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[Firestorm]

Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Paper Mario
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Pokemon Fire Red Version
Pokemon Red Version
Pokemon Gold Version
Tales of Phantasia
Tales of Symphonia
Tales of the Abyss

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I like RPGs, it's just that I didn't get a PS2 until 2006, had an N64 instead of a PSX, and a Genesis instead of a SNES. Basically, I've had the RPG-starved system every gen.

I hope to make up for that this gen!
... Actually, I'm going Wii60 and PS3 is probably going to be RPG King again.

I'm currently going through Tales of Legendia, have Skies of Arcadia bought but unplayed (will do so sometime soon), and will be pre-ordering Eternal Sonata and Blue Dragon as soon as they're in EB Canada's system =/

 

[Porkepik]

Anvil of Dawn
Baldur's Gate
Dark Sun : Shattered Lands
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior VIII
Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder II : The Legend of Darkmoon
Eye of the Beholder III : Assault on Myth Drannor
Fallout
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final fantasy X
Final fantasy X-2
Xenosaga
Xenosaga 2
Golden Sun
Golden Sun Book Two : The Lost Age
Grandia
Grandia II
grandia 3
Ishar : Legend of The Fortress
Kingdom hearts 2
Kingdom hearts
Lands of Lore : The Throne of Chaos
Lands of Lore II : Guardians of Destiny
Lands of Lore III
Mario & Luigi : Superstar Saga
Menzoberranzan (Ravenloft : )
Might and Magic Book Two : Gates To Another World
Might and Magic III : Isles of Terra
Might and Magic IV : Clouds of Xeen
Might and Magic V : Darkside of Xeen + world of xeen
Might and Magic VI : Swords of Xeen
Might and Magic VII : For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic VIII : Day of the Destroyer
Ravenloft : Strahd's Possession
Ravenloft : Stone Prophet
Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic
Stonekeep
Sword of Mana
System Shock
The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda : The Minish Cap
Ultima VII : The Black Gate
Ultima VII part 2 (serpent'S ...)
Ultima VIII : Pagan
Ultima IX : Ascension
Ultima Underworld : The Stygian Abyss
Buck rogers countdown to doomsday
Buck rogers matrix cubed
Pool of radiance
Curse of azure bonds
secret of silver blades
pool of darkness
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
Champions of Krynn
Bioforge
Crusader
Crusader no remorse
Shadowcaster
Bad blood
Death Knights of Krynn
The Dark Queen of Krynn
Suikoden 3
.hack//Infection
.hack//Mutation
.hack//Outbreak
.hack//Quarantine
Chrono Cross
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
Tales of Destiny II (PSone)
The Legend of Dragoon
Lord of the rings 1 (interplayPC game from the mid 90'S)
Lord of the rings The 2 towers (see above)

I have to say that I cheated on some of them (most notably the first SSI gold box games I played, edited the save file to have 18 on every characteristics, cheated a little bit also on eye of the beholder 1)

 

[beelzebozo]

the G in rpg stands for "games."
just, you know, fyi.

 

[BigJonsson]

Hell if I can remember

I only kept track of games I beat back when I was like 7 years old =/

 

[Joe Molotov]

I've only actually beaten a small percentage of the RPGs that I've played.

Dragon Warrior (NES & GBC)
Super Mario RPG : Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
Dark Savior (SAT)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (SAT)
Suikoden II (PSX)
Final Fantasy VII (PSX)
Final Fantasy VIII (PSX)
Final Fantasy XI (PSX)
Wild ARMs (PSX)
Legend of Legaia (PSX)
Guardian Crusade (PSX)
Breath of Fire 3 (PSX)
Xenogears (PSX)
Chrono Chross (PSX)
Legend of Mana (PSX)
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PSX)
Paper Mario (N64)
Quest 64 (N64)
Grandia II (DC)
Skies of Arcadia (DC)
Suikoden III (PS2)
Suikoden IV (PS2)
Xenosaga I (PS2)
Xenosaga II (PS2)
Xenosaga III (PS2)
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (PS2)
Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)
.hack//INFECTION (PS2)
Mario & Luigi : Superstar Saga (GBA)
Tales of Symponia (GC)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GC)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC)
Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic (XBX)
Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic II : The Sith Lords (XBX)
Fable (XBX)

The list of games that I played 10-15 hours and then gave up on would be much larger.

 

[Stalfos]

How do you people remember off the top of your head all of these games that you're listing? Do you keep a list in notepad that you can copy and paste from just in case a thread like this comes along? If so why? Maybe its just an e-penis thing like others said earlier.

 

[Philia]

What. I must repeat what SailorDaravon said. A LIST THREAD? :\ SERIOUSLY now.

I'll base my rpgs from SYSTEM instead. Alphabetical order blows hard. And seriously, you're not even trying if you have to go to f*cking GameFAQs for help on listing yours. :\ Games you beaten and CANNOT remember shouldn't even count. :\

Iffy on Zelda titles. Dunno why zelda feels like an rpg to me, I guess its the sense of adventure you can get from it.

And yeah... I definitely need to get off my ass and finish up a lot of next-gen rpgs already.

