sir_gunblade

Ni No Kuni should be showing up in the mail for me today. If it's half as good as Dragon Quest VIII I'll be leaping for joy. I beat DQ VIII last year for the first time, and haven't been able to find a suitable followup. I tried Dark Cloud 2, Rouge Galaxy, and Radiata Stories, but none of them came close to matching DQ VIII.

Low G Man for the NES.

If you're favorite open world game is Minecraft take the next step: Dwarf Fortress. And never look back.

Don't forget about Stuttering Craig... What's he doing in there? Insane... Where's Spoony, Angry Joe? Linkara? Was this a Channel Awesome Production or something?

I second Dragon Quest VIII. I lost myself more in that world than Skyrim. Valkeria Chronicles is another solid recommendation.

Picking one as your first experience is a tough one. I'd play Eschalon Book 1, it's inspired by old CRPGs, but is a bit shorter than most and therefore is a bit less of an investment. It works on modern machines, and you can find a character editor, to make your life easier if you have trouble. Also, it's fantastic.

So the Trilogy is just a repackaging, it doesn't fix any issues?

I'd always add tracks to Oblivion's sound folder from a variety of RPG sound tracks. Eschalon Book I, Etrian Odyssey, etc.

@Chrjz: Can anyone verify this? Is this true for the trilogy?

Working some 40 hours on a game in the first RPG Maker for the Playstation, and having the third party memory card I saved it on die.