I haven't played Mass Effect although whoever I know who has literally starts humping thin air whenever they talk about it so I'd probably recommend that. Don't get me wrong - fallout 3 is amazing but at the same time it's just dull for long periods in places.

Judging by what little I know about you, I doubt Oblivion, Fallout 3, or Mass Effect would be what you're looking for.

Yeah, a little more info on what you think constitutes a good RPG would be nice. 

The closest thing I've played to a good RPG on the 360 is still Fallout, though.  It's got a huge world with loads upon loads of shit to do in it, and literally every decision you make in the game comes with some sort of moral consequence.  Plus if you don't run through the storyline as quickly as possible you can easily spend 40+ hours exploring, meeting new folks, and collecting awesome items and new weapons.  It's also really goddamn pretty.

I didn't like Mass Effect very much, but the experience may be different since you're going to be playing it on a console and not for PC.  I thought the combat was clunky and sometimes your partners will make unbelievably retarded decisions that make them more of a burden than anything.  And yeah, there's that retarded shit where you get to go WOO 4-WHEELIN' on the surface of planets looking for scrap metal and secret ninjas holed up in shacks or whatever.

What kind of RPG? Like jRPG?

I don't really know about Oblivion. It seems like the kind of game you'd have to spend a lot of time on, though I heard Fallout 3 is similar. I've more experience playing jrpgs rather than western ones, though I don't really care about where the game comes from as long as it's got both a pretty good/fun battle system and story.

Yeah Oblivion you clock a lot of time simply exploring dungeons, doing side quests (there's a SHITLOAD), and so on. Fallout 3 is a good game, but its less playtime. Not as many quests to complete. If you look at the achievements for the game, there's all these achievements for completing quests...and that's it. Those achievements count up all the quests (except for maybe 1 or 2 very tiny things) and even though quests aren't long sometimes.

If you would get Oblivion or Fallout 3, I'd suggest Oblivion. Or go back and pick up the GOTY edition of Morrowind for original Xbox (it still plays on 360 I believe). Or you could get both, whatever!


As far as jRPG then go with like Mass Effect I guess? It's a pretty good game and I've played it quite a few times over! It depends on what kind of person you are, if you'll get bored with it or not. But Mass Effect is the only "jRPG" I have, aside from Lost Odyssey which you have.

Yeah definitely check out Fallout 3, there's not much else I can say about it that anyone else hasn't said. Though; It's one of the few games just now that I've bothered to buy, and imo one of the few that is actually worth 40 quid atm

but JRPG wise I'd advise Eternal Sonata. It's not breaking any boundaries of originality.....but it looks pretty, and the whole Chopin's dream world idea is fairly "neato"

Awwwwww.... they changed the name.

I just got a 360 and have been looking at eternal sonata. On the one hand it prominently features tons of anime which is a huge negative for me, on the other hand it apparently is about a dream chopin had which sounds rad as hell.

Haven't started Mass Effect yet but I'll let you know what I think when I do, I've also been thinking of picking up fallout 3 as I loved fallout 2 and also loved oblivion.

why does an anime dream based on a made up idea of a dead composer's last moments that doesn't even have an exclusively chopin soundtrack appeal to you.

why does an anime dream based on a made up idea of a dead composer's last moments that doesn't even have an exclusively chopin soundtrack appeal to you.

I'm not sure but it seems rather different than the plots of most rpgs, it just seemed interesting and I'm not sure why!

I have played:

-Lost Odyssey
-Eternal Sonata
-Tales of Vesperia
-Infinite Undiscovery

and am now playing Last Remnant

I'd suggest out of those, definitely LAST REMNANT, but Lost Odyssey is good too. Last Remnant got horrible reviews, but they are def. all unreflective of the game. Most of the criticisim came from horrible load times and lag, but if you install the game into your hard-drive, it's hardly a problem. So Last Remnant gets my vote. Game Trailer's review was the only one I agree with.

Eternal Sonata was fun, but the storyline was abysmal in my opinion.

Within half an hour of playing Eternal Sonata I was ready to smack Chopin with his baton. I enjoyed the game, otherwise but yeah, I was unprepared for the long ass history lessons the game gave me. I think, if the storyline had been re-worked to get rid of the stupid 'fever dreams' angle then it may have been a better game. Even with its issues, though, if you're looking to sink 20+ hours into a game, Eternal Sonata is a half-decent game to look at.

I have both Oblivion and Fallout 3 and I enjoy both of them. They take time and effort and you do spend most of your time doing side quests but, for the most part, the games are fun to play. If you can only afford one, get the 'Game of the Year' edition of Oblivion because it's got all of the expansion packs built right into the game.

I've watched my brother play Tales of Vesperia and it seemed like a decent game, but I can't recommend it one way or another because I've never played it.

Here's a list of jRPGs on the system I can think of:

Enchanted Arms
Eternal Sonata
Lost Odyssey
Infinite Undiscovery
Last Remnant
Tales of Vesperia

Under no circumstances should you pick up Enchanted Arms. Infinite Undiscovery is also pretty terrible. I love the game at times, but I've always been sort of DETERMINED to enjoy it. It is a very flawed game but it's fun in parts I guess? It's a pretty terrible game and I don't think many people would like it.

Lost Odyssey has fantastic production values and is also pretty good, sans a massive difficulty spike near the start of Disc 4, but eh, still very good! Eternal Sonata's probably my favourite game I have on 360, it's just a lot of FUN for some reason. I'm a pretty big music nerd so at times it was like "uhhrhgklfdjalfkdas" but in the end you just have to switch that off because it's a very fun RPG.

Last Remnant I haven't gotten yet, will do after I finish a couple of other games. Vesperia doesn't even have a release date down here in Aus, so!

Also as for WESTERN RPGS, Mass Effect is pretty good! The storyline is really really short but there's a lot of stuff to do on the side. Fallout is great, and I'd definitely recommend that over Oblivion, but then again I could never get into Oblivion. I've tried to play it so many times and it's just do... dull.

so yeah! gogo

I kept trying to rent last remnant but blockbuster doesn't stock it and that sucks

If you want to be IMMERSED, then Mass Effect is your game. There is seriously an entire backstory on the whole universe as long as you take the time to do everything. Just be prepared to read...a lot. The interface is kind of bad on the 360, but the dialogue is very good. It's way better than the Bethesda games when you compare the cutscenes and voice acting. Driving on the planets is kind of dumb at times, but it's okay when there is action going on.

Fallout 3 is a blast, but only if you take the time to do the quests. IMO, the sidequests were so much more fun than the main storyline. I put about 60 hours into the game, so if you're looking for something lengthy with great quests (which are superior to Oblivions), get it.

So I would go with Fallout 3 and Mass Effect. Try Last Remnant too, even though Square-Enix is horrible with the Unreal engine.