GRecommends: Top 10 RPGs (Results revealed, p4)

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This month, we are looking for your top RPGs.

As ever, the definition is up to you but here is what Wikipedia has to say about them:

Players control a central game character, or multiple game characters, usually called a party, and attain victory by completing a series of quests or reaching the conclusion of a central storyline. Players explore a game world, while solving puzzles and engaging in tactical combat. A key feature of the genre is that characters grow in power and abilities, and characters are typically designed by the player.

Just list your top 10 below (each counts for one vote, so ranking them isn't important). No compilations please, single releases only.

Nominations are open for a month and voting closes on 13 January.

And while you are at it, don't forget to vote for your top 10 PS3 games.

This is a genre where I know I have not played so many of what is considered the best examples out there but here goes anyway:

The Elderscrolls V: Skyrim
Fallout 3
Persona 4/Persona 4 Golden (would these be counted as the same game?)
Mass Effect 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Final Fantasy VII
Pokemon Red/Blue
Super Mario RPG
Earthbound
Phantasy Star

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Final Fantasy X
Knights of the Old Republic
The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
Fallout New Vegas

The Witcher 3
Dark Souls
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Dark Souls 3
Bloodborne
Demon's Souls
The Witcher 2
Pokemon SoulSilver
Dark Souls 2
Mass Effect 2

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Pokemon Red/Blue
Pokemon Gold/Silver
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door
Final Fantasy VI
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblvion
Mass Effect 2
Fire Emblem Awakening.
Xenoblade Chronicles

Last edited by HSH28 on Sun Dec 18, 2016 5:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.

1. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
3. Fire Emblem Awakening
4. Fallout 4
5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
6. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
7. Mass Effect 2
8. Fable 2
9. Skies of Arcadia
10. Fallout 3

1. Shenmue
2. Final Fantasy 7
3. Mass Effect 2
4. Panzer Dragoon Saga
5. Final Fantasy 6
6. Chrono Trigger
7. Shenmue 2
8. Skies of Arcadia
9. Shining Force 3
10. Final Fantasy 8

Fallout: New Vegas
Deus Ex
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Lost Odyssey
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Final Fantasy VIII
Mass Effect
Bloodborne
Planescape: Torment
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II

Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)
Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)
Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX)
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door (GameCube)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Jeanne D'Arc (PSP)
Lost Odyssey (XBOX 360)
Skyrim (PS4)
Dark Souls (PS3)
Skies of Arcadia Legends (GameCube)

EDIT: Gave this a little more thought and I've amended my list slightly. Also by odd coincincidence I've noticed if it wasn't for the two GameCube titles every entry would have been on a different system.

Last edited by Ironhide on Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360)
Phantasy Star IV (Megadrive)
Jeanne D'Arc (PSP)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP)
Skies of Arcadia Legends (Gamecube)
Disgaea (PS2)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Gamecube)
Dragon Age Origins (PC)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon - (DS)

Removed Shenmue as it doesn't quite fit the genre enough for my liking.

Can't believe I forgot about Thousand Year Door.

My favourite genre, so going to have to leave loads out here. Plus there are dozens of RPGs I own but haven't played yet, so no doubt some of those would get onto the list if I'd played them all.

Final Fantasy VI
Deus Ex
Skyrim
Morrowind
Final Fantasy VII
Dark Chronicle
Fallout 3
Eternal Sonata
Mass Effect 2
Pokemon Red/Blue

I'm surprised with the love Skyrim is getting over Oblivion, Oblivion had much better guild quests and stuff. Also it had more variety in it terrain.

This will be very hard.

Knights of the Old Republic II
Pokémon Sun/Moon
Tales of Symphonia
Dark Souls
Xenoblade Chronicles
Fire Emblem: Awakening
The Witcher
Dragon Age: Origins
Deus Ex
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

I've gone for one game from each series to add variety to my list. Had I not done that, I'd probably have a list like this:

Last edited by chalkitdown on Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Pokemon Red/Blue
Pokemon Moon/Sun
Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls 3
Bloodborne
Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones
Valkyria Chronicles
Advance Wars

Does Fire Emblem & Valkyria Chronicles count? I wouldn't class them as RPGs myself.

They are tactical RPGs

More strategy games than anything else.

This is radio, not television wrote:
Does Fire Emblem & Valkyria Chronicles count? I wouldn't class them as RPGs myself.

They feature most if not all of the things which make a game an RPG.

This is radio, not television wrote:More strategy games than anything else.

The genre they fit in is called SRPG, its a subgenre of RPG.

Personally I think the focus is on strategy, so I'm waiting for that one for Fire Emblem but each to their own.

I cannot believe Secret of Mana, the greatest RPG of all time, has no votes yet :cry:

GRecommends: Top 10 RPGs (Results revealed, p4)

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