Your Favourite Pure RPG Ever?

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

Not franchise...cause that's pretty pointless...but single game, drop a post after your poll pick to let us know which one and why...

As far as Other options, well, if you're a RPG fan, I don't need to list 'em.

[CovenantJr]

It's a very, very close race between Secret of Mana and Terranigma. In the end my vote went to Mana, simply because I occasionally get 'Mana moods' when some sight or snippet of music (frequently some little ditty that reminds me of this melody) drops me right back into the feel of the game. Much as I love Terranigma, it doesn't have that effect.

[Brinn]

Baldur's Gate - Shadows of Amn

[Rigel]

I went with Secret of Mana before I remembered Baldur's Gate. That would have gotten my vote.

Although I'm nostalgic about The Bard's Tale, as it was the first CRPG I played

[kevinswatch]

CHRONO FLIPPEN TRIGGER.

I donno, but I hated Secret of Mana.

-jay

[Worm of Despite]

Baldur's Gate - Shadows of Amn

That was my favorite game--period--for a long while. Still, these days, I'd have to say either Chrono Trigger or Mother 3 do it for me, RPG-wise. I've been appreciating the Japanese RPG format and all its story trappings. BG2 had a story, yeah, but it was distant as you weren't being pushed along with it but rather falling into it when you so chose.

[[Syl]]

[Rigel]

Ooh, a Metal Slime! Those guys were TOUGH! Didn't they have something like 999 hit points, and any hit with any weapon only did 1 damage?

DW4 was definitely the greatest up to that point in time... the multi-arch story was great!

[[Syl]]

Metal slimes only had a few HP. Not much more than your average green or red slime. They were just really hard to hit and didn't take much damage. The king metal slimes, though, had around 999.

[Holsety]

Went with suikoden though the earthbound series is another good option.

[Vraith]

There are no pure RPG's that don't involve people you can physically touch, pencils, papers, dice, and conversations that begin with "This one character I played...."

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

There are no pure RPG's that don't involve people you can physically touch, pencils, papers, dice, and conversations that begin with "This one character I played...."

Okay...Your Best/Fav Electron-Gun/Plastic-Case Induced Pure RPG Ever...with Buttons you Push???

Good 'nuff?

[Holsety]

There are no pure RPG's that don't involve people you can physically touch, pencils, papers, dice, and conversations that begin with "This one character I played...."

I was going to make a longer post, but

Why?

[Vraith]

There are no pure RPG's that don't involve people you can physically touch, pencils, papers, dice, and conversations that begin with "This one character I played...."

I was going to make a longer post, but

Why?

Ummm...I can answer, but first I need to know if "Why?" means [as I suspect] why don't the others count, or if "why?" means [only in my dreams]
"Why would I bother to write a longer post, when Vraith was so succinct, clever, and absolutely correct that I ask myself "Why, why bother to write a longer post?"

[CovenantJr]

There are no pure RPG's that don't involve people you can physically touch, pencils, papers, dice, and conversations that begin with "This one character I played...."

Fair enough, but this is the video games forum, so really the question only covers video games.

[Vraith]

There are no pure RPG's that don't involve people you can physically touch, pencils, papers, dice, and conversations that begin with "This one character I played...."

Fair enough, but this is the video games forum, so really the question only covers video games.

OHH, terrific! NOW people want to stay on topic. When did that start happening?

[Loredoctor]

Fallout 3.

[Cagliostro]

Well, gotta go oldskool, yo!

Tunnels of Doom for the fun of the gameplay, even though it lacks a story.

Ultima IV otherwise.

[jacob Raver, sinTempter]

Fallout 3.

Would you consider Fallout 3 a "pure" RPG? or maybe an Adventure/RPG? Haven't played it but have watched a review on gamespot.com...

K. That didn't come through clearly, let me rephrase...

The game is third-person? So, is any element of it purely action oriented, or is it completely a RPG through and through, just with third-person, awesome life-like experience?

[Loredoctor]

Fallout 3.

Would you consider Fallout 3 a "pure" RPG? or maybe an Adventure/RPG? Haven't played it but have watched a review on gamespot.com...

K. That didn't come through clearly, let me rephrase...

The game is third-person? So, is any element of it purely action oriented, or is it completely a RPG through and through, just with third-person, awesome life-like experience?

How do you define a pure rpg? The fallout series have always been considered roleplaying classics. If you take roleplaying to mean 'playing a role' then techically every game is an rpg (i.e. playing the role of a soldier in doom, or a space marine commander in Dawn of War 2). Of course, purists will argue that rpgs means statistics and leveling, etc. In this regard and 'playing a role', Fallout 3 is most definitely a pure rpg.

As for camera, that has nothing to do with a game being rpg or not. Someone used to pen and paper rpgs would argue any rpg with graphics is technically not roleplaying. Fallout is first or third person (default first person perspective), with very strong roleplaying elements. It is essentially a survival roleplaying game in a post-nuclear wasteland.