A good RPG game in 2009 should...

A good RPG game in 2009 should be of the same length as Final Fantasy 6 (storywise). You should think you are about to finish the game, only to realize you are halfway through. There should be a concrete story with lots of plot twists and memorable characters.

Over the last year i played..

- Final fantasy 12: You think you are halfway through the game,only to realize you are at the end!!
- BioShock: nice story, but only ONE plot twist. Everything else was very linear
- Mass Effec: not a bad game, but was too short

When will we see a game of the length and depth of Final Fantasy 6 made using modern 3D gfx? :(

I guess Dragon Age will be that game.thusaha

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^ A good rpg would be a proper combination of Fallout 1 and Deus Ex (w Shifter Mod), but with the stealth aspect borrowed from the Thief series and maybe a bit of survival-horror a la System Shock 2.

I hope Dragon Age: Origins should be one of the hottest cRPG games in the 2009. Bioware can't make this game poor.

I hope Dragon Age: Origins should be one of the hottest cRPG games in the 2009. Bioware can't make this game poor.

POL_eXplosiV

yeah, and they have to wait when the DA:O will be done for the others platforms to published PC version ; /

yeah, and they have to wait when the DA:O will be done for the others platforms to published PC version ; /

POL_eXplosiV

Geez, I haven't played a really good rpg since like ... Final Fantasy 10 maybe? Saying an rpg is "good" is fairly relative though, since there are so many factors that could make one good or bad. Probably the two most important factors, at least to me, are the story and combat. The latest final fantasies have all had good combat, but the stories all seem recycled and cliche. I guess no one can top FF6, FF7, and FF10 though.

To be honest, I've kind of given up hope for the Final Fantasy franchise. The trailers for 13 just look like someone took Advent Children and turned Cloud into a girl... although that probably wouldn't take too much work

I think a third installment in the Chrono series is due about now. The people in charge of it bought the rights to the name Chrono Break but abandoned the project in favor or working on the MMO FF11. Personally I thought Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross were the best examples of RPG's

You should think you are about to finish the game, only to realize you are halfway through.

someone6669

If its a single player game im looking for the following:

Alot of focus on content and story with a open world good endings and alot of replay value for example you join one faction and another one hate you.

Easy to mod honestly a good mod community can keep a game alive for allmost unlimited years ;) Well probably not but still.

Less focus on the graphics (seems like most devs are graphicholics)

Dont care if the combat is turnbased or fast action. If its first person or 3rd or even 2nd person view.

An RPG should be difficult. And by difficult, I mean you can't even make it out of the first town until you level up a little.

An RPG should have useful, real stores. The shops should have high prices, and have excellent items.

An RPG should have very difficult secrets that are truly worth getting.

An RPG should have a strong and long main quest. Side quests are fine, and there should be many of them, but they should not make up the bulk of the game.

An RPG should make things hard to come by, be it gold, weapons, items, etc. Nothing destroys an RPG halfway through when you have 100000 gold, 300 diamonds, and a chest wtih a billion different swords in it.

Those are my should haves. If you couldn't tell, I'm an old-school Dragon Warrior/Phantasy Star fan.

There's Star Ocean 4 on the 360, Arc Rise Fantasia on the Wii, then the DS will be getting plenty of RPG's, such as Avalon Code and sands of destruction.

Whether these games are good or not we will have to wait and see.

and it should include some thing like that card game in ff8 i think that was good.damrod-0000

An RPG should be difficult. And by difficult, I mean you can't even make it out of the first town until you level up a little.

An RPG should have useful, real stores. The shops should have high prices, and have excellent items.

An RPG should have very difficult secrets that are truly worth getting.

An RPG should have a strong and long main quest. Side quests are fine, and there should be many of them, but they should not make up the bulk of the game.

An RPG should make things hard to come by, be it gold, weapons, items, etc. Nothing destroys an RPG halfway through when you have 100000 gold, 300 diamonds, and a chest wtih a billion different swords in it.

Those are my should haves. If you couldn't tell, I'm an old-school Dragon Warrior/Phantasy Star fan.

