Larian Studios Forums General Chat RPG Chat poll which rgp?

Basically you give a review of the games you have played in terms of percentage...just to see what people like the most. Short comments are allowed.
Also i would like to know which game do you think closely resembles <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />...87%...just brilliant
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" />....75%...good twist in story/scenery too depresing..not enough races/no rep
Diablo 2..77%..good story cinematics..hack/slash gets boring after a while
Temple of elemental evil..82%..a bit too short/graphics beatuful esp at nght/dawn/dusk
enclave...65%..just too much hack/slash
morrowind...70%..yeah i know.its supposed to be good,i just dont like the creatures/building design..reminds me of star wars.
warcraft 3(almost finished expansion pack)...83% plot twists good/nice graphics/nice variety of quests/a bit too colourful/a bit too many plot twists.

Got arcanum(in french which decreases enjoyment) but only reached level 4 i think...not too fond of mixing tech and magic althougth i admit it looks good.

As you can see i havent played many of the rgp games...i am not sure which one resembles <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> the most.

I was going to but say sacred...but i get the impression that there is no item interaction.

Morrowind - 90% - great game, especially with mods - massive scope/lore - poor quests and limited individual dialogue. Simple to play, lots to do. Still playing this with player made mods.
BG 2 - Shadow of Amn - 85% - epic - especially if you play BG1 first - lots of dialogue and great npcs' - bit 'cutesy', good quests - good strategic fighting using party of npcs
Divine Divinity - 85% - great fantasy setting - good storyline and gameplay - got sick of all the mouse clicking and hack & slash.
Baldurs' Gate - 85% - like it more now that I've played BG2 - good fantasy setting, good quests and balance - coming from nothing to conquering Baldur's Gate.
Gothic - 85% - well balanced - hard combat at the beginning but gets easy. Good adventure type game - need to make decision about which camp to join. Gets linear near the end - end comes quickly.

Arx Fatalis - 80% - great world and general gameplay. Loved the magic system where you draw runes on the screen to prepare spells - but too slow to perform during combat. Big problem with this game was the puzzles - most couldn't be solved without a walkthrough - got frustrating when I spent 4 hours trying to solve something, then find out I was miles off track...
Tales of the Sword Coast - 80% - great add-in for BG1 - good gameplay but short.
BG 2 - Throne of Bhaal - 60% - same gameplay as BG2 but not fantasy setting - all otherworldly/gods etc - too contrived - lots of rehashed interiors from BG2.
Morrowind Tribunal - 60% - same gameplay as MW - quests weren't up to much, to easy to break them - story didn't grab me - too many silly quests.

I would prefer to rate in PST's instead <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Umm let me see. We need classifications.

Let's rate :
-Story in PST's,
-action in Doom's, ok for those who don't like Doom we can do Tetris <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
-fun in Grim Fandango's. And good factor to keep in mind - potatoeness, in potatoes ofcource 1-10 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

So let's say Gothic
60% PST
78% Doom
30% GF
8 tatoes

Does it make sence? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> no? Good <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

PS couldn't resist - rgp <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> - 90 %
Great fun, great big world to explore. Nice freedom. Lots to find, decent items and character building. Combat hack 'n' slash but worked great in the context of the game. I finished it! (finishing a game is a measure of how good it is for me)

Beyond Divinity - 60 %
Lots of items again, interesting npcs. Interesting story.
Over zealous skill system and character system, with too many uesless skills, and too many resistance stats. Less freedom than I hoped for. Dark scenery. Poor character models that moved oddly, and much too slowly. Never finished it. I wanted to like it more, but couldn't.

Morrorwind - 85 %
Freedom, huge world, great graphics, and great mods available to improve things.
Generic NPC converstions made talking to them boring. Some decent quests, but many rubbish fed ex ones. Ok combat, good skill system, poor travel system.
Haven't finished it, but remains on my PC for the odd play.

I'll be here all day if I keep reviewing them so I'll just give scores now - I played way to many games......

PS - Torment - 87 % Great characters, story, setting.

