I know, I know. I said I’d sworn off lists. But hey, it’s a dull Sunday evening. And I’m feeling too lazy to write anything “heavy”. And I know that Presto is just itching to post another list of his own ;).
Anyway, over at Ugo, they have up their list of the “Top 11 Epic RPGs”. At least that’s a bit of a change from the usual 10. An extra entry at no extra charge!
You’ll find some familiar titles on the list. I do take exception to Betrayal At Krondor being there. Especially as they don’t have Ultima IV listed.
But as we mentioned in another topic (Essential RPGS? for those who may have forgotten), a lot of the early games tend to be overlooked. Or maybe that should be “underlooked”.
A couple of titles are totally unfamiliar to me; no doubt they came out only on consoles. Overall, I think they did a fair job of it, but I suspect you folks have some additions of your own. Check out the list and see what you think.
Who is this Presto character?
I ain’t lookin.
I liked the list. Thanks for sharing it.
Can’t say I played them all, either. I WANTED to play Suikoden II, but I could never find it in stores and was never sure when it was released. I dunno what they were thinking… it was kind of a stealth-micro-release. Almost like Wizardry 8 (which I still can’t find a copy of for less than $70 used…)
Wildwind, what a silly question. One of your alter egos, of course.
Vag, good for you. But if you peek at it through your fingers, I won’t tell ;)
Coyote, well, they didn’t have much of a budget to work with on Wiz 8. They were lucky to get it out the door. I think they had an exclusive with one of the retail chains (EB or somesuch), who helped finance things.
Remember eveyone, tomorrow you can explore Two Worlds and Bioshock.
The wait is finally over for these two.
So, who will be first to explore Two Worlds?
I can’t believe they revealed the big twist in Knights of the Old Republic in their description of the game! That’s just terrible. What were they thinking!?
Anyway, the list is all right. I think Ultima IV should have been on there as well as Might and Magic 4/5 (Xeen).
I haven’t played all the games on the list, though.
I just can’t get into the Japanese console style RPGs so half the list is unfamiliar to me. Final Fantasy turned me off with the random encounters; come on, I’m walking through a field and I can’t see a monster the size of a truck until I trip over it? A few of the others I had commented on previously like Planescape Torment: The Novel. At least one Ultima should have been on there, though it’s a tossup as to which since some have Ultima IV as their favorite and others have VII.
I also agree with GelleKlara, it’s very bad form to give the plot twist away like that.
I agree… I don’t understand Krondor’s inclusion. While I didn’t finish it, the game never struck me as “epic”.
I’ve played 9 out of 11 of them. I’ve only finished 3 of them though, but of those 3, I replayed 2 of them at least once.
Where is Fountain of Dreams?
Correction, everyone, not one, not two, but four games should be release tomorrow or sometime this week.
The list for August 21:
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
Bioshock
Two Worlds
Destination: Treasure Island
Now Scorpia has nothing to complain about. She has the following games she can buy/play/write about:
Two Worlds
Destination (an adventure)
Avencast
Overlord
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Dungeon Lords Collector’s Edition
Dungeon Siege Collector’s Edition
Brain, FoD is in a very hot place with eternal flames ;)
Presto, you gonna buy all those for me? If not, I’ll have to be careful about which one I get.
Scorpia,
The safe bet is Two Worlds or Fable.
It’s HERE-WE-GO-AGAIN time, the release date for Two Worlds have been moved back to Aug. 29 now.