Non-sanctioned RPG Codex Top 50 Console RPGs - Vote thread only

I can't even name 25 JPRG... so I'll just list those I enjoyed

1. SMT: Nocturne
2. SMT: Persona 4
3. Dark Cloud
4. Digimon World 2003 (*)
5. Final Fantasy X
6. Final Fantasy XII
7. Summoner 2

(*) LolEurope edition of Digimon World 3 for all intents and purposes.

And that's... pretty much it...
I really need to play Chrono Trigger and Vagrant story some day...

 

Bahamut Lagoon
Final Fantasy 6 (SNES)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
Lufia 2: Rise Of The Sinistrals
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
Romancing SaGa 3
Shin Megami Tensei 1 (SNES)
SMT: Persona 2
Shadowrun (Genesis)
Shadowrun (SNES)
Summoner
Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis
Tales of Phantasia (SNES)
Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons
Xenogears

 

Threads of Fate
Shin Megami Tensei
SMT: Nocturne
SMT: Strange Journey
SMT: Devil Survivor
The Dark Spire
Etrian Odyssey 3
Final Fantasy V
FInal Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light
Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land
SaGa Frontier
Shadowrun (SNES)
Shadow Tower
Shadow Tower Abyss
King's Field 4
Dark Souls
Knights in the Nightmare
Atelier Totori
The World Ends With You
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (as always, I blame Black Cat)
Infinite Space
Rondo of Swords

Honorable mention: Touhou Mother
(But it's on the PC so it doesn't count)

And many more that I can't recall off the top of my head.

 

Two pages. A single vote for Infinite Space. What can be said?

This is my list. If possible I will edit it as I have the time.

Hungry Ghosts.
Infinite Space.
Shadow Tower Abyss.
Folklore.
Resonance of fate.
Dark souls.
The world ends with you.
Rhapsody: A musical adventure.
Final Fantasy X-II.
Xenosaga.
Baroque.

 

Since it's console popamole and JRPGs...


Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VIII
Lufia 2
Suikoden 2
Wild Arms 3
Vagrant Story
Fire Emblem
Dark Souls
Demon's Souls
Front Mission 3
Parasite Eve
Disgaea
Valkyria Chronicles
Shining Force
Shining in the Darkness
Xenogears
Shadow Hearts
Knights of the Old Republic
Alpha Protocol
Mass Effect
Deus Ex (the original, not HR)
Puzzle Quest

 

FF Tactics
Suikoden 2
Vagrant Story
Chrono Cross
Xenogears
SMT Persona 3 FES
SMT Persona 4
SMT Persona 2
Legend of The Dragoon
Front Mission 1
Front Mission 3
Front Mission 5
Earthbound
Secret of Mana
Romancing SaGa 3
Dragon Quest 5
Breath of Fire 2
7th Saga 2
Terranigma
Live A Live
Star Ocean 1
Phantasy Star 4
Treasure of Rudras (Rudras no Hihou)

That's all for now

 

Xenogears
Final Fantasy Tactics
Castelvania: SotN
Miracle Warriors
Y's: The Vanished Omen
The Granstream Saga

 

Final Fantasy 12
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy 8
FF tactics
Final Fantasy Legend
Seiken Densetsu 3
Vagrant Story
Chrono Cross
Dragon Quest 8
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star 2
Phantasy Star 4
Ys I and II Complete/Eternal (Windows version)
Ys: Oath in Felghana
Lunar: SIlver Star Story Complete
Suikoden
Demons Souls
Dark Souls
Wizardry V (SNES)
Wizardy: TotFL
Shining Force 2
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls

Really surprised no one else has any of the Lunar games.

 

Final Fantasy Tactics
Xenogears
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Phantasy Star
Suikoden
Grandia
Chrono Trigger
Tales of Phantasia
Final Fantasy 6
SaGa Frontier

 

Xenogears
Chrono Trigger
Baten Kaitos: Origins
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Terranigma
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Uh? I'm pretty sure they didn't cut it, the only small censoreship are Hitler and the "Gay Student" at the Kasugayama. Beside, the "romance" is just a contact option.

 

Oh, well, I wouldn't know- I haven't played the PSP version and can only go by hysteric internet hearsay.

 

The turnout for Xenogears is more than I expected. Cool beans; didn't think too many others had an appreciation for that one. At the time of its release, I remember people bitching about how long it was, and that it wasn't another Final Faggasy game.

