>there will never be a game that captures the feel of going on a grand adventure
>>270246071
Dragon Quest VIII.
what is every zelda game ever
>>270246071
looking at that picture make me think of "Shadow of the colossus", maybe that's the game you're looking for
Shadow of the colossus
>>270246185
not good is what they are
>>270246185
>skyward sword
>grand adventure
>>270246185
There are a lot of pre-2000 and early 00s games that captures the feel and satisfaction of going on a grand adventure
>>270246071
Dragons Dogma
>>270246071
This one gave me that feeling
>>270246071
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkYJtLMEjo
i m playing this game now
so awesome, i just wished there was more enemy variety
but its very good
>>270246678
ahahahahahaha
>>270246071
Hey Anon, got any recommendations for innocent fantasy literature?
I love The Wheel of Time, and A Song of Ice And Fire is okay, but it's been ages since I read something which feels "pure" like LoTR and Shannara and the like.
>>270246071
>grand adventure
>photo from lotr
wow, your faggot is showing.
>>270246473
THIS
The only game which ever gave me that feel.
Link's Awakening and Morrowind came somewhat close, though.
>>270246719
>lord of the rings
>not one of or if not the most grandest adventure ever
>>270246678
curt schilling get the fuck out
>>270246716
what ?
>>270246719
Burn yourself and your heirs.
Elder Scrolls and Fallout series?
>>270246868
>actually thinking this
>probably stroking their limited edition shit ring and shit sword
>>270246718
Earthsea
>>270246071
Grandia is that game
>>270246678
Almost got me. I even went to GameSpot for a review.
>>270246718
Harry Potter
Call of Juarez did for me. The first one. Especially the part where you're with an Indian on the plains and have to explore it.
Fuck I loved that game.
>>270246387
If the world map were bigger and there were more large settlements I would agree.
We can hope for more in the second one;_;
>>270246960
>your heirs
m'lady.
>>270246718
Edge Chronicles
>>270246473
Came here to post this.
Fuck you OP.
>>270246071
Play Ys faggot
>>270247108
>No, but am re-watching my extended edition bluray boxset.
>>270246473
I second this shit, even though I think it was kind of slow in the combat, at later points of the game I just wanted to finish because there was no point in doing all the sidequests because you were already strong as fuck when u reached the final dungeon, not to mention, the battles were sorta slow and animations couldn't be skipped, would play again if I could fast forward some stuff like in Chrono Cross, but other than that it's a great fucking game, the only one to give me that "BIG ADVENTURE FEEL" you really felt far away from home.
Oh and the final boss was sort of underwhelming IMO.
Dragons Dogma
>>270246143
theres one
>>270247338
On that note.
Red Dead: Redemption
>>270246504
>grand adventure
>in a single building
>>270247338
I forgot about this game. Kinda clunky but still very enjoyable.
And yeah that part with the Indian was kinda neat - felt kewl climbing and looking out from the giant rock mountain.
>>270247415
so you're spending the week with your girlfriend then.
>>270246071
both of the new Fallout games were decent for setting up the Grand adventure
Fallout 3 by juxtapositioning the cramped dark Vault with the blinding and open outdoor world, and Vegas on the trek to Vegas itself (a bit of a slower burn but still a nice setup as an open ended 'tutorial segment' like the vault was)
>>270247108
name another work of fiction that even comes close to the amount of detail and storytelling than tolkien's
faggot
>Video games will never have forests that you can get lost in due to tree density
>>270246071
Those sunrises
>>270246473
>you will never play Grandia for the first time again
why live?
>>270247653
The majority of pen and paper RPG settings.
>>270247108
Fuck out of here star trek fag.
It's a fucking grand adventure riding a horse across middle earth.
The only game i can remember so far that gave me that feeling is old runescape, but to be fair i was in high school and did not know any better
>>270247581
>>270247659
I got lost constantly in Wurm.
>Dragon's Dogma finally gives you the experience of a living, breathing party as you roam the countryside
>All they do is shout WOLVES! WOLVES! WOLVES!
I regret beating that shitfest.
tales of symphonia
skies of arcadia
>>270247571
It's kind of overlooked as it wasn't really anything particularly special, it just stuck with me for some reason.
