Any RPG players in the house?

[DrMcAwesome]

I know that Zephyr is a fan of the role-playing games, just wondering if there are others at DM that enjoy RPGs.

Personally, I haven't played them as much as I'd like to, but I just picked up Persona 3 and Persona 4 for the PlayStation 2 and I've heard nothing but great things about the series. Granted, Kingdom Hearts (KH1, Chain of Memories and KH2) and Final Fantasy XII were my last serious attempts at RPGs.

[GoKnicks]

I was into RPGs as long as I was into sports games. I think the first one I had was Sword of Vermillion for the SEGA. Of course, I've played some of the Final Fantasy series (I-IV, VII, X) with FFVII being my favorite. Of course, I played a ton of the Pokemon games (Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Fire Red - SO MUCH time and money wasted on those lol). I still have Kingdom Hearts which I never got through, but at the moment I'm playing Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core for the PSP and three Pokemon hack games for the Visual Boy Advance.

[Zephyr]

As mentioned, my genre of choice is RPG.

I have a major suggestion for anyone who has access to Playstation 1 or 2.

Play Suikoden. It's a 5 game series with 1 and 2 on the PS1, and 3-5 on the PS2. Each one, save for the fourth one, are excellent examples of great storytelling in an RPG. So often most RPGs boil down to a) I'm the hero and I'm gonna stomp you out villain! or b) I'm don't really wanna be the hero, but I'm still gonna stomp you out villain! Suikoden does it differently (well, 2 is kinda like that admittedly). This series is about opposing viewpoints in a war. Your side does questionable things, the people you think are "bad" are not necessarily so.

This may be as slight spoiler, so I'll leave names out, but you have an ally that joins your side in the first two games, who is the main antagonist of the third game. But what changed for him between the first two and the third? Not much at all. He's essentially continuing the fight, but now you're opposing him. So as the game starts painting him to be the villain, you sit there and question. Why should you be doing this? Maybe he is right?

It's quite an awesome experience.

You can DL Suikoden 1 on PS3, but good luck finding 2. You can get 3, 4, and 5 at Gamestops used on the cheap if your diligent. Check them out, you won't be disappointed.

[DrMcAwesome]

This may be as slight spoiler, so I'll leave names out, but you have an ally that joins your side in the first two games, who is the main antagonist of the third game. But what changed for him between the first two and the third? Not much at all. He's essentially continuing the fight, but now you're opposing him. So as the game starts painting him to be the villain, you sit there and question. Why should you be doing this? Maybe he is right?

I've never played this series, but I had a friend that lives and dies with RPGs give me the exact same synopsis for Suikoden 3. He's very, very high on that series. He's actually the one that suggested a lot of the RPGs that I play. (Such as: "Star Ocean: Till the End of Time," a game I started a couple weeks back along with Persona 3 ... I just wish I had more time to play RPGs)

[Vermin]

I have a handful of RPGs sitting on my shelf that I need to tackle eventually - Fallout 3, Eternal Sonata, Mass Effect. Too many games, not enough time.

[Zephyr]

You gotta make the time for Mass Effect and Fallout, V!

Any PS3 RPG players out there need to pick up Valkyria Chronicles, btw.

[GoKnicks]

Has anyone played the Xenosaga series? I heard it was pretty good, but never wanted to throw cash down for it without hearing why it was good/bad.

[Zephyr]

There is only one good game in the Xenosaga series, and it technically isn't part of it.

Xenogears, PS1. Good luck finding it. Xenosaga 1-3 is, at best, an average and frustrating experience. This is not hyperbole: you will spend more time watching cutscenes than playing the game.

[Ts-rock]

RPG MUST LIST:
1. Mass Effect (1 & 2)
2. Fall Out 3
3. Oblivion
4. Fable (1 & 2)

I feel like I'm missing one, but all of these are amazing! I never played RPGs before I got an xbox 360, but once I popped in Oblivion I was hooked! I played over 100 hours before I even progressed the main storyline!!