What is your favorite RPG game??

Mine is Fallout 2, because it's so complex and my actions may have great impact on world.

With RPG I don't mean game where you build your hero, but roleplaying game. For example, in Diablo I can't chose path of my character, wheter is he good or evil and stuff like that. But for example in Dragonage or mentioned Fallout, I can dio with my character nearly everything. Yes, there are some quests that I have to do, but I can often chose HOW to complete them.

Kyhol

Canada2575 Posts

March 02 2011 08:02 GMT

Shining force 1 2

Kimaker

United States2131 Posts

March 02 2011 08:04 GMT

I've always been partial to the old paper and dice roleplaying. Nothing beats a Friday night DnD session with a bunch of friends, more soda than is healthy, and more Doritos than is natural. ^_^

That being said, Morrowind is probably my favorite video game RPG. Certainly better than the travesty that was Oblivion. The setting was incredibly original feeling, the fact that everything didn't scale relative to your character and was essentially static (mostly) meant that you could TELL when you were becoming more powerful, and directly benefit from it, and that if you were wily enough you could snag loot that was beyond your level. Also, unlike Oblivion, the super powerful items actually felt strong.

pedduck

Thailand468 Posts

March 02 2011 08:06 GMT

Actually some linear story RPG is also good (such as FF9 or FF Tactics)

But on the topic, I like dragon age and mass effect. Actually all the game from Bioware is great including NW2 and Knight of the old republic.

Souma

2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts

March 02 2011 08:07 GMT

On March 02 2011 17:02 Kyhol wrote:
Shining force 1 2

You didn't like 3? I loooved 3.

D10

Brazil3409 Posts

March 02 2011 08:09 GMT

GURPS ?

The generic universal roleplaying system?

The guys doing fallout wanted to use it, but they are purists and said they didnt want their system being used for computer games, so the fallout guys made a similar one suited for their game.

nothing beats pen and paper roleplay wise, games are just interactive movies compared to it.

plated.rawr

Norway1676 Posts

March 02 2011 08:12 GMT

You probably shouldn't use "RPG" for definition for what you want to discuss here, as you seem more interested in roleplaying elements. While RPG traiditonally was the shortened version of 'roleplaying game', in computer game tradition, RPG means a set of mechanics and character progression rather than a way of telling the story, of character interaction. Just calling it a roleplaying game might get the intent out better, as the non-abbreviated term is not really all that much used in computergames.

Shouldn't this be in sports and games?

Anyhow, for the roleplaying aspect, Fallout 1 and 2 definately are pretty great. Planescape: Torment is a given. I never much liked the Forgotten Realms-DND games (Baldur's Gate series, Neverwinter Nights-series) for roleplaying though, as they pretty much always fell back on hack and slash for vast ammounts of the game, making the roleplaying parts superficial or irrelevant to the game.

Edit: While Mass Effect 2 was a great game, its roleplaying elements were pretty weak. You basically had three choices in any situation - douchebag, apathic and idealistic. Your act really didnt have much to say either - some NPCs might react differently when you talk to them, but the game world was largely untouched by whatever your character did.

semantics

10040 Posts

March 02 2011 08:15 GMT

Technically you can't be role playing if you don't change yourself :D Even if you play wow unless you assume the role of your character you're not really role playing you're merely just controlling a character though proxy. I think most people confuse tactics and fantasy games with role playing.

AlecPyron

United States131 Posts

March 02 2011 08:28 GMT

I thought the TC was talking about pen-and-paper RPG, The real RPG.

Well, for those kinda of games I liked the old Ultima series. If you count JRPGs, I love Suikoden series, specially Suikoden II. You had some choices that had impact of the outcome of some aspects of the game (like ending or having or not extra characters).

kazansky

Germany931 Posts

March 02 2011 08:39 GMT

#10

Baldurs Gate 2, easily.
But why is this posted in General instead of Sports & Games and how is it not covered by this thread?

Sarchasm

South Africa64 Posts

March 02 2011 08:52 GMT

#11

a toss-up between Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 10 and Chrono Trigger for me

braammbolius

179 Posts

March 02 2011 11:24 GMT

#12

Vampire: the masquerade Bloodlines.

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Patch it, and be ready for prob one of the last true RPG's made in the last 10 years.

So good......so good.

braammbolius

179 Posts

March 02 2011 11:26 GMT

#13

On March 02 2011 17:12 plated.rawr wrote:
in computer game tradition, RPG means a set of mechanics and character progression rather than a way of telling the story, of character interaction.

Uh, let's see here......No.

You are describing a dungeon crawler, not an RPG.

Kids these days..

plated.rawr

Norway1676 Posts

March 02 2011 13:03 GMT

#14

On March 02 2011 20:26 braammbolius wrote:

Show nested quote +

Uh, let's see here......No.

You are describing a dungeon crawler, not an RPG.

Kids these days..

No, I'm describing the character progression elements, while you make a sweeping generalization of gameplay mechanics. Two widely different elements.

Alakabon

Canada111 Posts

March 02 2011 13:12 GMT

#15

I really enjoyed The Witcher.

If you can get past all the loading screens it is a great RPG!

Ghin

United States2391 Posts

March 02 2011 14:12 GMT

#16

On March 02 2011 22:12 Alakabon wrote:
I really enjoyed The Witcher.

If you can get past all the loading screens it is a great RPG!

And if you can get past the inventory system, terrible dialogue, and simple combat.

(I enjoyed the witcher, please don't kill me)

Complete

United States1864 Posts

March 02 2011 14:15 GMT

#17

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Billy_

461 Posts

March 02 2011 14:29 GMT

#18

The Witcher. I used to like Baldurs Gate too, but I've lost all interest in it after putting too many hours in. Does Dawn of War 2 count as RPG? It puts most officially recognized current gen RPGs to shame in regards to the complexity and depth. It also requires you to make plenty of choices which all contribute to some consequences. Unfortunately however it lacks in, as Bioware would put it, "emotional engagment and welcoming", and it has no branching dialoge trees, or real time with pause system. So DoW 2 is at least half RPG.

stalking.d00m

213 Posts

March 02 2011 14:34 GMT

#19

The Witcher is most mature when it comes to decisions. As the librarian in Warhammer 40K said "There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt". There really were no good guys in the game all were guilty of something and you had to choose between them with no immediate consequences only to found later what impact you decision had.
Eagerly waiting for the Witcher:Assassins of the kings. I think thats about to be launched.

Edit: ^ good to see we are on same page *high fives*

stenole

Norway868 Posts

March 02 2011 14:48 GMT

#20

I can't think of a single non-linear RPG. Sure, there may be the odd side quest and you can jumble what order you do things, but in the end you always follow down the path you were meant to go. Although I agree with plated.rawr's definition of RPG, these days there are so many genre hybrids that categorizing games is harder and perhaps more pointless. Pirates Gold! is my favourite one, but you can justifiably argue that it isn't an RPG.

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