western style rpgs?
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Quick list off the top of my head:
Ultima Series
Gothic Series
Fallout Series
Baldur's Gate Series
Icewind Dale Series
Neverwinter Nights Series
The Elder Scrolls Series
Knights of the Old Republic Series
Darklands
Wasteland
Planescape: Torment
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Arx Fatalis
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
The Witcher
I've played most of these.
Ultima Series
Gothic Series
Fallout Series
Baldur's Gate Series
Icewind Dale Series
Neverwinter Nights Series
The Elder Scrolls Series
Knights of the Old Republic Series
Darklands
Wasteland
Planescape: Torment
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Arx Fatalis
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
The Witcher
I've played most of these.
There is one comeing out...the 24th of march I believe called Sacred2. You also have the diablo games.
err....ummm....thats all I have XD
Edit: I went through my old computer games, you have The Spellforce games. A mixture of RTS and RPG. Same with the Disciples games.
err....ummm....thats all I have XD
Edit: I went through my old computer games, you have The Spellforce games. A mixture of RTS and RPG. Same with the Disciples games.
Planescape: Torment, Wizardry 8 and Jagged Alliance 2.
Wiz8 and JA2 are turn based but are less influenced by JRPGs than Bioware games. Wiz8 may appear to be a bit JRPG like but only because Wizardry started the whole JRPG thing. I'm sorry to break it to you, but the traditional western RPG is turn based. Combat in PS:T is real time but nobody plays this game for the combat except to ogle at the spell animations. It has some Biowarian JRPG influence but is much more influenced by the oddball western pen and paper setting it uses.
Wiz8 and JA2 are turn based but are less influenced by JRPGs than Bioware games. Wiz8 may appear to be a bit JRPG like but only because Wizardry started the whole JRPG thing. I'm sorry to break it to you, but the traditional western RPG is turn based. Combat in PS:T is real time but nobody plays this game for the combat except to ogle at the spell animations. It has some Biowarian JRPG influence but is much more influenced by the oddball western pen and paper setting it uses.
I think western RPGs are better generally because the the characters look more realistic, instead of all being androgynous boygirls carrying gigantic swords fighting against the Evil Empire, and more importantly western RPGs tend to have realtime combat. Games like Mass Effect and Diablo 2 instantly come to mind, where you can have a really awesome RPG with a good combat system. Mass Effect's combat system wasn't great, but you had teammates and it was realtime so it was good enough for me.
Some JRPGs do realtime combat, but it's usually like giving your guy a command and he goes and does it and then you tell him to do it again and you're not really controlling him. Nicer than taking turns, at least, but this usually involves random encounters. I hate random encounters, and though it's nice to be able to fight realtime in a random encounter, I would rather have the battle start more seemlessly.
GOOD JRPG combat systems, like Secret of Mana, have you engage enemies dynamically without having to go through a "YOU JUST ENCOUNTERED A GROUP OF ENEMIES!" fadeout of some kind, and you have you full control of your character, although when someone does a spell it freezes time and you can't dodge it. And that's how RPGs should be: Enemies are a part of the level, and you fight them like you would in any other game using realtime combat with full control of your character.
Like Diablo 2.
That is a damn good game.
Some JRPGs do realtime combat, but it's usually like giving your guy a command and he goes and does it and then you tell him to do it again and you're not really controlling him. Nicer than taking turns, at least, but this usually involves random encounters. I hate random encounters, and though it's nice to be able to fight realtime in a random encounter, I would rather have the battle start more seemlessly.
GOOD JRPG combat systems, like Secret of Mana, have you engage enemies dynamically without having to go through a "YOU JUST ENCOUNTERED A GROUP OF ENEMIES!" fadeout of some kind, and you have you full control of your character, although when someone does a spell it freezes time and you can't dodge it. And that's how RPGs should be: Enemies are a part of the level, and you fight them like you would in any other game using realtime combat with full control of your character.
Like Diablo 2.
That is a damn good game.
Depending on how liberal you are with the RPG part, you might consider System Shock 2 and Bioshock.