First RPG?

Which game was the one to introduce you into the world of rpgs?

The first rpg that I ever played was Final Fantasy I. I didn’t beat it until later, when I was a little older though.

The first rpg that I ever beat was FFIV, as FFII on the SNES.

The rpg that really made me fall in love with rpgs and gaming in general though, was FFVI.

The first RPG that I can <I>remember</I> playing was FFIV/FFII. I was a simple child then, so I decided to give it a try. And I was pleased that I did.

I’m not sure but it was either:

The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of TIme

or

Final Fantasy Tactics

It depends on wether or not you consider Zelda to be an rpg.

I’m a late bloomer when it comes to rpg’s, I’ve been playing videogames since before I knew how to speak, but I only played realtime strategy, flight sims, FPS’s, racing, etc. I basically avoided rpg’s because I didn’t understand them, or didn’t bother to understand them, Final Fntasy tactics was the furthest I went in an rpg, and Zelda wasn’t turn-based, so I played the whole way through.

I was introduced to final fantasy VERY slowy. Final Fantasy Tactics was the first one I played, I got my hands on a demo of xenogears, and I used to watch somebody play FFIX (don’t remember who)

When I was officially introduced to squaresoft and knew very well that this was final fantasy… it was 10, I rented it, loved it and was compelled to try the older games made by squaresoft, I went backwards and played FF1, FF6, FF4, FF5, FF9, and FF7, with chrono trigger, chrono cross, and xenogears all thrown in there, I know it happened over a years worth of time but I’m a huge square fan now.

EDIT: whoa, didn’t mean to type my videogame’s, life story, guess it all just kinda rolled off my tongue.

Mine was Secret of Mana. Ahh, how I love that game. I was introduced to it in the forth grade and fell in love with gereral RPGs. The second I played was Final Fantasy VII. I can’t remember what the next ones were, but Chrono Trigger was in their somewhere ^_^

It was Dragon Quest 3, I loved it cause it got a lot of stuff to do a part from main story and even after finishing the game, the story and its battle system are pretty simple though.

What took me into the rpg world was definitely FF7, after finishing this game I started playing RPG games mainly.

Mine was a really old text-based role-playing game on an apple computer based in the Sherlock Holmes world. You played as Watson, trying to make your way through the story with absolutely no help whatsoever.

But you could ask Holmes for help occasionally, and he’d tell you what to do, with snappy british-humor retorts.

And if you did something to kill anyone, there was always a funny little line about how it was a bad idea.

And if you killed Holmes himself, the cop that arrested you would say something like "There has been many a time I’ve wanted to do that myself, but I’ve still got to arrest you."

Hilarious.

First RPG I played was Secret of Mana, even though I didn’t really think of it as an RPG back then. Other than that, the first one for me was Super Mario RPG. 😀

Oh that’s right, Super Mario RPG is the first one I played knowing well that it was an rpg, because the game was so easy and simple I easily learned about exp points, leveling up, turn-based, etc.

Originally posted by Odin
Mine was a really old text-based role-playing game on an apple computer based in the Sherlock Holmes world. You played as Watson, trying to make your way through the story with absolutely no help whatsoever.

But you could ask Holmes for help occasionally, and he’d tell you what to do, with snappy british-humor retorts.

And if you did something to kill anyone, there was always a funny little line about how it was a bad idea.

And if you killed Holmes himself, the cop that arrested you would say something like "There has been many a time I’ve wanted to do that myself, but I’ve still got to arrest you."

Hilarious.

That game sounds pretty awesome.

I wish that there was a way I could play it. =/

Mine was I think FF1 on the NES. I played that when I was 4.

Originally posted by Odin
Mine was a really old text-based role-playing game on an apple computer based in the Sherlock Holmes world.

Dang… That’s about as old school as you can get. Mine was a similar game I played on a really old Tandy computer called Bedlam. The point of it was to escape from a mental hospital.

My very first RPG was Final Fantasy VII.

breath of fire, I thought it was a great game, until I played ff6, that really got me hooked on rpgs..

The first RPG I played was Super Mario RPG for the super Nes. I really liked Mario games and this one was no exception. Unfortuneatly I was so wrapped up in this game I never picked up the older FF’s.:(

My first real RPG (with levelling, experience, equipment and stuff) was Final Fantasy VII.

I was brought up on text and graphic adventures though – from humble beginnings like Zork through to LucasArts’ legendary SCUMM games. Monkey Island 1 & 2 rock my world.

Yeah, storyline’s always been the most important thing for me.

Originally posted by Raidenex

Yeah, storyline’s always been the most important thing for me.

BUT YOU LIKED STAR FOX ADVENTURES AND NOT OCARINA OF TIME. =\

My first RPG was Shining Force 2 on the Megadrive. I remember renting it for a week and getting stuck at this one bit. Then I found it in a shop for sale and snapped it up with little thought. I got to that same bit and was still stuck until I realised where the item that I needed was. Then I pwned it.

🙂 I loved Shining Force 2.

Originally posted by Terry-kun

BUT YOU LIKED STAR FOX ADVENTURES AND NOT OCARINA OF TIME. =\

Exactly. Because Star Fox Adventures had cool characters and situations (Fox McCloud is the best character Rare has ever produced), while Ocarina was ‘OMG LET’S RESCUE ZELDA AGAIN!!!11’.

You see my point.

Star Fox 64 > all other Star Fox games.

Originally posted by Raidenex

Exactly. Because Star Fox Adventures had cool characters and situations (Fox McCloud is the best character Rare has ever produced), while Ocarina was ‘OMG LET’S RESCUE ZELDA AGAIN!!!11’.

You see my point.

…

There is no point there to see. You are just crazy. That’s all. =\

Fox McCloud isn’t even a Rare character. =\

Also: crazy.

I played some old text/adventure games, but those weren’t RPGs, so… I don’t actually remember what my first RPG was.

I got Final Fantasy around the time it came out, but I remember knowing what type of game it was and I got it because I already had an interest in them . Back then I called them "Walk around and talk to people in towns" games.

hmm… I know I played it before FF, and since it’s one of the best games ever and sorta RPG-ish, I’ll say: THE GUARDIAN LEGEND!!!

If I could remember the name of that old Text RPG, Mandi, I’d tell you what it was and such.

But as it is, I don’t remember.

All I can remember is that it was on one of those old 5 1/4" floppies and ran on one of those old Apple II computers (one of those deals where it was monitor, keyboard and floppy drive all in one piece. No hard drive whatsoever) at the daycare I was at many moons ago. I was the weird kid reading the computer game on the Apple instead of playing Super Mario Bros. on the NES for the thousandth time like the other kids.

And rezo, were any of those games set in London, with ol’ Sherlock Holmes?

My first RPG was secrets of mana, and my second was FF3 (I never played 1 and 2)

Secret of Mana but…. my brother sold that game!
What was he thinking?

i had Ys on the master system when i was about 9 y/o.

Secret of Mana

Ah, we used to play it together, and it was so much fun, especially during hard battles; chaos, I tell you, it was pure chaos.
"HEAL ME!" – "I need a walnut!" – "YOU HEALED THE WRONG PERSON!!!" – "Noooo!", the like, you know…

We played SOM for years, and quite excessively, due to lack of a game to replace it…. I guess we ended up familiar with every corner of the world.

Chrono Trigger is what got me into rpgs, but FFVI was the first rpg I played.

My friend had both games and I wanted to play Chrono Trigger, but he sayed I wasn’t ready and that when I beat FFII (it was called II at the time) he’d let me borrow CT. I thuroughly enjoyed both games.

yeah i know this is lame but spare me i was young. first real rpg was ff7, completly and utterly devoted, worshiped, enthralled, and consumed with it for almost two years. i was first exposed to a demo of 8 at my cousins house, he had the demo and showed me a dual shock controller, weirded me out. wasnt later that i realized what the hell i had witnessed when he summoned leviathan. with in a year i had passed everyone i knew in terms of playing time and number of games. i stuck to square rpgs for a long time, untill i found a whole bunch of pc games, ie nwn, icewind dale.

Final Fantasy 7 was my first rpg game I ever played and also one of the best rpg games I’ve ever played

I like played TLoZ for the NES as my first RPG. Its COOL!

My first was Final Fantasy VII then i went back and played FFII-VI and then played stuf like chrono trigger

Final Fantasy 3 was first, 5 was second, 6 was third, 7 was fourth, and 8 was fifth. I also played 10 and X-2 later on (now).

Mine was either an old board game called Hero (or Hero’s, not sure) Quest, which apparently is based on a D&D style of play, or Dragon Warrior I on the NES. I’m not sure which came out first, though. Whichever was in stores first is the one that I played first. As far as console games go, obviously it is Dragon Warrior I, as I said, and it couldn’t really be any other game because it was the first RPG for a consol, ever. As it stands Dragon Warrior IV is still my favorite RPG to this day.

Originally posted by rezo
hmm… I know I played it before FF, and since it’s one of the best games ever and sorta RPG-ish, I’ll say: THE GUARDIAN LEGEND!!!

That game was fantastic *sheds a tear over his lost copy and other memrobilia from the long lost times*

As for my first rpg, I’m gonna have to say the very first Wizardry on Nes. Second would be Bards Tale followed by Swords and Serpents

Good old Secret of Mana
*remembers back to the good old days of his youth*
I think i was in year 2 at school, and it was just released
My brother went and bought it and the snes in one of those special edition packs

He brought it home, and i was hooked
Me and him used to play that for ages
he was the hero and i was the sprite,
he was 6??? years older than me but we still had a connection when playing that game.

truly awesome
anyone who disliked that game is complete fag and I hate you

Originally posted by bigfoot 2
anyone who disliked that game is complete fag and I hate you
I disliked Sword of Mana, so what does that make me?

Originally posted by bigfoot 2
anyone who disliked that game is complete fag and I hate you

So you’re a homophobe?

yes sword of mana was a bit of a let down but myeh

and no I’m not a homophobe, i just hate them.
Not scared of them, they just shit me.

My first one is Final Fantasy VII. But the first game I played was Gran Turismo I. It was around the time the playstation one got out. So it was very popular, and I tryed Gran turismo at my cousin house. But the first game I played more than one minute is FF7.

