Who plays RPGs? What's your favorite?
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Well again, I beg to differ.
There's a difference between "Under Rated", implying the game was received/reviewed under what you would score it (say it gets a 5-6 and you find it worthy a 7-8-9) and "under looked", meaning a game that never achieved a massive fanbase, however, they usually wind up cult classics anyways (well, almost anything does). In that sense, there is no truly over looked or under rated game in my book. However, If I had to say, Wizardry, Shadowrun and Tactics Ogre are some that I would qualify for RPGS".
There's a difference between "Under Rated", implying the game was received/reviewed under what you would score it (say it gets a 5-6 and you find it worthy a 7-8-9) and "under looked", meaning a game that never achieved a massive fanbase, however, they usually wind up cult classics anyways (well, almost anything does). In that sense, there is no truly over looked or under rated game in my book. However, If I had to say, Wizardry, Shadowrun and Tactics Ogre are some that I would qualify for RPGS".
Man, the voice acting just about ruined that game for me. Fucking Sue after those battles, and her high-pitched scream when she casts stuff... UGH! Just about everything about the voice acting for that title was an embarassment, and I had to turn the volume on mute several times just to get through it...bph said:
Still, Grandia had an awesome battle and leveling system that never got old. They switched up the party elements really well too. Too bad the plot/voice acting sucked so much. What a hamper.
Another underrated game I thought was great was Wild Arms. I really dug that when it first came out in 1997. Admittedly, my FF7 Demo probably got more play time... But still, it was certainly a step in the right direction for Sony after Beyond the Beyond.
Final Fantasy 7~Thats right. I don't care what any body says. For the most part all FF's are pretty good.
Kingdom Hearts 1/2
Super Metroid
Chrono Trigger
Zelda-Link to the Past
Parasite Eve
Fable (I love Fable!)
Knights of the old Republic (Fun Fun)
Fire Emblem
Skys of Arcaida (GC verson is great)
-Castlevaina SOTN is always classic/ Not sure if it rates a RPG
Thank God some one created RPG's...other wise games would be pretty short.
Kingdom Hearts 1/2
Super Metroid
Chrono Trigger
Zelda-Link to the Past
Parasite Eve
Fable (I love Fable!)
Knights of the old Republic (Fun Fun)
Fire Emblem
Skys of Arcaida (GC verson is great)
-Castlevaina SOTN is always classic/ Not sure if it rates a RPG
Thank God some one created RPG's...other wise games would be pretty short.
For my money, I'm not even sure that battle system in FFXII counts as belonging to an RPG. 
Seriously though, I don't know how people can't understand the difference. Turn based battle, experience system, talking to NPCs= RPG. I can see mixing up an action-RPG or maybe a strategy RPG, but come on people, Metroid?!. I remember when we nerds used to have pride!
Seriously though, I don't know how people can't understand the difference. Turn based battle, experience system, talking to NPCs= RPG. I can see mixing up an action-RPG or maybe a strategy RPG, but come on people, Metroid?!. I remember when we nerds used to have pride!
Hey, in castlevinia SOTN you level up.
Er, you do realize that there were RPGs that didn't use turn-based systems before J-RPGs or FF? And no offense, if you can't realize FFXII has the same core battle system as all previous FFs you're judging on a very poor scale. Not all jrpgs used ATB, and even FFXII still does. If you ever watched the creator commentary on the battle system, the only difference is a deduction of "time" in replace of "dynamic", that doesn't remove "role-playing" game from the title. Every character still runs on a set time function per action and attack, the only difference is they removed the meter that told you and remove much of the hassle of "screen shatter", "load up battle", "select commands", "victory fanfare", again "Dynamic". The concept an RPG isn't defined by its use of FFIV's active time battle system...or Final Fantasy for that matter.bph said:For my money, I'm not even sure that battle system in FFXII counts as belonging to an RPG.
Seriously though, I don't know how people can't understand the difference. Turn based battle, experience system, talking to NPCs= RPG. I can see mixing up an action-RPG or maybe a strategy RPG, but come on people, Metroid?!. I remember when we nerds used to have pride!