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XB360 RPG question

Shifty_CalhounShifty_Calhoun Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Games and Technology
Hi everyone,

I would like your knowledge on XBox 360 RPGs.

Appart from Oblivion and Too human, are there any RPGs on xbox 360 that are not in a JRPG style?

Is there any new ones on the horizon? I was hoping there would be more traditional D&D style RPGs out by now. I guess I'll have to wait.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Mass Effect?

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Fallout 3, October 28.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    And Too Human isn't really an RPG

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  • TiemlerTiemler Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    No one mentioned Fable 2 yet?

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Fable 2 and Fallout 3 are both coming out in about a month.

    Mass Effect is out and if you haven't played it you should go buy it right away.

    edit: whoops, beaten on all three counts.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I was going to mention that some people liked Eternal Sonata... I was then going to add Blue Dragon, but then I rechecked to make sure...

    Still, people did like them. They might be an option when the others have been beaten. Otherwise, I also second the WRPGs already mentioned.

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  • liquidloganliquidlogan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Might and Magic Elements. I remember my friend saying it was subpar though.

    Two Worlds. Its generic and glitchy but it was a fun time generally.

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  • Shifty_CalhounShifty_Calhoun Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sorry guys, I forgot to mention I have played through Mass Effect.

    I'll be definitely picking up fable 2 and fallout 3.

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  • Glenn565Glenn565 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The only other WRPG on the 360 I can think of is Sacred 2, but it's a Diablo clone. Which may or may not be coming out. No one aside from gaming enthusiast websites thinks it exists.

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  • Shoegaze99Shoegaze99 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    liquidlogan wrote: »
    Two Worlds. Its generic and glitchy but it was a fun time generally.
    I agree. Two Worlds is frequently and savagely trashed, but once I got through that first hour or so I had genuine fun with it. Vast world to explore even larger than Oblivion's, lots of differing environments, and the funniest voice acting ever.

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  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    The only other WRPG on the 360 I can think of is Sacred 2, but it's a Diablo clone. Which may or may not be coming out. No one aside from gaming enthusiast websites thinks it exists.


    Sacred 2 will basically be a day 1 buy for me on PC.


    Seriously. One of the characters is a dude who was in fucking VALHALLA. And then the elves resurrected him to fight this evil thing, thus dragging him out of Valhalla.


    He didn't like that much.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    liquidlogan wrote: »
    Might and Magic Elements. I remember my friend saying it was subpar though.

    More of an Action game with very light RPG elements, although if it's a fantasy setting you are after, it has a very RPG-esque (for want of a better word) fantasy setting.

    Puzzle Quest is on XBLA right?

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  • brynstarbrynstar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    What about Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom? It's not the greatest Action RPG, but it's certainly not horrible either.

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  • Venkman90Venkman90 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    The only other WRPG on the 360 I can think of is Sacred 2, but it's a Diablo clone. Which may or may not be coming out. No one aside from gaming enthusiast websites thinks it exists.

    o_O

    I have seen hands on from many folk, including OXBM amongst others, the 360 version is due out in Nov

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    A dude from Eurogamer just went to the studio, and did some voice acting.

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  • Shoegaze99Shoegaze99 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    Puzzle Quest is on XBLA right?

    Yes. A good translation of it, too. Good call. Puzzle Quest may not feel like an RPH because of the whole puzzle thing, but ignore the puzzles and the game is an old school RPG as they come.

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  • Shifty_CalhounShifty_Calhoun Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I wasnt thinking of live arcade games but I would have mentioned I have puzzle quest already had I thaught of it at the time.

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  • Glenn565Glenn565 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Venkman90 wrote: »
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    The only other WRPG on the 360 I can think of is Sacred 2, but it's a Diablo clone. Which may or may not be coming out. No one aside from gaming enthusiast websites thinks it exists.

    o_O

    I have seen hands on from many folk, including OXBM amongst others, the 360 version is due out in Nov

    Yes, but the people you have to buy it from don't have it listed. No one. At all.

    Which is what I was talking about.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Well in addition to Fable 2 and Fallout 3 on the horizon, there is Alpha Protocol.

    From what I remember, it's an action RPG from Obsidian. I think it's kind of Mass Effect meets Splinter Cell.

    Most importantly though, it has a "3JB" dialogue system, which give you access to 3 options:
    "professional" (Jason Bourne),
    "suave" (James Bond), and
    "aggressive" (Jack Bauer).

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  • Shady3011Shady3011 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    It's probably best to point out that Eternal Sonata and Tales of Vesperia don't play like your typical JRPGs. Plus they have pseudo co-op in the sense that another player can take control of one of the characters on the battlefield.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    Well in addition to Fable 2 and Fallout 3 on the horizon, there is Alpha Protocol.

    From what I remember, it's an action RPG from Obsidian. I think it's kind of Mass Effect meets Splinter Cell.

    Most importantly though, it has a "3JB" dialogue system, which give you access to 3 options:
    "professional" (Jason Bourne),
    "suave" (James Bond), and
    "aggressive" (Jack Bauer).
    Alpha Protocol will be so awesome for the reason listed above.

