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Title: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 01:48:12 am
As the title says I'm looking for a good single player RPG. Ever since Skyrim left me quite unsatisfied I've been on the hunt for something that would fill the hole Skyrim could not (heh) with no luck. Any suggestions?

PS: Most big titles like Skyrim, Witcher 2, Deus Ex, etc I've already tried. Spent countless hours looking for something with little to no luck.

PPS: If possible, though it's rather specific, I really like the idea of being a single person more powerful than the rest, supernatural, while the rest of the world is based in reality. Really like that setting. Think Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

PPPS: Awhile back in a thread similar to this someone was suggesting these open world third person shooters with slight RPG elements, done by Russian devs if I recall correctly. Can't remember the name of them for the life of me, anyone know what I'm talking about?
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: DaruviansUnmutedAccount on October 19, 2013, 01:55:34 am
Morrowind.

Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 02:01:20 am
Played through it extensively already, and went back to it with mods and such. Great game though.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 19, 2013, 02:06:16 am
Gothic maybe? If you haven't played it, the first two games might feel too outdated to you. Gothic 3, however, still feels polished enough and it is one great extensive game. Combat is a bit unforgiving and difficult though but you will find your way. Gothic 4 (Arcania) I don't recommend at all. It is what Diablo 3 has been to the Diablo series for Gothic.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Canuck on October 19, 2013, 02:07:53 am
Quote from: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 01:48:12 am
PPPS: Awhile back in a thread similar to this someone was suggesting these open world third person shooters with slight RPG elements, done by Russian devs if I recall correctly. Can't remember the name of them for the life of me, anyone know what I'm talking about?

I believe you're referring to the STALKER games, though they aren't third person. http://www.stalker-game.com/

Of those I've personally only played Call of Pripyat. I enjoyed it though, especially with decent mods!
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Leshma on October 19, 2013, 02:12:25 am
Gothic series, Risen series, Two Worlds series, Divinity II...

Personally I would start with Risen but Gothic 3 is fine choice as well.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 02:20:11 am
Quote from: Canuck on October 19, 2013, 02:07:53 am
I believe you're referring to the STALKER games, though they aren't third person. http://www.stalker-game.com/

Of those I've personally only played Call of Pripyat. I enjoyed it though, especially with decent mods!

Nah already played through those! It was something less known!

And thanks for all the suggestions guys, unfortunately I've already played everything mentioned already  :cry:
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 19, 2013, 02:26:57 am
I think whatever else I may throw at you will also be in vain. You are probably in the same kind of mood as me. Having already played all the notable ones, I have been looking for a great new single player sandbox rpg for long as well. And just like you, I was nowhere near satisfied with damn Skyrim.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Leshma on October 19, 2013, 02:30:16 am
Most german RPGs are made in similar fashion. There's also game called Venetica with female protagonist but I wouldn't recommend it.

You guys will have to wait for Dragon Age 3 or Witcher 3. Those two games fit the profile perfectly.

Edit: Actually I forgot, there's game called Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning.

Also Dark Souls but I'm pretty sure everyone tried it so far.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 19, 2013, 02:34:13 am
Already thrashed Amalur. Venetica is just too stale. I'm excited for Witcher 3 but I say hell no to Dragon Age. I tried the first game, uninstalled after half an hour and never touched the second. I realize that they are doing something different with the 3rd game but my hopes are lower than slim for it.

I like Dark Souls and am looking forward to the second.

Thanks for the effort anyway Leshma.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on October 19, 2013, 02:36:46 am
dont get risen 2
shit game

anyway, you know what they say, if your bored with RPGs?

kick it oldshcool!
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 02:56:26 am
Yeah already tried Amalur, was decent but started to feel like an mmorpg I was playing all alone after awhile, too grindy. Loved Dark Souls, Demon's Souls is one of my favorite games of all times. Stoked for the next in the series.

This is killing me, what was the name of these games? I don't know if it was Russian but it was some sort of different ethnicity, but I do think it was Russian. It had two games in the series I believe. Was set in modern times I think. Ughhh this is killing me. Think it was ported over here by fans.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 19, 2013, 02:59:30 am
Quote from: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 02:56:26 am
Yeah already tried Amalur, was decent but started to feel like an mmorpg I was playing all alone after awhile, too grindy. Loved Dark Souls, Demon's Souls is one of my favorite games of all times. Stoked for the next in the series.

