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Kenryoku_Maxis on 28 June 2009
TheRealMafoo said:

I have a high end PC, PS3, 360, and Wii.

I am in the mood for some old school RPG style game, but a new one if one is out there.

Games I loved.

Diablo I and II
Might and Magic
All the Wizardry games
Never Winter Nights 1 and 2
All the Ultima games
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2

Any recommendations for some good RPG's in the style of any of those?

 

Thanks in advance! :)

Heh, your practically saying you want to play Dragon Quest.  Which took insperation from half your list.



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Adobo on 28 June 2009

Not in order:
Fable
Gothic 3
Morrowind



Adobo on 28 June 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
TheRealMafoo said:

I have a high end PC, PS3, 360, and Wii.

I am in the mood for some old school RPG style game, but a new one if one is out there.

Games I loved.

Diablo I and II
Might and Magic
All the Wizardry games
Never Winter Nights 1 and 2
All the Ultima games
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2

Any recommendations for some good RPG's in the style of any of those?

 

Thanks in advance! :)

Heh, your practically saying you want to play Dragon Quest.  Which took insperation from half your list.

I'm sorry come again? Dragon Quest is JRPG



Kenryoku_Maxis on 28 June 2009
Adobo said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
TheRealMafoo said:

I have a high end PC, PS3, 360, and Wii.

I am in the mood for some old school RPG style game, but a new one if one is out there.

Games I loved.

Diablo I and II
Might and Magic
All the Wizardry games
Never Winter Nights 1 and 2
All the Ultima games
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2

Any recommendations for some good RPG's in the style of any of those?

 

Thanks in advance! :)

Heh, your practically saying you want to play Dragon Quest.  Which took insperation from half your list.

I'm sorry come again? Dragon Quest is JRPG

.....and?  It also established the 'JRPG' genre.  And its major influences for the first few games were Wizardry and Ultima.



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Lolcislaw on 28 June 2009

This Gen Games

Oblivion, Fallout 3 , Mass Effect, Fable II, The Witcher (PC)


Games from the past: Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale, Arcanum, Pool of Radiance, Planescape Torment (Perfect Game, i recommend it) and there is loads moe



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okr on 28 June 2009

Betrayal at Krondor



TheRealMafoo on 28 June 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Adobo said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
TheRealMafoo said:

I have a high end PC, PS3, 360, and Wii.

I am in the mood for some old school RPG style game, but a new one if one is out there.

Games I loved.

Diablo I and II
Might and Magic
All the Wizardry games
Never Winter Nights 1 and 2
All the Ultima games
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2

Any recommendations for some good RPG's in the style of any of those?

 

Thanks in advance! :)

Heh, your practically saying you want to play Dragon Quest.  Which took insperation from half your list.

I'm sorry come again? Dragon Quest is JRPG

.....and?  It also established the 'JRPG' genre.  And its major influences for the first few games were Wizardry and Ultima.

Really? Wizardry was very close to paper D&D. Never thought of JRPG's to be paper D&D like.



TheRealMafoo on 28 June 2009
Lolcislaw said:
This Gen Games

Oblivion, Fallout 3 , Mass Effect, Fable II, The Witcher (PC)


Games from the past: Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale, Arcanum, Pool of Radiance, Planescape Torment (Perfect Game, i recommend it) and there is loads moe

Played them all (The Witcher only the demo. Couldn't get into it).

Oh, and aside from Fable II (I started that a week ago), I played them all on the PC :)



TheRealMafoo on 28 June 2009
okr said:
Betrayal at Krondor

Not sure how well that one holds up. I didn't play it, but read about it in my quest for an old school RPG.



Kenryoku_Maxis on 28 June 2009
TheRealMafoo said:

Really? Wizardry was very close to paper D&D. Never thought of JRPG's to be paper D&D like.

That's what Dragon Quest changed.  While Ultima and Wizardry were very close to D&D, and very detailed, they were also somewhat hard to play.  Especially Ultima.

Dragon Quest basically took insperation from Wizardry's first person party model and combined it with Ultima's exploration and detail.  While creating its own style (due in large part to the pairing up of Yuji Horii and Akira Toriyama) and making the interface quite a bit more simple.

Pretty much, Dragon Quest is one of the few 'WRPG' feeling JRPGs.



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