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What RPG got u started?
what rpg got u started in the role playing genre? list that game and then list ur favorite rpg per system.
got me started: Dragon Warrior I (lol, i've probably beaten this game around 10 times)
atari: Adventure
nes: Dragon Warrior I
gba-ds: don't have one
sms: Phantasy Star I
snes: Chrono Trigger
genesis: Phantasy Star II
saturn: Panzer Dragon Saga
dreamcast: Evolution (i'm sure skies of arcadia & grandia 2 were better, but i never played them)
n64: none (played quest64, but that game was dog shit)
ps1: Final Fantasy Tactics
ps2: Final Fantasy X-2
gamecube: Phantasy Star Online 1 & 2
xbox: Panzer Dragoon Orta
pc: Diablo 2
close runner up to favorite ps1 rpg is castlevania sotn. really good game, but if i had to pick between the two, well fft ftw!
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Final Fantasy 7.... that got me started on every RPG i ever played...... WOO~
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Final Fantasy 7 for me too! =3
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jeeez u guys, lol.
Iv been playing ff since the snes...and chrono trigger. I was dumb and sold it though....
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I played one of the NES Final Fantasy games a LONG time ago, which was my first RPG experience.
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Id say Link (which most people know as Zelda) for the NES. This was the first console I was exposed to and I was instantly hooked onto this game. Even though each boss looked the exact same there was a slight difference in their movement and the color of the bricks in the background :lol: Still a great game though.
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Escape From Mars.
It was a text-adventure game. ;)
:shuriken:
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CrabGirl
Bard's Tale.
:lol: That was the first RPG game I played, too.
C64 or Amiga?
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Guyver
jeeez u guys, lol.
Iv been playing ff since the snes...and chrono trigger. I was dumb and sold it though....
lol was never into RPG, always been playing the First Person Shooters!!
DOOM 95 was the game i was hooked on before RPG's!!!
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Chewie UK
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CrabGirl
Bard's Tale.
:lol: That was the first RPG game I played, too.
C64 or Amiga?
(Looks like I posted with my gf's account there...)
Spectrum actually, I always wanted to play the C64 version because it had colour graphics and cooler features. I downloaded it a few years back for PC (I think...) just to complete it for old times sake.
The tape version I had back then was bugged so you couldn't do any of the latter dungeons. :(
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shenmue for the dreamcast. That game was the shyt
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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
For the BBC, it was dire. But it came with the Fellowship of the Rings book which kickstarted my Tolkien interest, which in turn led me to Middle Earth Role Playing games.....which was nice :)
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i guess Never Winter Nights pulled mine interest into RPG, n i am luvin it
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One simple answer: Chrono Trigger. A cousin of mine gave it to me for Christmas one year a while back.
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Guyver
jeeez u guys, lol.
Iv been playing ff since the snes...and chrono trigger. I was dumb and sold it though....
Chrono trigger was the shitz...:lol:
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Colt Seevers
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
For the BBC, it was dire. But it came with the Fellowship of the Rings book which kickstarted my Tolkien interest, which in turn led me to Middle Earth Role Playing games.....which was nice :)
I played MERP for a few years, as a Dwarf cook.
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It was either Fallout 2 or Baldur's Gate for me. They made the RPG my favourite genre.
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I'd say Zelda LttP as that got me into RPG's, even if some people don't consider it to be one.
If not that then the FFV Rom, I was addicted to that like a junkie.
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Cheese
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Colt Seevers
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
For the BBC, it was dire. But it came with the Fellowship of the Rings book which kickstarted my Tolkien interest, which in turn led me to Middle Earth Role Playing games.....which was nice :)
I played MERP for a few years, as a Dwarf cook.
LoL aye MERP - complicated for a pen and paper kinda role playing experience (at least for a thicko like me) But the background story and extra stuff you could get was really amazing. Not to mention the great art work. Basically we used MERP as the structure but quickly ditched the rules or slightly simplified them to our needs.
Great memories..using hobbits as bobby trap detectors :P
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Final Fantasy 5 & 6 for me
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Might and Magic VII was the first RPG I played.
And I still love it.
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Colt Seevers
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Cheese
I played MERP for a few years, as a Dwarf cook.
LoL aye MERP - complicated for a pen and paper kinda role playing experience (at least for a thicko like me) But the background story and extra stuff you could get was really amazing. Not to mention the great art work. Basically we used MERP as the structure but quickly ditched the rules or slightly simplified them to our needs.