This is killing me, what was the name of these games? I don't know if it was Russian but it was some sort of different ethnicity, but I do think it was Russian. It had two games in the series I believe. Was set in modern times I think. Ughhh this is killing me. Think it was ported over here by fans.

Not so modern timeline, but do you probably mean Konung?

Edit: Oh, you are looking for a shooter. That's not a shooter at all.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Leshma on October 19, 2013, 03:06:51 am
Quote from: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 02:56:26 am
Yeah already tried Amalur, was decent but started to feel like an mmorpg I was playing all alone after awhile, too grindy. Loved Dark Souls, Demon's Souls is one of my favorite games of all times. Stoked for the next in the series.

This is killing me, what was the name of these games? I don't know if it was Russian but it was some sort of different ethnicity, but I do think it was Russian. It had two games in the series I believe. Was set in modern times I think. Ughhh this is killing me. Think it was ported over here by fans.

White Gold, Boiling Point, Xenus etc.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Butan on October 19, 2013, 03:14:20 am
The Witcher 1/2, Drakensang 1/2, Mass Effect 1/2/3.



RPG-BTA : Castlevania : Lords of Shadow, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: AntiBlitz on October 19, 2013, 03:26:50 am
Mount & Blade:Warband


oh wait, you said good.......
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 03:33:50 am
Quote from: Leshma on October 19, 2013, 03:06:51 am
White Gold, Boiling Point, Xenus etc.

THANK YOU! I knew someone had to know!  :D

Quote from: Butan on October 19, 2013, 03:14:20 am
The Witcher 1/2, Drakensang 1/2, Mass Effect 1/2/3.



RPG-BTA : Castlevania : Lords of Shadow, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.

Done them all, though never finished the Mass Effect series, never cared for it. :/

Have yet to try Van Helsing, heard good things about it. Not the biggest fan of Diablo-clones but if done right they're fun so I'll probably give it a go sometime.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Butan on October 19, 2013, 03:44:50 am
Heard a lot of nice things too, still didnt test because I want to play it with my mates and it lags horribly when creating a server, since it was released.
But SP is fine and I'm pretty sure its a great game.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 19, 2013, 04:03:36 am
Xenus 2 looks like it might have heavily inspired Farcry 3. Something interesting came out of this thread anyway.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 08:12:51 am
Yeah definitely. Think I'm gonna give it a go.

Also, I ended up installing the first Crysis, I played it for like an hour when I got my first gaming rig just to drool over sweet graphics. Surprisingly it's actually quite an outstanding shooter. Also installed Jaws Unleashed for the lolz. It's aged horribly as I expected, but it was fun for a little nostalgia. That game was great when I was younger, haha.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Banok on October 19, 2013, 08:51:34 am
Did you ever play kotor 1 & 2

basically the original mass effect series, and is imo way better except for the action combat ME brought in.

PS: im gona download it now. also wiped my bum and came away red, wtf.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: SeQuel on October 19, 2013, 09:18:02 am
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines

One of the better RPG's I've played. Install the community patches and a resolution fixer and you're set.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on October 19, 2013, 09:20:55 am
Baldur's Gate I & II and Icewind Dale I & II.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Grumbs on October 19, 2013, 10:33:10 am
Planescape: Torment is probably my favourite RPG ever, with Fallout 1/2 just behind. Get them on GoG, and the planescape fixpack

Have a look through that list:

http://www.gog.com/games/rpg

Arx Fatalis is a kind of obscure one but wasn't bad
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Sagar on October 19, 2013, 12:04:22 pm
Severance: Blade of Darkness
It is an older game (2001), but it's a unique experience and combat system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance:_Blade_of_Darkness

Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: zagibu on October 19, 2013, 12:07:59 pm
Severance is one of the first games to have real time shadows.

Quote from: Banok on October 19, 2013, 08:51:34 am
basically the original mass effect series

Wut? They have nothing to do with Mass Effect, besides the good/evil thing.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Miwiw on October 19, 2013, 12:23:27 pm
Dont touch Gothic 3, nor Arcania. Play Gothic 1, then Gothic 2 and skip to Risen then. Don't know Risen 2, but Piranha Bytes is a good company.

