In particular, some of these you may not have heard of: Phantasy Star IV: Play it on a genesis rom/emulator. The final in the main series competing with Final Fantasy (and a far better one) - this series was murdered in its sleep to make way for a reboot/mmo. This RPG was the last RPG made for the Sega Genesis, and it shows. It's...amazing. It deals with grief and loss, an open world across multiple planets in a solar system...its ahead of its time. Ultima 4: This was a game where you needed to find enlightenemnt instead of slaying a bad guy, and helped me not kill myself in 4th grade, along with Ultima 5, which deals with religious corruption. Amazing games. Planescape: Torment - the best written RPG ever, so far, essentially 2.5 million words of interactive story. Shakespeare-quality stuff in a world unlike any other. Knights of the Old Republic: Better than 'a new hope'. Seriously. Shadowrun Genesis: An open world RPG in an era decades ahead of them being a thing. Arguably better than the more recent games with a better story. Vampire Bloodlines: The only good World of Darkness game. Open world, all the clans, multiple endings, still has an active modding community. Deus Ex: "If there was no God, It would be necessary to invent him." - Voltaire --the single greatest fps-rpg ever made, by far. Three endings. Philosophical dialogue. Nonviolent play options. A plot that will make you think. An active mod community to this day.