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Planescape Torment - Dialogue, Storyline, Cast, Ending, Concepts.

Star Control II - Dialogue, Storyline, Cast, Ending, Concepts. Loved the ship fights, music, and sound effects.

Quest For Glory I, II, IV - Sierra was in its Golden Years when they made these. I even liked QFG III, but can't justifiably put it up as the best.

Baldur's Gate all the way to Tears of Baal - Fun game, loved the party dynamics, only problem is you can level up to the point where the final battle is a joke.

Time killing fun:

Might and Magic II
Eye of the Beholder I & II

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Deus Ex and DX: Human Revolution. It's more RPG than shooter. (The less said about DX2: invisible war, the better)

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Loved Final Fantasy VII and X
Also a huge fan of all the Assassins Creed games. Mostly for the story and combat, though I guess its and action game and not a whole lot of RPG.

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Knights of the Old Republic II: Nietsche with tits shows up and shits all over the Star Wars universe. Written by the guy that wrote Planescape: Torment.

Neverwinter Nights: Mask of the Betrayer. The familiar theme of whether damnation is ever justified, brilliantly written and acted.

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Fallout - though confused by #2.

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Just adding those who have been left out

Arcanum - Steampunk meets Fantasy. Solidified my love for CRPGs
Vampire:the Masquerade

I miss Troika.

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I gotta go with the Elder Scrolls, although Skyrim, while solid, was not as good as Morrowind or Oblivion in my opinion.

I am with Wilshire on the Assasins Creed games.  They are not RPG but the entire series so far has been excellent.  Up there with the Uncharted and Mass Effect games in terms of quality.

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Oblivion was the worst game in the Elder Scrolls series in my mind.

Also everyone in this thread should be donating to this:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

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Oblivion was the worst game in the Elder Scrolls series in my mind.

Also everyone in this thread should be donating to this:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

That goes without saying....we place the fate of cRPG gaming in the hands of Avellone and Fargo.

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i've played other games after torment, but that game jumped the shark for the entire genre.  might as well hang it up.  the crpg has apotheosized.

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i've played other games after torment, but that game jumped the shark for the entire genre.  might as well hang it up.  the crpg has apotheosized.

Have you played NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer? The engine is ghastly but the story is top notch

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I gotta go with the Elder Scrolls, although Skyrim, while solid, was not as good as Morrowind or Oblivion in my opinion.

Skyrim is the steel to other RPGs bronze (like the Gnosis to the Anagogic, you see...  )

I saved the game at multiple times just to savor the sheer visual grandeur of it.  Especially the first time I visited the Temple of Azura while looking at Winterhold off in the distance -- it's like walking straight into a icy world of legend.  Literally made me gasp in wonder.

I do wonder what the people of Norway think of the game.  From what I hear the game comes straight out of the landscape of Norway.  It's like the designers pirated that whole country  :lol:

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Torment - for the storyline and characters.

Baldurs Gate I - for engine an overall feel.

[Royce]

I am from Norway and the landscapes in skyrim are very similar indeed:)
It was like taking a walk in the woods outside my house:)

[Madness]

Since it's living.

Mario RPG
Legend of Zelda
Final Fantasy's that Wilshire didn't reference
Chrono Trigger