Otherwise Sacred 1, Sacred: Underworld, Sacred 2. Try these, but play Sacred 1 first.
Can only tell you to check gog.com (http://gog.com) because that site got lots of amazing nice rpgs.

RPG I like the most: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: zagibu on October 19, 2013, 12:35:16 pm
Arcanum is really buggy, though, and clunky. But it's got a very interesting setting. We need more steampunk games.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: stukii on October 19, 2013, 12:37:02 pm
Quote from: TheAppleSauceMan on October 19, 2013, 01:48:12 am

PPPS: Awhile back in a thread similar to this someone was suggesting these open world third person shooters with slight RPG elements, done by Russian devs if I recall correctly. Can't remember the name of them for the life of me, anyone know what I'm talking about?

Do you mean http://szone-online.net/index/ ? Was known as Stalker-Online a few months back.

As sp-rpg i would recommend  'THe Last Remnant'.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 19, 2013, 01:37:31 pm
XRebirth :)
well besides RPG Elements, you can dogfight in Space agaisnt pirates or different alien species, mine ore in astroied, trade between systems and stations, build stations to produce stuff and sell it, coordinate an armada of ships from a small fighter upto Battleship class, outfit your ships wit different modules so they fullfill different funtions ... and much more, it is coming out in mid november .. i bought it in May ^^
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Leshma on October 19, 2013, 02:18:47 pm
Xenus games are decent and have a lot of potential but those are russian games, with emphasis on russian. Like everything russian, they aren't polished up to western standards. Lots of bugs and quirky visuals is something you should expect.

I'm fairly sure you aren't into space/sci-fi games but whatever you do, don't play Parkan series... if you want something sci-fi with open world try Precursors (last game made by studio responsible for Xenus series). But beware, that's russian game as well.

Edit: Forgot to mention two fairly recent games. Game of Thrones official game is fantasy RPG and Mars: War Logs is sci-fi RPG. Both are similar to Gothic.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Nightmare798 on October 19, 2013, 02:59:13 pm
Quote from: Leshma on October 19, 2013, 02:12:25 am
Gothic series, Risen series, Two Worlds series, Divinity II...

Personally I would start with Risen but Gothic 3 is fine choice as well.

I approve of your choices. Well said dear sire/lady.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: DaveUKR on October 19, 2013, 03:09:43 pm
Fallout series. Would recommend 1, 2, 3 and New Vegas. 2 and NV are the best, 1 and 3 are good, Fallout Tactics I don't recommend at all. Also recommend Dark Messiah (not like a RPG but a good singleplayer game), Dishonored (same), Deus Ex series (all of them are good).
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 19, 2013, 04:31:54 pm
more RPG like

I heared good things and will try soon Might and Magic 7(VII), it is said it is the best of teh Might and Magic serious. There is a GoG version for it.

Also released on steam a remake of "Shadowrun", the base campagne aint too long, but there seems to be a ton of community campagnes. I quite like the systopian cybermagic theme, which i first was very reluctant but when i tried it out i got into it very fast.

Also if you never tried them , have a look at the DSA "das schwarze Auge" "the black Eye" Series, it is a german based fantasy RPG system, which has spawned a couple of PC games with nice graphics.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Logen on October 19, 2013, 04:34:40 pm
Quote from: kinngrimm on October 19, 2013, 04:31:54 pm
Also if you never tried them , have a look at the DSA "das schwarze Auge" "the black Eye" Series, it is a german based fantasy RPG system, which has spawned a couple of PC games with nice graphics.
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Drakensang: The River of Time
Good games, yes.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on October 19, 2013, 05:02:14 pm
Quote from: DaveUKR on October 19, 2013, 03:09:43 pm
Fallout series. Would recommend 1, 2 and New Vegas. 2 and 1 are the best, NV is good, Fallout Tactics and 3 are shitty taints upon the upon the greatest series of games, and should not be mentioned

Fixed




and if you can deal with oldschool style rpgs, Spiderweb Software makes some awesome games
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Nightmare798 on October 19, 2013, 05:03:26 pm
Quote from: Logen on October 19, 2013, 04:34:40 pm
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Drakensang: The River of Time
Good games, yes.

oh god no. this german attempt at cloning neverwinter nights should burn in hell.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Eugen on October 19, 2013, 05:03:49 pm
RPG games - nothing beats the old storytelling. I give my favourits and dig in history here. Maybe you missed some oldshool jewels there.

