Stealing Vash's job to fill this one in. I couldn't do the top 25 characters but I can do the top 25 RPG games!
1. Witcher 3
2. Final Fantasy 9
3. Persona 5
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Dragon Age Origins
6. Mass Effect 2
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Breath of Fire 4
9. Persona 4
10. Witcher 2
11. Final Fantasy Tactics (might be a questionable entry but I think its an RPG first)
12. Final Fantasy 6
13. DragonQuest 11
14. Chrono Cross
15. Final Fantasy 4
16. Mass Effect
17. Divinity Original Sin 2
18. Final Fantasy 8
19. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
20. Suikoden 3
21. Mass Effect 3
22. Legend of Dragoon
23. Baiten Kaitos
24. Skyrim
25. Valkyria Chronicles (a slight stretch as well, but it was more RPG than tactical I think)
Stealing Vash's job to fill this one in. I couldn't do the top 25 characters but I can do the top 25 RPG games!
1. Witcher 3
2. Final Fantasy 9
3. Persona 5
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Dragon Age Origins
6. Mass Effect 2
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Breath of Fire 4
9. Persona 4
10. Witcher 2
11. Final Fantasy Tactics (might be a questionable entry but I think its an RPG first)
12. Final Fantasy 6
13. DragonQuest 11
14. Chrono Cross
15. Final Fantasy 4
16. Mass Effect
17. Divinity Original Sin 2
18. Final Fantasy 8
19. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
20. Suikoden 3
21. Mass Effect 3
22. Legend of Dragoon
23. Baiten Kaitos
24. Skyrim
25. Valkyria Chronicles (a slight stretch as well, but it was more RPG than tactical I think)
Don't know if I can even name 25 but I'll think of what I can and rank accordingly.
I could name 25 and here's what I got, not 100% confident in my ordering:
Final Fantasy Tactics
Jade Cocoon
Paper Mario TTYD
Paper Mario 64
Bloodborne
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne
Tactics Ogre Reborn
Super Mario RPG
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets GBC
Oblivion
Xenoblade Chronicles
Skyrim
Lies of P
Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey
Bravely Default
Snatcher
Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga
Pokemon TCG GBC
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Persona 3
Dark Souls 3
Final Fantasy XV
Persona 5
Witcher 3
I tried to stick with narrative driven. I thought about including Horizon Forbidden West because it feels very RPG but I didn't want to extend it too far. Like I would loosely consider something like Fire Emblem even though it's strategy because it is very narrative heavy.
1. Suikoden II
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Persona 3 FES
5. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
6. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
7. Mass Effect 2
8. Persona 5 Royal
9. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
10. Disco Elysium
11. Suikoden V
12. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
13. Persona 4 Golden
14. Suikoden
15. Final Fantasy X
16. Suikoden III
17. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
18. Shadow Hearts: Covenant
19. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
20. Chrono Cross
21. Shining Force II
22. Grandia II
23. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
24. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
25. Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
Okay slapped this together pretty quickly so I may make some edits when I remember games that slipped my mind.
This was a good game, but I think I missed something because everyone puts it into a legendary tier but I didn't feel that way. It was interesting, I'll give it that, but it did't quite hit me in the way I was hoping. I still beat it and it was good.
This one just missed my list. I remember how massive that map seemed on foot and thought once you got the bird it would make the world seem small but it was still stunning how large they got it considering it wasn't a map in the sense of that era of RPGs.
What a great few months. I'd move Metaphor: Refantazio into the 8th spot and Clair Obscur could knock DA:O out of 5th depending on how this final act goes.
Ok so when you look at my list, slap Expedition 33 there into the 5 spot and move everything down one until you get to Chrono Cross. Shove Avowed in right under there.
Ok so when you look at my list, slap Expedition 33 there into the 5 spot and move everything down one until you get to Chrono Cross. Shove Avowed in right under there.
uh... I think that's it. There might be another dungeon crawler Diablo clone that I'm forgetting. Record of Lodoss War on the Dreamcast was underwhelming, though playable.
I have not finished Expedtion 33 but I wanted to go ahead and make this, I am doing a Tier list because why not. I rate my games with letter grades. All Yakuza games are rpgs in my mind
A+
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 9
Knights of the Old Republic
Morrowind
Trails in the Sky
Yakuza 0
A
Yakuza 2 Kiwami
Mass Effect 2
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
Lost Odyssey
Persona 3
Persona 4
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Tales of Vesperia
Final Fantasy Tactics
Terranigma
The Witcher
The Witcher 3
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Fallout 3
Trails in the Sky SC
Shining Force 3 pt 3
Tales of the Abyss
Persona 5 Royal
Baldur's Gate 3
A-
Skyrim
Mass Effect
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Skies of Arcadia
The Witcher 2
Phantasy Star IV
Suikdoen
Suikoden 2
Shining Force 2
Fallout New Vegas
Fallout 2
Shining Force 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Yakuza 7
Lunar 2
Dragon Age Inquisition
Suikoden V
Divinity Original Sin 2
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
If you want to see my B+ to B-
B+
Mass Effect 3
Ni No Kuni
The Last Story
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Final Fantasy IV
Tales of Phantasia
Valkryia Chronicles
Jade Empire
Grandia
Tales of Xilia
Shadowrun Dragon Fall
Xenogears
Alpha Protocal
Shining Force 3 pt 2
Trails of Cold Steel
Suikoden III
Radiant Historia
Nier Replicant
Tactics Ogre LUCT
Like a Dragon Ishin
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Metaphor Refantazio
Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War
Yakuza 4
Yakuza Kiwami
B
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 5
Yakuza 6
Grandia 2
Dragon Quest V
Sakura Wars:So Long My Love
Tactics Ogre
Tales of Graces F
Fable 3
Guardian Heroes
Shining Force
Xenoblade Chronicles
FFXV
Tales of Destiny
Shadow Hearts
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
Judgement
Trails from Zero
Bahamut Lagoon
Outer Wolrds
Magic Knight Rayearth
B-
Dragon Age Origins
Fallout
Phantasy Star 2
Shadowrun Returns
Gothic
Valkyria Chronicles IV
Digital Devil Saga 1
Nier Automata
Daggerfall (Unity)
13 Sentinels
Oriental Blue
Chained Echoes
Ogre Battle 64
Final Fantasy 6 is my all time favorite game, so it being at the top works
KOTOR will always hold a special place as it was my first rpg I beat
Some thoughts on some games that I should probably re-grade or would be re-graded on a replay
FF VIII probably would drop to a A- or B+, Im pretty sure I rated that game long after playing it, but I did love it about as much as VII when I played VIII so maybe Im letting it's divisiveness lower it in my opinion
Terranigma is the second best SNES rpg after FFVI, yes it's better than Chrono Trigger
Witcher 1 might be an A-? The story and choices are the best, but gameplay and more so UI were kind of rough
I did not like Persona 5 Royal as much as the base game, wasn't a huge fan of the 3rd semester or the new boss
Fallout 3 is tough for me to grade, I think its probably a A- or B+. It was my introduction to Fallout and I loved the world, but I know story wise it isn't as good as NV 1 or 2.
Witcher 2 should probably be a B+, really good story but I hated the gameplay the most of the 3
Suiokden 2 and Fallout 2 should be upgraded to A
Dragon Age Origins (B-) is the biggest miss. To be fair I played it on PS3 and it was my first real crpg. I desperately want to replay it and I bet this is at least an A-, but always curious to see where things like that ranked the first time and change for a variety of reasons
