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[Eddie-Griffin]

in the 6th generation, these were the highest-rated RPGS for each console on Metacritic.

Dreamcast - Skies of Arcadia (Score 93)
Xbox - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (Score 94)
PlayStation 2 - Final Fantasy XII (Score 92)
Gamecube - Paper Mario Thousand Year door (Score 87)

Which of these 4 genre defining releases that scored highest on Metacritic was the better RPG game?

Since these were considered by outlets to be the best rpgs in terms of quality on each console, which of these do you think was the best RPG?

 

[BennyBlanco]

Out of these I have the best memories of Skies of Arcadia.

 

[Aenima]

To me, KOTOR. Still my favorite Star Wars game. I played all except Paper Mario.

 

[graywolf323]

oh man that’s tough, has to be between KOTOR and Skies of Arcadia for me but the definitive version of the latter was actually on GameCube (I’m surprised it didn’t score higher than Paper Mario TTYD)

edit: should note that FFX is actually tied with FFXII with a score of 92 on Metacritic while surprisingly Persona 4 is third with a 90 (Golden has a 93 on Vita)

Tales of Symphonia which would probably be the more popular choice here for GameCube was just behind Paper Mario with a 86

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

should note that FFX is actually tied with FFXII with a score of 92 on Metacritic while surprisingly Persona 4 is third with a 90 (Golden has a 93 on Vita)

FF12 is placed higher on the list because it has more reviews and whatever decimal point is higher in the background of MC's system.

I don't find Persona 4 being third surprising, after that it's 3 Fex, DQ8, FF11, Balder gate DA, Dark Cloud 2, and Kingdom Hearts 2. the quality dips pretty quickly going down the list past the top 5.

 

[64bitmodels]

KOTOR has the highest score out of all of them so by your definition it's objectively the best... maybe next time just get rid of the metacritic thing and ask people what their favorite 6th gen rpg is

 

[Synless]

It sure is fuck isn’t Kotor 1 or 2.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

KOTOR has the highest score out of all of them so by your definition

My definition was which of the highest scoring rpgs of each console do YOU consider best. These are the highest rated rpgs that gen for each console. nothing complex here.

 

[Mozzarella]

Probably KOTOR but i like VTMB over it.

 

[intbal]

Morrowind

 

[01011001]

Paper Mario, easily

 

[64bitmodels]

Paper Mario, easily

PEAK. until i get around to playing the other 3, anyways....

 

[Elder Legend]

The only ones I've played out of those was very little of FF 12 and majority of Paper Mario. I thought Paper Mario was incredible. Didn't have the drive for some reason to get into FF12. My personal favorite prolly would have been FF X. First PS2 and first FF title I've ever played. Incredible memories.

 

[Chiggs]

Man, KOTOR is a legendary game. Brilliant stuff.

 

[existensmaximum]

KOTOR for me, by a massive margin.

 

[Shifty1897]

I love FFXII with all my heart.
But man, Skies of Arcadia was my entire summer of 2001.

 

[dreamstation]

Voted for FFXII seeing as KOTOR said Xbox and not PC.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Final Fantasy 12 followed by Skies of Arcadia. Paper Mario was good but it didn't have the same impact as either of the above. Never played KOTOR. Loved FF 12. It was so disheartening to see everybody shit on it. The gambit system was so much fun and the story and characters were all top notch (Balthier and Fran being my favorites. They should've gotten their own spinoff game). I think the game would've been even better (and received much better) if Matsuno didn't fall ill during development.

 

[worldwithpyramids]

Thousand Year Door. Only one I’d want to still play today as well.

 

[consoul]

This is a weird topic.
Who gives a shit what Metacritic said? We're just gonna discount every other fantastic PS2 RPG because Metacritic said FFXII was the best one?

 

[StereoVsn]

KotOR takes it for me (on PC), but I do have fond memories for Skies of Arcadia, great game.

 

[Fuz]

XII was trash.


Ok, not trash, but still not that good.

 

[Kokoloko85]

KOTOR no doubt. A top 20 game for me and the combat was kinda meh but the rest was so good at the time. I havent finished Paper Mario but they were all great

 

[STARSBarry]

My brain immediately said Kotor, but the back my mind I always remember Skies of Arcadia.

Like if a new Kotor was announced I would be less excited than if a new Skies of Arcadia was, so I had to vote with my heart even if it makes no logical sense.

 

[Kev Kev]

Never played KOTOR, that was more like an MMO, right?

For me It's FF12, but I didn't know it until last year when I played through it again and loved it. First time around I thought it was terrible and only made it 20 hours or so. In fact, FF12 became one of my favorite FF's after that play through and I'm looking forward to replaying it one day.

 

[Punished Miku]

Never played KOTOR, that was more like an MMO, right?

For me It's FF12, but I didn't know it until last year when I played through it again and loved it. First time around I thought it was terrible and only made it 20 hours or so. In fact, FF12 became one of my favorite FF's after that play through and I'm looking forward to replaying it one day.

It's basically the best Star Wars movie. First game with cinematic dialogue / choice like everyone has copied since then. Combat is actually a little similar to FFXII.

 

[Kev Kev]

This is a weird topic.
Who gives a shit what Metacritic said? We're just gonna discount every other fantastic PS2 RPG because Metacritic said FFXII was the best one?

 

[SF Kosmo]

None of these. Probably Tales of Symphonia.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

First game with cinematic dialogue / choice like everyone has copied since then.

Games had that before KOTOR.

Probably KOTOR but i like VTMB over it.

VTMB wasn't released on a console though unfortunately.

 

[Satansblade]

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i'm a massive FF fan, but their are far better RPG's on PS2 than FFXII. Overall, it's just a bad list.

 

[Kindjal]

Skies of Arcadia, without any doubt.