Western RPGs

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Originally Posted by toxic

Questron II (SSI)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../questron2.bmp

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That title rules.

And great thread, NZD.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

I remember giving Questron II a try on the good old Amiga. I really couldn't get into it. Maybe I should drag out the old beast and give it another shot?

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It was a pretty straightforward game. Besides a few puzzles, there wasn't much of a story (Stop evil man from using the powerful book), I doubt the game still holds up.

I love these games. Given how far behind I am though I'm only just now playing Icewind Dale. It's not as good as Torment (but so what, almost nothing is) but *much* better than the dry and boring Baldur's Gate (though I'm expecting good things from BGII). The art is astounding in 1600x1200 and the music and sound effects are equally as impressive. Non-stop fighting is the only thing "wrong" with it (if you see it that way). Love this game.

Might & Magic VII was one of the most fun and addicting games I've ever played, RPG or otherwise. It won't run on my current machine or I'd have finished it by now. So rough with huge flaws but so damn great regardless.

Great thread.

More depressing/interesting is that all of the old big starters are dead - Ultima, Might & Magic and Wizardry are all toast :( There are new series to carry on the tradition, but not nearly as many.

Needs more love for Roguelikes too! Nethack/Adom/Angband

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

People often get BioWare and Black Isle mixed up so
if anyone's still confused about them they should read this GameSpy article - http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/...le/index2.shtm

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I read that article. It's nice to know that they realize just how great Torment was:

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Game wise, I think our greatest accomplishment is Planescape: Torment. It was a revolutionary idea rather than just more of the same high fantasy. It had beauty, scope, and story. It was a wonderful project to work on and help bring to life. It was "art."

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Originally Posted by toxic

Legacy of the Ancients (EA)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...e_Ancients.gif


LotA is pretty funny. Your character starts off protecting a pretty powerful artifact .. and within about 20 minutes of playing, you randomly get mugged, and it is stolen away. From there, the chase is on. For its time .. the graphics were pretty astounding (especially in the dungeons).

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woah, i thought i was the only one that remembered that game. had it for the c64, and couldn't do a damn thing in it.

my game always ended in one of three ways:
got hopelessly lost in a first person dungeon.
died of hunger.
killed by the first overworld monster.

still, being able to walk into the paintings was pretty cool..

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Originally Posted by Compass

I read that article. It's nice to know that they realize just how great Torment was:

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Game wise, I think our greatest accomplishment is Planescape: Torment. It was a revolutionary idea rather than just more of the same high fantasy. It had beauty, scope, and story. It was a wonderful project to work on and help bring to life. It was "art."

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Yeah, it's amazing when a developer understands, spot-on, what they have accomplished. Most of them don't have any idea, they either overcompensate (Itagaki) or are overly modest.

Apart from the ones mentioned, what are some western RPGs without a fantasy/medieval theme?

Lionheart but everybody seems to hate it.

Torment and Fallout are way overrated.

Still awesome, but really overrated.

Image intensive and informative as ever, Neo. Great read.