Favorite RPG ever...

so.... i really like RPGs

my favorite RPGs are and it's very possible that they always will be are pokemon Leafgreen and Firered

so? what are you're favorite RPGs?

do you like dying a lot like in demons souls?

or playing for a looooong time like Skyrim?

or did you fall in love with the tropical Far cry 3?

I'm not sure what actually constitutes an RPG (I thought Far Cry 3 would be classified as a sandbox FPS, for example), but for me it would probably be NIER. Some would call it an Action-RPG, others an Action-Adventure. It has similar elements to Zelda but it also has a leveling system, as well as a weapon upgrade system and many aspects you'd find in a Final Fantasy game as well.

But in actuality it's unlike either of those franchises. It's unique and under-appreciated and I love it.

I'm not sure what actually constitutes an RPG (I thought Far Cry 3 would be classified as a sandbox FPS, for example), but for me it would probably be NIER. Some would call it an Action-RPG, others an Action-Adventure. It has similar elements to Zelda but it also has a leveling system, as well as a weapon upgrade system and many aspects you'd find in a Final Fantasy game as well.

But in actuality it's unlike either of those franchises. It's unique and under-appreciated and I love it.

Twin-Blade

Good choice!

I'd agree with that, if it wasn't for the fact that I completely became addicted to Final Fantasy XII and I still love it to this day, probably more than any other game I've played in my 20+ years as a gamer.

Gothic 2 probably

The amount of fun i've had with that game... awesome

I still hold on to the belief that no RPG has really come close to accomplishing what Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines did.

If we're talking this generation, Dark Souls was my favorite.

There's so many great ones, so I'll categorize them by what they did best at:

-Challenge: Demon's Souls

-Story: Xenoblade

-Music: Xenoblade, Final Fantasy 6, Pokemon Red/Blue, Chrono Trigger, Paper Mario

-Overall Gameplay: Final Fantasy 6, Xenoblade, Chrono Trigger, Paper Mario

-Lasting Value: Pokemon Gold/Silver

a few different ones i really like:

demon's souls: it's a great game for a bunch of reasons. it's a great rpg for its revisionist take on the genre. there are the classic byproducts of the genre leveling that it interweaves with the fiction to turn the power rush of a level up into the feeling of flying headfirst into a trap. more than that, i think demon's souls contextualizes and reinforces choices better than any other game. the same justification can be used to help or hurt other players: the world is harsh.

dragon quest viii: i love the adoration it has for the genre's roots. yeah, it imitates classic mechanics and systems really well, but it also understands them enough to add new wrinkles. on top of that, everything in the game is so expressive. you could play the game for 100 hours or just a few random encounters and still appreciate the tone of the world. very few of the characters are bigger than the mechanics.

deus ex: there are definitely points where it can feel like a bad (worse) episode of the x-files, but it's a brilliant modern design that doesn't rely on abstractions like numbers ticking up. that said, the fiction still has its moments of brilliance and the design is so good that you're never really out of it anyway.

some other mentions: dark souls, fire emblem: path of radiance, planescape, and fallout 3

Favorite RPG ever?

Simple.

Chrono Trigger.

No other RPG has topped it, before or after it. I don't call a lot of videogames "masterpieces", but Chrono Trigger is the exception. Has everything you could ever ask for in a RPG and much, MUCH more.

Honestly it's hard to choose between Skyrim,Chrono Cross,DA origins and The Witcher 2.

Earthbound is my favorite, hands down.

I'd say my favorite RPG that I've played so far is Xenoblade Chronicles. The one I've put the most time in is with Dragon Quest IX.

favorite game of all time a despite the bugs and how much hate it got also happens to be an rpg-kotor 2

Knights of the Old Republic, or Skyrim.

World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy IX.

1. Final Fantasy X
2. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Mass Effect 2
5. Xenogears
6. Chrono Cross
7. Final Fantasy VII
8. Final Fantasy VIII
9. Persona 4
10. Kingdom Hearts
11. Pokemon Gold & Silver
12. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
13. Radiata Stories
14. Earthbound
15. Super Mario RPG
16. Final Fantasy VI
17. Dragon Quest VIII
18. Final Fantasy V
19. Final Fantasy XII
20. Grandia

The only RPG I play is Dark Souls, unless Borderlands counts :P

KOTOR 1, Chrono Cross, and Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

The elder Scrolls Skyrim ... my first love in this genre .. didn't try alot of rpgs .. but of what i've seen so far .. Skyrim is the best by far

Star Wars KOTOR and then KOTOR 2.

Then Mass Effect 1

Then Final Fantasy IX

Diablo II

SO many amazing ones to list though. Baten Kaitos Origins, Baten Kaitos: EWATLO, Paper Mario, Paper Mario: TTYD, Tales of Symphonia, and more.

Dragon Quest 8, Rogue Galaxy, Lost Odyssey, Nier.

The Witcher 2

there are many that i enjoyed a lot, naming an absolute favorite would probably be a toss up between fallout 2 and gothic 2.

Diablo 2

Nox

Dungeon Siege

Mass Effect 2

Zelda a Link to the Past

so.... i really like RPGs

my favorite RPGs are and it's very possible that they always will be are pokemon Leafgreen and Firered

so? what are you're favorite RPGs?

do you like dying a lot like in demons souls?

or playing for a looooong time like Skyrim?

or did you fall in love with the tropical Far cry 3?

almoalgam

Love Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas. I really can't wait for Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch in two weeks, that will be an epic RPG.

Final Fantasy XII

Depending on what mood I'm in I might say it's my favorite game of all time (others I would say Wind Waker).

I won't lie I would shell out for an HD remaster.

Accept no substitute. All other RPGs go home.

Accept no substitute. All other RPGs go home.

GeoffZak

Tales Of The Abyss is my favorite RPG on the Playstation 2. It used to be Final Fantasy X, but once I played Abyss, it was over. Abyss is an AMAZING role-playing game and the story is top-notch! It's also the first Tales game I've delved into deeply.

I could never name just one, but here are a few of my favorites:

Pokemon Sapphire

Fallout 3

Dragon Age Origins

Dragon Quest VIII

Dragon Quest IX

Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim

Dragons Dogma

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Currently Playing)

FFVII

Lololololololololol.

Ok,seriously?

Too many,can't pick one.

Final Fantasy XII

Depending on what mood I'm in I might say it's my favorite game of all time (others I would say Wind Waker).

I won't lie I would shell out for an HD remaster.

whiskeystrike

When I think of great RPGs, I think of many - many indeed: Bauldur's Gate, Chrono Trigger, Fallout, Borderlands, The Witcher, Morrowind. When I think of the best, there is one that comes to my mind, invariably...

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No question.

FF7.

But I also love FFX, KOTOR, Chrono Trigger, and Morrowind.

I'm not the biggest RPG guy at all, never got into them when I first started gaming, but I took effort to change that later on to try and branch out. Really, I have'nt played many. If I had to name one, then it's Dark Souls, which also stands as my favorite title relased this generation.