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But your character in Diablo does level though and you get new abilties/spells at higher levels. And the talent tree system was revolutionary for video games.

I mean yeah the story in the first one was a bit lacking, as you were always going deeper and deeper into the Cathedral to kill more and more demons. But I think that was the story and you got little side quests and stuff.

It's true Diablo 1 wasn't as story engrossing as other RPG titles and Diablo 2 had alot more story driven events and location, but it wasn't that terrible. (well...for its time,heh)

But I can see where you could look at it as an action/adventure/rpg style game and I can't complain, I love hacking and BBQ'ing demons in dungeons!

I'm eagerly awaiting the 3rd one, so I can do the same in some nice graphics.

Yea I saw someone mention Final Fantasy10 earlier, and Ive got to add that to my list. I REALLY hate the way the art work has looked for years, but I easily got over it on 10. That was just hands down, a really good game.

Dragon Age
Neverwinter Nights 2
Knights of the Old Republic
FF: Tactics
FF: 6 (or 3... whatever)

There's a few that I would list, but they are too far removed from true RPGs to make my list, few examples:
Mass Effect
Diablo

Dragon Warrior
Final Fantasy 3(6? 3 for the SNES)
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana
Illusion of Gaia
FF VII
FF VIII
FF X
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
All those Baldur's Gate games

Yeah, that about does it for "favorites" though there's a whole lot more that I like.

Since I originally posted in this thread I've played Fallout 3 (incl. all the dlc except The Pitt), Fallout 1 and am fairly far through Fallout 2.
Just gotta add those three to my favourites list. Really enjoyed them.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Disgaea
Persona 4
Super Mario RPG
Lunar 2
Tales of the Abyss
Suikoden 2
Dragon Warrior
Phantom Brave

think that covers my top favs.

Melissia wrote:I'm not sure. I really loved Neverwinter Nights, its various sequels, and its expansion.

Hordes of the Underdark was AWESOME.

Shrike325 wrote:There's a few that I would list, but they are too far removed from true RPGs to make my list, few examples:
Mass Effect
Diablo

How is Mass Effect not an RPG?

Based on the number of times ive completed it. Diablo II.
Favourite RPG with the same characters : Baldurs gate 1/2 or champions/death knights/dark queen of krynn.
Favourite RPG that i wrote fan fiction about my game: Masters of Orion 2.

Diablo 2...3 looks amazing from what I've seen so far

No contest for me, that game was groundbreaking.

ChaosGalvatron wrote: Favourite RPG that i wrote fan fiction about my game: Masters of Orion 2.

I think Masters of Orion is an absolutely great strategy game, but no way in the world could I actually call it an RPG.

MOO2 is genius game design, but definitely not an RPG in my opinion. My favorite RPGs come from childhood. Final Fantasy 1, The Magic Candle 1 and 2, Ultima IV and V. Newest RPG I have tried and liked was Morrowind, which was very cool for its non-linear plot (reason I liked Magic Candle) and 'do whatever you want' kind of approach.