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#1 jasonharris48
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What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like JRPGs stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Vagrant Story
  3. Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions
  4. Tactics Ogre Let us Cling together
  5. Persona 4
  6. Persona 3 FES
  7. Final Fantasy VI

(Can't come up with a top ten now lol. I can't believe I had FFVII in the list it isn't even one of my favorite FF titles)

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#2 JPOBS
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for some reason i thought thread title said "Top 10 JPOBS" :(
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#3 Hoobinator
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FFIV has to be up there. It's one of the best and frankly overlooked FF games in the series.
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FFIV has to be up there. It's one of the best and frankly overlooked FF games in the series.Hoobinator
Yes FFIV is a good game one of the best FF's I think FF IX is overlooked to.
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#5 TriangleHard
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here is my top 10 list. (no SRPGs and ARPGs on the list to make it simple)

1. Final Fantasy VII

2. Chrono Trigger

3. Xenogears

4. Dragon Quest II

5. Panzer Dragoon Saga

6. Valkyrie Profile

7. Star Ocean

8. Suikoden V (yes I do think V is better than II)

9. Breath of Fire

10. Shadow Hearts

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#6 elite_ferns1
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FF7 is the best jrpg, but i like ten better (i was so sad)
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#7 nravasi
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1. Suikoden II

2. Final Fantasy VII

3. Chrono Cross

4. Final Fantasy VIII

5. Suikoden V

6. Final Fantasy X

7. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

8. Xenosaga Episode 1: Der Wille zur Macht

9. Suikoden III

10. Golden Sun

That's without counting SRPGs. If you count them, add Final Fantasy Tactics to spot 4

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#8 jasonharris48
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If you guys want to add SRPGs go ahead I just don't have none in my top ten
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What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

jasonharris48

Any of those non-turn based. I have never completed one because I get bored of turn based. But for me Secret of Mana on super nintendo if you count that.

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#10 O_OdazX_X
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I couldn't make a top 10 but i think Tales of Symphonia would be in there, with FFVI, IX and X and does Persona 3 count? cos I really like that game.
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#11 jasonharris48
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I should of made this clear my bad lol. You may include SRPG"S and Action_RPGS as long as they are considered JPGS. For examples A-RPGs Rouge Galaxy ( If you have bad choice in JRPG's) SRPG's like Fianal Fantasy Tatics,Disgaea.
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What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

jasonharris48

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

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#13 jasonharris48
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[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

d3thm0nkey

Any of those non-turn based. I have never completed one because I get bored of turn based. But for me Secret of Mana on super nintendo if you count that.

Yes they are all turn based Iprefer turn based over Action RPG's
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#14 Grasshopper_12
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My favorite RPG's:

  1. Super Mario RPG
  2. Dragon Warrior VII
  3. KoToR
  4. Pokemon Blue/Silver
  5. Final Fantasy VI
  6. Paper Mario: TYD
  7. Chrono Trigger
  8. Diablo II
  9. Final Fantasy IX
  10. Dragon Warrior IV
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#15 Pope_3000
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Final Fantasy VII is too overrated for me; its the equivilant of Halo to JRPGS, Final Fantasy X and Final FantasyVI in my opinion are much better, and Chrono Trigger is sick aswell.
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[QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

mjarantilla

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.
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#17 mjarantilla
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[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

jasonharris48

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

WELL BOO TO YOU!

:P

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[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

jasonharris48

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

Just to note Final Fantasy VII is overrated aswell the Final Fantasy series has much better games than VII it just has the most acclaim...

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[QUOTE="jasonharris48"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

Pope_3000

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

Just to note Final Fantasy VII is overrated aswell the Final Fantasy series has much better games than VII it just has the most acclaim...

It has the most popularity. Not really the most acclaim, I think.

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[QUOTE="Pope_3000"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

mjarantilla

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

Just to note Final Fantasy VII is overrated aswell the Final Fantasy series has much better games than VII it just has the most acclaim...

It has the most popularity. Not really the most acclaim, I think.

It has most popularity, most acclaim, and most sales in Final Fantasy franchise.

Thus, by most people it is considered best Final Fantasy game and to most it is widely considered best JRPG or even RPG of all time.