The part at the end when you're exploring the empty town of Juarez trying to find the tomb as the sunsets is atmospheric as fuck too.
>>270246473
underated/forgotten game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji71k70CYOE
Step it up niggas.
>>270247285
look, i got it on steam for like 5bucks during some major sale and i even forgot i had installed, i tried it yesterday before removing it to make space for Evolve alpha and i suddenly got addicted to it, the storyline has nothing unique and the gameplay has a lot of things you seen in other games but it feels so good to play for some reason
i would say this game is a solid 8/10 but well, if you tried and didnt liked it maybe your demanding taste will only get settled once the new zelda/witcher/elders scrolls gets released
in the mean time, i gonna play some more
>>270247653
Why should I bother? Anything I say will just be drown out by your fanboyism fapping loudly.
Tomba
from the most humble of beginnings this game grows in scale so organically. Also it's super comfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8AQuo2i0Y
>>270247903
Yeah, it had some pretty fucking awesome bits. Chasing down Billy as the Reverend and going full commando felt pretty great overall.
Fuck, maybe I should replay it sometime.
Final Fantasy 9 captures this feel insanely well.
>>270247659
Some day...
>>270247738
go back to your my little pony...
>>270246718
O christ i fucking love all of Terry Brooks' Shannara books. I've been thinking of rereading them for awhile now.
>>270246143
>>270246473
>>270247170
I will add Wild Arms 1 and Alundra 1 too.
>>270247973
>grand adventure
>with randumb encounters every 5 seconds while not flying above clouds
>>270247736
>general setting =/= storytelling
Are you completely fucking retarded?
>>270246718
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
>>270247973
Best game, but sucks if you want a physical copy shit goes for $50 then again you could emulate but not the same feels imo.
>>270247659
because they all have a minimap with an arrow pointing to the next objective
>>270248168
What game?
Morrowind
>>270247346
Anon... Let it go.
>>270248271
Get a load of this faggot.
>>270246473
Any other games were you go beyond the end of the world?
>>270248512
Outerra. It's an engine in development.
>>270248540
You, come to my thread and give me advice on this game >>270247997 , or tell me here.
![dragons-dogma[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PFvsAzX.jpg "dragons-dogma[1].jpg")
Never ever
ToV
>>270248353
Are you so retarded you don't know that the settings are (outside of rules) all made up of various stories?
LotR is a P&P RPG with the creating a character part left out.
>>270248726
if you don't like it now you never will
Gothic 2.
Dark Souls II did this pretty well.
If you don't know what it is it is a third person action RPG.
>>270248795
Eternia was, and still is the best Tales in terms of atmosphere and feeling of a huge adventure ahead.
>>270246071
dargon quest 8
skyes of arcadia
grandia 1 and 3
wind waker
>>270247124
Thanks! Haven't read that.
>>270247314
Actually a decent recommendation, though I suppose you meant it as bait.
Through I have of course read it already.
(Hate how shit the series went after the 3rd/4th, though)
>>270247371
Is that a real thing, or are you calling me an edgemaster or something? I don't get it.
>>270248241
Same here.
But sadly rereading never feels the same as the first virgin voyage
>>270248716
Looks like shit. Those waves are laughable.
>implying any part of LOTR matters when you learn about religious undertones and the fact that they had an angel guarding them the entire time
>its all just a retelling of the bible in a very obscure manner
bravo christians
>>270246718
Check out Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams. It's not completely innocent as there is occasional violence, but it's truly a grand adventure filled with great characters. I feel like this trilogy carries the essence of LOTR more than any other fantasy series or even the LOTR movies.
Tales of Symphonia did
>>270248823
>LotR is a P&P RPG with the creating a character part left out.
Wrong
P&P RPG´s are emulating LotR
>>270248726
I don't know what kind of advice I can give you.
>>270248935
lel sorry man, it's a real book series, the entire world is on the edge of a giant cliff and there's airships and tons of weird shit
>>270249070
>M-muh special snowflake book is so unique that everyone is coping it forever
Tolkien was a hack who just collected together a bunch of legends and folklore and called it a book.
>>270248116
Pretty accurate
>>270248378
Thanks. Added to my list.
