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BEST RETRO RPGs ? Anonymous Sat Jul 11 09:13:13 2015 No.2530896 [Reply] [Original]

I mean BEFORE Baldur's Gate.
> Darklands
> Dark Sun Shattered Lands
> Betrayal at Krondor
> SSL ones?
I literally don't know them. Suggestions or comments? Thank you.
No JRPGs please.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 11 09:43:41 2015 No.2530946 Goldbox Games

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 11 10:05:00 2015 No.2530967 File: 2.01 MB, 2100x3016, Ultima V Box Art.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2530896 Ultima series.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 11 10:33:30 2015 No.2531004 >>2530946 >>2530967 They sure seem tasty! Any suggestion for the first to start with, for both?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 11 10:44:37 2015 No.2531020 >>2531004 Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures then download the Pool of Radiance remake module, there's a site with hundreds of fan modules on it it's nice since you can export characters and reuse them in other modules

Anonymous Sun Jul 12 04:44:15 2015 No.2532928

>>2531004
For Ultima, the first game is surprisingly accessible, but I'd recommend starting with 4.

Accessibility is a huge problem with these games, even the games in your post are easier to play than others before it. For that, I'd recommend Daggerfall and Ultima Underworld because they're relatively easy to get into.

Rogue is an obvious mention too, even if you can't beat it, but Dungeon Hack kicks supreme ass. It's a rogue version of Eye of the Beholder (another great game too, just don't play it on SNES) which plays great.

If you're up for a bit of frustration, Wasteland can't be ignored. Get the recent Steam/GoG versions because they have the textbook paragraphs built in.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 04:57:50 2015 No.2532943 >>2530967 Ultima is garbage and Dick was a sue-happy theif

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 09:04:38 2015 No.2533273 Ultima Underworld Bad Blood Fallout Eye of the Beholder System Shock

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 09:12:41 2015 No.2533276 >>2532928 >If you're up for a bit of frustration, Wasteland can't be ignored. Get the recent Steam/GoG versions because they have the textbook paragraphs built in. Thanks, I didn't know that.

Anonymous Sun Jul 12 09:19:07 2015 No.2533280
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Some people consider Strife an RPG.

It's a FPS made with the Doom engine, but it has NPCs, inventory, a Hexen-hub-style map which changes as the story advances, a kickass story, and multiple endings.

The source to the original game was lost, but the Doom community have reverse engineered it. You can play with the original files in DOSBox, with ZDoom, with Chocolate Strife, or there is a modern commercial version called The Original Strife which you can buy on Steam.

Great game, I love it and have finished it several times. If you're into FPS RPGs then give it a go.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 09:21:53 2015 No.2533282 File: 204 KB, 1600x900, ultima-underworld.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2533273 > Ultima Underworld Just wanted to pimp this fantastic game again.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 12:22:28 2015 No.2533481 Might and Magic 6 in the endgame you can be a dick who flies through the skies while massacring helpless peasants with meteors and laserbeams

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 12:48:25 2015 No.2533506 >>2533282 There's just one thing i don't like about Ultima Underworld, and it's the massive interface, it's just too big. I know that's common in old WRPG.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 12:49:56 2015 No.2533508 File: 18 KB, 480x360, hqdefault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2533506 Also 2 looks a little better in that aspect.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 12:59:25 2015 No.2533519 >>2533506 I think it adds to the charm. It's like looking at a Diablerie or something. Or a theatre stage.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 13:04:34 2015 No.2533530 >>2533508 1 is a better game. 2 is a better Ultima.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 13:34:54 2015 No.2533582 >best retro rpgs >no jrpgs please You might as well ask for best WRPGs, instead of treating JRPGs like they are non-entities.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 12 13:37:16 2015 No.2533587 >>2530896 The only game I remember playing wad Pool of Radiance.

Anonymous Mon Jul 13 03:27:25 2015 No.2535681

>>2533582
WRPG seems like a derogatory term coined by weaboos. Like how "EuroShmup" is intended to mean anything not SuperMegaHyperUltra BulletHellShooteruuuuu. Just because it is not a repetitive Japanese grindfest like Final Fantasy or Lufia doesn't mean it's "Western".

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 03:48:21 2015 No.2535719 >>2532943 Here's your reply

Anonymous Mon Jul 13 03:52:26 2015 No.2535726

>>2530896
The core series to consider are Ultima, Wizardry, Might & Magic and the Goldbox games (starting with Pool of Radiance). Other notable ones are Dungeon Master, Lands of Lore, Quest for Glory, System Shock, Albion and the ones you've already mentioned.

Anonymous Mon Jul 13 20:35:02 2015 No.2537443

>>2535681
>dis biased attitude
Check your inferiority complex. Nobody in the history of vidya has coined WRPG as a derogatory term. In fact by the wording of your posts (i.e., "grindfest") you seem to be the one who views something (JRPGs) in a derogatory light.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 20:38:00 2015 No.2537451 >>2535681 >"EuroShmup" I'm an amiga enthusiast and even I admit their shooters were poorly designed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 20:42:00 2015 No.2537462 File: 37 KB, 300x334, conan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] fantasie Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 21:45:37 2015 No.2537592 >>2533282 >>2533508 Is it weird that I like Ultima but hate the setting? I just couldn't give less of a shit about Lord British and fixing whatever problem he has.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 13 23:47:59 2015 No.2537852 >>2530896 Darklands is GOAT. That character generation is just fantastic. That artwork. Those puzzles and narrator felt just like a tabletop group. (Okay so it's kind of grindy and buggy)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 14 05:59:19 2015 No.2538370 >>2537451 >Tubular Worlds isn't the GOAT shmup u wot m8

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 14 06:36:08 2015 No.2538385 >>2530896 >>2531004 Ultima 7 Ultima Underworld Wizardry 6 Wizardry 7 Wizardry 8 Those are about the only old school WRPGs that you need.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 15 01:24:05 2015 No.2540447 >>2537592 Then play System Shock. Ultima Underworld in space!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 15 02:28:36 2015 No.2540505 Albion anyone?

Anonymous Wed Jul 15 03:20:44 2015 No.2540580

>>2540505
I like the graphical style but not the gameplay, though I was going through a period of the internet ruining my attention span last I tried so perhaps it's worth another go.

Also there was an Albion skin for Minecraft. I'll be the first to point out Minecraft is not /vr/ so I should get out faggot.

Anonymous Wed Jul 15 11:00:54 2015 No.2541020
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>>2537451
I really liked a lot of Amiga shoot'em ups like Hybris, Battle Squadron, Agony, Project-X, Walker, Xenon 2, Blood Money, Awesome...

There's a bunch more interesting ones I haven't even tried, and some really weird games like in pic.

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