Greatest RPG's of all time?
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Jolly Rogerer
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I'd have to say that Morrowind is my favorite all time. I love the classless system and the crafting etc. Also the wide open world and modibility. I still play it occasionally.
Other CRPGs I've enjoyed:
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Neverwinter Nights - the boxed content was limited and not all that great, but some of the user designed worlds were really fantastic.
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I played pnp RPGS since 1975 when I first played "Engarde", then "D&D" and "Boot Hill" and "Traveller". As has been noted we almost never used any visual aids beyond maps. You could of course, the 1st edition D&D suggested that you use Gygax's "Chainmail" mini rules, but none of the hundreds of people I played with did. A few years later they even came out with a D&D minis supplement called "Swords and Spells", but again no one I knew used it. I have of course seen people use visual aids and have used them myself. They aren't necessary but certainly can be helpful in complicated situations.
Back in the bad old days D&D was basically unplayable alone, it was more of an idea of a game than a self-contained game. So we simply made up our own games that were in the spirit of D&D. We bought different rule sets in order to get ideas to add to our own idiosyncratic campaigns mostly, though as time marched on rule sets became more complete.
About ten years later while in the Army I sat down to play an RPG with some younger guys and was surprised to see how they slavishly followed the book rules and worse, depended upon purchased modules for content. I GMed a few adventures and opened their eyes to the truly limitless possibilities of the genre with my seat of the pants style.
Sadly it is more and more difficult for an old timer like me to find either the time or the companions to enjoy face to face gaming. I still play some online and enjoy the occasional solitaire foray into Morrowind etc., but it isn't as much fun as the anything can happen chemistry of a pnp group.
Other CRPGs I've enjoyed:
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Neverwinter Nights - the boxed content was limited and not all that great, but some of the user designed worlds were really fantastic.
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I played pnp RPGS since 1975 when I first played "Engarde", then "D&D" and "Boot Hill" and "Traveller". As has been noted we almost never used any visual aids beyond maps. You could of course, the 1st edition D&D suggested that you use Gygax's "Chainmail" mini rules, but none of the hundreds of people I played with did. A few years later they even came out with a D&D minis supplement called "Swords and Spells", but again no one I knew used it. I have of course seen people use visual aids and have used them myself. They aren't necessary but certainly can be helpful in complicated situations.
Back in the bad old days D&D was basically unplayable alone, it was more of an idea of a game than a self-contained game. So we simply made up our own games that were in the spirit of D&D. We bought different rule sets in order to get ideas to add to our own idiosyncratic campaigns mostly, though as time marched on rule sets became more complete.
About ten years later while in the Army I sat down to play an RPG with some younger guys and was surprised to see how they slavishly followed the book rules and worse, depended upon purchased modules for content. I GMed a few adventures and opened their eyes to the truly limitless possibilities of the genre with my seat of the pants style.
Sadly it is more and more difficult for an old timer like me to find either the time or the companions to enjoy face to face gaming. I still play some online and enjoy the occasional solitaire foray into Morrowind etc., but it isn't as much fun as the anything can happen chemistry of a pnp group.
Indeed.
It's hard to gather a group of people in real life. Time is an overrated issue. Everybody has time. Maybe there are conflicting schedules, but 4 hours every other week for something you really want to do, that's not much. It takes a certain level of commitment because it's a scheduled event, but jayzus, we spend all week long gathering groups of people for meetings and whatnot for work. If it works for WORK...
Izipo
Hardcore casual gamer
There's also the problem of distance... Even in a small country like mine. I've moved around quite a bit and my best friends are still where I grew up, which is 800 Km away from where I am now.
So, yeah, Time and distance... Hard to find a continuum with these
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
France isn't a small country, but yes it helps a lot if the group lives in the same area.
There's also the problem of distance... Even in a small country like mine. I've moved around quite a bit and my best friends are still where I grew up, which is 800 Km away from where I am now.