Heck, some might consider it best game ever made.

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#21 Pope_3000
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Lol so true, my bad, In my opinion my favorite would be IV for sure.
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#22 Pope_3000
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IV definately is better to any old school player of the series; VII afterwards just didnt feel as rewarding, dude play IV and you will like it more.
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#23 TriangleHard
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Lol so true, my bad, In my opinion my favorite would be IV for sure.Pope_3000

why IV?

I thought IV was quite poor with melodramatic storyline, ridiculous plot twist, and poor pacing.

Only thing IV really offered was revolutionary ATB system.

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#24 Ibacai
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1. Xenogears 2. Suikoden II 3. Chrono Trigger 4. FFIX 5. FFVII 6. FFVI 7. Super Mario RPG 8. Dark Cloud 2 9. Earthbound 10. Legend of Dragoon Honorable Mentions Suikoden III Breath of Fire III & IV DQ VII & VIII Wild Arms Lufia II : RotS Chrono Cross Grandia I & II SMT : Nocturne & P3 Phantasy Star II - IV Rogue Galaxy Dark Cloud Secret of Evermore Secret of Mana Edit : Ahhh, we can include SRPG's. Well darn, that changes my list. I'll just make a list of those that I like Shining Force I & II Disgaea II Vanguard bandits Front Mission 3 Growlanser Generations Fire Emblem SS & PoR
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#25 Pope_3000
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Dude are you serious IV that plot twist was sweet, ridiculous yes but still awesome.
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#26 TriangleHard
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Dude are you serious IV that plot twist was sweet, ridiculous yes but still awesome.Pope_3000

Awesome? That is very poorly constructed plot that makes very little sense.

Only good plot twist FFIV had was Rydia. That was good, but rest of em? Man, if Kain betrayed me one more time, I would've broken the cartridge and find the data that had Kain stored and chock it until my fingers bleed.

Overall, plot sucked and if they just cool down with dumb plot twists, it might've been better. The plot barely had a build up and constantly throwing you off with odd and ridiculous plot twists that made very little sense.

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1. Final Fantasy IX

2. Kingdom Hearts 2

3. Final Fantasy X

4. Kingdom hearts

5. Monster Hunter Series

6. Final Fantasy XI

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[QUOTE="jasonharris48"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

Pope_3000

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

Just to note Final Fantasy VII is overrated aswell the Final Fantasy series has much better games than VII it just has the most acclaim...

Yes Final Fantasy 7 is overrated but its still one of my favorite games.
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FFIV has to be up there. It's one of the best and frankly overlooked FF games in the series.Hoobinator

yeah. i had much trouble with zeromus though. his awesome music kept distratcing me from winning. :(

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  • Phantasy Star II
  • Phantasy Star IV
  • Langrisser
  • Dark Wizard
  • Shining Force III: Trilogy
  • Princess Crown
  • AZEL: Panzer Dragoon RPG
  • Dragon Force II
  • Suikoden II
  • Eternal Arcadia
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1. Ogre Battle 64

2. Chrono Trigger

3. Secret of Mana

4. Super Mario RPG

5. Lufia 2

6. Ogre Battle

7. Final fantasy Tactics

8. Brandish

9. Baten Kaitos

10. Tales of Symphonia

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[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="Pope_3000"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

TriangleHard

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

Just to note Final Fantasy VII is overrated aswell the Final Fantasy series has much better games than VII it just has the most acclaim...

It has the most popularity. Not really the most acclaim, I think.

It has most popularity, most acclaim, and most sales in Final Fantasy franchise.

Thus, by most people it is considered best Final Fantasy game and to most it is widely considered best JRPG or even RPG of all time.

Heck, some might consider it best game ever made.

Most people consider FFVII the best FF game ever because they never played any of the FFs that came before it, and the ones that came after it (except for FFXII, which people disliked for other reasons) sucked. But the ones who did play FFVI, FFV, and FFVI consider those to be the real "golden age" of Final Fantasy.

