Good RPG for Dreamcast?

[Wilhelm]

I need a good rpg for the dreamcast, currently I got my hands on Time Stalkers & Evolution both nice, but I'm just not feeling em yet you know? And I got PSO. But I overplay that...

SO anyways I need a suggestion for a new RolePlaying Game!

Action or Turn Based, doesn't matter.

HELP!!! ME!!!

[Wilhelm]

and I know about SKies of Arcadia and Grandia 2, don't list those lol.
Those are Last Resorts cause they're great and I wanna use em when I get a week off to do just much playing.

[cube_b3]

Well those 2 unfortunately are the best.

Haven't played any other RPG on the system.
I am sure you already played PSO.

[SOUP]

Cube's right.

The reason those two get mentioned the most isn't just that they're great. It's that they're the only really good RPG's on the system. The Dreamcast was never really the best system for RPGs.

Segagaga's supposed to be good. It's only available in Japanese though. I've got a copy of it, but haven't really made the time commitment to play it through with a guide handy the whole time.

Even though you said not to mention it, Grandia II. I still think it's one of, if not the best battle systems out there. The Dreamcast version's also the best one around.

[Star Platinum]

Try Record of Lodoss War & Silver.

[Barry the Nomad]

Maybe give Evolution 2 a try? I'd assume it's slightly better than 1.

Also, I second Record of Lodoss war. But yeah, the Dreamcast didn't have too many RPGs. Though the ones it DID have were awesome!

[Sega Uranus]

Dreamcast would be one of the worst game platforms ever for RPGs, but as pointed out before, Skies of Arcadia and Grandia II are seriously some of the best in the industry. Absolutely fantastic games.

For more action oriented RPGs, there is of course Phantasy Star Online, which if you want to play online you should just get the PC version with way more content. Star Platinum pointed out Record of Lodoss War which is hard as shit, but very cool with a great old-school "Western RPG" vibe to it, and there is also Elemental Gimmick Gear, which is kiiind of like Zelda that a lot of people like, but I could not get into it.

Evolution and Time Stalkers completely suck though, I would just give up on them sooner than later honestly.

[Wilhelm]

Record of the Lodoss war,
has a diablo feel to it doesn't it?
I might give that a shot I loved the Diablo Dungeon Crawl style games for PC

[Barry the Nomad]

Record of the Lodoss war,
has a diablo feel to it doesn't it?
I might give that a shot I loved the Diablo Dungeon Crawl style games for PC

Looking at the back of the game case, I see: "Record of Lodoss War will definitely satisfy Dreamcast owning Diablo fans" - gamespot.com

lol, and the manual has a "notes" section. Who ever uses those?

[Wilhelm]

Actually, I have.
Multiple times.

For example...
I can't remember the game title, but I remember one game if you did a certain thing that was common to do, in a certain part of the game, it'd lock up and you'd have to start a new game. This was common in the past now that I think about it...
I wrote that down in the notes.

Also games that didn't give you any idea as to what to do next, I usually wrote a memo addressing what to do. Like a tip book almost..
Consistent of two pages.

[max_cady]

Yep, there isn't much of a choice in the Dreamcast.

There's Shenmue too but I don't think that really counts as an RPG.

[CrazyT]

Evolution and Time Stalkers completely suck though, I would just give up on them sooner than later honestly.

I finished both of those games. While I do kinda agree about time stalkers, I wholeheartly disagree about evolution. The games are part of a genre called dungeon crawlers. Dungeon crawlers or pretty repetetive overall and so are both evolution and time stalkers. But in a way I think evolution has a weird charm to it. I really liked the idea of cyframes and the characters were very unique. I think it's mainly the presentation, the turn based mechanic and it also has some beautiful music. It is one of the first RPG's I finished.

Maybe it's nostalgia as it was the first dreamcast games we owned together with tony hawk pro skater 1. But man I enjoyed it a lot.

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[Barry the Nomad]

I loved the character names and designs in Evolution. I remember back in '01 me and my boyz would be all about drawing Evolution characters. My friend had some awesome Mag Launcher drawings. I'll ask him if he still has them.

[CosmicCastaway]

There's one RPG you might enjoy for the Dreamcast that hasn't been mentioned yet and that is Silver.


I've played both the Dreamcast and PC versions of the game and it is still one of my favorite RPGs. It's a action RPG where you go on a quest to get eight magicial orbs to defeat the evil emperor Silver. It's good fun.

[Sharky]

Try Record of Lodoss War & Silver.

Good call sir, I played and enjoyed both of these lesser know RPGs back on the Dreamcast. Got some fond memories of Silver although neither have aged very well.

I know I was told not to mention it but I'm going to anyway, SKIES OF ARCADIA. Best-JRPG-Ever. [spoiler:37vwgt4n]Along side Panzer Dragoon Saga[/spoiler:37vwgt4n]

Edit: Cosmic Cast away... BOY does the N.American cover art for silver SUCK! Check out the European one:


(Best picture I could find, but that's the cover art.