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Mount&Blade, best thing since sliced bread. Www.taleworlds.com
Sorry to kaaskop, but i wouldnt recommend Jade Empire personally. I found that game extremely linear and found it very much a horrible console ported rpg.
I agree, I found the original Xbox version much better than the pc port
Lycanthrope
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I'd say it depends largely on what you have/haven't played and what you're willing to play.
Are you interested in story and depth, or simply glorified hack-and-slash?
Some of my favourite RPGs:
Planescape: Torment
Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura
The Witcher
Baldur's Gate
Gothic :3
Fable
Neverwinter Nights
Vampire: Masquerade - Bloodlines
Oh, and of course - Fallout.
Edit: *slaps head* Of course - what kaaskop said - Jade Empire - beautiful game :3
Are you interested in story and depth, or simply glorified hack-and-slash?
Some of my favourite RPGs:
Planescape: Torment
Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura
The Witcher
Baldur's Gate
Gothic :3
Fable
Neverwinter Nights
Vampire: Masquerade - Bloodlines
Oh, and of course - Fallout.
Edit: *slaps head* Of course - what kaaskop said - Jade Empire - beautiful game :3
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Lycanthrope
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And since no one mentioned them:
Oblivion & Morrowind [sand boxy RPG, single character , basically exploring with first person realtime combat]
Neverwinter Nights [you basically control 1-5 characters, semi turn based combat , kind of overhead perspective, this is what came after Baldur's Gate ]
Also,
The Gothic Series ain't bad if you pick up the boxset with all 3 games in it . I saw it for like R300 or so.
Likewise with the Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale "Forgotten Realm's" combo pack (also everything for R300).
In the end i distinguish between two types of RPGs
a] All about the combat, you want fast paced action most of the time. Reading dialogues and plots and long stories are out . These are typically games like Diablo, Dungeon Siege , Sacred , Titan Quest
b] More about character development , lots of plot twists, interesting story, big world , lots of exploration, lots of "wandering" . This also implies combat can be slow and strategic i.e. Turn Based [like Final Fantasy] or a combo like Baldur's Gate/Neverwinter Nights [you control up to 5 characters, so obviously you need more strategic type of combat] . These RPGs tend to be somewhat slow paced and require some attention on your part, unlike Diablo which is almost mindless clickfest
. Other games in this category : The Witcher , KOTOR , Mass Effect and even Oblivion and Gothic which both have realtime FPS style combat is actually a pretty slow going game due to all the things you can do.
Oblivion & Morrowind [sand boxy RPG, single character , basically exploring with first person realtime combat]
Neverwinter Nights [you basically control 1-5 characters, semi turn based combat , kind of overhead perspective, this is what came after Baldur's Gate ]
Also,
The Gothic Series ain't bad if you pick up the boxset with all 3 games in it . I saw it for like R300 or so.
Likewise with the Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale "Forgotten Realm's" combo pack (also everything for R300).
In the end i distinguish between two types of RPGs
a] All about the combat, you want fast paced action most of the time. Reading dialogues and plots and long stories are out . These are typically games like Diablo, Dungeon Siege , Sacred , Titan Quest
b] More about character development , lots of plot twists, interesting story, big world , lots of exploration, lots of "wandering" . This also implies combat can be slow and strategic i.e. Turn Based [like Final Fantasy] or a combo like Baldur's Gate/Neverwinter Nights [you control up to 5 characters, so obviously you need more strategic type of combat] . These RPGs tend to be somewhat slow paced and require some attention on your part, unlike Diablo which is almost mindless clickfest
. Other games in this category : The Witcher , KOTOR , Mass Effect and even Oblivion and Gothic which both have realtime FPS style combat is actually a pretty slow going game due to all the things you can do.
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