Classic RPGs

well, i have recently picked up a bunch of my old games and loved them again and purchased a bunch more.

i have FF chronicals, FF tatics, FF Dawn of Souls, FF anthology, Legend of Mana, FF7-12, legend of dragoon.

knowing what i have, recomend me some classic RPGs (dont care if its turn based, active, or if the gae play is similar to tatics as i loved it :D

Which system?

Oblivions classic now days, or atleast according to the internet hehe.division_9

This leaves for a game where a fresh level 1 character is identical in strength and standing as a max level badguy of wickedness and is treated as the same wherever he goes.
This game has to be played to believe how overhyped POS it is.

The only sincere review regarding this GOTY title i could find was http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=129 and it touches only skindeep on the gamebreaking flaws, read the user coments in the forum section to get a realistic view of the worsed GOTY in a decade of gaming

(bold statements yes but its how much i despise this game)

Chrono Trigger is a great game for SNESGenie_i

I was going to recommend CT, but he said he already has Final Fantasy Chronicles.

Edit: Oh, you should totally check out Final Fantasy VI.

[QUOTE="Genie_i"]Chrono Trigger is a great game for SNESLordAndrew

I was going to recommend CT, but he said he already has Final Fantasy Chronicles.

Edit: Oh, you should totally check out Final Fantasy VI.

have it as well, final fantasy anthology, as far as i know i have all of the final fantasies aside from the ones for psp and other handhelds.

and as for system, PS1 or PS2 would be preferable, but i do have a NES, MasterSystem, and Genesis if any decent ones are availbable on them.

and i may look into getting a SNES

legend of mana was sick...i just got chrono trigger for the snes i kinda what it as a rom for the wii wouldnt that be wonderful but isnt there a remake comming on the Ds this yea or next year

apparently they are working on a remake :D

can be found

http://na.square-enix.com/ctds/

Super Mario RPG for the SNES is a great game if you like Mario. Chrono trigger is awesome. Lufia I and II are terrific. Any classic Final Fantasy is good.DJ-Lafleur

i will have to give a look into Lufia

xenogears, suikoden series, secret of mana.

dragon quest 8 was pretty good.

In terms of classic rpgs, I'd suggest the following:

Shining Force 1 and 2 (separate games for the GEN)

Secret of Evermore (SNES)

Chrono Trigger (SNES)

Xenogears (PS1)

Breath of Fire Series (SNES, PS1, and PS2)

Alundra (PS1)

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete (PS1)

Grandia (PS1)

I'm pretty sure I'm missing a lot, but those are the ones that came to mind.

Home Computers (PC, Commodore, Atari, Apple)- Zork series, Wizardry series, Ultima series, Bard's Tales series, Wasteland

NES- Shadowgate (also PC), Dragon Warrior I-IV, Crystalis

SNES- Lufia 1-2, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy II-III, Secret of Mana, Breath of Fire, Shadowrun (also Genesis)

Genesis- Shining Force 1-2, Phantasy Star II-IV

Ooh, I loved all those games.

Some more for the collection, Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross.

Shining Force 1 and 2 (separate games for the GEN)

Secret of Evermore (SNES)

Chrono Trigger (SNES)

Xenogears (PS1)

Breath of Fire Series (SNES, PS1, and PS2)

Alundra (PS1)

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete (PS1)

Grandia (PS1)

Yagr_Zero

I definately reccommend all stated above, especially the underlined and bold.

Also...

Secret of Mana (SNES)

Brain Lord (SNES)

Soul Blazer (SNES)

Illusion of Gaia (SNES)

Dragon Quest VII (PS1)

Tales of Eternia (AKA Tales of Destiny II) (PS1) or (PSP)

Super Mario RPG (SNES)

Lufia 1 and II (Seperate games, both SNES)

Lufia- Ruins of Lore (GBA)

Golden Sun I and II (Seperate games, both GBA)

Grandia 1 & 2 (Ps1/PS2)

Lunar 1 & 2(PS1)

Xenogears(PS1)

Disgaea & Disgaea 2(PS2)

looks like you have enough to keep you busy for the next couple years

One of my favourite classic active RPGs is Crystalis. The original game was made for the NES back in 1990 but I'd recommend the Gameboy Colour version if you have one.slimdave21

Wow, somebody else did play Crystalis after all. I always thought a sequel to it would be badass...I loved it.

[QUOTE="slimdave21"]One of my favourite classic active RPGs is Crystalis. The original game was made for the NES back in 1990 but I'd recommend the Gameboy Colour version if you have one.Fortier

Wow, somebody else did play Crystalis after all. I always thought a sequel to it would be badass...I loved it.

Add another who played that underrated NES game. Ditto the call for a sequel. For an NES action/RPG, Crystalis was quite a long haul.

Why SNK never sought to push that title into a series of games, we'll never know.

Soul Blazer was mentioned too. Reminds me a bit of Dark Cloud I and II (PS2), albeit, you don't place the townspeople or buildings down on your own in a 'SimCity'-like editor. The game handles all that on its own when you collect parts of the towns in the game.

Alundra is on my list also now. The PS1 is rather lacking in a straight-up action/RPG type of game, and from all I've read about it, it would be right up my alley. Alundra II is much more common (due to being released by Activision), but I heard nothing but bad about that one.

Star Ocean 2 and 3 are great RPGs. Might be hard to find them now though, but you can pick up SO1(never released in NA) and SO2 on PSP soon.

Suikoden is also a very good RPG series.

Chrono Cross is great too.

The suikoden series are the best!!!
I really reccomend 2+5, absolute clssics and gameplay is so liberal (lots of paths to take)

5 has a slow start but is really great on PS2 once ur a few hours in,

SUIKODEN FOREVER!

The community here has made a very comprehensive list. The only game I can say I didn't like would be Oblivion, I just don't like the Elder Scrolls.

FFIV and DQ IV are avaliable for the DS right now. Plannining on getting them.

They have this place called the Exchange where I live. great old time games there. i saw a copy of FFVII going for $55

Methinks I'm going to spend a small fortune in that place