Wasteland...the inspiration of the Fallout series. Zork 1...text based that has a flavor of the DM/Player interactive relationship. Time warp to today, I would say Skyrim. Open world and highly customizable. WOW is addictive too. Wanna give GW2 and try.
GW2 is great. Much better with friends. If you know where to find players that are active in pve it becomes a big monster bashing party. Good times. Wish they would add "hot spots" on the map so you could see where there were high densities of players. Love the jumping puzzles (everyone did this in previous mmos while waiting on logistics, they finally made it part of the game) and the randomized fractal dungeons are interesting. No pressure to play, as there is no subscription. In my book it is really the first new feeling game in the 3d mmo fantasy genre since EQ1.
It was excellent till I hit max level, but after that I haven't had the urge to go back and play it again.
I'm sad nobody mentioned Tales series yet D: The one I first played was Eternia (Destiny 2 in US, ironically missing the real Destiny 2) back in PS1 era. Then I play Abyss (which out of all the Tales games I've played have the most coherent character development, a few 'wait what just happened' sections aside) Then Symphonia Vesperia and the latest one I played was Graces F with friends....I love instant-casting Indignation.... Anyway, in term of overall story they're pretty cliche (start from small thing, escalate to world-saving), but the combat is fun so :3
well i was going to say gothic...partly because of the great atmosphere and characters...and partly because i am viewing it through the retro glasses which cover any flaws...but then someone mentioned deus ex...that game is so great for the same reasons i loved gothic and some more oh and something i came to really like about baldurs gate (apart the game itself) were the books...there are so many stories and legends you can find and read...none of them are of any importance to the game...but a lot of them are a great read (oh and item stories...i still love the genderchanging belt XD)
Ahh I missed that out. I've played Tales of Graces F and Tales of Vesperia and greatly enjoyed both! Waiting for Xillia this year.
i would have to say some of my most fond memories of rpgs would be system shock series, fountain of dreams (the supposed sequel to wasteland), dragon warrior series, ultima series, shadowrun (the old console ones, not that crappy fps xbox360 one)
I think I played as a female mage in the first one. I was trying to get some three way action with Leliana (hotness) and Alistar (central to plot and needed to keep him around and happy), unfortunately I had to leave Leliana as I wanted the story to end happily and ended up with Alistar - no homo lol. Enchantment? Enchantment!
Sadly, I didn't play either system shock game till long after it's release, but both were great fun. I still have the Sega Genesis cartridge for Shadowrun in my sock drawer (yes I couldn't give it up even after I lost my Genesis), it holds a fond spot in my heart even now. I've not played much of the Ultima series, nor the Dragon Quest (as I never owned a Nintendo growing up).
Hey Dervill - check it out.....remember!! 1982 I think - before most people on here were even born. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dungeons-...53?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item1c30e4c9e9
Liked the Ultima series and wasted countless amount of time on it. But the best RPG I ever played was Dungeon Master on my Atari ST. Breakthrough game, and for me it was and remains the best. Dated, but the best. I was glad to see it was now on the iPad Dungeon Masters If anyone has something good, I'm aways looking.