Good old RPGs?

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IsaacMM

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What old RPGs do you recommend? My machine has an on-board video card so it can't run things with too good graphics, its a ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series.

I can play Warcraft 3 and Black and White just fine with not much graphics detail if you are wondering what it can do.

Thank you!
 
ultima 4-6
ultima 7 / serpent isle via exult

I tend to compare most modern games to these classics which as far as I'm concerned are still some of the best rpg games ever made.
 
Baldurs Gate I and II
Planescape
Arcanum

Basically anything black isle/bioware, theyre all spectacular
 
I always seem to recommend Nox in these "old game" threads. It's hack n slash and pretty simple.

Final Fantasy 7, too. Classic.
 
FF8 as well, grab the game from a friend or used and get an emulator - RPG's are always 10x better if you have the option to speed up tedious sections and save whenever you want. Although some may view that as cheating...
 
Yes Arcanum as mentioned in an earlier post is a good old RPG, so is the BG series too, though I prefer Arcanum for its steam punk world
 
IsaacMM said:
What old RPGs do you recommend? My machine has an on-board video card so it can't run things with too good graphics, its a ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series.

I can play Warcraft 3 and Black and White just fine with not much graphics detail if you are wondering what it can do.

Thank you!
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i have the exact same video card, and i have a 1.6ghz celeron m, 2gb of ram and i can play these rpgs

Guild Wars - Everything maxed except AA at 1280x800 20fps
TES:Morrowind - most things maxed at 1028x 728 with high res texture mods 30fps
Sacred: Everything high cant remember res tho. (extremely fun rpg and will play on just about any computer) 60fps+
Titan Quest - cant remember settings but it did play just fine

I mostly play my fps and these ones i can play
TF2 @ DX8, everything high execpt AA/AF 1028x728 20fps+
CSS @ DX6 everything high at 1280 x 800 gets 60fps+
Stalker @ dx8, everything low, gets 20fps+ (horrible coding, great game imo)

I highly recommend Morrowind and Sacred absolutely great rpgs
 
Diablo

The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall

Neverwinter Nights

Ultima IX: Ascension

Planescape: Torment

To name a few
 
Sacred Gold: highly underrated diablo clone. The world is MASSIVE. I played for like 10 hours, checked my stats, and saw that I had 4% of the map explored. Tons of random / set / unique items. The engine uses a backdrop of cool looking 2d art, with 3D player / item models.
 
That setup can also run SNES-emulators. Admin feel free to delete this post if necessary. :p

List of games you want

Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger.
 
Planescape: Torment
Badurs Gate 1 and 2
Icewind Dale 1 and 2
Neverwinter Nights
Divine Divinity
Final Fantasy 7
Diablo 1 and 2
Arcanum
Anachronox
Nox
Might and Magic series
Darkstone
Dungeon Siege
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

etc....
 
Planescape:Torment !!!
and Ultima Underworld 1 & 2 !!!

and yes Chrono Trigger!!! :)
 
tuaarita said:
That setup can also run SNES-emulators. Admin feel free to delete this post if necessary. :p

List of games you want

Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger.
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Final Fantasy III/VI (Have it on cart :) )
Final Fantasy II/IV (Have it on cart too :) )
Secret of mana (Have 2 of that one :D )
Secret of evermore (1 on cart. )
Seiken Densetsu III (T+Eng :) And a jap cart )
Legend of Zelda, A link to the past (2 Carts. )
Chrono Trigger was already mentioned, but had to throw in that I have 2 carts too... )

Yes, I'm an RPG fan. I did NOT buy the second carts, they were inherited sadly :( I wish the original owner could still use them :(
 
Baulders Gate 1-2

Fallout 1-2

Lionheart

Diablo 1-2

Icewind Dale

Planescape Torment

Elderscrolls series

Xenogears

Final Fantasy Tactics

Zelda II the adventures of Link
 
radiatinglines said:
Sacred Gold: highly underrated diablo clone. The world is MASSIVE. I played for like 10 hours, checked my stats, and saw that I had 4% of the map explored. Tons of random / set / unique items. The engine uses a backdrop of cool looking 2d art, with 3D player / item models.
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It's also like $20 via Steam... well worth it.
 
oh oh also if you can find it..


REVENANT! god this game was spectacular, very underated.

Silver was also pretty good.
 
radiatinglines said:
Sacred Gold: highly underrated diablo clone.
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Sacred is awesome. Was a bit buggy in the beginning but they hammered out most of the issues out via patches back when I was playing it.

I also recommend Septerra Core if you're looking for decent old school PC rpgs.
 
Lots of excellent games recommended so far on this thread, but where can they be bought or downloaded? (legally)

I started looking for Arcanum, best option so far is eBay at $25 for a new copy of the budget re release, but really that's far too expensive when compared to games like Fallout available on GOG for $6. Are there any more sites like GOG where the games are cheap and pre tested for Vista/XP compatibility?
 
IanM said:
Lots of excellent games recommended so far on this thread, but where can they be bought or downloaded? (legally)

I started looking for Arcanum, best option so far is eBay at $25 for a new copy of the budget re release, but really that's far too expensive when compared to games like Fallout available on GOG for $6. Are there any more sites like GOG where the games are cheap and pre tested for Vista/XP compatibility?
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One of the best places to go believe it or not for old games is Half price Books.
 
Hopefully Gog.com will go official soon because I am itching to play some of these RPG's that are claimed as classics that I have never played before.
 
Krenum said:
oh oh also if you can find it..


REVENANT! god this game was spectacular, very underated.

Silver was also pretty good.
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I forgot to mention those. I used to play Revenant on the PC. Both those games are very hard to find for the PC.
 
Alai said:
Hopefully Gog.com will go official soon because I am itching to play some of these RPG's that are claimed as classics that I have never played before.
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Nothing stopping you from signing up right now, just put your email address in the box on the line where it says 'early access'

Krenum said:
One of the best places to go believe it or not for old games is Half price Books.
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Sounds like a useful tip, thanks.
 
IanM said:
Nothing stopping you from signing up right now, just put your email address in the box on the line where it says 'early access'
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I did. Twice. Nothing happens. It's been several hours and no email or anything.
 
Alai said:
I did. Twice. Nothing happens. It's been several hours and no email or anything.
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Check you junk mail folders? Try adding the @gog.com domain to your spam filter white list, and if you're using an ISP based email address check the junk mail folder on the server.

I used a webmail address & the activation key came through within minutes. The main page still shows signups as still being available, so I can't believe you won't get one.
 
My favorite old school RPGs are Neverwinter Nights (+ expansions) & Divine Divinity. Current favorite RPG is FF7 Crisis Core on PSP. I'm waiting to see how Sacred 2 holds up when its released.
 
Alai said:
I did. Twice. Nothing happens. It's been several hours and no email or anything.
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It may take days. I signed up with a second e-mail address after the beta went live, and I got it days after I got an access key to the first e-mail address I submitted months ago. Probably took about six days total to get an access key to the second e-mail address.

I've handed out two keys in the past week, so where have you been? :)
 
Lol I been playing The Witcher, TF2, Dota, and Bioshock. Gimme a break, I just got my first gaming rig in 4 years about a month ago!
 
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