IGN's top 100 rpgs OF ALL TIME

[evdk]

I won't survive until the top 10, they are at #40 and my sanity rolls are already failling.... Still, I'm very suprised at ME2 on #57.

BTW, there's a claptrap on the banner, so Borderlands not only is an RPG, but is better than any game mentioned until now.

Bioware is already out of grace... they smell blood.

What do you mean? Did you forget that Bioware made the greatest RPG ever Planescape: Torment?

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Yeah, they surely smell blood that's why all the other Bioware games will be in top 20.

 

[Princess Rage]

Well, it takes on the typical quality of IGNorance's top 100 lists. I don't really understand how any sane person could think the first Final Fantasy is better than FFVIII or FFIX (or any game ranked lower than FF really).

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Don't you know? The original Final Fantasy obviously inspired Dungeons & Dragons, Wizardy and Ultima:

The most incredible aspect of the original Final Fantasy (besides that its success saved Square itself) is how heavily its influence is still being felt over 25 years later. Our parties are still full of Black Mages, Monks and Thieves. We're still summoning mythical monsters and fighting them as dungeon bosses. And of course the iconic Final Fantasy Prelude and Main Theme are at this point part of the fabric of video games themselves. Influence aside, Final Fantasy is also full of iconic moments all is own. Time travel, space travel, hidden airships and plenty more... all in one unassuming NES cart.

 

[Ermm]

Well, it takes on the typical quality of IGNorance's top 100 lists. I don't really understand how any sane person could think the first Final Fantasy is better than FFVIII or FFIX (or any game ranked lower than FF really).

Well, it was much better than FF2, that's for sure.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

There shouldn't be any Bioware games on there other than BG1-2

Actually I'd say even those are a stretch. They're extremely overrated games and have very little actual reason for being in any best ever list.

 

[RPGMaster]

EVE Online is a game filled with stories. Not ones told by Icelandic developer CCP, but ones that blossom from the exploits of the players. There is no other game in the world quite like EVE, as its impossibly deep and political universe changes with every passing moment by the real-world people that occupy it. And the stories that emerge, ones of secret wars, terrorist attacks, and elaborate bank heists, serve as a testament to EVE's rich nature. Every player in the world inhabits the "single shard" of the EVE universe, and no two journeys through the stars and space end up the same. EVE Online not only redefined our perception of RPGs but of all science-fiction.

Suck on that Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, David Duchovny!

 

[Phelot]

^
What I hate most about these articles and lists is how over the top their claims are. Rather than just telling us what was good about something they have to make these outlandish claims. "FORGET EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT SPACE."

There shouldn't be any Bioware games on there other than BG1-2

Actually I'd say even those are a stretch. They're extremely overrated games and have very little actual reason for being in any best ever list.

I'd call BG2 great and BG1 average, but yes they are over rated.

 

[Jick Magger]

Why do they ever bother with these lists? Their top ten is obviously gonna be filled with every RPG released in the past year that they gave a 10.0 to. Most likely ME3 because Bioware was kind enough to take fucking Jessica Chobot off their hands for a few months.

 

[dnf]

I find it hard to take the codex lamentations seriously. By the end of the year, this site will be infested with retarded polls discussing the best RPG of the year, with contenders like Dark Souls,Risen 2, Inquisitor, Diablo 3, Legends of Grimrock,etc... The more you broad the genre, the more retarded lists will get. You guys should know better

At least be satisfied with the oldskoll love for CRPGs that IGN gives for you Seriously, nerdbaiting is the most profitable way to gain money in these sites

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Nerdrage is for the kiddies, we're just laughing at the untermenschen.

 

[dnf]

Nerdrage is for the kiddies, we're just laughing at the untermenschen.

Lots of Rage in this thread so i dont see your point! Besides, making a retarded list and laughing at another is hipocrisy,lol!

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

^
What I hate most about these articles and lists is how over the top their claims are. Rather than just telling us what was good about something they have to make these outlandish claims. "FORGET EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT SPACE."

There shouldn't be any Bioware games on there other than BG1-2

Actually I'd say even those are a stretch. They're extremely overrated games and have very little actual reason for being in any best ever list.

I'd call BG2 great and BG1 average, but yes they are over rated.

I wouldn't put BG2 in great. It's rather, having jump from Average to Great is totally stupid. I'd put it either in Average or Good, depending on how I'm grilled about placing NWN2 OC (which on the other hand is very underrated and overbashed).

 

[Phelot]

^
What I hate most about these articles and lists is how over the top their claims are. Rather than just telling us what was good about something they have to make these outlandish claims. "FORGET EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT SPACE."

There shouldn't be any Bioware games on there other than BG1-2

Actually I'd say even those are a stretch. They're extremely overrated games and have very little actual reason for being in any best ever list.

I'd call BG2 great and BG1 average, but yes they are over rated.

I wouldn't put BG2 in great. It's rather, having jump from Average to Great is totally stupid. I'd put it either in Average or Good, depending on how I'm grilled about placing NWN2 OC (which on the other hand is very underrated and overbashed).

Well, I was just keeping with that scoring system which is a dumb one anyway. Essentially it is a scale of 1-4 with 2 being average. WTF?

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Yea, it's pretty dumb. Then again, having lists past 5 or 10 is already dumb, you just start phoning it in at that point in order to score suck-up points for the top placers fanboy crowd.

 

[GaemzDood]

I won't survive until the top 10, they are at #40 and my sanity rolls are already failling.... Still, I'm very suprised at ME2 on #57.

BTW, there's a claptrap on the banner, so Borderlands not only is an RPG, but is better than any game mentioned until now.

Bioware is already out of grace... they smell blood.