The Story of Thor, for the MegaDrive, if you could even call it an RPG.

my first rpg that i played was probably FF9 and chrono chross i didnt like those games that much but when i played FF7 and FFX i was sold

yep thats right my first RPG was Pocket Monsters!:laugh: but my first Final fantasy was VIII, lol everyone loved pikachu except me

my first one was lunar2:eternal blue.

My first RPG was FFVII, which is probably why its my favourite final fantasy.
I got it the year it came out,(i was 8) im now 16, and i still have the same game from 7 and a half years ago >_<!!!!

My first was Breath of Fire 3 … I didn’t know it was an RPG at the time (I think I was like 9), let alone know what an RPG was. I got stuck so I abandoned it. When I was 12 I played Suikoden 2 and it rocked my socks! I searched for some stuff on it on the web and learnt that these types of games are called "RPGs". And then I started an obsession =D

Though i wish like Tifa Rinoa i had FF7 as my first im happy with my first being Chrono Trigger. Such a classic!!! It still holds a special place in my heart.

FF VI was the first one and I plan on it being my last.

FF VI was the first one and I plan on it being my last.
You plan on never playing an RPG again?

no, if I know I’m going to die, I’m going to die playing FF VI

My first one was Dragon Warrior II for NES.

it was defenitely Final Fantasy VII

That was the first rpg i actually finished.

That was the first rpg i actually finished.
It was my first aswell..

The 1st RPG i ever played was either Breath Of Fire 3 or Suikoden 2, both for the ps1, they were class games. I would buy them again if i seen them in the shops but i expect they’ll be dead hard to find now. Anyone played them?

mine was ff7 🙂

FF8 (when i was 8) and this parts real shameful…….. i still en’t completed it but still don’t laugh atr me i’m startin again so this time i should…. no….. i will do better!

Zelda yeah for nes

My very first RPG was Final Fantasy VII.
man, what about the old school rpgs?? Chrono Trigger? Dragon Quest I/II?? Where were you for the years when those gems came out?? Anyways, my first RPG is Final Fantasy III(jp), actually, it was the first game I’ve ever played.

The first RPG I’ve ever played (for more than five minutes) is FF7. I’m actually in the process of playing it now. And FF8, too. I’m also working on Legend of the Dragoon. Heh, three RPG’s at once… it gets a bit confusing at times. But, yeah, I just love all the games so far, and have added a few RPG’s (for GCN and GBA) to my X-mas wishlist.

Well, if The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time counts as an RPG, then that was my first one, heh.

http://clubsquaresoft.com/mysidia/nes/crystalis/crystalis.gif

I skipped around on the NES between Mario and Zelda, until a friend of mine sold their NES to help pay for a SNES and gave me Crystalis because he said it was a lot like Zelda. So I played it, and I still love the goddamn game. I also got FFI which I played, but didn’t beat until AFTER SoM or Chrono Trigger…mostly because I sucked and kept it in a box for YEARS while I played with my new SNES.

Mine was FFVI. I remember I was just looking for a game to play on the SNES and I popped it in and loaded one of my brothers files. Turns out I was on the world of Ruin with Celes on the world map. I didn’t know that then but I do now. I got into one battle I think and started getting my ass beat so I turned it off. It wasn’t utill I watched my brother play through it a couple times that I finally played it from the beginning and that is what got me hooked.

Secret of Mana on SNES

My first RPG was FF-VII. Everything else I had played before wound’t I consider as RPGs. 😉

First rpg… (Goes back in time and hits a closed door) i cant remember.. but i remember beatin FF6 a while ago.. and the latest was FFX2..

FFVIII it thought it was soo cool i went and bought 7, borrowed 9 and 10 and then bought X-2 completed them all cept for X still goin st it….

Mine would be ff7. Not for any other reasons than it was a nice looking game. I got it around the same itme i got the origonal Doom. Anyone here played any of the D&D games?

Legend of Dragoon was my first. *chuckles* It certainly wasn’t my last, though.

that is easy it was an text rpg based on lord of the rings.

my first rpg was legend of zelda 1 for n64, for my second game was legend of dragoon.

the first RPG i played was Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening, but the game that got me hooked on RPG’s was FF7 🙂

I’ve played Suikoden 2, my sister has a copy 🙂

Zelda yeah for nes

I chose that, but I am not sure if TLoZ is classed as an RPG.

I think it is an action/adventure with RPG elements.

Zelda was probably the first one i played on N64 but like someone said it was FF that got me hooked…

My first RPG, was the table top RPGs. Get a group of friends together, make up characters stats and such on a piece of paper. Use a guidebook to help set the rules and such, and let imagination take sanity bye-bye.

But computer wise…

Dark Queen of Krynn, on the PC. After that, I hunted down the prequels (Champions of Krynn and Death knights of Krynn.) as well as any other D&D computer RPG.

The first rpg…hhmm….probably….Dragon Warrior Monsters…

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VIII

zelda: link’s awakening was the first rpg i remember completing but i had played ff i on the NES

Final Fantasy VII. I rented it from the video store one day, shortly after I bought a PSX. I didn’t even know it was an RPG at the time, or what an RPG even was, lol.

I’m amazed at the number or Secret of Mana responses. =/

Dragon Warrior for me. =o

My first one was Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, that was all I did all day for months.

My first was NetHack. I even beat that game at least twice, with a Samurai and a Wizard… damn, a game doesn’t get much more classic than that. Well, if you don’t count Tetris, but this was about RPGs anyway.

It was FFVIII. I love this game so much, I’m so glad it was my first =D

mine was final fantasy 7? lol i cant remember but i think that was it….yeah pretty sure.

It was FFVIII. I love this game so much, I’m so glad it was my first =D

yeah like he sed lol. wooo!

Hmmm…my first RPG…ah, my friend let me borrow a copy of Final Fantasy VIII one day, and I have been addicted to the genre ever since.

hmm.. my first RPG?? dunno for sure, i think it was FFV or super mario RPG

I think it was FF7 (along with thousands others).

Final Fantasy IX

I cant really remember for Nintendo or Sega but Kingdom Hearts was my first PS2 RPG.

well.. first rpg i remember playing (sorry to say) was 1 of them GBA pokemon games saddd…

but the game i give credit to for bringing me into the world of rpgs is FFVIII

then there is the other type of rpgs to consider (i am talking about mmorpgs of course)… that credit goes to Diablo II … but i dont play mmorpgs anymore

<——Dragon Warrior, i got it free with a subscription to Nintendo Power.

the first RPG i played was FFVII, my friend lent the first disk to me, and i got stuck on the first boss. I was determined to beat it, and after feeling the success of that first boss battle, i was hooked.

Mine was FFVI, and when FFVII I was really addicted and now I’m completely consumed/obssessed by final fantasy RPGs.

When I was really young I use to watch my brother play Dragon quest the original all the time. It was awomse, that game made me the RPG fanatic I am now.

First rpg i ever played was link to the past i think….
first one that got me really interested in them would be the elder scrolls series

FFVIII wow alot of peoples first rpg’s were FF’s

Bahamut Lagoon and Illusion of Gaia (the latter being an amazing Enix game)

i think it was this game for sega called Ring Master…….but since i cant remember i would say Final Fantasy 7 ( i think i was seven?)

ff mystic quest

Breath of fire IV for PS.

Dragon QuestIII or FFIII
which ever came out first

my first rpg was Chrono Cross.

My first RPG was Zelda: A Link to the Past, shortly followed by Secret of Mana, and both of them were great. The first Turn-based RPGs I played were FF Mystic Quest and Suikoden. I thought FFMQ was rubbish while Suikoden had a pretty good story but was boring to play.

my first rpg game was legend of zelda for gameboy back in the day. now i’m currently playing something that i’m borrowing from a friend.

Mine was Final Fantasy 8, it both introduced the RPG genre to me, but also the Final Fantasy series!
This was back in 1999 and it is by far my ultimate fav game!

Mine was Final Fantasy 8, it both introduced the RPG genre to me, but also the Final Fantasy series!

same here

This was back in 1999 and it is by far my ultimate fav game!

and same here

FF8 RULES! http://www.moongamers.com/forum/html/emoticons/cool-z.gif

Mine was Final Fantasy 8, it both introduced the RPG genre to me, but also the Final Fantasy series!
This was back in 1999 and it is by far my ultimate fav game!

NOOBS!!!!!!!

Haha J/k.

well…first RPG ever…i’d say 7th Saga…SNES was the first game machine i ever had…and 7th saga was actualy one of the first games i had ever played…@[email protected] might be why i’m so hooked on RPG games.

ff8 i didnt even no wat a rpg was till i played it thank u square ^_~

my first rpg was Secret of Mana on SNES

i loved it

A little game called Battletech: The Crescent Hawk’s Inception for the PC. Played it in what must have been 1991, and by then it was already 4 years old. It was a sort of adventure/strategy RPG and the first video game dealing with the battletech universe, which eventually spawned the Mech Warrior games.

Had no idea what an RPG was at the time, and didn’t play any others for 7 years when I first played a game that I actually new was an RPG: FF7.

If you consider Zelda a Link to the Past an rpg, I’d say that was my first but I mean if you consider oral… ahhh I mean the first real rpg I played was Super Mario RPG (…decently sure that was an rpg). I then went on Squaresoft binge with FF7, Parasite Eve, and Brave Fencer Musashi all within a pretty narrow time frame (there were others but if it didn’t last long its hard to remember their names…). That was back when the the gaming intelligence agency was up: www.thegia.com . That was totally my favorite site back in the day. I think I was really open to games at that time (like 12-14) and the games were like a thousand times more affecting because of my age. Those games convinced me to get into programming which is something thats become more than just a hobby.

my first rpg was Secret of Mana on SNES

i loved it

i got so freakin far in that game but i never finished it because i got stuck and didnt kno where to go when you to get to the desert place

A little game called Battletech: The Crescent Hawk’s Inception for the PC. Played it in what must have been 1991, and by then it was already 4 years old. It was a sort of adventure/strategy RPG and the first video game dealing with the battletech universe, which eventually spawned the Mech Warrior games.

Had no idea what an RPG was at the time, and didn’t play any others for 7 years when I first played a game that I actually new was an RPG: FF7.

