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the latter might & magic and wizardry games have sci-fi elements. there a lots of sci-fi jrpgs such as star ocean, lagrange point, cyber knight, metal max...

>>5720438

Played most of the JRPG's you mentioned. Which M&M and Wizardry games in particular anon? And thank you in advance!

>>5720443
Wizardry 7 Gold. Might and Magic World of Xeen.

>>5720450

Thanks! I would mention Xenogears, but I understand its not well liked save by a few. Played all the Phantasy Stars and they seem the most traditional to a sci-fi space opera.

>>5720443

nice. if you like cyberpunk try shadowrun, and if you like mechs try the front mission srpg series. there's also better-known ones like system shock and star control 2, but they're not turn-based...

>>5720438
>the latter might & magic and wizardry games have sci-fi elements.
>latter
Anon, the very first M&M game is about encountering a crashed spaceship from the alien police who are after an escaped convict. The second game is about figuring out the world you are on is a high-tech biodome, and the villain is attempting to crash it into a star. You chase after him on an escape shuttle to the third game.

>>5720435
>cydonia
man I remember when that was a thing

>>5720617

Finished last week.

>>5720435
Shadowrun was a cyberpunk RPG. People shit on it for some reason but I thought it was decent

>>5720443
like ... all of them
MnM 6 has robots, supercomputers giving out advice, blasters and so on in the late game.

also Wizardry 8 is much more polished compared to Wizardry 7 and the games starts with your team on a space shuttle

>>5720662
>People shit on it for some reason
where do you find such people it's pretty much universally praised as a must play for SNES

one word:
Albion

>>5720978

>Games that change from 2d to 3d perspective frequently

Barf.

>>5720435
Not _exactly_ an RPG, but I fucking love Starflight

One hell of an adventure free roaming across a galaxy, with loads of star & planets to visit, alien races to meet, and a pretty cool story to follow

>>5720443
All M&Ms in reality but it’s most noticeable in M&M3 and onward.
Even the first 1 has an SF thing with the last boss.

>>5721452

I want to thank all of you for this. Will look into this and >>5721501 as well.

>>5720435
>Martian Dreams

Underrated as FUCK game.

>>5724946

And the closest RPG I could find to a traditional steampunkish Victorian setting.

>>5720435
Wasn't the Buck Rogers game made in that engine?

>>5725126
no its made on the gold box engine

>>5725127
That's right. I suppose I tend to lump in the worlds of ultima games in with those. Dunno why. I guess I think those games were outsourced or someshit.

>>5725131

Aside from Wasteland, any post nuke RPG's from that time? I recall something Ultima II had that was a shout out to 2112.

>>5725141
Phantasy Star are the big sci-fi RPGs on consoles from that time

>>5725141
>any post nuke RPG's from that time?
I don't think there's any on the Western front, but Megami Tensei 2 came out around the same time.

>>5725161

Played them all. 4 was a fave, Step Up from II is a trip.

>>5725141
Metal Max

>>5721452
I really like the Genesis version because planetary landings are a bit more action oriented.

>>5724946
Warren Spector put himself in it, too. I think as some obscure scientist in the intro. Good game. I still have the map that came with it on my mancave wall.

>>5725141
Bad Blood. Also from Origin and part of the Worlds of Ultima series. It's fucking great.

>>5725914
>Bad Blood
>part of the Worlds of Ultima series

>>5725914
What I really love about these games is that there is no scaling. You can go everywhere unrestrained, and get your ass kicked.

>>5725917
It's not? It certainly looks just like Savage Empire or Martian Dreams. Definite must-play nonetheless.

>>5720435
CRPG Addict has decent reviews of lots of them, though he doesn't sort by setting, so you'll have to dig to find non-fantasy ones.

http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/

>>5720895

>MnM

So...is the basic of this taking Clarke quote of tech so adv. you'd might as well call it magic to heart?

>>5725235

Returns is a fav, sadly, can't play the sequels.

Try Outcast

>>5720662
>>5720897
You're playing the wrong shadowrun. Sega did what nintendon't!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxlxlAwOA0

>>5721452
>>5722807
>>5725873
Genesis version was almost unbeatable unless you use walkthroughs, because Endurium/ fuel is burned up a lot faster compared to the original PC version, and there is an event that will bump up the cost of Endurium.

In any case, Star Control 2 improved on everything Starflight was about.

>>5725936
Welp, time to look up the artist for your pic and jerk off.

>>5725914

Just got through watching it. Kinda reminds me of Crystalis.

>>5728042
Just play all three.

>Somehow thinking FF isn't sci-fi
Wow this board is fucking retarded

>>5728609
Who are you quoting? there is not a single mention of FF ITT

>>5729131
>Not many JRPGs have sci-fi
>One of the most popular JRPG series' is sci-fi

>>5720435
I would recommend Deus Ex, Fallout, System Shock 2 (SS1 too, but that isn't really an RPG), Wasteland and Shadowrun, but you have probably heard about these already.
But there's also AD&D Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace.

>>5729396
>One of the most popular JRPG series' is sci-fi
>One
>1
That's still just one of them, brainlet. OP said there's so few of them, not that there's none at all.

>>5720435
Esper dream on famicom, Slapstick/Robotrek on sfc/snes, and just to trigger 6th gen and below dipshits infinite space for the ds

>>5729435

At least it's not 'gears.

>>5727717

Sort of. Very evident in the first 6 games.