Favorite RPG?

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

Skies of Arcadia.

Not a lot of people played it but it was and still is one of my favorites. It came out on the Dreamcast as it was dying and then had a second wind on the Gamecube. Seriously, pick it up if you ever need some good ol' turn based RPG action. Plus it has airship battles.

Yes. Yes yes yes. It's not the most original game or anything, but it does the FF-style JRPG better than any FF game has, and the characters and world are actually likable instead of a bunch whiny emo kids in some overly convoluted plot. Possibly the most fun I've had playing a console RPG, and I just picked up a used copy of it a few months ago so I could replay it, since I never owned it myself and played my roommate's copy before, however many years ago that was.

Whoever mentioned Legend of Mana also gets a gold star for the day. It's definitely a flawed game, and I understand why some people hate it, but there's enough stuff in it that I like that I always seem to end up going back to it every now and then.

I'd probably have to say KotOR overall, though. I finally got around to playing it a couple years ago, and I think it's the only game I've ever played straight through twice with no break in between, just to see everything I'd missed the first time.

Planescape: Torment will probably be pretty high up there if I ever finish it. I have to restart it at some point, because I managed to find a bug and bork my only save file (back before I was in the habit of keeping several). I'm in the middle of The Witcher right now, too, and that's also looking fairly likely to round out my top five with the others I've mentioned. Moral ambiguity and delayed consequences are just fun.

Edit: Crap. I knew I was forgetting something important. If we're including pseudo-RPGs that might not be strictly RPGs but have strong elements of being one, Star Control 2. It has more and better dialog and plot development than most pure RPGs do.

 

[DoctorNick]

- Eschalon: Book I

Ah yes! I knew there was something I was missing.

This is a pretty fun one, and the price is certainly right.

I can't wait for Book II to come out.

 

[kawaiiamethist]

This deserves caps LOST ODYSSEY!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!111111!!!!!

 

[veloper]

so many people, so much ignorance and bad taste.

Anyone who mentions a game that has Turn Based Combat I want to punch in the throat.

hehe. FO2 has been mentioned here, but not by me.

I thought about it a while ago and realised Bloodlines is the only RPG that actually excels at something (dialogues and VO), while not being too horribly gimped in some other area. It has flaws, like all rpgs do, but it's also the absolute best at something.

 

[sean.A7x]

Oblivian, fallout 3 and borderlands (if it counts)

 

[_Janny_]

I'm going with the Elder Scrolls series. If I had to choose only one game, I'd probably go with Morrowind. I love Oblivion (and it looks amazing), but Morrowind has much more content. Plus, because you can't fast travel I end up feeling like I'm actually on a real quest, walking for two days for a reward or just to kill someone. Awesome feeling.

Can someone say over 200 hours of epic rpg? I can.

That long? I never thought you can get so much out of those games... I tried playing BG2, but I keep dropping out because of the battle system. I checked a walkthrough though, and noticed that it's not such a long game. Better check out this mod you speak of then.
No matter how frustrated I get I always feel the need to play that game...

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I thought about it a while ago and realised Bloodlines is the only RPG that actually excels at something (dialogues and VO), while not being too horribly gimped in some other area. It has flaws, like all rpgs do, but it's also the absolute best at something.

Bloodlines has great voice acting and dialogue but so many things that it tries to do it fails at horribly like most Troika games. That's why we loved them, becuase they shoot for the stars and sometimes delivered, and so on, but Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a game that absolutely delivers on all of it's goals. It shoots for the stars and hits all of it's targets.

 

[Woem]

- Eschalon: Book I

Ah yes! I knew there was something I was missing.

This is a pretty fun one, and the price is certainly right.

I can't wait for Book II to come out.

A closed beta is expected in January and I really hope to be in it. I do think I stand a chance as I reached Destroyer status and I'm a Mac user.

 

[veloper]

I thought about it a while ago and realised Bloodlines is the only RPG that actually excels at something (dialogues and VO), while not being too horribly gimped in some other area. It has flaws, like all rpgs do, but it's also the absolute best at something.

Bloodlines has great voice acting and dialogue but so many things that it tries to do it fails at horribly like most Troika games. That's why we loved them, becuase they shoot for the stars and sometimes delivered, and so on, but Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a game that absolutely delivers on all of it's goals. It shoots for the stars and hits all of it's targets.

Damn I suppose now I'll have to try this Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and see if it really does excellent Turn based combat, or if I'm better off playing KotC or XCOM again.

 

[chipfizz]

kotor1 and 2 i know that people think that 1 is better but i think that 2 has better weapons and combat and 1 a better story line and i am sorry HK-47 is and always will be the one of the funnest cpu EVER!!

 

[SteakHeart]

The Javelin.

OT: Fable 2, as it's the only RPG I've played. =(

 

[Rynozeros]

I've probably nailed 400+ hours if not 500+ on Fallout 3. So yeah that would be my pick.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Ouch, hard question.

I'l just label it as Bioware RPG's. Although i don't mind Bethesda's and FF.

 

[reg42]

Dragon Age: Origins. 32 hours in and it's still fun.

 

[Myrrath]

Man, that's a toughie because it's probably my favorite genre of games and once I get to the point of actually buying an RPG I've generally fiddled it down to only good RPGs being bought.

From a pure nostalgia point of view, I'm going to have to go with Ultima VIII: Pagan. I played that a lot back in the day.

More recently? Mass Effect, with Fallout 3 right on its heels.

Also good ones I have played:

Albion
Jade Empire
Morrowind
Knights of the Old Republic
Ultima Online
Final Fantasy VI
Deus Ex
Oblivion

Shit, I'm sure I'm forgetting some also.

This.

Plus Baldurs Gate series and Neverwinter Nights. Love all the Ultima games as well, spent ages on Ultima 6 and miss the simplicity and the great little sprites. Sank tons of time on Ultima 7 plus the add-on. Could never get into Ultima 8 though, too arcadey for me. U9 was glitchy as hell but entertaining. Part of my soul died when EA took over Origin

Right now though, It's Dragon Age

Just read Skies of Arcadia as well. Had it for DC. Freakin' awesome game, fun as hell. Could not put it down.

There are hundreds more but that would take forever.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Damn I suppose now I'll have to try this Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and see if it really does excellent Turn based combat, or if I'm better off playing KotC or XCOM again.

Try it, I recommend playing Orc Priests and Spriggan Summoners for fun. People who beat it often try Hill Dwarf Fighters. Combat is more fun than D&D on a PC or anything Troika came up with, in my opinion.

 

[HitsWithStyxx]

Mass Effect.
Soon to be Mass Effect 2.

 

[Deofuta]

Wild Arms 1 + 2
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia

Oh the wonderful golden age of JRPG's. How I miss you so.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Fallout 3.

100+ hours in and I'm still having fun!

 

[Hazy]

Mother 3. Words cannot describe how much I feel that game is absolutely art in every single way.

Though I have recently taken a liking to Demon's Souls. That's quite good as well.