What was your first RPG?

RAGUNAnoOne · October 2016

I was talking to some friends about this and figured this would be interesting to put on the forums. so my first RPG was Quest 64 (Holy Magic Century in EU) it was... not the best looking back but I fell in love with RPG genera especially after the Final Fantasy GBA remakes and...Pokemon so I guess it was a positive. What was your first RPGs?

FriedEggSandwich · October 2016

Can Dizzy be considered an rpg? If not then my first rpg was Pokemon Leaf Green, although it was my little brother's game. After that it was FFIX, and after that skyrim. I'm a bit of an rpg noob really, I was mostly into quake and unreal etc.

AzraelKrieg · October 2016

Pokemon Blue would be the first RPG for me. I do like RPG games but not a lot of them hold my attention. ESO is my first Online RPG

DannyLV702 · October 2016

What's an rpg

maxjapank · October 2016

DannyLV702 wrote: »

What's an rpg

Role Playing Game. You know, like I'm the doctor, you're the nurse.

WalksonGraves · October 2016

Final Fantasy 1, NES

DannyLV702 · October 2016

maxjapank wrote: »

DannyLV702 wrote: »

What's an rpg

Role Playing Game. You know, like I'm the doctor, you're the nurse.

I like where this is going

starkerealm · October 2016

Escape Velocity, I think. Deus Ex was the first game I played that was self-identified as one, though. I completely forgot I played Fallout on a Mac before Deus Ex. Just the demo, so it was locked to one character, and there wasn't enough experience in the zone to level up, but still, that was the first RPG I played.

starkerealm · October 2016

DannyLV702 wrote: »

maxjapank wrote: »

DannyLV702 wrote: »

What's an rpg

Role Playing Game. You know, like I'm the doctor, you're the nurse.

I like where this is going

Next thing you know, you're being accosted by a woodelf who swears that, "no, seriously," she's a Khajiit, in Sentinel, and some Imperial at the cooking station is making snide comments.

SirAndy · October 2016

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

What was your first RPG?

The original Wasteland, that game had me hooked.

Many sleepless nights with lots of booze and pizza.

maxjapank · October 2016

To be serious, that would be Dungeons and Dragons, pencil and paper in the 3rd grade. I still remember pouring through the Monster Manual, Player's Handbook, and Dungeon Master's Guide.

Synfaer · October 2016

1986

Minno · October 2016

Ultima Underworld was my first RPG.
But Fallout 2 holds a special place in my heart.

Alex_Lex · October 2016

Fallout 2.
I started the game experience with the legend.

Vipstaakki · October 2016

I still remember Ultima online in its golden days. Especially people grinding their ability to play music with instruments..

RouDeR · October 2016

Mu Online ... Good old times

Synfaer · October 2016

Vipstaakki wrote: »

I still remember Ultima online in its golden days. Especially people grinding their ability to play music with instruments..

What about the stacks of maps from people learning cartography? Sometimes they covered an entire city.

trav2609rwb17_ESO · October 2016

Can't remember which was first one that caught my attention but I remember it was a mix of text based games along with simple graphics - Sierra had a out a number of brands and I remember this weird open world game called Arena. Also at some point Fallout came along. The days when you had to draw your own maps and things called guides did not exist (and when actually got a nice book to explain the game).

Overtime it seems that the stories have shrunk but the entertainment has grown. Fun thing is to look at some of the games a decade later and realise that things have changed.

Totalitarian · October 2016

RPG-7

Pokemon Emerald was the first one that I really put any substantial time into. Over my Pokemon games, I probably have 3k+ hours logged.

Silver_Strider · October 2016

I honestly can't remember

It was either Final Fantasy 6, Pokemon Blue or Diablo but my memory is fuzzy on the exact order but I leaning towards Diablo. I still remember, little 6-7 year old me on my Step Dad's computer (Diablo was his game), playing it with the Mage character (I always loved magic characters in video games, even back then) getting to the 2nd floor of the Cathedral, seeing that room full of bodies, opening the door and hearing "Awww, Fresh Meat" as the Butcher came out and slaughtered me.

Scarred for life.

Pops_ND_Irish · October 2016

Dragon Warrior
Nintendo 1986

CaineCarver · October 2016

1985 Island of Kesmai via COMPUSERVE at six bucks an hour for 300 bps lol

Publius_Scipio · October 2016

Final Fantasy III (aka FF 6) SNES.

What a ruined franchise FF has become. You didn't get better story and characters than classic FF games. Now FF characters are anime emo teens trying to save the planet from weird convoluted enemy all the while maintaining their dragon ball z hairstyles.

Bossdonut · October 2016

Ultima III or something. Can't remember what number it was.

Johngo0036 · October 2016

Morrowind, then fallout 2, oblivion, Fallout new vegas & Skyrim

SaibotLiu · October 2016

MoTeets wrote: »

Dragon Warrior
Nintendo 1986

lol I came to give this answer also.

Thou should not have died, but I will give thee another chance.

Tai-Chi · October 2016

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

I was talking to some friends about this and figured this would be interesting to put on the forums. so my first RPG was Quest 64 (Holy Magic Century in EU) it was... not the best looking back but I fell in love with RPG genera especially after the Final Fantasy GBA remakes and...Pokemon so I guess it was a positive. What was your first RPGs?

Maxis The Sims of course!

In my opinion, it was the only really true RPG - where one could also RP within the RPG. Such a pity that Sims 4 was a step backwards in the development and progression of this series.

Just think what ZOS could do with housing using a similar principle.

DaveMoeDee · October 2016

Ultima 3. I remember having a pirated copy for a few months before I actually played the game. Once I tried it, I was blown away. Also played through 4 and then the first two. I never finished Ultima 5. Played Bard's Tale after that. I think the next RPG I played after that was BG2 or Planescape Torment. After those, there is a big gap until Oblivion.

I don't know if Moria and Telengard count. I probably played Ultima 3 before Telengard, but it is hard to remember. I played Moria around 89-90.

Snootking · October 2016

Probably pokemon blue. First proper console RPG was grandia and first MMO was runescape haha.

ArgoCye · October 2016

Ultima 2 - you could take a rocket to communist Russia (I think it might have been in the future - ikr!). So good.

kip_silverwolf · October 2016

maxjapank wrote: »

To be serious, that would be Dungeons and Dragons, pencil and paper in the 3rd grade. I still remember pouring through the Monster Manual, Player's Handbook, and Dungeon Master's Guide.

^^ this for me too. 2nd Ed, played every Sunday with school friends in the local church, after the service. The DM was the Pastor's son

The first computer game rpg for me was King's Quest, on the Apple.
....oh Gods, showing my age now, aren't I!