Gameboy - DS

Gargoyle's Quest
Zelda: Link's Awakening
Final Fantasy Adventure
Crystalis
Dragon Warrior III

NES

Crystalis
Gargoyle's Quest II
Faria
Legend of the Ghost Lion
Dragon Warrior I, II, III, IV

Genesis/Game Gear

Shining Force I, II
Phantasy Star II, III, IV
Phantasy Star Adventure

Sega Master System

Phantasy Star

Snes

Dragon Quest V, VI
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy IV, VI, Mystic Quest
Tales of Phantasia
Soul Blazer
Illusion of Gaia
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana
Breath of Fire, II
Brain Lord
Lufia II
Ultima 6
Lagoon
Terranigma

PSX

FF VII, IX
Dragon Quest VII
Breath of Fire III
Alundra, II
Vandal Hearts
Suikoden I, II
Legend of Legaia
Star Ocean the Second Story
Tales of Destiny, II
Arc the Lad
Lunar SSS
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
Legend of Mana
Grandia
Wild Arms, II

N64

Quest 64
Paper Mario
Zelda: OoT

Dreamcast

Grandia II

PS2

Dragon Quest VIII
Legend of Legaia II

Gamecube

Baten Kaitos
Zelda: WW

Wii

Zelda: TP

 

[A Black Falcon]

Not all that many, really... there are definitely more I started but didn't finish than ones I actually finished. Anyway, erm... yeah, Zelda and Castlevania aren't RPGs. If you really want to use one of the most general definition of "RPG" imaginable, maybe they could count, but so would tactics games ('SRPGs'), which aren't in this list... really though, none of those are RPGs. Castlevania is an action/platformer, Zelda is action-adventure, etc...

Of course, there is some room for debate -- if Zelda isn't an RPG, how is Final Fantasy Adventure (and the rest of the Mana series), which were inspired by Zelda above all at least at first, RPGs? But they are... eh, whatever.

... wait a minuite. Castlevania games which emulated Metroid ('Metroidvania'/'Castleroid' games count, but not the Metroid games they are based off of? Huh? That makes no sense... *lists Metroid games* (yes, I know, really none of these action-platformers belong on this list, but if you want them listed, then list them I will... I will draw a line somewhere, though. Advance Wars is NOT an RPG by any possible reasonable definition of the genre.)

Traditional or mostly traditional Western or Japanese RPGs or Action-RPGs
1. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
2. Planescape: Torment
3. Diablo II (action-RPG)
4. Diablo II Expansion Set: Lord of Destruction (action-RPG)
5. Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero (VGA) (adventure-RPG)
6. Quest for Glory III: Wages of War (adventure-RPG)
7. Castle of the Winds (Parts I & II)
8. Final Fantasy Adventure (action-RPG)
9. Tales of Symphonia
10. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (GC) (action-RPG)
11. Golden Sun
12. Illusion of Gaia (action-RPG)
13. Paper Mario
14. Lunar Legend
15. Skies of Arcadia Legends
16. Riviera: The Promised Land
17. CaveQuest (kind of beat it...)
18. Guild Wars (beat all missions with three characters)
19. Guild Wars - Factions (beat final mission with one character)

Zelda games (action/adventure/RPG/whatever, not called 'RPGs')
20. The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening
21. The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Ages
22. The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons
23. The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
24. The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker

action/platform - Metroidvania,etc (these really aren't RPGs)
25. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
26. Threads of Fate (if Castlevania counts these action-platformers would too...)
27. Metroid Fusion
28. Metroid Zero Mission

Tactics 'SRPG' (I've played a lot of strategy games, but not nearly as many ones in the tactics subgenre... for sake of avoiding argument, I'll leave out heavily RPG-influenced PC strategy games like Disciples, Warcraft III, and Heroes of Might & Magic. Really though, I wouldn't consider this category RPG any more than I would the Metroid and Castlevania one. Whatever, it makes the list look longer... )
29. Fire Emblem
30. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
31. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

There are a lot more I played some and didn't finish, of course, but listing those games isn't the point of this thread, as tempting as doing that is...

I'll base my rpgs from SYSTEM instead. Alphabetical order blows hard. And seriously, you're not even trying if you have to go to f*cking GameFAQs for help on listing yours. :\ Games you beaten and CANNOT remember shouldn't even count. :\

I didn't have to look any up, but did look at a list of games I have to see if I'd forgotten anything, which I hadn't, as far as I know.

As for order, here I chose to first have a mixed list of games I would consider RPGs, then separate groupings of games which are ... less clearly ... part of the RPG genre... can't do both that and a listing by order finished or by platform, really.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Every major PC/Console RPG from around 1987-1995, even the real stinkers like Ultima NES and Drakkhen (C-64). I was a bit obsessive.

There's a few I couldn't close the deal on, like Bard's Tale III (too hard) or Ultima IV (defective disk),

 

[Firestorm]

How do you people remember off the top of your head all of these games that you're listing? Do you keep a list in notepad that you can copy and paste from just in case a thread like this comes along? If so why? Maybe its just an e-penis thing like others said earlier.

I'm actually starting to keep a list now. Started at the beginning of the year. It keeps me motivated to finish more games. Trying to average maybe 4 or 5 games a month.

My list for 2007: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2629456&postcount=116

 

[Avalon]

Let's see how many I can remember!

NES

Final Fantasy
Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: Adventures of Link

SNES

Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Robotrek
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei II
Breath of Fire
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Secret of Mana
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

Genesis

Shadowrun

Playstation

Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Tactics
Revelation: Persona
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Legend of Mana
Tactics Ogre
Thousand Arms
Azure Dream
Kartia: World of Fate
Chrono Cross
Lunar
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Tales of Destiny II (Eternia)
Star Ocean 2: Second Story
Breath of Fire IV
Xenogears

Nintendo 64

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Hybrid Heaven

Dreamcast

Evolution II

Playstation 2

Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner I & II
Devil Summoner
Suikoden III
Suikoden IV
Suikoden V
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Xenosaga I~III

Gamecube

Baten Kaitos: Origins
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Handheld

Pokemon Red
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
Breath of Fire III
Riviera

PC

Planscape: Torment
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
KOTOR
KOTOR II
Wizardry VIII
Vampire Bloodlines
Neverwinter Night 2
Silent Storm
Ys: Oath in Felghana
Jagged Alliance 2

73 is all I can remember. Probably missing at least a few PSX and PC games.

 

[White Man]

I completed every major CRPG from 1991 to 2000, which is when I started not gaming as much. A lot of JRPGs, too. I really have no idea how I'd compile such a list, though.

