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ArtofAngels on 22 March 2008

Terranigma, Final Fantasy IX and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, but you already knew that though didn't you?



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EggsWithLegs on 22 March 2008

Shining Force 3 (Part 1)on the Saturn maybe Dragon Force though,
Skies of Arcadia on the DC,
Oricana of time on the N64,
Mass Effect on X360,
and Golden Sun on the GBA

Can't pick one favourite.



dspartan2000 on 22 March 2008

Skies of Arcadia GC, Chronotrigger, FFVI and Earthbound and Shining Force 2



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Garcian Smith on 22 March 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
Garcian Smith said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
I think people who can pick one single RPG as their favorite RPG haven't played enough RPGs.

Nah. They just haven't played Planescape: Torment. :)

I've played dozens of RPGs, PC and console, everything from NetHack to Might & Magic 6 to Chrono Trigger to obscure games like Kartia and Arc The Lad, and nothing comes close... except maybe Baldur's Gate 2


I'm surprised you'd list Baldur's Gate II and Planescape: Torment without having the likes of Fallout 2 and Arcanum somewhere nearby.


 Fallout 2 was excellent, but a bit directionless in comparison; I'm not much a fan of "open-world" games. And Arcanum would be up there somewhere if the combat didn't suck. (Curse the publisher for their "turn-based games don't sell" schlock. )

 

 @ selnor: If you like games where the story is told well, you'll love PS:T. At times, it feels like you're reading a novel - and that's not a bad thing, because the writing is so excellent.

I do agree that WRPGs generally have better writing, too, if only because most of the time, with JRPGs, a lot of the intricacies are lost in translation. The only localizing company that seems to bother hiring good translators nowadays is Atlus USA. 



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quarashi on 22 March 2008

Lufia 2, Ogre Battle 64 and Morrowind.



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Damstr8 on 22 March 2008

Kotor,kingdom hearts,final fantasy VII & X & XII,Dark Cloud



 

 

manueldelalas on 22 March 2008

mmm hard desicion, so I'll make a list =P (only excellent games everyone must play):

Chrono Trigger

Chrono Cross (and it is a side-story of Chrono Trigger)

Breath of Fire 1 (my first RPG, I know it's not that good, but I love it for the "first syndrome" (the reason 99% of posters in this forum love FF7 although it sucks))

Breath of Fire 4

Final Fantasy 6 (and FF7 and FF8 are crap)

Earthbound

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

Mario & Luigi Partners in Time

Dragon Quest 4

Dragon Quest 5

Dragon Quest 6

Lufia 2 (Lufia 1 is good, any other Lufia game sucks)

Tales of Phantasia SNES (my favorite RPG, have not played any other of the tales series)

Phantasy Star 4

I have not played any of the GC-PS2-Xbox nor the Wii-PS3-X360 eras., and I do not consider the Pokemon series (and clones/spinoffs), the Soulblazer series (great games), Zelda games, SRPG (Fire Emblem and Shining Force) nor Actraiser games to be traditional RPGs, so I'm not listing them.

And I think any mysterious dungeon game is pure shit and the genre should be dead.



BrayanA on 22 March 2008

I'm not a fan of RPG, but this two are really great - Planescape Torment, Mass Effect



Words Of Wisdom on 22 March 2008
Garcian Smith said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Garcian Smith said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
I think people who can pick one single RPG as their favorite RPG haven't played enough RPGs.

Nah. They just haven't played Planescape: Torment. :)

I've played dozens of RPGs, PC and console, everything from NetHack to Might & Magic 6 to Chrono Trigger to obscure games like Kartia and Arc The Lad, and nothing comes close... except maybe Baldur's Gate 2


I'm surprised you'd list Baldur's Gate II and Planescape: Torment without having the likes of Fallout 2 and Arcanum somewhere nearby.


 Fallout 2 was excellent, but a bit directionless in comparison; I'm not much a fan of "open-world" games. And Arcanum would be up there somewhere if the combat didn't suck. (Curse the publisher for their "turn-based games don't sell" schlock. )


Arcanum's combat can be turn-based.  It's a setting in the options.