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Good PC RPG?

RhinoRhino TheRhinLOLRegistered User regular
edited September 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm looking for a good RPG on the PC.

Something where I can customize characters (good party control) and such.
I don't carry much for story, just the ability to fight and tweak out my characters.

Kind of like old school FF series.

thoughts?

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  • Word5mithWord5mith Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Every JRPG, or rpg for that matter, I can think of for the computer is much more story focused than character building. Most of the character building ones aren't turned based. Or not true turn based. Have you tried Knights of the Old republic? Older more ff examples would be Septerra Core and Anachronox. But those are older and you'd have compatibility issues on a newer computer. And really there's not much character building to speak of but those are the FF style ones. Patching and stuff would be required and a massive pain. You may want to look at Might and magic if you haven't before. 7,8 and 9 were fairly satisfying.

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    feh... all the good RPG's have awesome stories and shit party character control.

    But I think the Baulders Gate series, and Planescape Torment are all excellent... but probably don't offer the party control you want.

    And maybe I'm drunk, but did the FF series really even offer that good of party control? Which FF are you even referring to?

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  • Word5mithWord5mith Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sentry wrote: »
    feh... all the good RPG's have awesome stories and shit party character control.

    But I think the Baulders Gate series, and Planescape Torment are all excellent... but probably don't offer the party control you want.

    And maybe I'm drunk, but did the FF series really even offer that good of party control? Which FF are you even referring to?

    I took what he said to mean stat building. And most every one has had some form or another of that. 1, 3 and 4 are the only ones I can think of that don't let you tweak your character's stats to one degree or another.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Neverwinter Nights 1+2
    Grandia II
    FFVII+VIII
    Anachronox
    Baldurs Gate 1+2
    Mass Effect
    KoTOR 1+2
    Arcanum
    Divine Divinity
    Fallout 1+2
    Torment
    Icewind Dale 1+2
    Temple of Elemental Evil

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  • Toxin01Toxin01 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Rook wrote: »
    Neverwinter Nights 1+2

    Patched neverwinter nights 2 is loads of fun.

    The expansion is even better.

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Word5mith wrote: »
    Sentry wrote: »
    feh... all the good RPG's have awesome stories and shit party character control.

    But I think the Baulders Gate series, and Planescape Torment are all excellent... but probably don't offer the party control you want.

    And maybe I'm drunk, but did the FF series really even offer that good of party control? Which FF are you even referring to?

    I took what he said to mean stat building. And most every one has had some form or another of that. 1, 3 and 4 are the only ones I can think of that don't let you tweak your character's stats to one degree or another.

    bah... I never considered materia equipping a quality form of stat adjusting.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    KOTOR.

    Character Customization
    Good Storyline
    Good Combat

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The Witcher is well worth a try, if you check the thread in G&T you can pick up the new Enhanced Edition for $30 direct to drive, or instore for $40 I believe.

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Fallout 1/2.
    End of thread.:P

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  • YamiNoSenshiYamiNoSenshi A point called Z In the complex planeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    rfalias wrote: »
    Fallout 1/2.
    End of thread.:P

    Aye, and we're supposed to see 3 before the end of the year, so if 1 or 2 strikes your fancy, you'll have something to look forward to.

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  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If you don't mind shit poor graphics and an impossibly hard game, Darklands offers a lot of options on character and party control.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    JustinSane07 wrote: »
    KOTOR.

    Character Customization
    Good Storyline
    Good Combat

    Other than the ending, KOTORII improves on KOTOR in every way.

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  • KatoKato Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Wizardy...all of them.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Rhino wrote: »
    I'm looking for a good RPG on the PC.

    Something where I can customize characters (good party control) and such.
    I don't carry much for story, just the ability to fight and tweak out my characters.

    Kind of like old school FF series.

    thoughts?

    Pretty much a summary of the Icewindale series

    Alternatively, the upcoming NWN expansion, Storm of Zethir

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  • vonPoonBurGervonPoonBurGer Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Richard_Dastardly wrote: »
    If you don't mind shit poor graphics and an impossibly hard game, Darklands offers a lot of options on character and party control.
    Oh god, Darklands... Very cool concepts, and lots of character customization options, but I could never get anywhere in that game.

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  • Jimmy KingJimmy King Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Spoit wrote: »
    Rhino wrote: »
    I'm looking for a good RPG on the PC.

    Something where I can customize characters (good party control) and such.
    I don't carry much for story, just the ability to fight and tweak out my characters.

    Kind of like old school FF series.

    thoughts?

