favorite rpg

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  1. Gears

    Gears buh-buh-body ya Veteran

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    Final Fantasy 7.
     
  2. OmegaScourge

    OmegaScourge Custom Made TFW2005 Supporter

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    Xenogears was awesome but i somehow can't go back and play it again, unlike my favs, which i can.
     
  3. mx-01 archon

    mx-01 archon Well-Known Member

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    Overall, Final Fantasy VIII. Gorgeous graphics for the time, a simply beautiful and well-woven plot, a serious attempt at actually injecting some new life into the series' aging ATB system, and one of the best damned minigame diversions ever, in the form of Triple Triad.

    On the gameplay front, though, I have to give it to Tales of Eternia (aka Tales of Destiny 2). It took the Linear Motion Battle system introduced in Tales of Phantasia and made it absolutely freakin' perfect. It's one of those games where random battles aren't annoying because you seriously want to get into as many freakin' fights as you can, the battle system is so fun. They did an amazing job of the game balance, making every fight a potential challenge, and yet not making them feel like a chore. The boss fights are simply amazing, with each unique boss having their own distinct fighting style, forcing you to develop new strategies on the fly, and simply marveling at how much substance the battle system can provide. To top it off, it's got a ridiculous amount of minigames, most of them good. It's probably the most "playable" RPG in existence. The only reason it's not the best ever is it's rather run-of-the-mill story. It's not overly cliched or anything, it's just not the epic weaving of plot that, say, Final Fantasy or Xenogears are.
     
  4. Sol Fury

    Sol Fury The British Butcher Veteran

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    Great deep plot, but the second disk drags it down for me, especially with that one stupidly powerful boss. She probably wouldn't have been so bad if there had been a dungeon or two to use to level up beforehand though.

    Mostly though the walls of text on the second disk keep it from being a favourite.
     
  5. Brandon

    Brandon This is important work.

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    Knights of the Old Republic and Oblivion.



    Don't really play a lot of RPG's, and with those I have played, these two stand out for me.
     
  6. mrhillz

    mrhillz Changed his user title. TFW2005 Supporter

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    In no particular order-

    Neverwinter Nights
    Final Fantasy IV & VI
    World of Warcraft
    Dragon Warrior
    Secret of Mana
    Oblivion


    As far as tabletop goes
    D&D 3.0/3.5
    The Western one where you get to use cards&Poker Chips, the name eludes me.
     
  7. Blunticon

    Blunticon The Oddjob

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    Lunar is my all time Fav. Of cource the greats like Chrono Trigger, FF3, FF7, Breathe of Fire. Secret of Mana.
     
  8. Gen. Magnus

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    Earthbound. I loved that game. I so want the sequel(s) to come to the States.
     
  9. gil

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    In no order:

    Pokemon: Red/Blue/Gold/Silver/Saphire/Ruby/Fire Red/Leaf Green/Emerald
    Chrono Trigger
    Final Fantasy IV
    Final Fantasy VI
    Final Fantasy VII
    Final Fantasy IX
    Final Fantasy X
    Secret of Mana
     
  10. ChldsPlay

    ChldsPlay Well-Known Member

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    The entire Final Fantasy series, except XI. I think FF IV is my favorite.
    Xenogears
    Lunar
    Secret of Mana
    Chrono Trigger
    Breath of Fire 1 & 2
    Suikoden 1 & 2
    Earthbound
    Xenosaga, even though I have no idea what the hell happened in that series.
    Lufia
    King's Field 1 & 2 - I usually hate FP games
    Shining Force
    The Grandia series, especially 2 on the Dreamcast.
    Crystalis
    Some of the tales games (Symphonia, Legendia).

    Others that I remember enjoying, but don't really recall them well enough to say that they are good:

    Lagoon
    Legend of Gaia(sp?)
    Y's 3
    Faxanadu

    RPG's I'm looking forward to or still need to play:

    Blue Dragon
    FF XII
    Rogue Galaxy
    Tales of the Abyss

    Unfortunate trend in RPGs today is that most of them now seem to take 3 to 5 hours before ANYTHING remotely interesting starts to happen. Too much wondering around doing lame crap to start games off.
     
  11. SubotaiBaghatur

    SubotaiBaghatur Borys of Ebe

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    My 5 favorites of all time:
    baldurs gate 2
    oblivion and morrowind
    destiny of an emperor
    FF6
     
  12. Sol Fury

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    Yeah, I know what you mean. What some of them could do with is a flash-forward or something to show an exciting part then an extended recap to explain how things got to that stage. I've played with an idea like that for Steelknight, though instead I just moved the timeline of some events a little to start you in the middle of a dungeon.
     
  13. flamepanther

    flamepanther Interested, but not really

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    What computer and console RPG developers need to remember is that the gameplay needs to be at least as exciting as the story. A lot of modern RPG designers get caught up in trying to tell a great story, but a great game needs to be great with or without the plot. Otherwise, they might as well take up writing novels. If the story "development" takes away from the fun of the game, it's time to abridge the story.
     
  14. Fit For natalie

    Fit For natalie tfwiki nerd

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    Oblivion, until that Shivering Isles bug catches up to me and makes my pants dissapear :( 
     
  15. optimusprime2004

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    My favorite rpg is Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind(GOTY) for Xbox. I played it all the time. :cool: 
     
  16. Fairy Princess

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    That reminds me, they need to release Earthbound on the VC, and then actually bring the GBA version out too.
     
  17. Raz

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    Grandia 2
    Skies of Arcadia

    Both for Dreamcast.
     
  18. Deefuzz

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    Final Fantasy VI
    Final Fantasy IV
    Evolution 1 and 2
    Dragon Warrior
    Chrono Trigger and Cross
    Lunar Silver Star Story
    and I will probably get flamed for this one, but I played the hell out of some FFX
     
  19. pscoop

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    I liked FFX it was the first one I ever finished. FFX-2, not so much.
     
  20. smangerbot

    smangerbot The Holy Zombie Jesus TFW2005 Supporter

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    i only ever finished final fantasy 7 on the ps1. i loved that game. i played X on the ps2, but never quite finished it though. got quite near the end i think. also i loved that Wakka was voiced by Bender.