Hey, were the same age.

Never even heard of that game, who made it? Was it the same people who made Mech Warrior?

FFIII, but now called FFVI.

I remember buying Final Fantasy X at GameStop (or Software Ect., as it was called back in the day) for the cheap price of twenty-five dollars (because it was used and old). My friend had mentioned this game to me at school earlier, telling me how cool and exciting it was. So, I took his advice and bought it. This was my first ever RPG; since that day, I’ve loved RPG’s.

My first RPG was FF VIII.

Mine was Pokemon Blue

Lunar "Silver Star Story", this is the first rpg game that i’ve finished back on the Sega Genesis CD sytem, and this is the game that introduce me to RPG.

I think the first rpg I ever had was Grandia1 for the playstation and I remember that me me months to complete it was a great game though.

Pokemon Blue, but the first good RPG I played was FFVIII, then I played FFVII and got hooked on FF, hence why I’ve got a copy of every game (On PS2 and PC)

Mine was Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on the GameBoy. However I think that is more an adventure game. My first Square RPG though was Final Fantasy 7. I got it when I managed to convince my parents that buying a PS was a good thing. I bought FF7 with my PS.

Well if you consider the first zelda for nintendo and rpg than that was mine. But what really got me into the rpg games was FFVII which is still my all time favorite game like many others im sure. I have played all of the FFs and many other rpgs. I just cant turn my back on them.

Hmmm. Final Fantasy VII. That was the first one ive ever played! That’s where i fell in luv with Aeris!

Secret of mana (seikendesetu series) took me ages as i could only hire it from the local video store. it was chance and luck if ur save file was still there the next time u hired it!!!!!

LOL im a thread killer!

My first RPG was FFII for the SNES as a matter of fact I still own the original game

My first RPG was FFII for the SNES as a matter of fact I still own the original game
I sold it for 7 dollars it cost more than ps games

its worth about $200 if its still in it box with the wrapper

Final fantasy VIII

FFVII i didnt finish it though
i then played FF8 didnt finish it
and then FF9 and finished it!!!!
then i finished 7 earlier on this week

now to try ff8 again

Final Fantasy VIII

FF7

My first RPG was Phantasy Star II For the sega genisis. O’ it was wonderful, I recently got a gameboy advance version of it that includes, I, II, and III. It is awesome. They are all great games and are were huge steps in the RPG gameing world. I think Phantasy Star I was the first ever RPG were you could SAVE your game, oooooo, aahhhh! That was playable on the Atari. Hee hee old school ay?

Happy posting!
~Zook01~

Mine was either an old board game called Hero (or Hero’s, not sure) Quest, which apparently is based on a D&D style of play, or Dragon Warrior I on the NES. I’m not sure which came out first, though. Whichever was in stores first is the one that I played first. As far as console games go, obviously it is Dragon Warrior I, as I said, and it couldn’t really be any other game because it was the first RPG for a consol, ever. As it stands Dragon Warrior IV is still my favorite RPG to this day.

HAHA!
I remember Hero Quest!
I got that game for my 6th birthday!
O joy!

Phantasy Star was first for the SMS in 88′, 2 years after both Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest debuted.

Ultima IV on the Sega Master system.

Ok I just realised my first RPG was Shining force 3 for te sega saturn

FF7 was the first RPG that I played.

FF7 was also my first RPG.

Legacy of the Wizard

Buck rogers ‘countdown to doomsday’ for the Megadrive/Genesis.

and interesting note: When i heard FF7 was coming out I thought it was a sequal to Phantasy star before realising the names were different. I’d never heard of Final fantasy before 7 being British and all.

My first rpg was the grand,the unique,the master of all rpg’s,FFVII!

My first rpg was the overrated,the ripoff of its predecessor,the bastard child of decent rpg’s,FFVII!

Fix’d.

In this case the edited version truly is superior.

the game that started it all for me was the ff7 game for ps1. then i could not get enough of the ff series. my love then grew for ff and other rpg’s such as legend of dragoon.

Sadly enough my i didn’t play an rpg until ffix and the first one i owned was ffx. Now in only 2 years ive become a total rpg freak who plays any rpg, even the crappy ones, and especially the oldschool ones like SM RPG and ff 1-6.

FF1 was my first RPG. I was like, nine, when I got it, and I was so hooked on it. My folks had to take my NES away from me b/c I wouldn’t do my homework or ANYTHING else but play FF. And THEN I got my hands on FFVI for SNES. I went from gamer to full-on hardcore RPG’er in about .9 seconds. I still get goosebumps in the opening scene of FFVI-the music is just uber.

Well my first was Breath of Fire II for the Super Nintendo..God i loved that game, it’s what amde me a hardcore RPGer lol, and i adore rpgs, they are to much fun, and just as with CyanCyde, i also get goosebumps when i hear the music, it was really cool

And Ryu from BoFII also kinda fascinated me, as well as the battle system at that time 🙂 I was about 8 years old and got so hooked up with it, i played it the whole day 🙂

My 2nd RPG, and today my favorite, is FFVII, it has always been and will stay the best for me in all eternity ^_^ it’s my fav rpg, with BoFII being second definetly

if u call zelda: link 2 the past an rpg, then thats was my first. i played ff7 and 8, but never really understood them until i was older. my first rpg i beat was legend of legaia, followed by dark cloud 2, then ffx.

FF legends II went straight into that when i was 6 didnt beat it till last year :p

and Secret Of Mana for the Snes was the first rpg i beat.

Wish i could say Chrono Cross i still havent finished it >.<

Either Pokemon (WHICH I STILL PLAY BECAUSE IT’S AWESOME) or Quest 64 were my first RPGs. I can’t remember. It was probably Quest.

Some namco game on atari lynx:a knight,slave and a bishop

wat indroduced me to rpgs was ff9 and it was the first rpg that i completed

First Played: FF7
First Beat: FF7

FF7 introduced and hooked me on RPGs. Although FF8 takes second as a beautifly made game.

The first RPG I ever played was Final Fantasy X2, and I beat it a week later, lol. 😀

my first rpg was either vandal hearts 2 or legend of mana. it was a long time ago so i kinda forgot which was it.

Diablo.
About the time I started gaming.

Mine, that I can remember, would have to FFVII. I was watching my brother and made a bet with him that I could beat it. Which was back in 97-98… Still haven’t beaten it. =P

Well i thought it was duke Nukem LOL. Not FFI but oh well

i think mine would be pokemon or super mario rpg…can’t remember

ff7….it was too easy

FFVII for me or maybe pokemon not sure

Pokemon: RED I was so obessed with that, I don’t mind the poke’mon games actually, but the new ones seem to be sucky-ish.

i couldn’t remember well. i believe it was either diablo1 or breath of fire 3

I started with FFVII, but my true love is SNES RPGs.

Mine was final fantasy 9 for the PS1

My first was Gunbound if that’s concidered an RPG, if it isn’t, it’s prolly Diablo or FFVII. The first one I beat was the one I’m making right now, Holy War (See the thread named "Two new RPG’s" for details).

Mine was Gauntlet for the Nintendo 64. Then came the Legend of Zelda. Yeah, I got both Zelda games for Nintendo 64! :coolegg:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past. Me, my father and my sister still have our save files on the original cartridge….probably gonna delete itself in a few years time.

My 1st was FFVIII

my first waz ratchet and clank 1 but i first finished kingdom heartz! dat is da sexxx!!!!!!!!!!! luv lyra x

shenanigans… PLEASE be shenanigans! No one can really be this retarded!

shenanigans?

anyway, my first rpg was either FFIX for ps1 or one of the old pokemon games on the really old gameboy

My first was The Legend of the Dragoon for PS1.

FF8 was the one that introduced me to the FF series and RPG genre and it is my ulimate favourite game.
I played it in the summer of 1999.

It was Legend of the Dragoon and FF8 at the same time. Can’t really say which I got first, but they both introduced me to the RPG world.

I take back what I said earlier…My first were FF7, Legend of Dragoon, Pokemon Blue Version, Diablo I, and Chrono Trigger all at the same time…unbelieveable, eh?…Yea, I know…But its true…If you don’t believe me, that’s your problem, not mine…Okay??!?!???…THATS RIGHT!!!…Seriously though, I was playing all those games at the same time when I first started gaming…*yawn*…my fingers hurt now, so I’m gonna stop typing…….anytime now….blah blah blah…yadda yadda yap yap nag nag blah blah…ok bye…

Wonder Boy III: the dragon’s trap (perhaps considered more of a platformer by some), for the SEGA Master System waaaay back in ’91. oh, the memories… =)

First RPG of any type – AD&D 1st edition.
First CRPG – Probably "Telengard", or "Bard’s Tale" for my Commodore 64.
First console RPG – One of the DragonQuest games for NES.

I think it may have been Final Fantasy (lol), but I can’t remember that far back unfortunately.

i would say my frist actual RPG type game was either
Wonder Boy on megadrive
Zelda link to the past
or Final Fantasy VI (which got me into RPG’s)

But my first game was Super Mario Bros

Grandia.

I thought it was most the most awesome thing ever. I cried like an idiot when a certain party member left. Having said that, I was 11 at the time, so I suppose I should cut myself some slack. 😛

My first was actually Wonderboy but i played it on an emulator (MAME).
The games that got me into RPGs were ff ix&vi

My first was Ys: The Vanished Omen for the Master System in 1988. I was only two at the time, and that was one of my first games ever. It is an RPG, so I wasn’t old enough to understand it. Chrono Trigger was the one that got me into RPG’s.

FFVIII brought me into the rpg-ff world only

My first RPG ever was FFIV. I played it together with my cousin. We took turns on who would ‘control’, plus we discussed where to go next and all. Real good times. We were 9 y/o or so. And we hardly knew proper english (let alone bad translated…).

Little Ninja Brothers for NES was definitely my first. (And one of my favorites still) The first one I REALLY got hooked on was Mario RPG. I’m sure there were some others in between, but at that age all games were called ‘nintendo’. There wasn’t any ‘platformer’, ‘puzzle’, ‘beat-em-up’, or ‘RPG’, at least not for the kids, so that makes it more difficult to recall.

