Is Mass Effect 2 the greatsest RPG of all time?

ff7 takes it as far as greatest rpg of all time.

Santesyu

ff7 takes it as far as greatest rpg of all time.

Santesyu

My favorite RPG - Tie between Diablo, Diablo 2, Champions of Norrath / Return to arms, Demon's Souls, Kingdom Hearts. :D

I hate turn-based RPGs. Legends of Dragoon was the only one I could really get into, and by some chance of fate my friend ruined one of the discs so I never finished it.

easily no...its baldurs gate 1 & totsc & 2 & ttob

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ff7 takes it as far as greatest rpg of all time.

jasonharris48

Isint that just an opinoin? You can never find out whats the best FF title since people have different views on each game.

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ff7 takes it as far as greatest rpg of all time.

finalfantasy94

Isint that just an opinoin? You can never find out whats the best FF title since people have different views on each game.

Its an incredibly well written and engaging game, but its not the best RPG ever.

Thats NOT a bad thing however.

Chrono Trigger

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As much as I love mass effect NO.

I enjoyed Fallout 1/2, Planescape Torment, Neverwinter, Morrowind, Diablo, Shenmue 1&2, FFVII, FFVIII and some of the earlier FF games a LOT more than ME2. So no, not for me it isnt.

[QUOTE="IceBlazerX"][QUOTE="bbkkristian"] If Mass Effect is an RPG, then so is Zelda.dreman999

No. It's actually average at best. It's story is pretty bad (in all honesty it's a retread of ME1 but without the Saren plot. It's just "Go and kill some Geth!" but exchange Geth with Collectors.)

It suffers from a boatload of beginners traps at the end and even though the game is around 20 hours long, it manages to somehow feel short.

Just my opinion. I was highly disapointed when I played it and when I gave it a 7.5, that was generous.

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Heil68"] Yea, it's kind of sad. Heil68

while i wouldnt say it the greatest its definetly in my top 10 greatest games of all time

World of Warcraft

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="110million"] You were expecting a proper discussion on RPGs with a title like that? I think you would have spanwned much better discussion and far less hate with maybe "Whats the greatest RPG of all time?" Feels like the thread was made to generate hate with all the topics about whether ME2 is even an RPG and all that. dreman999

While I dont appreciate it going the route of "RPG-lite", its easily one of the most enjoyable games Ive ever played and probably the best this generation.

Could use more loot. Always love me some loot.

While I dont appreciate it going the route of "RPG-lite", its easily one of the most enjoyable games Ive ever played and probably the best this generation.

Could use more loot. Always love me some loot.

h575309

While I dont appreciate it going the route of "RPG-lite", its easily one of the most enjoyable games Ive ever played and probably the best this generation.

Could use more loot. Always love me some loot.

h575309

I agree 100%, best game this gen by far.Heil68

Screw this gen, I say one of the best all-time. The only game I can perhaps say I loved more than the Mass Effect series is Freelancer.

[QUOTE="Heil68"]I agree 100%, best game this gen by far.psn8214

Screw this gen, I say one of the best all-time. The only game I can perhaps say I loved more than the Mass Effect series is Freelancer.

Many people seem to be disagreeing eith the game winning rpg goty which makes me happy, rpg it isn't. The defense for the people that loved it is exactly that, they loved it. They're not saying it's the greatest rpg but just a great game which is true as it stands now. An ironic situation would be if bioware one of the pioneers of rpgs streamlines the genre even more than what they already seem to be doing.

I just found my Freelancer disk the other day, thought about installing it and see how that holds up. It was so much fun.Heil68

Do it, beat the story quick, and get exploring. I've done everything, literally everything there is to do in that game three or four times, and probably spent hundreds of hours playing that game. I love it so much. Hell, it was keeping me up glued to my screen just last year! I need to play it again soon! :D

Mass Effect seems kind of broken to me. It doesn't really feel like you have a team that really compliments each other as it it feels more like they took a character and broke him into multiple parts. I really couldn't see myself having less fun if they just combined the power of your teammates into one character. What ever happened to rpgs where your teammates actually complimented you? What ever happened to having your whole team wiped out by one enemy, not because he is overloaded with shields and health, but because you don't have the right mixture of defensive and offensive spells and skills. Does it really even matter what skills you choose in the end game? Don't you remember a time when you couldn't just lead an enemy all over the map chipping away at his health because the first thing he would do is completely lock your team down if you weren't prepared.

Many people seem to be disagreeing eith the game winning rpg goty which makes me happy, rpg it isn't. The defense for the people that loved it is exactly that, they loved it. They're not saying it's the greatest rpg but just a great game which is true as it stands now. An ironic situation would be if bioware one of the pioneers of rpgs streamlines the genre even more than what they already seem to be doing.

edo-tensei

Many people seem to be disagreeing eith the game winning rpg goty which makes me happy, rpg it isn't. The defense for the people that loved it is exactly that, they loved it. They're not saying it's the greatest rpg but just a great game which is true as it stands now. An ironic situation would be if bioware one of the pioneers of rpgs streamlines the genre even more than what they already seem to be doing.

In terms of RPGs ive played. Id put it right below FFVII.. And that wasn't even my favorite RPG

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Many people seem to be disagreeing eith the game winning rpg goty which makes me happy, rpg it isn't. The defense for the people that loved it is exactly that, they loved it. They're not saying it's the greatest rpg but just a great game which is true as it stands now. An ironic situation would be if bioware one of the pioneers of rpgs streamlines the genre even more than what they already seem to be doing.

LookAnDrolL

To expand on my previous answer, it's not even the best RPG of the last year nor Bioware's best work in the past year, both awards go to Dragon Age: Origins and the first also goes to Demon's Souls.

To expand on my previous answer, it's not even the best RPG of the last year nor Bioware's best work in the past year, both awards go to Dragon Age: Origins and the first also goes to Demon's Souls.

oldkingallant

It's not really an RPG I think, More a TPS with RPG elements.

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To expand on my previous answer, it's not even the best RPG of the last year nor Bioware's best work in the past year, both awards go to Dragon Age: Origins and the first also goes to Demon's Souls.

Heil68

Kotor remains king but I'm holding out hope ME3 may unseat it. :P

IMO no. As much as enjoyed the Mass Effect series I wouldn't put it up there with the FF's Elder Scrolls, Diablo's, and Fallout. It's pretty much an RPG lite. They lose the weapons and armor socketing in the second one, and replace the mako planet exploration with planet scanning in the second one, which to me seemed tacked on in order to give it longevity for those thatneed to get 100% for each sector of the universe. It's main selling point as an rpg is the story and decision making system which I love, story has elements of stargate/star trek/blade runner and great visuals. Overall I consider it more a tps than an rpg personally. Still pretty great game, hopefully they add more equipment customization and exploration portions in the third one.

I'm not sure how fair I can judge, I hated ME1 and totally disliked the demo of ME2 why I never got it, but IMO it's hard to stand up against games like FF7 that still have tons of fans after all those years :S