For storybased games:
- Dragonage - adventuregroup rpg. everyone has played it. (Drakensang also not to bad, but not as good imho).
-  :!: Divinity - real singelplayer action RPG with lots of sidequests and good story - nice fighting system too - and you can go dragon! My secret favourite. If you havent played yet, I recommend it definitly.

For fantasy-combat:
- Dark / Demon Souls: no words
- Die by the sword (if you can get it playing on a new machine? gog? no idea. really old)
- Gothic. Old shool.
-  :idea:Cursed Crusade: I have not played it yet, but shure gonna buy it soon. Google it and maybe you will like it too...

For fantasy-strategy/rpg:
- spellforce: great story too. If you like a mix of army building and singleplayer questing.
- Dark Omen: Ok, no RpG at all, but alltime fantasy tactics army game of old days - never topped I dare say.

For dungeoncrawls / isometric slay and cast:
-  :!:Dungeon Siege!!!! best ever (in this category - if you want some story in your hack and slay)
-  :arrow:The Bards Tale. 80s classic. very entertaining still. If you have missed it and you like dungeoncrawlers well worth it.

And dont forget Fable 1,2 and (forget 3 - although its pretty and nice story it needs ms-life  :rolleyes:)

If you really enjoy open world stuff like: sacred and oblivion (with skyrim) - I cant help you. Gothic is the only one of this kind, that ever got a thumbs up with me.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on October 19, 2013, 05:08:54 pm
oh, i completely forgot

if your a fan of star wars

Knights of the old republic 1 and 2 people say the 2nd game is shitty, but i think its just as good, unfortunately obsidian had to cut content to meet shit deadlines imposed by bioware
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Bjord on October 19, 2013, 05:45:16 pm
Your =/= You're
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 19, 2013, 05:59:12 pm
Quote from: Eugen on October 19, 2013, 05:03:49 pm
RPG games - nothing beats the old storytelling. I give my favourits and dig in history here. Maybe you missed some oldshool jewels there.

For storybased games:
- Dragonage - adventuregroup rpg. everyone has played it. (Drakensang also not to bad, but not as good imho).
-  :!: Divinity - real singelplayer action RPG with lots of sidequests and good story - nice fighting system too - and you can go dragon! My secret favourite. If you havent played yet, I recommend it definitly.

For fantasy-combat:
- Dark / Demon Souls: no words
- Die by the sword (if you can get it playing on a new machine? gog? no idea. really old)
- Gothic. Old shool.
-  :idea:Cursed Crusade: I have not played it yet, but shure gonna buy it soon. Google it and maybe you will like it too...

For fantasy-strategy/rpg:
- spellforce: great story too. If you like a mix of army building and singleplayer questing.
- Dark Omen: Ok, no RpG at all, but alltime fantasy tactics army game of old days - never topped I dare say.

For dungeoncrawls / isometric slay and cast:
-  :!:Dungeon Siege!!!! best ever (in this category - if you want some story in your hack and slay)
-  :arrow:The Bards Tale. 80s classic. very entertaining still. If you have missed it and you like dungeoncrawlers well worth it.

And dont forget Fable 1,2 and (forget 3 - although its pretty and nice story it needs ms-life  :rolleyes:)

If you really enjoy open world stuff like: sacred and oblivion (with skyrim) - I cant help you. Gothic is the only one of this kind, that ever got a thumbs up with me.

Cursed Crusade is a broken game. It really isn't as good as it appears to be on Youtube. Basically, it's one of those failures which I had to uninstall very soon. I personally recommend staying away from it. But it's your call in the end.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 19, 2013, 07:58:01 pm
the 80's Bards Tale Saga was indeed one of the alltime best created RPG.

there is a remake of Bards Tale from 2004, steam and GoG available. It is super funny and the overall graphics and game mechanics are ok.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on October 20, 2013, 12:31:48 am
Wow guys thanks so much for all the suggestions. It's much appreciated. I've played through a lot of these but there's a few that were mentioned that I haven't so now I at least have a few games to look into!  :mrgreen:

Also, I do enjoy space/sci-fi games, I just tend to be very picky with them. I liked the little I played of the X series, and I'm definitely going to try Rebirth once that launches!
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: DaveUKR on October 20, 2013, 02:04:39 am
Also Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Butan on October 20, 2013, 02:15:49 am
Quote from: DaveUKR on October 20, 2013, 02:04:39 am
Dungeon Siege


Worth it just for the in-game music.