My first RPG’s…

NES – Final Fantasy
SNES – Secret of Mana
PSX – Breath of Fire 3
PS2 – Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy III(FFVI) for the SNES for me. Started back in ’97 or ’98 iirc. My cousin kept bitching about how good it was, so I went over to his house one day and he started a new game. I was hooked. He wouldn’t lend the console and the game to me tho (I was a Sega Genesis fanboy then), so I ended up playing it on emulation. Of course, back then, most emulators were rather primitive and we had no transparency or windowing, or color addition/subtraction, which made the game looked bad, but still I played it, because it’s storyline was good. Eventually, emulators were as good as the real thing, and by then I was still playing it. In fact, I still have the ROM in my computer’s hard disk now – the very same ROM I downloaded in ’97-’98 and then backed up into ZIP disk, restored, transferred into CD-R, and restored a few times again.

Only in Febuary this year did I finally buy Final Fantasy VI Advance and thus own a completely legit copy of the game. And I’m still playing it, despite having beaten Kefka a few times (and starting over a dozen unfinished games) on the emulated SNES version.

sadly mine was ff10 whaty im only 14

Wonder Boy III: the dragon’s trap (perhaps considered more of a platformer by some), for the SEGA Master System waaaay back in ’91. oh, the memories… =)

That was one of my favourite games as a kid (I was actually looking at pictures of it today).

My first RPG was the first zelda game.

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time or maby final fantasy VI…
Anyhow I fell deeply in love!

Super Mario RPG quickly followed by Chrono Trigger

as far as I can remember it was KH…

My first RPG would have to be Final Fantasy I, however, I don’t think that counts. I was three years old and stole the controller from the Aunt (she was the one playing the game) and randomly pressed buttons, I was told that I killed a monster.

My first RPG that I can remember playing would be Chrono Trigger.

FF7 was my first RPG.

Pokemon Red and Breath of Fire

The first rpg i can remember really getting into and playing was Phantasy Star on my cousins sega master system. Then after that i had gotten my nes and got ahold of a few rpg games like Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, and Crystalis.

Final Fantasy 8 here.

my first was FF7 and loved them ever since

Which game was the one to introduce you into the world of rpgs?

Mine was Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars. I still have it too lol.

I can’t remember what the game was called. It was some game for the NES. I really wish I remember what it was called so I could download it and play it again. It was quite fun.

It was either FFVII or Breath of Fire 3, I can’t remeber which

Mine was Final Fantasy IX… one of the best rpg out there.

Pokemon Yellow =) GB yo~!

Final Fantasy 7

Then Chrono Trigger

Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest) back in the NES era.

My second was Final Fantasy. Followed some years later with Final Fantasy IV (released as "II" back then in the US).

Then I never stopped playing "RPGs".

If you consider Maniac Mansion as an RPG, then it was my first. I played it during the 80s on my parent’s Commodore 128! O_o

Good memories.

ff1 on n.e.s.

hmmm…….Pokemon Stuff or KIngdom Hearts

Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen for SNES was my first RPG, that I can recall anyway. I used to rent a bunch of SNES games way back when and I don’t remember all the games I played, but that was the first RPG that I can recall.

Now I have both the SNES and PSX versions (and Tactics Ogre come to think of it), but the SNES version is far superior. ^^;

Mine was Final Fantasy VII i think, however i feel that there may have been one before it.

I’ve never known what an actual RPG is because any game that acts like an RPG (i.e. Mega Man Legends) actually isn’t an RPG. So, I’m going to say that the first RPG I actually played was Tales Of Symphonia followed by Evolution Worlds.

I think mine was Final Fantasy VIII, or Pokemon red not sure

Pokemon Red, Yo!

Mystaria, on this good old Sega Saturn…

personnal note: i hope this time i won’t get flamed for answering a thread…

final fantasy adventure first rpg i played and how i started playing ff games

The first RPG I played was the one where I was born into this world and such. What a pain the ass. I still haven’t finished it.

My first RPG was… Final Fantasy for NES.

I just realized I’m dead old! HAHAHAHA!

Pokemon Blue. I find it ironic that I have never played a single Final Fantasy game ever, and I’m here. >_>

Pokemon Yellow was my first RPG, but the one that made me fall in love with it was Star Ocean 3.

My first RPG was Super Mario RPG. Or it was A Link to the Past, if you consider that game an RPG.

kingdom hearts

my 1st RPG was actually FFVIII and it was japanese. Damn i couldnt understand a word until i bought english version.It was the easiet 2 beat in all FF series!!!

My first RPG was FFVIII too, but the PC Version. I borrowed it from a friend
and was amazed that I borrowed it a thousand times, until I finished it.
Now, that I played all FF’s I must say its one of the easiest, but great.

Warlords..Or how was it called… It was so damn long ago…

my first rpg was shining force: revival of the dark dragon for the genesis. little did i know at the time, but watching that small army attempt to save the world would spur me to the glory of rpg’s.

I think it was called Zorg or Zen. Text based RPG on the Apple II, it was on old school 5 1/4" floppy!

What really got me into RPG’s though was Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System.

"sebarus casberus bass"

Final Fantasy II/IV

First turn based RPG – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest(It was meant for the beginner after all)
Action RPG – Final Fantasy Adventure.

Huh, I thought I’d already posted here. Oh well. FFIX was my first.

I just checked the dates to make sure I wasn’t insane. The correct answer is Dragon Warrior. It isn’t the first one I finished, but it is the first one I played.

First finished was probably FFI and, like Ndi, VI made me fall in deeply in love with the genre.

First RPG? Uhm…. Dragon Warrior I, I think. I might’ve already posted, but who gives a shite.

The first RPG I ever played was Diablo 1 (moved on to Diablo 2).

Yeah I wanna try my paw at D2 again, but its messed up.

Oh…well…my first one was Grandia I think…
I LOVED it *___*

Grandia was alright… It was kinda babyish at times, but I liked it. The soundtrack was excellent. I wish I never sold that game.

Final Fantasy VIII was the first game that introduced me on RPG world!
U know what, I don’t know what to do after the opening FMV, I quit Balamb garden and have no clue what should I do, I’m running around like a lost person on the world map, don’t know how to set up the junction, go to Fire Cavern by curiousity and get killed by Ifrit…>_<

Finally after I learned and beated FFVIII, my friend bring FFVII, and I played and beated it, but FFVII doesn’t give me strong impression and enjoyment of the storytelling like I did on FFVIII, so I guess FFVIII > FFVII, despite many people love FFVII more than FFVIII!! And FFVIII still a gem in my heart of all RPG games that exist nowadays and in future, because without FFVIII, I might don’t know about any RPG at all in my life…

@k4z3ryu:

EXACTLY the same with me, too with FFVIII! 🙂

Final Fantasy VIII was the first game that introduced me on RPG world!
U know what, I don’t know what to do after the opening FMV, I quit Balamb garden and have no clue what should I do, I’m running around like a lost person on the world map, don’t know how to set up the junction, go to Fire Cavern by curiousity and get killed by Ifrit…>_<

Finally after I learned and beated FFVIII, my friend bring FFVII, and I played and beated it, but FFVII doesn’t give me strong impression and enjoyment of the storytelling like I did on FFVIII, so I guess FFVIII > FFVII, despite many people love FFVII more than FFVIII!! And FFVIII still a gem in my heart of all RPG games that exist nowadays and in future, because without FFVIII, I might don’t know about any RPG at all in my life…

Please tell me English isn’t your first language.

lol Prak, you should ‘beated’ him for not spelling his words correctly.

Oh men, you are SO funny… I’m nearly dead of laughing. :laugh:

Oh men, you are SO funny… I’m nearly dead of laughing. :laugh:

Mr. Seifer?!?!? :eye:

Hahahahaha 😀

FIRST RPG WAS DONKEY KONG

I WAS PLAYING THE ROLE OF JUMP MAN
AND SAVING DIANE
FROM MONKEY

Donkey Kong isn’t an RPG, ya dork.

Mr. Seifer?!?!?

What’s up with Mr. Seifer?

FF IX, it was my first and remains as my fav…can you tell my my avi and sig?!?!

Final Fantasy VI… then… uh… the Tales series was the next one

Chrysalis. I wonder how many of you have heard of that title.

Super Mario RPG : Legend of Seven Stars.

I think my first RPG was Final Fantasy 6! I played it at a friends and can’t remember if I could finish it…

My first rpg was Wild Arms on the ps1. I loved it so much, I cried when I finished it.

LUNAR: The Silver Star for the Sega CD was my first RPG proper. I’ve been hooked ever since. LUNAR 1 & 2 still occupy the number 1 & 2 spots in my Top 10 RPG’s of All Time list.

I’m glad to see after all this time they also occupy the top 10 RPGs list of many gaming publications I read also.

As a kid I only used to play action or shooting games but one time I decided to play Legend of Legaia. Then I played DQVII and was amazed because it was never ending. Those two made RPG my favorite type of games

The first RPG I played was Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest.

Looking back it wasn’t too great/difficult, but I was stuck on a part for several years (I never knew you could push the ice blocks lol)

The first RPG I played was Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest.

Looking back it wasn’t too great/difficult, but I was stuck on a part for several years (I never knew you could push the ice blocks lol)

MQ was loads of fun, and had great music. I used to crash out to some of the village songs.

I think it’s kinda mean that no one mentions Mystic Quest when they mention Final Fantasy. It WAS an FF game, just a little easier for first time RPGers. Like little children. It was a pretty swell game IMO.

My first RPG was Super Mario RPG. Hell back when I played that game I didn’t even know what RPG meant. It wasn’t till Final Fantasy that I actually found out that RPg stood for something. But even now SMRPG is still one of my favorite games.

I never completed the SMB RPG. Maybe one day I’ll go back and replay it.

grandia on the ps1 i really love the combat and the story. the dialogue was also perfectly pitched, though the occasional voices were shit, it wasn’t too serious, yet not too irritatingly funny, genius, then played 2 on the dreamcast, but wasn’t as good as one.

I used to have Grandia 1, but decided to sell it. I dunno why I did that.

I never completed the SMB RPG. Maybe one day I’ll go back and replay it.

I really recommend finishing it up. The final boss was really fun imo.

Cool.

