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So which rpgs do you consider "great" this generation?

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Ganondorfo

Junior Member
Dragon quest 8
Baten kaitos
Final fantasy 12
Valkyrie profile 2
Xenosaga 3
Kingdom hearts 2
Knights of the old republic
Tales of symphonia
Dark cloud 2
Digital devil saga 1-2
Nocturne
Shadow hearts 2

Am I right? or am I missing a lot of rpgs? (still waiting for tales of the abyss, rogue galaxy and devil summoner)
 
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S. L.

Member
Final Fantasy X
Xenosaga
Star Ocean 3 (gets a lot of hate on nGAF but i love it)
and if you have Kingdom Hearts 2 in there you should add Kingdom Hearts too which i think is quite a bit better
 
G

Ganondorfo

Junior Member
Benadryl Hitman said:
Shadow Hearts 1-3

*Edit: Nevermind, added ^ and what's wrong with FFX?
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I didn't like the first, and didn't even try from the new world out, but I heard it's very different from covenant.
 
S

Speevy

Banned
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

AIAS Winner RPG of 2003
Highest Rated RPG on Gamerankings

Also I liked Fire Emblem PoR.
 
S

silenttwn

Member
Baten Kaitos Origins
Xenosaga Episodes I and III (haters be damned)
Knights of the Old Republic I and II
Breath of Fire V
Dragon Quest VIII
Paper Mario GC

That's off the top of my head. I'm probably missing something.
 
G

Gattsu25

Banned
Final Fantasy X
Dragon Quest 8
Paper Mario & the 1000 Year Door
Knight of the Old Republic 1
Final Fantasy XI
Dark Cloud 2

that's about it

I would add a few GBA RPGs but I consider that 2 gens ago


edit: Oh, and Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance

edit: Oh, *and* Morrowind

*and* Fable
 
J

jimbo

Banned
Star Wars: KOTOR. Good God I still remember the intro to that game and taking my first step after getting off the ship into the city. Shivers down my spine. Not to mention the plot twist. The atmoshpere in that game was out of this world. Plus the freaking Jedi battles.

And it looks like Mass Effect is going to continue that atmosphere. Western RPG's for the win.

But I still want my KOTOR3. Jedi weapons FTW:)
 
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ethelred

Member
Going only with US releases here...

Consoles:
Final Fantasy X
Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy XII *
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
Dark Cloud 2
Front Mission 4 (but just barely)
Suikoden III
Suikoden V
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts 2
SMT: Nocturne
Tales of the Abyss *
Valkyrie Profile 2
Baten Kaitos Origins
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Tales of Symphonia
Crystal Chronicles (only for multiplayer)
Skies of Arcadia / SoA Legends
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast version only)


Handhelds:
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Golden Sun 2
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Riviera: The Promised Land


* Presumptive greatness.
 
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Rookies1stDay

Banned
I'm probably gonna be in the smallest minority here but I'd have to say Fable. Even with all the broken promises and unfulfilled hype, this game still oozed with atmosphere. Playing through it just felt different than all of the other rpgs. I've got high hopes for Fable 2 (Don't take it for granted again Peter)

On a sidenote, I've really lost touch with JRPGs (last one I finished was FF7). I think it's the slow turnbased battles that turn me off. Hopefully this changes with the new generation of consoles, since some of my fondest memories were of playing oldschool FF, Phantasy Star, Chrono, etc.
 
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jarrod

Banned
On consoles...

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (Capcom)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix/Armor Project/Level 5)
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)


...that's it sadly. This gen blows for RPGs compared to last gen imo. :/
 
M

mikeGFG

Banned
Not many. I went from huge RPG fanboi in the 16 and 32-bit days, to being overwhelmingly disapointed by just about every major JRPG this generation.

My vote goes to KOTOR: the game came out of left-field and turned out to be one of my favorite RPGs of all-time.
 
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BrodiemanTTR

Member
Rookies1stDay said:
I'm probably gonna be in the smallest minority here but I'd have to say Fable. Even with all the broken promises and unfulfilled hype, this game still oozed with atmosphere. Playing through it just felt different than all of the other rpgs.
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That's because it was an action/adventure game with an above-average number of NPCs.
 
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Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
ethelred said:
Going only with US releases here...

