The Greatest RPG's

[AtariLegend]

There probably another thread like this, so since I didn't find one, I thought why not post one.

So anyone want to recommend any classic or not well known about RPG's for any format.

I would say Neverwinter Nights is a classic that any PC gamer should own.

[Guns N RockMusic]

Does Ocarina of Time count as an RPG?

[AtariLegend]

Yes, great mention

[lcg]

Does Ocarina of Time count as an RPG?

Nice. And also Majora's Mask

[T_Roxie]

Neverwinter nights was a bit lame, i thought.  Planscape: Torment, Baulder's Gate (all of them) and morrowind/oblivion are pretty good.  Fallout as well, bit dated tho.

[Origen]

Zelda ocarina of time is not strictly a RPG it's a fantasty/action adventurer.

A RPG and the greatest one is Final Fantasy

[Gunner80]

My favorite so far is "Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the cursed king" - 112 hours of fun.

[Megaguns]

I remember an RPG called Landstalker on the sega genesis years ago. It was way ahead of its time, I love the splinter cell games on xbox (if you class them as RPGs)

[-Jack-]

The original dragon warrior... great shit.

7 is cool too.

[AtariLegend]

Am I the only Dungeons + Dragons Video games fan alive?

[Dirty Little Thing]

My current favorites are

Oblivion and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 


Honorable Mention: Chrono Trigger

[Sin Cut]

Fallout 2 and the Baldurs Gate series.

[Sober_times]

Chrono Trigger is the best all time, I loved it, Kept playing it over and over and still do. Though Chrono Cross (its Sequel) was not nearly as good.

I Also Love: The Phantasy Star Series(Sega Master System and Genesis), Shining Force Series (Both Genisis and Saturn), Y's The Vansihed Omens (original for Sega Master System, Though maybe more of a action/adventure like Zelda), Y's III (Genisis) Oblivion(Xbox 360), DaggerFall (PC), Beyond Oasis (Genisis), Legend Of Oasis (Saturn), Grandia (Saturn Version), Grandia II (Dreamcast Version), Skies Of Arcadia (Dreamcast), Shenmue and Shenmue II (Dreamcast and Xbox, Though I call them RPG, some call them more action/adventure), Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic(Xbox), All of The Zelda Series except Majora's Mask, Super Mario RPG (SNES, I dont know why but I really liked this simple, easy game), Miracle Warriors(Sega Master System).

Thats all I can think of Off the top of my Head and I love all of them for a variety of reasons. Final Fantasy Didnt make my list, cuz I am one of few that thinks the series sucks. I dont know why but I just never got into it. Same with the D&D games. 

[pilferk]

Best Console RPG ever: ChronoTrigger

Best RPG ever: Ultima IV

Just MHO.

[Neemo]

Final Fantasy 1
Legend of Zelda: OCarina of Time
Diablo II
Baldur's Gate (Orig PC)
Neverwinter Nights

[Evolution]

Final Fantasy 7!

[pilferk]

Final Fantasy 7!

Oh god....to quote X-play "FF7 was emo before emo was even emo".

Sorry, for me FF7 is the single most overrated RPG in history.? It was OK to good, with slick presentation and a moderately interesting plot line.? It was also so linear and, at times, mind numbingly boring, that I can't believe I sunk 70+ hours into it.? ?The best thing, IMHO, about the game happens about 1/2 way through it.....and then...eh...Chronotrigger was SOOOO much better....Hell, so was Earthbound.

IMHO, FFX was much better too, though even that game isnt perfect, either.? I'll take Tidus over Cloud any day of the week.? Oblivion (and I know I'm going to be called sacrelidgeous by the JRPG faithful) was a better RPG (not necessarily a better GAME, just a better RPG) than just about every FF game ever released.? The Dragon Quest games kick sand in the face of most of the FF games...

[Evolution]

At the time though, for me anyway it was cutting edge stuff.

You can't beat a Chocobo Race, and Materia.

[AtariLegend]

I hate nothing more than people who play Oblivion, love it, and don't know that Morrowind exists.

[Jim]

I hate nothing more than people who play Oblivion, love it, and don't know that Morrowind exists.

Hmm, though the same could be said about people who don't acknowledge that Morrowind was the third Elder Scrolls game...

