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RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Rosamund - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 06:53 PM)Cylin Wrote: -Baldur's Gate 2
-Dragon Age
-Neverwinter Nights
Yes! I first got into RPGs with Baldur's Gate and loved all of those, along with KOTOR, Icewind Dale, Fallout, Morrowind...I could go on.
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Enla - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 06:55 PM)Bopdoot Wrote: Even though it's a a shitty game, I always have a lot of fun with VTMB. Must be that nostalgicness.Oh god, Vampire... I still need to complete a run as a Malkavian.
That's another game that had such brilliance behind it but was hurt in some way by other aspects of the design. I still remember having to download the unofficial patches for it.(02-18-2015, 06:58 PM)Inarah Wrote: Yes! I first got into RPGs with Baldur's Gate and loved all of those, along with KOTOR, Icewind Dale, Fallout, Morrowind...I could go on.*fist bumps for great glory!*
I've only played Icewind Dale 2 and still need to find time to play the original Fallout games, but there's just something about older, Western RPG's that really clicks with me. I started playing them rather late, like as in the last four years, and I severely regret not finding the time to do so before. Thank goodness for Gog.com having almost the entire catalog of classics for my buying needs.
KoTOR is also love, not sure why I didn't list it on my own list... Hmm... *goes to fix that mistake!*
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Rosamund - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 07:01 PM)Cylin Wrote: I've only played Icewind Dale 2 and still need to find time to play the original Fallout games, but there's just something about older, Western RPG's that really clicks with me. I started playing them rather late, like as in the last four years, and I severely regret not finding the time to do so before. Thank goodness for Gog.com having almost the entire catalog of classics for my buying needs.
I loved Fallout 2, never really got into the newer ones. Same with Elder Scrolls actually, I loved Morrowind, mixed feelings about Oblivion and I never even finished Skyrim. And damn you're making me feel old, I played all those at release...
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Enla - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 07:22 PM)Inarah Wrote:*pat pat* If it helps I was old enough to play them at release as well, but I just never got into them until recently.(02-18-2015, 07:01 PM)Cylin Wrote: I've only played Icewind Dale 2 and still need to find time to play the original Fallout games, but there's just something about older, Western RPG's that really clicks with me. I started playing them rather late, like as in the last four years, and I severely regret not finding the time to do so before. Thank goodness for Gog.com having almost the entire catalog of classics for my buying needs.
I loved Fallout 2, never really got into the newer ones. Same with Elder Scrolls actually, I loved Morrowind, mixed feelings about Oblivion and I never even finished Skyrim. And damn you're making me feel old, I played all those at release...
I'm pretty much the same way with the Elderscrolls, though I did enjoy Skyrim more than Oblivion - if only because it wasn't Generic Fantasy World #342 anymore, though it suffered from a lot of the same issues. I'd still kill for a Morrowind remake that kept to the spirit of the original. I know people are trying to remake it with Skyrim's art assets, but I'm not sure it'll be the same honestly... ):
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Cato - 02-18-2015
Here's a list of some of my favourite RPG's outside of the Final Fantasy series:
- Vagrant Story
- Fallout 3 & Fallout: New Vegas
- Morrowind, Oblivion & Skyrim
- Breath of Fire 4 & 5
- Grandia 1 & 2
- The Witcher 1 & 2
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- Dragon Age 1, 2 & 3
- Warcraft 3
- Shadowhearts 1 & 2
- Star Ocean 3
- Valkyrie Profile
- Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Rosamund - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 07:29 PM)Cylin Wrote: I'd still kill for a Morrowind remake that kept to the spirit of the original. I know people are trying to remake it with Skyrim's art assets, but I'm not sure it'll be the same honestly... ):
Oh I am so looking forward to that. I really hope they manage to pull it off. You won't see me for a solid month at least if so haha!
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Gaspard - 02-18-2015
Everything Bethesda and Bioware churned out, plenty of JRPG's, VTMB, Witcher series and a few others.
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Caspar - 02-18-2015
I am glad so many people like suikoden. I picked up the second game on a whim around the time ff8 came out and suddenly found myself neglecting ff in favor of a decidedly primitive looking 2d game with a silent protagonist. I didn't think an rpg could demand the kind of dedication and respect from me that suikoden did. I've played all of them but 4, which I hear was mediocre, and tactics which is based on 4, as well as the handheld ones which were only nominally suikoden titles. Another series I love is Wild ARMS, for very different reasons, and due to them I always appreciate the very ANIMU practice of playing the opening during the final boss fight...
