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IGNs Top 100 RPGs
- Thread starter King of the Potato People
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encephalon
Member
I have the Saturn version and I don't remember it being particularly challenging ... or remarkable.
led4lyfe
Member
I was 8 years old(1995) when my classmate in 3rd grade first introduced me to FF6. We thought FF6 was so cool how it let you have "multiplayer". We would debate all the time on who got to rent the game at the local video store that weekend(our town only had 1 friggen copy). We liked CT, but it just wasn't as good in our eyes as FF6 was.
a couple years later he ended up buying the copy of FF6 we used to rent because he had this masterfile going and didn't want anyone to delete it(huge problem we used to have) and I ended getting a copy of CT from funcoland's sales magazine. I can't believe we used to rent RPGs and not beg our parents to just buy it. I got in trouble one time for asking my dad what kind of nane cunt was because someone named Relm that in their file. lol.
Canis lupus
Member
11 - Final Fantasy VII
10 - Fallout 3
9 - Mass Effect 1
8 - World of Warcraft
7 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Hahaha
10 - Fallout 3
9 - Mass Effect 1
8 - World of Warcraft
7 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Hahaha
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
At leats they got #1 right.
King of the Potato People
Member
Panzer Dragoon Saga is pretty hard to get hold of.
Also I felt like posting this for some reason.
Canis lupus
Member
FF4 is not even brought up when people discuss what the best FFs are. And I feel like they crammed in those WRPGs in Top 10 just for the sake of having WRPGs on there.
Hours Left
Member
I disagree with that. IV has a very devoted following and was a breakthrough RPG in the west at the time.
toddhunter
Member
Woah hang on there. Lots and lots of people will tell you FF4 is the best FF by far.
I have no real idea why, besides the music...but it has very vocal supporters.
World of Warcraft should easily be top 3. There probably is no other game at all more widely appreciated and played than it so consistently and by so many. Hate on it all you want, but it is fun before you hit 300 days played and its sales and activity prove it.
I don't think any of those FF games should be top 10 (or even 50). FF games do not stand the test of time particularly well. Their mechanics are simple and boring. People play them and still say they are best due to two factors: nostalgia and hype. There are other games which are far better designed and far more fun than them. They just happen to be a part of a long list of copycats that at some point become more of the same and not as special. There's simply no way that the games of olde could stand up to today's gameplay mechanics. There's a reason no one produces big budget 2d RPGs anymore. It's because those games aren't better than what we have today.
The main point I try to make is that the list of top 10 RPGs should probably come from this console generation and last generation. Before that, consoles were incapable of making gameplay that is even remotely compelling by today's standards. At least not as anything other than XBLA games and the like. I'm sure some of you will disagree with that, and a few of you may actually feel what you purport to feel, but most of you don't play old RPGs because....they suck.
I don't think any of those FF games should be top 10 (or even 50). FF games do not stand the test of time particularly well. Their mechanics are simple and boring. People play them and still say they are best due to two factors: nostalgia and hype. There are other games which are far better designed and far more fun than them. They just happen to be a part of a long list of copycats that at some point become more of the same and not as special. There's simply no way that the games of olde could stand up to today's gameplay mechanics. There's a reason no one produces big budget 2d RPGs anymore. It's because those games aren't better than what we have today.
The main point I try to make is that the list of top 10 RPGs should probably come from this console generation and last generation. Before that, consoles were incapable of making gameplay that is even remotely compelling by today's standards. At least not as anything other than XBLA games and the like. I'm sure some of you will disagree with that, and a few of you may actually feel what you purport to feel, but most of you don't play old RPGs because....they suck.
toddhunter
Member
Oh really?
Well how about you mention what you hold up as an example of 'compelling modern standards' and I'll see if I can beat it with an older game?
Pretty bold statements there.
Canis lupus
Member
Wow, did you really say old rpgs suck? Graphics are not the only important thing about rpgs. A game like FF6 got me emotionally more involved than any rpg released this gen.
Btw, didn't know FF4 had such a following but still, discussions are dominated by FF6-FF10 and everything inbetween.
toddhunter
Member
To be fair I suspect a fair bit of it is backlash against 6 onwards ... and 5 isn't all that good
4 was "first" in a heck of a lot of things though.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
Sigh... lists are a waste of time, we shouldn't indulge ourselves with-
What the flying fuck ?!!!!
What the flying fuck ?!!!!
These guys aren't the biggest fans of the Dragon quest series and it show. It doesn't really surprise me that they picked DQ VII & VIII which are some of the longest jrpg ever made and V with that storyline which follow a hero over 30 years. DQ III should of been part of that list, especially since the gameboy color review from IGN was incredibly enthusiastic (although it's from 11 years ago by a guy who surely doesn't work there) . If FF IV is there, DQ III should be there as well since it was a huge step forward for the series (class system which eventually inspired squaresoft, day/night cycle, etc) .
Nightstick11
Banned
Please tell me you are still in high school or under 20 years old.
If not, explain this drivel.
yeah Look at my avatar" assume I am going to get mad with such comment" yeah Chrono Tigger still overrated it.. well played...
2D RPGs are still popular and the mechanics of a Final Fantasy, Pokemon or Tales game still stand up with modern RPGs. Their simplicity is why new players buy games like Pokemon and Final Fantasy re-releases by the millions. Simplcity isn't a negative and modern current and last generation RPGS aren't too mechanically different than their PS1/SNES/NES counterparts.
Augemitbutter
Member
why did i come in here? somebody should have warned me.
Shake Appeal
Member
My mouth tastes like vomit.
Edit: No Bloodlines, no Arcanum, no Witcher 1... now my mouth tastes like blood.
This guy sounds like a current activision or EA marketing executive.
MesserWolf
Member
it is a nonsense to put toghere WRPG and JRPG ..... They have almost nothing in common.
It is just a list to make people angry => to get clicks
It is just a list to make people angry => to get clicks
Is this list based on how good the game is? or the impact a game had regardless of how it stands currently because if it's the first other pokemon games have already outclassed them.
"The Top 100 RPGs of All Time list celebrates the games that we believe most accurately exemplify the tenants of the role-playing game genre: building characters based on experience earned in the game, scaling combat based on the statistics of weapons, armor and abilities, making decisions - good or bad - that impact the game world."
SiegfriedFM
Member
"The list of games we played closest to the age of fifteen"
BrokenEchelon
Banned
I'm alright with everything minus 9 & 10. It wouldn't be my top ten but it's reasonable.
King of the Potato People
Member
It may seem a little dull by today's standards because its active time battle system was mimicked so much but it's still a decent game.