Also, looking back, I probably garnered enough enjoyment out of FF8 and 6 to add them to my list, but I can't edit my post, so yeah. Put me down for those two, too. Or not. Ain't no thang.

 

FF 7-10, 12, Tactics.

lol only weaboo i've played.

Would only really want to put 9 and tactics on the list though. 9 seemed to capture the feel of what FF tries to be best and tactics is actually good on its own. Maybe 12, had good combat, even though I would have liked sticking with turn-based more, but was basically glorified singleplayer mmo.

 

Adjust my list to include golden sun. Playing it now, and it seems pretty complex (for what it is).

 

Edited my list and I included Baldur's Gate PSOne unreleased version that was almost finished and is floating on net (the REAL DEAL, not a spin-off crap).

Also added Diablo, because it was released on console.

Problem?

(Also, if anyone likes first Might&Magic, it was released on NES, as well as Sir-Tech's Wizardry 1-2 for NES, Might&Magic 2 for SNES, M&M 3 for SNES, Ultima Underworld for Playstation).
Surely, they are some of the best console RPG's.

 

Rasputin, I like to think that you're smart enough to note that there is a HUGE difference from BG as a fully patched mouse & keyboard PC game and BG as a PSONE beta, played with a psx controller. They are not the same game, at all. Deus Ex had a PS2 release as well, that meant that most areas were divived in 2 or 3 parts, the UI was completly retarded and it had a massive, unremovable auto-aim that turned ever shot into headshot. If you also think it was a great game, ad it as well.

I am hoping that the rest of the voter will be smart enough to understand the difference and make your vote pointless, but if not, well, it's still a portrait of the Codex tastes...

As for games like Wizardry & Might and Magic on consoles, yeah, they actually were very good.

 

There was this Japanese game where first went through the game as a stereotypical hero then came back as a nobody and retraced your steps. Does anyone know the name of that?

 

I played Baldur's Gate on a PSOne console. It didn't sacrificed anything in terms of content, only it's a bit slower (obviously it needed optimizing) and graphics are somewhat worse. Otherwise, it's 1:1 copy of PC version (except graphics), and you can play it from start to finish. There are some very noticeable bugs, but you may or may not encounter them.

 

FF 1-4, 6, 13, Adventure
KOTOR 1-2
Jade Empire
Fable: TLC
Chrono Trigger
LIVE-A-EVIL
Zelda ALttP, OoA (don't know if it counts but love both), OoT, MM (my brother, dad, and I finished it together).
Dark Souls (loved what little I did play on a rental)
Pokemon BLUE (BEATS FREAKING RED!), GOLD, Stadium (makes fighting with your personally raised team WIN!)

Forgot one of my favorites: Phantasy Star 1

 

Edit: oops, vote thread only. Sorry.

Protip: refrain from spamming the djinn during battle, they're unbalanced as fuck and can make any battle a cakewalk (double defense for five turns with no drawbacks other than minor stats penalty, for example).

Planescape: Torment

gonna need more details, bro

 

No specific order.

Chrono Trigger
FF 4
FF 5
FF 6
Seiken Densetsu 3
Breath of Fire 2
Dragon Quest 5
Lufia 1
Lufia 2
Tales of Phantasia
Star Ocean
Tactics Ogre: Let's something together I forget
Shining Force 1
Shining Force 2

I'd include Breath of Fire 1 but the soundtrack is so annoying I could barely replay it recently. Although somehow I managed to finish it again. Someone said Parasite Eve, which when I borrowed someones Play Station for a week was the only game worth playing, but was it really RPGy? I forget I forget again. Weird and engaging but seem to remember being more of a mystery adventure with shootans.

 

Dark Souls
FF 12
FF 6
Phantasy Star 4
Breath Of Fire 3
Suikoden V
Disgaea: Hour Of Darkness
Persona 4
Skies Of Arcadia
Grandia 2
Dark Alliance 1+2
Champions Of Norath

Kotor 1+2
Morrowind GOTY Ed.


PS: There's tons of shit I haven't played.

 

You have stats, levels, magic powers, and lots of gear/loot.

 

Vagrant Story (I would give all of my votes to this game if I could)
Valkyria Chronicles
Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons
FFVI
FFX (best battle system trumps gimmicky leveling system)
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (loses einherjar development, but the branching story approach is done really well)
Shadowrun (SNES)
Shadowrun (Genesis)
Chrono Trigger

Honorable mentions for terrific games that are almost rpgs to me, but not quite rpg-ish to vote for
Demons' Souls
Dark Souls
Castlevania:SotN
Faxanadu