    Pretty much a summary of the Icewindale series

    Alternatively, the upcoming NWN expansion, Storm of Zethir
    Thank god you posted that. I was sitting here trying my hardest to think of Icewind Dale and couldn't get the name to come to mind. I was about to post "those games that are like baldur's gate and planescape: torment but are something else".

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  • whuppinswhuppins Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Anything by Spiderweb Software.

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  • DiogeeDiogee Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If you want something really oldschool and basic, you could always try Drakkar.

    Just google 'drakkar'. I played this game maybe... 8 years ago. Super basic graphics but fun once you get going.

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  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Richard_Dastardly wrote: »
    If you don't mind shit poor graphics and an impossibly hard game, Darklands offers a lot of options on character and party control.

    Holy shit, someone else who played Darklands! I thought we were all wiped out!

    Rhino, Darklands is exactly what you're looking for. Fantastic character customization, tons of stuff to do, and plenty of fighting. It's still my very favorite RPG.

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  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Richard_Dastardly wrote: »
    If you don't mind shit poor graphics and an impossibly hard game, Darklands offers a lot of options on character and party control.

    Holy shit, someone else who played Darklands! I thought we were all wiped out!

    Rhino, Darklands is exactly what you're looking for. Fantastic character customization, tons of stuff to do, and plenty of fighting. It's still my very favorite RPG.

    Just never leave the first city. You will die.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The old Might and Magic games are pretty entertaining. I'm replaying through 7 now. I got it and 6 and a two pack for 10 bucks a couple years ago. I'm sure you coul dfind it somewhere.

    Also if you are masochistic, Elona.

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  • coolguy90000coolguy90000 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    CHARLES BARKLEY: SHUT UP AND JAM: GAIDEN

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Fallout 1+2 allows for a good character customization, both at creation and when levelling. Also, they're incredibly fucking awesome.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I want you bastards to know that this thread is making me reinstall Anachranox for the fourth time.

    I START CLASSES TOMORROW!

    You bastards.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have yet to finish Septerra Core- but I really really really liked that game. Maybe it was the concept that blew my mind, but I found it to be a solid product and didn't understand why it didn't sell more. You could probably steal it and Interplay wouldn't care. Hell are they around any more?

    Does Morrowind count as an RPG? Regardless, play it, it's awesome.

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  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    ADOM is pretty sweet too... but I don't think I've ever gotten very far being that you can't save and every third potion is poisoned. I suppose if you're good you can do a lot of cool stuff, like wander around with a whole army of undead ASCII characters.

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  • tralevtralev Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    You can get Fallout 1 & 2 for $5.99 each, guaranteed to run on XP AND Vista here: http://www.gog.com/en/frontpage/

    I could not recommend it more.

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  • Kate of LokysKate of Lokys Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Thirding (fourthing?) Icewind Dale. I found the first one and its expansion to be tremendously enjoyable. The story consists of a long series of McGuffins - go to this dungeon to find that thing, oh look a clue drops from the last boss leading you to the next dungeon, then something happens that sends you on to another dungeon, etc - but the character creation is full D&D 2.5E glory. I swear I spent more time creating characters than I did playing the game. Rolling for stats, assigning proficiencies, coming up with names and backstories... so much fun.

    I have always found that the less information I'm force-fed about a character, the more I like them. Baldur's Gate was great, don't get me wrong, but I never really felt like I was controlling anything. Random people kept wandering in and either tried to assassinate me, or lectured me about my fate and choices and shit. So yeah, Devin the super-serious human priest raised by Gorion and intended for some high dark destiny was a badass dude, but I just didn't care about him half as much as I cared about Tiber Rourke, the feckless half-elf all-drunk fighter who washed up on the shores of Lac Dinneshere after a series of wild and mostly unspoken adventures down south.

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  • k1DBLITZk1DBLITZ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Keep your eyes peeled for Dragon Age. Comes out early next year I believe.

    http://dragonage.bioware.com/

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  • SarcastroSarcastro Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If you want custom chars, I liked both Oblivion and Gothic 3. No parties on those though, well, not much anyway. Deus Ex is decent in that regard as well. I liked M&M Messiah, but its a huge pig on resources.

    Word up on KOTOR for party management, so, so much fun.

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  • eyaoeyao Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    As many have stated, nothing beats Fallout 1/2 - go play it now, thank us later

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  • IriahIriah Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Arcanum is way underrated. It's actually better than Fallout, though arguably a poorer game. It's stable if you get the patch though. Get Arcanum from somewhere!

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