So, yeah, Time and distance... Hard to find a continuum with these
Which is why, while I still have my best friends who live far away and I like to see them every time I can, my current RPG group is formed of people I didn't know a year or two ago. I had to take chances with local stores or internet forums to find local people. It takes work to avoid the tarts that way, but with a bit of patience and luck you can gather a group of intelligent people with real lives and jobs and not just slackers who steal your food. There are many people who are in your situation; all of their old RPG friends are too far or long gone. It's a little absurd that so much RPG time is not played while, in the average city, there are hundreds of people who wish they had other people to play with. It took me a loooong time to get over it and just attempt to meet people I didn't know, but I don't regret it. They can become new friends too.
CornPlanter
Emperor
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Fallout & Fallout 2
Knights of the Old Republic II
Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines
Planescape Torment
The Witcher
thats about all...
Fallout & Fallout 2
Knights of the Old Republic II
Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines
Planescape Torment
The Witcher
thats about all...
Bibor
Doomsday Machine
Amazing! I just wanted to post my favourite RPGs and what do you know!
Best RPGs I played (at least those that come to mind):
- SSI goldbox games (especially the Krynn trilogy)
- Hired Guns and Perihelion on Amiga
- Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
- Fallout 1 and 2
- KOTOR 1
- DeusEx and System Shock 2 in the FPS crossover genre.
GoodGame
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If we go way way back the Bard's Tales were pretty fun in their time, though nowhere as good as SSI Goldbox.
MobBoss
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Heh, the first computer I ever bought I played Wizardry on it. And oh yeah, it was awesome at the time.
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Wow, thanks guys!
After seeing all this Failout3 and Dragon Age on the first page I've felt like I was visiting Civ5 Facebook page again (not that I use Facebook, but I've read about it in this thread). I've felt old and astonished how ignorant some people might be.
Luckily I can see some old timers here (hehe, I'm 28
) like you guys and I know that I won't die alone.CornPlanter, spot on, very good selection, from more modern ones I can only add Gothic series to it.
Bibor - another great list, and Hired Guns was simply amazing. I still remember playing it with a friend of mine cause you could connect more than one mouse and do some great teamwork. The vibe, the environment, the tension... Laboratory was such a threatening place, and I remember those Robocop Ed-209 enemies in cities, the tough bastards)... Remember how the game came up with four small booklets, each telling us about the world, the team, equipment?
Good times.
Also, Deus Ex has just blown me away, I couldn't believe how complex and deep a "mere" shooter can be. Classic. Deus Ex 3 will probably rape the legacy in the same way Bethe$da did with Failout 3
Jouzou
Warlord
I see that nobody has mentioned Secret of Mana yet. It's a great Square RPG for the Super Nintendo. Story-wise, it's your run-of-the-mill JRPG, but the graphics and music are awesome. Also, the combat system is real-time rather than turn-based. The only downsides I can think of are the stupid AI characters and magic spamming, but other than that, I'd say it's worth checking out. SoM is available on Wii's VC and they just made a remake for iPhone, too.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention; about halfway through the game, you gain control of a giant flying dragon.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention; about halfway through the game, you gain control of a giant flying dragon.
It was indeed a great game but you forget one of its greatest assets: the stupid AI character can be replaced by a friend with his own controller! It's actually a multiplayer RPG on the SNES in a way! My friend and I used to play a lot of RPGs, even together, most of the time it meant we were watching the other person play. It was quite a bonus in this game to be able to participate.
Zardnaar
Deity
In no particular order.
Mass Effect
KoToR
Shining Force Series
Phantasy Star series.
Mass Effect
KoToR
Shining Force Series
Phantasy Star series.
Akka
Moody old mage.
Err...
It's a moderately fun game at the time, but there is about zero RPG element in it, and it's not very interesting once nostalgia glasses are off.
Chronotrigger or Final Fantasy VI are about one hundred times better in this category.
I agree, I'm sold to Chrono Trigger myself. But yeah... The multiplayer man!
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