 

[Speevy]

-Star Wars KOTOR
-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
-Final Fantasy VI
-Chrono Trigger
-Super Mario RPG
-Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
-Dark Cloud 2
-Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
-The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind



I think that's about it.

 

[bumpkin]

I lose...

Suikoden
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy X

That is all.

 

[Speevy]

I lose...

Suikoden
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy X

That is all.

You actually beat me. I thought I had the shortest list.

 

[lordmrw]

NES

Crystalis
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior 2
Dragon Warrior 3
Dragon Warrior 4
Faxanadu
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy 2
Magic of Scheherezade
Star Tropics
Star Tropics 2
Legend of Zelda
Zelda 2: Adventure of Link

SNES

7th Saga
Alcahest
Arcana
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2
Chronotrigger
Drakkhen
Dragonview
E.V.O. Search for Eden
Final Fantasy 4
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia
Lagoon
Lufia
Lufia 2
Paladin's Quest
Secret of Mana
Seiken Densetsu 3
Shadowrun
Soulblazer
Super Mario Rpg
Terranigma
Ys 3: Wanderer's from Ys
Zelda 3: A Link to the Past


GEnesis

Beyond Oasis
Crusade of Centy
D&D:Warriors of the Eternal Sun
Exile
Phantasy Star 2
Phantasy Star 3
Phantasy Star 4
Shadowrun
Shining Force 2
Sword of Vermillion

Saturn

Dark Savior
Dragon Force
Legend of Oasis
Mystaria
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Shining the Holy Ark

Playstation

Alundra
Azure Dream
Breath of Fire 3
Breath of Fire 4
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy Tactics
Granstream Saga
Legacy of Kain
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Parasite Eve
Suikoden
Suikoden 2
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Eternia
Vagrant Story
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Soulreaver

DC
Silver*
Time Stalkers*

Gamecube

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Blood Omen 2
Summoner: A Goddess Reborn
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Starfox Adventures

PS2

Evergrace
Forever Kingdom
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Suikoden 3
Suikoden 5
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2
Summoner
Drakan: the Ancient Gates
Wild Arms 3
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim
Champions of Norrath
Champions: Returns to Arms
Wild Arms: Alter Code F
Tsuganai

 

[hydragonwarrior]

SNES:

Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Link to the Past
7th Saga
Super Mario RPG
Final Fantasy 6
Tales of Phantasia
Lufia 1

PS:

Tales of Destiny
Brave Fencer Musashi (does that count?)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy 7-9
Wild Arms 1
Lunar 1
Valkyrie Profile
Star Ocean 2

Half-finished:

Terranigma
Seiken Densetsu 3
Saga Frontier 2
Chrono Cross (nice music tho)
Vagrant Story (knew I forgot one)

 

[Scott]

How do you people remember off the top of your head all of these games that you're listing? Do you keep a list in notepad that you can copy and paste from just in case a thread like this comes along? If so why? Maybe its just an e-penis thing like others said earlier.

I couldn't remember them off the top of my head. Instead, I used my IGN collection list and went down the list, which is why mine is alphabetical. There were a few older titles that I couldn't remember whether I finished them or not, though, so I just left those off the list.

As for "why"? Curiosity, mainly... I wasn't quite sure how I was doing backlog wise with my collection, and this was a good way to find out. No "e-penis thing" on my part, promise.

Of course, there is some room for debate -- if Zelda isn't an RPG, how is Final Fantasy Adventure (and the rest of the Mana series), which were inspired by Zelda above all at least at first, RPGs? But they are... eh, whatever.

... wait a minuite. Castlevania games which emulated Metroid ('Metroidvania'/'Castleroid' games count, but not the Metroid games they are based off of?

I'm really not wanting to get into a debate/argument/whathaveyou, but I'd like to chime in on this -- ya'know, at least to help explain part of it.

Final Fantasy Adventure may or may not have been "inspired" by Zelda, but that really has no bearing on it's genre. FFA is an Action/RPG because of it's content, it's base mechanics, and so on. In other words, it revolves around RPG elements at it's core (leveling up, stat-based mechanics, dice rolls, etc), where-as Zelda does not. This is an age-old argument, however, as to "whether or not that matters," but I'm just trying to explain my stance on it.

As for the Metroidvanias, only the environmental layout was gimped from Metroid, not really the gameplay mechanics. Most of the mechanics were already present in previous Castlevanias, and the continuous castle layout from Metroid isn't the "RPG" side that people consider -- it's, once again, the leveling up, the stat-based combat algorithms, the dice rolls, the... Metroid has none of this, RPGs do. It's not debatable whether or not Castlevania has RPG elements, to note, but it is debatable as to whether or not they're strong enough to be placed within the genre itself. Personally, I think so, but that's mostly due to how I play... Others can feel free to disagree, scoff, and place it firmly in the "Action/Platformer" realm. That's fine. But honestly, there's no reason to create an argument over something so trivial, for the fifty millionth time.

 

[Jiggy]

1-2) Baten Kaitos series: 1 and 2

3-4) Breath of Fire series: 1 and 2

5-7) Castlevania series: Circle of the Moon, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin

8-12) Dragon Quest series: I, II, III, IV, Rocket Slime

13-23) Final Fantasy series: I, IV, IV Advance, V Advance, VI, VI Advance, VII, VIII, IX, Mystic Quest, Tactics

24-29) Mario series: Mario and Luigi 1 and 2, Paper Mario 1 and 2, Super Mario RPG, Mario Tennis Power Tour

30-31) Ogre series: Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis

32-48) Pokemon series: Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, Leaf Green, Diamond, Pearl, Colosseum, XD, Mystery Dungeon, Ranger, Trading Card Game (yes, I never finished Gold--just finished Silver twice instead)

49-50) Romancing SaGa series: Final Fantasy Legend II and III



Other one-offs:
51) 7th Saga
52) Actraiser
53) Castle of the Winds
54) Chrono Trigger
55) Crystalis
56) Dragon Force
57) Drakkhen
58) Earthbound
59) EVO: The Search For Eden
60) Exile
61) Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
62) Illusion of Gaia
63) Inindo: Way of the Ninja
64) Lufia 2
65) Lunar 2
66) Magical Starsign
67) Paladin's Quest
68) Secret of Evermore
69) Secret of Mana
70) Shadowrun (SNES)
71) Star Ocean 2
72) Super Ninja Boy
73) Tales of Symphonia
74) Tecmo Secret of the Stars
75) Valkyrie Profile
76) Wild ARMs


I finished (or even just tried out) a lot more RPGs in the SNES era, when I was younger and didn't have enough money to do anything particularly better with my time.



