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IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time
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Wow... really? Only 85?
Look at their review though!!!
http://ca.ign.com/games/chrono-cross/ps-12503
DecoReturns
Member
If they pick Zelda. That'll just spawn a discussion if Zelda is really a RPG.
I doubt they will tho
More often than not these lists are a popularity contest. Those games are good, great even (PS:T is my personal #1 game of all time), but they aren't massively popular.
#1 will be Skyrim, FF7 or some Pokemon game.
well didnt they give jade empire 9.9?
Interesting. Didn't know that. Never even played Jade Empire myself. xD
IdreamofHIME
Member
I think Justin Davis is the lead on this and he didn't have many good things to say about W3 on last weeks gamescoop.
To be fair, the modding community for Bethesda games are geniuses. Pervy pervy geniuses.
Darkstorne
Member
Edgy. Personally I'd say they are good at launch. Mods are what make them great since you can completely overhaul the gameplay to suit your personal preferences.
The new Zelda absolutely is an rpg. You play a character with practically no character and no voice so you're assuming his role and you're doing sidequests and upgrading equipment and have dialogue choices as simple as they are. You collect ingredients to make food that increases your stats. Heck there's even some town building element.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Their review from 2000?
IdreamofHIME
Member
Let's not do this, I suspect very few are at the company from when Jade Empire was reviewed and people like Allanah were probably barely born when Chrono Cross was reviewed.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Putting Zelda on the list is being so loose with 'RPG' that you may as well just call it Game at that point.
AntiFacebook
Member
Even first place won't be too high for Diablo 2
will be top 10
Fess
Member
Is that what makes it an RPG though? There are no experience points, no character stats besides hearts and stamina, there is no real character development other than choosing stamina or hearts after every 4 shrines. I really don't see what should take it from adventure to RPG, Zelda 2 is more like an RPG since you atleast have experience points and some kind of level up system there.
OdinDemonZero
Member
If Persona 4 is anywhere near Top 20 im gonna puke
FF7 will be 1. Probly not far wrong with the rest. It's IGN, series like Persona are too niche to be higher on the list where they deserve to be. The top 5 will also probably have either Demons Souls or Bloodborne in there too.
Whats the deal with Persona 4? Seen a lot of dislike for it lately, but I never had the chance to play it. Going through P5 atm.
Will probably be lower than Fallout 3 or not on the list at all, because IGN.
And popular opinion has always been in favor of Fallout 3.
No dark Souls? 😝
SliceSabre
Banned
This low? Welp entire list is ruined.
Imp the Dimp
Member
(assuming they don't consider Souls games JRPGs):
1. Baldur's Gate 2
2. Morrowind
3. FF7
4. Persona 4
5. New Vegas
6. Planescape Torment
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Witcher 3
9. FF3/6 (the one with Kefka)
10. Fallout 2
If this isn't their top 10 list it's wrong. If they include Souls games, it's Dark Souls on #1 and Bloodborne on #4.
1. Baldur's Gate 2
2. Morrowind
3. FF7
4. Persona 4
5. New Vegas
6. Planescape Torment
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Witcher 3
9. FF3/6 (the one with Kefka)
10. Fallout 2
If this isn't their top 10 list it's wrong. If they include Souls games, it's Dark Souls on #1 and Bloodborne on #4.
TheContact
Member
EQ at 100 is dumb. Probably won't even see UO or DAoC on the list either.
I can't remember if IGN likes Dark Souls. I haven't payed them any attention in like 7 years.
JimiNutz
Banned
I have never played a RPG to completion.
I started FF VII not long after it came out and have also tried KOTOR, Pokemon Red/Blue and Skies of Arcadia but have never enjoyed the gameplay enough to continue playing past the first few hours.
I'll keep an eye on this as I'm interested in trying to play a RPG again - currently considering Horizon Zero Dawn (is that game a RPG?)
I started FF VII not long after it came out and have also tried KOTOR, Pokemon Red/Blue and Skies of Arcadia but have never enjoyed the gameplay enough to continue playing past the first few hours.
I'll keep an eye on this as I'm interested in trying to play a RPG again - currently considering Horizon Zero Dawn (is that game a RPG?)
Imp the Dimp
Member
I would consider it an RPG. The label means damn little these days though as the genre has been diluted beyond the level of recognition by this point. Drawing a line at which a game is an RPG is entirely arbitrary. You can level up, you can equip stuff, there are quest, it's an RPG.
It's almost as if the point of sites posting lists like this is to get people riled up and posting on their site.
Not that the list bothers me, but DAI is ass. And EQ deserves to be close to the top.
Not that the list bothers me, but DAI is ass. And EQ deserves to be close to the top.
Those are some popular picks right there. Far more in line with my own top 10 than anything IGN is likely to end up with.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Chrono Cross, the better game than Trigger in 85th
I already know the masterpiece Final Fantasy VIII won't feature at all
I'm not even sure cross would be in the top 85 for me. Story is so much worse then trigger.
It makes sense when you consider IGN's rep for having barely any KH fans/general disinterest in the series.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
When people argue over placement on Top whatever lists, it always makes me feel like I'm trapped in 2006. There's thousands of RPGs that exist, all that matters is that they put them ON the list, placement is irrelevant.
I find it really difficult to make top 10s of anything, I can say that only one of those games would even make it into my 100 though
