Ign Top 100 rpg games

Big Knox · 21-09-2012 10:23am

Skyrim at #7 is a joke but I am surprised by the top 3. While not my personal preference I can't argue with 3 solid picks.

ChubbyHubby · 21-09-2012 10:41am

Actually, I don't think the games in top 20 are that bad. I'd say most of them deserves to be there. Ordering is just personal preference.

Retr0gamer · 21-09-2012 10:54am

Skyrim being so high is really just a flavour of the month choice. Also Mass Effect 1 being so high? It feels really shoddy these days with the copy and pasted dungeons and mako parts. Mass Effect 2 was way better. Final Fantasy Tactics being ahead of Tactics Ogre is a joke considering TO is pretty much FFT on steroids are far superior. No Panzer Dragoon Saga anywhere on the list is a crime. FFVI being number 1 is a bit of a joke. While I agree it's the best of the Final Fantasy games it's hardly the pinnacle of the genre. Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Ultima VII, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Planescape Torment, Suikoden 2, Dragon Quest V amongst others would be far more fitting.

Magill · 21-09-2012 11:01am

Am i missing something with Pokemon ? I've tried it a couple of times (For about an hour or two) on an emulator and it seemed nothing more than a repetitive dueling RPG with practically no story.. does it actually develop into more than that after a while ? Better than Deus Ex/SS 2/ Fallout 2 ?

Besides that, i can understand the rest of the top 20 picks (Even if i don't agree with games like skyrim or ME being so high).

ChubbyHubby · 21-09-2012 11:09am

Magill wrote: »

Am i missing something with Pokemon ? I've tried it a couple of times (For about an hour or two) on an emulator and it seemed nothing more than a repetitive dueling RPG with practically no story.. does it actually develop into more than that after a while ?

Well the main story is always a rehash of the getting badges malarky. It's just tamagotchi with a rock-paper-scissor fight system :P I've played a fair few of them but only because they're on a portable consoles like gba and DS. I don't consider them to be as good as some people make them out to be.

Retr0gamer · 21-09-2012 11:19am

Pokemon takes a while to get into but once you do it's pretty much got one of the deepest combat systems of any RPG. The story is light hearted fluff but it does it so well and with such humour and then there's the real meat of the game, the competitive battles.

SeantheMan · 21-09-2012 12:21pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The story is light hearted fluff but it does it so well and with such humour and then there's the real meat of the game, the competitive battles.

No !! It's collecting them all !! Gotta catch em all !

I had 151 at one stage ! :rolleyes:

Adamcp898 · 21-09-2012 12:31pm

Pokèmon's just pure addiction imo, and I don't mean that in a bad way at all either, haven't played any version in a while but loved every bit of them.

And while we're on the subject of repetition, Skyrim at #7????? no thanks.

And from a very quick glance at the rest of the list, Final Fantasy IX's a bit low at #88 for my liking, especially since tactics advance got above it and even X for that matter. But that's more of a personal opinion and I'm sure there's plenty who'd agree with the ranking.

ancapailldorcha · 21-09-2012 12:52pm

Final Fantasy VI is an interesting choice for the number 1 spot. I was sure they'd cop out and go with Final Fantasy VII. I would have Final Fantasy XIII on there before Legend of Dragoon.

Azza · 21-09-2012 1:33pm

Of that list I have played the following and how I rate them.

10. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
9. Final Fantasy VII
8. Valkyria Chronicles
7. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
6. Mass Effect 2
5. Fallout 3
4. Mass Effect
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2. The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition
1. Deus Ex

Mr Freeze · 21-09-2012 1:58pm

EDIT:

Never mind, I only saw that it was RPG only now.

chopperbyrne · 22-09-2012 1:13pm

Seems an odd rating system. Final Fantasy, though hugely important to the genre and a massive influence on almost everything that followed for years is in no way better than the other FF games they have it ahead of.

ancapailldorcha · 22-09-2012 1:16pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Seems an odd rating system. Final Fantasy, though hugely important to the genre and a massive influence on almost everything that followed for years is in no way better than the other FF games they have it ahead of.

I suppose they're considering the long term effects of the game in that it saved Squaresoft from bankruptcy (hence the title) and enabled them to continue on to produce the classic FFs we're all so fond of.

Retr0gamer · 22-09-2012 2:53pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Seems an odd rating system. Final Fantasy, though hugely important to the genre and a massive influence on almost everything that followed for years is in no way better than the other FF games they have it ahead of.

FF might seem to be a huge innovator and influence for the genre but if you look at it from a japanese perspective FF was always playing catch up with Dragon Quest. I found the early FF games especially the ones with jobs were trying to emulate what Dragon Quest 2-4 did with their excellent job and class systems, only really nailing it with FF5. Even FF6 was a reaction to DQ5 and Phantasy Star 4 and their superb narratives which FF6 took a good stab at and didn't reach. FF just seems like an innovator because the only DQ game before it was DQ1 in america and stuff like Phantasy Star, a much better game released a few days before FF, went ignored. The DQ games were way more advanced by the time each FF came out.

It wasn't until FFVII when DQVII was in development hell that FF really became a trend setter.

snausages · 23-09-2012 11:08am

Seems like they went with the populist vote with FFVI. As in, most popular RPG series and probably the most liked game in that series, at least in recent times. There are a lot of titles I'd place above it and like someone else said SMT:Nocturne/Lucifer's Call is a very obvious omission.

TheGunns · 23-09-2012 2:15pm

cant believe they went through that list without putting Arcanum on it

chopperbyrne · 23-09-2012 5:22pm

Why are there no Zelda games, particularly Zelda II which has an experience points level up system?

Retr0gamer · 23-09-2012 6:10pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Why are there no Zelda games, particularly Zelda II which has an experience points level up system?

The Zelda games aren't RPGs, well except for zelda 2 which to be honest isn't that good.

23-09-2012 11:41pm

I'm surprised about Mass Effect 3 not making the list, when ME1 and ME2 are there.

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