Edit: Dragon's Curse joins the list as of 4-7.
Edit 2: Beyond Oasis also joins the list as of 4-7.

 

[Reikon]

the G in rpg stands for "games."
just, you know, fyi.

You beat me to it. Role playing game(s) games.

I don't keep a list of what I've beaten, but the amount of RPGs is low because I don't have enough time.

 

[MetatronM]

Hell if I can remember them all. Let's see how many I can come up with, though. And I'm not counting Metroidvanias or Zeldas.


ActRaiser
Breath of Fire IV
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (not 100% finished, but I did "beat it")
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
Diablo
Diablo II
Dragon Force
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy Tactics
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Grandia
Illusion of Gaia
Kingdom Hearts
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Lunar Legend
Mario and Luigi
Parasite Eve
Skies of Arcadia
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Super Mario RPG
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
Xenogears


...That's all I can think of right now. There's almost certainly more that are escaping me right now, and there are certainly a lot of games I played much of, if not most of, but haven't gotten around to actually completing.

 

[nitewulf]

anachronox
final fantasy 6/7/8/9/10
grandia 2
star ocean 3
skies of arcadia
panzer saga
phantasy star 4
shining force 2
chrono trigger

1/2 beaten
lufia 2
golden sun
valkyrie profile lenneth
arc the lad - twilight of the spirits
wild arms 3
shadow hearts
vagrant story
brave fencer musashi
illusion of gaia

 

[Lemming_JRS]

(shamless thread plug)

People contributing to this thread would probably enjoy the articles I linked to here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143821

(/plug)


I can't remember all of the RPGs I've finished - but highlights would include Ultima 1-7, Bard's Tale 1-3, Dungeon Master, and Planescape: Torment.

 

[Idioteque]

Final Fantasy Tactics ( It took me 4 years to beat this.)
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Vagrant Story
Parasite Eve I&II
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Xenogears
Phantasy Star Online
Xenosaga Episode I&II
Valkyrie Profile
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star IV

 

[seat]

Not noticing a lot of FFXII's on everyone's extensive lists. Did people just get bored with it part of the way through, or were they just turned off by the changes made to the FF series?

 

[farnham]

many.. especially if you count SRPGs


but my favorite RPGs are TRPGs.. by far.. too bad there is no end to that.. and that almost no one is interested nowadays in that form of RPG

 

[A Black Falcon]

I'm really not wanting to get into a debate/argument/whathaveyou, but I'd like to chime in on this -- ya'know, at least to help explain part of it.

Final Fantasy Adventure may or may not have been "inspired" by Zelda, but that really has no bearing on it's genre. FFA is an Action/RPG because of it's content, it's base mechanics, and so on. In other words, it revolves around RPG elements at it's core (leveling up, stat-based mechanics, dice rolls, etc), where-as Zelda does not. This is an age-old argument, however, as to "whether or not that matters," but I'm just trying to explain my stance on it.

As for the Metroidvanias, only the environmental layout was gimped from Metroid, not really the gameplay mechanics. Most of the mechanics were already present in previous Castlevanias, and the continuous castle layout from Metroid isn't the "RPG" side that people consider -- it's, once again, the leveling up, the stat-based combat algorithms, the dice rolls, the... Metroid has none of this, RPGs do. It's not debatable whether or not Castlevania has RPG elements, to note, but it is debatable as to whether or not they're strong enough to be placed within the genre itself. Personally, I think so, but that's mostly due to how I play... Others can feel free to disagree, scoff, and place it firmly in the "Action/Platformer" realm. That's fine. But honestly, there's no reason to create an argument over something so trivial, for the fifty millionth time.

Just because it's not really important doesn't mean that you can't argue about it... (and, arguably, over-think the issue)

The more important the issue of argument the more people care about them being right, generally, so with smaller issues it's maybe more likely that the debate will actually progress... maybe not, but it is probably more likely.

As for FFA and Metroid, though... yes, I am aware of why Zelda is considered to not be an RPG and the Mana games are, and I'm not saying that Zelda is an RPG. It's just... well, "RPG" is an incredibly vague genre, and defining what is an RPG and what isn't is very difficult. Often, it seems, it's just commonly held conventions that define what is and what isn't, not any clearly defined rules that determine what genre a game is in. Zelda called itself an "Adventure game", so "Adventure" it is... I would not call it that because to me the 'Adventure' genre already existed before Zelda, in the form of text and graphical adventure games mostly on the PC, and Zelda is clearly not in that same genre. So... it becomes an "Action-Adventure". But it clearly has strong RPG themes, like a health bar that expands as you progress (heart containers you get from beating bosses), and "action-adventure" is a pretty broad category too, so is it an "action-adventure-rpg" or something? Action-Adventure probably does fit best, but it isn't completely clear, thanks to Nintendo unhelpfully including aspects from too many genres into the game...

Anyway, I can see how saying "Zelda only gives you healthups when you beat bosses and has action game like health-expanding powerups you can find, etc", could describe how Zelda isn't an RPG. And when compared to most of the Mana games, I can see the point -- from Secret of Mana on, the Mana series went much harder into being more traditional RPGs with action-style combat. Really, I am only talking about FFA, the first game in the series, because it plays far, far more like a Zelda game than any of its sequels or spinoffs does.