Nothing earth shattering but, for unknown reasons, it made an everlasting impression on me.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: POOPHAMMER on October 20, 2013, 02:36:38 am
duke nukem
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 20, 2013, 03:16:37 am
neverwinter nights I with all addons, still worth it. I erm got me a copy a few weeks back, perhaps again a lvl 40 rogue/assasin /shadowdancer
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on October 20, 2013, 11:41:54 am
Neverwinter Nights 2, if only for Mask of the Betrayer.

And the Baldur's Gate mod, if you don't like old Baldur's Gate.

http://kotaku.com/holy-hell-this-guy-re-created-all-of-baldurs-gate-in-511489475
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Nightmare798 on October 20, 2013, 12:11:58 pm
Quote from: Butan on October 20, 2013, 02:15:49 am

Worth it just for the in-game music.





Nothing earth shattering but, for unknown reasons, it made an everlasting impression on me.

and so the hero picks up his knife and embarks on an epic quest to save the world...
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: zagibu on October 20, 2013, 12:15:39 pm
Quote from: Ninja_Khorin on October 20, 2013, 11:41:54 am
Neverwinter Nights 2, if only for Mask of the Betrayer.

MotB, epic story.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Butan on October 20, 2013, 01:44:59 pm
Quote from: zagibu on October 20, 2013, 12:15:39 pm
MotB, epic story.

(click to show/hide)


Too bad NVWN2 coop crashes/bugs on my PC  :(  probably compatibility issues

Tried two times and we had weird bug while trying to play coop. Otherwise I would play the shit out of it. I think I began the coop adventure 5 or 6 times and never got far  :lol: (when it worked)
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 20, 2013, 01:55:28 pm
Quote from: Butan on October 20, 2013, 01:44:59 pm

Too bad NVWN2 coop crashes/bugs on my PC  :(  probably compatibility issues

Tried two times and we had weird bug while trying to play coop. Otherwise I would play the shit out of it. I think I began the coop adventure 5 or 6 times and never got far  :lol: (when it worked)

i had nwn2 from release date on, i needed then to wait a couple of months because of frenquent crashes and when i then played the main campagne and was like 60% through, it crashed so bad that not even saved games would work ... never again toushed that peace of shit game again  :evil:
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Christo on October 21, 2013, 04:57:15 am
Quote from: Butan on October 20, 2013, 02:15:49 am

Worth it just for the in-game music.





Nothing earth shattering but, for unknown reasons, it made an everlasting impression on me.

Too bad this game is so dated now. :/
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Xant on October 21, 2013, 06:29:48 am
Quote from: kinngrimm on October 20, 2013, 03:16:37 am
neverwinter nights I with all addons, still worth it. I erm got me a copy a few weeks back, perhaps again a lvl 40 rogue/assasin /shadowdancer

Tsk tsk, 4 full BAB levels pre-epic or you're forever fucked APR wise.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: [ptx] on October 21, 2013, 09:23:14 am
Third-person shooter thingies, with RPG elements, made by russians? Try A.I.M. (and 2nd part too)

Here is a video of a tutorial:
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Bulzur on October 23, 2013, 03:48:02 am
Any of you knows a good tactical RPG for PC, turn-based is a plus.

I recently re-installed "The Last Remnant", but there's too many cinematics for my taste, and veteran players advise you to skip fights, else your Battle Rating goes up too fast... It's the only RPG where you get disadvantaged for killing every monster in a dungeon... Way too much luck based elements too, may it be your stats leveling up, your skills leveling up, the critical hits, or the possibility of counter-attacking, counter-blocking by pushing the good key also being random.
For example, you can succesfully block or dodge five times in a row, without triggering the special "push quickly the good key", or succesfully block once, get the "event", succeed, and get this counter-attack in, wich is actually WAY more powerfull than any of your standart attack, and can turn a fight around.
You can get owned in a fight very easily, redo it, and crush them without even healing yourself on the next attempt... Too many luck elements, and i like to thoroughly eliminate all obstacles, so i get a BR too high very quickly. Also, the only game where you're not really sure what skills your units are going to use. And sometimes, you won't have the option of "healing", for a pre-emptive healing, even though you have the skill, and the AP for it. So frustrating...
I uninstalled it.



