Best Singleplayer RPGs

[Igiss]

As long as online gaming is becoming more popular, there are lots of interesting RPGs that are played in single... the most obvious examples are, of course, Elder Scrolls games.

So, apart from Oblivion (that hasn't yet been released so you can't call it favourite yet), what are your favourite singleplayer role-playing games? What games you consider the best? Don't stick only to TES please, and don't exclude games that might be played both single and in multiplayer - for example, Diablo II. And no restrictions for release year; as we all know, not many good games of this kind are being released these days.

[Dab]

Metal Gear Solid!!! One of the best game series I've ever played. And they all have pretty good plots (MGS 2 especially).

Another is Star Wars Empire at War which is a great game for strategy gamers.

[xit]

Wouldn't as such call the MGS series for RPGs, but that might just be me. 

Favorite RPGs:

Albion - Great story and fascinating world.

Arx Fatalis - If you liked the old Ultima Underworld games, you'll most likely also like this one. 

Baldur's Gate 2 - Just great.

Dark Sun 1+2 - Oldies set in the AD&D setting Dark Sun. Picture BG2 with ugly graphics, bad sound, and buggy. 

Eye of The Beholder 1+2 - Again some old AD&D classics.

Might & Magic 6-9 - They're great! Hmm, what else to say? They're great!

[Crono]

Chrono Trigger has been my favorite game, let alone RPG game ever since it came out in '95 on the SNES and probably always will be my favorite. If you haven't played it I highly recommend this game, you won't be dissapointed!

Appart from that and Morrowind + other TES titles my other favorite single player RPG's are, in order; Diablo II, Secret of Mana (also for SNES and similar to Chrono Trigger), Neverwinter Nights, and Dungeon Siege II.. that's pretty much all I can think of off hand at the moment.. though there are others.

[rahman]

rpg's like zelda are oldskool precious, eve-online for sheer "gallactasphere awe", and slightly left of centre here is www.wagerisland.com.  all good in their own little ways, but i haven't got the time for any these days-just a little here and there keeps the feeling alive ¶:>

rpg's like zelda are oldskool precious, eve-online for sheer "gallactasphere awe", and slightly left of centre here is www.wagerisland.com.  all good in their own little ways, but i haven't got the time for any these days-just a little here and there keeps the feeling alive ¶:>

ahhh, singleplayer..... my apologies

[metamay]

System Shock 2 (possibly my all time favourite game)
Albion (though I never got very far in that one)
TES (of course)
Wizardry 8
Might & Magic 7 (6 and 8 too but 7 is my favourite)
Diablo 1 and 2 (though they're not really real RPGs I spent alot of time playing them)
Castle Of The Winds 1 and 2 (I first played it on Win3.1 on a b/w monitor and I still like it)

There are probably more but that's all I can think of at the moment...

Edit: And Dungeon Siege, just the original, haven't played 2
Edit2: Doh! How could I ever forget about the Fallouts!

[Igiss]

The Elder Scrolls III, of course. Didn't play previous TES games, unfortunately.

And... what else did I like? I guess only one worth mentioning is

Neverwinter Nights

Well, that's all.

[Crono]

Neverwinter Nights 2 is coming out very soon, can't wait =]

[Kinrick]

This is my Top 10 "All-time" list of my favorite RPG's excluding Morrowind and Oblivion!

#1 - Secret of Mana (SNES or Emulator)
#2 - Final Fantasy III (SNES or Emulator)
#3 - Seiken Densetsu 3 AKA Secret of Mana 2(Super Famicom or Emulator. English translation available)
#4 - Finaly Fantasy 7 (Playstation)
#5 - Breath of Fire 1,2, and 3 (SNES, Playstation)
#6 - Secret of Evermore (SNES)
#7 - Earthbound (SNES)
#8 - Xenogears (Playstation)
#9 - Fantasy Star (Sega Genesis or Emulator)
#10 - Final Fantasy Legend II (orginal Game Boy)

[Crono]

Great to see another retro gamer, so i'm not the only one here =p

[Kinrick]

Great to see another retro gamer, so i'm not the only one here =p

Crono, you mentioned you like Secret of Mana. You absolutely MUST download and play Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2). I'm not sure how much you know about emulators so if you already know this stuff then my apologies. I figured I would post it anyway.

