Video & PC Game Discussion

I can't say I'm familiar enough with RPG's to make a decent list.  Earthbound would be on top, though.  

Ideally, I wouldn't put any JPRGS in my list.  Not 'cause they're not good games, they are but I just prefer PC RPGs, such as Icewind Dale and the like.

I'd rather separate my top 5 list into formats:

PC:

1. Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
2. Planescape: Torment
3. Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
4. Neverwinter Nights + Expansions
5. Neverwinters Nights 2 + Expansions

Then I'd have Icewind Dale afterwards... I'm still playing it, so I cannot really vote on it yet.  Icewind Dale II I've yet to play either.

SNES:

1. Final Fantasy VI
2. Lufia II
3. Seiken Densetsu 3
4. Lufia
5. Earthbound

The thing is Jake, PC RPGs are usually better than console ones.  Not always though.

If they'd made Oblivion PC only, I think it'd have been a lot better.

James wrote: The thing is Jake, PC RPGs are usually better than console ones.  Not always though. If they'd made Oblivion PC only, I think it'd have been a lot better.

The combat system was designed for the 360 controller.

^ No, it's because that's how the Elder Scrolls series is. It's not about breaking every aspect of upgrading the world down to math and stuff, it's about being thrust into a world that breathes and is alive. It is both very free and very limited. You can do literally anything you want outside of the main quest, but actually progressing levels is too limited for me. It also fails for other reasons having it on PC only would not fix.

I wasn't that keen on Morrowind either... but it was better than Oblivion.

It's not about the number crunching for me either... the open-endedness just doesn't work for me so well.  Fighting wasn't as interesting... locations weren't as interesting... levelling wasn't even that interesting.  Stongholds are a cool idea and so are the Soul Gems.  But you need to be quite into the game before you get the opportunity to buy a house, or using soul gems... and by that time, you're bored... or I was at least.

The actual quests seemed uninteresting to me... very generic.  They also didn't feel important.  Maybe they get better as the game progresses... I didn't even get to speak to the Sean Bean ().

I like the lore though and I'm the kind of guy who'd find every book and put them in my house or stronghold.

Blizzard is the devil, I guess.
I'm pretty sure that they have a clause in their fine print that states that they own your soul when you register.

KoS wrote: Blizzard is the devil, I guess. I'm pretty sure that they have a clause in their fine print that states that they own your soul when you register.

I beat super mario rpg a week or so ago. i can't believe i missed this game when i was a kid.

ooh, a list:

RPGs:
1. Baldur's Gate II
2. Planescape: Torment
3. Fallout (original. not so keen on 2)
4. Knights Of The Old Republic (first one, again)
5. Icewind Dale II

Shame that KOTOR II kind of flunked after the opening as it had SO much potential.

Games overall:

1. Baldur's Gate II
2. Medieval Total War
3. Planescape: Torment
4. Age Of Empires II
5. Warcraft III (however poor I was at it, just because I LOVED the storyline so much and the game is actually very, very strong)
6. Fallout
7. Rise Of Nations
8. Europa Barbarorum (Mod For RTW. Would be way higher if I could play it on my current computer, and if it didn't affect sleep patterns so much)
9. Shadow Of The Colossus
10. KOTOR
11. The Matrix game. That was epic.
12. Icewind Dale II. Rarely, if ever, have I seen such a brilliantly balanced RPG as far as combat goes.

Anyone else played Silver? I remember that being good fun.


Just been on IWD II recently. Very, very well balanced, though sometimes I'd like the detail in the social scene to be a bit deeper and more open-ended (admittedly, the Targos section was very good. After that, it sort of lost energy). Also, lots of interesting options for character crunch development, without breaking any of them, which is good fun to work with.


Edited by TGM: Orb - August 16 2008 at 12:24