I don't really understand the (Metroidvania) Castlevania part, though. Yes, you have experience, equipment, items, health and mana bars that expand as you kill enemies and level up... but... the gameplay itself is pure side-scrolling action with bits of platform jumping. Having some RPG elements does not necessarily make a game an RPG... otherwise, as I said later, every strategy game with any RPG element would have to be called an RPG, which is definitely not the way things are. You have to look at what the game's core genre is, I think, and I just don't see Metroidvania being an RPG.

It is tricky, though, I agree... for instance, Gauntlet. More specifically, Gauntlet games that you can finish with character saving -- Gauntlet IV (Gen), Gauntlet Legends, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, and, I guess, Seven Sorrows (any others?). Are those RPGs, or action games? You have stats, and level ups, etc, but also levels, and very action-styled combat... I've never been quite sure whether these games are RPGs or action games, really... Either way, I like them a lot. Well, probably not Seven Sorrows, but the older ones.

 

[brandonh83]

Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Xenogears
Xenosaga: Episode I
Xenosaga: Episode II
Xenosaga: Episode III
Legend of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Vagrant Story
Parasite Eve
Super Mario RPG
Earthbound

**I don't consider Zelda games RPG's

 

[rs7k]

Deus Ex
System Shock 2
Final Fantasy X
KOTOR 1 and 2

There's gotta be more than that.. My most awaited RPGs are Mass Effect and FF13. Leaning towards Mass Effect since it's closer to release and what we know looks more appealing.

Quick question, and I don't mean to derail the thread, but is the TGS footage for FF13 real-time?

 

[revolverjgw]

Alundra
Breath of Fire 2
Breath of Fire 3
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Elder Scrolls- Oblivion
Final Fantasy 4
Final Fantasy 5
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 10
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy 12
Final Fantasy Tactics
Illusion of Gaia
Kingdom Hearts
Legend of Zelda- Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda- OOT
Legend of Zelda- Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda- Wind Waker
Lufia 2
Lunar- Eternal Blue
Mother
Phantasy Star 4
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun (SNES)
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Super Mario RPG
Vandal Hearts
Xenogears
Xenosaga

Might be some others. There's stuff like Deus Ex and System Shock 2, which I don't count. Yet I counted Zelda. Oh well.

 

[Llyranor]

I'm forgetting a whole bunch.

Genesis: Shining Force 1/2

SNES:
FF4/6
CT
Secret of Mana
SD3
Lufia 1/2
Mario RPG
I've played a lot more, but I can't recall if I've finished them

PSX
FF9
FFT
Lunar 1/2
Grandia
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
Arc The Lad 1/2/3
Vagrant Story
Threads of Fate
Valkyrie Profile
Star Ocean 2
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Eternia
Vanguard Bandits
Saiyuki
Kartia
Also a bunch I can't remember or didn't finish

PS2
............. FFX
Front Mission 4

Xbox Jade Empire

GBA
Golden Sun 1/2

DS
....... Magical Starsign
Rocket Slime
Children of Mana
Castlevania DoS/PoR

PC
Grandia 2
FF7-8
Anachronox
IWD
BG1/2
PST
KOTOR1/2
NWN1/2
FO1/2
Arcanum
Bloodlines
Deus Ex
Wizardry VIII
Diablo 2 coop
Guild Wars campaign
..... Oblivion
............................................. Pool of Radiance 2

 

[Borys]

Hmm...