Have a look here

Download the ROM (game)here

download ZNES (the best SNES emulator)

[Crono]

Crono, you mentioned you like Secret of Mana. You absolutely MUST download and play Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2). I'm not sure how much you know about emulators so if you already know this stuff then my apologies. I figured I would post it anyway.

Have a look here

Download the ROM (game)here

download ZNES (the best SNES emulator)

hehe I actually own both Secret of Mana 1 and 2 on SNES, and yes they are absolutely brilliant games, second to only Chrono Trigger =p

[Iluvatar]

Can anyone say Fallout? Easily my favorite game of all time. There was just so much game there for its time.

Other than that, I like the standards, FF IV, VI, VIII and X. Crono Trigger. Super Mario RPG. Starocean 2. Dragon Quest/Warrior I-IV.

On the pc side again, Diablo 2 has probably gotten more playtime than anything else. But, Neverwinter Nights, Baldurs Gate 2, and Ultima/Ultima Online have all gotten some good playtime.

[metamay]

I can say Fallout. And I'm shocked that I could forget those in my post... 

[xit]

In theory I could say Fallout. But it would be more appropriate in a thread called "Worst Singleplayer RPGs" 

Oh yeah, forgot all about these RPGs:

Amberstar, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Pool of Radiance 1+2, Ultima 1-9, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn, Dark Queen of Krynn, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, Pools of Darkness, and Whale's Voyage.

Doh, also forgot about Ishar 1-3. Silly me.

[Misere]

I think I have drunk too much latley i can only think of 6,  I know there are more out there but I either dont remeber the name or dont even remeber playing them.

1 Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time. (all Zelda games apart from wind waker really)
2 FF3
3 FF7
4 Baldurs Gate 2
5 Baldurs Gate
6 Morrowind
   [Not included Oblivion in the list ]

[Iluvatar]

xit, you like all those mediocre Krynn rpg's and not fallout? Pools of Darkness? Shame, shame, shame. Same with Temple of Elemental Evil.

[Crono]

Each to their own ;]

[xit]

Yep, each to their own.

I liked the old AD&D RPGs, the first  RPGs I ever played actually, yeah, sure there are other RPGs there are better. Actually a lot, but I still like them. I don't like Fallout. Don't even have anything nice to say about really. Except maybe that it isn't installed on my hard drive.

[Lord Sunnycool]

Diablo 2 is one of the best non-TES-RPGs I have been playing. Not that many quests, and the movement seems pathetic now, but that game had so much in it. So many different items, creatures, and it was fun. Not better than new games, but I love it....

[Crono]

Diablo 2 is one of the best non-TES-RPGs I have been playing. Not that many quests, and the movement seems pathetic now, but that game had so much in it. So many different items, creatures, and it was fun. Not better than new games, but I love it....

Agreed. Diablo II is deffinately a timeless classic. The hours I spent beating that game with every character, including the expansion characters, just to see what kind of items I could gather add up to more than any other game ive ever played I think, except maybe Chrono Trigger.

[squapple]

i like the wild arms series they are pretty good and i like mortal kombat i dont know if you count that as and rpg but ya idk my favorite mk player is prob subzero or raiden mostly reptile tho lol wow they all pretty sweet

[Lord Sunnycool]

Is Mortal Kombat a RPG in any aspects?

[Crono]

Not particularly.

Dungeon Siege is another RPG I enjoyed playing, especially the second one.

[Gabriel]

I really enjoyed the entire Baldur's Gate series and obviously the Elder Scrolls, I also like Summoner which has a great plot twist. Probably one of my favourite games of all time would be Planescape: Torment it was a brilliant game with a really original storyline.

[Lord Sunnycool]

I never liked Baldur's Gate, but that's just me

[xit]

Well, me neither. Or rather I liked BG 2, but not the first one. Too tedious.

