Greatest RPG Ever

Post by **Sylvus** » March 12, 2007, 12:00 pm

Okay, I'm slowly going to begin un-stickying the nomination threads and making polls for them. Polls will run for 7 days. Which is the greatest RPG ever?

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 12, 2007, 12:03 pm

So many fond memories on that list...

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 12, 2007, 12:21 pm

No kidding, I had a hard time voting. Ended up being Zelda a link to the past.. but I was damn close to voting for FF7 and FF Tactics.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » March 13, 2007, 2:44 pm

I go away for a week and NWN doesn't even get a poll entry?

/abstain

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 13, 2007, 2:48 pm

I feel so strongly about my pick in this category that I can't remember what it was from yesterday.

Post by **Sylvus** » March 13, 2007, 3:00 pm

vn_Tanc wrote:I go away for a week and NWN doesn't even get a poll entry?

/abstain

Ask and you shall receive!

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » March 13, 2007, 5:06 pm

Smashing, ta!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 13, 2007, 5:17 pm

Quick, need more Bard's Tale votes!

Janx · Post by **Janx** » March 13, 2007, 6:01 pm

So many emo ff7 voters =(

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » March 13, 2007, 7:42 pm

I think the fact that the Final Fantasy genre has received 1/3 of all the votes, and only makes up 4 of the games, speaks loudly for its team victory.

All Hail Locke and Celes!

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » March 13, 2007, 8:13 pm

Janx wrote:So many emo ff7 voters =(

wtf is emo about FF7?

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » March 13, 2007, 8:33 pm

I think we should separate Jap RPGs from proper ones.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 13, 2007, 8:44 pm

Sam and Max Hit the Road really should get some attention. The original Sam and Max was a great/funny game.

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » March 13, 2007, 11:12 pm

Went FF4, but god, it hurt like hell to not click Link to the Past, or Chrono Trigger or FF6/7. Damn you for making me choose!

miir · Post by **miir** » March 14, 2007, 11:15 am

While I really enjoy Final Fantasy type games, I don't really consider them to be true RPGs.

You play them as a preset character.
You really don't get to choose your character class or your appearance.
There is nothing unique about the character you play or the story that you play though, making it a pretty generic experience. It's pretty much the exact same game for everyone who plays it.

My vote went to Fallout 2.
I loved the atmosphere in the game. It was creepy, desolate and unsettling. The character customization was very innovative. While the overall story was the same each time you played through it, many encounters would have a vastly different (and sometimes hillarious) outcome based on your character skills and traits.

Your character was unique and usually very flawed. This (for me) made the game much more enjoyable and personal experience.
I think that's one of the most important aspects of an RPG.

Al · Post by Al » March 14, 2007, 11:54 am

A vote for Arena is a vote for all games with a wide open world in which anything goes!

miir · Post by **miir** » March 14, 2007, 2:28 pm

Al wrote:A vote for Arena is a vote for all games with a wide open world in which anything goes!

An ongoing theme in the Elder Scrolls series.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 14, 2007, 2:38 pm

I started TES with Morrowind. Absolutely loved that one and then Oblivion.

I regret not having given Daggerfall and Arena the benefit of the doubt based on about 10 minutes of demo play.

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » March 14, 2007, 3:56 pm

Animalor, I don't remember which, but one of the early two games was incredibly buggy. I wouldn't doubt you only made in ten minutes in.
Oblivion and Morrowind would have gotten my vote simply for the toolset. I must have put three times the amount of time into Morrowind simply playing maps and dungeons created by other players.

Al · Post by Al » March 15, 2007, 9:04 am

Daggerfall was the buggy one. Arena had a few, but they were mostly exproits. There was one where you could get a monster around a corner from you to just barely stick out, then beat it till it was dead without it ever fighting back. Daggerfall was more of a "WTF!?! I fell through the floor AGAIN!?!" sort of buggy.

And, for the record, Morrowind is still one of my favorite games of all time. I'm pretty sure I have that game completely discovered (including the talking mudcrab merchant), but I get surprised from time to time. I haven't played it in about 6 months, but the character I'm using is forbidden to use weapons or armor or thieves tools, only magic. It was tough in the beginning, but now it is kind of crazy how powerful he is. Bah... now I wanna start a new character.....

miir · Post by **miir** » March 15, 2007, 10:31 am

And, for the record, Morrowind is still one of my favorite games of all time. I'm pretty sure I have that game completely discovered (including the talking mudcrab merchant), but I get surprised from time to time. I haven't played it in about 6 months, but the character I'm using is forbidden to use weapons or armor or thieves tools, only magic. It was tough in the beginning, but now it is kind of crazy how powerful he is. Bah... now I wanna start a new character.....

Gah, fuck you.
I still have it installed.
I can't let myself get sucked back into that game.

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