Great Science Fiction RPGs?

[lisalover1]

Star Ocean, particularly Star Ocean: The Second Story for the PS1 [ironically, the first Star Ocean released outside Japan]. It's got a fun combat system, and a good story, with lots of characters. The PSP remake is much better, though, with voice acting and slightly updated graphics.

[pepharytheworm]

I should also add Infinite Space DS coming out Tuesday looks promising.

[Octopod]

I was bored. Some of these are post-apocalyptic and some are cyberpunk. I am sure you could fire up an emulator if you wanted to check some of them out.


Space - Edu-ware - 1979
Ultima - California Pacific -1981 (sort of I guess)
Universe 1, 2 &3 - Omnitrend - 1983, 1985 & 1989
Centauri Alliance - Broderbund - 1989
Autoduel - Origin -1985
Scavengers of the Mutant World - Interstel -1988
2400 AD - Origin - 1987
Alien Fires: 2199 AD - Jagware
Starflight - EA- 1986
Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula - EA -1989
Protostar: War on the Frontier - Tsunami - 1993
Sentinel Worlds: Future Magic-EA-1989
Hard Nova-EA-1990
Bad Blood-Origin
Wasteland-Interplay-1988
Neuromancer-Interplay-1988
Xenomorph-Pandora-1990
Space Wrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth-Celestial Software-1990
Captive-Mindscape-1990
Liberation-Mindscape-1994
Hired Guns-Psygnosis-1993
Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception-Infocom-1988
B.A.T.-Ubisoft-1990
Star Saga-EA-1987
Mega Traveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy-Paragon-
Mega Traveller: Quest for the Ancients-Paragon -1991
Space 1889-Paragon
Twilight 2000-Paragon
Whale' Voyage-Neo Software- 1993
Fallout-Interplay-1997
Fallout 2-Interplay-1998
Knights of the Old Republic-Bioware-2003
KotOR 2: The Sith Lords-Obsidian-2004
Mass Effect 1&2
Fallout 3

[MrPopo]

Deus Ex. You've got your dystopean future with a biomodified main character and conspiracy theories left and right. Not to mention that all the shooter skills in the world won't save you unless you invest your stat points properly.

[thecommontask]

I was bored. Some of these are post-apocalyptic and some are cyberpunk. I am sure you could fire up an emulator if you wanted to check some of them out.

Wow... thanks. I'll be coming back to this post for a long time to come until I get through all these.

[Pulsar_t]

http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/r ... uturistic/

People should learn to appreciate MobyGames more, and occasionally contribute to it. GameFAQs is a mess.

Anyone tried Septerra Core? I've had it for over a decade but never managed to finish it. The presentation is nice but the combat is seriously outdated. Still, it might be worth checking out.

[Octopod]

Heh, nice. I never go to that site but it looks pretty decent.

[thecommontask]

http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/r ... uturistic/
People should learn to appreciate MobyGames more, and occasionally contribute to it. GameFAQs is a mess.

This is a great resource... I've been there before but never realized they had this categorizing feature, thanks.

[Slayer]

Xenosaga is PURE Sci-Fi, or it;s good to say Psychological, Epic, Intellectual and Philosophy Themed Sci-Fi
Xenogears has better story and overall it's better game, but in aspects of Sci-Fi, Xenosaga is better

[CRTGAMER]

Dreamcast Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Oop I thought this was the Bad Sci Fi RPG thread.

Okay a PC-AMIGA oldie well more of a platformer, that has been homebrewed to the Dreamcast.

OUT OF THIS WORLD, if anything just to watch the opening sequence.

Oh, okay watch the entire game then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgkf6wooDmw

EDIT
There is also Dreamcast LOL no not that acronym; LOL: LACK OF LOVE