I'll try to remember to look into Lost Odyssey when I get a chance.

And, any FF game past XI (you know, the MMORPG) I don't know a thing about. By the time FFXI came out, I stopped following anything on the consoles and went almost exclusively to PC gaming. I still have the original X-Box that I used for console gaming from when X-Box first was released (I sold my PS2/games for rent money many years ago).

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It's Xbox 360 only, though. Going to be a decision between FF and LO in that case, I'm afraid.

That said, just take a look here . You'll see what I'm getting at soon enough.

FF VII top game of all time!

Anything by Bioware WINS.

I'm currently an iPhone junkie. Have found Zenonia and Dungeon Hunter to be pretty damn good RPG's for it. Now if they would just release an MTG app, I would be set.

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I completely forgot about one RPG that I've been meaning to play for a long time - Paper Mario. I'm giving that a try tonight and if it seems like what I've been looking for I'll play through 'er. If not, I'll seriously consider giving FF7 a try (although my girlfriend, who forced me to play FF6/3 didn't really like it, so..). How quickly do you get a feel for FF7?

Prepare to cream!!!

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Wow, this thread. Actually found quite a few since I posted this one. All but one on steam. Check em out.


Last year or so:
Legend of Heroes - Trails in the Sky - Now one of my favorites. First part in a trilogy, english translation of second chapter comes out "this summer" (no official release date yet) and another game in the expanded universe this fall. Really excited.

Lords of Xulima - Different from most I've played. Fog of war indoors/outdoors (permanently visible once you've visited), doesn't really handhold you in the usual "Monsters/baddies you have access to will always be at a level where you can actually beat them" sense. Sometimes you need to bypass baddies until much later and find another route around. Not exceptional in any one way but all around rock solid.

Pillars of Eternity - Really well made, but it made me think of Oblivion and Skyrim which I burned out on. Obviously D&D inspired. Although after playing the game for 10-20 hours class balance issues become obvious. Even level 1 wizard spells do ridiculous AoE damage from low to high character levels, in almost all cases a party of wizards can destroy everything in front of it before anything melee has a chance to fight back.

Threw in Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys: Origin to boot. Nice change of pace for these two but not really my cup of tea. Worth a single playthrough though.

Wasteland 2 was really good although that's a turn based strategy RPG. What Fallout: Tactics should have been if it had good story in addition to good combat.

Space Rangers: HD was really good (although that's a 4X/RPG/RTS)

Played FF7 for about 30 minutes and lost interest. Will try again at some point. Maybe.

Previous years:
Romancing Sa-Ga (SNES) was alright.
Agarest:Generations of War - Ignoring the blatant "HEY LOOK ANIME CHICKS IN SKIMPY CLOTHING IN EVERY THIRD SCENE" barrage which got really old really quick, liked the story and combat system alright.

Child of Light - Worth a single playthrough, but wasted potential

Bastion - Alright. Worth a single playthrough. SuperGiant Games' have excellent soundtracks.

Dust: An Elysian Tail - Action-RPG. One of my top 5 or 10 games now.

Shadowrun Returns

Lost interest??? LOST INTEREST??!!

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