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PC Games Every Roleplayer MUST own.

Started by UmaSama, August 29, 2006, 01:21:18 AM

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daft

#105
December 30, 2022, 04:58:18 AM
Quote from: MeganovaStella on November 04, 2022, 03:34:26 PM
I'll contribute.

Final Fantasy VI to X.

Shin Megami Tensei III to V.

Persona 1 to 5.

Xenogears.

Xenosaga.

Xenoblade.

Final Fantasy Tactics.

I would like to add Final Fantasy XIV to the list as well. It is an MMO, but it is extremely solo friendly and the story is really really good. Unfortunately the first part of it is probably the worst, even if it is still good.

Also, there's an extremely generous free trial letting you play to level 60 with some restrictions.

Klava

#106
February 13, 2023, 10:05:06 AM
to contribute to this thread (which is awesome, btw)

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
the swan song of Troika games. released in a horrible state, but was excellent nonetheless, imo

Anachronox
kinda the same story as with arcanum. loved the humour in that one
if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out

squirewaldo

#107
February 13, 2023, 02:05:54 PM
Hopefully nothing from UbiSoft...

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63591

"We Want To Be On The Right Side Of History": Ubisoft Partners With Police to Jail Gamers For Their In-Game Speech

Ubisoft, the company behind the Assassin's Creed and Rainbow Six franchises, has not only partnered with the Anti-Defamation League to fight "hate" in gaming but is also now working with British police to jail gamers for their speech.

Psyckosama

#108
August 05, 2023, 01:01:02 PM
Quote from: squirewaldo on February 13, 2023, 02:05:54 PM
Hopefully nothing from UbiSoft...

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63591

"We Want To Be On The Right Side Of History": Ubisoft Partners With Police to Jail Gamers For Their In-Game Speech

Ubisoft, the company behind the Assassin's Creed and Rainbow Six franchises, has not only partnered with the Anti-Defamation League to fight "hate" in gaming but is also now working with British police to jail gamers for their speech.

Their older stuff is pretty good. These days, they're gone full Unicorn farts.

For example, the last AC game that IMHO was any good plot wise was syndicate. Which mind you also is the last one that actually PLAYS like a proper AC game.

While Far Cry 5 and back are all pretty good. You might dislike some of the politics of FC5 due to being about a fringe religious cult in the US but it's actually a pretty well done breakdown about how groups like that work and if you ever want to have a lunatic cult, it's good playing. FC6 on the other hand is skittles and diarrhea in both plot and game play and can be comfortably ignored.

I'll add Terminator Resistance to the List.

Oh... and just because...

Rimworld.

yosemitemike

#109
May 13, 2024, 06:38:04 AM
Quote from: daft on December 30, 2022, 04:58:18 AMI would like to add Final Fantasy XIV to the list as well. It is an MMO, but it is extremely solo friendly and the story is really really good. Unfortunately the first part of it is probably the worst, even if it is still good.

Also, there's an extremely generous free trial letting you play to level 60 with some restrictions.

It's fairly solo friendly but there is a fair amount of group content like dungeons, trails and a few raids that you have to do in order to progress the main story quest.  Some of them can be done solo with NPCs but quite a few can't. 

There's a stretch in between when you defeat the Ultima Weapon and the end of A Realm Reborn that's just a slog to get through.   The rest of ARR is fairly good though not as good as later expansions.
"I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."― Friedrich Hayek
Another former RPGnet member permanently banned for calling out the staff there on their abdication of their responsibilities as moderators and admins and their abject surrender to the whims of the shrillest and most self-righteous members of the community.

Cathode Ray

#110
December 01, 2024, 04:35:32 PM
I don't know if there is a maintained list, but Phantasy Star II should be on it.
Creator of Radical High, a 1980s RPG.
DM/PM me if you're interested.

JasperAK

#111
December 01, 2024, 06:00:07 PM
Quote from: Dumarest on October 05, 2017, 11:24:15 PMI don't think I've ever played a game on my personal computer.  Oh wait, there was a pirate one I got on sale years ago that was kind of fun for a while before it got repetitive and boring. Too many dance parties at the colonial governor's mansion and not enough variation in treasures to find and obstacles to overcome. Not sure what it was called, does anyone know?

There were a couple of others that tempted me at Best Buy way back when but then I saw you had to be online and pay to play and it was "interactive" with other players out in cyberspace and I lost interest.

Sid Meier's Pirates. There have been several different versions over the years. I'm kinda partial to the NES version.

JasperAK

#112
December 01, 2024, 06:04:59 PM
So almost 14 years later and do you know what games are on my list?

Pool of Radiance
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Might & Magic 2
Eye of the Beholder
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (Master Drive/Genesis)

And finally, Final Fantasy 1: Dawn of Souls (GBA). I have seriously bought crappy handhelds and a PSP to play this game on every possible system. I even hacked the game so the Ninja was grey not green.

Captain_Pazuzu

#113
December 05, 2024, 02:04:30 AM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2024, 04:35:32 PMI don't know if there is a maintained list, but Phantasy Star II should be on it.

Yes.

Gannaeg

#114
December 08, 2024, 07:45:58 AM
X com defense (aka Ufo : enemy unknown)
best video game ever

consolcwby

#115
December 12, 2024, 02:16:03 AM
After almost 5 years:

          202x ~ Elden Ring! It's long, arduous at times, but still one of the best of the open world JRPGs!

Heh. Old thread is old.

CorvusCarpus

#116
December 19, 2024, 07:28:58 PM
Solid list, gentlemen ! Even Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup got a mention.
I would like to add :
-Tactics Ogre
-Gears Tactics
-Commandos : Behind Ennemy Lines
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