What do you mean? Did you forget that Bioware made the greatest RPG ever Planescape: Torment?

Not sure if you're joking; if you're not, Black Isle made Planescape: Torment

 

[evdk]

Not sure if you're joking; if you're not, Black Isle made Planescape: Torment

Not sure if trolling or just stupid - please, don't you think I know who made Planescape Torment? You can't really fail to recognize Gaider's superb writing.

 

[Jadeite]

Things that attract the masses are usually the highest quality in their respective era. To each his own, of course--I won't rail on the the CRPG fanatics here. I vastly prefer JRPGs, but I also like CRPGs, it's just that the majority of them have no music and were in general half a decade behind most JRPGs. Games like Lands of Lore 2 used live action photography and voice acting, which were tacky as hell, while companies like Konami were still avoiding it a decade later. Comparing the atmosphere in games like Buck Rogers, AD 2--, Alpha Centauri, Planet's Edge, Wasteland, to something like Phantasy Star is just sad, none of the former can take themselves seriously for even a second, have any strong characters, or show any emotion. None of them have sound either. I suppose gameplay is what drives CRPG lovers, and honestly I'll leave it at that. My views on it don't matter if someone's whole personality is driving them in that direction.

 

[Helly]

 

[felipepepe]

JRPGs don't even count because they're not real RPGs (save for the Megami Tensei series, Shadow Hearts 1 & 2, & Star Ocean 2). They're laid out for you and there's no decisions, consequences, skill upgrading freedom, & any actual role-playing. Also, JRPG writing is corny as hell (save for the Megami Tensei series & Lost Odyssey) & those "mature themes" that JRPG fans brag about are tacked on and don't really add any depth or meaning compared to say... Planescape: Torment. JRPG "atmosphere" (again, with the exception of Megami Tensei) is complete shit compared to games like Wasteland, Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate II, Fallout, & Wizardry (Wizardry 8's opening gameplay has great atmosphere). Lastly, how could a puny little shit in a JRPG compare to the badass Half-Orcs of Baldur's Gate?

Bro, bashing jRPGs is so easy, how can you do it so wrong? This is more a "only stuff I like is good" rant than anything else...

 

[GaemzDood]

Not sure if you're joking; if you're not, Black Isle made Planescape: Torment

Not sure if trolling or just stupid - please, don't you think I know who made Planescape Torment? You can't really fail to recognize Gaider's superb writing.

Sorry about that pretentious comment of mine, dry Internet humor comes off as believable at first glance.

 

[GaemzDood]

Things that attract the masses are usually the highest quality in their respective era. To each his own, of course--I won't rail on the the CRPG fanatics here. I vastly prefer JRPGs, but I also like CRPGs, it's just that the majority of them have no music and were in general half a decade behind most JRPGs. Games like Lands of Lore 2 used live action photography and voice acting, which were tacky as hell, while companies like Konami were still avoiding it a decade later. Comparing the atmosphere in games like Buck Rogers, AD 2--, Alpha Centauri, Planet's Edge, Wasteland, to something like Phantasy Star is just sad, none of the former can take themselves seriously for even a second, have any strong characters, or show any emotion. None of them have sound either. I suppose gameplay is what drives CRPG lovers, and honestly I'll leave it at that. My views on it don't matter if someone's whole personality is driving them in that direction.

 

[felipepepe]

It seems that July 2012 wasn't a good intake of new users...

 

[commie]

Witcher 2 on the "God Tier"? When did /v/ get so potato?

/v/ appreciates quality.

Actually quite a good list apart from a few standout 'WTF' things. Twitcher 2 of course should be in the 'great' section for the story and c&c part of roleplaying with average scores for the combat. Diablo 2 in the GOD tier? I know the Codex has it as one of the 5 games of the last decade but really. I don't know what Redemption is doing in the great tier. Cool enough story but an average Diablo type of game. Some games from average need to go up, others down, but all things considering it's a surprisingly decent list given the various hordes of fucktards on /v/.

So why exactly The Witcher 2 sucks? I haven't completed it, and I'm genuinely asking because I don't know; but I didn't feel like it was the BioWare level of decline.

It doesn't suck, but placing it on the GOD TIER is simply to much...

Yeah, even I, a raving Twitcher fanboy, don't consider it a 'God' level game. Should they keep the C&C system, make some epic story line and revamp the combat then maybe TW3 will be there.



I'm liking the token Gold Box game stuck somewhere in the middle to give the list some old-skool 'cred'.

 

[MMXI]

Things that attract the masses are usually the highest quality in their respective era. To each his own, of course--I won't rail on the the CRPG fanatics here. I vastly prefer JRPGs, but I also like CRPGs, it's just that the majority of them have no music and were in general half a decade behind most JRPGs. Games like Lands of Lore 2 used live action photography and voice acting, which were tacky as hell, while companies like Konami were still avoiding it a decade later. Comparing the atmosphere in games like Buck Rogers, AD 2--, Alpha Centauri, Planet's Edge, Wasteland, to something like Phantasy Star is just sad, none of the former can take themselves seriously for even a second, have any strong characters, or show any emotion. None of them have sound either. I suppose gameplay is what drives CRPG lovers, and honestly I'll leave it at that. My views on it don't matter if someone's whole personality is driving them in that direction.

This is what happens when you create a JRPG sub-forum. It houses a small but noisy community of irritating individuals that will grow steadily until it engulfs the Codex. Fortunately for us, Jadeite here is merely a baby, posing no threat to us and easily vanquished. But don't let victory hide the real problems festering next door, for when their numbers compare to ours they will strike out with all the oversized swords and spiky hair that they can muster.

Are you ready, Codex?