I wanted to play Morrowind again at some point, but after playing Oblivion I think that would just be too difficult to get into. The solo quests on Morrowind were appaling for their part, and having to walk back and forth from the camp with that wise ol' woman was one of the most tedious things in history.

Oblivion is far and away the best game, period, that I have ever played.

But I'm not really a game player.

[pilferk]

I hate nothing more than people who play Oblivion, love it, and don't know that Morrowind exists.

Have it, played it, love it.? Actually, I have 2 versions..the PC version and the Xbox GOTY version.? Actually, I own, and have played, every single Elder Scrolls title starting with Arena (even the god awful FPS-style Battlespire).? They've all been stellar (well, all the RPG's)...even the bug ridden Daggerfall was excellent once they repaired all the wonkineess.

I like Oblivion more than Morrowind because the main and central plot picks up a bit quicker, but the expansiveness and free range game play are fundamentally the same.? Oh, and Oblivion looks prettier, too. ? But seriously, I like the game mechanics in Oblivion a little bit more, too.? The insta-travel and the horse make such a HUGE difference in playability.? If only they would release the Construction Set on 360, or allow the 360 to play PC created content, it would be perfect.? Because it doesn't I had to go out and get the PC version too....because some of the user created content (just like in Morrowind) is awesome.

Oh, and you know what I hate? People who "hate" something based on a faulty assumption....

[pilferk]

Oblivion is far and away the best game, period, that I have ever played.

But I'm not really a game player.

One of my top 10, I think, now.

My #1 would have to be Ultima IV. #2 would probably be Half Life 2. #3 would probably be Chronotrigger.? The original Zelda and Super Metroid would probably round out my top 5.

I think Oblivion would be #6 or #7 (I'd have to think long and hard about how it compares to Catlevania:Symphony of the Night).

Still pretty high up on the list of someone who IS a pretty long time and prolific game player.

OK, just for fun.here's the rest:

6) Oblivion
7) C:SOTN
Tetris
9) Super Mario 64
10) Age of Empires II
11) Everquest  (the original, after release, prior to the massive changes and transformation into Evercamp)
11b) World of Warcraft (in it's current state)
12) Starcraft
13) Gold Box Dungeons and Dragons Collection (I'm cheating, I know...but it's my list)
14) Kid Icarus
15) Elite
16) Resident Evil 4
17) Civilization (and all it's revamps and updates aka sequels)
18) Goldeneye 007
19) Ocarina of Time
20) Star Wars: Tie Fighter

That was remarkably tough.....Strider and Bionic Commando, two of my all time favorites, didn't even make it in...

[Sober_times]

Morrowind was basically Daggerfall with a graphical improvement. New story maybe, but same basic game mechanics, it didn't change all that much and I was not hugely impressed. However Oblivion is much more polished in all facets of the game, its what Morrowind should have been.?

[AtariLegend]

Morrowind was a great game, inspite of the fact that every 25 hours I would come across a quest with bug that nothing could be done about, and thus after spending 3 months are somthing like that playing it, I would have to start it all over again from the start.

This was the same on both X-box and PC.

[Sober_times]

Morrowind was a great game, inspite of the fact that every 25 hours I would come across a quest with bug that nothing could be done about, and thus after spending 3 months are somthing like that playing it, I would have to start it all over again from the start.

This was the same on both X-box and PC.

I dont think it was all that great because it was vastly similar to game made several years before, Elder Scrolls II:Daggerfall. Some of the Fighters Guild and other Guild Missions as well were exactly the same. The game was essentially Daggerfall with a graphical improvement. Though for those who had never played Daggerfall, for those looking for a lessy buggy, graphically improved version of it, i can see them loving it. 

[pilferk]

Morrowind was a great game, inspite of the fact that every 25 hours I would come across a quest with bug that nothing could be done about, and thus after spending 3 months are somthing like that playing it, I would have to start it all over again from the start.

This was the same on both X-box and PC.

PC version was eventually patched to fix those issues.  The original X-box version was, to some extent, almost unplayable because of those bugs, and the "unreadable disk" error problems.  The GOTY edition on Xbox did a lot of those issues, but not all of them.  The dreaded DDE errors, though, were much less frequent and, if you didn't have a Thompson drive in your Xbox, they were pretty much non-existent.

[axlrosehunny]

Knights of the old republic is a kickass game.  Both of them!

I always liked Romace of the three kingdoms