1).hack//INFECTION: Part I (PS2)
2).hack//MUTATION: Part II (PS2)
3).hack//OUTBREAK: Part III (PS2)
4).hack//QUARANTINE: Part IV: The Final Chapter (PS2)
5)Arc the Lad (PSone) (via "Collection")
6)Arc the Lad II (PSone) (via "Collection")
7)Arx Fatalis (Xbox)
8)Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PS2)
9)Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II (PS2)
10)Brave Fencer Musashi (PSone)
11)Breath of Fire (SNES)
12)Breath of Fire II (SNES)
13)Breath of Fire III (PSone)
14)Breath of Fire IV (PSone)
15)Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (PS2)
16)Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
17)Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
18)Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSone)
19)Champions of Norrath (PS2)
20)Chocobo's Dungeon II (PSone)
21)Chrono Cross (PSone)
22)Chrono Trigger (PSone) (via "Chronicles")
23)Chrono Trigger (SNES)
24)Crystalis (GBC)
25)Crystalis (NES)
26)Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse (PS2)
27)Dark Cloud (PS2)
28)Destiny of an Emperor (NES)
29)Diablo (PC)
30)Diablo (PSone)
31)Diablo II (PC)
32)Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (PC)
33)Dragon Warrior (GBC) (via "I & II")
34)Dragon Warrior (NES)
35)Dragon Warrior II (GBC) (via "I & II")
36)Dragon Warrior II (NES)
37)Dragon Warrior III (GBC)
38)Dragon Warrior III (NES)
39)Dragon Warrior IV (NES)
40)Dragon Warrior VII (PSone)
41)Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (PS2)
42)Dual Hearts (PS2)
43)Dungeons & Dragons: The Treasure of Tarmin (Intellivision)
44)Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (PSone) (the RPG "Quest Mode")
45)Eternal Ring (PS2)
46)Fable (Xbox)
47)Fable: The Lost Chapters (Xbox)
48)Final Fantasy (GBA) (via "Dawn of Souls")
49)Final Fantasy (NES)
50)Final Fantasy (PSone) (via "Origins")
51)Final Fantasy II (GBA) (via "Dawn of Souls")
52)Final Fantasy II (PSone) (via "Origins")
53)Final Fantasy II/IV (SNES)
54)Final Fantasy III/VI (SNES)
55)Final Fantasy IV (PSone) (via "Chronicles")
56)Final Fantasy V (PSone) (via "Anthology")
57)Final Fantasy VI (PSone) (via "Anthology")
58)Final Fantasy VII (PSone)
59)Final Fantasy VIII (PSone)
60)Final Fantasy IX (PSone)
61)Final Fantasy X (PS2)
62)Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)
63)Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
64)Final Fantasy Legend (GB)
65)Final Fantasy Legend II (GB)
66)Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES)
67)Final Fantasy Tactics (PSone)
68)Grandia (PSone)
69)Grandia II (DC)
70)Grandia II (PS2)
71)Guardian's Crusade (PSone)
72)Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu (PSone)
73)Jade Empire (Xbox)
74)King's Field (PSone)
75)Kingdom Hearts (PS2)
76)Legend of Legaia (PSone)
77)Legend of Mana (PSone)
78)Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (SNES)
79)Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES)
80)Lufia: The Legend Returns (GBC)
81)Lunar: The Silver Star Story: Complete (PSone)
82)Lunar II: Eternal Blue: Complete (PSone)
83)Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)
84)Okage: Shadow King (PS2)
85)Parasite Eve (PSone)
86)Parasite Eve II (PSone)
87)Phantasy Star Online (DC)
88)Pokemon: Red Version (GB)
89)Pokemon: Blue Version (GB)
90)Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (PSone)
91)SaGa Frontier (PSone)
92)Secret of Evermore (SNES)
93)Secret of Mana (SNES)
94)Shadow Hearts (PS2)
95)Shadow Madness (PSone)
96)Shifters (PS2)
97)Skies of Arcadia (DC)
98)Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
99)Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Xbox)
100)Sudeki (Xbox)
101)Suikoden (PSone)
102)Suikoden II (PSone)
103)Summoner (PS2)
104)Summoner II (PS2)
105)Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
106)Tales of Destiny (PSone)
107)Tales of Destiny II (PSone)
108)Tales of Symphonia (GC)
109)The Legend of Alon D'ar (PS2)
110)The Legend of Dragoon (PSone)
111)Thousand Arms (PSone)
112)Threads of Fate (PSone)
113)Tower of Doom (PS2) (via "Intellivision Lives!")
114)Tsugunai: Atonement (PS2)
115)Vagrant Story (PSone)
116)Warriors of Might & Magic (PS2)
117)Wild ARMs (PSone)
118)Wild ARMs II (PSone)
119)Wild ARMs III (PS2)
120)Xenogears (PSone)

I really need to play my games, more. I mean, that's not even half of my RPG collection...

My hat goes off to you sir. That's a damn good list. I have so many RPGs to finish in the next 50 years

How do you people remember off the top of your head all of these games that you're listing? Do you keep a list in notepad that you can copy and paste from just in case a thread like this comes along? If so why? Maybe its just an e-penis thing like others said earlier.

Yup, in my case it's a doc file updated with every RPG I beat. And no it wasn't in case a thread like this comes up... more like in case I forger which DQ/ FF game I've already beaten and not start it again, seriously.

Anvil of Dawn
Baldur's Gate
Dark Sun : Shattered Lands
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior VIII
Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder II : The Legend of Darkmoon
Eye of the Beholder III : Assault on Myth Drannor
Fallout
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final fantasy X
Final fantasy X-2
Xenosaga
Xenosaga 2
Golden Sun
Golden Sun Book Two : The Lost Age
Grandia
Grandia II
grandia 3
Ishar : Legend of The Fortress
Kingdom hearts 2
Kingdom hearts
Lands of Lore : The Throne of Chaos
Lands of Lore II : Guardians of Destiny
Lands of Lore III
Mario & Luigi : Superstar Saga
Menzoberranzan (Ravenloft : )
Might and Magic Book Two : Gates To Another World
Might and Magic III : Isles of Terra
Might and Magic IV : Clouds of Xeen
Might and Magic V : Darkside of Xeen + world of xeen
Might and Magic VI : Swords of Xeen
Might and Magic VII : For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic VIII : Day of the Destroyer
Ravenloft : Strahd's Possession
Ravenloft : Stone Prophet
Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic
Stonekeep
Sword of Mana
System Shock
The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda : The Minish Cap
Ultima VII : The Black Gate
Ultima VII part 2 (serpent'S ...)
Ultima VIII : Pagan
Ultima IX : Ascension
Ultima Underworld : The Stygian Abyss
Buck rogers countdown to doomsday
Buck rogers matrix cubed
Pool of radiance
Curse of azure bonds
secret of silver blades
pool of darkness
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
Champions of Krynn
Bioforge
Crusader
Crusader no remorse
Shadowcaster
Bad blood
Death Knights of Krynn
The Dark Queen of Krynn
Suikoden 3
.hack//Infection
.hack//Mutation
.hack//Outbreak
.hack//Quarantine
Chrono Cross
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Final Fantasy Adventure (GB)
Tales of Destiny II (PSone)
The Legend of Dragoon
Lord of the rings 1 (interplayPC game from the mid 90'S)
Lord of the rings The 2 towers (see above)

I have to say that I cheated on some of them (most notably the first SSI gold box games I played, edited the save file to have 18 on every characteristics, cheated a little bit also on eye of the beholder 1)

Wow, a fellow PC RPG gamer You must be the second person I've met that played and finished games like Anvil of Dawn, Menzoberranzan or Stone Prophet (amazing egyptian music in it). Awesome, I'm not alone!

 

[Zombie James]

Not very many:

- Chrono Trigger
- Chrono Cross
- Final Fantasy X
- Dragon Quest VIII

I've started and restarted Final Fantasy VI way too many times, but I swear i'll beat it someday! I gave up on Final Fantasy VII a few weeks ago, it hasn't aged well at all. Looking forward to Persona 3!