The two "tactical" RPG i remember and that left me happy were :

-Final fantasy : tactics advance on Game Boy Advance : turn based RPG, where you level up by fighting, and gain skills by using special weapons. Good story, tactical combat with placements, etc...

-Tales of Symphonia on Game Cube : i don't know in wich category it falls, since you actually move on a map, and can "walk into" mobs, wich starts an encounter against one or many foes. You can use your own characters skills, move in or out of some spell, and use a quick pause to change the spells used by your allies, even though there's a decent AI command for that. Even though, just like "The Last Remnant", you don't get to choose what stats to boost, in here it's not random but based on your current title when leveling up. So you get to choose what to focus. All the RPG elements lies with the choice of skills, and upgrading gear, choosing with whom to party, but it was actually just enough. I didn't feel the need for more.


Both thoses games left a good impression of me, and i just can't find any decent rpg turn based on PC. Is it because there's none out there ?

I also got expedition :conquistadores, and was quite happy of the way it goes, but the RPG aspect of it is too thin :  choose a party, all of the same professions have the same skills, all have the same equipment improvements, choose how to "level up", aka appoint as sergent or lieutnant, getting slightly boosted stats and one new skill... Not an RPG. It's pure map tactics, and pure luck to not get your loot/rations stolen when camping outside. It got boring quite quickly, always doing the same thing. Barely finished hispaniola, the south america map is HUGE, and just got me disheartened.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Grumbs on October 23, 2013, 04:13:44 am
If you want more turn based strat than RPG (but with RPG elements) then Jagged Alliance 2 and Silent Storm + Sentinels (silent storm is on steam)

Shadowrun Returns was a recent turn based strat with RPG elements that wasn't bad. Its kind of weak on both points if you play too much, but as a quick diversion its fun for most of the campaign. Story is OK but goes kind of bad towards the end

For RPG's with turn based strat, I'd go with the old classics like Planescape, BG 1 and 2, Steamworks and Magic Obscura, Fallout 1/2 etc

There are some old and decent first person ones too like Wizardry 8 (get it on GoG)

You can try using emulators to play old Japanese RPG's, they work fine and some aren't bad. But as J:RPGs they can be quite repetitive with the fighting. FF7,8,9,X etc. Chrono Cross/Trigger, Xenogears etc
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: zagibu on October 23, 2013, 08:41:23 am
Star Wolves, maybe?
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: [ptx] on October 23, 2013, 10:48:41 am
Strategy with RPG elements, turn based? Get DosBox and get Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/367/) - addictive and fun for a good while.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 23, 2013, 11:45:54 am
also nice tactical RPG are of the sort like

Jagged Allliance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagged_Alliance)
Shadowrun(steam the latest redeveloped one)
Omerta

within these types of games you have 1 to several team members where you increase there stats and work them through a story line.
Now the combat system in these games is the special point. TB yes, you got a Action Point/Movement Point System which is used to shoot, use items and other things for every combat turn. Line of sight and different things which may hinder the line of sight and differrent attack types will give you more or less % chance to hit.

I find it quite enjoyable, while you have a very clear tactical system , there is still a small roll of the dice included which is in most games soething giving you an extra chil  8-)
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Bulzur on October 23, 2013, 03:22:55 pm
Thanks for the choices.
I guess i do have to look into "old" games once in a while.

I'll start with the more recent Shadowrun, will probably give Omerta a go.
And when i'll grow tired of guns, and want more medieval settings, time to play Celtic Tales :Balor...
Is UtopiaBOX v3 okay ptx ? What sort of DosBox do you use ?
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: [ptx] on October 23, 2013, 06:10:23 pm
What is utopiabox O_o

Err, i use... Dosbox?
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Grumbs on October 23, 2013, 07:29:44 pm
You could also try King's Bounty. Like Might & Magic but has some RPG elements

http://store.steampowered.com/app/25900/

Heard only bad things about Omerta. Was looking forward to it but its supposed to be pretty shallow
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on October 23, 2013, 07:30:50 pm
yeah I too was looking forward to Omerta.  Son I am disappoint.