>>270248938
Really? Show me a large-scale engine that looks better.
>>270249208
God, I remember that book. I read it as a kid. Good shit.
I remember another one similar to it called "Rumo". That was also quite good. They probably don't stand up to reading as an adult though.
Yes, you will never be the young teen playing WoW when it first came out.
fuck it
>>270249208
Huh. Looks promising enough.
Thanks a lot.
>>270248938
They do look pretty bad but it is rendering the geography of the entire planet.
>>270249241
0/10
This isn't even bait.
>>270248842
to bad controls suck
>>270249189
Terranigma?
>>270249440
I was and it was fun
>>270247983
shit is fun, not too heavy.
>>270246319
who is that?
>>270246387
>>270246297
>>270247665
>>270247864
>>270248116
>>270248795
Although I agree with all of these in the way that they should feel like a grand adventure... I always get caught up in the gameplay/collectibles/meta stuff and I've never been able to let myself be part of the adventure itself ;_;
Shadow of the Collossus was close, but I only felt like I was part of something bigger when I was witnessing the ending scene. By then it was too late.
>>270249641
Enjoy being an insufferable cunt who puts his bookfu on a massive pedestal.
>>270246718
Hold onto your butt
>>270249858
underage &n
>>270249617
>it is rendering the geography of the entire planet
This is not how graphics works.
>>270249858
I guess it's Sarina Valentina
>>270250030
I've got a signed copy, and I didn't even like it.
I like how good Brandon is at describing strife and pain, but beyond that it isn't a very good book.
Far prefer Elantris, despite the nagging feeling that it's not quite "complete".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyrfokOkvCU
Do you remember it? This feeling?
>>270248157
You have all my nostalgia anon, but the problem with those games is they encourage you to scour them for knowledge and locations, and then the adventure is over for good. It will take me a good decade before I forget the details which are worth discovering.
>>270250128
If you say so.
>>270250552
I think he means that the planet will have been randomly generated, and the graphics engine isn't constantly rendering the entire planet, it's rendering only certain parts of it optimised for different scales.
>>270247983
>>270247285
>>270246678
Really like it. Sure it gets repetitive, but it's also pretty comfy for lack of better word. Great general mood, music, voiceacting (rarely even notice it, but it's seriously god tier here), visuals. Nice lore and themes of fate and shit, deeper than it may look like at first glance.
>>270250706
It's not randomly generated, they generated it based on whatever numbers they had that digitized the planet. It's quite accurate.
Of course there are levels of detail, not shit. But you can zip around the planet in it's actual scale and it almost always looks great.
>>270246868
>hurr bring ring to volcano to destroy big bad guy
>hurr something goes wrong
>hurr will the MAIN CHARACTER DIE
>LMAO WHO ARE WE KIDDING OF COURSE NOT
>ring destroyed
>everyone happy
GEE ADVENTURE!!!
>>270247864
>>270247973
These niggas get it.
>>270250990
>LITERALLY JUST SAW THE MOVIES
KILL YOURSELF
>>270246071
>grand adventure
>gayest heroic fantasy on screen ever
wat
>>270250990
>>270251201
you can stop samefagging now GoT kiddie
>>270250990
everyone look at this man and laugh
>that one ending when he just throws everything into oblivion and runs away with her, watching as the world slowly ends from a distance
>>270251201
>screen
Time to read some fantasy - it's best now, while you're still 14.
>>270251263
You lose, not the same guy.
And I don't look at GOT because it's like the opposite.
LOTR is gay, GOT is hurr durr dicks and violence.
The only good heroic fantasy stuff I liked back then was Conan.
Because let's face it, elves and demons and shit is totally gay.
>>270251201
Its the founder of modern high fantasy
Show some respect
>>270251517
>comparing low and high fantasy
get out
>>270250990
i know right, fuck hero's journey, so fucking mainstream. god damn sheeple learn to think for yourselves! *watches ultra contrived anime thats contrived just for the sake of it*
>>270251498
Same shit for same tards.
Heroic fantasy is the Brony vibe of the late 1950's.