 

[Borys]

Too bad Red Scarlett didn't post here yet. She would probably list like 200 jRPGs

And yes I know what the "G" in RPG means. Don't you have bigger problems people?

Oh, I can also list RPG games (har, har) that I am currently in the process of beating:

Darkstone - (finishing it up)
Final Fantasy X - (90+ hours clocked, Sea of Sorrows beating Seymour for the nth time. Don't want to finish it untill I clear the Arena, win all Blitzball games and clear Omega Ruins)
Return to Krondor - I got out of the sewers. Chapter 3 or 4? I don't remember exactly.
Baten Kaitos: Origins - I made it to Disc 2 just last week, yay! Killed that ****ing Holoholo ****.
Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant - man, I must have sunk 40 hours in that game already. I sailed to some island with a ****ing Tyrannosaurus Rex on it. Bean to the Umpani city already. LOST MY SAVES back in 1998.

It's kind of embarrasing that I didn't beat a single SSI goldbox RPG game or any Wizardry title :/

 

[Shouta]

Too bad Red Scarlett didn't post here yet. She would probably list like 200 jRPGs

And yes I know what the "G" in RPG means. Don't you have bigger problems people?

Actually, Red only really plays DQ and FF games as I recall. She's played others but not nearly as extensively DQ or FF I believe.

 

[thetrin]

Actually, Red only really plays DQ and FF games as I recall. She's played others but not nearly as extensively DQ or FF I believe.

Additionally, she spends most of her time replaying past games. Her list probably isn`t very long.

 

[jaundicejuice]

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Breath of Fire II
Breath of Fire IV
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
Dark Cloud
Dragon Quest VIII
Dues Ex 2: The Invisible War
Fable
Final Fantasy IIUS
Final Fantasy IIIUS
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gemfire
Grandia II
Jade Empire
Knights of the Old Republic
Shining Force 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2
Tales of Legendia
Tales of Symphonia

 

[tnw]

God, I can't remember all this, it's been too long.

Final Fantasy 1
Final Fantasy 4
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy 10
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Final Fantasy Tactics
Dragon Warrior 1
Dragon Warrior 2
Dragon Warrior 3
Dragon Warrior 4
Crystalis (not really an rpg?)
Willow (not really an rpg?)
Faxanadu (not really an rpg?)
Ultima: quest of the avatar
Phantasy Star II
EVO: Search for Eden (not really an RPG?)
Secret of Mana
Wanderers from Ys (not really an RPG?)
Lagoon (not really an RPG?)
Arcana
Secret of Evermore
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Breath of Fire 2
Shadowrun (not really an RPG?)
Ogre Battle
Super Mario RPG
7th Saga
Illusion of Gaia (not really an RPG?)
Chrono Cross
Soul Blazer (not really an RPG?)
Terranigma (not really an RPG?)
Suikoden

and a couple others I'm sure I'm forgetting. Had to look over a lot of your lists to refresh my memory.

Additionally, she spends most of her time replaying past games. Her list probably isn`t very long.

me too

 

[Borys]

The shortest game from my list must be Ancient Land of Ys. It took me what, 16 hours to beat it? In one sitting that's my personal record.

FF8... I had a 120 hours save at the end :/

 

[Beatbox]

Phantasy Star III
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy X
Jade Empire

 

[bry-bry]

No Elder Scrolls games, Borys, yet you list Zelda and Castle-freaking-vania? Pfft.

 

[Shouta]

Ok, here's my list cause I'm bored.

The list includes ARPGs like Secret of Mana but not SRPGs like Tactics Ogre. I'm still missing a bunch I think not including the ones I purposefully excluded. It also doesn't include ports. If I did include a SRPG on there, let me know. :lol

Total Count: 145

NES:

Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior IV
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy III

SNES:

Albert Odyssey
Albert Odyssey 2
Bahamut Lagoon
Brain Lord
Sailor Moon: Another Story
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Chrono Trigger
Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan (I think it was this one
Dragon Quest: III Remake
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Dragon View
Earthbound
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia
Live A Live
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Robotrek
Romancing Saga 2
Romancing Saga 3
Rudra ni Hihou
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana
Seiken Densetsu 3
Secret of the Stars
Soul Blazer
Star Ocean
Super Mario RPG
Torneko's Adventure: Mysterious Dungeon
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

Genesis:

Beyond Oasis
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III
Phantasy Star IV

Playstation:

Alundra
Alundra 2
Arc The Lad
Arc The Lad 2
Arc The Lad 3
Azure Dreams
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Chrono Cross
Dragon Quest IV Remake
Dragon Quest VII
Eithea
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Grandia
The Granstream Saga
Growlanser
Jade Cocoon
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Mana
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eteranl Blue Complete
Parasite Eve
Persona
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Saga Frontier
Saga Frotnier 2
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Eternia
Tales of Phantasia
Thousand Arms
Valkyrie Profile
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Xenogears

Saturn:

Albert Odyssy Gaiden
Panzer Dragoon Saga

Dreamcast:

Grandia II
Skies of Arcadia
Langrisser Millenium
Record of Lodoss War

Playstation 2:

Arc The Lad: Twilight of the SPirits
Atelier Irsi: Eternal Mana
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Dark Cloud
Dark Chronicle
Digital Devil Saga
Digital Devil Saga 2
Dragon Quest 8
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy XII
Generation of Chaos III
Grandia III
Grandia Xtreme
Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice
Growlanser III
Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of the Time
Growlanser V: Generations
Kingdom Hearts
Legaia 2: Duel Saga
The Nightmare of Drauga
Persona 3
Rogue Galaxy
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts 2: Covenant
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Shining Force Exa
Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
Suikoden III
Suikoden IV
Suikoden V
Tales of Destiny Remake
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Legendia
Tales of the Abyss
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Wild Arms 3
Wild Arms 4
Wild Arms Alter Code F
X-Men Legends
Xenosaga

Gamecube:

Tales of Symphonia

Game Boy/Advance:

Final Fantasy Legend
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Final Fantasy II

Wonderswan:

Arc The Lad: Rise of the Machine God

PC:

Baldur's Gate II
Diablo
Diablo II
Morrowind
Oblivion
Ys: The Ark of Naphistim

 

[Borys]

No Elder Scrolls games, Borys, yet you list Zelda and Castle-freaking-vania? Pfft.