When I was about 8, I think a friend of my Mum’s loaned me copies of Phantasy Star II and Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday on Mega Drive. As far as I can remember back, that’s the source leading to my being addicted to both JRPG’s and SRPG’s.
I should note that they were both epically difficult games – especially for an 8 year old – and that I think I was like..9 and a half before I beat them.

The SNES Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. I really should replay that game eventually.

Final Fantasy X-2.

Sequel before Original.
I was young…

If I recall right, the first one I ever played was Digimon World.

My first RPG was Pokemon Yellow; great fun! , but then I discovered emulators and I promptly beat Earthbound.

I actually have fonder memories of Earthbound, even though it was my second one; though I only vaguely remember it, I recall Poo being the only one who learned to revive other party members (a White Mage AND a Monk? Cool!), so after he died in the final battle and I’d run out of food I realized there was only one way left I could keep my two remaining party members, Ness and Paula, alive.

And I won!

Scripted battles FTW.

FF7. That was the game that made me fall in love with RPG. I always compared other RPGs I’ve played with FF7 (until now none of them beat FF7).

FF7. That was the game that made me fall in love with RPG. I always compared other RPGs I’ve played with FF7 (until now none of them beat FF7).

Hello. You are a disgrace to gaming.

FF7. That was the game that made me fall in love with RPG. I always compared other RPGs I’ve played with FF7 (until now none of them beat FF7).

Pacman

You young whippersnappers, my first one was Mystic Quest aka Final Fantasy Adventure or Dragon Slayer on some Hong Kong Cart.

Hello. You are a disgrace to gaming.

aww come on~ that was my own personal taste/opinion/whatever… if you said there are a lot games that better than FF7, than..it’d your right to say that. I wont ‘bang’ you for that. We’re a different person. What can I do if I’m not enjoying the game? Lie to myself and other gamer? heh.

Pacman

pacman? is there a pacman rpg…?

well, anyway, I didnt said other rpg i’ve played sucks. it just that none of them beat ff7 as my top favourite game…. *sigh*. comparing to pacman, i enjoy mario more…

First turn based RPG – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest(It was meant for the beginner after all)
Action RPG – Final Fantasy Adventure.

I am an IDIOT! I didn’t delve into the past far enough!

Real first RPG video game – AD&D Treasure of Tarim for the Intellivision.(Never did beat that game on the hard difficulty!)
Wait, does ‘Adventure’ for the Atari 2600 count as an RPG or no? Used to play that one a lot at my cousin’s house.

i can’t remember what was the first rpg i play it was either FFIX or LOD.

I think my first was Jade Cocoon if its not an rpg then Xenogears.

hmm…

Legend of Legaia….

It was Dungeon Master/Chaos Strikes Back on Atari ST.

First RPG for me either LoZ or Swords and Serpents on the NES or Shining Force on the Mega Drive. Thinking back I must have been what pre-teen or something like that.

I think my first RPG was Secret of Mana.

lol, I even started with Squaresoft~ O_o

The first RPG I played was Ultima for the NES. I thought it sucked.

ff8

FFIX

Legend of Dragoon for me… back then i thought it was the best thing ever but now….well…u know

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Excellent game, I know.

First was Legend of Zelda 2: Link’s Quest. I know, I played pt2 first, wtf?

Though, apparently it also might have been FF1.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and yes its a RPG

NES’s Dragon Warrior. Surprisingly balanced for an older game.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and yes its a RPG

No, it isn’t, and you’re an idiot for insisting it is.

If it counts i would say Valhalla on the Spectrum otherwise it would be Final Fantasy IV

First one (I think) was Final Fantasy IV.

Final Fantasy Adventure mmmmm! good old memories

No, it isn’t, and you’re an idiot for insisting it is.

it is a an RPG if it has the elements it is just becuz it says Action dont make it all action and im not an idiot for saying it because even Koji Igarashi said so himself with SOTN and AOS.

Probably FFVII

it is a an RPG if it has the elements it is just becuz it says Action dont make it all action and im not an idiot for saying it because even Koji Igarashi said so himself with SOTN and AOS.

1. You don’t even know what the elements that define an RPG are.

2. Neither do the Japs. Igarashi is dead wrong if he ever made that retarded claim.

The first RPG I ever played is ironically… Final Fantasy… Final Fantasy VI which was III in the US.

it is a an RPG if it has the elements it is just becuz it says Action dont make it all action and im not an idiot for saying it because even Koji Igarashi said so himself with SOTN and AOS.

Prak is right, AOS is not an RPG. It’s more of an action/platformer/adventure. Just because you level up and can customise very few features =/= RPG.

"If history is to change, let it change, if the world is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed, if my fate is to die… I must simply laugh."

Where is your quote from? I love it! It suits one of my best friends 😀

My first RPG? I too must ask if Legend of Zelda counts as an RPG… I only recently have been attempting to get my fill of Final Fantasy. I love FFVII!

I am a huge fan of Diablo, Diablo II Lord of Destruction and Starcraft. I am anxiously awaiting Starcraft II coming out this year 😀

Well the first RPG I saw were FFVIII, but the first RPG I were to own myself were Vandal Hearts 2 (: And I can’t think of a better game to introduce me to the rpg culture (;

first rpg? dragon warrior, for the nes. no cut scenes, mini-games, extravagant weopons, no crazy abilities, no summoning; just BASIC graphics, cheesy storyline, treasure chest, and turn based battles. i was hooked from but then on. but ffiii was my first in the series.

Where is your quote from?

You are going to feel dumb. Wait for it.

The quote is from Magus. Chrono Trigger.

ff7 in 98 or 99

Honestly? Pokemon Blue version. Didn’t even know it was an RPG, but it got me, hook, line and sinker.

Also, Zelda is not an RPG that is all.

Neither, for that matter, is Pokemon… or Final Fantasy, or Dragon Quest, or the Tales series…

The definition of the term is so far skewed at this point that Pac-Man is an RPG by some standards.

First RPG for me was Dragon Warrior 4 for the NES, followed by Swords and Serpents.

I honestly don’t know how you can say that Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest "isn’t" an RPG Prak.

My first RPG was Ys Book I and II for the Turbografx-16 console way back in the early 90’s. I still love that game to date.

Neither, for that matter, is Pokemon… or Final Fantasy, or Dragon Quest, or the Tales series…

The definition of the term is so far skewed at this point that Pac-Man is an RPG by some standards.

I’m saying in terms of gameplay. Action/Adventure is a more appropriate title, considering the linearity of games like the Legend of Zelda. So no need for repetitive grind. If your characters have levels and level up, it’s an RPG. That’s what I’m getting at.

I think what Prak speaks of is the differences between a traditional or "Tabletop" role Playing game, and a Video game RPGs.

A Tabletop RPG, such as Dungeons and Dragons, has you act out the role of a character you created, and interact with the world that is described to you by the Game Master. Character interaction with the world around them is taken care of by talking as the character and using a system of rules to determine if a character succeeds or fails in a given task. The story changes and evolves by the actions the players make as the game goes on.

A video Game RPG on the other hand, has you usually playing a avatar the game creates for you. The Story progresses by the player tactically beating enemies and bosses using the skills given to you, depending on that character’s class, build, etc, and buying gear at shops.

Now while gaining levels, class abilities, and buying gear is about the same as a Tabletop RPG, The big difference comes from the fact that a Video Game RPG is very linear. The game progresses on a set storyline with little to no plot deviation that can be executed by the player. (The "But thou must!" or "the game can’t start until you accept" comes to mind in some so-called "Yes or No" choices given to players in certain games) Also a lot of these games forces you to play a certain character. You can’t choose the look, class, or race of the character.

Now there are exceptions to this rule. FF1, 3, and 5 allowed you to choose your classes and names, Chrono trigger allowed you to beat the last boss "out of Sequence" and gave you a ton of alternate endings, as did Star Ocean. However it wasn’t until games like the Elder scroll series, and to a lesser extent, Kotor, Mass effect and several others, that video games finally captured that "the world is my open sand box" that Tabletop RPG’s gave you.

Now with that large amount of exposition behind us , lets now talk about Prak’s comment of the lines of a RPG being blurred. My opinion of what he means by that goes back to what makes a Video Game RPG what it is. You are playing a Avatar who you play through the games storyline and pretty much read from the script. You have some control of his or her actions and progression through the game through the use of a level system, skill, class, and spell system, and a weapons and armor shop system that is taken from the Tabletop RPG’s.

At some point, it was discovered that this system can be adapted into other game genres and creating hybrids of sorts. The NES Rygar, Magic of Scheherazade, and Zelda 2, where some of the first to employ an experience system to a non RPG game. (you thought I was going to say Castlevania SotN, didn’t you?)

Now With the advent of Action/Adventure games such as Zelda and Metroid, the line started to get blurrier as the Genre grew. You are technically playing an avatar, in a explorable world where you control the outcome of the character more by your decisions. However the engrossing storyline was not yet in place.

Enter Tecmo and the Ninja Gaiden series. This was a platformer action game that had an engrossing storyline outside an RPG and introduced us to Cut-scenes. It was so popular that other games started to adapt it, until finally now, everything seems to have a over the top storyline and some sort of progression system. The way things are now, you can almost classify every modern game as a RPG of some sort. To be honest though, The Pok???mon games are very close to a RPG by the standard terms, except you classes, skills and exp levels are gained by your pet monsters and not you. and it still has a lot of elements of an adventure game.

Your mistake lies in thinking that the defining characteristic of a role-playing game was the system of levels, replaceable equipment, turn-based combat, etc. It wasn’t. Most or all of those elements existed prior to the creation of the first tabletop RPGs; Dungeons and Dragons was actually heavily based on the rules of a miniatures wargame. The thing that defined the existence of the genre was free-form character development.

Ignorance of this by the Japanese game developers who created titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, modeling their gameplay fairly heavily after the rules in tabletop games, led them to misname the genre of their games, and from there, the misnomer passed into popular culture, creating the confusion you speak of.

I go on this little tirade once a year or so. Figured it was that time again. Til next year, folks.

