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Leto · 29th August 2005, 05:44 PM

7 races.

Don't forget most MMORPG as Guild wars, World of Warcraft and Everquest 1 & 2 (to name a few).

Rahl Windsong · 29th August 2005, 07:55 PM

Well if you like the Massive Multiplayer Online RPG's I would suggest either World of Warcraft or Dark Age of Camelot. As for WoW I play it now and I have played DAoC extensively. DAoC was a great game then along came the expansion The Trials of Atlantis which ruined a perfectly good game. Recently however Mythic Entertainment has released several new servers that are Pre-Trials of Atlantis meaning these servers are the good old DAoC that was before that abomination.

World of Warcraft: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

This game has a real cartoonish look to it but that really does grow on you after a while and I think you will feel right at home especially if you wish to RP, this world is absolutely breathtaking on a high end graphics card and very good on nearly all graphics display cards. The one beef I have with WoW is the slow rate of new content introduced. Blizzard is a play-test-aholic! Which is a good thing as the patches, when they do finally go live, are extremely good. I have played lots of MMORPG's over the years and never have I seen a company slower at delivering new content. I suspect they will improve their preformance as they mature as an MMORPG company.

Dark Age of Camelot: http://www.camelotherald.com/index.shtml

I don't currently play this game but I really feel Mythic Entertainment is now striving to retain customers in the wake of the monumental success of World of Warcraft, I think Blizzard announced they have in excess of 2 million customers for WoW. Having said that Mythic is making lots of changes to DAoC to bring it up to speed compared to games like WoW so I see good things for this game in its future.

Rahl

Leto · 29th August 2005, 08:39 PM

Ralh, Mystic is also working on a second MMORPG more sci-fi oriented.
Forgot to mention Lineage and Ragnarok as good MMORPG.

Thunderchild · 11th September 2005, 04:22 PM

If you can find a copy of fallout its woth killing for... but it wont run on windows XP unless you find a patch
vampire...: bloodlines looks great if you have a decent PC (but if you dont patch it it cringe worthy)
oh and Deus Ex one and two - everyone should have those two

Rane Longfox · 13th September 2005, 01:03 AM

How could I forget Golden Sun? Best handheld console RPG ever.

I wish they'd bring it out on the PSP

gill · 13th September 2005, 06:10 PM

guild wars is a good free mmorpg on the pc

Firefly · 9th October 2005, 11:50 AM

To be honest I found Vampire the Masquerade : Bloodlines a little lack lustered it was to linear and not a real RPG in the true sense, its more of an action/shooter, I much preferred the first one.

I'm considering buying the re-released Fable for PC with extended game play, just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on the game.

Winters_Sorrow · 9th October 2005, 12:46 PM

Fable's a fairly solid action RPG with a good control system. Haven't played the extended version, though. My only gripe is that it's very samey-samey after a while and quite linear.
Morrowind spoiled RPG's forever for me

Saying that, my favourite RPG ever is still FF7 so sometimes old skool is the only school you need.

Alicia · 9th October 2005, 04:01 PM

If I may...I'd suggest American McGee's "Alice". Way cool PC RPG, although not your average "fantasy game". There are no dwarves, elves, or orcs. "Alice", as you might have guessed by the name, is based on Lewis Carroll's "Adventures in WonderLand" and "Through the Looking Glass". Tho this game leans more towards a darker (much darker) version of Carroll's surrealistic world. Short and to the point, "Alice" is the nightmare version of the classic stories. A lot of fun that is a lot harder than it sounds! To be honest, I have yet to finish it (I'm one level away from the last and I've been working on it since last Christmas!) (Having a bit of trouble beating the JabberWocky).

It's a game that is a lot of fun. Hope you'll give it a try! - If you do, let me know what you think!

Shoegaze99 · 11th October 2005, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sword of the Morning

Hi. Does anyone has a suggestion about a good RPG?

You may find some advice in the What RPG do you recommend thread, just a few below this one. Three pages of discussion has to offer you something, no?