>>270251517
>dicks and violence
>dicks
>Southpark is my one and only source for all culture
To this date, not a single dick has been showed on GoT, and there's no focus on dicks in ASoIAF.
Quick.
Comfiest Dragon Quest?
>>270251414
This game I wanted to love so much. It had such a great feeling. But that shitty puzzle where you have to do something utterly counterintuitive at the start really put me off. Grand adventure does not come from repeating content until I pick the right dialogue tree.
>>270251814
Have you ever even read a book you weren't forced to read in highschool?
>this thread again
Dwarf fortress, brah
I love games that just take you so far away from where you start.
I know you return to Stark a few times. But still.
A modern grand adventure game would be good.
>>270251958
I don't read at all, I just live in the real world.
I'm not into mind slavery.
>>270246387
>there will never be a Dragon's Dogma 2
>>270251996
u wot m8
>>270248675
Breath of Fire 3.
>>270251957
>2 variants in dialogues, one of which leads to the bad, but interesting ending and other one continues the story with the ability to replay the last minutes and chose another variant
>every timeline jump is explained to you multiple times
>shitty
>puzzle
You what?
>>270252260
It's simple, really.
>what is ffxiv: arr
just started playing recently and fuck me it's incredible
>>270247564
It was a really big fucking buildingactually, it was two buildings stacked atop one another if you weren't a scrub
>>270251057
>getting hit in the eye
>by a pillow
>through a little hole in a wodden wall
Only in anime games.
Two worlds III genuinely really like it, it's fucking great.
>>270252683
worst horse riding in the history of video games
>>270252535
not really a journey
FF X
DQ VIII
DQ IX was pretty good too
>>270252683
I genuinely want to kill you for spreading lies like those.
Fuck you, you fucking asshole.
It's the shittiest game I've ever laid hands on.
dickbutt
Torchlight 2. Albeit not "grand" on a size scale but it definitely was an adventure.
>>270252881
I'm not telling YOU to like it, anon.
It's why I spoilered it. Yeah, the game has a ton of flaws, but it's still fun to me.
r8 my handhelds
>>270250754
mah nigga.
I played this game like two years ago when it was raining all day long and I had 3 weeks off school. Shit was so fucking comfy
>>270252881
not him but it's not that bad faggot
>really gear mage combat system
>dat hat
>>270252683
It has a number of SERIOUS issues that never were fixed (worthless loot in minor dungeons, tier progression that stops on the first fucking island), but god, sometimes it felt insanely good.
>>270252741
>not being a mage who can cross the entire worldmap in few minutes and walk on the water
>>270252683
Only because of that qt orc girl.
>>270252426
If you're only able to construct yourself by what you read, vote, or define yourslef by your community/flag/colour/religion and so on ... Anything that doesn't come from your own work or experience, you are actually less than a man.
You're just the product of others.
That's pretty gay and you should kill yourself
>>270252065
mah niggah, TLJ is the greatest adventure game I've played.
>>270253135
>hat makes your hair disappear
And then i just cheated myself a larger mana pool and never used their mage hats again.
dwarf fortress adventure mode has a lot of potential to become a grand adventure, depending on what kind of goals you set for yourself and how in-depth you like to roleplay.
>that atmosphere when checking weather in the morning
>>270249323
Real Virtuality 4, duh. Arma 3 engine.
>>270253160
And that's your reasoning for refusing to ever read anything produced by other people?
As if you're too good to learn from others?
What the hell is wrong with you?
>>270253621
that doesn't look better
>>270253562
>zero interaction with characters beyond combat
>grand adventure
Autismal as fuck.
>>270253562
>Walking for like 30 minutes across a frozen sea to reach an isolated settlement deep in the northern tundra, totally cut off from the rest of the world, in order to learn the secrets of life and death from the necromancers there
>sea instantly unfreezes and refreezes, killing me
>>270253698
get some glasses, your eyes are fucked
>>270253160
>>270246185
This, I played OoT 2 years ago and I was feeling like a kid again, the hours passed without noticing, I took time to find out all the secrets of this game and when I finished, I felt empty, not knowing what to play next.
>>270253646
Self-esteem.
ITT decade old western RPG and weeb games.
>>270246071
Ni No Kuni
Morrowind
>>270247659
what is minecraft
>>270253849
toady's getting there...
