What's the best computer RPG you've ever played?

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I'm looking for a new game. I wouldn't mind going for a slightly older game (a friend of mine is recommending Final Fantasy 7), so just lemme know what you're thinking!

TIA!

 

All Might and Magic games are timeless classics. Well, except for MM8, which I've found to pretty boring, and never got into MM9.

 

From M&M1 on up? Cool! Maybe I'll check those out. Please give me a short description about the games!

 

I agree with DotW, Might & Magic series are classic, also try the Wizardy series and Sacred isn't too bad, Divine Divinity has good moments but I haven't finished it yet. And the only succesful mix of RTS and RPG that I've found is Spellforce.

 

Betrayal at Krondor and the Ultima series.

 

Ooh... This old chestnut. Well, I love most of my RPGs dearly (damn you, Battlespire! ) and having to choose is tough. I'd probably plump for Baldur's Gate, just ahead of Ultima VII: The Black Gate.

 

Fallout series. Well, Fallout 1 and 2, at least. I don't count the others.

 

Might and Magic 6 and 7 are the best, though they are very difficult. You should be able to find them verrrrrry cheap these days.

I purchased Fallout Collection recently and I couldn't get into it, but I will give them a try when I get bored of Oblivion and Theme Hospital.

 

Here is the Wikipedia page about Might and Magic. There are links to pages about all games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_and_Magic

Might and Magic I and II are pretty rustic, basic games, but they're among the most addicting I ever played.

MM3 was a considerable graphic improvement, and just as good as it's predecessors.

MM4 (Clouds of Xeen) are the pinnacle of the series. No other MM game comes close to this one.

MM5 (Darkside of Xeen) Completes Clouds of Xeen and adds on another epic adventure. Merges with Clouds to form World of Xeen. You can freely travel from one world to the other.

MM6 was the only other MM game to ever match it's predecessors. Fun till the last minute.

MM7 Not bad, I especially liked the fact that you can choose your path (light or dark)

MM8 - No comments. Hated it.

MM9 - Idem

 

MM8 had its charm, but it was way too short and too easy. Number 6 was the best of the lot I think.
It lacked in the music bit though. 2-3 tracks playing through the whole game got anoying.

if you like the MM games you might like a game called Lands of Lore as well. Its very similar, allthough shorter.

 

If you're wanting something other than RPG's, may I recommend Half-Life?

It's still (IMO) the best of the FPS's, and there are countless mods to be had, as well.

 

I'd have to list Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar and Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind as the two most addictive ones I've ever played.

 

Someone made a remake of Ultima 5 by the way. I am playing it now, its amazingly good.
Makes you wonder why a group of fanboys manages to make a game so good, when highly paid developers can only come up with that utter crap Neverwinter Nights......

 

The Might & Magic and Ultima series are fantastic as a whole, and IMO in both cases only #2 and #9 are tedious (well, Ultima 8 is quite bad too). Special mentions go to Ultima 1 and 4, and to M&M 1,3,5,6. There used to be an Ultima Collection CD with Ultima 1-8. As for M&M, there were 2 separate collections, one with MM1-5 and another with 6-8. These 3 collections are excellent if you can still find them (if you do, they'll be dirt cheap)

Wasteland is an excellent post-nuke RPG made by Interplay in the late 80's. It hasn't aged very well, but it's nice to see the predecessor to Fallout back in the days of 16 colours and PC-speaker.

FF7 is good, though I personally never got far into it because of the annoying contrast between the story (which is quite good) and the character design (they all look like kids). I got more easily into FF8, mainly because the characters actually look like adults. I really don't like the overemphasis on combat in either game (though it's still much better than in FF10)

 

BG1,
NetHack,
Oblivion,
Not really a RPG, but Heroes of Might & Magic III,
Waiting for NWN2, first one sucked, though.

 

BG Series
Fallout
PST
MM Series
IWD Series
Daggerfall

 

Might and magic 3.

 

Planescape: Torment, Fallouts 1 & 2 (even tactics if you want... well... tactics).

 

Baldurs Gate 2 - Shadows of Amn...first and best RPG I ever played. This is the game which got me to try out IWD2, IWD, Planescape Torment, Fallout, Fallout 2 and the rest of the genre...

Before that I was a FPS junkie...

 

I'm thinking Ps:T, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Arcanum, and the Geneforge series.