Comments on: Top 10 D&D CRPGs

By: TES fan

TES fan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:11:19 +0000

MaleAlphaThree,
Forget the pretty graphics and all ‘those people’ who go gah-gah over them. They, most obviously like yourself, have likely only played the fourth installment. You are cheating yourself out of a very rich experience by not getting over your qualms. Take a moment to adjust. The leveling system is one of the most logical and sophisticated in an rpg to date. In addition, the Elder Scrolls series has always epitomized the pinnacle of innovative, free-roaming rpgs.
My $.02.
Also, TES II:Daggerfall and TES III:Morrowind both won RPG of the year and I can’t think of another RPG experience that touches them in terms of adventure, exploration, faction interaction, depth, and the fantastic leveling system, which increased skills based upon their use, not strictly giving general experience based upon some formula comparing your stats to those of your enemy. Fable’s system of Strength/Skill/Will experience is a similar example of this concept, but in a monumentously simplified way.

P.S. I’ll second the mention of Fallout II – one of the best

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:02:18 +0000

Favorite CRPG of all time? Fallout 2. Not D&D, but there you go.

By: MaleAlphaThree

MaleAlphaThree — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:10:47 +0000

I actually haven’t played a lot of those games, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about the NVN series and Baldur’s Gate series. I’m glad you didn’t include Oblivion. People go all gah-gah over that thing because of the pretty graphics, but the leveling system ticked me off and I quit real fast. What about Elder Scrolls III? Heard that was popular.

By: Rom

Rom — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:17:18 +0000

D&D: Warriors of the Eternal Sun for Mega Drive wasn’t a bad game at all – it seemed pretty heavily influenced by Ultima 6 (though a lot shallower), at least while you were above ground. It released at $130 here in Australia! I paid it…

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:20:13 +0000

Hey guys,

Great post. i do feel like posts like these either get generated by personal favorites and a little bit of research rather than by the users/fans. This is okay, but sometimes it leaves many game left out due to exposure. DDOL was a descent game, but one of the most memorable and well designed ever made for the Sega Genesis with the DnD logo was:

Dungeon and Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun

This game was a hefty $70+ on its release which was crazy at the time, but worth every penny. To anybody and everybody…this is a gem of a classic that still has great playability, so dust that Sega off and find a copy or request it at a game store and have a great adventure.

~David

By: Ian Winterbottom

Ian Winterbottom — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:15:07 +0000

I don’t usually go for Console games, but I have become hooked on Baldur’s Gate; Dark Alliance. I thoroughly agree with your rating, I am currently playing it from the very beginning in my own avatar, after making it all the way to the end using a “cheated” megacharacter my mate, who gave the the PS2 and the game, had created. It is quite literally AD&D to a T, fantastic stuff, just like the games I ran back in the eighties! For the mate I mention, among others, which is why he gave me the Playstation! I am now wondering what to do for an encore, my grandson has promised me BG2, but he keeps forgetting it! Typical!

By: PyroMancyr

PyroMancyr — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:39:03 +0000

love the games mentioned so far, but I’m a little surprised that nobody’s mentioned Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. Although published much later than the original Gold Box games, it does IMO a decent job of continuing the story set down in the first game.

By: Rendclaw

Rendclaw — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:47:36 +0000

The AD&D game for the Intellivision was groundbreaking for sure, but Treasure of Tarmin had it beat nine ways from Sunday.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:47:37 +0000

I can’t believe there’s no Might and Magic in this list. It’s a garbage franchise now, but the first few were really excellent. MMI also preceded Eye of the Beholder by 5 years, yet incorporated the ‘inovative’ 3D tile system ;)

If you haven’t tried them yet, I strongly suggest you give them a shot. They’re wonderful games, with tons of humor and plenty of adventure to slog through. And though they’re not STRICTLY D&D, you’d be hard pressed to find a difference in the rules, classes, attributes, etc (the only thing I can think of is Dex got split into Spd and Agi – one is for accuracy, the other is AC)

By: Rom

Rom — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:38:32 +0000

Hey gnome, great post. No Baldur’s Gate II though?

I wholeheartedly agree re Dark Sun: Shattered Lands, even if fully half the game ended up locked off from me because I finished all the more difficult northern quests before I tried to go east (hopefully that’ll make sense to somebody). Wake of the Ravager was a nice sequel too.

I’m about to head back to your regular site to see if you’ve written anything Ultima-related. U5 and Underworld are two of my favourite games ever.