I got my grubby hands on some of the greatest RPGs of all time - Planescape: Torment and Final Fantasy Tactics, as well as a relative unknown, Breath of Fire 4. All of them were through download due to the fact that they were impossible to find in retail, and I trust eBay as much as I can throw it.

But you already know that. So here are my thoughts on what I have played:

Planescape: Torment

I don't know how long I have been eagerly waiting to play this game - I think it was four something years. I could never find a copy of it, and whenever I found something online, it was always nearing $100. So, I decided to give those sellers the birdie and torrent the damn thing.

I haven't regretted it. Planescape: Torment takes place in Sigil, the City of Doors. Think of it as a central hub of thousand upon thousands of realms. Its a place where demons, demihumans, sucubi, undead, humans, any type of race can and will mingle together. Not peacefully, but mingle nonetheless.

We play the role of the Nameless One. Yes, he has amnesia. Big surprise, but by what dialogue I could read, the story is nothing but a masterpiece. If just the dialogue alone is enough for me to grin from line to line, I can only imagine what the finished picture is like.

Back to the Nameless One, just his physical appearance alone shows how atypical of a lead he is. He is pale, his hair looks like hay, he's heavily scarred, he dresses in fur and bones...well, you get the idea. He has more the appearance of a minor boss than the protaganist of some fantasy epic, and I am loving it. I love Final Fantasy as much as the next guy, but it does my heart good to know that there were developers out there that were more than willing to take risks with they're heroes.

The game stars you off in a Mortuary, a place where the dead is sent. Even with its heavily dated graphics, Torment has found ways to send shivers down your spine. You encounter corpse after corpse, each either being opened up in some gruesome manner, or just laying on a table to rot for God knows how long. A wonderful way to send the player face first into the grim setting of Sigil...and Planescape: Torment.

Breath of Fire 4

BoF 4 was something I really had little to no info on before I decided to give it a try. But after playing it for five hours in a single sitting, I am bewildered as to why it is not more known. We may have a cutesy JRPG, with weird, if not downright bizare, hybrids between animal and human, but dig deeper, and you'll find a game with not only an addicting battle system, but an intriguing plot.

The character designs are simple...overly simple sometimes. Ryu, the main character, just has a muscle shirt and baggy jeans. Plain and boring much? Even the Nameless One has more stuff on than Ryu...and well, the Nameless One barely has a fashion sense to begin with.

But the characters are interesting, although I've barely started, so I may be either just scratching the surface or reading them like an open book. But I am enjoying them for the moment.

The battle system is really just a spin on the classic FF style. You have the typical Fight, Magic, Item, Run, Guard, but the twist is on Magic and Guard. There are combos you can utilize with your magic. Its not exactly new - Chrono Trigger did it long ago on the SNES - but its refreshing and adds some strategy to how you place your characters. Now, with Guard, its essential to learning enemies abilities. There are abilities every monster has that you can learn. You do this by having your characters guard, and if/when the monsters use said ability, your guarding characters may/may not learn the ability.Its nothing new, but just like the combo system, it makes battles just a little bit more interesting.

I haven't gotten to play Final Fantasy Tactics yet because of the other two games.