre.  I admit the last 2 games in the series were terrible but the first 7 games broke new ground with each release and Ultima 7 with all the addons was amazing.  I have a feeling you didn't play the games when they were released (especially Ultima 3, 4, and 5) otherwise your opinion of the series would likely be different.

Legend11 said: I can't believe you find the Ultima series mediocre.  I admit the last 2 games in the series were terrible but the first 7 games broke new ground with each release and Ultima 7 with all the addons was amazing.  I have a feeling you didn't play the games when they were released (especially Ultima 3, 4, and 5) otherwise your opinion of the series would likely be different.

I first started playing rpgs in 1982. I did play most of the Ultimas when they came out. I played III so much that I filled every space on the map with unopened chests just for kicks (and because there was nothing else to play). I agree that they broke new ground, and I did enjoy playing most of them, but none of them were great to me. Some of them were fairly good games (and I understand why many love them), but as the series went on they got more and more preachy.

ArtofAngels said: You see all I am reading is a lot of modern games, this game has a unique feel that no matter how good your RPG you so love very much is, it can never match Terranigma. This is a game I am so passionate about I will defend till the day I die, it's impossible to squeeze into your heads how good it really is, but I guess it's too late now, time has passed, and there was a time and a place for this game and unfortunately it's not 08, games have changed and the way your mind set perceives RPG's is different, I'm not saying it wouldn't measure up anymore, I'm just saying the pieces wont fit your conscience anymore.

 Quote, Terranigma is a magical experience . Period.

 And Utada is tied to Nintendo DS ( japanese marketing campaign ) .

 

Legend11 said: Baff2 said: I am a huge rpg fanatic. Unfortunately having played so many of them I have grown a bit jaded. Mediocre rpgs to me: Final Fantasy Series, Dragon Quest, Ultima, Might & Magic, Summoner, Suikoden, Kingdom Hearts, Elder Scrolls, and the list goes on and on. (Though some of these series did have high points.) Good rpgs to me: Planescape: Torment, Gothic, Baldur's Gate (the PC games, not the PS2 games). My all time favorite: Wizardry VIII Every time I think about this game I want to load it up and play it again. Open world. Side quests. Many character classes and a variety of bonus characters (that have to be found and added to the party) make for good replayability. It is a first person, party-based rpg, which is my favorite. Unfortunately nobody makes games like that anymore :( Anyway, I will add Terranigma to my list of games to play some day. I can't believe you find the Ultima series mediocre. I admit the last 2 games in the series were terrible but the first 7 games broke new ground with each release and Ultima 7 with all the addons was amazing. I have a feeling you didn't play the games when they were released (especially Ultima 3, 4, and 5) otherwise your opinion of the series would likely be different.

 Ultima series is epic! I'm playing them nowadays (again). Great games, very very advanced and ahead of their time in all respects.

Just as always,I continue to believe that Final Fantasy VII is the best RPG that has ever existed.Now to see if its remake(I don't even care if it happens in one or in thirty years)will top it.