good rpg

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:59 pm

i want a good rpg, im bored, someone please recommend, but not the following:

fallout series
baldurs gate series
planescape torment
arcanum
kotor series
neverwinter nights

is there anything worth playing? pls help me dac

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:00 pm

Lolblivon.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:19 pm

If you're ok with dated graphics I can always recommend Darksun: Shattered Lands. Post apocalyptic fantasy setting. Plays sort of like Fallout. Create a party of up to 4 players (no recruitable NPC's, but there are allies). You start off fighting lots of monsters in the arena. If you do well the crowd throws bits of cash. If you do really well the monsters get bigger and badder and you get even more cash. After escaping you journey through the desert uniting towns, armies, and former slaves to fight the oncoming Draj army. The order and number of allies you get is up to you. Typically the end game can be triggered after uniting 2 or 3 towns. But the more you get the easier the final battle is. A sequel, Wake of the Ravager, was made but it's a shadow of the original.

Pics:

Download:
http://dso.zidev.com/downloads.html

Use VDMSound or DOSbox to run.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:20 pm

Vampire:Bloodlines

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:32 pm

I got another one. It's more FPS than RPG, but that's debatable. Deus Ex. Play it with the Shifter mod. There's so many changes to the weapons, skills, new augmentations like the skullgun, new weapons, changed point system so the stealth approach is more rewarding, and other stuff. New alt-fire keybind. One thing I liked is being able to stack multiple combat knives and throw them. Oh yeah, when you throw crates and heavy things at guys it hurts and sometimes kills. Good stuff. Check it:

http://www.eidosinteractive.com/forums/index.html

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:00 pm

shadowrun for SNES is actually pretty fun if you're into that sort of thing? or you could always try call of cthulhu: dark corners of the earth

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:18 pm

World of Warcraft, mayhaps?

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:31 pm

Jade Empire is coming out sometime now. XBox port.

It's basically KOTOR without retarded universe(Instead you get ancient china).

Of course I wouldn't ever consider putting it with Fallout or Arcanum, but you did in the OP, so fuck off

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:01 am

I have Jade Empire downloaded from steam but I haven't played it yet. I will keep you guys UPDATED.

Anyways, if you like DnD a lot then ToEE with all the patches and fan made patches will probably be good. Supposedly Gothic 1 and 2 are good but 3 is a buggy mess.

I've been meaning to play Prelude to Darkness for a longtime. It's an independent RPG but a lot of people on the codex highly recommend it. It's also now free to download. http://www.zero-sum.com/

emoutofthevee · Post by **emoutofthevee** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:09 am

Greyhawk: Temple of elemental evil
Arcanum
Spellforce (rpg/rts)

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:10 am

I played Jade Empire a bit back in the day and found it utterly unjoyable. Combat gets boring after about twenty minutes when you realize that no matter how much you upgrade shit it's the same thing. You do more damage, but oh noes, enemy has more hit points. You move faster, but oh noes, enemy dodges faster. You turn into giant mutant zombie dragon, but oh noes, enemy already is one.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:39 am

I couldn't recommend TOEE as a good RPG. It's a good dungeon crawler, but the story is terrible (borderline nonexistent) and way too short. Darksun has it beat.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:23 am

As I've said a million times, Arcanum would've been better served as a book. Story was cool, gameplay was not.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:22 am

thanks for the recommendations hombres, i will explore and examine

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:I've been meaning to play Prelude to Darkness for a longtime. It's an independent RPG but a lot of people on the codex highly recommend it. It's also now free to download. http://www.zero-sum.com/

i tried this a while ago when it was earlier recommended here, but i couldnt get into it. i dont really consider graphics a huge deal, but it looks so bad i couldnt get over it. bad 2d is one thing, but bad 3d is entirely another, and bad 3d it certainly is. maybe ill try it again and give it more time, i dont know. i really liked the back story that i read

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:48 am

jetbaby wrote:As I've said a million times, Arcanum would've been better served as a book. Story was cool, gameplay was not.

As I've said a million times, you are wrong.

What the fuck was wrong with the gameplay?

If any of your arguments contains the word 'balance', don't even answer that question.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:15 am

The combat system was shit for one.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:28 am

I thought the story in general for arcanum was balls. Good book my arse.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:12 am

Me too, but pretty much all RPG stories would be pretty balls. Probably the only decent one would be Torment but thats because it basically is already a book.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:47 am

Planescape : Torment would have been awful as a novel.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:25 pm

come on guys! You cannot hate a game that lets you have sex with a sheep.. Arcanum ftw!