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I really enjoy Zelda 2, What rpgs or games similar do you recommend?

>> No.869802

Popful Mail.

>> No.869828

Cadash, Dragon View, Faxanadu,

>> No.869830

Battle of Olympus

>> No.869838

brave fencer musashi

>> No.869843 [DELETED] 

i wouldnt really call it an rpg.
It has rising numbers but so did the 1st zelda game and no one calls that an rpg.

>> No.869862

>>869843
Zelda 1 did not have a leveling system. Zelda 2 did.
It's an Action-RPG.

>> No.869863

>>869862
What does a leveling system has to do with the game being a RPG?

>> No.869865 [DELETED] 

>>869863
Not RPG. ARPG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_rpg

>> No.869871

Try the Wonder Boy series OP.
The first one is just adventure island, but the sequels are more zelda esque

>> No.869876

I liked Zelda II as well. I feel like it's lack of popularity is because people wanted more Zelda 1, and they got something completely different. If it was a new IP people would have loved it, I reckon.

>> No.869890

>>869865
wikipedia isn't good for all things.

rpg in games is terribly defined.

if devil may cry changed the name of orbs to 'experience points' and was published by square soft people would insist it was an rpg.

if every 1,000 enemies samus killed gave her a free energy tank and missle upgrade people would call that an rpg

>> No.869893
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869893

"RPG" is a loose umbrella term for a variety of concepts, largely derived from D&D originally.

Most often when someone says "RPG", they're referring to character progression.

>> No.869917 [DELETED] 

>>869863
idiots cant understand the difference between an action-adventure game and an a APRG and think that if a game contains even the slightest of RPG elements it makes it an ARPG instead of an action-adventure.

take this schmuck for example-
>>869862

I know some games are hard to categorize but Zelda 2 isn't one of them. It's an action-adventure game. always has been always will be.

>> No.869925

Golvellius & Wonder Boy 3.

>> No.869954

Dragon quest

>> No.871262

>>869798
more wallpapers OP?

>> No.871306

>>869843
>>869862
>>869863
>>869865
>>869893
>>869917
All of you fucking autists get the fuck out my internets. Contribute or make your own thread to lick each others ass.

Dragon warrior 1 + 2

>> No.872494

Gargoyle's Quest

>> No.872520

Faxanadu is pretty baller.

If you like Z2 because the horrible pain of its difficulty makes you feel funny deep down in your pants, play Gargoyle's Quest II and come buckets.

>> No.872521

>>872494
pretty much this.
zelda 2: top down exploration but combat is 2d, slowly gain levels and abilities
gargoyles quest 2: top down exploration but combat is 2d, slowly gain levels and abilities

op go play it now don't listen to all this "it's not an rpg it's an arpg" bullshit

>> No.872531

>>871306
So any discussion at all is autism? Are you fucking kidding me?
If all you want is recommendations, why the fuck did you even come here? You could have just checked the recommendation wiki: vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com

>> No.872528

>>869798
that's one extremely ugly wallpaper...

>> No.872529

>>869843
Zelda 1 and 2 are action RPGs.

That's exactly how they were described at the time. A mixture of arcade action and PC RPGs.

>> No.872534

>>869871
I'd say they have more in common with the SotN and later 2D castlevanias actually

>> No.872537 [DELETED] 

>>869917
Actually it's an ARPG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_ii
>Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken (THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険?) in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements.
>action role-playing video game with platforming elements.
>action role-playing video game

>> No.872543

>>869828
>Faxanadu
get your grid paper and note pad ready.

>> No.872542
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872542

You should try Gunman's Proof OP, it's pretty much like Zelda and Earthbound had a baby.

>> No.872548

>>872537
could you stop arguing over semantics and just get back on the subject. The guy just asked for games like Zelda, jeez.

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>>872537
>implying wikipedia is a credible source

>> No.872582 [DELETED] 

The first Zelda is like Pac Man with a sword, and the story is a ballscratch.

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872591

>>872563
>implying it isn't

>> No.872672

every fucking time zelda 2 gets called an rpg, and every fucking time it derails a thread

can everyone get the fuck over themelves?

>> No.872676

>>872672
I didn't call it an rpg, I called it an arpg

>> No.872742

>>872582
>The first Zelda is way too hard and confusing for my tender Calladoody-trained fingers, and I resent that it's a game that rewards patience, exploration, and uncompromising button skill over grinding for levels and following a linear progression.

>> No.872765

Ultima

>> No.872874

>>872742
I seem to have touched a sore spot.

>> No.872884

>>869798
Protip: /vr/ is not actually a good place to discuss good retro games like Zelda 2.

>> No.872921
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872921

Ys III, bitches. It's the Zelda II of the Ys series. It's a pretty good platformy hack-n-slash game with baller music (especially the CD version).

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872931

>>872543
>needing a map for Faxanadu

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873005

Wonder Boy in Monster World´
Monster World IV

Genuinely surprised no one said these yet.

>> No.873472

>>872921
When you finished that, you should seriously get Oath In Felghana on Steam. One of the best remakes ever

>> No.873497

>>873472
Too bad those shitheads at Xseed decided to fuck over the Western localization with DRM.

>> No.873550

>>873005
the Wonder Boy/Monster World Series had already been mentioned more than once
also I think 3/dragon's trap/dragon's curse is much better than in Monster World

>> No.873573

>>872931
>Faxanadu hero
>normal human ears

Artist fucked up

>> No.873592

>>869798

>>869802
>>869830
>>873005


All solid recommendations!

Mystical Ninja 2, aka Goemon's Great Adventure. No levelling but a solid sidescroller with town areas and quests.

and Super Adventure Island on the snes! It's pretty much if Zelda II got a snes edition.

and it's not /vr/ but Zenonia

>> No.873609

If you like Zelda 2, Battle of Olympus is pretty much the same game.

>> No.873648

>>869798
Castlevania II

>> No.876850

>>869798

Love ZII. Under rated gaem.

>> No.878289

>>869876
Actually its a myth that Zelda II was not popular. It was immensely popular and it sold like hotcakes.

>> No.878641

>>873648
Snake's Revenge

>> No.878647

>>878289
it sold like hot cakes because everyone liked the first. People were disappointed when it wasn't more of the same and then become unpopular. The internet didn't exist so information did not travel as quickly as today so people didn't know until they bought it.

>> No.878664

>>878647
Are there reviews from that era that back that up? Everyone I knew loved this game when it came out, and I never heard negative shit about it until the last decade, at the most. The attitude I remember just before then, say late 90s, was "good, but hard, and Zelda 3 was better".

>> No.878712

>>878664
Same. I don't remember hearing anything negative about it until the late 90s which makes me wonder how much of the hate is from Ocarina kiddies.