Microsoft just launched a new marketing campaign whose main aim is to get you trained so that when someone mentions the letters RPG your instant response will be Xbox 360. The Best RPGs Are On Xbox 360 is the campaign's name and highlights some of the best of the best RPGs that grace the Xbox 360 including Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Oblivion and of course Fable 2. Simply head to Xbox.com to get the dish on these super RPGs and if your interest is piqued, make your way to Gamestop. There you will find a free retail disc that comes packed with information on these "Best RPGs" as well as never before seen videos of Fable 2 and the complete Sci-Fi channel "Sci vs Fi" episode featuring Mass Effect. Now how can you not agree? The Xbox 360 is hands down the best place to find RPGs ... just none that are on the Playstation platform.
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Microsoft just launched a new marketing campaign whose main aim is to get you trained so that when someone mentions the letters RPG your instant response will be Xbox 360. The Best RPGs Are On Xbox 360 is the campaign's name and highlights some of the best of the best RPGs that grace the Xbox 360 including Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Oblivion and of course Fable 2. Simply head to Xbox.com to get the dish on these super RPGs and if your interest is piqued, make your way to Gamestop. There you will find a free retail disc that comes packed with information on these "Best RPGs" as well as never before seen videos of Fable 2 and the complete Sci-Fi channel "Sci vs Fi" episode featuring Mass Effect. Now how can you not agree? The Xbox 360 is hands down the best place to find RPGs ... just none that are on the Playstation platform.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:22PM
Ranus Studios said...
I agree, but probably only for the time being. Playstations love their RPGs; we're just waiting on a good one.
This is kind of a stretch, but it's sort of like how the only real RPG on the N64 was Quest 64 until Ocarina of Time came out. And even then, Zelda isn't much of an RPG.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:30PM
Roto13 said...
Zelda isn't an RPG, even by the loose definition of video game RPGs. :P
But yeah. The PS3 will probably end up with more great RPGs than the 360 when it's all said and done, with games like Final Fantasy XIII and Disgaea 3.
2-28-2008 @ 4:05PM
Edge said...
For the record, Zelda, Secret of Mana/Evermore, Kingdom Hearts...all of these action oriented properties are more distinctly defined as "Epics". In fact, it's a label I would easily apply to Elder Scrolls as well, due to its action focus. Maybe "Action RPG" could work but that kinda stretches what I think of an RPG.
Of course, just my opinion...
2-28-2008 @ 7:18PM
CB said...
It's definitely an action-adventure.
2-28-2008 @ 7:29PM
AoE said...
Edge, I agree... except the Elder Scrolls series shouldn't be lumped in with the rest. It's got more hardcore stat management and behind-the-scenes dice rolls (basically for every action you take... kinda like in a pen & paper rpg) than just about any other RPG on the market. In Oblivion they did their best to put as much of this "behind the scenes" as possible... but at the end of the day Oblivion is still a classic western-style computer RPG based on dice-rolls and stats.
2-28-2008 @ 3:31PM
NATO_Duke said...
I would agree too for the time being - yet we all know that the PS3 will hit rpg's hard in the future, and will have some great one's to enjoy.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:33PM
Larry said...
Too Human is shaping up to be a nice action RPG in the Diablo style.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:35PM
ZenGaijin said...
I still think PS2 has 360 beat I mean BlueDragon wasn't something I consider a must play RPG but Losy Odyssey seems amazing.
And one game does not make a console the best at RPG's.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:36PM
Tony said...
I think at this stage the only RPGs the PS3 has in the US are Folk Soul and Enchanted Arms, so it's not exactly a false statement. When stuff like FFXIII and Disgaea 3 and whatever else hit here, then maybe it'll be worth re-evaluating.
I think even then, the 360 has more in the pipeline right now... people seem to forget those two Atlus published titles.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:38PM
eugene said...
Isn't this kinda like when a parent calls their only child their favorite child?
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2-28-2008 @ 3:41PM
Raheem said...
Don't worry, you're still their favourite.
2-28-2008 @ 4:58PM
LesbianHam said...
I'm an only child and aren't my parents' favourite :(
2-28-2008 @ 3:41PM
JakubK666 said...
If two JRPG's and two ARPG's (plus one dumbed down RPG) are the best they can offer, I'm pretty sure that PC will remain the King of RTS's and RPG's.Some genres just don't go along with consoles.
Imo KOTOR and its sequel were the only great CRPG's I came across on consoles.
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2-28-2008 @ 5:23PM
James said...
Obviously the PC is king of every genre, if you go by sheer quantity (and possibly quality in most of them, frankly). Between consoles, though, the clear winner is the PS2 -- they're *still* getting more and better RPGs than any new-gen system.
2-28-2008 @ 3:48PM
Tony said...
I don't know, it seems obvious that the best CRPGs would be on a computer given that word is part of its acronym.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:52PM
danny. said...
The DS objects... I love me some Lost Odyssey though.
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2-28-2008 @ 3:59PM
Neuromancer said...
I'd love to get a Dragon Quest on the 360.. Dragon Quest VIII rocked! I'm going to stop by Gamestop on my way home... I'm jonesin' for some Fable 2 footage!
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2-28-2008 @ 4:00PM
Adam said...
There the best in the shooter area too.Hell there the best all around period.
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2-28-2008 @ 9:36PM
John McPoop said...
More idiot banter Adam. The should be the best for shooters considering the majority of 360 games and great exclusives are shooters. I mean all of the must have 360 games are shooters other than maybe the highly anticipated Ninja Gaiden 2.
Bioshock
Halo 3
Gears Of War
Battlefield
I suppose you can call Frontlines a 360 exclusive now but the campaign is dreadful.
But for every Bioshock there is also a Shadowrun.
PS3 will certainly be the best system for RPGs. Folklore is an awesome game and I think it was just as good if not better than Blue Dragon (albeit different).
Mass Effect is an amazing game but I really do not consider that a true RPG (even though technically it may be).
I can't see myself buying Lost Odyssey mainly because it has 5 disc which in my mind is unacceptable in this day and age.
I am much more excited for Too Human and Champions Online than i am for Fable 2. Mainly because of the lies and empty promises from the original Fable.
So the 360 certainly has the best RPGs now but its more to with the fact the other 2 systems really have zero or very limited selection.
PS2 is still the king for RPGs. heck even the PSP has good ones with the FF games, Monster Hunter and Jeanne D'Arc. I can't wait for the Monster Hunter on Wii.
2-28-2008 @ 4:03PM
Shattercross said...
I've got to hand it to you guys, the 360 is where the next-gen rpgs are at right now. I should boot up my roommate's 360 and get into that copy of Mass Effect he got for Christmas.
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