The last RPG you played... that WASN'T Skyrim
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Mass Effect 2, or was it Diablo 2. Either one really. I love them both, and lately I have been crazy excited for the sequals for both of these games so I felt like playing through both again.
SMT: Devil survivor. I love turn based rpgs, I love monster collector games, and I love strategy games. Mix of all three makes it perfect
I think the last one I played was Planescape: Torment, and I'm so happy that game still works on Windows 7.
I think the last one I played was Planescape: Torment, and I'm so happy that game still works on Windows 7.
It has been a while since I played an RPG that wasn't Skyrim, but it'd be The Witcher 2 with Risen just before it. Thoroughly enjoyed both.
Excluding MMORPGs (which I personally don't count as RPGs, but you know, just to be completely up front) - Dragon Age 2. I think because of that, I went into Skyrim with hopes a bit lower than they otherwise might have been. Not like it matters, mind you, Skyrim is pretty damn amazing. I should go play more...
Hey, hey, gothic 3, me too. I'm actually replaying it, seeing as how I gave up on it the first time round. But now that I'm playing it again, it doesn't seem too bad. Sure, it's not as good as Gothic 2 or even 1, but it's still a pretty big and beautiful RPG with lots to find. And now that I'm playing a different class, I've gotten a chance to see how refined the levelling system really is. It's got quite a fun and focused character progression system.urprobablyright said:
Anyway, I also recently discovered that Piranha Bytes created a new series (the second game of it is coming out next year), named "Risen", which looks like it's gone back to the design roots that made Gothic 1 and 2 so good. That would be on an island with lots of mountains and a monestrey, a focused cast of characters and barriers which aren't dependant on story progression, but on how strong you are (i.e. you can go in any direction, but some places have tougher monsters, so you'll have to wait until later in the game to get there). I can't wait to play it really.
That's an interesting way of looking at it, but I'd still say it's not an RPG. Not because it's not Medevil (after all Fallout is an RPG with guns), but because there's no real story behind the streets of Steelport. Oh sure, there's the main story and there are tons of people, but there's no direct exposition related to them besides what the main story dictates. That leaves you just to play around in that world, which is fine, but then I'd still class it as a sandbox.6_Qubed said:
It's true, however, that the definition is based on pretty shaky grounds, considering how sandboxes and RPGs are different, but sandboxes and a lot of RPGs can at the same time be umbrellaed* under "open-world games".
*That's right, I used it as a verb.
I just talked about Risen in one of my other posts (the one above). How would you say it holds up as an RPG?BathorysGraveland said:
Jade Empire. I was pissed after work one day, and I wanted to get drunk and spend some time with characters I know and love. My internet was down so I couldn't play Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age 2, or watch Netflix, so I loaded up an old favorite.
Besides, I'm building an Artificer character for D&D 4E based on Kang the Mad.
Besides, I'm building an Artificer character for D&D 4E based on Kang the Mad.
I got a new 360 in september and the whole memory transfer went horribly wrong, so I've been repalying Mass effect 1 and 2 with different characters before number three's released in march. I'm currently playing Skyrim, but what to get that finished before sunday when I get Dragons Age 1 and 2 (though I'm seeing going from one fantasy RPG into another as a mistake)
