I must play something. I'm dying here. I have to play a good RPG, old or new. Most likely a Square RPG, since 99% of Square RPGs I've played have been great, but feel free to add some other game if you wish. Just write down some worthy games, and convince me that I should play this game, especially if it's a game I've beaten before and am not in the mood play again. So please, WHAT CAN I PLAY?? Thank you for wasting your time.

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Super Mario RPG : The Legend of the Seven Stars! If you haven't played this game, YOU NEED TO. And it IS a Square game!  

Tales of Destiny 2 - Last GREAT PS1 RPG
Star Ocean 2 - COMPLETELY OWNZ
Wild ARMs 2 - Gameplay is nearly unmatched.
Suikoden 2 - BEST. GAME. EVER.
Suikoden - It spawned Suikoden 2. PLAY.

Breath of Fire 1 or 2

Xenogears

Dragon Warrior 3 (on gameboy color, NES graphics suck)

Pokemon (pick a color, just make sure your playing the real games and not the crap Nintendo keeps pumping out to suck money from the kiddies.  No Pokemon stadium, or arena battle, or midnight orgy, just freaking blue, silver, ruby, or some other color.)

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Even though i havent played it myself, i would suggest getting Valcary(so i cant spell) Profile!  I saw it in the store about last Christmas time and it didnt look all too interesting then, but then i saw somethin for it on tv...you're supposed to be able to "come down from heaven" or something like that and collect tons of playable characters throughout history...i guess u look for the greatest of the greats and recruit them to save the world...i beleive it was only one disk for the PS1 so it might not be all too long, but i still suggest it....and if u do deside on this one, let me know how it turns out

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Valkyrie (don't worry, it's tough) Profile is a good game, for anyone looking for something out of the ordinary.  Basically, you're a valkyrie named Lenneth.  Anyone familiar with Norse mythology (don't all raise your hands at once ) would know that a valkyrie's job was to take the souls of dead warriors and heroes to the afterlife.  VP puts an interesting twist on this, as Lenneth's job is to recruit the souls of famous fighters to aid in the Ragnarok (sound familiar?), the ultimate battle between good and evil at the end of time.  There's a huge cast of characters as a result, and as such character development isn't always the greatest.  However, they do an absolutely superb  job of characterizing the major players, like the necromancer Lezard.  And there's a unique feeling of tragedy in knowing that all of your party members are, in fact, dead, especially because their deaths were mostly very sad (or at least macabre).  Â The gameplay is good, and the graphics, while sprite-based, are pretty impressive.  The concept art is great, too.  All in all, VP is a fine choice, and oft overlooked.

Another fine line of products is the Breath of Fire series.  Though somewhat overshadowed by the Chronos and Final Fantasies of the world (not to take anything away from these great series), BoF is a serious contender.  Despite having a mute hero, they manage to redeem themselves with great storylines and characterization on the other party members.  Breath of Fires 1 and 2 are currently out on the Game Boy Advance, and Breath of Fires 3 and 4 came out a little while ago on Playstation.  It may take some looking for the last two, particularly 3, considering their age.  Still, it's always worth a shot.

If you're looking for unique challenge that's far from ordinary, go ahead and sample to Phantasy Star series (not to be confused with the better-known Phantasy Star Online).  By living its life on Sega systems, it has been sorely overlooked, despite its cunning originality and unique plot elements.  It one-ups the competition by being set in the future.  The gameplay is really nothing too new, but the plot and characterizations are consistently fantastic.  Really, all of the Phantasy Stars are great.  If you're a cutting-edge kind of gamer, though, avoid PS 1 and 2, on account of the graphics are butt, even for the Genesis.  You'd be missing out on a great one in Phantasy Star 2, though.  Of course, they're nigh-impossible to find these days, but a quick ROM will fix that one up but good, no?

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Suikoden 2... Man, do I wanna play that game! Mario RPG has been tempting lately, but Wild ARMs 2 and Pokemon haven't. I played Breath of Fire, and it was pretty decent. I should give it a try soon. I haven't played any of the other ones though.

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Lufia II.  The story is very captivating, the characters are believable, the music is awesome, the graphics are actually VERY good for the SNES.  The gameplay in the game is one of its finer qualities, IMO.  The tools system is great and you don't have to go through 829740 menus to do so, and they actually help you avoid whatever combat you want.  The puzzles in the game, though difficult sometimes, are probably the most well-designed puzzles in any games that I've played.

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Warsong , Shining Force 2 , and Star Ocean 2
maybe not as good graphics as todays new rpgs,
but they are still really cool.

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Neal is right. Lufia 2 is THE game to play if you haven't played it yet.

Lunar: the Silver Star Story is one of my old favorites, and now that there is a playstation version out it makes it easier for anyone to play.  The gameplay isn't spectacular, but the story is one of best out there - it's a very fun game to just walk around and talk to everyone - it's also probably the funniest game I've ever played.

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Star Ocean II, like people have been saying, is excellent. I just found it in an EB in Kansas and have been replaying it. If you can find any of the Breath of Fire games, I think BoF 2 is the best of the series.

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Lufia 2 is a great game, might start a new file sometime. And I'll have to rent Star Ocean 2. Thanks everyone.

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If your gonna mention Lunar dont leave out Blue Star it was a great game.  It kind have brought the old level and the new level of gameplay to a completely different, level...
Well it was a good game!

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Any of the Fire Emblem games. They were never released outside of Japan, so findig anything but a rom will be next to impossible, but if you can get it you'll LOVE it!

