Community RPG Codex Top 55 JRPGs

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Incidentally, this graphic displays the top 20 JRPGs from the first poll:

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Man, Dragon Quest 1 hit dead last in the DQ section. Apparantly quitting after finishing 2 was a bad place to stop.

 

[Eisen]

"Persona 5"

 

[TwoEdge]

DQ1 is only important because it's seminal, the series gets way better with each iteration.

 

[Dadd]

Official RPG Codex MMORPG list next?

 

[Aeschylus]

I personally approve of whatever methodology was used to land Terranigma in its rightful place.

 

[Eisen]

Official RPG Codex MMORPG list next?

1. World of Warcraft
2. ???

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I'm glad to see Sengoku Rance on the top of the list. That game is addictive. I made the mistake of starting it up again this last summer and next thing I knew I was playing it constantly for another couple of weeks. I must have sunk 100s of hours into that game.

A small gripe, but I would consider Sengoku Rance an SRPG, yet it didn't make the SRPG listing in the sub-genre lists.

I'm also glad to see Romance of the Three Kingdoms X and XII on the list. Another gem with a ton of replay value that I spent a lot of time on.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

If I were Christian I'd be holding up my cross right now.

what do you hold up instead? money?

 

[Nano]

If I were Christian I'd be holding up my cross right now.

what do you hold up instead? money?

I personally prefer using hummus for protection.

 

[somerandomdude]

There was one thing I remember about Terranigma (vaguely) that I take issue with.

politics

There was this town where you had to cast a vote for which direction you thought they should go, and the choice was basically between liberalism vs conservatism, and if you didn't pick liberalism, you actually got penalized because the city didn't grow and you'd miss out on a little bit of content. It would have been fairer had it grown in 2 separate ways, with different benefits.

 

[Ash]

Looks like I missed this. Can't say I agree with most of the top ten, but at least I learnt of Sengoku Rance. Looks like an interesting game. And at least Chrono Fucking Trigger or Final Fantasy 4 isn't in the top 10

 

[Dadd]

Rance... is Lance in Engrish isn't it

 

[Gastrick]

Also, what about Shadow Tower: Abyss? It got a fan translation, and I thought it was a pretty solid king's field-like, also made by From Software.

It had a pretty high average, but not enough people played it so it didn't make the list.

 

[Bigg Boss]

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE AGAINST MY VAGRANT STORY? HUH?

Loading times of 3-4 seconds every time you load up the menu in a very menu-heavy game.

PSP version fixed that I think.

Garbage elitist/hipster list that puts obscure games over more popular/mainstream ones just to feel smug/superior. It’s objectively wrong not to have Final Fantasy VII or X in the top 55. There aren’t 55 jrpg’s better than those.

Sengoku Rance at #1 is a pure autism take.

Also no Legend of Mana or Chrono Cross. And finally, no King’s Field is the biggest indicator that this is trash tier.

Legend of Mana sure. FF7? Overrated.

 

[Turn_BASED]

If I were Christian I'd be holding up my cross right now.

what do you hold up instead? money?

I personally prefer using hummus for protection.

How long have you been a Reddit mod

 

[Rahdulan]

This needs to propagate more online just for the outrage of people seeing Chrono Trigger placed at #51. Imagine the clicks.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I personally approve of whatever methodology was used to land Terranigma in its rightful place.

Games only Europe played?

 

[Bigg Boss]

Hey which part Ash if you do not mind?

 

[Grampy_Bone]

I personally approve of whatever methodology was used to land Terranigma in its rightful place.

I was wondering that myself, except the rightful part.

Terranigma is a fine game, but... 2nd best JRPG of all time? Eh?? I wouldn't even put it in a top 20 list. The music is nice, and it's a novel story, but the gameplay is quite basic.

Garbage elitist/hipster list that puts obscure games over more popular/mainstream ones just to feel smug/superior. It’s objectively wrong not to have Final Fantasy VII or X in the top 55. There aren’t 55 jrpg’s better than those.

Sengoku Rance at #1 is a pure autism take.

Also no Legend of Mana or Chrono Cross. And finally, no King’s Field is the biggest indicator that this is trash tier.

Definitely agree with the first statement and the second. Chrono Cross is a big whiff (44 playable characters and maybe ten of them aren't walking tropes, jokes, or deformed freaks), Legend of Mana is a tedious button masher with zero challenge, and while I love King's Field its a super niche game by any standard.

Overall the list uses some bizarre methodology. How many people here even played Shining Force 3? Or Panzer Dragoon Saga? Dark Spire is #14, rated higher than Etrian games or a million better Wizardry clones... FFS show me your DS, R4 cards, or your Citra emulators, I want to know if you actually finished that game. Unlimited SaGa is considered bad even by SaGa fans. Large number of games got limited or no western release, requiring fan patches and emulators. Ys 3 or Fire Emblem Thracia? Loool okay guys. Radiant Historia and Lost Odyssey are bland, coma-inducing snores.

First normal game on the list is Phantasy Star 4. Great title, yes, but too little too late, another game that hardly anyone played, and not responsible for defining a genre (DQ) or exploding its popularity (FF).

 

[Humanophage]

This needs to propagate more online just for the outrage of people seeing Chrono Trigger placed at #51. Imagine the clicks.

Although I am theoretically interested in any tops even for car racing games, I worry that having a prominent top of JRPGs might attract JRPG fans to the website. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.

 

[Grimlorn]

This needs to propagate more online just for the outrage of people seeing Chrono Trigger placed at #51. Imagine the clicks.

Codex is full of dumb hipsters who down voted it into oblivion.

I'm surprised it was even published. A lot of games only have about 5-10 or so votes. Nobody knew about or voted in the poll.

There's also the issue of calling Dark Souls an action game with RPG elements, but ignoring Secret of Mana series, which are exactly the same from a gameplay perspective. Player controlled movement and swinging of weapons. With levels ups and stats affecting damage done. There's just no consistency when it comes to judgment.

 

[Taxnomore]

Rance on the first position is going to do wonders for this site.

 

[HiddenX]

No The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky -> close list.

 

[Konjad]

But... why?