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Ever played a game that Is good yet none seems to know about it? Im a big fan of that...so lets discuss games that are considered "rare" or "underated"change a game to an rpg (why did you randomly capitalize Is btw)
Pretty much anything Shin Megami Tensei. Persona 3 got an awful lot more attention than usual though.
the Final Fantasy Legend series (Game Boy) ; I think they were part of the Mana series in Japan, and translated to the FFLegend series in north america, nonetheless, one cool series (3 games, that I know of). You had a team of generic joes and janes, and depending on the game you could pick your race/class/whathaveyou, then throughout the game, eat monster meat (or metal junk) and change into different monsters etc to aquire new abilities. It was a really cool series. I enjoyed them.Final Fantasy Legend series were part of the SaGa series, not the Mana series. Final Fantasy adventure was part of the mana series.
GBA - Riviera: The Promised Land - Wow. The best original RPG on the GBA, in my opinion. Really good, refreshingly original systems with an interesting story kept me pretty drawn in here.
PC - Jagged Alliance 2 - My favourite tactical RPG ever, easily equals Fallout in my mind. You can get it on Steam now, so have a looksie.JA2 is awesome. And hellahard... It's strange how the game can be great despite the fact that I quicksave and quickload every other minute... However if JA2 counts then Silent Storm (PC) should also count. Tactical "RPG" with fully destructible environments. Spawned an expansion pack (Sentinels, which added to the RPG-elements) and a couple of games based in the engine (Hammer & Sickle, a game that probably is as close to an RPG you get with the engine. EDIT: And also Night Watch, an RPG based on the film with the same name. Unfortunately I've heard nearly only bad things about that game.)
This perplexes me, even my brother; who has poor taste in certain things loathed this game. I had a brain hemorrhage playing through the first 20 minutes of this game, no offense though; I just wonder what people see in it.
All RPGs are "sleepers" if you ask me.
Not really.. Final Fantasy sells alot...and Devil May Cry is like uber-popular as well....What he obviously meant was that RPGs are so dreadfully boring that they can put anyone to sleep. I tend to start up an RPG whenever I can't sleep. I find them strangely soothing.
Devil Mary Cry is an RPG now?
Dude Im not looking for trouble here! I know yall fanstraigthboys are gonna gang up on me for saying Devil May Cry is an action rpg and Zelda is not... so like have mercy on me...neither of those games are RPG's at all
Persona 2. I have never met a person in RL who knows of the game.
Though I knew someone who owned Nocturne...which was funny, because the girl who owned was like really prissy and stupid, the last person you'd expect to enjoy a SMT game.
Not really.. Final Fantasy sells alot...and Devil May Cry is like uber-popular as well....
Sales. Indication of quality...
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Actually, Grindie just hates RPGs. I mean, really hates them. He had a kick as sig though. It went something along the lines of this.
Attack
Defend
Item
Die of boredom <=
Gaming World: A games development site with many resources and tutorials for RPG Maker 2000 and RPG Maker 2003.
The only RPGs I recommend are the Golden Sun games. (because they have nice puzzles and shiny effects)
Gaming World: A games development site with many resources and tutorials for RPG Maker 2000 and RPG Maker 2003.
Breath of Fire III for the PSX.
I really really enjoy that RPG. It has awesome music, great mechanics, deep story, cool characters and it's kinda old-school as well. It's a really good RPG, and one of the games that reminds me how Capcom was so much more awesome back in the day.
The Breath of Fire series are all really good. 5 has interesting gameplay mechanics, but other than that it falls flat on its face. Sadly, all games are somewhat underrated.
Here's an awesome in-depth review of all the BoF games if you need to know more. (http://www.hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/bof/bof.htm)
Play Lumines? :fogetmmh:
Chocobo's dungeon 2 and Threads of fate where SWEET (2 games i played most on my PsOne ...
Uhhh.... That's not an RPG?
(because they have nice puzzles and shiny effects)
ES4O has such an epic opening! :D Really makes me want to break out of that prison and play for hours on end until the game FEELS epic again! :D
hes talking about oblivion.
Lumines has lots of puzzles and shiny effects...I know ..lame joke..forgive me...
Uhhh... I Golden Sun has better effects.
Lumines is that Tetris-like game, right? Well that's not exactly the same kind of puzzle. Golden Sun puzzles are like figuring out which way to push blocks do certain things to progress to the next area. Lumines would be like dropping blocks, like in Tetris.
JA2 is awesome. And hellahard... It's strange how the game can be great despite the fact that I quicksave and quickload every other minute... However if JA2 counts then Silent Storm (PC) should also count. Tactical "RPG" with fully destructible environments. Spawned an expansion pack (Sentinels, which added to the RPG-elements) and a couple of games based in the engine (Hammer & Sickle, a game that probably is as close to an RPG you get with the engine. EDIT: And also Night Watch, an RPG based on the film with the same name. Unfortunately I've heard nearly only bad things about that game.)
Also Arcanum. Actually Arcanum doesn't seem to be all that unknown and those who have played it usually praise it but it still deserves all the extra attention it can get (Especially now that the previously underrated Planescape Torment has come into nearly everyone's radar).
Why I dont get is why they suddenly changed the theme of the series...I guess thats what killed the series...
EDIT:+Rep for awesome link! it has a lot of reviews for a lot of good games! I appreciate it
I got 'Dungeon Maker' for PSP and it's a sleeper. Kinda feels like Jade Cocoon minus the fun. :/
edit- All this talk about old RPGs makes me want to break out my PSX collection. Maybe I'll try FF6. It's the only FF I haven't finished, oddly. Got as far as getting Gau, then lost interest.