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  • Shoegaze99Shoegaze99 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    Well in addition to Fable 2 and Fallout 3 on the horizon, there is Alpha Protocol.

    From what I remember, it's an action RPG from Obsidian. I think it's kind of Mass Effect meets Splinter Cell.

    Most importantly though, it has a "3JB" dialogue system, which give you access to 3 options:
    "professional" (Jason Bourne),
    "suave" (James Bond), and
    "aggressive" (Jack Bauer).

    First I've heard of this, but based on your post alone I'm interested.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Shoegaze99 wrote: »
    liquidlogan wrote: »
    Two Worlds. Its generic and glitchy but it was a fun time generally.
    I agree. Two Worlds is frequently and savagely trashed, but once I got through that first hour or so I had genuine fun with it. Vast world to explore even larger than Oblivion's, lots of differing environments, and the funniest voice acting ever.

    How glitchy is it? I could deal with all sorts of problems, but if it is going to crash and make me lose progress it can fuck itself.

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  • Glenn565Glenn565 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    apotheos wrote: »
    Shoegaze99 wrote: »
    liquidlogan wrote: »
    Two Worlds. Its generic and glitchy but it was a fun time generally.
    I agree. Two Worlds is frequently and savagely trashed, but once I got through that first hour or so I had genuine fun with it. Vast world to explore even larger than Oblivion's, lots of differing environments, and the funniest voice acting ever.

    How glitchy is it? I could deal with all sorts of problems, but if it is going to crash and make me lose progress it can fuck itself.

    I've never had it crash or delete my data when I played it.

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  • Shoegaze99Shoegaze99 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    apotheos wrote: »
    Shoegaze99 wrote: »
    liquidlogan wrote: »
    Two Worlds. Its generic and glitchy but it was a fun time generally.
    I agree. Two Worlds is frequently and savagely trashed, but once I got through that first hour or so I had genuine fun with it. Vast world to explore even larger than Oblivion's, lots of differing environments, and the funniest voice acting ever.

    How glitchy is it? I could deal with all sorts of problems, but if it is going to crash and make me lose progress it can fuck itself.

    What Glenn said. I had no crashes or lost saves or anything of that nature, just occasional wonkieness with dialogue sync or enemy AI going haywire, stuff like that. Oh, and once my horse got stuck inside a rock.

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  • Venkman90Venkman90 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    Venkman90 wrote: »
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    The only other WRPG on the 360 I can think of is Sacred 2, but it's a Diablo clone. Which may or may not be coming out. No one aside from gaming enthusiast websites thinks it exists.

    o_O

    I have seen hands on from many folk, including OXBM amongst others, the 360 version is due out in Nov

    Yes, but the people you have to buy it from don't have it listed. No one. At all.

    Which is what I was talking about.

    Ah, was not aware of this, but to be fair with the coverage it has I wouldn't be concerned, the retail sector can be sloppy unless its shovelware and sequels

    Tried online retailers? cos Amazon in the UK have it:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Fallen-Angel-Xbox-360/dp/B000ZNM4I8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1222676773&sr=8-2

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Sacred 2 was at PAX, both PC and 360. I kicked it around for 5 minutes, and merrily bounded around the expo hall playing other things. This is not a knock on Sacred, but it's hard to play something like that in a bitesize chunk.

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  • liquidloganliquidlogan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    apotheos wrote: »
    Shoegaze99 wrote: »
    liquidlogan wrote: »
    Two Worlds. Its generic and glitchy but it was a fun time generally.
    I agree. Two Worlds is frequently and savagely trashed, but once I got through that first hour or so I had genuine fun with it. Vast world to explore even larger than Oblivion's, lots of differing environments, and the funniest voice acting ever.

    How glitchy is it? I could deal with all sorts of problems, but if it is going to crash and make me lose progress it can fuck itself.

    Its not like, it'll crash glitchy. Its more like it has some stupid bugs that hinder full enjoyment. Think Force Unleashed but a little worse, if you've played it.

    Word of advice if you are starting out in Two Worlds. Range characters, I find, are useless in this game unless it is enchanted with some sort of status effect that does continuous damage. Most of the time you'll find yourself slashing at enemies anyways, so make sure you build up your brute force. Also, in terms of magic, I find that you could take it or leave it.

    A cheap but effective trick is to lure powerful enemies to the health healing, uhm, thing and beat away on them as you are cosntantly regenerating health. Its almost mandatory.



    The voice acting D: . The best is when you approach a group of dragons or spiders or wyverns and your character so convincingly says, "Hrm... bandits." :lol:

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  • JPatrickJPatrick Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Knights of the Old Repbulic 1 & 2

    Theyre for oxbox but they play on the 360

    A bit buggy , but still fun

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  • jagermeister73jagermeister73 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Well checking out gamespot I dug up a couple of things that peak my interest. Dungeon Hero and Elveon. Is Elveon based on some sort of new engine from a few years back? I remember seeing some sort of minotaur on a bridge or something and it looked really sweet. Sorry for being so vague but it was a few years ago.

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