So, what are some good RPGs/Dungeon Crawlers?
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Recently I played through Dragon Age: Origins and absolutely loved it. It was my first D&D'ish style of dungeon crawling and adventuring and now its got me hooked. Problem is after a few runthroughs the game gets old (obviously) and I was wondering if anyone could recommenced me something similar to this.
Age/Graphics don't matter as long as it has graphics. I gave a stab at a few roguelikes awhile back and just couldn't stand it.
Age/Graphics don't matter as long as it has graphics. I gave a stab at a few roguelikes awhile back and just couldn't stand it.
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Due to being text-based, or even the ones with simple graphics? Castle of the Winds is a free and user-friendly roguelike that I always enjoyed.
Otherwise try Morrowind or Oblivion! The full version of Morrowind with both expansions is super cheap these days.
If you want to play the absolute best Star Wars movies outside of the original trilogy, get Knights of the Old Republic (also Bioware) and KOTOR 2 (by Obsidian). 2 has the issue of the developers suddenly realizing they had to release a game, like, tomorrow, so the end is ... not as satisfying as it could be, but it builds on and refines what KOTOR 1 did very, very well.
The Eye of the Beholder series (SSI) is another D&D2nd-based game, which features first-person dungeon crawling through an ... extensive ... dungeon. Make sure to have some graph paper on hand. 1 and 2 are fantastic (still some of my favorite games), though 3 is ... eh.
For some post-apocalyptic roleplaying, Fallouts 1, 2, and 3 are hard to pass up. The series features one of the few games in which you can actually talk down the final boss and win through diplomacy. Fallout 3 is a major departure for the series, changing from the isometric camera of 1 and 2 to a 1st-person/3rd-person view similar to Morrowind and Oblivion (which, already recommended, are also good).
It's tough - I've got a whole shelf-full of these kinds of games at home, and I'm trying to remember the ones I liked the most.
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PC, console, what?
there's some on the DS
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Baldur's Gate 1.
Baldur's Gate 2.
Planescape: Torment.
Fallout 1.
Fallout 2.
KOTOR.
Never played them, but Icewind Dale 1 & 2, I guess.
Anyway, in case you're overwhelmed: if you don't play anything else on this list, play Baldur's Gate 2.
Everyone should play Baldur's Gate 2.
Also Planescape.
Everyone should play those two.
At least BG2.
It's so good.
Still, it's a quality game and if you don't mind the D&D system itself then it's a great dungeon crawl.
Also, Fallout is just great. Really, really great. I really should pick my Femme Fatale playthrough of that back up again.
I would probably skip directly to Icewind Dale 2. And yes, it's a great game. It's a different experience from the BG games, but no less excellent. Lots of stuff to stab, and dead cats.
Neverwinter Nights 2 is pretty similar, at least in my eyes. It plays more strictly to the D&D rules, but it also tends to follow the bioware formula more closely. It does tend to be fairly linear, though, which might be a turn off for you.
Seconding KOTOR and Torchlight because games are amazing like what
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I actually own this, and I find that it's ... impossible? ... unless you're a Cleric / Something. Otherwise, resting to heal damage takes too long, and you end up running out of food and starving to death (and / or being eaten by wandering monsters).
Is there a way to tweak this? I'd really like to play it more.
I'll second Neverwinter Nights as being an absolutely fantastic game engine. The "Original Campaign" (OC) for the base game, though, suffers a lot for being originally designed to take your character from 1st to about 7th-10th level (IIRC). Then, someone said, "Hey - there's 20 levels of character development available; why are you shortchanging your players?" So, much padding was added last-minutish, and the campaign suffers for it.
That being said, the universe of downloadable modules (adventures) for the game is so far out of this world it's ridiculous, including some pretty amazing linked scenarios (e.g., a campaign in 4 or 6 parts).
The two expansion packs from Bioware added in a couple much more entertaining campaigns, a well as a slew of new tools for the modders.
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e: Oh! now I remember. The food meter only affects your ability to rest, so save rations and whatnot until you need to start resting to memorize spells or something. Otherwise rely on the shrines to heal.
And part 3 is on the way, featuring sailing, pirates, farmers, cross-classing, and underboob.
People have already mentioned Etrian Odyssey 1 & 2. Those are for DS (and 2, at least, is great fun; never played 1; 4th Stratum go!). It feels like a JRPG version of Eye of the Beholder to me.
Also, a Grand Duchy is a place, not a person, you silly Nipponese!
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The Dark Spire. It's evil and sadistic.
For Rogue Like dungeon crawlers check out Shiren (obligatory), and my personal favorite, the Izuna games (probably because I haven't picked up Shiren yet).
Izuna gets bonus points for being totally light hearted and loaded with bewb jokes. It's also not crushingly difficult. Merely really hard. Both of them are fun, but Izuna 2 is the "real" Izuna game, with an overworld, tons of playable characters, a tag team system and lots of improvements and tweaks over the first one. I'd only look up the first game if you are an obsessive collector, since it's probably difficult to find now and overpriced for what you'd get.
A quick look at eBay gives some backup to my last statement. You'll pay thirtiesh dollars for the first one used, and you can buy the second new for around ten.
I'm going to second this game as well, it has a lot of options to choose from when creating your party and there's a lot of places to explore, monsters to kill, loot to be had, etc. It also has some hilarious voice acting and there's quite a bit of humorous dialogue. The only downside I've found is the battles can tend to run a long time when there's quite a few enemies around and everything has to take it's turn, but otherwise a superb game.
I hear Shiren the Wanderer is a good DS roguelike.
There's a game on the PSP called... I think the name is... uh... Class of Heroes? Did I get that right?
It's made by the Etrian Odyssey folks, only it's not EO. It's a dungeon crawler though, and aside from different classes there's a bunch of different races to assign your class to. It looked neat. But I don't have a PSP. So it's sad times over here.
If you want a more unique kind of RPG that isn't really a traditional RPG, Riviera: The Promised Land is an option. It was originally a GBA game in the States (which was a touching up of a Wonder Swan version), but it's got a PSP version that's even more touched up and has full voice acting. I just beat the game (GBA version) like 20 minutes ago.
Absolutely fucking essential.
Oh and regarding the dungeon crawl on DS thing...Mystery Dungeon: Shiren The Wanderer. It's easily the best DS purchase I ever made.
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Downloaded crawl, and added Baldur's Gate 1/2, Demons Souls, and Planescape: Torment to my list of things to play.
Neverwinter Nights also looks pretty good. Was wondering though if I should just skip to the sequel or if playing the original was a must.