Best RPG's ever made

[Messugga]

Quest for Glory was also an awesome series from Sierra, if memory serves.

Ultima Underworld was also fantastic at the time.

 

[Kerrrang!]

My favourites:

Planescape:Torment
BG1 and 2
NWN 1
Gothic 2
FF7 + 12
Persona 4
The Witcher
Demon's Souls
ME2

 

[XineoX]

Chrono Trigger/Cross is legendary and as you said, an absolute classic.
Breath of Fire, Suikoden, Final Fantasy (X and X-2 were awful), Shadow Hearts, Disgaea, Tales of-- , Persona and... so many more I can't quite put my finger on right now... were all amazing games each with their own special cult following

I loved the Shadow Hearts series...

Final Fantasy X-2 I can still remember my 100% completion ruined by a stupid glitch before the concert on thunder plains, in the words of Rikku "Oh poopie". The funny thing is I don't even remember why I wanted to get 100% on that crap game Now Shadow Hearts I must play I haven't heard of it

I've had my fair share of Final Fantasy, Persona, Phantasy Star and even all those old Sierra games But what swings it for me with the newer games is that the storytelling is predominantly done via cut-scenes, and not having to read 1000s of lines of text (time is of the essence as you grow older ).

Also for the games that have combat sequences, I like having the ability of having direct input in the combat sequences. With turn-based combat, you kinda have to hit-and-hope as it requires little skill from the players themselves. It somehow makes me feel a bit detached from the action.

I agree 110% I'm happy the way RPG's are evolving and must admit I find some newer games better than the old. I just think we should look back and remember the hours we poured into our favourite RPG's back in the day. The last remnant from square soft actually felt awkard because the controls and battle style weren't as easy as "cast Firga on that weird looking elf dude", but after you got used to it you were killing things left and right. That's how things are going on the gaming side you either adapt or you die.

Now with that being said I must add that I think when it comes to RPG releases nintendo GBA & NDS are king - The World Ends With You is still one of my favourite

 

[greggpb]

balders gte series..
Betrayal at Krondor