What's the best RPG you ever played (REAL POLL)

[sportforredneck]

Alright, who voted for FF7?

I am Spartacus.

 

[Silellak]

Where the Hell is Ultima 9?!

I cry foul.

 

[Hory]

Torment has the best writing, but as games, Fallout(s) are better.

 

[Ion Flux]

I thought the title of this thread said, "REAL DOLL".

In which case, that would be my favorite RPG.

 

[Demicore]

No Wizardry 8 >:þ

 

[sportforredneck]

No Wizardry 8 >:þ

Wizardry 6 = bettar....at least in my nostalgia rocked brain.

 

[Topher]

Fallout of course, I played it when I was 12 or so and I holds a lot of nostalgia for me. It is a big part of why I love games so much and holds countless memories for me.

I have to give a nod to PST though as it is the most well-written RPG I have played and it really draws you in to it's world and characters. I even enjoy the RTwP combat that the infinity engine games offer. Every infinity game is a great, IWD for it focus on combat (a nice alternative for Diablo), BG for it's open world and epic story-line, and of course PST for it's world, characters (both party and NPC), and the 100 other great things about it.

I would also like to give a nod to Arcanum, I followed this game heavily before release and all other games need to look at that pre-release as an example of how to do it right; game had a great website. The game also had a fantastic character creation system that allowed for a lot of fun and unique builds and the game really felt and reacted differently with each new character.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

No Wizardry 8 >:þ

And that is an RPG, how?

 

[sqeecoo]

Planescape is the best, it isn't even a contest. But it would be a very close contest between FO and BaK if it wasn't for PST.

 

[Higher Game]

And that is an RPG, how?

Careful, the dungeon-grinder fans here will eat you alive. As for the greatest, the only answer can be PS:T. Fallout is great, not the greatest.

 

[Atomic]

The best in this poll is PS:T.
The best missing from this poll is Wizardry 7.

 

[Fat Dragon]

Meh, Planescape was only good up to the point where you leave Sigil for Curst. It kind of loses its flare after that.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Fallout 1 all the way.

 

[sportforredneck]

No Wizardry 8 >:þ

And that is an RPG, how?

Fuck you.

 

[Mojo]

Where's the Darklands option?

 

[Higher Game]

Where's the Darklands option?

Too much of a simulation to be considered a tr00 RPG. :twisted:

Meh, Planescape was only good up to the point where you leave Sigil for Curst. It kind of loses its flare after that.

The endgame more than makes up for it.

 

[Gold]

Ultima 7/SI did shit that many 'modern' rpgs only wished they could do.

 

[OSK]

ARCANUM IZ TEH GRATEST RPG EVA!

 

[phanboy_iv]

Difficult decision between Ultima 7 and Fallout 1.
Picked Fallout because it was my first. But aside from that, Ultima 7 tops everything on that list by a large margin.

 

[Whispering Darkness]

Alot of good games... Arcanum, perhaps Bloodlines and Fallout.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I voted for BG2. I haven't played Bloodlines, either Fallout, Ultima VII, Betrayal at Krondor, or the Witcher, though.

Then what the hell are you doing here, infidel?

 

[Mojo]

Where's the Darklands option?

Too much of a simulation to be considered a tr00 RPG. :twisted:

Morowind is mostly a hiking/dressing simulator and yet it's listed

 

[laclongquan]

Fallout 1 compared to Fallout 2 how? I played F2 first, when I tried F1 (purely for curiousity factor) it's just cant make the grade.

And Fallout 2 just cant make the grade compare to PST. Especially in the characters factor. I mean, you got a gloomy suicidal (or nearly) monk, a prissy hooker (aint that a laugh), a chick crazy for you but must abstain or her blood will boil (due to hotness), and that chatty floating skull. Man, those were great. Still great.

oh I know the post-apo stuff is cool. I like it, even. But the characters make the cut, here.

Arcanum is great but after a time playing it's loosing the luster somehow... perhaps because it didnt create various different contrasting atmostphere like PST. I mean, the city-on-trees is different from that industrial city, true. But it's not like the diffence between City of Thousand Portals and the Curst, or the Maze, or the catacombs.

Planescape: Torment! Truly a gem of the past. It's rare that some recent game can attempt to topple its greatness.

 

[Wyrmlord]

Meh, Planescape was only good up to the point where you leave Sigil for Curst. It kind of loses its flare after that.

Yes.

Hence, MotB is a better game, and Betrayal At Krondor remains the best RPG ever made.

BTW, Mareus, you've finished Krondor, yet?

 

[mondblut]

Whoa, whole two pre-97 games comparing to previous iteration.

Still a long way to go, though.