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Top 10 is too hard, but my favourite is Grandia.. Too bad no ones played it, and everyone is obsessed with ff games to try some other rpgs series/games.
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#34 RurouniSaiyajin
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My Top 10 are

1. Final Fantasy VIII

2. Kingdom Hearts II

3. Chrono Trigger

4. Final Fantasy VII

5. Breath of Fire IV

6. Odin Sphere

7. Persona 3

8. FF VI

9. Parasite Eve

10. Disgaea

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[QUOTE="TriangleHard"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="Pope_3000"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jasonharris48"]

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

mjarantilla

Any list of this type fails without Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV in the top three spots.

And FF8 doesn't deserve to shake the sand out of Kefka's boots, let alone be in the Top 10 JRPGs of all time.

Its called my opinion my opinion doesn't equal fact. Thats why its called my top ten and btw I find Chrono Trigger overrated just like every Dragon Quest game In my opinion.

Just to note Final Fantasy VII is overrated aswell the Final Fantasy series has much better games than VII it just has the most acclaim...

It has the most popularity. Not really the most acclaim, I think.

It has most popularity, most acclaim, and most sales in Final Fantasy franchise.

Thus, by most people it is considered best Final Fantasy game and to most it is widely considered best JRPG or even RPG of all time.

Heck, some might consider it best game ever made.

Most people consider FFVII the best FF game ever because they never played any of the FFs that came before it, and the ones that came after it (except for FFXII, which people disliked for other reasons) sucked. But the ones who did play FFVI, FFV, and FFVI consider those to be the real "golden age" of Final Fantasy.

I played 1 to 12 except 3.

Yes that includes FFXI.

I still consider Final Fantasy VII the best Final Fantasy and ultimately best JRPG I've ever played.

Final Fantasy IV and V suffered from very poor plots. What it provided was deep strategic battles (at least at that time)

Final Fantasy VI to me was major disappointment. It was far subpar compared to other Squaresoft titles that came out similar time period (Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, etc) Heck, it was subpar compared to Earthbound in terms of strategic battles and plot was never too concrete because it focused too much on individual character development over the main plot.

the "Golden Age" of Final Fantasy is actually VII, VIII, and IX since they sold the most. Other than that, only thing that really gets people talking about IV, V, and VI is just nostalgia factor.

Before VII, Final Fantasy series wasn't even best RPG series out there. It was Dragon Quest.

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I've played Final Fantasy 4 first I'd played them in the order as they came out to the States and beat everyone 7 story just 6 caught me the most. But FF 7 not my favorite JRPG that belongs to XenoGears.
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1. Chrono Cross
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because it focused too much on individual character development over the main plot.TriangleHard

So you're the kind of person who favors Dan Brown over John LeCarre?

Nice to know.

:P

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#39 TriangleHard
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[quote="TriangleHard"]because it focused too much on individual character development over the main plot.mjarantilla


So you're the kind of person who favors Dan Brown over John LeCarre?

Nice to know.

:P

Not really. I don't like mystery novels that much.

I actually prefer Asian novels such as Art of War, Romance of the Three Kingdom, and stuff you wouldn't know about because they aren't written in English.

Final Fantasy VI had stories that was way too broken into little pieces that none of them recieved proper attention to grow. It was like Saga Frontier. Bare to the bone stories with very little meat on it.

Also the main plot wasn't that interesting. If it wasn't for Kefka, it would've been really poor plot that tried to make it seem political initially but failed miserably.

Which is why I enjoy Matsuno's works so much due to his highly detailed political situations and character development, which all of them are fairly well planned with right pacing.

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#40 odin2019
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Let me see if I can come up with 10 for ya

1. Final Fantasy VI

2. Final Fantasy VII

3. Final Fantasy VIII

4. Final Fantasy X

5. Chrono Trigger

6. Final Fantasy Tactics

7. Super Mario Bros RPG (SNES)

8. Star Ocean The Second Story

9. Shining Force 1 or 2 (I can't remember which one I played back on Sega but it was probably 2)

10. I guess Xenogears since I really liked the story and the characters but it never really sucked me in like the other games I listed. Although I like some of the breath of fire games as well.

In my personal opinion there is only a couple of rpgs out there that I have yet to play that I would really like to play such as secret of mana, vagrant story, and I guess earthbound would a pretty interesting game. I think secret of mana would be better than shining force and xenogears though.

