The RPG Appreciation Thread

[Alexandra]

I'll start us off:
Mass Effect 2. Sweet Jesus, I love that game. The art style and RPG/third-person shooter love child made me cry.

Valkyria Chronicles is another of my favorites and I found myself acting like my ten-year-old self while watching anime.

Dragon Age is so perfect.

Lord of the Rings the Third Age on Gamecube. I think that was my childhood.

 

[Sett]

Football manager 2013 =3

 

[Wandrian]

What's a recent/soon to be released RPG with plenty of replay value that doesn't emphasize grinding? The last RPGs that really clicked with me personally were Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but the Elder Scrolls doesn't really appeal to me in spite of relative similarity in gameplay mechanics.


I've liked:
-Fallout 3 & New Vegas
-Nier

Don't really care for:
-Mass Effect
-Elder Scrolls
-Final Fantasy
-Tales series


With the exception of Final Fantasy(NOMURAAAAAA!!!), I'm not really certain why the others don't really click with me. They just kinda...aren't me, y'know?

 

[Solo]

What's a recent/soon to be released RPG with plenty of replay value that doesn't emphasize grinding? The last RPGs that really clicked with me personally were Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but the Elder Scrolls doesn't really appeal to me in spite of relative similarity in gameplay mechanics.

The only reason I've found people to prefer one over the other is the theme difference. Some like the post apocalyptic theme while others like the fantasy theme. Personally I prefer Elder Scrolls because the color palette is more than 5 shades of brown with a green tint and that Fallout having guns makes it more boring for me simply due to the fact it's combat system is based around firearms.

 

[Alexandra]

What's a recent/soon to be released RPG with plenty of replay value that doesn't emphasize grinding? The last RPGs that really clicked with me personally were Fallout 3 & New Vegas, but the Elder Scrolls doesn't really appeal to me in spite of relative similarity in gameplay mechanics.


I've liked:
-Fallout 3 & New Vegas
-Nier

Don't really care for:
-Mass Effect
-Elder Scrolls
-Final Fantasy
-Tales series


With the exception of Final Fantasy(NOMURAAAAAA!!!), I'm not really certain why the others don't really click with me. They just kinda...aren't me, y'know?

Dragon's Dogma...sort of, but that's a fantasy game.

The only reason I've found people to prefer one over the other is the theme difference. Some like the post apocalyptic theme while others like the fantasy theme. Personally I prefer Elder Scrolls because the color palette is more than 5 shades of brown with a green tint and that Fallout having guns makes it more boring for me simply due to the fact it's combat system is based around firearms.

Elder Scrolls is so much better...