Eradius Lore · 11th October 2005, 09:13 PM

elder scrolls 4: oblivion is set to come out and with the new systems like radiant Ai in it and voice actors like sean bean and patrick stewert in it its gona be the best rpg to ever be made. get this there is no scripting on npcs, non at all, the npc is just given basic guide lines and it thinks for itself, working around achiving goals by itself and stuff like that, only problem is your most likely gona need a new computer to play it because of the level of detail and i hered that its a massive 6 gig. if you cant wait i would say morrowind, it is a very diverse game and also there are thousends of mods for it so it can be completly diffrent from the origional (my morrowind takes up 4 gig because of all the mods on it)

Firefly · 13th October 2005, 02:24 PM

I can't wait to have a play on Elderscroll 4 I loved the last one. Just finished Neverwinter Nights and the Shadow of Undertide module. It was good but I was a little annoyed you couldn't expand my characters level by more than 20 level. I hate it RPG's when you can't develop your character anymore.

If anyone can recommend a good RPG with character development please let me know.

Thanks.

Alicia · 13th October 2005, 02:34 PM

Hi FireFly! Welcome to the Forum!

Once really good RPG with great character development is "Dungeon Seige". Awesome game and a lot of fun to play. It's kind of like a cross between "Diablo" and "WarCraft

" BUT! there is no limit to character development.
I can hardly wait to get "Dungeon Seige II".

Eradius Lore · 15th October 2005, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firefly

I can't wait to have a play on Elderscroll 4

i have just preordered it from amazon for £24.99, so all i need now is a good graphics card

Dead Riverdragon · 17th October 2005, 03:44 AM

I've got to say that, while I love Dungeon Siege, it has (as far as I can tell) literally zero character development. Still, I can appreciate that Alicia might be trying to promote it even at the expense of anything resembling the truth, it is that damned good. Dungeon Siege 2 is better in many ways, except it lacks something of the grandeur that made the first one special. As far as character development goes, you want console rpgs really. PC ones tend to be a bit weaker in that respect, so FF7, Wild Arms, Grandia, Shadow Hearts spring to mind. PC-wise, Return to Krondor has a tad, and Baldur's Gate 2 has a fair bit. Oh, and I almost forgot; Planescape: Torment has more than any game on any platform ever.

29th August 2005, 05:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
Leto Outside Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,332	Re: Looking for a good RPG 7 races. Don't forget most MMORPG as Guild wars, World of Warcraft and Everquest 1 & 2 (to name a few).

29th August 2005, 07:55 PM	#17 (permalink)
Rahl Windsong Last of the Windsong Clan Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 521	Re: Looking for a good RPG Well if you like the Massive Multiplayer Online RPG's I would suggest either World of Warcraft or Dark Age of Camelot. As for WoW I play it now and I have played DAoC extensively. DAoC was a great game then along came the expansion The Trials of Atlantis which ruined a perfectly good game. Recently however Mythic Entertainment has released several new servers that are Pre-Trials of Atlantis meaning these servers are the good old DAoC that was before that abomination. World of Warcraft: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/ This game has a real cartoonish look to it but that really does grow on you after a while and I think you will feel right at home especially if you wish to RP, this world is absolutely breathtaking on a high end graphics card and very good on nearly all graphics display cards. The one beef I have with WoW is the slow rate of new content introduced. Blizzard is a play-test-aholic! Which is a good thing as the patches, when they do finally go live, are extremely good. I have played lots of MMORPG's over the years and never have I seen a company slower at delivering new content. I suspect they will improve their preformance as they mature as an MMORPG company. Dark Age of Camelot: http://www.camelotherald.com/index.shtml I don't currently play this game but I really feel Mythic Entertainment is now striving to retain customers in the wake of the monumental success of World of Warcraft, I think Blizzard announced they have in excess of 2 million customers for WoW. Having said that Mythic is making lots of changes to DAoC to bring it up to speed compared to games like WoW so I see good things for this game in its future. Rahl

29th August 2005, 08:39 PM	#18 (permalink)
Leto Outside Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,332	Re: Looking for a good RPG Ralh, Mystic is also working on a second MMORPG more sci-fi oriented. Forgot to mention Lineage and Ragnarok as good MMORPG.

