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16bit-type RPGS for PC?
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Are there any good RPGs for the pc that are styled after the 16bit era in graphics and story?
Don't suggest roms ffs, I'm looking for actual PC games.
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I know I whore them out all the time (I did earlier today in fact!) but Spiderweb Software has some really good old-school RPG games.
I like the Geneforge series they did, scratched my old-school RPG itch nicely.
The Aveyond series from Amaranth Games are another decent set to check out. They're simply made with RPGMaker, but they have some good ideas and decent plot.
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Edit - Ha, there's only three RPGs listed there and one of them has been noted already.
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For the past week I had been trying to remember the name of an old RPG I'd played on my MacinTosh as a child, and it was Exile/Avernum
Time to enter the Way Back Machine and replay that shit
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I don't have a Mac but I still think it's cool that he makes his games for both Mac and PC, not many devs do that anymore. Not only that, he actually makes them for the Mac first, then ports them over to PC (Avernum 6 is coming out later this year for Mac and won't be out on PC till some time next year), that's pretty neat.
It comes from actually using a Mac as his primary computer himself. And since he's the only coder, that means working on one thing at a time.
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Looks cool, boughted!
Seriously, though, you can check out Septerra Core on Good Old Games. I don't know how well it holds up these days, but it was an interesting Western take on Japanese RPGs back when it came out.
Other than that, there are a few indie games, such as Spirit Engine, which I'm told is quite good.
Available on Steam and with a demo. :-)
Anachronix or whatever the hell it's called is basically a 3D mashup of Chrono Trigger and Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Not quite what you're asking for (Barkley is however) but a damn fine game nonetheless.
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I'd second this.
Last Scenario is normal JRPG type game. Exit Fate is like Suikoden; it's a blend of RPG and army/castle building.
Also, it's canon, so you can't beat that. You'll be playing actual history when you run through it.
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I used to always see praise for Laxius Power. Is that actually considered a good RPG? I was always curious, but never tried it myself.
I am also going to throw another vote in for the Avernum/Exile games (play the avernum ones, same game but updated). While its not exactly 16bit- it captures that feeling and era very well. They are also fantastic games. I recomend Blades Of Avernum of you don't have a huge amount of time to sink. Its 4-5 mini games that are 15-20 hours in length (maybe more). You can dedicate a bit of time to beat them then save your party and move onto the next adventure.
Great games. I love them and spiderweb is fantastic.
I've got Elona.
Plus one character can use gun's.
And there's a robot/basketball/dwarf.
And it makes fun of weeaboos and furries.
Fuck no. Well, maybe. It's one of the handful of RM2K games that's actually completed, so that's worth something on it's own. Apparently it's really long too. But I wouldn't know, seeing as how the beginning was so godawful I never played very far into it.
There's 2 sequels though, and I've never tried either of them.
Pimping my own thread/LP of The Way, which is easily one of the best things that ever came out of the RPG Maker scene.
Laxius Power is only for if you really like JRPG dungeon crawls and grinding. The story is bad, and not only that, the guy who made it is French and has a lot of trouble with English grammar and spelling. However, he managed to complete 3 HUGE games (a massive feat when you consider that the total number of completed RM2k games worth noting can't be more than a dozen), and they're relatively tough.
Also, he does his own art and there's some NSFW stuff in there.
I'd check out Three The Hard Way as well. Free, quite long (at least 30 hours, with many branching paths, secrets, multiple endings, etc), very well written for the type of game it is, even if it's not much to look at, and it's actually complete.
There's also a FF fan game called Endless Nova that's decent enough. Might take you 15-20 hours.
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I used to be part of the RM2K community back around 2001/2002. It was really the first online community I got into and as such it holds a lot of memories for me. These games are the ones I remember as being particularly good. Unfortunatly, due to the slow, painful death of the RPG Making scene a lot of very good games were lost to the sands of time. I'll do my best to dig up anything I can (I'll try and keep the list updated) and even raid from my own personal collection of games and upload what I can. However, these games were downloaded a long time ago and most of them have been lost over the years, but I'll grab what I still have sitting on old hard drives.
Also keep in mind the context when you're playing the games. Some games (A Blurred Line, The Way) hold up incredibly well no matter what, at times rivalling professionally made games. Others, however, aren't that impressive until you realize they were made by amateurs with a decade old program. Some may not have aged as well (It's probably been 6 or 7 years since I played some of these) but at the very least they're interesting from a historial perspective. Some may not even be RPGs, but considering the engine they're made in, are still pretty damn impressive.
A Blurred Line
The grand daddy of all RM2K games. This game is considered to be the best thing that ever came from the community, and with good reason. The storyline to this game is really something else.
Be warned, however, that it was never completed and likely never will be. You'll probably never get an end to the amazing storyline, so I hope you're okay with that before starting.
Romancing Walker
An RPG/dating sim hybrid. If my memory is correct, it was a pretty interesting game that's well worth the playthrough. It was originally Japanese, so beware of the dreaded Engrish!
The Way
If A Blurred Line isn't considered the best RM2K game, then this is. Broken up into 6 parts, this game was actually completed and is, from what I hear, phenominal.
Phylomortis II
This game was created by one of the most controversial people to ever grace the community, RPGAdvocate (or Advo for short). The game is.... interesting, using INCREDIBLY pretentious dialogue. However, it is long and coded really well. Apparantly the story is pretty interesting and the game pretty good if you can suffer
through the writing.
Kinetic Cipher
One of my personal favourites. It was never completed, but what is there is long and really cool. I remember the characters being particularly memorable and the locations interesting. The dungeon design in this game is unrivalled in the RM2K realm, and rivals many professional RPGs.
Nigsek: A Monster's Tale
A fangame worth playing. Takes place in the Zelda universe in an alternate timeline from Ocarina of Time. The game is open ended and complete, but buggy is some spots. There's a lot of gameplay here (I'm told around 25 hours) and even a fair amount of FMV (when this game was released in 2000 this kind of thing was unheard of. I think it's still the only game to actually have FMV). I've never played it myself, but it was one of the staples of the community.
If anyone is interested I may actually create a thread to share with people the glory days of the RM2K scene. I imagine I could dig up enough content to keep a thread going, and it would be a nice place to talk about the games if anyone actually wants to play them.
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Still, I visit gamingworld once in a while since it's the one site I frequented for that sort of stuff.
Anyway, get Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden. You will never play anything better.
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