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Stinky on 24 February 2013
Nem said:
Stinky said:
I think you'll find that turn-based RPGs orginated in the West.


I have my doubts. Dragon quest is probably the first.

Its where the terms buff and debuff originally came from.


U wot m8? Never heard of Ultima



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Nem on 24 February 2013
Stinky said:
Nem said:
Stinky said:
I think you'll find that turn-based RPGs orginated in the West.


I have my doubts. Dragon quest is probably the first.

Its where the terms buff and debuff originally came from.


U wot m8? Never heard of Ultima

heard about it, but neve played, so i cant check if its actually a party based turn combat or just a prompt asking you what you would like to do next.



Stinky on 24 February 2013
Nem said:
Stinky said:
U wot m8? Never heard of Ultima

heard about it, but neve played, so i cant check if its actually a party based turn combat or just a prompt asking you what you would like to do next.

Ultima was a natural evolution of Rogue-style gameplay, the original turn-based RPG, with tile-based graphics. It also innovated the 3D perspective dungeon of it's primitive predecessor Alkabeth, which later became an RPG genre in its own right. Ultima also had some sci-fi/fantasy crossover themes. UltimaIII introduced party combat in 1983 and ported to the NES many years later.



adriane23 on 24 February 2013

Costume Quest, Faery, and the two Penny Arcade games with long names.



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shakarak on 24 February 2013

I just realized one of my favorite developers Bioware took a shot at turn based with Sonic Brotherhood. It had mixed reviews even know it was developed by one of the best devs out there.



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Turkish on 24 February 2013

no :(



HoloDust on 24 February 2013



On a serious note, you might find your answer here:
http://www.mobygames.com/featured_article/feature,31/



MARCUSDJACKSON on 24 February 2013

yea. i think any fan of JRPG's could make one.



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Mummelmann on 24 February 2013
Stinky said:
Nem said:
Stinky said:
U wot m8? Never heard of Ultima

heard about it, but neve played, so i cant check if its actually a party based turn combat or just a prompt asking you what you would like to do next.

Ultima was a natural evolution of Rogue-style gameplay, the original turn-based RPG, with tile-based graphics. It also innovated the 3D perspective dungeon of it's primitive predecessor Alkabeth, which later became an RPG genre in its own right. Ultima also had some sci-fi/fantasy crossover themes. UltimaIII introduced party combat in 1983 and ported to the NES many years later.

Ultima is one of those revolutions that almost no one has heard about.

I just remembered another terrific turn based Western RPG, the most obvious one for me; Betrayal at Krondor! Fantastic game and way ahead of its time.



antfromtashkent on 24 February 2013

Wasn't Lost Oddysey made by a us based company? That game was great.