Great memories..using hobbits as bobby trap detectors :P
I remember the criticals tables, they were ace.
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The Star Wars rpg.
That was the pwnage, even tho' the tard who gm'd had tweaked the rules so we could have an über-ship for a fraction of the price you'd pay for something like the Millenium Falcon.
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Final fantasy 7 in ruined my life it came out in 96 but I didnt play it till abotu year 2000
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i always loved Zelda :thumbsup:
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Intellvision-Dungeons & Dragons - Treausre of Tarmin
Atari 800-Questron,Alternate Reality the City(one of the best Rpg's I played,no take 5 steps and fight same group repetative crap that plagues alot of so called Rpg's)
Atari st-Dungeon Master
Ect.
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Ultima II and Wizardry on Apple II
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gustafo
i always loved Zelda :thumbsup:
That's not a RPG.
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Busyman™
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gustafo
i always loved Zelda :thumbsup:
That's not a RPG.
It's an action-RPG, so I think we can allow it. Otherwise games like Diablo, Fable, Morrowind, Oblivion and Dues Ex might have to be thrown out as well.
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Workcheese
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Busyman™
That's not a RPG.
It's an action-RPG, so I think we can allow it. Otherwise games like Diablo, Fable, Morrowind, Oblivion and Dues Ex might have to be thrown out as well.
maybe i'm wrong? games like diablo & dungeon siege are real time rpg's. final fantasy tactics & front mission are stradegy rpg's. i guess u could call the elder scroll games first person rpg's, but zelda is an adventure game and not a rpg.
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mr. nails
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Workcheese
It's an action-RPG, so I think we can allow it. Otherwise games like Diablo, Fable, Morrowind, Oblivion and Dues Ex might have to be thrown out as well.
maybe i'm wrong? games like diablo & dungeon siege are real time rpg's. final fantasy tactics & front mission are stradegy rpg's. i guess u could call the elder scroll games first person rpg's, but zelda is an adventure game and not a rpg.
I think you're wrong (no offence), the Zelda games have enough RPG elements to qualify them as action-RPG's. Though with Zelda you could probably argue that it is a puzzle-game, adventure game or even a platformer (I doubt you could make up a convincing argument that they are a flight-sim though...).
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:ermm:
People tend to make any game that has dungeons in it and/or set in a "fantasy time" an RPG.
Zelda is not an RPG.
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Busyman
:ermm:
People tend to make any game that has dungeons in it and/or set in a "fantasy time" an RPG.
Zelda is not an RPG.
:rolleyes:
We know, it's an action-rpg incorporating elements of puzzle/platform/adventure games. I'd be very surprised if there is not a large number of people out there who first played this game and then got into RPG games.
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MCHeshPants420
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Busyman
:ermm:
People tend to make any game that has dungeons in it and/or set in a "fantasy time" an RPG.
Zelda is not an RPG.
:rolleyes:
We know, it's an action-rpg incorporating elements of puzzle/platform/adventure games. I'd be very surprised if there is not a large number of people out there who first played this game and then got into RPG games.
Ok since the definition has been flexerized then let's add GTA, Metal Gear, Metroid, and Castlevania to the list of RPGs.
Coowol.
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Busyman
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MCHeshPants420
:rolleyes:
We know, it's an action-rpg incorporating elements of puzzle/platform/adventure games. I'd be very surprised if there is not a large number of people out there who first played this game and then got into RPG games.
Ok since the definition has been flexerized then let's add GTA, Metal Gear, Metroid, and Castlevania to the list of RPGs.
Coowol.
"Flexerized" isn't a word so I'm not sure what you mean, but you'd have to make a convincing argument for a game to be added as a subset of the RPG genus. I think you'd struggle to come up with half of a decent argument as you can for defending Zelda's action-RPG status.
Even if you can't bear to admit that Zelda is an action-RPG you'd have to admit it's a damn sight nearer the RPG line then any of the titles you've mentioned (if we ignore the fact that a couple of the Castlevania games have been RPGs).
Though the latest GTA game certainly borrows from RPG games in that your character has stats that can be improved as you practice that stat (Oblivion has pretty much the same system just more complicated).
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Can someone explain why a game where you play the role of a character isn't a role-playing game?
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DorisInsinuate
Can someone explain why a game where you play the role of a character isn't a role-playing game?
Good point, all computer games are RPGs apart from Tetris, Columns and Bejeweled.