I never said that it was. I said that a traditional RPG has you play the role of a character you yourself created, and interact in a free form environment presented and regulated by the Game Master. The interactions and the decisions the players make, influences that environment around him and creates a ever changing and evolving storyline. The Level, class, and numbers system is only there to help determine wither a player succeeds or not in a certain task or a hostile encounter in a orderly and fair way without the game getting dragged down by hours of "I succeeded! No you didn’t!" Arguments. Unfortunately sooner or later, this happens anyway.

The only reason why I mentioned Levels, classes, and purchasing equipment is that it is one of the only links that exist between some Traditional RPG’s like D&D and a Video Game RPGs. To me Character interactions with other players and the world set before them and how their actions can effect that world around them is the core of a real RPG, not game mechanics.

But I do agree with you that a Classic RPG and a video Game RPG, (especially JRPGs) are two different things and shouldn’t have merged as one.

Edit: I honestly don’t know why I’m making a big deal out of this topic myself. I guess I just miss playing a good RPG. I haven’t played one in a long time. I guess this is my time of the year as well.

Speaking of game mechanics; if you think D&D is too technical with it’s D20 system and rules, you should try Rollmaster. It lives up to its name. It really, really lives up to its name. You ever heard the jokes about a big book of critical and fumble charts and rolling a D1000 on it? Yeah, that was heavily inspired by Rollmaster.

Anyway, that’s enough from me, let the proper flow of this thread’s topic resume.

The first Generation Pokemon games and Pokemon Stadium were my very first RPGs.

Seeing that a few of you are intent on distinctions that IMO are pointless:

CRPG: Ultima VII
Console RPG: Chrono Trigger, though I got FFIV as a gift when it first came out…and couldn’t play it because where I lived, they didn’t sell Sega products. 😛
Tabletop: AD&D

ultima 6 – the false prophet
heroes quest series from sierra

My first RPG was actually Chrono Trigger. I had seen my older brother play FFIII (FFVI) and enjoyed the epic storyline and visuals, but then he lent me his Super Nintendo for a little while and I played CT. I used his stats to play at first and would play it incessantly until he took the console away from me. Later I would go on to play Mario RPG as my second one.

The first Final Fantasy for NES. I didn’t understand a damn thing at first and I thought the combat was rather dull.

i think the first rpg i ever played was pokemon yellow :3

If you want to get technical and not include the Pokemon series, then it’s Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64.

My first RPG was pokemon, as kiddy as it sounds. After that, it was my favorite game ever, paper mario. I’ve always like RPGs.

ff7 i think :O

Pokemon Blue =D

my first was the best I ever played….

Chrono Trigger

-Super Nintendo

FFVII,

The first disc was in-between other games that i had borrowed from a friend of mine ,despise being German and didn’t had a clue on what on earth was happening there, I actually started to enjoy the game and eventually cleared it. Brought the English version soon after.

ff4, snes. that game rocked. i struggled alot on it cos my child brain couldnt understand it well, never the less i loved it.

Might and Magic VIII. It is the first and truly one, which I still have an attachment to. That is, before I played only fighting games, adventures and strategies. I found it too complex at first, but liked the immense world and the fact you can spend months playing it and still wander around, not like one-shot adventure levels playthroughs.

Prak is right, AOS is not an RPG. It’s more of an action/platformer/adventure. Just because you level up and can customise very few features =/= RPG.

So, Diablo is not an RPG? Light Crusader is not an RPG? Beyond Oasis is not an RPG? What have I been playing all these years??? Nooooooooooooooo!

First RPG I ever played was Breath of Fire on my Gameboy. It was what got me into gaming, and convinced me to buy a PS2 in order to play Final Fantasy and basically anything else I could get my hands on.

Now I have so many RPGs in my home they’ve filled my living room. I don’t have my Gameboy anymore though, and I still need to find another copy of Breath of Fire, which remains my favourite RPG, just because it was my first.

First RPG I ever played was Breath of Fire on my Gameboy. It was what got me into gaming, and convinced me to buy a PS2 in order to play Final Fantasy and basically anything else I could get my hands on.

Now I have so many RPGs in my home they’ve filled my living room. I don’t have my Gameboy anymore though, and I still need to find another copy of Breath of Fire, which remains my favourite RPG, just because it was my first.

Yeah, Breath of Fire is an incredible RPG. I actually played it on Super Nintendo, but I did find Breath of Fire II on GBA.

Yeah, Breath of Fire is an incredible RPG. I actually played it on Super Nintendo, but I did find Breath of Fire II on GBA.

I think I still have BoF2 for GBA somewhere, assuming it didn’t get lost when I moved. I liked the first one better though.

I think I still have BoF2 for GBA somewhere, assuming it didn’t get lost when I moved. I liked the first one better though.

Yeah. I’d say the part that most sticks out in my mind about BoF is the Stone Robot. That entire sequence just blew me away.

Ultima on the PC.

Creator Richard Garriott@Lord British is GOD!

Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (?).

I believe it was The legend of Zelda 2: The adventure of Link for the NES.
However, an RPG in all sense of the word? I think it was Dragon Warrior, but i didnt know it was an RPG.

Pokemon Yellow, if that counts 😛 If not, then it would Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for GBA, an awesome game.

Started off with FFI (still have the original game my cuz gave me).

First RPG I BEAT was FF2/4.

My first RPG ever was Secret of Mana on the SNES.

At the time, an amazing game that totally blew my mind and got me into the whole games thing I seem obsessed with today…Okay, AM obsessed with.

Then, when it came time for getting the PS1, it was Final Fantasy VII.

My first RPG was Chrono Trigger. Still my favorite game.

I guess that would have to depend on everyone’s definition of an RPG, whether or not simply playing a character going through levels (like an FPS) or contolling armies (RTS), there is a gray area.
But I would have to say that my first RPG would have been Doom in 1994 followed closely by Super Mario in Early 1995

Doom and Super Mario Bros.?

Just…no.

Maybe Super Mario RPG? Doom though… I don’t see the connection.

although i found the World of RPG thanks to FF VII ( i read about it in a magazine), my first RPG was Breath Of Fire 3 (an awesome game)

Hm, my first RPG? Hard to say… Since during my childhood, what I did was only watching my sisters and brothers playing NES and PC…(and know what? I got scared and hide behind my mom. HUHUHU)
Anyway, I first played Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons at VBA emulator (Ive no video games… all of them got broke before I even got to play them) but never finish em up. I got scared and asked my younger brother to finish up the boss (and I even got scared each time that Maple girl came! Woe is me!!!).
So, the actual RPG game which I actually played by myself and finish it by myself would be Tales of Phantasia. Next would be Terranigma (I was convinced on playing it after seeing my sister playing it a decade ago. Woe is me, woe is me…. how can I be such a chicken???)

My first RPG was as many people, FF VII, I get a demo for the pc, I fall in love for the battle system (I jumped from Doom I & II, Quake I, Jedi Knight, Earthworm Jim to this), then they bought me the PS1, then I buy MGS1 and finally I get FFVII and Silent Hill together. A real blessing. From there starts the exploration. Back in the day, I was 9.

Maybe Super Mario RPG? Doom though… I don’t see the connection.

I thought that the definition of a role playing game was just that, playing a role. In DooM’s case, you are playing the role of a human fighting his way through the corrupt and the devilish and demon-esque landscapes of different settings from military outposts, to the outskirts of Hell itself.

Secret Of Mana for Snes, I think.
Long time ago, it was one of the first games I’ve ever played that had a co-op.

I thought that the definition of a role playing game was just that, playing a role. In DooM’s case, you are playing the role of a human fighting his way through the corrupt and the devilish and demon-esque landscapes of different settings from military outposts, to the outskirts of Hell itself.

Please go throw yourself into the nearest fire ASAP. By your definition, PONG is an RPG because you "play the role" of the fucking paddle.

lol I was actually gonna post "Prak… is that you?" turns out it is! That was good for a laugh.

Legend of Legaia. It coulda been Ehrgeiz, but I went for Tomb Raider instead. Ehrgeiz had a rpg mode included like the Tobal series…

Legend Of Legaia…. WHAT A HARD GAME! XD. At least for me, did you finish it?

Pokemon Blue edition lol, I was a late bloomer

dragon warrior on NES was my first RPG. i still have my copy of it.

My first RPG was FF8… Still the best RPG I have played so far…

FF1!!! I spent soooo much time playing this game… Dragon Warrior for NES was around the same time for me, too. I also have my cartridges for both still. 🙂

My first RPG game was FF-X. I enjoyed it alot and since then i have been trying to find RPG’S like them. Do any of you know what RPG’s are sort of the same as FF?? thanks

My first RPG was Willow on NES, followed by Dragon Warrior on NES and then FF7.

I can’t believe I missed this thread D:

Final Fantasy VI – One of the best RPGs I’ve played. Still is one of the best FF’s I’ve played in the series so far.

Next was Chrono Trigger – still haven’t finished it yet D:

I can’t believe I missed this thread D:

Final Fantasy VI – One of the best RPGs I’ve played. Still is one of the best FF’s I’ve played in the series so far.

Of Course!!! (yell like M.Bison)

Those two are the best!!!

My first was actually a mix of Action RPG/adventure: WonderBoy in Monster World, Sega Mega Drive.

First "actual" RPG was Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Then it came Paper Mario, and Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (quite a game for a RPG newbie!).

Dragon Warrior III on the NES…
Man i feel old. lol

Dragoon I think…that was a long time ago tho…

A Link to the Past

Say, how is this new Kingdom Hearts game for DS?

365/2 Days? On DS?

FF: Mystic Quest for the SNES. That game has an awesome OST.

Diablo 1 & 2
Omg, i totally love this game and it was like my first game on the PC (i feel so proud:P) i remember all the clicking on the mouse haha:P my finger was so sore after i played:P

Tales of Symphonia >< (I know I am a late bloomer when it comes to rpgs)

Uh… I can’t remember exactly, but it was for the SNES, I think.
Breath of Fire 2, maybe? Or Secret of Mana.

For me it was somewhere between Super Mario RPG and Pok???mon Red. I really can’t remember.

My first RPG was Final Fantasy IV. Amazing introduction to a great genre 🙂

Some generic MUD on my primary school’s BBC Micro computer circa 1988, when I was supposed to be doing maths work. :p That’s right kiddies, no graphics, just plain text. I thought it was the greatest thing ever. 🙂

*notices the slight but unmistakable stench of thread necromancy*

*casts Holy*

Better. 😉

My first RPG is….