DOS4dinner

1] Difficult in what area ?!

Grinding combat TBS style like in those so called "jrpgs" adventures with stats games ?!

I found it more fun and satifactory in sneaking and stunning enemies in Deus Ex or the dialog quest solutions in Fallout 1 (woman with high speech skills, he he).

In such cases the PC is so weak that combat will resulting in instant death and avoiding the combat and resolving quest in other ways can be very hard but also very satifactory.

2] A long main quest is not acceptable if it so due to repetitive grinding and super linearity (like the go there to find super-weapon/item to kill the big bad jrpg scenarios).

I'd much prefer a Fallout 1 non-liniear multi-solution/multi-choice aproach. Sidequest can make or brake a game, all but the Fallout series having proper side-quests.

Take Fallout 3, it's full of bad design choice and lack of polish, but the side-quests save it.

um, no thanks to those demanding hardcore difficulty. Difficulty in rpgs often just end up being a matter of grinding more than actual skill. Anyone can grind provided they are willing to bore themselves to mush. It's also a cheap way of making the game "longer." No thank you.Paladin_King

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^ Not all. Deus Ex, Planescape Torment and Fallout 1 made combat (at least for most part) an option, not a necesity, let alone a jrpg grin-fest marathon.

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You should think you are about to finish the game, only to realize you are halfway through.

ShadowedSight

I think I found one of the few games to have such a plot twist.

if they ever make a new legend of zelda for wii that will be it

but maybe the new archlord games coming out

I also would like there to be more choice concerning English/American R.P.G titles.. Personally I can't get into Japanese R.P.G games.. They all look the same to me, with wide eyed main characters that look 12 or 13.. Japanese developers seem to be obsessed with children for some reason.DecadesOfGaming

[QUOTE="Paladin_King"]um, no thanks to those demanding hardcore difficulty. Difficulty in rpgs often just end up being a matter of grinding more than actual skill. Anyone can grind provided they are willing to bore themselves to mush. It's also a cheap way of making the game "longer." No thank you.DOF_power

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^ Not all. Deus Ex, Planescape Torment and Fallout 1 made combat (at least for most part) an option, not a necesity, let alone a jrpg grin-fest marathon.

[QUOTE="DOF_power"]

[QUOTE="Paladin_King"]um, no thanks to those demanding hardcore difficulty. Difficulty in rpgs often just end up being a matter of grinding more than actual skill. Anyone can grind provided they are willing to bore themselves to mush. It's also a cheap way of making the game "longer." No thank you.Paladin_King

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^ Not all. Deus Ex, Planescape Torment and Fallout 1 made combat (at least for most part) an option, not a necesity, let alone a jrpg grin-fest marathon.

Planescape doesn't even have dull combat, so it's fun even when you have to fight. I tend to use stealth or duialogue when possible in RPGs, unless I'm playing an evil or brutish PC.Mr_Versipellis

Man i'd love another Planescape game, if it were possible.....as long as it wasn't dev'd by Bethesda.

[QUOTE="Mr_Versipellis"]Planescape doesn't even have dull combat, so it's fun even when you have to fight. I tend to use stealth or duialogue when possible in RPGs, unless I'm playing an evil or brutish PC.Paladin_King

Man i'd love another Planescape game, if it were possible.....as long as it wasn't dev'd by Bethesda.

-Customizable Characters
-Deep Customization(disgaea deep)
-Good/evil choices
-action orientated combat/semi-autonomous
-new and interesting themes and not just about one bad guy screwing over the world/galaxy.

What a good rpg needs:

- Most importantly: good main story and characters you actually feel emotions toward. Sidequests and sub-plots are essential but main storyline and character must be the #1 priority of an rpg.

- Fun and complex battling. A good mix of hack and slash and 'magic' are essential.

- A little bit of grinding is fine but overdoing it is annoying.

- Full customization of characters: not just abilities but clothing and appearance.

- Choices is another main piece of any good RPG. Good and evil choices at least but to be truly awesome the ability to choose a middle ground like vigilante good or lawful evil.