Games you recommend..., What do you think we should be playing? Options

[Hasfusel]

Alright, this is where you recommend games for other people to play.

I'll start by recommending a few of my favourite classics.

If you like strategy games, I recommend the Disciples series. Disciples: Sacred Lands was just awesome, and the sequel was just as good. Apparently it will soon be released on DS. It's a really great turn-based game, which is rare. You need to be able to think well, though. At times it can be very challenging.
Also for strategy, I recommend the real-time strategy games The Battle For Middle Earth I & II, which are great if you're a fan of army command games and of the Lord of the Rings series. You need to be able to think fast, but unlike most games you need to be able to think using military strategy. You need to understand how important factors like terrain and army type and management are and use these to your advantage, while at the same time be able to react fast to a problem and turn it around.

If you like action/adventure RPGs, the latest titles in the Elder Scrolls series are superb - the newest one, Oblivion, is even moddable, allowing you to create your own version completely. Darth made a Let's Play topic for the third installment in the series, Morrowind. Go have a look if you're interested in this kind of game.

If you haven't yet played Okami, you should seriously consider it. The artwork, story and gameplay make for a really excellent game, although it is at times very challenging.

Recommend your favourite games here. Hooray.

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Hang on, can someone please move this to the Video Games section? I put it in entertainment by accident. Sorry.

[Lindstrom]

Only gonna recommend a couple, there's a lot of great games out there but I'm pretty sure a crowd like this is more of a silly RPG or adventure type.

Earthbound (SNES)- Not a big surprise since me, Saffy, and Darth talk so much about it, but the game is really incredible. Great story, characters, full of humor (including hippie fights, angry old ladies, and the fat kid takes a poop in the desert), and it's really hard to put down. The only problem is you probably won't be able to get a regular copy so you're likely gonna have to get an emulator.

Super Mario RPG (SNES) - The guys at Nintendo made this with Square (who makes all the Final Fantasies), and they created a lot of great characters and places in the world. Riddled with awesome mini-games and some great humor and the first Mario games to really have the characters express themselves (for example, in one scene Mario almost strikes a child, Bowser cries a few times but freaks out when he thinks Mario sees him). Also cool is Bowser and Peach are part of the team, but Luigi doesn't appear at all til the credits. You'll probably need an emulator for this too (though it might come to VC soon), and sadly you'll probably never see any of the unique characters anywhere else cuz SquareEnix are jerks and have the rights to them.

Tales of Symphonia (GC) - A really awesome RPG that plays kinda similar to Smash Bros (in that you run around and attack and have special moves and regular attacks and can block), though the battlefields are 3D. Best of all it's multiplayer, so if someone is watching and wants to join in, they totally can. A lot of great characters, plenty of silliness, great plot with a lot of side stories and side quests, and it's long so you won't get too bored of it fast. The voice acting is probably the best I've heard in a video game and the music is really pleasant too. You can start over and keep stuff from your last playthrough and even increase the difficulty if you want. Also good is places like GameStop or whatever will probably have it for like $20.