Top 5 RPG games

1. Final Fantasy VI
2. Final Fantasy IX
3. Final Fantasy IV
4. Chrono Trigger
5. Chrono Cross

You're not a eunuch, are you? -Jack Sparrow

Hum, that's a tough one... hard to get some of these in any kind of order that really makes sense. For me, it's Ultima VII and others are sort of one notch below it in a jumbled mess.

Well, here are some of the games I've played *recently* in sort-of-kind-of interestingness order... and a very vague one at that, since many games have some unique things that are done better in others:

1. Ultima VII: The Black Gate (and Ultima VII Part 2: Serpent Isle)
2. Betrayal at Krondor
3. Neverwinter Nights (...plus the ex-packs and tons of good modules...)
4. Deus Ex
5. Final Fantasy VI
6. Ultima IV
7. Final Fantasy VII
8. Breath of Fire (...haven't had the money to get more recent games for GBA =)
9. Baldur's Gate
10. Nethack

Regrettably Final Fantasy games have this annoying tendency to easily drop from the top 5, because I'm a complete RPGhead and play so many *excellent* games...

...and here's a little bit of advice about the validity of this particular list: don't trust on some random inttternet lamer's (me) recommendations. Play what you want. But still, in the name of whatever gods there be, if you haven't played Ultima VII, you've missed a lot. =)

My favorites (in no order):
Final Fantasy 3(SNES)
Chrono Trigger(SNES)
Golden Sun(GBA)
Golden Sun: The Lost Age(GBA)
Legend of Legaia(PS)
Super Mario RPG(SNES)
Pokemon(GB)(What the hell, the game was good)
etc...

I have to say:

1. Lunar Silver Star Story Complete(havent played 2 yet)
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Xenosaga Episode 1
4. Grandia 2
5. Golden Sun
6. Final Fantasy VIII
7. Final Fantasy X
8. Skies of Arcadia
9. Golden Sun Lost Age (Still Playing)
10. Front Mission 4


"Arriba Las Chivas!!" Vicente Fernandez

1. FF VII
2. Deus Ex
3. FF VI
4. FF IV
5. FF VIII

Top 5 (not in order):


* Ultima VII part 2: The Serpent Isle (I like part 1 but part 2 takes the cake!)

* Betrayal at Kronder -- excellent story, very challenging.

* Final Fantasy IV (II US)

* Final Fantasy VI (III US)

* Chrono Trigger



Honorable mentions:

* Final Fantasy VII

* Final Fantasy V (not so big on story but fun job system)

* Secret of Mana -- well not entirely RPG, but excellent all the same .. however if I mention this then I guess I have to mention Zelda .... well let's not open the whole 'adventure' can of worms -- secret of mana gets mentioned simply because it's squaresoft, an RPG company! ;)

* the sequel to Secret of Mana which was never released in the US .. Seiken Densetsu 3 I believe it's called? Anyway it's an awesome game, check it out if you can get it!

* Ultima VI (I know, it's not considered great by most ppl, but it was my introduction to the Ultima series, and I must've spent 100+ hours playing it, so...)

* Phantasy Star -- I played this on GameGear but I think it's the same as the SMS verson. Alis, Odin, Myau and Noah ... kickin' Lassic's azz! ahh yeah!

* Ultima 8 -- I wasn't going to list this one as it's a bit odd but I did see it through to completion, and it's definitely well made .. just a bit, er, dark .. and lonely .. and not much redeeming qualities to be found in the hostile, scary world of U8 ... I don't know, it just didn't have the warmth I found in the previous series.


I'm sure I'm forgetting some classic games ... I'll read what others have posted and see what I forgot to list ...

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Top 5 of my "RPG's". (pretty relaxed use of the term here, but oh well..)

1. Ultima VII
2. Fallout 2
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Hero Quest 1 (aka Quest for Glory 1)
5. World of Warcraft

Those are what I could think of in about a minute.. Final Fantasy VI & VII also are good. So is Mario RPG and Paper Marios. And Ultimas 4, 5 and 8. From some of the newer games, Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines and Fable are pretty decent. And probably lots of others, too...

ADOM rocks unbelievably much, too.