What kind of RPG is YOUR kind of RPG?

[Jbshare]

Which kinds of RPG's do you play, if any?

Personally I play single-player western RPG's, and I play D&D.

I've gotten into an MMO before, but I no longer have a PC to support it.

[Erunanion]

I used to play Eve Online, a great MMO which is very different from the WoW-clones out there. Sci-fi fans should check it out

I'm not a fan of most JRPGs, I dislike the Final Fantasy style of battle, and while storytelling can be better than Western techniques, the writing and voice-acting in them can sometimes be terrible. I've enjoyed the Elder Scrolls games, but didn't get on with Neverwinter Nights when I gave that a go - I think D&D is a bit too complicated to be fun for me.

[Rahl Windsong]

Personally I enjoy a good story in an RPG more then combat or finding treasure, so for me the best RPG's out there are made by Bioware. NeverWinter Nights 1 & 2 and all their expansions, the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 even though 2 was made by another developer, Obsidian Entertainment. The Baldur's Gate series, and their soon to be released Dragon Age: Origins. I also really enjoyed Mass Effect from Bioware even though it was a bit short in length.

Bioware games are all about story and thats what I like.

Edit: Forgot to mention Fallout 3 from Bethesda Softworks, a pretty decent RPG in its own right. Though Fallout fans of the past might not like it as much as I do, I still think its well worth mentioning. I also played Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion to death and enjoyed every minute of it even though its story is a bit weak.

[devilsgrin]

I'd have to agree Rahl. Those are all games that i have loved!
Lets hope that Dragon Age lives up to Bioware's reputation.
Lets keep our fingers crossed that the KOTOR MMO is brilliant
And that ME2 rectifies the length issue that i also had with Mass Effect... all brilliant games
Bethesda does the best of the best RPGs... when it comes to freedom of choice... i mean how many games give the protagonist the option to Nuke a peaceful little town before your even level 5? (SPOILER btw, yes i Nuked Megaton... the view from Tenpenny Tower as the mushroom cloud bloomed was very satisfying for my evil Black Widow styled femme fatale of a character). All the Elder Scrolls games have been exceptional... though contrary to popular opinion, i much preferred Oblivion to Morrowind...

[McMurphy]

I am all about story, story, story. Although not always the case, the turn-based video rpgs seem to provide the most story. It is a shame that the sub genre seems to be dying in the wake of action-rpgs and first person shooters.

[Encephylops]

Sadly, I don't think that they make them anymore. RPGs for the SNES and PS were undoubtedly my all-time favorites. I'm a reader, so the bad (comparatively) graphics and fixed camera angles allowed for WAY more of my own imaginative input to the game.

[Brett Howell]

KOTOR would be my favorite for sure (though I'm of 2-minds about the KOTOR MMO, since I have a pretty dark view on MMO RPGs like WOW and co)
The old AD&D games by SSI were favorites, since I use to play a little D&D

My favorite non-computer based RPG will forever and always be Paranoia though. Sci-Fi, sadistic, hilarious - how can you go wrong? Alas, there isn't much time to play it anymore, even if I could find a group.

[Rahl Windsong]

Yes, I remember all the old AD&D games, some of my all time favorites as well and yes I do miss the turn based combat. One thing to take note of is that Bioware's Dragon Age: Origins has combat the same as it was in Baldur's Gate, where you get to pause the action any time you wanted, issue commands to your party, and then let the action roll again. So thats a bit of a throw back to turn based and I can hardly wait to see how that game turns out

Recently a Developer on their forums posted saying he got to take the game home over the Christmas hollidays and he played it from start to finish and he was actually quite blown away at how good it was. So thats saying a lot for the quality of this title.

Anyway here is the official forum for Dragon Age if anyone wants to check it out....

BioWare : Dragon Age : Dragon Age: Origins General Discussion

[Lioness]

Something that doesn't involve reflexes and the ability to accurately aim, jump, or navigate a controller.

I play D&D...I absolutely love it.