Speaking of Shadowrun, the SNES and Genesis games are awesome sleepers.Man that game is hard!
speaking of SNES:
tactics ogre
Man that game is hard!
Yeah man the Genesis one is pretty fucking hard. The SNES one is pretty challenging, but nothing too overwhelming. I prefer the story of the SNES version to the Genesis one, but there are some things that the Genesis version elaborates more on, and I like that.
Tactics Orge was pretty fricken hard indeed. I never beat that game. When ppl died they REALLY died I.E. they didn't come back.
FFT is 5x better, but TO is good too. ^_^
FFT is not a sleeper rpg, Its overated really.You're overrated.
FFT is not a sleeper rpg, Its overated really.Didn't FFT start out selling poorly, then a good while later started selling like hot cakes? isn't that exactly what a sleeper rpg is?
i think thats like.. a waker rpg
i thought a sleeper was one that is still asleep, no one ever bought it despite it being really good
Calling something a "sleeper hit" is a reference to its quiet, unexpected success despite a lack of major public mindshare or advertising. FFT is a great example of a sleeper hit, as would be something like Shadow of the Colossus.Uh, SotC is not really a sleeper hit. It was nominated for goty and had tons of advertising online, and was hugely talked about. Same with FFT. As far as your definition of a sleeper hit... well I can't even think of any that fit that description right now.
Uh, SotC is not really a sleeper hit. It was nominated for goty and had tons of advertising online, and was hugely talked about. Same with FFT. As far as your definition of a sleeper hit... well I can't even think of any that fit that description right now.To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.
Shadowtext: It has been my goal in life to never ever drink alcohol, do other drugs, smoke cigar/ettes, or play Halo. So far, I have suceeded.
Also, the first two Harry Potter GBC games are... amazing. Like, seriously. Get an emulator and play them if weren't an obsessed fan when you were younger and bought them already. But man. They're some of the hardest, funniest, darkest and most bestest RPGs I've every played. I mean, come ON. You can attack final bosses with umbrellas! In the second one, you can charm enemies with autographs and gain extra EXP by hosting impromptu lectures mid-battle. Soooooo fuuuuuuuun.
I would play them but then again I already know how the story ends...Harry Potter IS NOT A SLEEPER RPG as the books are some of the top sellers..so you know hp fans are gonna buy all the games... :fogethuh:Just because something's popular in one medium doesn't mean it's going to be popular in or take up much mindspace in another. Considering how bad most video game adaptations are, I imagine there are a ton of people who refuse to play games like that just because they're adaptations. So it's easy to imagine fans of RPGs not playing them, and therefore not realizing they're good. I know I haven't.
To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.Okay so I did this at work today (I work at a school)
Then ask them if they've played Halo.
To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.
Then ask them if they've played Halo.
Dude "Shadow of the Colossus" is completly overated,dont get me wrong...its a good game but it feels to much of a Zelda rip-off for my taste,still its fun...but not really a full fledged rpg...How does it feel like a Zelda rip-off?
The Soul Blazer trio of games for the SNES: Soul Blazer; Illusion of Gaia/Time; Terranigma. They are all great games. I guess I should also include Granstream Saga since it's made by the same people and is believed to a part of the series.
There's also the Ys series. Not all of the games have been released out of Japan though. Ys I and Ys II are being remade for the DS.
To give you a better idea of what he means, ask twenty people who identify themselves as gamers if they've played Shadow of the Colossus. And not on the internet.just because a game isn't halo doesn't mean that it's a sleeper. shadow of colossus had quite a bit more buzz than the average game
Then ask them if they've played Halo.
Dude "Shadow of the Colossus" is completly overated,dont get me wrong...its a good game but it feels to much of a Zelda rip-off for my taste,still its fun...but not really a full fledged rpg...i wish. i would have really liked shadow of colossus if it was a zelda ripoff. it probably wouldn't have been the most boring ps2 game i played.
I love Terranigma but the prequels I found are horrible shit.but illusion of time/gaia is awesome. best game in the series. :(
anyway, THE sleeper rpg is anachronox. the only people i know who have played it were people i instructed to play it.
I only played it because you told me to and it's my favorite rpg now.
Arcanum.This.
Anachronox is not a sleeper since even mods were made for it..i can only find evidence of one mod, and i believe that mod was made by 9 of the 15 people who actually played anachronox(and maybe some of those 9 people didn't actually play it??)
i can only find evidence of one mod, and i believe that mod was made by 9 of the 15 people who actually played anachronox(and maybe some of those 9 people didn't actually play it??)
Chocobo Racing (PSX) ; it was a racing game, not RPG--though did have a RPG-esque story, still-- damn worth mentioning. It has the worst graphics you could possibly ask for--- but it's THE most addictive game I've ever played (and still do on occassion)As a notorious dumb fanboy, I feel inclined to fully agree.
I actually bought Anachronox about a year ago and I wish there was a way to get my money back.
Anachronox is great. And while people are talking about PC RPGS both Septerra Core: Legacy Of The Creator and Silver should be mentioned.awesome games, both of them. especially septerra core.
Septerra Core: Legacy Of The Creator
Silver
Septerra Core: Legacy Of The Creator? Dude I have totally never heard of that game! Good job! I made this thread for posts like that!
Thanks!
Man for a cheap RPG Eternal Eyes wasnt bad at all. It got super annoying towards the end but for $10 I consider it pretty decent.