11th September 2005, 04:22 PM	#19 (permalink)
Thunderchild Indefatigable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 164	Re: Looking for a good RPG If you can find a copy of fallout its woth killing for... but it wont run on windows XP unless you find a patch vampire...: bloodlines looks great if you have a decent PC (but if you dont patch it it cringe worthy) oh and Deus Ex one and two - everyone should have those two

13th September 2005, 01:03 AM	#20 (permalink)
Rane Longfox Pallid, Lumigoth Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 3,187	Re: Looking for a good RPG How could I forget Golden Sun? Best handheld console RPG ever. I wish they'd bring it out on the PSP

13th September 2005, 06:10 PM	#21 (permalink)
gill daemon hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Belfast Posts: 42	Re: Looking for a good RPG guild wars is a good free mmorpg on the pc

9th October 2005, 11:50 AM	#22 (permalink)
Firefly Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 28	Re: Looking for a good RPG To be honest I found Vampire the Masquerade : Bloodlines a little lack lustered it was to linear and not a real RPG in the true sense, its more of an action/shooter, I much preferred the first one. I'm considering buying the re-released Fable for PC with extended game play, just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on the game.

9th October 2005, 12:46 PM	#23 (permalink)
Winters_Sorrow Unreg. Mutant Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tyne and Wear Posts: 2,690	Re: Looking for a good RPG Fable's a fairly solid action RPG with a good control system. Haven't played the extended version, though. My only gripe is that it's very samey-samey after a while and quite linear. Morrowind spoiled RPG's forever for me Saying that, my favourite RPG ever is still FF7 so sometimes old skool is the only school you need.

9th October 2005, 04:01 PM	#24 (permalink)
Alicia TruthFul Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 276	Re: Looking for a good RPG If I may...I'd suggest American McGee's "Alice". Way cool PC RPG, although not your average "fantasy game". There are no dwarves, elves, or orcs. "Alice", as you might have guessed by the name, is based on Lewis Carroll's "Adventures in WonderLand" and "Through the Looking Glass". Tho this game leans more towards a darker (much darker) version of Carroll's surrealistic world. Short and to the point, "Alice" is the nightmare version of the classic stories. A lot of fun that is a lot harder than it sounds! To be honest, I have yet to finish it (I'm one level away from the last and I've been working on it since last Christmas!) (Having a bit of trouble beating the JabberWocky). It's a game that is a lot of fun. Hope you'll give it a try! - If you do, let me know what you think!

11th October 2005, 09:13 PM	#26 (permalink)
Eradius Lore Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,176	Re: Looking for a good RPG elder scrolls 4: oblivion is set to come out and with the new systems like radiant Ai in it and voice actors like sean bean and patrick stewert in it its gona be the best rpg to ever be made. get this there is no scripting on npcs, non at all, the npc is just given basic guide lines and it thinks for itself, working around achiving goals by itself and stuff like that, only problem is your most likely gona need a new computer to play it because of the level of detail and i hered that its a massive 6 gig. if you cant wait i would say morrowind, it is a very diverse game and also there are thousends of mods for it so it can be completly diffrent from the origional (my morrowind takes up 4 gig because of all the mods on it)

13th October 2005, 02:24 PM	#27 (permalink)
Firefly Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 28	Re: Looking for a good RPG I can't wait to have a play on Elderscroll 4 I loved the last one. Just finished Neverwinter Nights and the Shadow of Undertide module. It was good but I was a little annoyed you couldn't expand my characters level by more than 20 level. I hate it RPG's when you can't develop your character anymore. If anyone can recommend a good RPG with character development please let me know. Thanks.

13th October 2005, 02:34 PM	#28 (permalink)
Alicia TruthFul Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 276	Re: Looking for a good RPG Hi FireFly! Welcome to the Forum! Once really good RPG with great character development is "Dungeon Seige". Awesome game and a lot of fun to play. It's kind of like a cross between "Diablo" and "WarCraft" BUT! there is no limit to character development. I can hardly wait to get "Dungeon Seige II".

17th October 2005, 03:44 AM	#30 (permalink)
Dead Riverdragon Fuimus, non sumus Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 118	Re: Looking for a good RPG I've got to say that, while I love Dungeon Siege, it has (as far as I can tell) literally zero character development. Still, I can appreciate that Alicia might be trying to promote it even at the expense of anything resembling the truth, it is that damned good. Dungeon Siege 2 is better in many ways, except it lacks something of the grandeur that made the first one special. As far as character development goes, you want console rpgs really. PC ones tend to be a bit weaker in that respect, so FF7, Wild Arms, Grandia, Shadow Hearts spring to mind. PC-wise, Return to Krondor has a tad, and Baldur's Gate 2 has a fair bit. Oh, and I almost forgot; Planescape: Torment has more than any game on any platform ever.

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