Best RPG Genre

[RE4zombie]

Action RPG. I think that would be what The World Ends With You is classified as...

 

[GreatCrippler]

Strategy RPGs for sure. I imagine I am one of very few people to say that "Ogre Battle" Is my favorite series of all time. Now if someone would only translate the Neo Geo Pocket one for me. ^^

 

[Blaze163]

I love most RPG's, but I can't stand 'rogue' games or whatever they're called, like Shiren The Wanderer and etc. The controls piss me off, the whole 'random dungeon' aspect pisses me off too.

I've also developed a disliking for games such as Oblivion and Fallout 3. Don't get me wrong, they're decent enough. But there seems to be a lot of wandering about doing largely sod all, and the open aspect of the plot means there's rarely any truly epic moments like you get in a more set-in-stone storyline such as FFX. I look forward to grand twists in the plot and epic moments of bravery and the like. You don't get that in open RPG's all that often.

My favourite type is hard to pin down though. FF7 is probably my all time fave since it has possibly the most epic plot twist in rpg history (even though it wasn't the first to do it, I never saw it coming and it really did shock me as a kid), but the Tales series is close behind. I'm LOVING Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition right now because it's the rare kind that allows for open gameplay and still has a solid plot holding it all together with twists and emotion. Mass Effect is also a fave. I've had a liking of strategy RPG's ever since Final Fantasy Tactics Advance cost me well in excess of a hundred hours of my life. Overall I guess it has to be the turn based classic style though, given how many hours of my life have been spent on the Final Fantasy series alone, and that's before you take into account the multitude of other classics such as Dragon Quest, Pokemon, etc.

 

[RKz]

My favourite type is hard to pin down though. FF7 is probably my all time fave since it has possibly the most epic plot twist in rpg history (even though it wasn't the first to do it, I never saw it coming and it really did shock me as a kid),

FF7 was really epic!

 

[kakashi919]

I really like Action RPGs like the Tales series, but turn based RPGs are always gonna be my favorite.

 

[rockstar99]

ARPGs

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

ARPGs and RTSRPGs all the way. 'Normal' RPG's get boring really fast, if all you have to do is sit through yet another battle, where you can select one attack, go out for a walk (IRL), come back to the game and still be on the same screen.

 

[Deleted User]

Since I liked DQIX, I'm guessing that I like turn-based ACTION RPG?

Oh, and I also like RPGs like PS0 and FF, especially Crystal Chronicles.
DQIX isn't an action RPG, it's just a turn-based one.
The ones you mention afterwards are, however.

QUOTE(SylvWolf @ Nov 5 2010, 03:18 AM) Gotta be the classic turn-based. The older Final Fantasy games, the DQ series, Etrian Odyssey... I love that type of game.

Agreed with this.

+ the dynamic hack 'n slash type games such as Kingdom Hearts or the soon-to-be-released Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Keep dreaming.

Oh and brandonspikes, it's etc, not ect. It comes from the latin "et cetera" which means "and the rest".

I'm well aware, I made the post when I was groggy from waking up, I make spelling errors sometimes too!

 

[T-hug]

FFX is my favourite RPG so I guess turn based JRPG.
I like ARP, SRPG, text RPG, WRPG... any RPG really lol but FFX is like my staple, the closer a game is to it's formula the more I like it.

 

[PeregrinFig]

I prefer turn-based JRPGs. Action-RPGs just aren't fun to me, and the only WRPGs I'll play are MMOs, most of the time. SRPGs are fun too, but I tend to not think of games like Fire Emblem as RPGs at all. They're just part of the Strategy genre to me.

 

[Satangel]

I prefer turn-based JRPGs. Action-RPGs just aren't fun to me, and the only WRPGs I'll play are MMOs, most of the time. SRPGs are fun too, but I tend to not think of games like Fire Emblem as RPGs at all. They're just part of the Strategy genre to me.

Hold it right there partner! Fire Emblem is as pure as a Turnbased RPG can be! You have levels, classes and items, so I don't really see how you can deny Fire Emblem as an RPG.

Advance Wars, that's something else, there I would have to agree with you that it's a pure Strategy game, there are hardly any RPG elements in those games.

 

[Depravo]

FFX is my favourite RPG so I guess turn based JRPG.
I like ARP, SRPG, text RPG, WRPG... any RPG really lol but FFX is like my staple, the closer a game is to it's formula the more I like it.

Did you like that LotR RPG then?

EDIT: P.S. Happy birthday

 

[SuperMarioMaster]

I personally think that action and turn-based are the best type of RPGS.

 

[RKz]

i love ARPG games but it's kind of funny that i loved the Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor even if it's not ARPG..

it's SRPG right? or Turn Based RPG?

 

[.allbliss.]

Well for me...it just has to have a good story and I won't care about the genre.

But if I had to pick, action RPG.
Tales games have one of my favorite combat systems of any game.

This.

 

[Warrior522]

Let's see... My favorite games of all time were Megaman Battle Networks 5-6 and the M&L series, soo...

Action RPG.

 

[Vigilante]

timed action rpg example mario and luigi bowsers inside story

 

[8BitWalugi]

Which Genre does Mother 3 apply to?

Because it doesn't feel like any normal JRPG to me.

 

[RKz]

i didnt noticed that this was moved from EoF to General Consoles Discussion...

i wonder what's the Genre of HM games?

 

[Anne Noise]

Which Genre does Mother 3 apply to?

Because it doesn't feel like any normal JRPG to me.

Turn-based JRPG with some action RPG elements?