Best Games by Popularity
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Final Fantasy VII
- Release Date: Sep 3, 1997
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Never before have technology, playability, and narrative combined as well as in Final Fantasy VII. Read the Review
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Final Fantasy VIII
- Release Date: Sep 7, 1999
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Cast all fears aside: the latest Final Fantasy is the greatest game ever to bear the name. Read the Review
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Final Fantasy IX
- Release Date: Nov 13, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Final Fantasy IX serves as a coda to the series as you know it - it's a summation of everything that players have enjoyed about the past ten years of Final Fantasy games. Read the Review
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Chrono Cross
- Release Date: Aug 15, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Chrono Cross may not have had the largest budget, but it has the largest heart. Read the Review
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Metal Gear Solid
- Release Date: Oct 21, 1998
- Gentre: Modern Action Adventure
You are Snake, a government agent on a mission to regain control of a secret nuclear weapons base from terrorist hands. Read the Review
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The Legend of Dragoon
- Release Date: Jun 11, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
While it's a good first try, Sony's inexperience with the genre shows through, resulting in a highly generic RPG with some out-of-this-world FMV. Read the Review
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Digimon World
- Release Date: May 23, 2000
- Gentre: Strategy
Digimon World isn't for everyone - only dedicated Digimon fans or fans of the monster-raising genre need apply. Read the Review
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Silent Hill
- Release Date: Jan 31, 1999
- Gentre: Horror Action Adventure
Konami's first entry in the horror genre - while not quite up to the mark of Capcom's Resident Evil 2 - is a great beginning. Read the Review
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Release Date: Oct 2, 1997
- Gentre: 2D Platformer
Quite possibly the best 2D action side scroller ever. Read the Review
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Digimon World 3
- Release Date: Jun 5, 2002
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Even with its budget-minded pricing, Digimon World 3 is at best an average role-playing game that will appeal only to fans of the greater Digimon franchise. Read the Review
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Xenogears
- Release Date: Oct 20, 1998
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Xenogears' reliance on story, subtlety, and mood make it Square's most anime-like RPG thus far, in many ways making the game one of its best. Read the Review
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2002
- Gentre: Card Battle
Being able to play with all the physical cards you own makes this game the ideal companion piece for avid collectors who want to see their cards duke it out in 3D. Read the Review
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Grand Theft Auto 2
- Release Date: Oct 25, 1999
- Gentre: Modern Action Adventure
Even though the gameplay is largely the same as in the previous GTA, it's still a lot of fun. Read the Review
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Final Fantasy Tactics
- Release Date: Jan 28, 1998
- Gentre: Fantasy Turn-Based Strategy
Role-playing games don't get a whole lot better than Final Fantasy Tactics. Read the Review
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Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
- Release Date: Jul 31, 1997
- Gentre: 2D Fighting
Dragon Ball Final Bout is a poor excuse for a fighting game. Read the Review


