IGN's top 100 rpgs OF ALL TIME

[FeelTheRads]

it's just that the majority of them have no music

 

[canakin]

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?

 

[Ermm]

I've noticed that CRPG fans on IGN are saying ''Ultima VII so low? It's my favorite game but I am okay with it'' and JRPG fans are ''LEGEAND OF DRAGOON SO LOW? EAT SHIT YOU BASTARDS. I'LL KILL YOUR BABIES. FUCK, SHIT, YEAH, FUCK.''

hmmm there is a fine line here... I would say X-COM is about as much of an RPG as Mass Effect 2.

0.o MY FAVORITE GOD DAMN RPG IS 97TH! -rage flips table- -punches horse in the face with a baby-

Freedom Force is ranked higher than Final Fantasy X? Nothing is right with the world.

When I first looked at this, I was outraged, I misread it as FF 7, not FF 8. If it HAD been FF 7 all the way at 97... someone somewhere was going to die...

Mass Effect will either be number 1 or top ten, so will FFVII. Pokemon Red & Blue. Either way I'm excited. I love it when IGN does their top 100 lists =)

WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!! THIS CAN NOT BE THIS HIGH ON THE LIST. FIRST YOU PUT KH1 IN #84 AND NOW YOU PUT THIS ONE IN THE #68!!! THERE IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THE PEOPLE DOING THIS LIST.

After reading 100-41, I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

 

[canakin]

The real atrocity here is listing Rpgs with japanese shit in the same place.

 

[hoverdog]

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.

'sup drog

 

[dnf]

The real atrocity here is listing Rpgs with japanese shit in the same place.

No diferent than putting a hack and slash alongside a single player turn based rpg, or a real time with pause rpg, etc...

 

[Orma]

:declining: According to IGN Jade Empire and Morrowind are better games than FALLOUT.

 

[canakin]

So where were we at?

40 - Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
39 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
38 - Phantasy Star II
37 - Guild Wars
36 - Shining Force II
35 - Pokemon Black/White
34 - Fallout
33 - Ultima Online
32 - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
31 - Neverwinter Nights
30 - Jade Empire
29 - Dragon Warrior
28 - Fallout 2
27 - Dragon Quest VIII
26 - Ultima IV
25 - Deus Ex
24 - Baldur's Gate
23 - Phantasy Star Online
22 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
21 - Super Mario RPG

Super Mario RPG is better than Fallout, you heard it here folks! give me strength

 

[MMXI]

Hahaha. Check out the picture for Ultima Underworld. They have a fucking picture of an Ultima Online expansion pack. Just fuck off IGN.

 

[sser]

Holy fucking Christ that got out of hand fast.

 

[Average Manatee]

cmon, this has to be trolling. No one this dumb about RPGs can put this much effort into making themselves look bad, right?

 

[thesoup]

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

SUBHUMAN SCUM

That is why we can't have good things

legendary Todd Howard

 

[felipepepe]

Fallout 1 at #34 and 2 at #28? Deus Ex at #25? All behind fucking Oblivion on #22... I'm lost for words...

 

[Jick Magger]

I personally just fucking gave up on the list and disregarded any opinion the listmakers had the moment they put Fable II in a list of 'greatest' anythings that weren't 'greatest disappointment' or 'greatest lie made by Peter Molyneux'..

 

[commie]

Oblivion didn't make the top ten? There's hope for them yet!

 

[Executer]

Jade Empire, well I guess it's better than the NWN OC.

 

[felipepepe]

Now it's easy, the rest of the list is probably:

Mass Effect 1,
Mass Effect 3,
Borderlands,
Arcanum (I fucking hope),
Dark Souls,
Skyrim,
Baldur's Gate 2,
Final Fantasy 7,
Final Fantasy 6,
Diablo II,
World of Warcraft,
Final Fantasy Tactics,
KotoR 1,
KotoR 2,
Pokemon Red & Blue (or Gold & Silver),
Tales of the Abyss,
Chrono Trigger,
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne,
Earthbound,
Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

 

[Commander Xbox]

So where were we at?

40 - Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
39 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
38 - Phantasy Star II
37 - Guild Wars
36 - Shining Force II
35 - Pokemon Black/White
34 - Fallout
33 - Ultima Online
32 - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
31 - Neverwinter Nights
30 - Jade Empire
29 - Dragon Warrior
28 - Fallout 2
27 - Dragon Quest VIII
26 - Ultima IV
25 - Deus Ex
24 - Baldur's Gate
23 - Phantasy Star Online
22 - Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
21 - Super Mario RPG

Super Mario RPG is better than Fallout, you heard it here folks! give me strength

well it looks like the got rid of their token old school rpgs in this part, with oblivion beating all of them

prepare for full retard top 10 lmao

 

[Stinger]

What a shame.

 

[Deitti]

this list is pure comedy gold.

 

[Grimlorn]

This list reads like all the ign editors/staff got together and listed their favorite 20-50+ RPGs and they ran out of RPGs to list and just started listing a bunch of random RPGs they heard about or were popular. That's why you have some CRPGs at the bottom getting a few votes but popular shit that sucks at the top.

Dragon Warrior was the first RPG I played and even I know (even with the nostalgia) that it doesn't belong on any top RPG list.

 

[Jick Magger]

This list reads like all the ign editors/staff got together and listed their favorite 20-50+ RPGs and they ran out of RPGs to list and just started listing a bunch of random RPGs they heard about or were popular.

Well that's what happens when you try to do a top 100 for any medium that's been around for less than 25 years. Eventually you'll have to settle for placeholders.

 

[commie]

This list reads like all the ign editors/staff got together and listed their favorite 20-50+ RPGs and they ran out of RPGs to list and just started listing a bunch of random RPGs they heard about or were popular.

Well that's what happens when you try to do a top 100 for any medium that's been around for less than 25 years. Eventually you'll have to settle for placeholders.

I don't know, I certainly could find enough decent RPG's to fit a 'top 100' list to leave most of the shit on this list out in the cold. Hell, the dozen or so Gold Box games are better than most of the stuff on this list alone.

 

[Comrade Goby]

lol Oblivion.

lol Pokemon.

And Deus Ex at 25? Cmon man.

Although side note. Yall niggas at the codex care to much about subgeneres with your splitting of rpgs.

Quit being hipsters