Steve Jung
Explorer
Hearts of Iron and Europa Universalis are very detailed games. It took me months to play a game.
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Deep computer games?
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PosterBoy
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Another vote for Planescape Torment and Fallout. IMHO the #1 and #2 CRPG ever done. The openess and replay value is very high and they are very non linear. I actually felt like I was role playing!
The Baulder's Gates (and sequals) have alot of depth as dungoen crawls, but no much in story compared to Planescape and Fallout.
Fallout #2 is very good as well.
-chris
The Baulder's Gates (and sequals) have alot of depth as dungoen crawls, but no much in story compared to Planescape and Fallout.
Fallout #2 is very good as well.
-chris
Kid Socrates
First Post
My votes!
Planescape: Torment, my favorite RPG ever anywhere bar none plain and simple. I -adore- this game. Love it love it love it. It's just amazing, start to glorious finish.
Final Fantasy: Tactics is one of the most engrossing games I've ever played, just by managing abilities and party positioning and doing Propositions and advancing in all the jobs and... I have played this for 60 hours and I'm still in Chapter 2.
World of Warcraft -- I play this for a number of reasons, not the least of which is to just absorb the story. Chasing down the history of Darrowshire, why Duskwood is the way it is, the truth behind Fandral Staghelm's motivations, the New Plague... screw the stupid raid stuff, that's all I want to see, all the history.
Medieval: Total War and Rome: Total War. Turn-based kingdom management, real-time battles. I think I like Medieval more than Rome, all things considered.
Planescape: Torment, my favorite RPG ever anywhere bar none plain and simple. I -adore- this game. Love it love it love it. It's just amazing, start to glorious finish.
Final Fantasy: Tactics is one of the most engrossing games I've ever played, just by managing abilities and party positioning and doing Propositions and advancing in all the jobs and... I have played this for 60 hours and I'm still in Chapter 2.
World of Warcraft -- I play this for a number of reasons, not the least of which is to just absorb the story. Chasing down the history of Darrowshire, why Duskwood is the way it is, the truth behind Fandral Staghelm's motivations, the New Plague... screw the stupid raid stuff, that's all I want to see, all the history.
Medieval: Total War and Rome: Total War. Turn-based kingdom management, real-time battles. I think I like Medieval more than Rome, all things considered.
Ranes
Adventurer
I understand the cries of 'Planescape!' and 'Civ!' but here's another couple of blasts from the past.
A Mind Forever Voyaging - first rate interactive fiction from the masters, Infocom. Thought provoking, challenging and brilliant. I think you can still get it (legally) over the net.
Darklands - rpg without equal from MicroProse. Sadly unavailable at this point, I believe.
I've been getting back into Morrowind lately and that too is worthy of Hall of Fame status for its depth, richly evoked game world, flexibility and verisimilitude.
A Mind Forever Voyaging - first rate interactive fiction from the masters, Infocom. Thought provoking, challenging and brilliant. I think you can still get it (legally) over the net.
Darklands - rpg without equal from MicroProse. Sadly unavailable at this point, I believe.
I've been getting back into Morrowind lately and that too is worthy of Hall of Fame status for its depth, richly evoked game world, flexibility and verisimilitude.
CarlZog
Explorer
Ranes, both of those are available online on a site I consider to be a highly scrupulous database and archive of old games. (She provides uploads only to those games whose owners don't object, and which are otherwise unavailable; links to vendors are provided for games still for sale.)
But at the risk of starting some flamewar about "abandonware" and its legality, I think I'd best not post the links.
Carl
But at the risk of starting some flamewar about "abandonware" and its legality, I think I'd best not post the links.
Carl
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krunchyfrogg
Explorer
Baldur's Gate II, especially if you played BGI first.
I have a copy of Planescape: Torment, but never really got into it. I think I'm going to have to dust it off and give the game a try. Any tips for a newb?
I have a copy of Planescape: Torment, but never really got into it. I think I'm going to have to dust it off and give the game a try. Any tips for a newb?
DonTadow
First Post
When I beta tested Final Fantasy xi it was so amazing. There wern't that many people on (maybe a couple hundred) so everytime we did something new we knew we were doing it for the first time in america. My favorite moment was when i discovered a great XP spot in the Ghelba outpost. Me and my friends were the only ones there for months. I truly felt like i discovered or accomplished something.
The beta ended 7 months before the game was released. However, once it was released and I joined it was not the same feeling. /Things got crowded and my island turned into manhattan.
The beta ended 7 months before the game was released. However, once it was released and I joined it was not the same feeling. /Things got crowded and my island turned into manhattan.
Adeodatus
First Post
I have to add another shout out for Planescape: Torment. This game ruined my life for a whole semester in college. I considered writing a paper about it.
The bestpart of it all was when I finally got to what would have been a big boss battle in any other game but here it was a long philosphical conversation instead! (I think we did fight afterwards but it wasn't really important.) I struggled over dialogue choices more than equipment and spells and the npcs that joined your team were all amazing. I wanted to have them all on my team at the same time. I still consider this to be the best CRPG...ever.
I love it, in case you missed that.
Adeodatus
The bestpart of it all was when I finally got to what would have been a big boss battle in any other game but here it was a long philosphical conversation instead! (I think we did fight afterwards but it wasn't really important.) I struggled over dialogue choices more than equipment and spells and the npcs that joined your team were all amazing. I wanted to have them all on my team at the same time. I still consider this to be the best CRPG...ever.
I love it, in case you missed that.
Adeodatus
Asmor
First Post
Toss my vote for best CRPG ever into the Planescape: Torment hat. That game was absolutely fantastic, and has fostered in me a love of the planescape setting (I even bought the PS boxed set and a sourcebook for Sigil about a year ago).
My favorite game of all time is Master of Orion II, though.
My favorite game of all time is Master of Orion II, though.
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