Temple of Elemental Evil - 80% Great graphics, combat system (my fav system)

Diablo 2 - 83% Fun, fast, mindless.

Scared - 70% Huge world, fully explorable, but bogey quests and main story.

Baldurs Gate 1 - 76% Twice I started this, twice I failed to see it through - gets boring. Good roleplaying none the less.

Baldurs Gate 2 - 79% As above!

Icewind Dale 2 - 75% As above!

Heath - 05% The worst pile of puke out there...

Neverwinter nights - 83% - I haven't played any expansion, I reckon it can be great, orginal game was quite good.

Fallout 1, 2 - 70% Couldn't get into these. But a nice play system, with depth.

Fallout Tatics - 88% Great tatical combat. If a great rpg game had this
complete combat system within it I'd be laughing.

Gothic 1 - 70% Freedom, but boredom. I couldn't get past the odd controls coupled with the lack of direction in the gameplay. I felt a little lost as to my purpose for playing.

That's all I can think of at the mo...I think I've played more though...

Hmmmm...i know everyone says morrowind is good yet i just cant get into it.

I think its just me but doesnt the races/creatures of morrowind bother anybody??
I keep drawing reference to star wars...i think becuase of that and it is a bit too depressing/poor travel that i just dont see it as a good rgp.
I agree that it has all the good ingriedients..lockpick,athletics etc
The world is good...atmosphere good but still...hmmmmm.

I guessing i will have to decide between baldurs gate..but this game torment sounds interesting....havent heard of it before.
I think i will check it out.

Tragic, if you want to experience one of the best games ever made, and no, that's not only my opinion, you definitely would want to check out Planescape: Torment.

If you don't beleive me, ask the skull <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Since I every now and then write my own reviews,, I might as well add some of my RPG reviews -- w/ the direct link right to them:

*NEWEST REVIEW*
Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines (PC) -- 95%

*OLDER REVIEWS*
Gothic (PC) -- 90%
Gothic II (PC) -- 85%:
Neverwinter Nights (PC) -- 77%
NWN: Shadows of Undrentide (Expansion Pack for the PC) -- 87%
NWN: Hordes of The Underdark (Expansion Pack for the PC) -- 92%

I'm not surprised since it didn't sell too well, although I think everyone here would call it the best RPG ever (or at least one of them), regarding story and depth. It's imho the most "mature" RPG I've seen this far.

And probably one of the best RPG's, ever. PERIOD.

Let's see...

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> - 90% - Great game, so much to see and do.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> - 75% - Not quite as great as <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> was, but still a good game. (I gotta get working on that walkthrough again...)

Arcanum - 90% - Fantastic game. Interesting dicotomy between magic and technology. Too bad the combat breaks down at extremely high-levels.

Temple of Elemental Evil - 85% - Fantastic combat system, too bad the glitches brought it down.

Vampire: Bloodlines - 85% - Good game, but I keep forgeting I'm a Vampire...

Fallout - 95% - quite simply the greatest RPG of all time. the only negative was the time limit.

Fallout 2 - 90% - more of the same, but missing some of the charm of the original game.

as objective as we can/want to be in rating RPGs, we are very much subjective as well. for some Morrowind is just sublime, for others it's crap. for some BG series are super duper, for others it's overrated.

which is why i feel that my rating should be as subjective as possible to reflect my like/dislike. not which combat beat what or whose story bests which or whatever. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

arranged chronologically (in terms of play);