[Dweebo]

1. Dark Cloud 2
2. Final Fantasy X
3. Kingdom Hearts

[Kraggoth]

Fallout 2 is my all-time favorite, played it for 100's of hours

I love all the random encounters like the Monty Python's Bridge of Death scene for example

[Yaas]

WOW!!

Nobody mentioned GothicI or GothicII???

I gotta tell yall, those two games, especially GothicII are some of the best rpgs I've ever played, my list is as follows.

1. GothicII and Morrowind are tied.
2. Oblivion.
3. Arcanum.
4. Fable.
5. Neverwinter Knights. (it would have been number three but it just didn't work good on my pc)
6. DiabloI and II
7. Arx Fatalis. (could have been better but it was pretty cool)
8. The Zelda for super nintendo, I don't remember the name been to long.
9. The other DnD games, like Temple of Elemental Evil.
10. Umm, can't think of to much more. Maybe Dungeon Seige?

Seriously though, yall need to play GothicII if you have'nt already, it owns.

[20-xd-6]

1~ TES III : Morrowind
2~ TES IV : Oblivion
3~ Beyond the Beyond (PSX) -> The first RPG I ever played--how could I not look back and love it?
4~ The Temple of Elemental Evil
5~ Xenogears (PSX) -> Packed over 250 hours into this game...And still managed a 3.0 average =D
6~ Fable
7~ Golden Sun II : The Lost Age (GBA)
8~ Golden Sun (GBA)
After that, it's just 10s and 10s of "meh".

[Imago Storm]

well hard to choose the better rpg 

I would say...mmmhhh...

Planescape: Torment - for the storyline
Arcanum - for the roleplay aspect (almost every single quest can be beaten in different way and need of a moral decision )

and obviously

TES series - for the amazing lore behind

[xaedra]

My favorite RPG, even though its fairly old, has to be Final Fantasy VII.

The story line is great and it never really gets old.
This is like my third replay.

I also love Final Fantasy Tactics. Most of those games are pretty good, but VII is still my favorite.

[Idun Wanadai]

Two words, for my fave:
Guild Wars. 

[Mystical]

Sorry, Oblivion, but I have to say:

Assassin's Creed = Ultimate. Win.

[xoxoxlovestinksxoxox]

Below Oblivion and Morrowind, there's...
Final Fantasy! I just love the tenth one. But I haven't played the seventh quite yet. And Kingdom Hearts, which I should be playing instead of more Oblivion at the moment. I love Diablo II, now! XD But I ususally play that on Battle.net anyway...
...LAWL, I haven't really played a lot of single player RPGs.

[tetigistus]

Yay, more FFVII fans!  Don't much care for any of the others, sadly.  Even FFX was sort-of meh.  Neverwinter Nights was cool, though I didn't play it for nearly as long as I did Morrowind. 

[Blue Shift]

I now have a new favorite RPG:  Overlord.  It may be short, but it's very, very fun.

[Young Dragon]

Id have to say the original War Crafts Orks Vs Humans, they Kicked....butt!!!!!

[DM8954]

I liked that too. I preferred WarCraft II, though.

Unfortunately, neither of those is an RPG. They're RTS.

[RPG - Role Playing Game; RTS - Real Time Strategy]

[Blue Shift]

Overlord is an RPG.  It does have some RTS elements due to the fact that you have Minions, but it is played from the perspective of your main character, the Overlord.  You should check it out.

[metamay]

Well now this thread is revived I'd just like to add that I agree with Yaas. I only just picked up the Gothic series this year and they are all really really good games once you get used to the controls.

[pooshoe]

Fable. Was a sick story one of the only games with children.

Fable 2 is going to own
    Sexually transmitted dieases, and a pet dog
       Life doesnt get better than that.

[Smuggler]

Other then Morrowind
I would say the Dungeon Siege games,
Now if only Bethesda would add a MP choice to TES it would be perfect. Like DS II, let players decide weather to play mp or not.

[Young Dragon]

Fable II!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nuff said