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I had forgotten about the Lunar series.

I remember how much I liked that company, Working Designs, and some of the games that they put out.

Man, I always thought it was pretty universal that FF2 (for SNES) was the best ever. I stand corrected. I think FF2 was the last RPG I ever played through.

They were a good company - put a lot of TLC into their games/translations.. pretty good sense of humor as I recall too.

Dude, I'm with you. I played it for the first time when I was 9; I had no idea what I was doing except holding down "A" to get through battles. That got me . . . not far.

Since then I've played it through probably 10 times. Every couple of years I'll dust it off; it still feels like a huge game. Great story, btw.

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_IV There's the wiki; apparently it's widely considered not only one of the best RPGs of all time, but one of the best games, on any system. Wow.

I once wrote a book report in middle school loosely based on the events up until the meeting of Tellah. The teacher had no clue it wasn't a book.

Herzog zwei is a strategy game. But it is considered one of the best games genesis ever did along with the phantasy stars and the shining force series

I never could tolerate Japanese RPG's. Here are my favorites:

Fallout original
Fallout FPS's
Balder's Gate 1&2
Everquest
Skyrim, Morrowind, Oblivion
Planescape:Torment
Gold Box AD&D games (yea, they're pretty damn Nerdy)
City of Heroes
Mass Effect 1&2 (have not played 3)

There are a ton of games with RPG qualities I like, such as Baseball Stars (NES), Zeldas, Crystalis -- I like any game that let's you develop a character

Ultima IV and V plus Bard's Tale I and II for me. Not the greatest of all time, but awesome to play. Might and Magic, too.

Does anyone here remember a game called Deathlord? Came out a little after the time Bard's Tale/Ultima was popular. Deathlord rocked, and was surprisingly difficult for its time. It used to auto-save at random moments, usually during or right before your entire party got waxed.

1. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
2. Morrowind
3. Pools of Radiance - graphics were ghetto as all f but still fun to play
4. FF VII
5. Utlima IV

Agree

Character development is huge for me

serious quesiton: RPG = Role Playing Game correct? I always assumed this meant things like Dungeons and Dragons and other non virtual games where there were complicated set ups, protocols, characters each participant inhabited, and scenarios they had to navigate. so that has transferred to game systems too?

Yes i'm an old fart. I played D&D in Junior High for a couple of years with my brother and his friends in the early 80s. it was fun but not really my thing. I did, however, love a game called Top Secret that a few buddies and I would play in high school once in a while. if nothing was going on that weekend we'd load up on Jolt cola, cheetos, and various other snacks and play all night. it was a james bond kind of thing. and it kicked ass. Anyone remember it?

Played Shining Force 2 back in the day on the Sega Channel. Thought it was pretty good.

For PS2, I thought King's Quest VIII was a good game. The only one in the series that I've played.

For the PC, I liked Darkstone.

Diablo 2