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#41 jasonharris48
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Cool! everybody had some very interesting lists but why does everybody bash FF7 randomly was 06-07 the year to out of nowhere bash FF7 jut to do it?
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#42 Zhengi
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1. FF VI

2. Chrono Trigger

3. Suikoden II

4. Star Ocean 2

5. Golden Sun

6. Radiata Stories

7. Dragon Warrior IV

8. Lufia II

9. Skies of Arcadia

10. Phantasy Star IV

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#43 myke2010
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What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

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The fact that FF8 is in your top 10 made a little part of me die inside, but the fact that you had Xenogears at #1 redeemed you. 1. Final Fantasy Tactics 2. Xenogears 3. Skies of Arcadia 4. Chrono Trigger 5. Final Fantasy 6 6. Grandia 2 7. Star Ocean 8. Final Fantasy 7 9. Secret of Mana 10. Tales of Symphonia
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#44 Hangman550
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Here's my Top ten (in no particular order)

-Ogre Battle (GBA)

-Xenogears

-Grandia series (special place in my heart)

-Almost anything to do with Final Fantasy

-Lunar series

-Dragon Warrior (NES... first console rpg as a child)

-Suikoden series

-Star Ocean

-Zelda (if we consider it to be an action rpg)

-Thousand Arms (again this one has a special place in my heart)

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#45 Zenkuso
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Your a hugh shin megami tensei fan ^_^ Unfortunately no matter how many times these lists are created everyone is different, my list would be entirely a psone lineup considering I think modern rpgs are lifeless.
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#46 -RPGamer-
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No order (and based off current mood):

  • Xenogears (PSX)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)
  • Chrono Trigger (SNES)
  • Seiken Densetsu III (Super Famicom)
  • Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
  • Vagrant Story (PSX)
  • Suikoden II (PSX)
  • Star Ocean The Second Story (PSX)
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (PS2)
  • Grandia (Saturn)
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[QUOTE="Hoobinator"]FFIV has to be up there. It's one of the best and frankly overlooked FF games in the series.jasonharris48
Yes FFIV is a good game one of the best FF's I think FF IX is overlooked to.

I disagree 100%.

I considerFFIV to be one of the worst FF titles (not that it's bad). No other FF leads you by the hand like IV. No other FF shoe horns you into cookie cutter development system (that lacks any choices), that is actually just a back ground development system for almost allthe rest of the FF franchise.

Sorry but the jump in plot telling just isn't enough for me with that title (which was it's only star feature over the past iterations).

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#48 Cassius128
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Srpgs 1.Der langrisser 2.Shinning force 2 3.Dark wizard 4.Bahamut lagoon 5.Kartia 6.Growlanser 2 7.Tactics ogre knights of lodis 8.Wesnoth(freeware pc) 9.Ogre battle 10.Final fantasy tactics(I can't stand its engrish but the job system is fun)
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#49 TriangleHard
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Srpgs 1.Der langrisser 2.Shinning force 2 3.Dark wizard 4.Bahamut lagoon 5.Kartia 6.Growlanser 2 7.Tactics ogre knights of lodis 8.Wesnoth(freeware pc) 9.Ogre battle 10.Final fantasy tactics(I can't stand its engrish but the job system is fun)Cassius128

Final Fantasy Tactics does have one of the worst translation work I've ever seen.

But if you can look for it, it does have one of the best story you've ever seen.

I'm waiting for PSP version hoping the fixed the translation of the game.

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#50 Bdking57
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good list.... but wait for all the casual and noob jrpg players to want more final fantasy. Persona 3 is easily one of the greatest JRPGs ever.... Atlus pretty much dominates in this category.

What are your favorite JRPG's( Lets discuss) If you don't like stay out the forum.

  1. XenoGears (PS1)
  2. Final Fantasy 7
  3. Persona 3
  4. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
  5. Final Fantasy 6
  6. Persona 2 : EP
  7. Megaten: Digital Devil Saga 1
  8. Megaten: DDS 2
  9. Persona 1
  10. Final Fantasy 8

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