It's a TBS/RPG game that has good characters despite the high numbers of characters. One thing to note about them(or at least FEIV which is the only one I've played): if one of your characters falls, THEY AINT' GETTIN' BACK UP!!! This challenges you to constantly be mindful of your actions and makes you think about what you're doing.

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I also must reccomend Xenogears. The first half of the game is a masterpiece, a work of art. Great characters, great story, great battle system...in the first half...

If you wish to play the second half of the game, you do so at your own risk...


P.S. Sorry about the double post. I had to leave my computer right after writing about Fire Emblem, and I just got back to it.

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In which case, please try to use the Edit button to add to your earlier post.  This should appear above your posts if you are logged in. - Tiddles

Thanx, Tiddles. I didn't know how to do that before...


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Quick question about this first post on this thread:
What was the 1% that wasn't so great?

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A good game that i like for pc is Vampire Masquerade: The Redemption, If you like Diablo you'll like it, way better graphics, interactivity, and battles

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I've heard that Earthbound is good, but I've never actually played it.

Check it out...

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Earthbound is excellent. A funnier RPG will be almost impossible to find (including Super Mario RPG) and it has excellent gameplay and a great story. Highly reccomended for anyone that can find it for Super Nintendo (or download it or something.)

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Oh yeah earthbound is really cool! it's like a kid version rpg of the present hamburgers instead of potions, bats instead of swords, stuff like that . Speaking of which whatever happened to the sequel of that, i had heard a bunch of stuff about it then it all just disappeared

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A sequel for the N64 was slated, but ultimately scrapped due to numerous delays and the limits of the hardware.  It's a shame, too, considering just how great the original was.

I absolutely loved Earthbound.  The bizarre storyline and quirky sense of humor has made it one of my favorites for quite some time.  And no one could possibly forget the awesome music and weird secondary characters, as well as some of the strangest locales in RPG history.  If you've never played it before, you definitely should.

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Since PC games have been overlooked, I'll throw in Sacrifice.  An EXCELLENT game, not so much an RPG as a strategy-RPG-adventure-action extravaganza.  Shiny did a pretty incredible job of throwing beautiful graphics, innovative and addictive gameplay, and a great story together.

You play as a wizard, and can choose to serve any of five gods (Persephone, James, Stato, Pyro, and (my earlier namesake) Charnel).  Depending on who you serve through the campaign, you get different spells and summon monsters.  And you can mix-and-match gods too.  Try it out.

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The Breath Of Fire series is pretty good. Legend of Legaia (PS) is ok. It's not the best game, and the bosses are harder than they should be (most of them.) but it's ok. Mario RPG is fun! Earthbound is a fun Super Nes game!

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I like to find new games that I would play, but I haven't even beat my others, but if your looking for a to play I would say Lufia II or Bahamuts Lagoon if you haven't play them.

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Suikoden and Suikoden 2. Hours upon end of good fun and tons and tons of characters and the stories are linked. I love these two games.

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Some games I would recomment highly, even if I am repeating what other people say.


*Suidoen I and II, both AWSOME games.

Final Fantasy Adventure/Legends (Only played the 3rd Legends)   Both are great games, even though Final Fantasy Adventure was released as Seiken Destusen (spelling?  Not quite sure.) in japan.

*Seiken Destusen II (Again, not sure on spelling, but should be Secret of Mana II.  Released only in Japan, so translated ROM is the only way to play it.  It is one of the best games I have ever played.)

*Tales of Phantasia (Another game released only in Japan.  It is what spawned Tales of Destany, and would need to find a translated ROM to be able to play.)

Xenogears was cool, and yea... the later half of the game was... disappointing.  I never beat it, cause I got bored of the later half of the game.

*Dragon Quest 6 (Hey!  Guess what?!?!  Another game ONLY released in Japan.  I got a copy of a Translated ROM, but was a VERY sweet game.  A MUST PLAY for any Dragon Warrior fans.  It does have problems with loading, but easy to fix if you know how.  Definatly a LONG game, even more so if you try to beat the Secret Dungon [I was never able to, though I did get to it, which is not an easy task in and of itself.]  For those who need it, and can't find the translated version, I can send it over a chat program, but only ROM I still have a translated copy of.)

Earthbound was definatly an awsome game, though I got to the end of the game, I never finished it on the SNES, and haven't had time to DL a rom and beat it.


* = Games I have beat, and are worth EVERY second I spent on them.



And... dare I say it.... If you are REALLY desperate for a game...... Everquest.  Unfortnatly, I've been hooked on it for awhile, though my interest in it is finally fading away.


P.S.  If you can't tell, I'm by far an Old School gamer.  Newer games with Flashy Graphics don't interest me as Classics that were endless hours of fun.

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For those of you who aren't aware..... Seiken Densetsu 1 was released in the U.S. as Final Fantasy Adventure (another Square attempt at marketing to the U.S. audience) and Seiken Densetsu 2 WAS released in the U.S. as Secret of Mana.  Seiken Densetsu 3 (sometimes called Secret of Mana 2) was never released in the U.S., but is more than definitely worth downloading as a ROM...... it is still one of my favorite games to this day and I really am not a big fan of emulators.

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If you have a PS2 and you're still looking for a game, go for Wild ARMs 3.  I'm sure everyone in chat is sick of me talking about how wonderful it is, but it's wonderful.    It's one of the cheaper PS2 RPGs, since it's only $40 MSRP.  It's about time to make a Christmas list, too.  However, while the game makes complete sense without playing the previous two games, there are a lot of hidden things from Wild ARMs 1 and 2 that make the game even more enjoyable to play, so you should play those first, especially WA2.



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Uh Super Mario RPG but depends on which one i say lol. id say the better one. (you know)