Need new RPG...

Well, I got out of school about two weeks ago, and I'm home for summer break, which lasts until the end of August. I need a new RPG or RPG/action to play. I would get Mass Effect, but I'm not really into Sci-Fi games and I'm not into shooter games either (I dislike them to be exact).
I'm looking for something similar to Diablo 2 (with lots of possibilities in game play) or Fable (with a great storyline); maybe even something like GTA San Andres.

RPGs I've played:

Diablo
Diablo II
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Baldurs Gate
Bioshock (I know it's not really RPG...)
World of Warcraft
Guild Wars
Morrowind
Oblivion
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Series
Final Fantasy Series
Grand Theft Auto Series
And some old school RPGs, can't remember off of the top of my head.

What would you recommend?

 

PG-13 RPG, make sure safety first.

 

You can get Titan Quest for cheap now-days. Very Diablo-esque.

 

hahaha funny man

 

Check out a game called The Witcher. It's good and has a great story with lots of openendedness if that's a word.

 

Age of Conan is one of the best RPGs out (technically it's a MMORPG, but it's still a RPG).

"I'm looking for something similar to Diablo 2 (with lots of possibilities in game play) or Fable (with a great storyline)"

You'll get both with AoC. There's even a questline that determines your destiny.

 

gonna second conan... maybe find a friend who has it and see it in action...
not for the faint of heart or the "stat crunchers" but the best MMO I have played in the early stages period.

 

Oblivion. .

 

i second on oblivion

 

third on oblivion

 

If you don't have Oblivion, it's a game you should own just for the sake of owning.

I didn't like the main quest, but the side quests and freedom were fun.

And I don't recommend jumping into Conan until the dust settles. There are highly mixed reviews at the moment. Sounds to me like they pulled a SOE subscribable beta. ;] *cough* vanguard *cough*

 

I've played Oblivion. Didn't like it too much - there were too many things to do, which, to me, seems to make the game itself lack in structure.

 

The Witcher, or Titan Quest if you want a Diablo clone . but the former is better story-wise.

 

i swear to God that i read this exact thread last week. i even recognize the posts and posters... WTF! is the clock wrong on the servers or perhaps my computer... or am i buggin out?

 

Have you tried Baldur's Gate?

 

If you want something good, relatively easy and engaging, try Dungeon Siege 2 & Broken world...

Just my 2p...

OB

 

First off, my only suggestion to you (and the only suggestion you need ) is the Baldur's Gate Trilogy: Baldur's Gate 1 + Tales of the Sword Coast Expansion Pack, Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, Baldur's Gate: Throne of Bhaal. I basically replay this series twice every five years. Do not read up on anything before you play this, except maybe a class guide to help you pick.

Second, Splinter Cell series is not an RPG .

 

Is Bioshock considered an RPG? *scratching head* I always thought of it as an FPS...

Dungeon Siege and its sequel are very Diablo-esque...go a little further back, and you have Nox although it needed a little more polish...and Titan Quest has already been mentioned...

As far as more traditional RPGs, I agree with the Baldur's Gate recommendations...and if you want something a bit shorter and slightly more action oriented, the Icewind Dale series uses the same engine but caters to the ADD crowd...Neverwinter Nights and its sequel wasn't too bad either...

Too bad you don't enjoy sci-fi trappings because my all time favorite RPG is still Fallout...

Go a bit further back and there are the Realms of Arkania series, Ultima VII, Wizardry, and Might and Magic series if you like humor mixed in with your RPG...but you have to be able to tolerate graphics that will be pixelicious...

 

you could try Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansion Mask of the Betrayer, and i believe there is another expansion coming out on one of these days.

 

Final Fantasy VII.

emulators ftw!

 

Played almost all Final Fantasy games when I was a little kid. Also played all the Baldur Gate games. I never got a chance to try Never Winter Night 1 or 2. Should I get NWN or Witcher?

 

both are pretty good games and very different too. NWN is played fro a bird's eye view and you have usually a squad of characters you can control, very similiar to Dungeon Siege. while in Witcher you can only play as Geralt and it's a third person over shoulder view (you can change it to bird's eye view but i found that very annoying. in short, Witcher is more like an action RPG and NWN asks for more squad management skills.

 

(1) Mass Effect - Why hasn't anyone mentioned this yet?
(2) Oblivion
(3) Titan Quest

 

Super Mario RPG for the SNES, best RPG ever invented. Period.

 

Titan's Quest and Icewind Dale II are very good action RPG's.

If you can overlook a total lack of graphics (== pure ASCII) and have some patience and time to learn it's keyboard dependant gameplay, a roguelike game like the Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) would be unusual, but good choice. You would be surprised how much more possibilities and depth it has than Diablo, which is btw based on roguelike games. Atleast for me the almost infinite amount of possibilities, randomness and challenge easily overcomes the lack of graphics.

 

Looking forward to the game but did Bioware improved anything over the original 360 version ?

 

I'd rather not spend the electricity bills fueling my 8600MGT to play ADoM. Hahaha, but thanks. I will take a look at the other two.

 

Mass Effect - great game!

@Age of wind:
As far as I've seen in the gametrailers.com videos, the only thing that's changed in the PC version is the "tactical what-ever-the-hell" where you press space, the game freezes, and you issue commands to your team.

 

Maybe because the Op said he didn't want to play ME because it is science fiction.

To the Op: Another really good title I haven't seen mentioned is Arcanum. Fairly old but well done.

Just got done with the Witcher. It would make my top 10-15 list.

 

Have you ever played...

Pokemon!??!?!?!?

Yeah, it's an RPG (and it was a good one back in the day)

 

I missed this post. I would get the NWN series. Not only for original campaigns, but for the replayability in the official add-ons, and the player community developed mods. A lot of good stuff!!