I think the best year of RPGs was last year

really, enjoyed last year simply in my whole life that was the year where every good RPG just came at the same time the year just started with 2 Wild Arms games and a Suikoden game and ended with Final Fantasy XII and Dot Hack//.G.U., even the portables got thier fare amount of RPGs like Contact, Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy 3.

here is the list that i remember from last year RPGs:

Wild Arms: Alter Code F

Wild Arms 4

Suikoden V

Grandia III

Steambot Chronicle

Shadow Heart: from the new world

Tales of Legendia 

Metal Saga

Xenosaga III

Tales of the Abyss

Valkariy Profile 2

Fianal Fantasy XII

Phantasy Star Univers

Baten Kaitos Origin (awsome games)

and in the Portable Department: 

Final Fantasy III

Magical Starsign

Tales of Phantasia

Valkyrie Profile PSP

Final Fantasy Vi

Contact 

and i thiink there are more.

so what do you guys: i enjoyed bit of those games (since i don't have the time and the money to buy all those)

any other thought 

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat. 

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat. 

inoperativeRS

[QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat.

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*catches beer*

Oh man, I shouldn't be drinking at this time of day... 

*drinks*

D'oh! 

And are you telling me you don't like uber pretentious stories that never end ala Xenosaga? How COULD you?

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat.

inoperativeRS

*catches beer*

Oh man, I shouldn't be drinking at this time of day... 

*drinks*

D'oh! 

And are you telling me you don't like uber pretentious stories that never end ala Xenosaga? How COULD you?

[QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat.

GodModeEnabled

and please do not bring FF7, it can't even reach the same level  as FF VI.

and i don't like WRPG :P 

[QUOTE="inoperativeRS"][QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat.

GodModeEnabled

*catches beer*

Oh man, I shouldn't be drinking at this time of day...

*drinks*

D'oh!

And are you telling me you don't like uber pretentious stories that never end ala Xenosaga? How COULD you?

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat.

faridmon

and please do not bring FF7, it can't even reach the same level as FF VI.

and i don't like WRPG :P

WRPG's>JRPG's!!!11

Sorry, I just had to let it out.

Wasn't ES 4 oblivion last year? I'd classify that as rpg too. 11Marcel

I'd classify it as an open world action adventure with some rpg elements. There's really not a lot of role playing in it.

looking at that list I can see how you'd say it was a great year for JRPGs, but I'm not sure I'd say RPGs in general.

Just another year without anything to rival Fallout or Planescape: Torment... :P

Oblivion notwithstanding. 

Wasn't ES 4 oblivion last year? I'd classify that as rpg too. 11Marcel

Oh yeah I forgot about that one. Awesome game. In fact that's when I picked up my 360 was just after that game was released.

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="inoperativeRS"][QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"][QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

1997.

Fallout.

And FF7 if that sails your boat.

faridmon

*catches beer*

Oh man, I shouldn't be drinking at this time of day...

*drinks*

D'oh!

And are you telling me you don't like uber pretentious stories that never end ala Xenosaga? How COULD you?

[QUOTE="11Marcel"]Wasn't ES 4 oblivion last year? I'd classify that as rpg too. inoperativeRS

I'd classify it as an open world action adventure with some rpg elements. There's really not a lot of role playing in it.

I don't want to get into that same old discussion about what constitues a RPG, but imo Oblivion is more role-playing than anything on the OP's list.  I'd put it in the same category as Fallout or Planescape: Torment.  You have the freedom to play a role instead of seeing a story through a characters eyes.

[QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

[QUOTE="11Marcel"]Wasn't ES 4 oblivion last year? I'd classify that as rpg too. danmp18

I'd classify it as an open world action adventure with some rpg elements. There's really not a lot of role playing in it.

I don't want to get into that same old discussion about what constitues a RPG, but imo Oblivion is more role-playing than anything on the OP's list.  I'd put it in the same category as Fallout or Planescape: Torment.  You have the freedom to play a role instead of seeing a story through a characters eyes.

I don't want to get into that same old discussion about what constitues a RPG, but imo Oblivion is more role-playing than anything on the OP's list. I'd put it in the same category as Fallout or Planescape: Torment. You have the freedom to play a role instead of seeing a story through a characters eyes.

danmp18

Comparing Oblivion with Fallout and Planescape is like asking to get kicked in the nuts. :lol:

[QUOTE="danmp18"]

I don't want to get into that same old discussion about what constitues a RPG, but imo Oblivion is more role-playing than anything on the OP's list. I'd put it in the same category as Fallout or Planescape: Torment. You have the freedom to play a role instead of seeing a story through a characters eyes.

Alaris83

Comparing Oblivion with Fallout and Planescape is like asking to get kicked in the nuts. :lol:

I'm not comparing the games, at least on a competency basis.  I'm saying that what you're doing in Oblivion is more role-playing than what you do in Final Fantasy or Valkyrie Profile.  I'm not saying they're bad games, as I love them, but imo they are fundamentaly different games that all get lumped into the same genre based on the loose association with Tolkein or D&D or Ultima.

[QUOTE="inoperativeRS"]

[QUOTE="11Marcel"]Wasn't ES 4 oblivion last year? I'd classify that as rpg too. danmp18

I'd classify it as an open world action adventure with some rpg elements. There's really not a lot of role playing in it.

I don't want to get into that same old discussion about what constitues a RPG, but imo Oblivion is more role-playing than anything on the OP's list. I'd put it in the same category as Fallout or Planescape: Torment. You have the freedom to play a role instead of seeing a story through a characters eyes.

Well, I consider JRPG's to be more just stories with some gameplay attached to them. I agree that oblivion has more roleplaying than them, but I wouldn't consider it a true WRPG.

I'm not comparing the games, at least on a competency basis. I'm saying that what you're doing in Oblivion is more role-playing than what you do in Final Fantasy or Valkyrie Profile. I'm not saying they're bad games, as I love them, but imo they are fundamentaly different games that all get lumped into the same genre based on the loose association with Tolkein or D&D or Ultima.

danmp18

It's all in jest.  I know where you're coming from, thus the smiley.   However it's funny that you mention not playing "a story through a characters eyes" when that's excactly what you do in Planescape:  Torment with The Nameless One.  However, Torment succeeds where many other RPGs fail in that it has complex dialogue and a (mostly) original and intruiging storyline that you can affect with your actions during gameplay.

WRPG's>JRPG's!!!11

Sorry, I just had to let it out.

inoperativeRS

As an owner and player of both genres.

JRPG>>>>>(the hell out of) WRPG

IMHO