It's really old school and you have to do some things so that the graphics aren't screwy (aka so they aren't wierdly colored) but I have always really enjoyed "Gangsters: Organized Crime", it's from like 1998.  It has some issues and sometimes your gangsters are pussies, but it's a really fun game.  The co-op is pretty buggy too, even playing on a LAN after about the 5th or 6th week my bro and I's games always seemed to crash.

Some good suggestions in this thread.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: EponiCo on October 23, 2013, 07:58:23 pm
Quote from: Bulzur on October 23, 2013, 03:48:02 am
Any of you knows a good tactical RPG for PC, turn-based is a plus.

If you are mostly interested in tactical take a look at Temple of Elemental Evil.
The plot and setting is quite boring (linear dungeonstomp) it has however a very good implementation of tactical tabletop DnD. With many options not usually seen. For example fighters can use positioning to protect mates or flank enemies, wizards have spells that are not fire and forget but can be turned of or targeted anew every round.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 23, 2013, 08:45:12 pm
Quote from: CrazyCracka420 on October 23, 2013, 07:30:50 pm
yeah I too was looking forward to Omerta.  Son I am disappoint.

It's really old school and you have to do some things so that the graphics aren't screwy (aka so they aren't wierdly colored) but I have always really enjoyed "Gangsters: Organized Crime", it's from like 1998.  It has some issues and sometimes your gangsters are pussies, but it's a really fun game.  The co-op is pretty buggy too, even playing on a LAN after about the 5th or 6th week my bro and I's games always seemed to crash.

Some good suggestions in this thread.
after i finisehd Omerta i did isntall Gangsters: Organized Crime" again and played it for a while but  not that extensivly as back in the 90s. Also from my perspektiv the User Interface is quite terrible, still enjoyable if you get into it.

Omerta could be much more, if you read the forum entries at the game forum you also will notice that many people expected more from it, mostly those also having played Gangster in the 90s. Better Open Wolrd Sandbox mode, with bigger maps ...
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Xant on October 24, 2013, 01:02:04 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsters_2

Best game.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 24, 2013, 01:59:28 am
Quote from: Xant on October 24, 2013, 01:02:04 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsters_2

Best game.
first was ok, still no open sandbox like the origonal one, second was even more restricted
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Bulzur on October 24, 2013, 05:55:27 am
So, just finished the main story of Shadowrun Returns.

I found it pretty satisfying. I liked the dialogues, had some laugh when reading the NPC's answers.

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The battles were pretty easy though. I used 2 mercenaries till the 2 last missions, where i fully hired.
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Jazz is also pretty powerfull, even though i only used it in the last battle.
I was actually saving up money to buy awesome armor and an awesome melee weapon for my orc, but found out that there wasn't any better. Wanted to put 2k for that melee weapon, and 4k for an armor. :( Had to buy myself 2 mechanical arms to not waste money.
Found out that : When you recruit shamans, you have no idea what their totem is... You could buy extra outfits for the mercenaries with you.
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I see people share their own little campaigns and such, so great play time ahead. I'll be looking for a longer one though, where i can well develop a decker/melee character.



King's bounty seems to have a nice rating. I'll give it a go.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 24, 2013, 08:08:59 am
Quote from: Bulzur on October 24, 2013, 05:55:27 am
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Till the last part of the buildin main campagne i was able to pretty much solo everything, but the last mission then was so much tougher and i needed to get a much earlier save game ^^
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Duster on October 24, 2013, 08:26:58 am
You could play Crpg, but as a horse archer. That's basically single player
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on October 24, 2013, 04:56:34 pm
Quote from: Xant on October 24, 2013, 01:02:04 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsters_2

Best game.

I thought it was terrible compared to the first one.  There's no open world sandbox game mode (IIRC), and the story mission gets "impossible" after the 7th or 8th mission. 
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Bulzur on October 24, 2013, 05:20:14 pm
Quote from: kinngrimm on October 24, 2013, 08:08:59 am
Till the last part of the buildin main campagne i was able to pretty much solo everything, but the last mission then was so much tougher and i needed to get a much earlier save game ^^

As a melee/decker character with litterally no healing spells, and no points in range combat, i don't see how i could solo all this. Buying Jazz and mediks would certainly help a lot, but i'd have to rely on my luck in dodging attacks, and my luck in doing critical hits.