>>270253895
my eyes are fine.
>>270250990
anon, have you considered suicide?
>>270246071
Nehrim
The first DaS
Gothic 1 and 2
come on, OP, that wasn't that hard
>>270246071
To me it was Xenoblade Chronicles. For the first time in over 13 years I actually had that feeling again.
>>270248015
>Why should I bother
Because you can't that's why you use that shit BUT YOULL TALK BAD ABOUT IT excuse.
>>270247653
Malazan Book of the Fallen for one.
>>270254639
That game's music and combat was too shit for me to enjoy.
Are any of the Grandia games on PSN? Have they aged okay?
![name-of-the-wind[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NLhqz5w.jpg "name-of-the-wind[2].jpg")
>>270246718
I'm usually not that into fantasy-literature but I really, really enjoyed the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss.
Might be called a pleb for "entry level" shit though.
>>270250990
>Frodo is the main character of LOTR
>>270251517
>LOTR is gay
>GoT is nothing but sex and violence
Find some valid criticism next time, okay?
Morrowind did, too bad none of the games to follow would.
>>270254771
I enjoyed both
>>270251517
Conan is sword and sorcery.
>>270254809
>entry level shit
I've always hated that mindset. Like what you like, who gives a fuck about how popular or accessible it is.
>>270250990
Everyone happy? How is a mentally damaged Frodo being shipped off to Valinor happy? The ring fucked him to pieces the only way to not go mad is to be around the Valar.
>>270246071
SOTC
>>270254917
I envy your shit taste, the world seems nice.
>>270246071
Just watch one piece
I just want RPGs where the cities aren't fucking empty
And I want to see my party members traveling with me; imagine if you were sailing on a ship like in Wind Waker or something but you could see the rest of your group sitting around the boat as you traveled the seas
>>270246319
I was happy till I read the filename of that gif
>>270246071
What is Dragon's Dogma
>>270254880
Who gives a fuck. Morrowind is literally the best video game of all time. We're not getting anything better.
>>270246071
>tfw I realize my perfect game
>it's basically skyrim
>only good
>>270255165
a very small adventure.
>>270250990
Wow epic
>>270255165
silky smooth 15 fps
>>270255086
>>270246071
There's something about this image that looks remarkably fake
>>270255071
The combat wasn't bad, it was MMO styled, I find it a lot better than most of the others combat system in jrpgs, especially turn based.
I can understand why people may not like it though.
The music was good.
>>270255175
Just wait for TES VI anon, Bethesda will finally be able to make a good game.Just kidding;_;
>>270255462
MMOs have far better combat bud.
>>270246071
like a few other people say i just wish the cities in rpgs were fleshed out more.
It's usually just a shop, an inn, a place to customize your appearance, and like 5 different npcs among the 50ish there that are of any importance
most of the doors to npc houses are usually fucking locked so you can only go into like 3% of the buildings in each city
>>270254809
I thought these were fucking great, anon. Idgaf what everyone else thinks
>>270255526
I just want bethesda to fuck off and give fallout back to obsidian, I'm done with TES. After skyrim I know they can't make good games anymore.
>>270255597
What MMOs are we talking about, the usual WoW clone press hotkeys in sequence to win?
>>270255403
They even went as far as giving another sets of monologues to the townsfolks around the world at different stages of the game, really good.
Unfortunately the game itself is shit though.
>You will never set off with a friend into a world of excitement and danger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hlITBBDrsbc
>>270255453
What about this?
>>270254221
Me and my roommate just talk to each other in the new Dwarf Fortress things that the NPCs say.
"Hey, how was X?"
"It was sad, but not unexpected."
"Hey look, a black person!"
"IT MUST BE STOPPED WITH VIOLENT FORCE"
Good times
>>270254582
>DaS
>grand adventure
>>270255597
I disagree
>>270255710
I really wish someone competent would take over the TES IP.
>>270255175
The perfect RPG game would be Oblivion-tier sidequests, DaS 1 tier atmosphere, Fallout NV-tier NPCs, Morrowind-tier mainquests, and of course Gothic/Witcher-tier dialogue
>>270246071
Mount and Blade.