Golden Sun! XD

Amazing story! I love Isaac so much!

Think this is going to be Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System.

Dungeons and Dragons. The original version written in a series of small booklets about a year before Advanced D & D was published. I didn’t like it much and almost immediately switched to Traveler, which was outer space based.

JonC
(I’m old)

My first was Breath of Fire on the SNES. It’s not the best game or series, but they all hold a special place in my heart.

God of War…this shows how young I am still =P

God of War…this shows how young I am still =P

God of War ain’t an RPG…

First RPG was Kingdom Hearts 2. (Although i have some vague memories of watching my mom playing Kingdom hearts 1) Around that time I also got a Gamboy Advance and Legend of Zelda.

I don’t remember which was mine… think was, Super Mario RPG

Can’t remember all that well…. it was either fooling around a bit on Dragon Warrior III for the NES, or a complete playthrough of Final Fantasy Origins: Final Fantasy on PS1.

Mine was Lunar Silver Star Story on PS1 oh yeah it brings a lot of memories 🙁

it was either Zelda, Alundra or shining force..not sure which came first but i dont think alundra came till the ps1

call me a youngin’ but pokemon Diamond

Has to be Pokemon Blue.

Has to be Pokemon Blue.

Same here. I first played Pokemon as an emulator back in 1999, but ended up getting this game for the GBC anyway.

I’m one of the older guys so my first one was final fantasy 1 on the nes ultima 3 on the nes and dragon warrior 1 on the nes.

OH MAN!! i got some good and bad memories of ultima 3 exodus:The game was fucking hard as hell,but generally speaking:they are quite hard.
Dragon warrior was pretty much as straight forward and linear as possible:Grind grind for gold and xp go to next town grind some more.
Then again,thats all you did in ultima 3 too.

Final fantasy 1 on the nes had its difficulties as well,especially the poison area,but i liked it since it was challenging for its time.Later on when you get the bane sword and thors hammer,it becomes too easy in my opinion and ruins the game.

Final Fantasy IV, still my favorite FF even if it took me 8 years to finish

Mine was Super Mario RPG too. But what really got me into RPGs was Final Fantasy VII.

It was probably some sort of DOS/PC game, but failing that, Final Fantasy VIII.

My first RPG was Final Fantasy 4. In fact, it was the first video game I ever played.

The first rpg that I ever played was Diablo2.It is my favorite RPG Games (http://www.nowrpg.com).I also like MMO Games (http://www.popmmo.com) and Online Free Games (http://www.anyonlinegames.com)

I don’t remember having any pc rpgs when i was a kid.

Only pc game i had,was an adventure game called:Fate of atlantis,and that was a graphical adventure that had huge slow downs.
Oh yeah:I also had tetris on a floppy disk.

Yeah, it was Diablo. Back in 1999 or 2000. I was, like, 6 years old. Still love that game to bits. I sure stayed a while and listened.

I think my first pc rpg,was ultima underworld in 1995-1996 ish.
I think i also got ultima 7 around the same time,and then followed by ultima 8.

I never did finish any of them.Oh well,i’l get back to them some day.

Playing dragon quest 8.

The legend of zelda nes sin lugar a dudas.

My first RPG I played was Final Fantasy II (Final Fantasy IV) for the SNES back in 1993.

My first RPG I purchased was Pokemon Yellow for the Gameboy Color in 1999.

My first contact with RPGs was Terranigma (Tenchi Souzou) on SNES! I was very little when I bought it (2nd Grade) and my english was poor ( I am Greek), but eventually, when my english got better I started to understand what was happening. I loved its plot, its story and many more…I have bet it 4 times and I never got bored. As for the soundtrack, it was brilliant and atmospheric.

Final Fantasy legend gb first played and bought and dont remember the year. first ended i think was Final Fantasy IX

Questron or Ultima III on the C64 was my first RPG.

I wonder if super mario 3 was considered to be an rpg

Diablo is my first rpg,my brother taught me to play ,D2 is very funny ,I like it very much. South Korean games are famous for beautiful graphics. Recently, there are lots of sexy and adult games published such as 3D MMORPG Scarlet Blade (http://www.mmowood.com/scarlet-blade) that has female characters. But if this game didn’t have unique gameplay, it is hard to win.

The earliest thing I can remember is… Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past. Anything before that becomes fuzzy.

Paper Mario TTYD… in the 3rd grade. That game will be my favorite game until I die…

Landstalker and Shinning Force =)

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. If I played a RPG before that game, then I wouldn’t remember it.

It was Final Fantasy VI that really got me into RPGs.

Neverwinter Nights ;p

Very good map editor

Chrono Trigger…ah…twas amazing, my friend, especially picking it up having no idea what limitless excitement, adventure, emotion, and passion was condensed into that cartridge…Internet Language Translation:OMFG IT WAS THE SHIZ BRAH!

Freedom Force,my first superhero Video RPG and FF7&8 I played them on the PSOne.

For me, it was Gothic. Great atmosphere, cool story, good graphics and music (especially Main Theme and Old Camp Theme). I still remember hunting in the woods at night, ever-vigilant and praying with every step that I won’t meet a Shadow Beast. Many RPG’s followed since, but Gothic is and always will be a kind of legend for me.

Despite playing D&D for over a decade, never played one until Lunar Silver Star Story on the Sega CD. Had so much fun with it I played through it again trying to find all the stuff and been a fan since. 🙂

My earliest, as far as I can recall… Final Fantasy VI for SNES. I didn’t own an SNES myself, but I went over to a friend’s house and played the game often.

My first RPG, that I remember playing (and being my game) was Thousand Arms. Lunar: Eternal Blue closely followed, but that’s the first RPG I distinctly remember playing. (It could have been Tales of Destiny, but I remember getting my PS1 for Christmas w/Thousand Arms.)

Probably Pokemon Yellow, when I got my Gameboy in primary school. And when I got a pc that could play games, Ahriman’s Prophecy(I love that game). And then Neverwinter Nights.

Final Fantasy IX.
I never got a chance to play any of them until IX came out. I always had to watch my siblings play them up until then.
For some reason they never played IX. So I played it and I fell in love with the series.

Pok???mon: Gold Version.

I don’t think I remember!

I think it was Final Fantasy I or Dragon Warrior I. o.o;;

Gothic 1.

With a novel, large and intricate set of societies, coupled with excellent graphics and sound, Gothic becomes one of the most immersive and believable single-play adventure/RPGs ever.

Final Fantasy 7 in 1997.
I was shocked, seriously.

Chrono Trigger

Azure Dreams. Creepy angel baby almost turned me off from playing lol.

My first RPG as far as i remember was Final Fantasy VII. I didn’t beat it until i grow up. After that i beat it several times, defeating every Ultimate Weapon bosses as well, getting all limit breaks and ultimate weapons for characters.

In my opinion, for the end of 20th century everything was perfect there, music, gameplay, 3D graphics, storyline and atmosphere. Liked it very much from that very day i met this game and until nowadays.

My first is Suikoden 2, and it was by far one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played, surpassing modern Eastern RPGs. I love their great music, battle feels, and simple gameplay, which is one of my references for me at game making.

pokemon red,
i still remember scanning the internet of 1998 for "hacks" to get mew…it wouldn’t work

Some how or another, the gameshark code to find Mew in the wild in red and blue (or maybe just one of the two, forgot) has stuck with me for years., 0115D8CF.

When I was in maybe 1st or 2nd grade I rented and borrowed a ton of different games, which would include my first RPGs Earthbound, Super Mario RPG, and I think FF4. I didn’t really understand any of them at the time, but eh.

First RPG I actually played and understood was maybe FF8 I think, or possibly pokemon red.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

Final Fantasy VII

well some ppl consider it an RPG and some people don’t Zelda- A link to the past -the moment i pulled the master sword out of the stone alter… This game got me hooked on RPG even if you don’t consider it an RPG, im sure theres some of you out there that feel the same way i do…..But yeah Zelda is where it all began for me!

Final Fantasy VIII. My brother had bought it.

It was a very long time ago, but I think the first RPG I played was Dragon Warrior on the NES.

The very first RPG I ever touched was Phantasy Star II. It turned me off of the entire genre for almost a decade because of it’s incredibly high level of difficulty and rather sadistic RNG. I really only got *into* JRPGs with FFXIII. After that I scored a PS2 and started trying more of the classics, like FFX, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Persona 4, etc.

Dragon Warrior I

My first was The Legend of Dragoon, Sony’s first in-house RPG if I remember correctly. It was obviously heavily influenced by the Final Fantasy games, now that I look back, but I still enjoyed the hundreds of hours I’ve sinked into it over the years. It has only been recently that I have actually gotten into the older NES/SNES RPGs, as I’m a casual gamer at most.

I really only got *into* JRPGs with FFXIII. After that I scored a PS2 and started trying more of the classics, like FFX, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Persona 4, etc.

You’re first FF was FFXIII? Ugh… my condolences… you should try to get ahold of a SNES emulator and play some of the RPG’s on that, as they are classics… oh, and Xenogears was PSX, not PS2.

I played some obscure RPG on SNES back in the day. Don’t remember the name.

The Legend of Zelda…err, the one on NES…I played it when I was 9 or 10 years old…but even now, I still haven’t finish it yet 😛

Final Fantasy VII

my first rpg was i suppose might and magic 6

My earliest memory of playing an RPG was probably D&D: Warriors of the Eternal Sun on the Megadrive.

Dragon Warrior 1, free from Nintendo Power.
Got me hooked to the series and RPG in general, and to this day DQ remains my favorite series.
DW followed by FF1.

My first mission which I have completed in RPG was Final Fantasy VI (I remember it was in a mansion full of pictures). My parents were gamers back then and they had suddenly to leave and couldn’t save the game. Because I have always watched them to play they asked me to complete the mission and save the game. After that my first RPG which I played on my own was Final Fantasy VIII.

Mine was an online game called MapleStory, lol i know.

For me, Final Fantasy VII as well, if I could recall it correctly, I have a Eideos Demo CD for the PC that contains game previews and demos. I have played them, which contain a demo of Final Fantasy VII with it. That is how I got hooked into Final Fantasy and RPG’s in General.

