What was your first RPG?

[Sarafan]

@Sarafan - I do, I just took a shot of it yesterday morning.

I envy this gem. I miss the big boxes as well. Don't have too many of them, but I can't deny that they have a unique style. I still remember times when big game boxes occupied shelves in stores. I loved the view. Now physical distribution is really on the margin and big boxes are completely absent.

While digital games are really the only way to install a game nowadays, but I do miss having real game manuals, the occasional cloth map, or oddities like that hardcover book in Stonekeep.

I especially miss the goodies. Cloth maps aren't available even in collectors editions.

Wish they would be remade and kept as top-down, turn-based RPG's.

Did you try ATOM RPG? I know that it's not good times to recommend Russian products, but the game is a spiritual successor of the first two Fallout games.

 

[Max_Headroom4]

I would have to say Final Fantasy in the 90's......Oooo the Chocobo days

 

[mainer]

You all mentioned Fallout 1 and 2, and those were my first RPG's that weren't in the fantasy genre.

Those games were my first introduction into a non-fantasy world as well, and the first I'd played in a post-apocalyptic setting. While I loved the 1st person Fallouts that came later, the character building, story & lore, and turn-based combat system of Fallouts 1 & 2 are still the best.

Loved those games, though. Wish they would be remade and kept as top-down, turn-based RPG's.

I'd love to see it, but since Bethesda owns the rights to the Fallout universe, I have doubts that we'd ever see a top-down, turn-based remake(s). There are modded remakes in the works for both FO 1 & 2, but both are in 1st person. I was going to link some videos, but they're kind of longish, but if you do a search for Fallout 1 (or 2) remake you could find them.

I didn't pay attention to gaming news and had never heard of them.

Back in those days, I had monthly subscriptions to 3 gaming magazines from where I got my gaming news & reviews: PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, and Computer Games and Strategy Plus. Only PCG survived the magazine apocalypse (and I still have a monthly subscription), but I used to love comparing previews & reviews across all three.

Did you try ATOM RPG? I know that it's not good times to recommend Russian products, but the game is a spiritual successor of the first two Fallout games.

From the videos on the Steam store page, it definitely has that Fallout 1 & 2 feeling. I've had it wish-listed for awhile now.

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game on Steam

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Pifanjr]

turn-based combat system of Fallouts 1 & 2 are still the best.

I tried Fallout (2?) once and got into a random encounter with some radscorpions. Apparently none of my characters could hit the broad side of a barn, even with an automatic gun, so I got wiped. I quit and uninstalled the game.

 

[mainer]

I tried Fallout (2?) once and got into a random encounter with some radscorpions. Apparently none of my characters could hit the broad side of a barn, even with an automatic gun, so I got wiped.

I died a lot early on in both FO 1 & 2, your character (as well as any companions you find) can't hit anything consistently, and the random encounters could be brutal (but they weren't always combat oriented if I remember correctly). Your character has to build his skills up to become effective. I actually love that kind of approach to RPGs, but it can be frustrating at first.

 

[Slasken]

My first RPG was Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System.

 

[MountainSlayer]

It was Gothic and Diablo II
Those were great times

 

[martinmiller116x]

It was Heroes Might and Magic 3. I would play it for hours

 

[SourdoughPancakes]

This one's pretty old school but mine was Kings Quest V Loved it

 

[Larwri]

Wizardry was definitely up there in my list. But my first official RPG was definitely the first Final Fantasy for NES.

 

[Tiaremane]

Wizardry was definitely up there in my list. But my first official RPG was definitely the first Final Fantasy for NES.

Final Fantasy was worth the play, tbh. My first strategy game was Clash of Clan; it was pretty interesting and, over all, addictive. I also played Warcraft; I might say it was similar to this new game called Immortal Gates of Pyre, which is launching soon.

 

[Smellincoffee]

KOTOR, I think, unless we're counting Pokemon.

 

[Zloth]

KOTOR, I think, unless we're counting Pokemon.

We are not!

Errr, I don't think, I don't really know much about that game. Knights of the Old Republic is super-cool, though. I played the second game through twice, which is rare for me!

 

[bretbernhoft]

My first RPG was Baldur's Gate 1.

 

[ElvenNeko]

Final Fantasy 8. Still my favorite game in series, also probably because of it i still love jrpg's, despite their obvious design flaws.

 

[Colif]

KOTOR, I think, unless we're counting Pokemon.

pokemon is a role playing game just as Mario is, but I feel that most of the examples here are of you beating up monsters yourself or in a party, not having something else fight for you.
Often Dungeons involved. Watch out for newts
I know the term RPG means so many things now but in the past it was more specific.