Ultima VII. It took other RPGs years to catch up to what U7 did insofar as open world content. And the quests! Epic did not begin to describe some of them. Here's a good example of one.
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Hmm, I want to say Hyperdimension Neptunia cause I'm a huge fanboy, but it's definitely not. In actuality it's a major toss up between Persona 4 and FFX for me, P4 prolly has the slight edge.
The Mass Effect series up to the Conduit in London. Commander Shepard changed me, and the way I play games, forever.
Agreed.. The Mass Effect series is still an inspiration to me for RPGs.. However, its probably best for me to stop right there and not talk about the ending of ME3.. *breathes deeply and walks slowly away*
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Ultima VII. It took other RPGs years to catch up to what U7 did insofar as open world content. And the quests! Epic did not begin to describe some of them. Here's a good example of one.
It was so complex, I never made my way through to the end! Lots of fun, though, and groundbreaking.
For me it is Gemstone 3. But as far as video goes can't beat Morrowind and Fallout NV. I am still playing Skyrim. Just glad t have a Steam Account so I can load up the oldies.
For me is I have to choose one it has to be hands down Chrono Trigger - Graphics have improved, voice acting has been added (Which I love), but in most other ways it has been pretty downhill from here. I dream of a Chrono Trigger redone with modern graphics and good voice acting.
If I get more then these: Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines - This game felt so alive. It had a whole host of problems, but it shined amongst anything else available at the time and still has a story that holds up favorably compared to most games of today.
Final Fantasy VI - One of my first really powerful stories. One of the few games where you try to save the world and fail, yet have to keep going among the aftermath.
Dragon Warrior IV - It was such a leap ahead of the previous game in the series and available generally, it was a relevation of what RPGs would become.
Planescape Torment - One of the deepest stories in any game I have ever played, there is so much to discover in this game it is unreal.
KOTOR I/II - The games that made me fall back in love with starwars. Still upset there won't be a III where I get to experience Revans triumphant return. (I'm aware they brought him back as a sad pathetic shadow and killed him off in the online game, doing my best to pretend that turd didn't happen)
Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn - Still one of the finest epic tales.
Mass Effect I / II / All but the ending of III - The series that revived modern story telling RPG's. While the ending to the last one was terrible, the rest was a power epic tale that had pretty much died out aside from a few indie games.
Ultima VII: The Black Gate for me too. First game I remember getting truly sucked into. The opening scene, where you're called into the world, and then presented with a grotesque murder to solve... man, still get goosebumps.
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Most of you probably never heard of Origin Systems or Ultima. They provided arguably the best rpgs of their time.
Open world with epic quest. I played for weeks exploring the game world. You could manipulate almost everything in the 3/4 overhead view world.
First Floppy disk i owned was Alkebeth .. came in a manilla envelope , n a sadnwich bag with a simple card of instructions , so yea kinda heard of Black Gate 7 years later .. Like most here have ...
-Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, Daggerfall, Baldurs Gate, NWN, AC 2/4- too many great RPG's to choose from.
If I had to pick one I would have to go with the Mass Effect trilogy. I still play them all, probably 1000+ hours between them by now if the 310 hours of ME2 on Steam is to be believed. You have to Mod 3 to give it a proper ending and then it's a much more satisfying experience. If anyone hasn't tried it, get MEHEM for ME3 and try it out.
The gameplay was just astounding for its time (and still to this day tbh), I loved exploring all the different places, speaking to everyone, following the story etc. The characters were all great, and I just loved the combat. Game seemed to have the perfect balance between story, exploration and combat. The materia system was especially compelling and a great way to give freedom to character building compared to just leveling up and unlocking new skills.
Morrowind isn't far behind. Again, fantastic world building, I loved exploring and feeling "free" to do what I want, when I want. Character building was awesome. Only thing that let the game down was the combat, but that has been true of every elder scrolls game.
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AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!
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It was so complex, I never made my way through to the end! Lots of fun, though, and groundbreaking.
The Witcher 3
After the dawn of computer gaming, I'd have to go with Advent (or Zork) and (most of) the Ultima series.
If I get more then these:
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines - This game felt so alive. It had a whole host of problems, but it shined amongst anything else available at the time and still has a story that holds up favorably compared to most games of today.
Final Fantasy VI - One of my first really powerful stories. One of the few games where you try to save the world and fail, yet have to keep going among the aftermath.
Dragon Warrior IV - It was such a leap ahead of the previous game in the series and available generally, it was a relevation of what RPGs would become.
Planescape Torment - One of the deepest stories in any game I have ever played, there is so much to discover in this game it is unreal.
KOTOR I/II - The games that made me fall back in love with starwars. Still upset there won't be a III where I get to experience Revans triumphant return. (I'm aware they brought him back as a sad pathetic shadow and killed him off in the online game, doing my best to pretend that turd didn't happen)
Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn - Still one of the finest epic tales.
Mass Effect I / II / All but the ending of III - The series that revived modern story telling RPG's. While the ending to the last one was terrible, the rest was a power epic tale that had pretty much died out aside from a few indie games.
Most of you probably never heard of Origin Systems or Ultima. They provided arguably the best rpgs of their time.
Open world with epic quest. I played for weeks exploring the game world. You could manipulate almost everything in the 3/4 overhead view world.
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First Floppy disk i owned was Alkebeth .. came in a manilla envelope , n a sadnwich bag with a simple card of instructions , so yea kinda heard of Black Gate 7 years later .. Like most here have ...
If I had to pick one I would have to go with the Mass Effect trilogy. I still play them all, probably 1000+ hours between them by now if the 310 hours of ME2 on Steam is to be believed. You have to Mod 3 to give it a proper ending and then it's a much more satisfying experience. If anyone hasn't tried it, get MEHEM for ME3 and try it out.
The gameplay was just astounding for its time (and still to this day tbh), I loved exploring all the different places, speaking to everyone, following the story etc. The characters were all great, and I just loved the combat. Game seemed to have the perfect balance between story, exploration and combat. The materia system was especially compelling and a great way to give freedom to character building compared to just leveling up and unlocking new skills.
Morrowind isn't far behind. Again, fantastic world building, I loved exploring and feeling "free" to do what I want, when I want. Character building was awesome. Only thing that let the game down was the combat, but that has been true of every elder scrolls game.