When I was 8 or 9 my stepfathers mother had sent him his old snes and all of his games. I had no idea that it was his, or that his mother had sent it to him. I opened the front door after a man from UPS rang the doorbell and split the scene. I took the box ,being the naive child I was, thinking that god had just stopped by to drop something off for me. Little did I know what treasures lie within this trove of ancient technology. There were many games probably fifteen titles to be to tell the truth. hidden in these games were 7th Saga, Breath of Fire and the best of all Chrono Trigger. When a small child opens his front door to find that god just dropped off a box full of snes games and the system itself this child hears his small 9 year old subconscious inside of his head saying ,"If you don’t do this they might all lose their lives to some kind of apocalyptic colossus from another realm. Then you would regret that for the rest of your existence thinking what if. .. what if. What if I would have just put the cartridge in the console. What if I just pushed the power button. What if I just picked up the contoller. " Little did I know how right I was. The video game soon to change my life was then mysteriously in my hand and then in the console. Chrono Trigger which honestly should of been titled a cure for the existential blues is truely my favorite video game in all of time. and still to this day Chrono Trigger and Breath of Fire are still two of the most upstanding games in my life and it shall remain that way till my number is up. That is all.

Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System.

First I played a little bit of- Chrono Trigger on SNES.
First one I completed- FFIV on SNES.

my first snes game was super Mario rpg, and then my second was Secret of Evermore and finally my third one was chrono trigger

haha Oh wow…

It was one of those discount, self-published Table Top games a friend bought in the early 90s. I don’t know if it was the confusing rules or we were just a bunch of idiot kids messing around, but it was so bad. I don’t even remember the name of the system but we were all Power Ranger clones who hijacked a space ship to become intergalactic pirates – the kind Hollywood labels good guys not the ‘we get drunk and kill people’ kind.

We managed to pull off a bank robbery on the moon to get the funds to fight the villain (a Lord Zedd clone right down to the z-shaped crown and battle-staff) only to fail a piloting check and crash into the sun where we were all vaporized.

I do not really remember when I started to play RPG games, but I’m going to say that my first RPG game was Final Fantasy 10. Unless Pokemon counts as a RPG game then it might be Pokemon instead.

First RPG I ever got to play was FFVIII (from a friend’s house, didn’t have a PS1 way until 5th grade), but the very first RPG I ever finished was Suikoden II (didn’t complete the 108 stars).

It was Diablo and FF7 in 1998…long long time ago ^^

Super Mario RPG. It was the game that really got me into the entire genre. I was like ‘WTF’ with the combat when I first played as a kid it as I never understood or played RPG’s, even though I wholeheartedly enjoyed the game at the same time (really loved the music too). The game felt very different and interesting to me and since I played it, the RPG genre makes up over 80% of my time spent on games. If there is one game that I could play and never get sick of, it’s this.

Its been so long that its hard to remember. I’d been gaming for years and years before I even realized there were such things. There were probably some proto RPGs from the 8-bit days, but you used to get so many games because of compilations and free games on magazines, many of which wouldn’t work properly (or at all) that the memory just blurs a lot of that stuff.

The first RPGs that I remember sticking in my memory were things like Zelda: Link to the Past (if that even counts), and Eye of the Beholder 2 (which I remember playing before EotB 1). I know Secret of Mana was the first game I played that felt like the games we recognize as being JRPGs today. I’d pretty sure I played EotB2 first though – because I played that on my Amiga 500, and I think I’d moved onto PCs by the time I bought my SNES (or rather had it bought for me, myself still being a young whippersnapper back then).

So yeah, its all a real blur. At the risk of getting sidetracked, this has been a real trip down memory lane. Sinclair User, Crash magazine, playing Space Harrier and Star Wars down the arcades, City Slicker on the rubber key 48K Spectrum… ah, the memories. Thinking back to those days makes me feel absolutely ancient, but they were great days all the same.

RuneScape, my friend introduced me to this game.

Chrono Trigger. I remember it like it was yesterday. That sparked my love for the genre.

The Dragon Warrior (Quest) series on NES. I really, really wish they were available on the virtual console…

Most likely Baldurs gate II…and one of the best so far. Actually re-installed it a few months ago…

Amusingly enough, the first RPG I played was actually Final Fantasy VIII on PC – then I proceeded to get a PlayStation and played pretty much anything Squaresoft released on PlayStation back then.

My first RPG/Game was Pokemon Yellow. I have been meaning to try the Legendary RPGs from the Snes era as well as Persona 3 & 4, but I just don’t possess the means to obtain them right now. I will say that my Current favorite is probably Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story with Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia & Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs tying at number 2 for various reasons.

Pokemon Red and FFVIII. I kind of started playing them at the same time, but I was so young back then I had no idea I could save my progress in FF8 (so I’d literally start all over again from the beginning when my brother wasn’t around the PS).

Oh yeah, I didn’t know how to junction either, so I’d literally just be spamming the attack command every time I got into a fight.

Yeah…

The Dragon Warrior (Quest) series on NES. I really, really wish they were available on the virtual console…

This was my first introduction as well! A lot of nostalgia there!

I would say hmmm super mario legend of the seven stars pretty great for its time if u asked me.

Pokemon Red. Then Pokemon Silver. Then Golden Sun for the GBA, which I consider my true introduction to RPG’s, whereas Pokemon was just the cool thing to like at the time. Lol.

OMG… I don’t remember.
Maybe it was one of the world D&D, but I’m not sure.
Perhaps it was the first Eye of the Beholder?

Seiken Densetsu 2
(or Secret of Mana in our countries :p )

I grow up playing on the PC so it wasn’t until i bought a DS like back in 2006 or something and played Final Fantasy 3 on it. I had seen JRPG’s like Final Fantasy and Monster Rancher and such but i didn’t really play them and it’s not like i could have sat there playing on their console for long enough to able to beat them.

Anyways. It’s hard to say what my first RPG was. At this point it’s hard to say which game first but i’m leaning on one of the later Might And Magic games being the one (6-8)

If I remember correctly and if it counts, Zelda for Nintendo was my first. If that doesn’t count it was Phantasy Star II. After that Pokemon Red. Then Diablo (which might have been before Pokemon, I can’t remember). Then first PS1 RPG was the Legend of Dragoon demo, then I was forever hooked on them. First RPG I completed was Final Fantasy 8, then 7, so on and so forth. Big fan of SquareSoft now SquareEnix I believe.

I watched my brother play lots of games, but the first one I played was Legend of Legaia ‘-‘

My first RPG was FFVII on the PS1. I think i started playing PS1 when I was 13, and played games like Pandemonium, Abe’s Odyssey, and a racing game where you flew spaceships rather than buggies and such. Can’t remember what it’s called now. I was at the video store and saw this really cool cover for a game and picked it up and it was FFVII. I think it was the first game that i was ever hooked on.

My first RPG was EarthBound for the Super Nintendo.

Diablo…. for pc… and zelda on handheld…. i miss zelda… hopefully they are fully introduce in pc…

Secret of Mana. Used to play that so much…
Or maybe it was Breath of Fire…

My first game was either:Ff1 on nes or ultima 3 exodus.I don’t really remember though since it was a long long time ago.I just remember getting stuck in ultima 3 exodus, because I couldn’t beat any of the caves.Since I could already read for years(At least 4 years old) I could understand what was going on.Problem is:I leveled up and ended up dying because the monsters got stronger and murdered me.The caves+ music also was nerve wracking, especially since the lights kept going out and I kept running into traps and dying.

Ff1 I remember playing very very young, and I remember in my very early teens playing nes at my beach house.I left it there so I could play it, so I ended up playing final fantasy, since I loved the game, and played ultima 3 exodus and also magic of Scheherazade, willow and faxandu.

Ff1 introduced me the idea of the fear of exploration and difficulty, as it had its difficulty curve.

Final Fantasy X/KOTOR, first thing I owned on a PS2/Xbox. Both games defined my taste for gaming. I don’t touch many online games. I look at games for a "visual novel" like effect. Playing and watching a novel unfold.

Final Fantasy IV. <3

Runescape until I got hacked.
Jagex Support!

The first one I tried was Phantasy Star for Master System.
The first one I made some progress was Zelda A Link to the Past.
The first one I finished (I guess) was Chrono Trigger.

Final Fantasy VIII, first played at a cousin’s house.

Final Fantasy IV

Dragon Warrior NES.

Mine was Wizardry 1. Hooked on RPG ever since.

Baldur’s Gate

Planescape: Torment

Mine was Wizardry 1. Hooked on RPG ever since.

Have you beaten baldurs gate? If so any tips on how to advance in this game? So far I think I made more than a few mistakes, such as I recruited xzar and the enchanter guy from the poisoned ore quest.I also have a thief that comes with him.

If I don’t do a quest a person joined me for, will they leave? Any tips on buying weapons? My version should include expansions nvm it just says forgotten realms.I also have baldurs gate with throne of Baal and shadows of amn expansion.

The original Fallout. I loved the complexity and the dark humor behind it, even if the latest games have dropped some of that complexity.

First true rpg which i finished was FF8. However before i periodiczlly played other rpgs. My parents were gamers and they usually give me missions to grande and collect money and experience in such rpg as ff5 or breath of fire 🙂

This must be "Ultima VIII: Pagan" by Origin System from 1994 and yes: I really enjoyed it. 🙂 It’s insanely atmospheric.

My first RPG was also Final Fantasy I, although it’s hard to remember. There were also a lot of other RPG-adjacent games we played at school, like SimCity, SimFarm and SimTower, as well as some Dungeons & Dragons type non-video games.

My first RPG was Megaman Battle Network 3: White. Kind of a weird introduction into the genre of RPGs because of the way battles are executed. I love the series though. Megaman BN 6 was awesome. The best in the series in my opinion. In fact I think I’ll go play it right now.

Dragon Warrior (Quest) III for NES. After that I tried the other two games already in the series and was hooked. III is still my favorite.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Dragon Warrior III on the Game Boy Color. That was back in like, 2008, or so. It kept my interest somehow.

It is and always will be my favorite in the series.

The very first Zelda on Nes.
Yes, I’m that old…