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There are only two RPG's on the N64. :P Not hard to name those. Quest 64 and Aiden Chronicles (I think that's the name of it). The closest thing to an RPG besides those are Mario Party games. :P
http://www.emuparadise.org/cgi-bin/d...gi?n64-quest64
I feel comfortable in saying Quest 64 is the best RPG on the N64. That's hardly saying much.
Oh. Forgot, neither of those RPGs are in 2d.
Thanks for suggestions, Hypnos! Jetsetlemming, I didn't know if there were more than that, so thank you. Hypnos, who is that in your avatar, and what game is she from? I can not remember for the life of me.
You forgot Paper Mario (assuming you want to count that as an RPG. I do). RPG or not, it's 2d and blows away Quest and Aiden Chronicles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetsetlemming
Warbot, the avatar character is Shodan from the System Shock series.
edit: I've had a bit of time to sort through what I remember of psx rpgs (the HDD with most of my roms/ISOs on it is still offline, unfortunately), and I recall the Persona games being pretty good, if overly difficult in places. Not sure if they really count as 2d though.
Yeah, I forgot Paper Mario. >_>; Crap. I was used to hearing there were only two N64 RPGs before Aiden Chronicles came out, at the end of the console's life. I remembered the factiod but not the right games. :P
Also, Persona (which is more 2d than Paper Mario :P), Blood Omen, Legacy of Kain, Xenogears (as 2d as Persona is), Star Ocean 2nd Story, Tales of Destiny, Valkyrie profile, Tales of Destiny 2.
Maybe the Saga Frontier games?
Yeah, but who hasn't played Paper Mario. I'll check out Persona, Star Ocean, and the two Tales of Destiny, as I've played Blood Omen (love the series), and Valkyrie Profile.
Star Ocean 2nd Story is my all-time favorite RPG. :)
Bahamut Lagoon and Seiken Densetsu 3 for the snes are super-awesome. Preferred Seiken Densetsu 3 coz it's an action RPG and you could play with a friend or sibling. Any game that has co-operative story modes generally gets a nod from me.
Like Halo was awesome, just coz it had a co-operative mode.
SD3, indeed, I second that recommendation. If there's someone around you that's willing to play with you, don't hesitate.
I'm back, this time with a request of my own.
I'm also looking for RPGs, but with two catches. I'm specifically after ones that deviate from the cliche (more emphasis on unique stories than unique gameplay, but either is good) and generally have a darker atmosphere than normal. Action/RPGs and Strategy/RPGs are fine too. Course, if anyone knows any really good non-rpgs that have strong stories with dark themes I won't knock those recs, but I doubt there are many that fit.
Good examples of what I'm looking for, feel-wise, would be games like Persona 2 and Clock Tower (I know it's not an rpg, but it's one of the most uniquely grim console games ever).
The second catch is that it has to be from an emulate-able system that uses cartridges. Strange requirement, but the PC I'm using doesn't really have enough space for me to leave ISOs strewn all over the drive and I refuse to play rips.
edit: It occurs to me that I've probably made this request before, but with the forum wipe I can't really check.
Phantasy Star 4, Hypnos, is the only thing that pops up at the moment.
Star Control II, semi-RPG but good fun nevertheless. The Ur-Quan Masters is a port to the modern systems. The game has a good storyline with a lot of humour included. It doesn't need to be emulated though, and it isn't a very big game.
:wacko: I need some more DS games to download, ive already gotten all te ones Apple face said to get :P
If you're a fan of Fire Emblem/Advance Wars strategy games and don't mind a language barrier, give the Super Robot Wars franchise a shot, specifically those released for the PS2.
Essentially just a bunch of mecha and their respective story lines mixed together with beautifully hand drawn attack animations. Gogogo.
Hey I'm also looking for a good RPG but I'm more interested in something more modern or futuristic even (not KOTOR) that has a Final Fantasy feel to it. no MMOs plz.
PC btw
It's not a pure RPG (since it's basically an FPS), but Deus Ex is pretty awesome. Take a look at it, maybe you'll like it. Doesn't really have a Final Fantasy-ish atmosphere, though.
Eh, someone else might have better suggestions. :wacko:
meh when i said futuristic, I was thinkin more of Half-Life 2 or Esthar(Final fantasy VIII) or even midgar.
I was also looking for something more up to today's graphical standards. doesn't have to be as great as Oblivion or Doom 3 but I don't want some like Quake 2, I have WoW but dont have the money to make monthly payments. I would really like to play Final Fantasy XI (cant afford it either tho)
also not into the dark atmosphere that Deus Ex provided.(least not in an RPG)
It's great for Doom3/PREY/FEAR
speaking of which my PC isn't some super power 3k machine:
2.5GHz Athlon 64 X2
2 GB Ram
ATI Radeon X700 <-:time-egg: bottlenecks my PC
FEAR/PREY/Doom 3 are pretty much the maximum as far as my graphics card can handle (Full settings minus shadows at 800x600 w/out AA or AF) runs those games at about 15-70 FPS each)
Sry if im setting the limitations a little tight here...
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off topic...
I just beat PREY less than 10 minutes ago...
Yeah, Deus Ex was really great. I've had it for PS2, stupid enough I sold it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gare
I hardly play RPGs, but maybe Rogue Galaxy is a recommendation.
