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Looking for good cheap CRPGs to buy.

JastJast Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Games and Technology
I'm almost on break, and the post in the Dragon Age thread got me interested in some old rpgs. I really wanted to get Baldur's Gate 2, but unfortunately direct2drive doesn't have it and Steam doesn't either. What are some other suggestions. I've been thinking about Fallout 2, and maybe even Deus Ex, but I'm leaning more towards a party based game that plays along the lines of baldur's gate. Something 25$ and under would be good, and my computer isn't a powerhouse, so something like NWN2 would be out of thought.

Basically, a game that plays like Baldur's Gate and is as interesting as Baldur's Gate, that I can find on a site like direct2drive or steam.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    GOG.com is your new friend. Might and Magic, Fallout, Arx Fatalis are all worth checking out. If you live in America, try gametap for a month for Baldur's Gate and Deus Ex.

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  • JastJast Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Gametap has Baldur's gate for serious? I checked out their buy games section and didn't see it.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Planescape: Torment is a good game, if you like a game where you can talk your way out of almost every encounter. The old NWN and subsequent expansions are fun, too. While not exactly party based, the Elderscrolls series, particularly Morrowind and its expansions, are fun if you enjoy a first person perspective rpg.

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You can get the entire Baldur's Gate collection for 30 bucks on Amazon.
    http://www.amazon.com/Baldurs-Gate-4-1-Boxset-PC/dp/B000FGA1US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1255552756&sr=8-1

    Both GoG and Steam have all the fallout games, and Steam has Knights of the Old Republic for 10 bucks.

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  • OrogogusOrogogus San DiegoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, Fallout is a party-based game that is more or less like Baldur's Gate. You can't control your party members (and I don't really understand why not), but it seems like a good fit and it's on gog.com for $6.

    GOG also has Septerra Core ($6, JRPG-style) and Realms of Arkania ($6 2-pack, old school European RPG where your characters would freeze in cold weather if not wearing proper clothing and your shoes would wear out, although I think this was alleviated in either the sequels or the patch).

    Off of Steam, I'd recommend the Freedom Force games ($7.50 2-pack or $5 each, old school style superheroes)

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  • TanolenTanolen Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines is great, and on steam for $20, but it more than likely will be on sale in the coming weeks for halloween.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Jast wrote: »
    Gametap has Baldur's gate for serious? I checked out their buy games section and didn't see it.
    They did, along with Planescape, but Atari made them take it down. I don't even understand why Atari owns Baldur's Gate, but there you go.

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  • Mei HikariMei Hikari Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Tanolen wrote: »
    Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines is great, and on steam for $20, but it more than likely will be on sale in the coming weeks for halloween.

    I'll second that recommendation.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Thirded.

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well, I've never tried a CRPG before but loved the combat in FFXII (which I've been told handles a bit like some CRPGs). Is Baldur's Gate a good gateway CRPG? Or should I try something like Mass Effect?

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Maybe something from Spiderweb? The games all have pretty huge demos.

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  • lowlylowlycooklowlylowlycook Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Havelock wrote: »
    Planescape: Torment is a good game, if you like a game where you can talk your way out of almost every encounter. The old NWN and subsequent expansions are fun, too. While not exactly party based, the Elderscrolls series, particularly Morrowind and its expansions, are fun if you enjoy a first person perspective rpg.

    Daggerfall is even free.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well, I've never tried a CRPG before but loved the combat in FFXII (which I've been told handles a bit like some CRPGs). Is Baldur's Gate a good gateway CRPG? Or should I try something like Mass Effect?
    As long as you're not too manly to look at a walkthrough, then yes. At least for me, BG1 was nearly impossible without using the walkthrough to see where all the quests and cool stuff is. BG2 is much better designed, but would still probably be fairly difficult without the walkthrough. I was addicted to it so I wouldn't know how BG2 would go without one.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well, I've never tried a CRPG before but loved the combat in FFXII (which I've been told handles a bit like some CRPGs). Is Baldur's Gate a good gateway CRPG? Or should I try something like Mass Effect?

    BG is kind of clunky, although worth getting into.
    The second game is a little easier on the new player, and probably the pinnacle of the entire genre.
    It's quite possible you'd find Mass Effect or something much more accessible to start with, though, or maybe Dragon Age when it hits.

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I'm kinda pumped for Dragon Age but since it hits Nov. 17 (curse you PS3!) I want something to tide me over till then. How about KOTOR?

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  • lowlylowlycooklowlylowlycook Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    KOTOR is indeed awesome.

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  • JastJast Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I decided to go with Fallout 2. I've never played it before. I was about to go with bloodlines but the creepy atmosphere and the fact I use a mousepad turned me off to it. Hopefully Fallout will last me to the fourth, and then Dragon Age, here I come.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    ...why would a mousepad cause you to skip out on Vampire? It's really, really fucking great.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Havelock wrote: »
    Planescape: Torment is a good game, if you like a game where you can talk your way out of almost every encounter. The old NWN and subsequent expansions are fun, too. While not exactly party based, the Elderscrolls series, particularly Morrowind and its expansions, are fun if you enjoy a first person perspective rpg.