As for the saves. There's no possibility to save, or is it just me ? Everytime you enter a floor, that start with smooth talking for example, you can't even save at the middle of it...
The last mission... i don't know how you can possibily solo it, since you need three regular shotguns shot, or one crit 2x and a regular one. Even a crit x1.5 and a regular shot aren't enough. You'd need at least 4 PA (one for reloading), without missing shots, just to kill one spirit. I took Arlequin and the Ghost guy, so i had three shotguns, and did all this last mission pretty fast, with only one insect being reborn. Last mercenarie was the AoE and heal mage, i really like her.


Just a shame you can't "interact" with most of the mercenaries, some sort of sidequests, and if you accomplish them, the mercenarie is available for 20% less nuyen for example. But the most important would be learning a bit more about them.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: djavo on October 24, 2013, 06:23:13 pm
Dink Smallwood
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on October 24, 2013, 07:00:01 pm
Quote from: Bulzur on October 24, 2013, 05:20:14 pm
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As for the saves. There's no possibility to save, or is it just me ? Everytime you enter a floor, that start with smooth talking for example, you can't even save at the middle of it...
The last mission... i don't know how you can possibily solo it,
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yes, imagine my frustration when i was at the end fight and wasnt able to kill them all ... repeatidly loaded but safe didnt go back far enough ... so fighted again an impossible battle ... and again and again ...

i was able to solo all but the last fight with a mixture out of decker/rifle/drone character.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Molly on December 10, 2013, 11:45:22 am
So gonna necro this one...

Steam has Two Worlds 2 on sale for €4.99... and I am torn if it's actually any good.

I've read comments and reviews and those are really mixed towards the game. Reviews are overall rather positive but a lot of people say the voice acting is on the dark side and controls are sluggish and pretty bad.

So, anyone played it and wants to gimme a hint? I don't just wanna buy it cuz it's cheap and then have it turning out as another "Not gonna touch this again!"-game in my Steam library...
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on December 10, 2013, 12:21:59 pm
I played it for about 10 hours. It's alright.

It's main merit is in its magic system that's fairly innovative, but other than that the game is pretty average. If cheap, you can try it.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Molly on December 10, 2013, 01:11:57 pm
If it's just average then I won't get it. There is already way too much "average" on my Steam account...
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: kinngrimm on December 10, 2013, 05:02:36 pm
nice graphics but i didnt get used to the gameplay somewhow
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: zagibu on December 10, 2013, 08:29:42 pm
I also dropped it after a few hours. Not sure why, though, didn't really grasp me I guess.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Overdriven on December 10, 2013, 08:33:08 pm
Quote from: benkei on December 10, 2013, 11:45:22 am
So gonna necro this one...

Steam has Two Worlds 2 on sale for €4.99... and I am torn if it's actually any good.

I've read comments and reviews and those are really mixed towards the game. Reviews are overall rather positive but a lot of people say the voice acting is on the dark side and controls are sluggish and pretty bad.

So, anyone played it and wants to gimme a hint? I don't just wanna buy it cuz it's cheap and then have it turning out as another "Not gonna touch this again!"-game in my Steam library...

I played it for a bit. Got maybe half way but it wasn't unique enough in any real way to keep me interested.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on December 11, 2013, 11:30:28 am
Yeah same as everyone else. Put maybe 5 or 6 hours in and haven't touched it since. Pretty meh.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: bilwit on December 11, 2013, 04:41:26 pm
Quote from: benkei on December 10, 2013, 11:45:22 am
So gonna necro this one...

Steam has Two Worlds 2 on sale for €4.99... and I am torn if it's actually any good.

I've read comments and reviews and those are really mixed towards the game. Reviews are overall rather positive but a lot of people say the voice acting is on the dark side and controls are sluggish and pretty bad.

So, anyone played it and wants to gimme a hint? I don't just wanna buy it cuz it's cheap and then have it turning out as another "Not gonna touch this again!"-game in my Steam library...

It's really fucking bad dude. Storyline is hilariously cheesey/cliche/shitty writing, combat is like a half-assed version of Witcher 2, etc. I played like half an hour of it and just couldn't stand it. If the story was compelling I would have played through it but it was probably its worst aspect.
Title: Re: Good Single-Player RPG?
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on December 12, 2013, 04:43:11 pm
http://www.gog.com/promo/fallout_series_giveaway_winter_promo_2013

There you go, two fantastic RPG's for free. Go nuts, people!