The Five Greatest RPG'S (was forum=28)Follow

You know, there is a game forum for exactly this type of thread . Also, it mioght be nice instead of just giving a list, to at least make an effort to make an introduction to the topic, and at least give reasons for you choices .

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Edited, Sep 19th 2009 6:24pm by Kirby

You may be right. The time restriction was fun, sometimes.

Also, sig approved.

It is now.

Cross was a better game.

Twilight Princess was better than either, not only in terms of plot or gameplay, but everything else besides.

but it's also still not a @#%^ing rpg (ty nix)

The only rpgs that I can rank are Suikoden 2 and Chrono Trigger, as 1 and 2 respectively. After that point there's just lots of equivocation as to how really good rpgs should really fall into place.

Lunar 2, Baldur's Gate, Pokemon (probably gsc,) Morrowind, Tales of X (I'll go with Vesperia,) Lufia 2, Kotor, and Fallout all need to be mentioned at least



Except for the story, which was atrocious, nonsensical, and a rape of the canon. Except for the score, which was around the same (except the instrumentation.) Except for the characters, of which there were way too many useless ones.

Edited, Sep 20th 2009 12:23am by Pensive

I don't really like trying to place the games on a linear scale. I'm inclined to agree with you, but it's somewhat difficult.

Majora's Mask allowed for more variety of game play with the three primary masks. It was a lot of fun just roaming around Termina field as a Goron. The time system combined with side quests involving people's lives was an excellent feature and the type of system I'd like to see in many more games--although it of course doesn't translate as well to games without temporal loops. There was a lot to explore in Majora's Mask, even if the core game was weaker.

I usually don't like valuing games historically, but OOT did build much of the framework for TP, and it did a very good job. Atmosphere was excellent. The Forest Temple and Shadow Temple still freak me out today, and the windmill music is as haunting as ever.

The musical score for cross was superior. The combat system was vastly more creative and inventive. The story isn't exceptional, but neither was Trigger's--and the cliche of Trigger stick out like a sore thumb. Yes there were many useless characters, but I'm not sure you can bemoan a game for giving you options you don't like. The art was quite good.

You can't possibly be missing the mutual irony going on here.

Mass Effect anyone?

The simple massiveness of the universe (not the physical universe you can explore, the Mass Effect universe, as in all the work gone into the history of everything, details of everything, etc.) was enough to pull me in and get me to play it non-stop. The fun combat system and excellent story only gave it more awesomeness. It lacked musical prowess though, I don't remember any notable tracks, anything too epic.

I liked the part where everyone disagreed because looking up all the stuff before hand and restarting for minor mistakes is lame.

I went Paragon my first play through, I knew I wanted to be Paragon, but I had no guide. In fact, I had no idea whatsoever what the hell I was doing. I still ended up with the 75% Paragon achievement with my bar fuller than 75%.

Yes, some of the choices are baffling. "Why did I get Renegade for that?" kinda thing, but I just went with it.

The name of the game is Mass Effect, hinting that everything you do etc. effects something else. So when I had to pick background I just picked what I liked the most, didn't have it all planned out. (I survived Akuze and had space traveler parents IIRC) Isn't the point of it to see how it all plays out? And the character customization - yea, I too thought it was very extensive, and I agree it's mostly useless. For other games. Conversation is a big part of Mass Effect, so you do see your face alot. If you hated it so much though, just skip through it all or take a premade face.

Tirith's comment was relevant too. The vehicle controls were completely retarded. I adjusted to it though, and overall enjoyed vehicle fighting, even if it was odd.

Is there romance for any male characters? Can you pursue gay relationships?

Yeah, I was kind of disappointed after I finished the game when I went and looked up what the options actually were. For some reason, I expected there to be more variety.

I really have to wonder what would make someone bored/desperate enough to put up with Ashley long enough to get her to put out. I couldn't stand her, and took great satisfaction in causing her death.