Looking to get into RPGs

[FedEx227]

I'm definitely going to look for Golden Sun on GBA. I've heard a ton of awesome things about it.

[killgod]

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.

Me, you, a saturday night, a bag of weed, maybe some sweet smelling candles and the upcoming BG enhanced remakes.

[SethMode]

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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I don't know if I'd start with Xenogears though. That shit is fucking dense, and while I remember enjoying it in my younger days, multiple attempts to go back and play it have been met with boredom. Mostly with the mech combat, the hand to hand stuff (which I liked more back then even) is still engaging and fun.

[Juggernaut]

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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvmQStJF0mE

You should check out avernum escape from the pit, it looks very much like ID. Was only 5 bucks when I picked it up, very classic feeling.

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.

Chrono Trigger was re-released on the ds, great game. Golden Sun imo is full of replay value, Fire Emblem 1 and 2 are amazing story wise, The World ends with you is a fantastic ds game as well, tales of phantasia is on gba but its not turnbased.

You could look into the Mario and Luigi rpgs on the gba, I wasn't a huge fan but they are rpgs and the story is fun. Meant for a younger generation, so there's not going to be any real epic scenes.

[SethMode]

Me, you, a saturday night, a bag of weed, maybe some sweet smelling candles and the upcoming BG enhanced remakes.

Sounds very...heterosexual.

I have stopped really reading much about it, has there been any news of how multiplayer will work? I feel like I remember BG2's multiplayer being straight up broken (although can't remember if it was an engine thing or a gameplay thing since there can be only one Bhaalspawn). /derail

[killgod]

Sounds very...heterosexual.

I have stopped really reading much about it, has there been any news of how multiplayer will work? I feel like I remember BG2's multiplayer being straight up broken (although can't remember if it was an engine thing or a gameplay thing since there can be only one Bhaalspawn). /derail

All I've read is improved MP and support with x-platform play (ipad/mac/pc)

[CCBrink]

I'm definitely going to look for Golden Sun on GBA. I've heard a ton of awesome things about it.

Golden Sun is awesome.

[Juggernaut]

I'm definitely going to look for Golden Sun on GBA. I've heard a ton of awesome things about it.

Get it, if you need any help with anything, I'd be able to help you out. I literally know everything about this game, regarding loot, monsters, strategies, where to go and when, etc.

It's funny since I was just about to pick it up again, going to attempt a speed run and possibly get the speed run record.

[Maynard]

you guys are killing me with all this Turn Based talk.

is there an example of a turn based rpg today. im not familiar with why these are such a draw cause i got into the rpg game only a few years ago and the only experience with a turn based game was civ 4 or 5 on the pc...and i hated it

[killgod]

civ 4 is nothing like the games being discussed here. civ is a board game.


turn based games are strategic, however a game like ME or DA is similar to the old school RPG's, except the player you control has action/shooter capability really.

Like for example, in ME, you "pause" to open the action wheel, tell your party members who to attack and what abilities to use. Meanwhile you're shooting up a storm. Thus, action/rpg elements.

The games I've been referencing, you do a similar thing. Pause, tell each member what to do and who to kill. When you need to re-issue commands because of whatever is happening, pause, issue commands, and then go.

[Guest]

Some great suggestions, and I haven't gone that deep into the RPG pool.

I would recommend the Knights of the Old Republic series, since you can play that on a 360. The first Mass Effect is a very good RPG, and then you can follow up with the other two if you like. I've heard nothing but good things about Dragon Age: Origins as well.

[SethMode]

Yeah, I would even say with DA:O it isn't action oriented at all. There is no reaction time skill required (you could argue the same with ME1 I think, although it gives the illusion a lot better). It is a pure turn based RPG, it just a really good job of tricking you into thinking that it doesn't.

The closest thing I'd say to melding Civ and an RPG is XCom, and even then I'd say the differences are pretty stark.

Maynard, if you ever wanted to see where greats like ME and DA:O came from, you should definitely give BG a whirl. Once you get past the graphics and the D&D learning curve (which I STILL haven't 100% figured out to be honest, but I at least know that negative shit for your armor = good), the story and gameplay is so rewarding.

KoTOR hasn't aged well for me, but KoTOR 2 supposedly now that it has been fixed (the end game was a mess on release -- shocking, Obsidian put out a buggy as hell, otherwise great game) is great. Would like to give another run through that. Also, I don't think that Jade Empire has been mentioned, and while in a lot of ways it represents Bioware's current direction (misdirection?), I really liked it myself. And I found the twist in that to be much more effective than the one in KoTOR (which I saw coming from a mile away despite the furor over how shocking it was).

[killgod]

Didn't DA:O have button assigned abilities for your characters? So you could run around winging spells/abilities in real time?

[SethMode]

Didn't DA:O have button assigned abilities for your characters? So you could run around winging spells/abilities in real time?

Yeah, good point. I just meant more at its crux it was pure dice rolls (Twigg FTW!). You can give yourself the illusion of it being real time, but the end result would have no difference to pausing and ordering everything (and from what I understand the PC one actually pushes you towards the more BG style of play). You can't pause Call of Duty and issue any positive orders other than "quit game" (*rimshot*)

[killgod]

Yeah the PC one was designed differently, never played it though. I understand it had a top down (BG style) camera not available in the console game, to play it in that manner.



Ugh, enough about DA though, DA2 still pisses me off for ruining what could have been a great new franchise.