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - allgivenover - 02-18-2015
A hardly comprehensive list in no particular order.
Persona 3/ Persona 4 - high school sim + mystery + fun combat system + funky music and style. These games are awesome.
Dark Souls/Dark Souls 2 -Â I've probably sunk something like 1000+ hours between these two. There is something magical and lonely and terrifying about playing them.
Tales of the Abyss -Â Most Tales Of games are pretty decent, this one takes the cake.
Tales of Graces f -Â The story isn't very mature, but the battle system, characters, and aesthetic is awesome.
Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together -Â There is no better strategy RPG. The PSP remake of Tactics Ogre unseated Final Fantasy Tactics in my heart forever. This game is awesome.
Dragon Quest IV -Â This started the episodic RPG thing. It's simple, it's fun.
The Last Story -This game is going to be extremely valuable several years from now once everyone figures out how awesome it is and how hard it is to find.
Valkyrie Profile -Â Great battle system, good story, great music.
Star Ocean: The Second Story -A lot of fun, the story tends to drag a bit but that battle system and the lovable characters really shine here.
Suikoden II - Luca Blight, enough said.
Baldur's Gate Trilogy -Â Do I really have to say anything?
Jade Empire -Â Bioware's overlooked gem. This game is vastly underrated.
Dragon Age: Origins -Â I'm not a big fan of DAII or III, but this game is awesome. I played through it five times.
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Val - 02-18-2015
I'll just.. make a bullet list.
- I'm a HUGE Chrono Trigger fan. Not so much of Cross, but I <3 some Trigger.
- I absolutely LOVE the Witcher.
- While I don't think the Legacy of Kain series is really considered a full-on RPG, it plays a lot like the Zelda games and I absolutely fell in love with it. Hands down one of my favorite stories.
- Speaking of Zelda, A Link to the Past is my favorite.
- Grandia 1 and 2 are wonderful!
- Xenosaga is great stuff too!
- I really liked the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 RPG elements, and I enjoyed Darksiders as well. Both are kind of Zelda/God of War clones, but I still enjoyed them.
- Record of Lodoss War for the Dreamcast was an amazing game. I still play it from time to time!
- Phantasy Star Online 1 and 2 were ngh. If I still had people to play it with, I probably would.
- For people that are a fan of old school D&D/Baldur's Gate/Neverwinter Nights stile games, I'd suggest picking up Divintiy: Original Sin. It's super long, incredibly in-depth, and plays a lot like Final Fantasy Tactics and it's co-op!
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Cato - 02-18-2015
I almost forgot about Suikoden. I played the one with Lady Sialeeds in it. I remember it being filled with intrigue!
On that note, since I'm a huge fan of intrigue and difficult decisions in RPG's I'll also add Telltale's The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and their take on Game of Thrones.
Oh, and then there's The Last of Us which is one of my favourite games ever!
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Aldotsk - 02-18-2015
Tales series
Phantasy Star series
Grandia 2
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Caspar - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 08:09 PM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: I almost forgot about Suikoden. I played the one with Lady Sialeeds in it. I remember it being filled with intrigue!Yes Suikoden was a radically different experience for me in that the goal wasn't simply save the world, and a lot of scheming drove the plot. Vagrant story was told in a very different way and had a very intimate, small cast, but also told a good intrigue story. V was an excellent suikoden and probably my second favorite after 2. It draws a lot from the things that made the first two so good.
On that note, since I'm a huge fan of intrigue and difficult decisions in RPG's I'll also add Telltale's The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and their take on Game of Thrones.
Oh, and then there's The Last of Us which is one of my favourite games ever!
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Blue - 02-18-2015
Wild Arms! With 3 being my favorite chapter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvoueEiVyWE
One of the characters there, Jet Enduro, is who I named Jet'a Vann after. I love that albino
!(And you can see why I'm so happy to have horses in XIV as well from it)!
RE: Rpg other than Final Fantasy you like! - Caspar - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 08:22 PM)Blue Wrote: Wild Arms! With 3 being my favorite chapter!3 was such a bold game. It seems everything about it set out to differ from other jrpg. The lead is a female with no shallow romance defining her, the loner gets a lot of criticism and ridicule for being standoffish, the big guy is a Mage, and the sniper is a pleasant, happily married middle aged man. And everyone had guns. It was brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvoueEiVyWE
One of the characters there, Jet Enduro, is who I named Jet'a Vann after. I love that albino