    This along with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura are all excellent suggestions.

    edit: also, everything here is great. They're even having a 10% off sale this month!

    edit2: looks like jothki beat me to the Spiderweb Software suggestion! That's okay though, their games are great and deserve as much attention as I can give them.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    ...why would a mousepad cause you to skip out on Vampire? It's really, really fucking great.

    I think he's talking about a laptop mouse pad. Games like that are a bitch to play with those. Combat succccks.

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  • OrogogusOrogogus San DiegoRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    ...why would a mousepad cause you to skip out on Vampire? It's really, really fucking great.

    Laptop mousepads are usually terrible for FPS games, or any kind of action game. I'm sure people will chime in about how they're the number 4 ranked Counterstrike player on the Eastern seaboard using a mousepad, but I've never had any luck with them.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Orogogus wrote: »
    ...why would a mousepad cause you to skip out on Vampire? It's really, really fucking great.

    Laptop mousepads are usually terrible for FPS games, or any kind of action game. I'm sure people will chime in about how they're the number 4 ranked Counterstrike player on the Eastern seaboard using a mousepad, but I've never had any luck with them.

    When someone says mousepad I usually think the foam pad you put a mouse on, not the trackpad thing on a laptop.

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Just order BG2 from Amazon.

    If you haven't played it, there's really no other game that's worth the effort before you do.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Drakensang is $19.99 on Amazon, and completely fantastic.

    It's like D&D, but ass backwards. If I remember right, it's a German PnP game that was made into this rpg. I fucking loved it for the time I played it.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Figgy wrote: »
    Drakensang is $19.99 on Amazon, and completely fantastic.

    It's like D&D, but ass backwards. If I remember right, it's a German PnP game that was made into this rpg. I fucking loved it for the time I played it.

    If we're talking about european RPGs now, The Witcher has to be mentioned. Especially since it's only $15.

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  • BorysBorys Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well, I've never tried a CRPG before but loved the combat in FFXII (which I've been told handles a bit like some CRPGs). Is Baldur's Gate a good gateway CRPG? Or should I try something like Mass Effect?

    KOTOR man. You absolutely must try KOTOR. In my opinion it is a great gateway to more hardcore PC RPGS like Baldur's Gate.

    Coming from FF12 this will feel right like home (similiar camera system and combat).

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  • cwoaccwoac Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Tanolen wrote: »
    Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines is great, and on steam for $20, but it more than likely will be on sale in the coming weeks for halloween.

    Is that based on any actual info or just random hopeful speculation ( somewhat hoping the former since I'm stingy enough to want to avoid paying more than I have to to replace my discs ).

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  • oakloreoaklore Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I approve of this thread.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Spoit wrote: »
    Figgy wrote: »
    Drakensang is $19.99 on Amazon, and completely fantastic.

    It's like D&D, but ass backwards. If I remember right, it's a German PnP game that was made into this rpg. I fucking loved it for the time I played it.

    If we're talking about european RPGs now, The Witcher has to be mentioned. Especially since it's only $15.

    Seconded, and I would say Drakensang and The Witcher are the two you want to check out post-haste. They have extremely different styles, one being real-time combat and one being action-turn-based.

    All of the classics are of course recommended (Baldur's Gate, Elderscrolls, etc.) but I find many of them lose their charm.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    cwoac wrote: »
    Tanolen wrote: »
    Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines is great, and on steam for $20, but it more than likely will be on sale in the coming weeks for halloween.

    Is that based on any actual info or just random hopeful speculation ( somewhat hoping the former since I'm stingy enough to want to avoid paying more than I have to to replace my discs ).

    For the last two (three?) years, it's gone on sale for Halloween. It's possibly valve might co-op the sale with a left 4 dead sale. It's highly unlikely that Vampire will miss out on the same 50% off deal when they get to the end of the years sale.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Figgy wrote: »
    Spoit wrote: »
    Figgy wrote: »
    Drakensang is $19.99 on Amazon, and completely fantastic.

    It's like D&D, but ass backwards. If I remember right, it's a German PnP game that was made into this rpg. I fucking loved it for the time I played it.

    If we're talking about european RPGs now, The Witcher has to be mentioned. Especially since it's only $15.

    Seconded, and I would say Drakensang and The Witcher are the two you want to check out post-haste. They have extremely different styles, one being real-time combat and one being action-turn-based.

    All of the classics are of course recommended (Baldur's Gate, Elderscrolls, etc.) but I find many of them lose their charm.

    Don't forget the Gothic games and the new spiritual successor, Risen. All of them are great. Well, I hear bad things about the third Gothic game so you may or may not want to mess with that, but the first two are definitely worth getting (and you can get em cheap off GOG.com. In fact, you may just want to go there and browse their RPGs regardless).

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