Never finished any of TES games. Arena - got out of the jail. Daggerfall - got out of the first dungeon to the snowy areas. Morrowind - you guessed it, sailed to the port and travelled to Vivec :lol that's it. Oblivion - got out of the jail killing the goblin shaman in the caves. Went to the city. The game runs @ 4 fps on my PC.

As for Zeldas and Castlevanias - I listed Fallout: Tactics and FFTA too

Shouta... :bow :bow

 

[Android18a]

SNES:
Illusion of Time
Mystic Quest Legend (lol)
Terranigma
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana (import)

Megadrive:
Soliel

PSone:
FFVII
FFIX

PS2:
FFX
FFX-2
FFXII
Star Ocean 3
Disgaea
Disgaea 2
La Pucelle
Phantom Brave
Makai Kingdom
Dragon Quest

Cube:
Tales of Symphona
Evolution Worlds (import)
Skies of Arcadia

Xbox:
Fable

X360:
Enchanted Arms
Oblivion

Thats about it. I've played a lot more than I've finished. Still waiting for PAL Grandia III release...

 

[bry-bry]

Never finished any of TES games. Arena - got out of the jail. Daggerfall - got out of the first dungeon to the snowy areas. Morrowind - you guessed it, sailed to the port and travelled to Vivec :lol that's it. Oblivion - got out of the jail killing the goblin shaman in the caves. Went to the city. The game runs @ 4 fps on my PC.

As for Zeldas and Castlevanias - I listed Fallout: Tactics and FFTA too

Shouta... :bow :bow

:lol Yeah, I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see almost everyone in this thread not list the TES games as they're pretty unfocused and long (+1 Speevy and Shouta for Morrowind.) Sure, I glossed over the Fallout and FF spin-offs; but at least their spin-offs of actual damn RPGs.

Edit: Whoops. Not familiar with Fallout Tactics at all I guess.

 

[wandering goat]

Hmm, I bet it's not too many:

1) Lunar: SSSC
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Final Fantasy VIII
4) Final Fantasy X
5) Chrono Cross
6) Xenogears
7) Dragon Quest VIII

If those are all of them, then wow. Seeing as I would consider myself an RPG fan, I guess that's not too many. There are soooo many RPGs that I've left after getting relatively far into them (SoA, Pokemons, Lunar 2, Morrowind, Xenosaga, Paper Mario: TTYD, etc.) Out of these, there's a very good chance I'll finish Chrono Trigger, which I left it at the last boss way back when it was my first RPG and never really got to that point on other playthroughs, and maybe finish FFXII. I'd like to play through all of FFVI some day too (I can't seem to play it on Gameboy, and haven't advanced since losing at that river escape part on both "playthroughs".) Still, I was planning on buying Super Paper Mario, Oblivion on PC, and Pokemon Diamond all this month. We'll see how those go. . .

 

[Borys]

Hmm, I bet it's not too many:

1) Lunar: SSSC
2) Final Fantasy VII
3) Final Fantasy VIII
4) Final Fantasy X
5) Chrono Cross
6) Xenogears
7) Dragon Quest VIII

If those are all of them, then wow. Seeing as I would consider myself an RPG fan, I guess that's not too many. There are soooo many RPGs that I've left after getting relatively far into them (SoA, Pokemons, Lunar 2, Morrowind, Xenosaga, Paper Mario: TTYD, etc.) Out of these, there's a very good chance I'll finish FFXII and Chrono Trigger (I left it at the last boss when it was my first RPG.) I'd like to play through all of FFVI some day too (I can't play it on Gameboy, and haven't advanced since losing at that river escape part on both "playthroughs".) Still, I was planning on buying Super Paper Mario, Oblivion on PC, and Pokemon Diamond all this month. We'll see how those go. . .

The biggest problem with completing RPG games is that they take too damn long to finish especially jRPGs. I've finished Metroid Prime in 11 hours, God of War in 9 FFS and your average Final Fantasy/ Dragon Warrior game takes 60 hours to complete.

 

[Wyndstryker]

Not Including Zeldas and some strategy games as some of them i don't consider as SRPGs.

Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy 2
Final Fantasy 4
Final Fantasy 5
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire 2
Lufia 1
Lufia 2
Lufia: Ruins of Lore
Soulblazer
Illusion of Gaia
Bahamuts Lagoon
Chrono Trigger
DBZ: Legend of the Super Saiyan
Earthbound
Star Ocean
Dual Orb 2
Mario RPG
Magic Knight Rayearth
Paladins Quest
Chrono Cross
Suikoden
Suikoden 2
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Dragoon
Brave Fencer Musashi
Azure Dreams
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier 2
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete
Lunar: Dragon Song
Tales of Symphonia
Growlanser 2
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: Lost Age
Baten Kaitos
Fire Emblem (the first english GBA one)
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Sealed Sword
StarTropics
Riviera: The Promised Land
Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars
Yggdra Union
Summon Knight
Summon Knight 2
Zoids Saga

55...not so bad...there's possibly more but i don't remember.

 

[Borys]

You must be the only person on the planet that beat various FF games and did NOT beat Final Fantasy 7, wow. How so?

 

[Shard]

You must be the only person on the planet that beat various FF games and did NOT beat Final Fantasy 7, wow. How so?

Well, in my case it was a lack of interest I had reached the last disc but quit after dealing with that torrid Chocobo Rasing side-quest.