[ALL] Looking to get into RPGs

[FedEx227]

I'm looking to get into RPGs. I've pretty much never played any outside of various Zelda games, Pokemon and the Fallout/Oblivion series.

What should I look for? I have a Playstation 2, Xbox 360, GBA and can do emulators if it comes to it.

[Maynard]

did u play skyrim? cant go wrong there. if you want something on the cheap side try dragon age origins.
mass effect series is a virtual cant miss.

if you want something more action based rpg....try kingdom of amular. awesome combat in that game with great rpg elements.

[killgod]

I started a game of Icewind Dale 2 a couple weeks back, epic game, true RPG.

[Swarley]

Mass Effect series, Skyrim, Dragon Age: Origins would be a good place to start.

[Leftwich]

I'm looking to get into RPGs. I've pretty much never played any outside of various Zelda games, Pokemon and the Fallout/Oblivion series.

What should I look for? I have a Playstation 2, Xbox 360, GBA and can do emulators if it comes to it.

I'm a big fan of some of the Final Fantasy games namely 7 and 8. You have to know a few things going into it. Zelda imo is not a true RPG. An rpg to me is the turnbased battle system IE Final Fantasy.

Pokemon is your closest thing to one of those games with random encounters and what not. If i'm you i start with Final Fantasy 8. Its on the ps1, you can download it of PSN (but you don't have a ps3) or if you look hard enough you can find a torrent of it for the PC. I don't typically play RPG games on the 360 cause most all of them suck.

Mass Effect 1 is a very RPG driven game in the like of Fallout and Oblivion so if you really wanna get your feet wet try that out.

[FedEx227]

I want to try to get into the turn-based ones. I've done the Skyrim, Fallout, Oblivion type "RPG" but would really love to get into the random encounters, turn-based style.

[Juggernaut]

My area of expertise hands down. I've played almost all the well known ones.

Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8
Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross
Knights of the Old Republic
Secrets of Mana
Earthbound
Valkyria Chronicles
Suikoden I and II
Xenogears
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age
The World Ends with You
Paper Mario series
Final Fantasy Tatics series
Fire Emblem series
Kingdom Hearts series
Breath of Fire series
Tales of Phantasia
Resonance of Fate

Give me some more details and I can probably find the game for you. Out of the above, I'd easily recommend Chrono Trigger. It is hands down one of the most influential rpgs of all time, if not #1.

I want to try to get into the turn-based ones. I've done the Skyrim, Fallout, Oblivion type "RPG" but would really love to get into the random encounters, turn-based style.

Play Chrono Trigger, you won't regret it. Also my favorite game, biased of course, is Golden Sun on the gba. I've literally played that game hundreds of times.

[killgod]

I want to try to get into the turn-based ones. I've done the Skyrim, Fallout, Oblivion type "RPG" but would really love to get into the random encounters, turn-based style.

Take my advice then.

Baldur's Gate 2, Neverwinter...

They are PC games, but old enough that whatever you're using would work. Turn based, you pause as you need to command your party, etc.

[Leftwich]

I want to try to get into the turn-based ones. I've done the Skyrim, Fallout, Oblivion type "RPG" but would really love to get into the random encounters, turn-based style.

I would hate for you to try your first turnbased as a 360 final fantasy. They are all ass.

Since you have PS2 try to find Final Fantasy 10.

[Maynard]

I started a game of Icewind Dale 2 a couple weeks back, epic game, true RPG.

that game is from 2002....is it that good? i see its only 10 bucks

[FedEx227]

I do have Final Fantasy 7 for PS1.

Really want to get into the GBA ones since that allows me to play on my couch and still watch TV. Also gets me through car rides, plane trips, etc.

[killgod]

The lot of them are considered amongst the best RPG's ever made. Depends if the game style suits you or not I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvmQStJF0mE

[Saluki]

My area of expertise hands down. I've played almost all the well known ones.

Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8
Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross
Knights of the Old Republic
Secrets of Mana
Earthbound
Valkyria Chronicles
Suikoden I and II
Xenogears
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age
The World Ends with You
Paper Mario series
Final Fantasy Tatics series
Fire Emblem series
Kingdom Hearts series
Breath of Fire series
Tales of Phantasia
Resonance of Fate

Give me some more details and I can probably find the game for you. Out of the above, I'd easily recommend Chrono Trigger. It is hands down one of the most influential rpgs of all time, if not #1.



Play Chrono Trigger, you won't regret it. Also my favorite game, biased of course, is Golden Sun on the gba. I've literally played that game hundreds of times.

Super Nintendo RPGs
This man knows his rpgs listen to him. Chrono Trigger is probably the best RPG of all time. You'll need an snes emulator though

If you can find xenogears it's a great PS game you can play on your ps2

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[Raidersabc123]

Find Final Fantasy 10 right now

[SethMode]

I saw this thread and got super excited to offer my .02. And most of my suggestions were already offered.

Fallout 1 and 2 are in my top 10 games ever. Turn based, WRPG. As Juggernaut said, you can't go wrong with Chrono Trigger, probably my favorite JRPG with Final Fantasy 6 (3 in the US) a very close second.

Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 though (2 my personal) are RPG Mecca. Dragon Age Origins does a lot of things right, but to this day no one has met the amount of content, story, and replayability of the BG series.

Some not mentioned: Arcanum (tough game, finding fan patches is a must -- but very good in the same vein as BG), and Vampire: Bloodlines (again, fan patches a requirement, and you have to tolerate some fairly douchie vampire talk...but it does have the voice of Bender/Marcus Fenix!)