RPG with real time fighting

[Peasant Phill]

Don't worry about Knights of the Old Republic - in my opinion it fits more in the opposite from the 'worst games' topic. Great game, doubly so if you like Star Wars.

Technically, Mass Effect too, though the jury's out on that one...

Knights of the Old Republic is a great game. I wouldn't say the combat is great, but it keeps the game flowing well and it has an excellent story.

Mass Effect I would also recommend, though it is a bit short for an RPG. About the same length as Jade Empire, maybe a bit longer.

I mistyped, I actually meant KOTOR 2. I read that KOTOR 2 had some more options about character development. KOTOR would really push you towards good (more options that way, more or beter compagnions, ...) while KOTOR 2 provides equal chances both ways with alot of gradations on each side.

I looked 'Mass Effect' up and apparently it hasn't been released yet on PC. It looks interesting though.

Planescape: Torment? Its fighting is done realtime, the character development is diverse, the characters have character, and its plot isn't considered a weakpoint.

It's from 1999, right? I'm looking for something newer.

KOTOR2 is nice, go for that.
But even better is Mount and Blade, nothing is as satisfying as ramming your enemy with a couched lance.

There's Mount and Blade, of course, though that is very low on plot. There are mods that add a lot of storyline, but the main campaign is very open ended.

Character development is also on the low end. It's strong suit is the fighting. The demo is free if you want to try it.

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It really looks interesting. But I realy like a good story line that keeps me focussed otherwise I lose interest quite fast. It's on my maybe list.

Diablo!!! and Diablo II!!!!!

I would prefer something a bit more recent.

Morrowind, or Oblivion, if that's your cup of tea.

I've played Oblivion for a little bit at a friends place. I quite liked it, especially the way your experience at certain skills would grow by using those skills. The downpoint of the game is the high requirements (I don't know if I could run it at home) and the lack of clear goals which starts to bore me in the end.

Tales of Symphonia?

Not a PC title.

You could also try the Gothic series.

Gothic 3 is on my maybe-list. I'm a bit discouraged by the fact that the fights are nothing more than button mashing.

Fable perhaps, bit lite but fun. Closest to Jade Empire I can think of.

Oh boy. Such an excellent haunting story.

Iv'e seen this game in my local library. I took a quick look but I noticed it had 'classic japanese' turn based battles which was enough for me to put it back on the shelf.

Also, I gotta disagree wholehearted about the other thread's comments on KOTOR2. Yeah, it was incomplete in a lot of ways, and the bugs were pretty ugly, but all in all it was still a very good game. Hopefully the fan patch will fix most of these, if they ever finish it. I you like Star Wars it's definitely worth a shot.

It also had a poorly put together story that tried(and failed) to have a big twist at the end, but just ended up coming off as obvious. Most of the characters were either boring or recycled from the first game. It was ridiculously easy, even more so than the first which wasn't terribly difficult. Not to mention the ridiculous amount of bugs . Sorry if i'm kinda dragging this off topic. To summarize: KOTOR= KOTOR 2=

At the moment I'm still in favor of KOTOR 2 as my next in between game (when I'm bored of MTW and FM2006). I'm all set for a star wars game. Besides the option to play a believable character (not pure good or black but somewhere in between) is very tempting.
It'll be a in between game so I don't mind that it's over quite quick or isn't to challenging. It's even better this way. Just as long as the bugs aren't to game killing.