RPG Recommendations

[Enkidoh]

No mention of Knights of the Old Republic I and II? This thread fails.

Seriously though, even if you hate Star Wars, they're still well worth playing if only for the storyline which takes place long before the films and hence have virtually no connection to them.

Besides, who doesn't like going dark side and using the Force to make a couple of thugs turn over their money to you and then jump down a hole, mumbling zombie-style, to their deaths?

[Arkine]

Dark Souls, Dark Souls, Ni No Kuni and Dark Souls.

[Lexin]

The Last Remnant!

[Valmonte]

the Last Remnant for Sure. the soundtrack alone could pull the lacking weight in other area's...if it had any.

also if you have a DS lying around the Golden Sun 1&2 for GBA(assuming you have a DStwo or acekard) and Golden Sun for DS was awsome.

[KairiSgheart]

haha i am so bored waiting for ffxiv beta to be out. given most of days i am out or doing things, but when i am free and want play something. i have no idea what to play too lol .

End up replaying ghostbusters the video game on ps3 :X. Busting makes me feel good~ =p jk

[Yashnaheen]

Impulsedriven (Gamestop) has the entire Neverwinter Nights collection for $30. That'll hold you over for a while.

[mikoto_qc]

if your into old turn by turn RPG one of the best of all time in my mind : Xenogears.

P.S not Xenosaga

[Hulan]

if your into old turn by turn RPG one of the best of all time in my mind : Xenogears.

P.S not Xenosaga

See, I don't get this. Every time someone asks for suggestions for RPGs, either Xenosaga is never mentioned or someone says not to play it. I genuinely don't understand. To this day it stands head and shoulders above virtually any other RPG in terms of character and story in my mind (though someone mentioned Lost Odyssey, which probably had better character development [damn you memory flash backs!]). If it had a flaw, it is that these games have too much story (and too many cut-scenes to present it [there are literally several 30 minute long cutscenes in the first game; I believe the longest is like 45 minutes]). But I would say that makes it the distillation of the purest JRPG elements.

Seriously though, if you have 90-100 hours (for all three games in the trilogy), and a craving for a good science fiction story, I highly recommend it. A lot of the music is done by Yuki Kajiura, and the English voice acting is pretty ahead of it's time, given the first game was an early era PS2 game.

[IndigoDarkwolf]

See, I don't get this. Every time someone asks for suggestions for RPGs, either Xenosaga is never mentioned or someone says not to play it. I genuinely don't understand.

I was a big fan of Xenosaga 1, in spite of the 20-minute cutscenes. Well, actually, I wasn't bothered by them. It was like having both an anime and a JRPG. For me, that was novel, and the plot was interesting enough to me to keep me playing. I was completely turned off by Xenosaga 2, however. Just didn't like anything about it: the new character models, monotone voice acting, combat system, character progression... I feel I gave it a fair shake, but in the end I just had to shelve it and I never looked back. I don't sell my old video games anymore, but if there were one out of my collection that I would sell, that'd be it.

I have no idea if Xenosaga 3 was any better. I figured after missing out on 2, I was probably going to miss important parts of the plot in 3, and after all the changes in 2 that I didn't care for, I just wasn't interested in spending the money to pick up 3.

Heck, I at least look back on Megaman: Command Mission. Not really in a positive light, but moreso than Xenosaga 2.

[Zezlar]

I was a big fan of Xenosaga 1, in spite of the 20-minute cutscenes. Well, actually, I wasn't bothered by them. It was like having both an anime and a JRPG. For me, that was novel, and the plot was interesting enough to me to keep me playing. I was completely turned off by Xenosaga 2, however. Just didn't like anything about it: the new character models, monotone voice acting, combat system, character progression... I feel I gave it a fair shake, but in the end I just had to shelve it and I never looked back. I don't sell my old video games anymore, but if there were one out of my collection that I would sell, that'd be it.

I have no idea if Xenosaga 3 was any better. I figured after missing out on 2, I was probably going to miss important parts of the plot in 3, and after all the changes in 2 that I didn't care for, I just wasn't interested in spending the money to pick up 3.

Heck, I at least look back on Megaman: Command Mission. Not really in a positive light, but moreso than Xenosaga 2.

Xenosaga III was my favorite of the series. I love this series to death. Better then Gears/Blade imo.