Do they have Old school rpgs for the computer????

[omgmyasshurts]

i am getting a new computer and i need some games for it. I really only play rpg, but the ones i see are that gay momrpg. I love old school rpg like crono triger and all the final fantasy series expect 12 that sucked ass. Do they make any games that like. Where you don't just run around and swing your sword. If not then its shooter time

[Kaizen]

not really,

only "rpgs" that are wrongly titled to the genre,
like Oblivion, which we all know is a fps with rpg elements


you could always play rpgs on emulators like epsxe and pcsx2,
I'm thinking of replaying suikoden v on the pc

[PCXL-Fan]

Whaaaat? Have you gotten a full nights sleep today John?

Fallout 1 & 2
Arcanum Of Steamworks and Magicka
Neverwinter Nights
Baldurs Gates 1 & 2
The Diablo series
Starwars: Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2
Plane Scape Torment
Icewind Dale 1 & 2
The Wizardry Series
Might and Magic Series
The Ultima series
Fable
Nox
Divine Divinity
Dungeon Siege 1 & 2
The Witcher

Action RPGs
Mass Effect
Jade Empire

Real time First person perspective rpgs
The Elderscrolls Series
The Gothic Series
Vampire The Masquerade

__________________

Try @ES the ultimate emulator frontend and all in one media player

Originally Posted by Exodus

Yes, I like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music and download video game music. Yes, I know... I've changed.

gamersat678's Bug Reporter ||| cottonvibe's pcsx2 guide for noobs ||| GSdx plugin ||| DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

---

Last edited by PCXL-Fan; June 1st, 2008 at 22:52..

[StergioS]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

not really,

like Oblivion, which we all know is a fps with rpg elements

i think you are wrong here... fps? its one of the best crpg ever!

Originally Posted by PCXL-Fan

Fallout 1 & 2
Arcanum Of Steam and Magicka
Baldurs Gates 1 & 2
Diablo series
Plane Scape Torment
Icewind Dale
The Ultima series
Fable
Nox
Dungeon Siege
Elderscrolls Series

+ gothic series

[jonc2006]

strife if you can find it. its a shooter but it has many rpg elements in it.

__________________

Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs

The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart.
Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome.
Official jonc2006™ Fan Club
Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

[omgmyasshurts]

i don't really need an eumlator i have all of the psx and ps2 rpg games that are out. I just wish some one would make an old school rpg for the pc. it seems like they are going out and i love those types.

[Kaizen]

Originally Posted by StergioS

i think you are wrong here... fps? its one of the best crpg ever!


+ gothic series

yes, it's a fps

there's no party system or command based fighting
(note - this does not mean turn based)

[StergioS]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

yes, it's a fps

there's no party system or command based fighting
(note - this does not mean turn based)

Neither party system nor command based fighting is necessary in a rpg

So gothic is action/adventure?

[Kaizen]

Originally Posted by StergioS

Neither party system nor command based fighting is necessary in a rpg

So gothic is action/adventure?

but they are the key attraction in gameplay of an rpg,
without these features it isn't really a true rpg (J-RPG like the OP wants)

Imagine a driving game with no track,
instead you just drive around. No opponents and no time

- like gta. Would you call gta a racing game?

for similar reasons I wouldn't call Oblivion an RPG.
Ratchet and Clank would qualify as an rpg if you apply the distinction to be as loose as you do in the case of oblivion


yes, Gothic is action/adventure

Originally Posted by PCXL-Fan

Whaaaat? Have you gotten a full nights sleep today John?

LOL, you know I was playing TF2 with you until 7am
I'm buzzed - my brain is indeed fried

---

Last edited by Kaizen; June 1st, 2008 at 23:14.. Reason: add quote

[skoreanime]

Breath of Fire IV was the only PC RPG I ever bought (minus MMORPGs).

[PCXL-Fan]

Key elements that make up a role playing game are usually an engrossing storyline, the world is more realized, more npc interaction, a monetary(money) system where you can buy from shops, a seemless overworld world from start to finish for the game and not having "levels" where a mission ends and you exit the game and go to some briefing for the next level, and always the character stat developement.

Honestly so many games mix rpg elements in them now days and rpgs are mixing elements from other genres its hard to call any game a pure old school rpg. And its for the best really. It makes games more immersive.

Its better to like what you like and dislike what you dislike.