[The Procrastinator]

I'm not a huge gamer but I was completely addicted to the Might and Magic series - I started many moons ago with M&M2 on a Commodore 64, on the old 5" floppy disks, and the imagination and scope of it (imagination was a must with graphics like that) completely sucked me in. Its the only game I have compulsively collected and played, and I was shattered when it died with M&M9, which sucked and I never bothered finishing. As the focus of the game became progressively more commercial (read cost-cutting) and less about fun for the player (shrinking size of game, shrinking number of quests, shrinking possibilities with characters) oddly enough sales shrank too.

M&M was a party-based, turn-based rpg, and if anyone could point me in the direction of anything similar (doesn't have to be new or recent), I would be most grateful.

[Rahl Windsong]

I think the M&M series was replaced by the Heroes of Might and Magic series which was a Real Time Strategy type game more like Age of Empires then the original Might and Magic series of RPG's.

What killed the series off in my oppinion, New World Computing the developer that started the Might & Magic series, sold the rights to 3DO and after that 3DO just made the RTS series and let the RPG series die.

I am not totally sure but I think the last game in the RPG series was done from work that was left over from New World and finished by 3DO so you can see why it was poor and The Procrastinator never did finish it. I hate it when I have games that I don't feel like finishing, I almost feel that a games warranty should include that if its too poor and boring to finish then a full refund will be given.

Also the creative people behind the M&M RPG's went away when they sold the rights to 3DO, those people were, John Van Caneghem, his wife Michaela Van Caneghem, and Mark Caldwell. Once they were no longer involved the creative inspiration that was the M&M series was gone and the RPG community felt the loss, no doubt about that.

I also played most of the old M&M RPG's, great games and very addicting. I should also mention that I did play some of the Heroes of Might and Magic series, I think the first two, and they were not to bad, but the RTS genre is really not my type of game so after a while I just lost interest. They were not really bad games though and quite good for RTS games I suppose.

[The Procrastinator]

You are so right about the van Caneghems and their creative team, Rahl. The heart went out of that series when New World sold to 3DO. Not that M&M6 was a disappointment, that one was excellent, but from that point on it was like the death of a thousand cuts.
Heroes didn't replace M&M at first, it ran parallel for ages as a turn-based strategy game set in the same world (I love turn-based - plenty of time for cups of tea). I confess I collected it too, such was my M&M compulsion. I never bothered getting the latest instalment though, because of what they did to M&M9. Or wait: was it M&M10? I think it was 10, as in X marks the spot where they broke my heart, the swine! Chuh! I spit upon them.

[gothsis30]

the Final Fantasy series is my fav. and it irritates me that it will not be available until April 2010

[Althain's Warden]

I did enjoy the early might & magic and heroes of m & m were okay. Spent about 3 years on Star wars Galaxies but then sony screwed it up more than i could accept ! i mean it was never perfect but i forgave it cos it was star wars ! But it got silly. The best game of all however is proper dungeons & dragons, i am lucky enough to still have a group to dm for life is good at times !
are their many other d & d players knocking around these forums?! Give a shout if there are, in particular and dm's?

[dustinzgirl]

I've tried to get into online rpg's mmos or whatever. I just can't get into it. I hate WoW with a passion, its irritating to stay within a particular setting and have no control over that setting.

I did play online back when it was txt files, having a cousin in college helped, back before we had things like graphics cards and high speed internet.

I'm old school. Give me a handful of dice, some good old fashioned maps, a monster manual, and I'm happy. I like to DM, not that much but since I don't get much away time its usually just me and the kids. My favorite games are definetly D&D and Shadowrun. I love making up stories as we go and seeing how my kids find their way thru a dungeon. Its awesomely fun.

I used to, pre kid days, play in a lot of big groups. I tried that wierdo Vampire game for a while but everyone that plays that game that I knew was just wierd....like running around parkinglots trying to bit each other wierd....creeped me out, when peeps can't distinguish between fantasy and reality!