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Best Xbox RPGs

  • CubivoreCubivore576,653
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 04:03
    dragon quest 11 not being on this list is baffling.

    starfield being on this list is equally baffling.
  • Posted on 29 September 24 at 04:12
    Risen series!!
    Magic
  • A Jedi KnightA Jedi Knight2,512,380
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 04:44
    Dragons dogma
  • DK ShadoW999DK ShadoW9991,408,045
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 04:54
    I agree with 1st place, the Witcher 3 is in a league of its own.
  • N1klotN1klot126,419
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 05:07
    TymanTheLong said:
    N1klot said:
    i love action rpg and crpgs but more jrpgs should have made it on the list, especially with the jrpg boom we're seeing on xbox right now.

    It's also very much worth it to check out the classic cRPG behemoths available, planescape torment + icewind dale, baldurs gate 1+2, even neverwinter nights. The experience may feel dated but these are still remarkable games. I wish the first two Fallouts made it to xbox as remasters, and Arkanum but that's probably a fool's hope.


    edit: forgot about Risen and Elex, those 2 definitely deserve a spot here.
    You do know gog.com sells most of those old games like Arcanum DRM free right?
    Yes, and I have them on gog. I meant remastered on xbox with achievements. Even the gog versions don't always work well on modern systems, I had to install an unofficial patch for arkanum to work well.
  • Posted on 29 September 24 at 05:18
    Can we get a top 10 underrated rpg list? One that excludes the big names? Disco elysium and divinity could remain though
  • TymanTheLongTymanTheLong555,869
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 05:28, Edited on 29 September 24 at 05:29 by TymanTheLong
    N1klot said:
    TymanTheLong said:
    N1klot said:
    i love action rpg and crpgs but more jrpgs should have made it on the list, especially with the jrpg boom we're seeing on xbox right now.

    It's also very much worth it to check out the classic cRPG behemoths available, planescape torment + icewind dale, baldurs gate 1+2, even neverwinter nights. The experience may feel dated but these are still remarkable games. I wish the first two Fallouts made it to xbox as remasters, and Arkanum but that's probably a fool's hope.


    edit: forgot about Risen and Elex, those 2 definitely deserve a spot here.
    You do know gog.com sells most of those old games like Arcanum DRM free right?
    Yes, and I have them on gog. I meant remastered on xbox with achievements. Even the gog versions don't always work well on modern systems, I had to install an unofficial patch for arkanum to work well.
    Fair enough, I want that too. I just thought you might be stuck with some ancient boxed copies that are hard to get working these days.

    Why Fallout and Fallout 2 haven’t been put on consoles is mind boggling to me. We even have The Bard’s Tale 1-3 and Wasteland now, how hard could it be? inXile and Interplay are belly up but I think the current rights holders are well known and it could be done.
  • KaloudzKaloudz421,414
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 06:24
    I'm so happy that Sea of Stars is there, but you did FF7 dirty with 9th place.
  • PuzzlePuzzle151,305
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 06:51
    I think I'm the only person that didn't enjoy Skyrim.

    If Yakuza 0 was classed as a RPG it would be top of the list for me.
  • xBackupPanicxBackupPanic505,618
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 07:38, Edited on 29 September 24 at 07:39 by xBackupPanic
    How is Lost Odyssey or Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1/2 not on this list!? Like, seriously.
  • Posted on 29 September 24 at 08:06
    I'm a simple man. I see Skyrim, I'm happy
  • Posted on 29 September 24 at 09:09, Edited on 29 September 24 at 09:09 by Tozi Tiberius
    TymanTheLong said:
    The difference between the two is that in Fallout you’re not the main character and you spend your time screwing with everyone and everything until you’ve royally f’ed everything up to the extent that you’ve forced the world to acknowledge your “main characterness”. The world was fine before you and isn’t really any better after everything you typically do so it’s really you (usually a vault dweller) inserting yourself into everyone else’s world and just insisting you get to F it up and everyone is “doing it wrong” like a loud Texan in a Parisian restaurant.
    Look, all that matters is that Moira survives (although it always bothered me that a thermonuclear plutonium core would still be viable two hundred years later. Our own [American] nukes's cores have to be replaced every seven years or so. Actually, in that same vein, most bullets are only good for about 30-40 years before the gunpowder goes bad and will no longer combust which also screws with the game's emersion for me, but I digress.)
    TymanTheLong said:
    In Starfield, for some inexplicable reason, you are the main character and everyone insists only you can be the hero to deal with the MacGuffin that you know jack crap about and that they’ve spent a large portion of their lives studying.

    Fallout stories are self serving ego trips but what I’ve played or Starfield is just dumb writing. I think they differ in more than color pallette😂
    But I like being the Chosen One. Iiiiiiiiin spaaaaaceeee!
    "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Samuel Clemens
  • Posted on 29 September 24 at 09:10
    Alcoholic Socks said:
    I'm a simple man. I see Skyrim, I'm happy
    Lynyrd Skynyrd would be proud.
    "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Samuel Clemens
  • torrens7760torrens7760279,184
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 11:07
    SPOONYxBARD said:
    Lost Odyssey is the best Final Fantasy game.
    Me: 'But Lost Odyssey isn't a Final Fantasy game---, ah, I see.'

    Lost Odyssey is great, and it feels like a FF title, definitely worth getting if people can get a physical copy (we can't get in on the 360 anymore iirc).
    Cogito ergo sum.
  • DarqStalkerDarqStalker1,642,317
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 13:42
    I liked Elex. I'll play Elex 2 some day.
  • Posted on 29 September 24 at 13:52
    Starfield accidentally made the list
  • PakhairPakhair596,352
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 14:17
    Persona 3 Reload was a must. I guess you only added one game from each franchise
    I'm no hero. Never was, never will be. I’m just an old killer, hired to do some wet work - Old Snake
  • Flipy FlipersonFlipy Fliperson1,317,860
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 15:34
    Tozi Tiberius said:
    Iiiiiiiiin spaaaaaceeee!
    Ok dang it! What movie was that from?
  • Solario32Solario32394,203
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 16:02
    Good list. I thought FF14 would make it, but that is a MMO.
  • Wicked JeiWicked Jei1,024,274
    Posted on 29 September 24 at 16:48
    DISCO ELYSIUM MENTIONED
    peak game. Actually changed my life
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