__________________

Try @ES the ultimate emulator frontend and all in one media player

Originally Posted by Exodus

Yes, I like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music and download video game music. Yes, I know... I've changed.

gamersat678's Bug Reporter ||| cottonvibe's pcsx2 guide for noobs ||| GSdx plugin ||| DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

---

Last edited by PCXL-Fan; June 2nd, 2008 at 00:27..

[Spyhop]

Originally Posted by John Aiton

only "rpgs" that are wrongly titled to the genre,
like Oblivion, which we all know is a fps with rpg elements

So an rpg is only an rpg if you're not in a first person perspective?
riiiigggght


Oblivion kinda sucked alot compared to morrowind, but it was still about as RPG as things get.

To OP, looks like you're after jRPGs. Very few exist on PC. If you can punch your way out of that jRPG box, though, there's many PC RPG gems out there. Looks like PCXL covered the big ones.

__________________

WINTERFELL - C2D E8400 - DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS MATX Motherboard - Mushkin Redline PC2 8000 DDr2 - EVGA Geforce GTX 285 - Silverstone SG01 case
RIVERRUN - Pentium DC 2.5ghz - 4GB OCZ DDR2 - Cheapie ASUS Motherboard w/onboard vid - Antec Sonata III
KING'S LANDING - 80GB Playstation 3

[Lord Budweiser]

There is a Final FAntasy for PC, and, iirc, it is freeware.

__________________
dedicated t mediocrity and repetition too...

[StergioS]

Soul reaver is action/adventure
Tomb raider is action/adventure
gothic is rpg. Plain and simple

You could say that a track is needed in a racing game (which isn't by the way) but an rpg isn't defined by party system. In a role playing game the character can be alone

He is asking for jrpg so you are right not suggesting oblvion but you cant just say oblivion is fps, this is blasphemy!
EDIT: Did server went off for a while??

Another good game is arx fatalis

---

Last edited by StergioS; June 1st, 2008 at 23:57..

[jonc2006]

Originally Posted by omgmyasshurts

i don't really need an eumlator i have all of the psx and ps2 rpg games that are out. I just wish some one would make an old school rpg for the pc. it seems like they are going out and i love those types.

well if its FF style stuff you are looking for, this might spark your intrest. and dont be too quick about passing it off since its a fan-game, i was sort of leaning towards ignoring it myself at first but give it an hour or two and you will see that this is well worth your time.

__________________

Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs

The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart.
Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome.
Official jonc2006™ Fan Club
Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

[PCXL-Fan]

Okay I have the perfect jrpg type game for you that is quite a good game and was made EXCLUSIVELY for the PC Computer.

Septerra Core.
Septerra Core: Legacy Of The Creator - GameCritics.com

Get it. You'll Love it.

I remember it from an older issue of PC Gamer.

OMGmyasshurts, you can thank me by posting in the "Tell us how you got your username thread" in the Open Section of the forum. I wanna know.
How did you come up with your dumb/great username?

__________________

Try @ES the ultimate emulator frontend and all in one media player

Originally Posted by Exodus

Yes, I like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music and download video game music. Yes, I know... I've changed.

gamersat678's Bug Reporter ||| cottonvibe's pcsx2 guide for noobs ||| GSdx plugin ||| DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

---

Last edited by PCXL-Fan; June 2nd, 2008 at 01:35..

[Hiei-YYH]

Originally Posted by Lord Budweiser

There is a Final FAntasy for PC, and, iirc, it is freeware.

There are 2 non mmorpg FF for PC, FFVII and FFVIII, and it's not freeware.
The mmorpg one is FFXI that is NOT freeware either.

__________________

My NEW Site
BEST anime ever!!
PSN(US): Hiei-YYH
PSN(Japan): JHiei-YYH
PSP Model: PSP1001 / CFW 5.00 M33-6 / Sony 8GB MS Pro Duo

[skoreanime]

Septerra Core was all right...it had quite a bit of dialog in it though, most of which was quite annoying and made me want to shut it off a lot of times. But it's still worth a play And I remember that game being long...very long...then again, it might've seemed that way because of the dialog .

[Paratech]

You could always hunt down the Wizardry, Ultima, Bard's Tale, and D & D Anthologies and run them in DOS BOX.

__________________
-Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x.
-Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000
-PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

[jonc2006]

Originally Posted by Hiei-YYH

There are 2 non mmorpg FF for PC, FFVII and FFVIII, and it's not freeware.
The mmorpg one is FFXI that is NOT freeware either.

i believe he is referring to the same thing i posted earlier- the FF fan-game.

__________________

Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs

The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart.
Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome.
Official jonc2006™ Fan Club
Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection