Chrono Cross
Chrono Cross is a Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Square Product Development Division 3 for PlayStation platform. The game takes place in the parallel worlds and the story centers on the protagonist named as Serge, who is a teenage boy. The protagonist has to face off reality, in which he died as a child, and his ultimate task is to uncover the truth of the diverse of two different worlds. Lots of characters and a flashy kid will assist the protagonist during his journey across the tropical EI Nido. The ultimate task of the player is to manipulate the world to unearth the secrets of his past and find the mystery of frozen flame. The player can explore the environment from isometric perspective, and can interact with objects and NPCs to progress through the game. Encounter enemies and smash those using various weapons and tools. The player can gather different items during exploration and can use them to solve puzzles. The world consists of villages, dungeons, outdoor areas, and cities. The player take part in turn-based combat and can take down enemies using his sword during his turn to earn hit points. With exciting story, brilliant gameplay, and superb graphics, Chrono Cross is the best role-playing game to play and enjoy.
#1 King’s Bounty: Dark Side
King’s Bounty: Dark Side mixes the Tactical, Role-playing and Strategy elements developed and published by 1C-Softclub and published by 1C Company for Windows. The game serves as the standalone title in the series of King’s Bounty and features Single-player mode only. It takes place in the fictional world and offers the similar gameplay to previous titles. Unlike previous games, the protagonist belongs to demon, vampire, and etc. factions which are the antagonistic factions. It allows the player to pick up one of three available protagonists such as the Orc Bagyr (a Warrior), the Neoline (belong to Paladin Class), and the Vampire Daert (the Mage). The game offers a chance to the player join dark forces to explore the mysterious places of the world never before navigated by the bounty hunter. After choosing the class, the player needs to explore the environment, fight against enemies, defeat them to earn points and unlock additional items in the game. The player navigates the environments from the isometric perspective, interact with non-player characters and can attack enemies to defeat them. With turn-based combat, and prominent features, King’s Bounty: Dark Side is the wonderful game to play.
#2 Tyranny
Tyranny is a Role-playing and Single-player video game published by Paradox Interactive and developed by Obsidian Entertainment. The plot takes place in the high fantasy world where the evil overlord has dominated world and threatened its inhabitant. You acts as the protagonist named as Fatebinder, who is one of the higher ranked member in the power structure of Kyros. The story revolves around the struggle of the protagonist as he traverse the world to restore the peace after the victory of Kyros, and make decisions while controlling various factions of survivors. You navigates the world from an isometric perspective and the game starts in a board-like gameplay in Conquest Mode that comprises the character creation process. There are different playable characters and each character offers its unique abilities and skills. You need to control the team of survivals and interact with environment to access new areas. Interact with NPCs, and face a massive boss in each area and defeat them to earn points that you can use to unlock additional content and enhance the power of your characters. Tyranny offers core features such as Classic Role-playing Combat, unique Stories, Choices Matter, Original Setting and more.
#3 Torment: Tides of Numenera
Torment: Tides of Numenera is a video game of Role-playing and serves as the spiritual successor to the game Planescape: Torment, released in 1999. The game comes with Single-player mode only and takes place in the fantasy campaign setting called Numenera. According to the story, the world has left in the rough state after the fall of countless civilization. Most of the human lives in the settlements, surrounded by relics. There are different playable classes available such as Wizard, Warrior, Rogue, etc. and the player needs to select one of them to start his quest to rescue the humanity. The game introduces the dialogue tree system and lets the player interact with the environment and non-player characters using dialogue system and explore the environment from the bird-eye view. During the gameplay, the player participates in multiple battles to fight enemies and can slay them using a variety of weapons. Personal Narrative, Relayability, new Story, beautiful World, etc. are core features. Try it out, if you love playing RPGs.