Best RPG Ever - Nominations - Page 5

Phoenix1010 · #41 09-04-2005, 11:28 PM

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Games that won't be nominated by anyone but me, but are all among the very best:
FFV
Lunar the Silver Star
Grandia
Xenogears
Dragon Warrior VII
Breath of Fire III
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shining Force III
Chrono Cross

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I haven't played FFV all the way through and haven't played Panzer Dragoon Saga at all, but I wouldn't think you're so cool for "being the only one to suggest the others"

most of those would be on my list of favorites. And Chrono Cross is horribly overrated. Xenogears may be the best of all time.

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I'm not going to be straining to look cool in a thread about one of the dorkiest hobbies in existence. I was just throwing some of the less widely appreciated games into the discussion.

If you can find Panzer Dragoon Saga somewhere, you really should. It's kind of short, but it's easily one of the best games of that generation. Chrono Cross is horribly unlucky for being the sequel to a game that can never be adequately followed up. Xenogears should have been the greatest of all time, despite it's flaws, but the developers seemingly gave up by the time they got to the second disk (which is almost understandable, because that game is a behemoth).

To the guy who mentioned Vagrant Story, I'm with you, great game. The guy behind that game (and FF Tactics) is currently in charge of FFXII, so I'm pretty pumped.

Oh and another underappreciated great: Skies of Arcadia. One of my top five.

Eurotrash · #42 09-04-2005, 11:39 PM

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I'm not going to be straining to look cool in a thread about one of the dorkiest hobbies in existence. I was just throwing some of the less widely appreciated games into the discussion.

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i realize. I was basically just giving you a hard time, but what you said just came across as a little bit holier-than-thou in an RPG knowledge kind of way. you were insulting my honor as a guy who knows quite a few games and I just felt I had to speak up [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

gumpzilla · #43 09-04-2005, 11:44 PM

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Planescape: Torment
Betrayal at Krondor

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Both of these were pretty good games, but it was frustrating that unless you were into world-class tedium, you couldn't really become fully powered in Torment until right at the very end when it was completely useless to do so (I didn't get high enough mage levels to cast anything higher than 6th level spells until right before the final fight), and I got sick of Krondor about the time I was thrown in to handle 1,000,000 Nighthawks or whatever they were with two party members and (if I remember correctly) no equipment until you found it somewhere in the dungeon.

Fallout was a great game, I'd love to play 2 (haven't yet.)

EDIT: Some other very solid contenders: Ultima IV, Ultima Underworld (that game kicked double ass, I'd love to find a copy). If you liked Underworld and would like something that plays similarly, is more modern and not quite as good, try Arx Fatalis. It's a pretty fun game.

Phoenix1010 · #44 09-04-2005, 11:56 PM

Haha my bad. Much respect to anyone who has wasted as much productivity playing these things as I have.

KowCiller · #45 09-05-2005, 12:12 AM

Original FF was great and so far ahead of it's time.
FF3 was also insanely good.

All time best RPG in my opinion has to be given to Baldur's Gate II for the PC. What an incredible game...unfortunately most of you probably haven't played it.

KoW

ThaSaltCracka · #46 09-05-2005, 12:30 AM

I like Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon(original), Super Marios RPG, and Baldurs Gate.

smokingrobot · #47 09-05-2005, 03:37 AM

shining force was the bomb.

smokingrobot · #48 09-05-2005, 03:39 AM

howe about some dragon warrior ya'll?

baumer · #49 09-05-2005, 03:47 AM

No one thinks Final Fantasy II deserves mention?
(Unless it's been mention under some japanese release name that's different.)

Don't you remember that awesome feeling when you finally learned Meteo with Rydia?
When Edge was holding the Masamune and the Murasame?
Fighting the four elementals in that giant robot?

Man, that game was awesome.

Eurotrash · #50 09-05-2005, 03:50 AM

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No one thinks Final Fantasy II deserves mention?
(Unless it's been mention under some japanese release name that's different.)

Don't you remember that awesome feeling when you finally learned Meteo with Rydia?
When Edge was holding the Masamune and the Murasame?
Fighting the four elementals in that giant robot?

Man, that game was awesome.

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FF2/FF4 was definitely one of my favorites