Can anyone recommend any good RPG Games?

[DeathWarrior]

Some not listed by others:

-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has some RPG elements

-Minecraft is basically a sandbox RPG

-Morrowind

-Nehrim, a total conversion for Oblivion (it feels like a completely different game at times)

-The original Elder Scrolls games, Arena and Daggerfall

-Skyrim when it comes out

[Pantherfan99]

If you want a great open world to explore I would try out Far Cry 2. It is an RPG more about immersion than customization, and more about having fun during the game than what you achieve at the end. Its not perfect, but I always want to go back and play it for the experience. No other game has made me feel more like I am actually in the game world than Far Cry 2. Beyond the world being great, I enjoyed the combat, and how the missions can be completed in a variety of ways. Some sound simple enough, go kill a enemy leader at a secret jungle base. But how do you get there and what do you take with you? Travel during the day or night? By boat, car, or on foot for a stealthy approach. What weapons will you take? It was always fun to go through missions twice, sometimes I would go with a sniper rifle, LMG, and a mortar gun for a long ranged approach. Other times I would strap a IED to my jeep, drive full speed into a base, jump out 20 yards before impact, watch my jeep hit a few people, then press the button and watch the jeep explode into a billion bits. Beyond the single player, there is a map editor that is amazing. I have enjoyed the many various maps that people have made. One of my favorites has to be someone who converted the Mines of Moria from the Lord of the Rings into a playable far cry 2 multiplayer map. Still the game is not perfect. The story is not all that special, and the NPCs talk kinda quirky, but I paid 20$ for this game, and I think I have maybe two days played total, so I consider that a great value. Bottom line, I would at least try this game out.

[Halororor]

I found Far Cry 2 to be pretty much as bland as is humanly possible for a game to be. It was repetitive and tried to extend it's playtime by forcing you to drive kilometres every time you had a mission.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

+1 for System Shock 2. If you can get it to run- some graphics cards are incompatible and the game must be set to use only one core on multi-core systems... which is pretty much every system these days... and I've no idea how it works under Vista or Win7- but if it works, it is positively the greatest cross-genre title ever made. RPG character development and inventory, survival-horror atmosphere, FPS combat, with a bunch of little details like weapon modification, hacking, and research. There's also an online co-op mode that supports up to four players, but good luck finding people to play with. There are also some fantastic mods out there- some of them add entire new campaigns complete with their own sets of audio logs; others add depth to gameplay by letting you hack robots and other fun stuff like that.

 

Freelancer also comes to mind. It's heavy on the action, especially in the story portion of the game, but the exploration element of the game really makes it stand out IMO. Your ship is essentially your character; as you level up you gain access to better and better gear. Lots of factions and a reputation system with fairly complex alliances; it is possible but exceptionally difficult to make all factions (except one) neutral. The interface is pretty easy to pick up and use; everything can be operated by the mouse alone (though hotkeys are a must for efficiency's sake).

 

Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines... long name, amazing game. Buggy in vanilla form; there's a substantial community patch/mod that fixes just about all the vanilla glitches. Also a shooter/RPG hybrid, although much (but not nearly all) of the combat can be avoided until close to the end of the game. Offers multiple endings based on the player's declared allegiance, which also decides which of the endgame battles the player does or doesn't have to fight. The NPCs are... well, they're mostly scheming, devious pricks who all want to screw each other preferably using you for their dirty work. The politics and social dynamics in the World of Darkness universe the game is set in are delightfully twisted.

 

Fable was/is pretty good, also, though very much a casual gaming experience compared to any other RPG series. With all the publicity they get thanks to Molyneux's overhyping little more needs to be said, but they're still fun romps to blow a few days on here or there.

 

Those above and pretty much anything pre-Mass Effect by Bioware, if you haven't been there and done that already. While their older games have much in common with their newer ones with regards to structure and story pacing, most of the older titles are more RPG and less action with a lot more emphasis on strategy when combat does happen. The only real exception to that is Jade Empire, which is definitely heavier on the action and very light on strategy but still quite rich in story.

[Branimirzg]

If you looking for Forgotten realms games, i suggest Demon stone and Baldur's gates 1 and 2, also Icewind dales 1 and 2. Other games: Temple of elemental evil that is D&D game, then there is Neverwinter nights 1 and 2, Dawn of magic 1 and 2, Dungeon Lord and Sacred 1 and 2.

 

Almost perfect list :D... Only missing Gothic III

[Povuholo]

+1 for System Shock 2. If you can get it to run- some graphics cards are incompatible and the game must be set to use only one core on multi-core systems...

Kolya's SS2Tool has fixes for almost all compatibility issues for System Shock 2 on modern machines, so it should work on any PC. :)

[MangaLou]

Diablo 2 !!! I know it's quite old but it's epic!!

[RitualBlack]

I would highly recommend Gothic 2 (but you better be ready to really role play :biggrin: )

I enjoyed Fable 1 thoroughly, Morrowind is amazing, if you have a ps2 you could get Dark Alliance 1,2 and Champions (really fun coop)

On the topic of multiple people playing, WC3 custom maps can be an exciting experience such as the Dragon Ball Z tribute map, and many others which actually use drop and leveling systems (Such as Nickba's ORPG, and if you like it check out all the other cool maps :D) Found here

Gladius for the Gamecube was a good Strategy RPG, more fun with more people. Can't think of any others at the moment, but I hope some of these title appeal to you.

Like others were saying (havn't played them before though) Planescape torment and System shock 2 are supposed to be very good. In fact, Planescape: Torment (As well as many other great RPG games) can be purchased here for a pretty cheap price: gog.com (just in case you have never heard of the site before)