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Lesser known RPGs
M4:
With the exceptions of the Final Fantasy games, Xenogears is possibly the greatest RPG for the PSO.
Do not dispute me.
ScrambledGregs:
Xenogears was awfully cool, but I don't think you'd find many who agree with you.
Scytale:
I dunno how many of these are lesser known but these are a few of the RPG's I really enjoy on the computer, some of them are pretty old now:
Ultima Underworld
Gabriel Knight (I dunno if this is strictly an RPG, great game though)
Arcanum
Wizardry 8
Neverwinter Nights + expansions (especially Hordes of the Underdark) - best D&D based game I've played.
Legends of Lore (old Westwood game pretty hard to get a copy of)
Lords of Magic (Kind of like a combination of Turn Based stratergy, empire builder and a RPG, used to multiplayer it with a mate, takes months to finish)
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines (WoD/VtR is another table top RPG I play, game is really well done)
There's a really good one I can't remember the name off. It was one of the first RPG's I got into when it I played it on our first computer (386) it was made during the cold war and you were a spy inside the USSR, I think it was made by Microprose, gah I've probably still got it on a 5.4' disk at my parents house, it was really good...
There's another one where you were a hacker was kind of Cyber punkish pretty old too gah all these old games I've forgotten about :(
Johnny C:
COVERT ACTION!?!?
Man I loved that game so much.
rasufelle:
Horray for RPGs, the greatest games ever!
Finding good uncommon RPGs can be rather difficult, as most of the time only big companies can afford the amount of work that the genre truly needs to produce a game that is more than merely passably playable. However, there are some games that I feel truly are excellent, or at least innovative, yet less than well known.
Koudelka- You hear people say they like Shadow Hearts? Well, the Shadow Hearts games are essentially sequels to this game. A PS1 RPG with exceptional graphics, and some of the weirdest battle mechanics I think I've ever played with: it's like a cross between Tactics and Grandia the way most battles will play out. Not only that, but some creepy story elements are pretty good, too.
Lunar: Silver Star- I managed to get an ORIGINAL COPY of this game, case and all, at a pawn shop about a week ago for seven and a half dollars. GLEE. The Sega CD was never put to better use than the early Lunar games, and though I must admit that the PS1 release of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete was superior in almost every aspect, the original was released in 1991. That, combined with what I still consider to be excellent voice acting work and interesting play mechanics, make this game a hard to find, if not unknown, treat.
Wandering Fighter- actually, this game is a fairly recent freeware side-scrolling RPG available online. Imagine the GBA Castlevania games crossed with the battles from Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. Very interesting, pretty fun.
Throne of Darkness- Imagine Diablo II in feudal Japan with the ability to play, like, six different classes of warrior at once- from mages to ninjas to samurai- and you've essentially got Throne of Darkness. The resource management in this game is EVIL, but that's half the fun.
Willow- Okay, so it mostly plays like Zelda with more story and options. This isn't a problem. Why? Because it plays like Zelda, with more story and options. And Bal Morda. Very detailed graphics for an NES game, as well.
Evolution- these Dreamcast RPGs- wait, these games sucked. Never mind, moving on.
That's about it. Oh, and I still think that Grandia II on the Dreamcast is the epitome of the classic style RPG, so if you've never played it, well, you should!
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