Paying our respects to commendable RPGs

boomdart

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I have been playing RPG's again recently, I skipped a good three years without playing many games at all...losing all of my unmatched CS/UT/UO skills, but I have again learned the joy of playing these games!

Dragon Warrior VII - Awesome game, far too slow gameplay, but the only real complaint...Why does it give you the option to keep playing after you save? I truly hate moving from my comfy spot to reset the playstation if I accidentally say "no." I haven't completed it yet, I'm 15 hours into it and lacking severely in levels.

Terranigma - I love this game, it's about reviving the world and seeing it progress, and everything about the game is very well made and thought out. I never lost interest when playing this game.

Super Mario RPG - Simply fun, that's it.

Act Raiser 1 - A lot better than Act Raiser 2, and is sort of similar to Terranigma, only...not really, but it's great fun ressurecting the world.

Phantasy Star 3 - Best of the PS series, getting married and playing through a different story line dependant on your choices of marriage (happens twice in the game) with different endings, is great. The battle music gets on one's nerves very quickly, otherwise I believe the music is great for it.

Chrono Trigger - No one can (rather, should) argue that this isn't simply one of the best RPG's ever, if not the best.

Secret of Mana - The fighting system is really cool, the soundtrack is top-notch, graphics are very nice for the snes, and the storyline is all there, and as with Chrono Trigger can become quite emotional if you like being that way.

Final Fantasy 6 - How many other games does the evil character actually destroy and rule the world? No other FF game provides one as sinister as Kefka, Sephiroth from FF7 doesn't even come close. Not to mention, character development is very well written in this game.

Final Fantasy 4/7/9 - Classic, just classic. Seven is almost like playing a movie, or a novel, and in its own right should be made into either one (They're coming out with a Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children movie as a sequel to the game, but they really should have released FF7: The movie first).

Well, I can't think of any more, but feel free to add to the list! Sorry there aren't many ps/ps2/xbox/etc games listed :p
 

boomdart

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When you say 2/3, you mean the NES games? I don't want to sound like a geek, but "2" and "3" are 4 and 6, which I did mention :p

And FFMQ is FUNNY! Because you can jump over people's heads!! :p
 

waggy

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ugh FF 7+ were like to playing a movie. which was part of the problem. I don't want to cast a spell then have 2 minutes of FMV. or get to a new part and have FMV. They are going overboard with it.

FMV is great if used sparingly. FF3 (us) is great. one of my favorite games i went and bought FF Anthology for the PS1 for this game. i also bought FF Chronicles for chrono trigger and FF IV.

I have been playing Dragon Warrior 7 (played the rest released in the US) and yes it is slow. But so far the story is great! I'm still on the first CD.
 

Anubis

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i agree with you on most of them except Act raiser sucked, and also FF10 is better then ff7 and so is FF9, FF7 wasent all that good IMO, yes it changed things but i hated the game, fusking chocobos :|
id add

Chrono Cross - just a hair below teh origional
Legond of Dragoon - best RPG on PS1 great graphics and it had voice overs + the battle system was cool as hell
Xenogears/Xenosaga - both were supurb
FFX-2 - i dont care what you say the game was just as good as 10 and 10 was awsome
Dragon warrior 3 and DW 4 also were awsome, and if you have a copy of DW4 they go on ebay for hundreds of $$$
 

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Originally posted by: boomdart
When you say 2/3, you mean the NES games? I don't want to sound like a geek, but "2" and "3" are 4 and 6, which I did mention :p

And FFMQ is FUNNY! Because you can jump over people's heads!! :p

I was referring to the SNES ones... the ones that say Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III on the labels. I don't know what order they were released in Japan, but being as that I live in the U.S., they're 2 and 3 to me. :)
 

Spoooon

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Originally posted by: waggy
ugh FF 7+ were like to playing a movie. which was part of the problem. I don't want to cast a spell then have 2 minutes of FMV. or get to a new part and have FMV. They are going overboard with it.

FMV is great if used sparingly. FF3 (us) is great. one of my favorite games i went and bought FF Anthology for the PS1 for this game. i also bought FF Chronicles for chrono trigger and FF IV.

I have been playing Dragon Warrior 7 (played the rest released in the US) and yes it is slow. But so far the story is great! I'm still on the first CD.

