/vr/ - Retro Games

Ultima: Exodus on the NES was a pretty fun one.

>>4786970
Is that the third one? I think I remember making it to Ambrosia, but I set it down and never finished.

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva

Literally the deepest RPGs ever made, and as close as you can get to table-top RPGs in video game form. The series is probably most famous for the fact that you can literally spend HOURS in the character creation screen the first time you play the game. It is just flat-out obscene how much character customization is possible in this series. These are THE games for people who want a RPG where you can just utterly obsess over character customization and spend hours upon hours making your party EXACTLY how you want it.

>>4786990
Yeah, it's the third one. It's the only one I've ever played, at that.

>>4787067
I'll check these out, I played a non-retro Dark Eye game, but unfortunately it was in German and I can only halfway read it. English versions exist, right?

It's not designed to be played this way, but you can use a custom party in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2.

>>4786950
Might and Magic 1 through 7.

>>4786950
Also Gold Box games. Pool of Radiance and such. But especially FRUA, with its amazing library of fan-made modules.

The best retro I played was DQ3, non retro include Elminage and All EO games.
Note that you make your party at the very start but not before playing.
Also don't forget about the Wizardry gaiden titles

>>4787067
You spend hours in the character creation because you have to have such specific stats to choose your class and they don't tell you in-game...the whole thing is so obtuse you end up having to go back to the manual over and over before you can get through it...it's not a compliment.

The game should have let you pick your class first if it was going to restrict them by your stats instead of forcing you to use the manual to find out what stats you needed for the class you want. I'm guessing it was some bullshit anti-piracy measure.

>>4787648
It's based on a German tabletalk RPG. Some classes are supposed to be more elusive than others.

Just roll a decent set of good positive attributes and raise them to 13 at the expense of negative attributes (aside from superstition which should be 2). Then you reuse those attributes for the entire party.

>>4786950
MegaTraveller and MegaTraveller 2 have the most involved character creation systems i've ever seen. You can literally train and train your characters before setting out until they die of old age instead.

>>4787758
Can they also die from random events during creation?

>>4786950
Obligatory
https://youtu.be/vaDOshoGVXc

>>4786950
Might and Magic 1 or 2, Pool of Radiance, Wizardry 6, Dragon Warrior 3 for GBC.

Would NOT recommend Ultima: Exodus, the game mechanics are pretty broken. It's the exact opposite of what we mean by a "balanced" game these days.

>>4786950

Had fun with pic related.

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>>4789148
I love you too, anon.

Dragon Quest 3.

>>4789027
>>4789160
>>4787192
Like these posters all said, Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest 3 is pretty much the best of the party RPG genre

>>4789048
Always wondered about this one. What're the pros and cons?

Darklands

Might and Magic series.

Though really, you can skip the first 5 if you aren't looking to get terribly retro.

If you don't mind drawing or looking up maps, the first 2 are great. But the automapping introduced in 3 made life a lot better.

>>4790147
2 had an automap.

>>4790156
Ah, thanks. It's been awhile.

>>4790172
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