I was going to recommend Anachronox, but then I read that you didn't want anything too Quake II-ish, and Anachronox is based on the Quake II engine, so...er... :P Still worth a look if you can overlook the graphics. It's far from perfect (and slaps you with a pretty horrible cliffhanger ending due to budget cuts), but it's silly, self-mocking, and pretty fun. ^_^ It's also very, very J-RPG styled, and sci-fi themed.
The trouble with PC RPGs is that most of the classics are er...classic. :P It's not exactly a flourishing genre, and most of the best examples are six or seven years old at least. Ignoring your graphics requirement for a moment, though, I'd also recommend System Shock II with every fibre of my being. It's not exactly an RPG. More of an RPG-FPS hybrid. But it is absolutely beyond great. =o
I'm gonna look into system shock II
Look's pretty good TY
Glad I could help. ^_^ The graphics aren't up to today's standards by any means, but they're far, far from being bad enough to be problematic. And in every other respect, it's a wonderful game. I'm sure you'll have fun. ^^;;;Quote:
Originally Posted by Foxboy
System Shock 2 is a bitch to get working on modern computers. It loves to crash... :(
Oh? :( It ran fine on my computer... But then mine is hardly modern. I'm not even running XP, so... :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by crusher
I here it's hard to work on XP/NT systems and Dual Cores so it may be a pain for someone running Vista x64 on an Athlon X2.........
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still open to more suggestions tho
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yup, I can't get the installer to run on my nt system
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and yes, that's with the compatabilty set to win98/ME
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-Ran: Y:\setup.exe -lgntforce
to get the setup to run
-set the sshock2.exe compatabiltiy to Windows 2000
-and once in the game set the affinity to CPU 0 or CPU 1
and it runs fine. perfect in fact constant 75 FPS at max settings (75 due to Vsync. Refresh rate is only 75, max for my monitor)
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I'm gonna try to set the AA and AF to the Max as well....
I'm thinking about buying Red Steel for the Wii (seeing as how it is only $20 now), and I was wondering if anybody here has played it, and what they have to say about the game. Is it any good? Or would I be better getting a different game like it?
Its really not worth the 20$, I still havent beaten it and I payed full price. Multiplayer isnt that fun either.
Ok... any ideas then? I'm willing to try almost any genre, but am mainly looking for a good action or rpg type... and don't suggest Zelda, I own it on Gamecube.
Anyone into indie games? Cave Story is a given but there's lots more like
Knytt
La Mulana
Alex Adventure
R
etc...
Last Scenario is a pretty good game, with classic turn-based JRPG mechanics.Quote:
Originally Posted by tanthias
La-Mulana has been mentioned quite often I'm sure, but it's still one of the best metroidvania type games.
Ark22 is a zelda-like, as far as I know, but haven't played much of it myself yet.
As for non-free games, the Tales of Destiny PS2 remake is a pretty great mix of beat 'em up (some features could be likened to Guardian Heroes) and RPG, using an altered version of the LMBS. It's Japanese, but there's a fairly complete menu translation. [/shameless plug] You might wish to wait for the director's cut version, though.
Also, some Castlevania games, Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night, in particular. Yeah, obvious choices, but whatever.
SotN... Yup, gotta mention the GBA games as well.
Thanks for the suggestions (finally got around to checking this thread again today). I've downloaded Last Scenario and it is pretty good so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by pkt-zer0
I'll second the GBA Castlevania games. They're all excellent, though I never really got into Circle of the Moon. I love Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow, however.
Another semi-obscure game: Phantom Dust, for the Xbox. Think a card game, but instead of cards, you collect mighty psychic powers. And the battle system is real-time. It's quite enjoyable.
I'm looking for more Cave Story style games, and I've seen the ones above mentioned. Thanks!
Not exactly like Cave Story, but Nifflas' new game called Knytt Stories is worth a try. It's kind of like a mixture of the original Knytt and Within a Deep Forest.
not to mention some of the best graphics for the original xboxQuote:
Originally Posted by Eihwaz
I'm after some good PAL games for my Saturn, any genre. The console isn't modded so they need to be available for sensible prices - first person to suggest Panzer Dragoon Saga or Shining Force III gets a thick ear. :P Here's the collection so far:
Clockwork Knight
Command & Conquer
Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition
NiGHTS
Sega Rally
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Theme Park
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Virtua Fighter
Worms
X-Men: Children of the Atom
Sega Touring Car Championship
Manx TT
Virtua Fighter II
Fighters Mega Mix
Last Bronx
Die Hard Arcade
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon Zwei (II)
edit: Mod it for the swap trick. It's easy on both model 1+2 Saturns.
I was wondering if you guys could try to get roll away. it's one hell of a puzzle game with over 100 lv.
It's schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. I highly reccomend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanthias
I'm having trouble deciding between 6 games... and I haven't played any of these games before, so I have no first hand idea of what they're like (so I'm hoping a couple of people will have played the games and be able to help me out). I can only get one at the moment, and I'd already read the plot of each (thus cutting the choices down by 2....), and still nothing jumps out at me over the others....
The games are:
Half-Life (PS2)
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2)
Devil May Cry 2 (PS2)
Musashi Samurai Legend (PS2)
Resident Evil Outbreak (PS2)
Lost Kingdoms (GC)
I'd appreciate any help trying to figure out which game might be better...