Nox - LOVE IT!. so what if it's simplistic? i had fun all the way plus Nox Quest!
Diablo2 - IT'S OK. felt like a Nox clone. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> it's nice but got boring real fast.
Fallout Tactics - LOVE IT! like what Plowie said, the BEST RPG combat experience. so what if it lacks RPG elements?
Divinity - LOVE IT! love the atmosphere. love everything about it. except bugs.
NWN series - NICE. feels sterile. got better in expansions.
Sacrifice - ALMOST LOVE IT! many say it's strategy but i feel it's RPG with strategy elements. u get to choose which god to side with & do battle with opposing gods. love the british humour & unique characters. too bad it's frustratingly hard to play & win.
Lionheart - HEARTBREAK. i love the character interactions & indications in dialogues but all the rest crumble to dust.
Freedom Force - LOVE IT! again many say it's strategy but u get to play as superheroes, with RPG elements such as character development, which is done very very well.
SW: KOTOR - VERY NICE. almost a lovable game but feels very linear. voice acting is one of the best.
Beyond Divinity - ALMOST LOVE IT! maybe my expectation after DD is too great hence a slight disappointment. still it doesn't mean this game is bad. unique & filled will myriads of choices in combat styles.
SW: KOTOR2 - LOVE IT! this is what KOTOR1 should be; with super voice acting, very engaging dialogues, choices that aren't good nor bad, just different. has better story than all of star wars saga combined.

after playing SW: KOTOR 2, i think i'm ready to play Blood Omen series. i feel the story is very unique & engaging. hey it's RPG as well! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

And Jang, if you ever get the opportunbity to try PS:Torment, take it! TAKE IT!!!!! You won't regret it.

Damn, I have to do some reviews now? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />

Oh well:

First I'd like to mention two things (this is just my higly personal oppinion, so don't be offended by it). 1) I don't think Diablo 1/2 is RPG's, so I won't review them here out of principes. Period. 2) WC3 is a... What is it? RTS? It don't have (as Blizzard claim) RPG elements.

Now:

Fallout: Great. Just great. Funny, nice charactersystem, great interaction, everything you need. You only get it for a short period though...
Fallout 2: As abowe, but bigger. And I think the graphics is a tiny bit better too, bot the graphics doesn't really matter...
Arcanum: Wonderfull. Humor, characterinteraction, decent story and a charactersystem that can get you going for months (at least it made me going for months <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />).
Planescape:Torment: What to say? Probablly the best RPG I've ever played when it comes to story, caracter interaction and such. Great humour too (if a game has humour, then much is won <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />). I did the mistake to restart though... So, I've never got to finnish it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />. But I've promised myself I'll finnish it someday...
Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic: Decent. Nice graphs, great voice acting, but apart from that... A bit short, way too linear, way too few good quests, not very challenging. Decent game all the same though. Havn't finnished KotOR2 yet.
Baldur's Gate: Guess I wasn't ready for it when I tried it. Just rshed through it til I got tired... Never really liked the D&D games. Espessially not:
Icewind Dale 2: Started ok, but then it turned into an orgie of gangwars (you had a party of six from the start, and were allwyas outnumbered). After I'd got going for a while, and still saw no end to the fighting, I stopped.
Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines: Didn't play much of this game, which was a pity, since it seemed good. Great voice acting. Decent quests too. Good caractersystem. Not anything bad to say about it really, I just didn't get into it (for some reason).

Will be back with more, I hope. I'm still gameing, you know <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

For those who haven't played it I have an original copy of PS: Torment for whomever would like it. You can PM me and I'll see what I can do about sending it over. Free.

I'm green with envy . I only have a best buy copy. Which I bought second hand...

Übereil

It came in ye olde big boxes of yore!

But I think I'll just send the jewel case and manual.....to someone who wants it!


Edit: I actually have a rake of games I don't want anymore, including Diablo 1, BG 1, a couple of adventure titles (the longest journey etc)...I might try and flog on EBAY.

ooohh... ME ME ME ME!!!


janggut the shameless beard *who ought to go shave himself* <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

PM me with your details, full address. I'll send it this weekend.

I haven't played Fallout Tactics ever, but from what I've heard those who like it might take a look at Jagged Alliance (JA).

About Sacrifice : I liked that game, because it's so weird, but unfortunately NEVER managed to get a job done ! I tried I think 3 times the very first missions but never succeeded beyond mission 2 or 3 (apart from the Tutorial) ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />

janggut & Plowking >

If Plowking's is the PS:T original 4 disc set take note that you will need the patch for the game, but if it is the 2 disc set the patch is already incorporated into the game.

That's just an FYI

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

I'll have to check that myself, I think it's four disks...in a big jewel case. So they released a later compressed 2 disk version?