 | Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition
Buy new: $56.99 / Used from: $41.99 2008. Post-apocalyptic Sci-fi RPG-shooter. It's not a traditional fantasy setting, but the FALLOUT series has always provided a first-rate RPG experience. Improves on everything Bethesda learned from Elder Scrolls IV.
Metacritic = 91!
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 | Dragon Age: Origins
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $43.49 2009. High fantasy RPG. Developed by BioWare, the gifted developers behind Baldur's Gate & Neverwinter Nights on the PC and Star Wars: KOTOR, Jade Empire, & Mass Effect for the Xbox. Sadly, it's only single-player.
Metacritic = 88
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 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $16.15 2007. One of the richest traditional RPG experiences available on any platform that came before. It won many Game of the Year awards for a reason.
Metacritic = 93!
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 | Demon's Souls
Buy new: $56.99 / Used from: $49.98 2009. PS3-exclusive. Dark fantasy Action RPG. The difficulty is seriously challenging. Features an interesting element in which other players are able to touch your game by leaving notes of warning or guidance.
Metacritic = 89
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 | Valkyria Chronicles
Buy new: $44.44 / Used from: $28.00 2008. PS3-exclusive. Outstanding Tactical Battle RPG with both turn-based and real-time elements. Alt-history, 1930's, European, war-time setting. Evocative water color art direction.
Metacritic = 87
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 | Eternal Sonata
Buy new: $42.95 / Used from: $26.00 2008. JRPG.
Metacritic = 80
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 | Folklore
Buy new: $54.06 / Used from: $16.75 2007. PS3-exclusive. Real-time action adventure with RPG elements. Features additional downloadable content (side quests & characters) from Playstation Network.
Metacritic = 75
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 | Borderlands
Buy new: $52.99 / Used from: $42.95 2009. Billed as a "Role-playing Shooter", it includes four distinct character classes and some role-playing leveling elements. Multiplayer is very entertaining and the best way to experience this game.
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 | Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Buy new: $36.99 / Used from: $25.99 2009. Diablo-style Action RPG with isometric top-down view. Follow-up to the 2004 PC RPG Of The Year. Provides plenty of online multiplayer functionality.
Metacritic = 74
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 | Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Buy new: $74.94 / Used from: $18.71 2006. Super-hero Action RPG. It's not fantasy, but it is an enjoyable hack-n-slash style game that supports up to 4-player onscreen co-op action.
Metacritic = 78
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 | Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Buy new: $44.99 / Used from: $35.46 2009. Super-hero Action RPG. Loosely follows the events of Marvel's Civil War story. Implements some hero team-ups with mixed results. Plays like a hack-n-slash top-down RPG only with heroes.
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 | Enchanted Arms
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $15.85 2007. JRPG that blends fantasy and sci-fi elements.
Metacritic = 64
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 | Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Buy new: $20.53 / Used from: $8.99 2006. Diablo-style Hack-n-slash RPG. The first installment of this franchise on the PS3, sadly it is also the weakest.
Metacritic = 58
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 | Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $24.59 2008. Tactical JRPG.
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 | Final Fantasy XIII
Buy new: $56.99 Due 2009-10. JRPG.
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 | White Knight Chronicles International Edition
Buy new: $59.99 Due 2010 in North America. PS3-exclusive. JRPG released in Japan in 2009.
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 | NIER
Buy new: $56.99 Due 2010. Mature JRPG from Square-Enix.
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 | Alpha Protocol
Buy new: $56.99 Due 2009-10. Spy/Espionage RPG.
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 | Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
Buy new: $59.99 Due Feb 2010. JRPG.
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 | Resonance of Fate
Buy new: $56.99 Due Mar 2010. JRPG.
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