newer rpgs
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Xenosaga, not Xenosage. It's an rpg made by Namco with massive cutscenes and what I assume is a similar combat system to Xenogears.
If you like rpgs, you MUST have a ps2 as any other system will just leave you out in the cold.
Xbox has Morrowind and Knights of the Old Republic (both are awesome games)
PS2 has FFX, Arc the Lad's newest (I forget the name), Dark Cloud 1 and 2, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, Xenosaga, Suikoden 3, Wild Arms 3, etc...
GCN has Skies of Arcadia and Zelda.
I knew in advance that Wild Arms 3 was very traditional as all the others were. I only beat Wild Arms 1 but I thought it was a fairly good game. Needless to say, it will likely be the last of the current crop of rpgs that I will buy, if I do end up buying it at all which is doubtful. I know I'm going to get Xenosaga and Skies of Arcadia, the others are up to whatever games come out that replace them in terms of what I want to play.
If you like rpgs, you MUST have a ps2 as any other system will just leave you out in the cold.
Xbox has Morrowind and Knights of the Old Republic (both are awesome games)
PS2 has FFX, Arc the Lad's newest (I forget the name), Dark Cloud 1 and 2, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, Xenosaga, Suikoden 3, Wild Arms 3, etc...
GCN has Skies of Arcadia and Zelda.
I knew in advance that Wild Arms 3 was very traditional as all the others were. I only beat Wild Arms 1 but I thought it was a fairly good game. Needless to say, it will likely be the last of the current crop of rpgs that I will buy, if I do end up buying it at all which is doubtful. I know I'm going to get Xenosaga and Skies of Arcadia, the others are up to whatever games come out that replace them in terms of what I want to play.
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IanDork107 said:
I beg to differ. I believe that board role playing games are the nerdiest (what with the figurines and all).
How does PS2 remove games from PC? Xenogears was the first and it was a PSX game. Namco doesn't make games for the PC, they make console games such as the awe-inspiring Soul Calibre.
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I'm really sucked into The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker right now. I got it a while back and am just now devoting time to the game.
LuminousAether said:
If there was no ps2, where would all the rpg's go nowadays? (okay, all gameconsoles)
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My favorite RPGs are the Fallout games and Arcanum, I think. I don't really dig console RPGs anymore, and don't much like standard PC RPGs like Baldurs Gate and Icewind Dale anymore, either.
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They're based on D&D, dude. In some ways they're more RPG than console RPGs, in others, they're less.
Fallout and Arcanum are turn based, anyways.
Fallout and Arcanum are turn based, anyways.
Yes, but real rpg's actually encourages character development other than in xp... Like Planescape: Torment, that was a good one, and it had a good story...
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Are you saying that Baldurs Gate and Fallout don't encourage character development? :Smug:Ergol The Ineffable said:
Also, Planescape uses the same engine as Baldurs Gate and Icewind Dale.
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You're wrong. Icewind Dale doesn't focus on characters at all, really, it's almost more of a strategy than RPG, and no point and clicks generaly focus much on the main character, as you usually create him yourself, but they are very, very much RPGs.
Besides, hack and slash is just an RPG subgenre, and probably a more pure RPG, with its D&D backgrounds, than console RPGs.
Besides, hack and slash is just an RPG subgenre, and probably a more pure RPG, with its D&D backgrounds, than console RPGs.
Okay, I'll rephrase my last post: I'm saying Icewind Dale and Baldurs Gate one does NOT focus on character development other than xp
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Baldur's Gate has character development in the sense that you build a character and watch him grow in strength. But in the story and emotional sense, the characters are set in stone.
