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My son has a PS3 and I would really like to find a good D&D style RPG game for him to play. I'm NOT looking for a game that is all or mostly battle and killing - I actually would like to avoid those kinds of games (although some battles are certainly OK, just like in a game of D&D) ... I want one that has a story, characters etc.
Are there any good PS3 (or even PS2) games like this out there???
Thanks!
While it's not a traditional RPG--in fact, its not one at all--I've heard good things about Uncharted for the PS3. Should have some engaging characters and story.
As far as a game--action, again--with some great platforming, good story, and engaging characters, that is relatively simple and yet intense, check out Prince of Persia. I loved this game, and if you like exploration, but not just smashing enemies (though there is a good amount of swordplay), this is worth a look.
Truth is, I don't think there are many RPGs that aren't just grindfests (like Untold Legends) on the PS3 right now. The soonest one coming out I can think of is Star Ocean 4, but that's sometime next year. In truth, I've found for RPGs, the 360's the place to be, with games like Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, and--for better or worse--Infinite Undiscovery.
Either way, flip through a game magazine, go online to something like IGN, or go to a game store (may want to wait a week after Christmas) and see what's out there.
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My son has a PS3 and I would really like to find a good D&D style RPG game for him to play. I'm NOT looking for a game that is all or mostly battle and killing - I actually would like to avoid those kinds of games (although some battles are certainly OK, just like in a game of D&D) ... I want one that has a story, characters etc.
Are there any good PS3 (or even PS2) games like this out there???
Thanks!
They don't really make them like that anymore..
You picked the wrong system for Western *D&D* style RPGs. PS3 being a Japanese system makes most of their RPGs Japanese Style.. *Final Fantasy like* Which I personally hate.. But you can find plenty of those.. they all look the same..
You can Get Fallout 3 which has a good story but lots of Violence..
It is hard to find an RPG these days that does not have Violence in it..
Even Mass Effect an RPG for Xbox 360 which was a great RPG with a great story and characters has violence in it..
But looking to the future.. Xbox is the way to go for RPGs since Bioware only makes games for that console.
(I stand corrected. I forgot Elder Scrolls and Fallout 3 were also on the PS3.) Yes, Fallout 3 is a phenomenal--albeit mature--role-playing game. Truly great options, and the stuff great RPGs are made of.
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You picked the wrong system for Western *D&D* style RPGs. PS3 being a Japanese system makes most of their RPGs Japanese Style.. *Final Fantasy like* Which I personally hate.. But you can find plenty of those.. they all look the same...
To be fair, in many ways JRPGs are more faithful to D&D than most western console games of the past few years, having more involved storylines (unless said western game is Fallout 3 or by the master storytellers at Bioware) and more focus on a party of characters with varying skills out to save the world... it's more that you can't get Western D&D style RPGs at all any more, barring one every couple of years on the PC...
That said, there haven't been any decent JRPGs out for the PS3 outside of Japan either... hohum... the only semi-decent RPGs so far have been Fallout 3, which is definately not suitable for kids, Elder Scrolls:Oblivion which I really don't rate story-wise (don't kill me, it's a great game for running around and doing whatever you fancy, but I thought the plot was dire) and Folklore, which might be suitable depending on maturity. It's only got two playable characters and you play them seperately, but the characters and NPCs are interesting, the storyline is involved, it's visually quite unique. The only problems are that it can be a little slow to unfold (the cutscenes are in a moving comic book style, so takes a bit of reading, the murder-mystery theme and land of the dead theme might be a little mature (there's a plot description here to give you the gist of the scenario, and there's an area with a WW1 kind of feel which might not be a theme you want to explore. The gameplay primarily focuses on combat, but it's never against humans and there's no blood or visible damage (you fight "Folk", spirits in fantastic forms, many with names familiar from folklore like Cait Sidhe, Barghest, Browney...).
Moving back to the PS2, there are some excellent JRPGs which could do the job, again gameplay is primarily focused on exploration and combat, but there's no blood or realistic reaction and the focus is on none-humanoid opponents:
Rogue Galaxy: My absolute favourite, it's a sci-fi setting, but think Sword & Planet or Star Wars rather than true sci-fi, interesting mini-games like catching insects and duelling them or using a factory to create items (the factory is a really good logic puzzle actually, you have to lay down pipes and get all the timings right so your ingredients come together simultaneously).
Wild Arms 3 Fantasy Wild West, so everyone uses guns but has magic too, unique look and possibly the best into-sequence/prologue ever.
Summoner & Summoner 2: Not a JRPG this time, they acknowledge their D&D roots (there was an easter egg at the end of the first game of the characters playing D&D - acting out the Dead Alewives "I attack the darkness!" sketch). Unfortunately the first game is slow, rather ugly-looking and has a very wonky combat system, but it's possibly the most traditional game out there for PS2 in terms of look, character archetypes and storyline (ignoring the ninjas). The second one I lovelovelove, though I may be the only one. It's got a great assortment of characters, a fairly interesting plot and towards the end, some incredibly surreal environments that really have to be seen.
Kingdom Hearts: My guilty pleasure, I was never going to play it, I mean, playing a kid running around with Final Fantasy and Disney characters hitting things with a giant key? Ugh... but a friend forced me to try it and I admit, these games are fantastically fun, and surprisingly well written.
Grandia 2: Worth a mention just for having a selfish-mercenary-becoming-selfless-hero main character that I didn't hate and was actually fairly convincing in his transformation. Great plot, even if it is rather predictable if you know your JRPG tropes...
Final Fantasy 10: OK, I wasn't a big fan of this, but that was very much a personal thing as several characters annoyed me and as the game is very cutscene heavy, that kind of stuck with. Possibly the game with the biggest plot-to-combat ratio here (did I mention it's cutscene heavy :P). I wouldn't recommend the other Final Fantasy on the PS2 (12) for a kid though, the plot is kind of political and they'd probably find it hard to follow (hell, I lost track occasionally), especially as what the party are doing isn't the main focus of the story (the main character actually is just a guy).
Dragon Quest 8: Here's where to go if you want your classic "Save the king and his beautiful daughter from the evil wizard's curse" plot.
Also whilst I'm on the PS2, moving outside of RPGs, everyone, and I mean everyone, should play Psychonauts. One of the best written games in history yet it had criminally low sales...
Wouldn't any final fantasy game qualify as d&d like?
Check out the intro for FF12 on you tube if you want to see what I mean?
That was why I stuck with Eberron even if I'm still more interested in the pathfinder beta.
As I recall they're bringing out the last remnant for the PS3 but if you're seriously looking at older games for the playstation how about the original Grandia which was more quest orientated and whilst Grandia 2 does this well it really depends on what they want to play?
Kingdom Hearts is very good, FF9 I believe might be more interesting of course I thought FF8 was also when I tried it back out on the PS 2 and found myself realising just how much of a difference those years have made between its release and FF12.
Check it ouf for yourself!
Cheers and have a happy new year everyone!