What are some really good RPG's???

You are really vauge on what type of RPG you are looking for...

Are you looking for a hack and slash? Or more of a traditional Final Fantasy type or what?

Diablo 2

Mass Effect

Sacred

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Legend Hand of God

STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl

Titan Quest

Hellgate London

The Witcher

Space Siege

Jade Empire

I can keep going, I'm just not sure what exact genre to stick with. Any of those games seem appealing to you?

MASS EFFECT

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Stalker is not an RPG... Neverwinter Nights, Divine/Beyond Divinity, Dungeon Siege, Vampire: The Masquarade: Bloodlines, Morrowind (since you don't want Fallouit or Oblivion you probably don't want that either though), Guild Wars, Sacred 2 is coming soon...

Role Playing Game (RPG): a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure

(RPG. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 02, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/RPG)

In STALKER, you assume the role as a character. Wait, role... role playing... role playing... game?

It has role playing elements? An inventory? A story line?

What makes this not an RPG?

"Role Playing Game (RPG): a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure"

With that definition, practically any fps/tps/platformer/action game could be called a "role playing game". Stalker has quests that advance the story/game. And an inventory. There are no advancing levels, or skills.. How good you are in the game, is basically how good you are as a player.

Also, there aren't any moral choices in STALKER. biggest_loser

lol that diden't stop FF from being an RPG:)

But I would reccomand a game like the witcher ir Fallout 2!

For PC = The Witcher, Divine Divinity, Arx Fatalis, KOTOR, Beyond Divinity, Diablo 2, Mass Effect, Ultima Online, Fallout 1,2 and 3, Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2, Gothic series, Daggerfall, Morrowind and Baldurs Gate1 and 2

For 360

1. Lost Odyssey

2. Tales Of Vesperia

Other good rpgs for 360 are Too HUman, Eternal Sonata and INfinite Undiscovery. Also Blue Dragon!

Role Playing Game (RPG): a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure

(RPG. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 02, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/RPG)

In STALKER, you assume the role as a character. Wait, role... role playing... role playing... game?

It has role playing elements? An inventory? A story line?

What makes this not an RPG?

Decon5

By that definition, Crysis is an RPG.

Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. Best RPG I've ever played and probably ever will play.foxhound_fox

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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. Best RPG I've ever played and probably ever will play.ElectricNZ

Vote plus one

probably only real RPG, or atleast something close to FRPs, Vampire The Masquerade series... so i can agree with this IF you can tolerate bugs and character movements... the first one was better in character models ( at least at its time )

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]Also, there aren't any moral choices in STALKER. JangoWuzHere

lol that diden't stop FF from being an RPG:)

haha you are totally right but thats why we call them "JRPG" nowadays, Role Playing Games without any Role Playing elements beside leveling... they are more for fun battle gameplays, stories and music, tbh i choose JRPGs over WRPGs but not because they are better RPGs but they are more fun and better in overall.

Wow, I'm seeing lots of good recommendations but the best RPG of all time isn't even listed and it even works on Vista.

Planescape: Torment

Some other great old RPGs are listed below.

Nox

Sacred w/ Underworld expansion

Arcanum

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 w/ expansions

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Dranor (not great but good).

Diablo 1 & 2 w/ expansions

Revnant (short but good)

Icewind Dale 1 & 2 w/ expansion for 1.

That's all of the one's I can recall right off hand but there are many others.

- Arcanum

- Planescape: Torment

- Baldur's Gate Trilogy

- Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines (underplayed and underappreciated)

- Nox

What are some good old RPG's that would work on vista.Pelicans

Guild Wars

[QUOTE="Decon5"]

Role Playing Game (RPG): a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure

(RPG. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 02, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/RPG)

In STALKER, you assume the role as a character. Wait, role... role playing... role playing... game?

It has role playing elements? An inventory? A story line?

What makes this not an RPG?

aliblabla2007

By that definition, Crysis is an RPG.

Well if we want to REALLY get down and nit pick about the definitions of an RPG, no computer game is an RPG because you are supposed to create your own Persona, and act and do what your persona you created would do, thus, "role-playing" that character in the game. That pretty much rules out most computer games, and leaves you with Pen & Paper as the only "true" RP games. I don't agree with that view, but just saying if we want to really get right down to it, none of these games are really "role-playing" depending on your definition of role-playing.

DennisKumfi

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Holy S**T! Dudes. Thats Really best RPG's i ever played. Gonna add to list:

Gothic, Gothic 2

Jagged Alliance (Non fantasy rpg, but it has cute atmosphere)

XCOM (old but still amazing)

Neverwinter Nights

Might and Magic

Anyway, I cast a vote for The Witcher. Although the combat seems to be rather shallow, but most RPG's seem to have a shallow combat system anyway. But it's about the only recent RPG that's held my interest. Oblivion and Neverwinter Nights 2 bored me to tears.zomglolcats

The combat is deeper than Diablo!!

Anyway, I cast a vote for The Witcher. Although the combat seems to be rather shallow, but most RPG's seem to have a shallow combat system anyway. But it's about the only recent RPG that's held my interest. Oblivion and Neverwinter Nights 2 bored me to tears.zomglolcats

Yes, the OC in NWN2 is full of Bioware-Clichés. But the expansion Mask of the Betrayer is one of the finest examples in storydriven RPGs lately. Beautiful design in that one. Many didn't like the Spirit Meter, but I think it was a great machanic to prevent the player from abusing the resting system. There's a great sense of balance between the spirit hunger, combat and the necessity to rest up.