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It's going to be a very general list, because you've not provided much in the way of details. What do you like? What have you played? etc.
Divinity: Original Sin (PC) - I've not touched the game myself (yet), but going from hearsay, it's a callback to older CRPGs of yesterday without alienating old fans of the genre. It's well regarded enough that many consider this their GOTY, and one of the best RPGs lately. It operates with a turn-based combat system, and from what I know, it's got more than enough meat on the bones because you could end up spending several hours just clue hunting in the first town area alone if you like to be thorough.
Dragon Age games (360 and PC) - it's true, Origins' battle system isn't suited to everyone's tastes, but it's a very decent halfway house between old CRPGs (well, a visibly simplified take on D&D games) and strangely enough, something like Final Fantasy XII. Managing party tactics and being able to pause during combat to strategise work really well. Dragon Age 2 has had a lot of flak, and I passed over that one, and everyone's eyes are now on Inquisition, which takes the franchise into what is presumably a more open-world environment.
Mass Effect games (360 and PC) - just in case you aren't familiar with the series, the Mass Effect games - namely the latter two entries in the series - lean more to the side of third-person shooters with RPG aspects than vice versa. If you don't mind that, you should enjoy being able to romp around the galaxy with aliens, doing tonnes of sidequests, planet scanning, and being either a compassionate hero or an angry jerk.
Lost Odyssey (360) - essentially a classic JRPG with turn-based combat and a world map.
Blue Dragon (360) - see above.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360) - a very good action battle system and it's particularly fun to blindside an enemy. But this game's writing and characters have an egregious tendency of making enemies with a lot of players, including myself. If you have the patience of a saint to tolerate or like the game's characters, you shouldn't have any problems.
Tales of Vesperia (360) - it's generally well-received. Plus it's Tales.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) - a rare case of a JRPG on Steam and GOG.
Shadowrun Returns (and the DLC Dragonfall) (PC) - an isometric turn-based game that delightfully reminds me of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. While its writing is its strength, Returns is a noticeably linear experience and lacks a reliable save system. Dragonfall is more akin to an expansion pack, rather than a followup DLC, because rather than a halfhearted extra campaign, it visibly improves and builds on what Returns attempted to do, with more pronounced and greyer choices, and a greater flexibility afforded to the player on how you approach missions.
I think this will do for the time being. It's obviously not an exhaustive list, but it's a good starting point for the thread topic.
Divinity: Original Sin (PC) - I've not touched the game myself (yet), but going from hearsay, it's a callback to older CRPGs of yesterday without alienating old fans of the genre. It's well regarded enough that many consider this their GOTY, and one of the best RPGs lately. It operates with a turn-based combat system, and from what I know, it's got more than enough meat on the bones because you could end up spending several hours just clue hunting in the first town area alone if you like to be thorough.
Dragon Age games (360 and PC) - it's true, Origins' battle system isn't suited to everyone's tastes, but it's a very decent halfway house between old CRPGs (well, a visibly simplified take on D&D games) and strangely enough, something like Final Fantasy XII. Managing party tactics and being able to pause during combat to strategise work really well. Dragon Age 2 has had a lot of flak, and I passed over that one, and everyone's eyes are now on Inquisition, which takes the franchise into what is presumably a more open-world environment.
Mass Effect games (360 and PC) - just in case you aren't familiar with the series, the Mass Effect games - namely the latter two entries in the series - lean more to the side of third-person shooters with RPG aspects than vice versa. If you don't mind that, you should enjoy being able to romp around the galaxy with aliens, doing tonnes of sidequests, planet scanning, and being either a compassionate hero or an angry jerk.
Lost Odyssey (360) - essentially a classic JRPG with turn-based combat and a world map.
Blue Dragon (360) - see above.
Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360) - a very good action battle system and it's particularly fun to blindside an enemy. But this game's writing and characters have an egregious tendency of making enemies with a lot of players, including myself. If you have the patience of a saint to tolerate or like the game's characters, you shouldn't have any problems.
Tales of Vesperia (360) - it's generally well-received. Plus it's Tales.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) - a rare case of a JRPG on Steam and GOG.
Shadowrun Returns (and the DLC Dragonfall) (PC) - an isometric turn-based game that delightfully reminds me of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. While its writing is its strength, Returns is a noticeably linear experience and lacks a reliable save system. Dragonfall is more akin to an expansion pack, rather than a followup DLC, because rather than a halfhearted extra campaign, it visibly improves and builds on what Returns attempted to do, with more pronounced and greyer choices, and a greater flexibility afforded to the player on how you approach missions.
I think this will do for the time being. It's obviously not an exhaustive list, but it's a good starting point for the thread topic.