Consoles:
Final Fantasy X
Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy XII *
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
Dark Cloud 2
Front Mission 4 (but just barely)
Suikoden III
Suikoden V
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts 2
SMT: Nocturne
Tales of the Abyss *
Valkyrie Profile 2
Baten Kaitos Origins
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Tales of Symphonia
Crystal Chronicles (only for multiplayer)
Skies of Arcadia / SoA Legends
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast version only)


Handhelds:
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Golden Sun 2
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Riviera: The Promised Land


* Presumptive greatness.
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This is a nice list. I like you.
 
S

Snaku

Banned
Final Fantasy XII
Dragon Quest VIII
Star War Knights of the Old Republic
Star War Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Jade Empire
Kingdom Hearts II
 
G

Ganondorfo

Junior Member
I didn't know there was a fifth suikoden out, but I've lost interest in suikoden after 3...

And I need to play dragon quarter, because I've never liked breath of fire, never. from the first to the fourth I've hated them all because of the rpg clichés.
 
Tieno

Tieno

Member
Do you guys believe my first RPG was KOTOR? I shuned the genre completely because I thought role playing sounded really boring....where's the action? How wrong I was, what an awesome way to step into the genre. That game made me interested in and love the Star Wars universe to begin with.
 
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ethelred

Member
Ganondorfo said:
I didn't know there was a fifth suikoden out, but I've lost interest in suikoden after 3...

And I need to play dragon quarter, because I've never liked breath of fire, never. from the first to the fourth I've hated them all because of the rpg clichés.
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There's nothing cliched in Dragon Quarter.
 
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jjasper

Member
For me (pre oct. 31):
1) KOTOR
2) Dragon Quest VIII
3) Mario: TTYD

Doesn't matter though cause there can only be 1: FFXII (collector's edition!)
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
BrodiemanTTR said:
Skies of Arcadia not found. Wild ARMs 3 not found. Back to the drawing board.

EDIT: And furthermore, Paper Mario 2.
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No, sir. Just no. I'm actually fan of the series (yeah, I know) but Wild Arms 3 is pretty average compared to...well just about every other RPG that was listed. I think the only reason I enjoy the series is the Western setting, thats pretty fresh for a JRPG, but otherwise meh. EDIT: But I did like the theme song, if that helps. :)

The correct answers for great / amazing / AAA / top of the line RPGS will be

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and

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Level 5 knows how to do it big.
 
G

Ganondorfo

Junior Member
Yeah can't wait for white dragon knight:) (maybe rogue galaxy also, but I've heard some negative responses about it, so we'll see), level 5 is not that perfect, they made also the first dark cloud.
 
M

MoxManiac

Member
Nocturne
DDS1-2
Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria (so far)
DQ8
BOF:DQ
Shadow Hearts Trilogy
FFX
Romancing SaGa

I'm assuming FFXII will be up there too when I play it.

If you count SRPGs, Fire Emblem and some of N1's titles(DIsgaea 1-2, PB, MK)
 
C

chase

Member
Skies of Arcadia
KOTOR
Dark Cloud 2


I really liked Oblivion but something prevents me from calling it a 'great RPG'.

Haven't played FFXII yet.
 
A

Altermo

Member
- Final Fantasy 10
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
- Digital Devil Saga 1-2
- Shadow Hearts
- Shadow Hearts: FTNW
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

And, of course, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, which is by far the best RPG I've played this generation so far.
 
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The End

Member
If I'm being discriminating here:

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Final Fantasy XII
Dark Cloud 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Disgaea
Skies of Arcadia
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Ganondorfo said:
Yeah can't wait for white dragon knight:) (maybe rogue galaxy also, but I've heard some negative responses about it, so we'll see), level 5 is not that perfect, they made also the first dark cloud.
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Georama in the original was cool. Having your life constantly drain if you didn't drink water was not.

The original Dark Cloud just had some really odd gameplay mechanics that sucked all the fun out of it. The water is a good example, also losing your weapon forever if the WHP ran out is another. The latter especially, you have to put a lot of time into your weapons in the Dark Cloud series. Not paying to your WHP for a second in the heat a battle could cost you big time.

Luckily all those things were fixed in Dark Cloud 2. Plus we got SPHEDA!
 
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