Looking for an older RPG to rinse the recent times taste from my pallet.

More and more, RPG's that come out just don't have that special something like they used to. And I'm hoping someone can help me find that again. Don't get me wrong, there are a few goodin's out there.

Anyway, im gonna give a list of rpgs i loved and ones i hated and Ask that you can suggest any RPG's (new and old) that might interest me. I just hate bland generic fantasy.

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RPG's I loved: (Amended)

Persona 3 & 4

Elder Scrolls 3 & 5

Shining force 1,2, & 3

Nocturne

Golden Sun 1 &2

Skies of Arcadia

Tales of Symphonia

Tales of Vesperia

Dragon Warrior 3, Monsters, & monsters 2

Robopon 1 & 2

Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2

Mega Battle network 1-6

KOTOR 1 & 2

Mass Effect 1-3

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RPG's I hated (Amended)

Every Final fantasy ever

Tales of symphonia dawn of a new world

Dragon Quest monsters Joker 1 & 2

Xenogears

Dragon age 1 & 2

Fable 2 & 3 ( oh god...no)

Well i left out newer games so it's my fault, but I have played both KOTOR games, and loved em. Played all 3 Mass Effect games, they were alright lol. And I Did not care for Dragon Age Origins. Thanks though, KOTOR is definitely top material.

Old RPGs you might like:

Secret Of mana (snes)

pretty standard hack-and-slash, good story, semi-linear stats make each play-through slightly different (note: slightly).

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Star Ocean 1 and 2 (originally SNES, PSP re-make)

good games simmilar in style to namco's "tales" series. I'm told star ocean 3 (ps2) is good but never played it, star coean 4 (xbox360, ps3) is good, but the original ones were better.

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Digimon World 3 (PS1)

old-style turn-based RPG, designed to resemble an MMO in play-style. Can be a little slow but if you over-look that it's a good game.

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Digimon World 4 (PS2)

hack-and-slash RPG, slow loading times but otherwise great game.

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Rogue Galaxy (ps2)

unique game with good real-time combat, long storyline, end-game content and decent mini-games give it good replay value and a long play-time for 1 play-through (100+ hours minimum). most battles get a bit too easy once you can spam kisala's or jupis' spells.

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dark cloud, dark cloud 2(dark chronicle in EU) (ps2)

great RPGs with a focus on building towns, dungeons can be a bit repetitve, dark cloud 2's fishing system could be made into a game by itself.

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Some more recent RPGs not already mentioned:

White Knight Chronicles 2 (ps3)

multiplayer-focused RPG with a decent single-player too, semi-real-time battle system, nice town-building system which expands on the already-great one used in dark cloud 2 (it's from the same devs).

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lost Odyssey (xbox 360)

turn-based RPG, decent story, relatively high difficulty lvl if you don't purposely grind in places.

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The Last Remnant (xbox 360, PC(steam) )

Good game with a unique battle system, relatively high difficulty in the later stages and optional areas, LOTS of optional areas to explore with good rewards for doing so. no lvls as such, instead stats improve after every battle based on performance and skill/attack/magic usage.

edit: why does this forum ignore new-lines? O_o totally wrecked my layout....

Radiata Stories on PS2 - seriously check it out: http://www.gamespot.com/radiata-stories/

I don't like Digimon world games and i tried rogue galaxy and couldntget into it..the characters were too ridiculous.

Also, I prefer games where your character is not someone with a pre-set name and things like that. I like At Least getting to name my character if not customizing other things about them.

And despite the action battle system, radiata story looks too much final fantasy for my tastes. Sorry

Gothic 2.

It has its quirks but is a fantastic experience providing you can cope with the old-fashioned graphics.

http://gamespot.com/gothic-ii/

old RPG legend of dragoon PS1 great game brings old memories of me as a kid playing it

Enchanted Arms xbox360 decent game

Chrono trigger 3ds great game so far first time playing it

DBZ attack of the sayions alright

dragon age 1 360 very good rpg imo