Refluxe

Oct 16 2004, 04:57 AM

Ahh, well about 90% of my games are RPG and I have alot of them so I'll be posting here somewhat. Anyway, as it stands, I currently do not possess Final Fantasy. Heh, in fact I've only ever played on one of them. Despite being such a fan of RPG's that kinda sounds weird but meh. I will however, be getting it/them/some for Christmas.

Alrighty then, my top list of RPG's. I'm not sure I can fit it in five or any order as I have so many I enjoy:

Neverwinter Nights (The whole series, possibly one I play the most.)
Baldurs Gate (The whole series, although not as good as Icewind Dale by my perspective, they are great.)
Icewind Dale (The whole series, they're simply just brilliant. A game that I love to play again to re-develop my characters.)
Dungeon Siege. (Both of them. I know they may get repetitive but I sometimes can't put them down! I play with my sister as well and she sucks at it so I have to help her out. Great fun.)
TESIII: Morrowind. (The best game for exploration, my god is it big. So much fun on this, I sat on it all day once. Love it.)
Ultima Online. (The only game I pay for monthly to play it online. I've been playing it for about 3 and a half years now and soon to come out is another new expansion!)
Ultima. (Not just online but the collection is one of the best RPG series to exist.)
Star Wars: KOTOR (Was a game I didn't think I'd like but it's really good. Maybe a little too linear but enjoyable non the less.)
Diablo (The first wasn't brilliant and got repetitive but they're amazing to play.)
FALLOUT 1,2 (Alright, maybe one of the best I've ever played. I love it because it's not just set in some fantasy world, it's futuristic and very fun to play. I hope Bethesda do a good job on the third.)

Want some classics? Where to begin...

Chrono Trigger. (My god, a game that is eternally brilliant. I've just done a Media Project on it. Amazing.)
Sailor Moon. (Strange but fun)
Earthbound. (fu**ing strange again but another top game I enjoyed on the SNES. Not set in the fantasy world.)
Illusions Of Gaia. (Hardly remember it but it was great.)
Secret Of Mana. (Same as above.)
Terranigma. (A legendary RPG, nearly where Chrono is. Worth a play.)

Okay, now games that I'm looking forward to:

Ultima Online: Samurai Empire. (Yeah! Buy it and you get all the other expansions with it. I just can't wait for this!)
Fable. (Well, I'll be getting it on the PC when it comes out. I have to say it looks fun.)
Dragon Age. (Oh dear god, this is a MUST to look at. NWN but 10 times better? This can't be true. Just take a look, it will make you cry.)
Fallout 3(One and Two became the best I've ever played and I hope that Bethesda do a good job on the third otherwise I will be VERY unhappy.)


Well, I've probably missed quite a few out but those are the things that came to my head. They're all amazing to play...

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"Everything in the world has to make sense," according to Greig, so he's had his artists hard at work drawing historical maps detailing the last 5,000 years of the world's development. Kingdoms have risen and fallen, empires have been forged and torn down, and there will be traces of them all over the world.

"Players might find a book somewhere in the game, and read about a culture that doesn't appear for another couple of games in the series," Bioware's Tom Ohle told us -- yes, they have plans for Dragon Age's world beyond just one game.

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Dragon Age will be controlled from an ingenious combination of views. A KOTOR-style third-person behind view is where most of the exploring is done, but when in combat, it's best to switch to a second tactical perspective, higher above the battlefield and much more in line with Bioware's older Infinity Engine RPGs -- but in 3D.

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The two characters he had to show off -- a tall, grizzled dual-wielding barbarian and a somewhat stuck-up female magic user -- were both a wealth of intricate details, and at times there must have been many hundreds of fighting creatures on screen at once. Even the facial features were carefully animated, giving the characters a real sense of personality.

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Multiplayer, a popular feature from past Bioware games, will also be included. This time, the multiplayer campaign will cover the same events and visit the same places as the single-player game, but it will have many changes to better suit the multiplayer style. For example, the game won't pause for dialogue or cut-scenes.

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Further corroborating this fact, BioWare reveals that the single-player campaign will feature something like 40-50 hours of gameplay.

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The good news is that Dragon Age will be powered by a completely new proprietary 3D technology that will allow full 3D camera movement.

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So if your character is say crossing a bridge like you can see in one of the screenshots, it's quite possible that there'll be a major battle going on down in the valley below.

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One is that there'll be plenty of customary BioWare humor evident in the dialogue and in the direction of the cut-scenes, and the other is a minor touch that will surely only deepen the illusion of playing in a living and breathing virtual world - your characters will now react to the stuff that's going in their environment, and I don't just mean going "holy hell!" when they see the huge boss creature. Your barbarian character will walk in and a flock of birds will cross his path. As any fearless warrior… oh wait, that's not what fearless barbarians do… Anyway, the point is that the barbarian will be startled by the flock of birds; he'll jerk back uncomfortably and follow them with his gaze as they fly away. Nothing fancy, but still adds a nice touch to the game…

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Dragon Age will, of course, feature a multiplayer component that will concentrate mostly on co-op action, though BioWare has a few other ideas that they'd like to implement before they're done with the development.

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As far as the release date goes, nothing has been revealed yet. For now the developer is just saying Dragon Age will be done "when it's done."

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Chrono Brake is supposedly and 4th game in the Chrono series. As of right now, absolutly nothing is confirmed about the game. Square has yet to even officialy announce it. Rumors for it started when, on December 5, 2001, Square registered the tradmarks for the names "Chrono Break" in the US and "Chrono Brake" in Japan. As of January 10, 2004 the game publisher let go of it's US trademark for the name "Chrono Break". It would now seem very unlikely that they are still planning on making the game. Interestingly though, they're still holding on to their Japanese trademark for the name "Chrono Brake".

We'll have more info when it becomes available.