OT: a nice RPG-ish game?

[Kel]

Most of my Favorites you have already played (Planescape/fallout).

I only have one to add that hasn't been mentioned:
Wizardry 7-8

- Kel

PS: I didn't like Gothic, personally. Never played the second one, though.

[Boron]

oh 2 oldies come to my mind now too :

dsa 2 - sternenschweif
dsa 3 - schatten über riva

they are very good if you have any sympathy with the das schwarze auge rpg universum at all .

revenant i liked too . it is an classic too . included beat them up elements in a very unique way which i liked

for a mix of strategy + rpg :
- disciples 2
- jagged alliance 2

both are very recommendable .



finally if you like magic the gathering :

magic the gathering with both extensions (spells of the ancients and duels of the planewalkers they were called iirc) is just great . it was made from sid meier .
the main part was the shandalar world where you started with a weak character with only about 30-40 randomly chosen cards and then you had to defeat monsters in duels , do quests etc.

a perfect combination between MTG and a rpg

[Lex]

Kel said:
Most of my Favorites you have already played (Planescape/fallout).

I only have one to add that hasn't been mentioned:
Wizardry 7-8

- Kel

PS: I didn't like Gothic, personally. Never played the second one, though.

if you're a game collector, you might want to track down some of the classic Ultimas.. or Bard's Tale.. oh, if we're gonna go down memory lane, Betrayal At Krondor still holds a place in my heart.

[Boron]

oh and one brilliant action rpg :

Vampires - The Masquerade .

it came out 2000 or 2001 and had really good graphics at that time . even now the graphics are still quite nice .
the ambiente was very good and the concept of the game too :
it was divided into 4 acts .
the first 2 were in the middle ages and the Last 2 were in the presence .
this way it was almost like 2 games

especially in the presence the fights were just cool
some of my vampires had machine guns while some were still equipped with medieval swords and other melee weapons .

the whole game i felt it was designed with love and there were in each act lots of very funny and humorous little surprises or especially thematic things

[Kel]

Lex said:

if you're a game collector, you might want to track down some of the classic Ultimas.. or Bard's Tale.. oh, if we're gonna go down memory lane, Betrayal At Krondor still holds a place in my heart.

Hehe, I played them all, from Wiz 1 to Tunnels & Trolls and Wizards Crown. Wizardry 8, though, isn't really that old. I don't recall the exact date (someone will probably look it up ) but it is more in line with Planescape and the like.

- Kel

[deccan]

Lex said:
if you're a game collector, you might want to track down some of the classic Ultimas.. or Bard's Tale.. oh, if we're gonna go down memory lane, Betrayal At Krondor still holds a place in my heart.

One word: Darklands.

[Thufir]

Kel said:
I only have one to add that hasn't been mentioned:
Wizardry 7-8

I thought Wizardry 8 was awesome. I don't recall whether the storyline really grabbed me, but I thought that the tactical implementation was the best I ever played.

[Esben Mose Hansen]

Yeah, Wizardry 8 is one of the greatest CRPG --- though there is a lot of combat (not pertaining to the story, just a lot of monsters to deal with).

From the really old school there is Might&Magic 6,7 and 8 (6 was better than 7 which was better than 8). Don't buy 9.

[tinkthank]

Thank you very much, everyone.
Unfortunately, I have to keep this quick.

Wiz 8: Yes, I liked that, quite a lot, why didnt I mention it? I never finished it, because at one point it got too complicated and slashy (monsters every 5 meters) -- had to break off a session because of work, and when I came back 3 weeks later, I couldnt remember why I was in this gigantic underground labyrinth....

System Shock 2: Looks like I must get this. But I cant! I looked everywhere, and since I live in Germany I can get my hands on the German Version, but I just hate that; any tips on where I can get the English original?

Avernum and Spiderweb: I must say that this label looks very promising. A brief look at Avernum shows many superficial similarities with Fallout -- interesting! I will check them out definately.The Gene Forge also looked interesting, anybody know about that?

Stormbinder, can you tell me more about the availability of the others about which you spoke? Great! I have rarely seen this type of Übereinstimmung in taste.

Thanks so much to all.

[Lex]

i played them all as magic Users, and it was also a boring because you where unbeatable. But that was the main idea: you where supposed to be a legendary hero of almost godlike proportions. I loved that sense of power in the Baldurs Gate expansions, but in Neverwinter expansions, it didn't feel balanced enough.

I been finding that RPGs recently, in an effort to appeal to the massmarket, have been making the games too easy so that new players don't get slaughtered. It kinda makes you miss the brilliance of Diablo where enemies are always perfectly matched to your level. Obviously, in more tactical RPGs it becomes alot harder to balance for all players.