>>270255526
Elder Scrolls VI is my biggest hope.
but I know that it will be Skyrim2
One of the worst PS1 era jrpgs, but it has a mighty sense of adventure for sure.
>>270254956
>Sorcery in Conan : fuck the crazy sorceress
>Sorcery in LOTR : two gramps making snow falls or light their staffs
>>270255807
Well, it certainly feels like one once you leave the Asylum and start the game, and gives you the kind of feeling OP wanted to have.
>>270255919
combat and music?
>>270246185
Shit
Not exactly what one would call a epic adventure, but it was one hell of a adventure
>>270255714
Most modern mmos are much more in depth and action orientated than that but even 1-0 hotkey MMOs have more depth than Xenoblade does and they're harder too but I didn't play the game for that long, maybe 10 hours.
>>270256029
It'll probably be even more casualized, I know some people had trouble with skyrim, mainly hyper casuals who bethesda is of course targeting.
>>270246235
At first glance, I literally thought it was a SotC screenshot.
As for you, OP, I think Final Fantasy IX had a good adventure feel to it. Actually you might like Ni no Kuni
>>270246718
The Old Kingdom trilogy by Garth Nix
>>270246071
Playing Gothic 1 through 3 was a pretty fucking great adventure.
>>270256147
Hard to say, since combat is sucky in most RPGs, but DaS and Morrowind would be my contenders for music.
>>270255807
It has its moments.
>that feel when standing on the balcony in the Duke's and seeing all those areas you've been through before in the distance
>>270254983
>>270255680
I just realized where I posted this and thought I'd add it. Not really giving a fuck either, I really love the series. Can't wait for the last one, though lazy Rothfuss is making us wait a little longer.
>>270256162
>someone lost time to make that
jesus you console warriors are truly autistic
>>270256284
I'd actually like some names, it's been some time but the last ones i played were Ragnarok 2 and Tera Online, aside from feeling like i was playing the same game again it really wasn't exciting
>>270246071
Correction
> There aren't enough games that feel like a grand adventure
Some have done it for me though:
> Level 5 is the best for this. Dragon Quest 8, Dark Cloud 1 and 2, Ni No Kuni.
> Zeldas. Especially OoT, MM, and WW
> Morrowind, and Oblivion in some parts
> Fable 1, while not perfect, did a pretty good job feeling like a grand adventure.
> Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. It may not be fantasy, but it sure as hell is a huge adventure.
> Pokemon. Crystal especially.
> Okami
That is all I can think of. My top 5 adventures would be
1) Dragon Quest 8, 2) Dark Cloud 2, 3) Zelda: Wind Waker, 4) Okami, 5) Zelda: Majoras Mask
I wonder how are you going to accomplish that.
To get a sense of scale, a lot of the play time should be just travel. That can get kinda boring.
Ragnarok online was the first game that made me feel like I was on a grand adventure.
>my first swordsman
>the first guild and the first castle invasion
>doing party all day in gh
>being reborn together with all of your guild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlXCexeWLG8
>>270246071
>ctrl + f
>no Soul Reaver
For fuck sake guys, seriously...
>>270256286
Stop it anon, I got it...just stop, please...
>>270253160
Caveman pls go
>>270256562
>Getting on a plane to go for that one steampunk city with a bunch of people on the plane
Shit was interesting somehow
I'd even go as far as saying that Tibia back in the day was a boss at feeling like an adventure, even in the newbie island exploring the most distant parts with the biggest fears of our lives of dying and losing all our 200 golds
Too bad the game went to shit
>>270254809
fucking awesome
>>270246315
You would pick the CDI games instead?
>>270256785
>TES VI
>only weapon classes will be Axe, Sword and Bow
>two guilds with 3 quests each
>only destrcution, conjuration and illusion magic left
>three main perk trees
You know it will happen anon.
Paper Mario felt like a big adventure to me
>>270256562
>wanted to get into it since like 2005
>always ended up forgetting about it
>now it's simply too late
>>270252820
DQ IX is in my top ten games of all time. Fucking incredible
I will still be, dreaming my way home.
I get whimsical chills whenever I think of my time with this game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnCYiDp2x54
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Kill me now