Yeah, the FMV is cool the first two times you cast a spell. Later on when it takes 5-10 minutes when you start summoning things, it gets a little rediculous. :)
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: Anubis
i agree with you on most of them except Act raiser sucked, and also FF10 is better then ff7 and so is FF9, FF7 wasent all that good IMO, yes it changed things but i hated the game, fusking chocobos :|
id add

Chrono Cross - just a hair below teh origional
Legond of Dragoon - best RPG on PS1 great graphics and it had voice overs + the battle system was cool as hell
Xenogears/Xenosaga - both were supurb
FFX-2 - i dont care what you say the game was just as good as 10 and 10 was awsome
Dragon warrior 3 and DW 4 also were awsome, and if you have a copy of DW4 they go on ebay for hundreds of $$$

yeah legond of the dragoon was pretty good. I did enjoy the battle system also.
dragon warrior 1-4 rocked. I owned all of them! wish i still had them myself. though i do have *caugh* emu's..

have yet to try FFX or FFX-2. my ps2 died on me. But if they drop the price down to match the price of Xbox i will get onother one.
 

BornStar

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While I don't think it's as involved as the other ones, KotOR definitely deserves to be on the list of awesome RPGs.
 

datalink7

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Planescape Torment >*

And an RPG thread would be amiss if it didn't mention Baldurs Gate I & II.
 

Spoooon

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Originally posted by: datalink7
Planescape Torment >*

And an RPG thread would be amiss if it didn't mention Baldurs Gate I & II.

Yeah, Planescape is one of the best ever.
 

boomdart

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Originally posted by: waggy
ugh FF 7+ were like to playing a movie. which was part of the problem. I don't want to cast a spell then have 2 minutes of FMV. or get to a new part and have FMV. They are going overboard with it.

FMV is great if used sparingly. FF3 (us) is great. one of my favorite games i went and bought FF Anthology for the PS1 for this game. i also bought FF Chronicles for chrono trigger and FF IV.

I have been playing Dragon Warrior 7 (played the rest released in the US) and yes it is slow. But so far the story is great! I'm still on the first CD.

Still on the first cd? I didn't know DW7 had other cds...or I haven't inspected my case very well? :p
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: Spoooon
Originally posted by: datalink7
Planescape Torment >*

And an RPG thread would be amiss if it didn't mention Baldurs Gate I & II.

Yeah, Planescape is one of the best ever.
Thirded :)
Two of the other best PC RPGs are of course Fallout 1 & 2
 

boomdart

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I'm at the end of FFX and can't beat it (i'm going to get Jason to show me on his game the ending :>) and I have FFX2 lined up as the next game for me to beat.

Online RPG's kinda weren't what I was concentrating on :p
And I never really got into the PC RPG scene... I like to emerse myself into the game, and using a much more complicated control system (keyboard) it's harder to do that...Unless it's Ultima Online, which I became addicted to and would barely leave my house for anything but sex or food; i'm not off the UO addiction \o/

As far as Legend of Dragoon, I didn't like the graphics, pov, battle system, characters, attacks, etc... I never played it long enough to get into the story line though. Same w/ FF8 and the reasons I didn't play it.

Breath of Fire 1 & 3 (Never actually finished 2) - Great games, one is pretty cool but sort of slowly paced.
Star Ocean - just a game I guess :p
 

weirdichi

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Originally posted by: boomdart

Phantasy Star 3 - Best of the PS series, getting married and playing through a different story line dependant on your choices of marriage (happens twice in the game) with different endings, is great. The battle music gets on one's nerves very quickly, otherwise I believe the music is great for it.

PS3 was an overall disappointment. The graphics sucked, the animations sucked, and the overall experience sucked. Play PS1, PS2, and PS4 and you can tell where the quality was.
 

boomdart

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I hated PS1, I couldn't stand the graphics. The graphics/animation may have sucked on PS3, but I enjoyed the game, which is the most important aspect of it.
 

nageov3t

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Xenosaga... greatest RPG ever. I can't wait for the next one.

FFX was alright. A bit easy and the characters were pretty annoying (except for Lulu and Auron), but otherwise enjoyable.

Disgaea -- this game cracks me up. funniest RPG I've ever played, and it's a pretty enjoyable strategy game (like FFTactics, but better)

Breath of Fire II had my favorite storyline in it; the others were equally enjoyable, but BoF2 stands out as my favorite.

Neverwinter Nights (along with Baldur's Gate 1 + 2 and Icewind Dale) was a pretty enjoyable game, but I've never been able to get into PC RPG's as much as I've been able to get into consol games. Too bad there weren't more cross-platform RPG's.
 

BladeWalker

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I have to say Phantasy Star 2 was best in the serie (and best console RPG at the time).

Like you I enjoyed Act Raiser immensely and was somewhat disappointed by the 2nd.

FF6 remains the crown jewel of the serie.

Skies of Arcadia & Grandia II for the dreamcast are also excellent.

My favorite of all time = Panzer Dragoon Saga.

 

bigalt

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after continuing to fool myself for several years, i have finally realized that progressquest is the best rpg yet.