RPGs in 3D are great, too!

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This is the answer thread. Talk about yer fave 3D RPGs here:

mine:

KOTOR 1/2
VTM: Bloodlines (shitty code implementation & all)
Anachronox (funny! shitty character models!)

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

KOTOR et al completely rules.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

It's funny, I'd have thought that the crucial difference was between PC-style RPGs (where you can generally pick a role to play (even if it's just fighter/mage/thief) and it influences the story) versus console-style RPGs (where the story is intricate, but completely on-rails from the start, and your choices are all battle-based). These are broad strokes, but they both exist in 2d and 3d. I like both of them, but am beginning to suspect that the bit of my brain that likes the console ones should maybe be smashed in with a rock.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

thing is, its not that simple. Kotor is a console RPG, but it's an american one. It's been written about how the first three Ultima games(which were on PC) had massive influence in japan, which is why japanese rpgs went more the battle/stats way.

also, japanese rpgs leaned more on consoles, whereas american rpgs(later ultimas, wasteland->fallouts->PS:T->BG2, etc) leaned on PCs.

Amongst all this, the KOTOR 1 team was comprised of PC alumni from BG2. KOTOR 2 was PC alumni from Fallout 2/Planescape: Torment.

so it's layers within layers n' shit.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

People, the graphics are the only thing that matters in video games. Please stick to the topic.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

FF3 is being remade for the DS in 3D apparently?

not to mention tingle RPG

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

I only played KOTOR 1/2 on the PC, I sort of forgot that they were available on consoles (though Jade Empire makes your point nicely)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

(pout pout, I made the PC/console point on another thread and no one even noticed)

― The Ghost of Black Pouting (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

New Bioware game for the 360: http://masseffect.bioware.com/

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Where's that Dragon Age shit they were working on? and why hasn't Jade Empire been ported?

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Yeah well the other thread starting talking about this (well, about kicking the shit out of the console games) as soon as I posted that, so pout off, man.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

other random observation: Anachronox was a PC game in 3D, yet deliberately was designed to ape your standard japanese rpg.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:37 (twenty years ago)

Final Fantasy 3 DS is apparently going to be totally in 3D! Maybe I will have something to post to this thread. Eventually.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

OMG I just saw that Bioware put out that Pirates Of The Sword Coast module for Neverwinter Nights! NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ALL OF THESE AWESOME GAMES.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Shining Force Neo for PS2! Oh Noes!!

"The downside is that the main character, Max, sounds a little too much like a "gee willikers" wimp and not enough like the soldier he should be."

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 18 October 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

Fire Emblem on a GameCube! Shit!!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

ok seriously I think you guys might be on to something
http://media.insidegamer.nl/screenshots/public/2564/26520.jpg
ihttp://www.nlgaming.com/showPic.asp?ShowPic=/games/3054/e3-4.jpg

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 19 October 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

Scans from the DS version of FF3! Seriously WHEN WILL IT END

http://www.ds-x2.com/index.php?id=4340

― TOMBOT, Friday, 21 October 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

haha nice comparison of FFIII DS Vs. NES

― c7n (Cozen), Monday, 24 October 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gamesdaily.tv/pubimg/ff3box.jpg

Not the cover art I would have chosen, but hey, maybe this is just a mock-up.

― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

The nice thing about cover art for GBA or DS titles is that you never actually have to look at it after you find it and buy it. It's not like consoles where you might be inclined to keep the box around as a container, them shits is nothing but commingled recyclables.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 24 October 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

what do you keep your carts in tom?!

― c7n (Cozen), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

And what do you put the instructions in?

― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 24 October 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

At home? Second drawer in the back:
http://images.containerstore.com/MEDIA/ProductCatalog/16648/16648.jpg

Around the town? A pocket in one of these:
http://a1480.g.akamaitech.net/f/1480/124/4h/images.ebags.com/images/Products/20174_71664_xlrg.jpg http://a1480.g.akamaitech.net/f/1480/124/4h/images.ebags.com/images/Products/15026_56583_xlrg.jpg

You people seriously keep the boxes and manuals for more than one day?

― TOMBOT, Monday, 24 October 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Neverwinter Nights 2 previews up.

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3145707&did=1

http://pc.ign.com/articles/666/666403p1.html

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

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