What is the best RPG of all time?

[Cap'n 1time]

you and your mainstream RPGs.. SHADOW RUN IS THE CHAMPION!
Bahamut Lagoon was next.. And I liked FF2/4. I loved Mario RPG when I was young.

Chrono Trigger, ToP, Secret Of Mana, etc I never got into.
and I never played the megadrive version.. is it any differant ?

Oh. the only rpg that is worthy of mentioning next to SHADOW RUN- is Act Raiser.

Shadow Run and Act Raiser. they are the only two classic RPG's worth mentioning in my book- mainly because they both did somthing that hadnt been done before... and made it work.

[xuphorz]

could you add my rpg to that list?

[shadowprophet]

could you add my rpg to that list?

I havnt played your game yet. But in the sake of fairness,
If everyone had played it and agreed that it was the best, I would gladly hail it as the best rpg of all time xuphorz

[quzar]

i don't think chrono trigger is the holy grail, i never had a snes, but i did play most of it in a snes emu about 5 years ago, i thought it was very good (i thought i went on for too long ,but i turned out i stop playing just before the end! )

also i have not played any of thoses other rpgs

well, it's for three reasons that it is considered a holy grail-ish game. 1) It is relatively rare. Not many were made compared to other RPGs for the SNES. 2) It was one of the first to do side-stories and extra features well (New Game+, 20+ different endings, more characters than can be in your party, non-linear action[although there is a mostly linear story]) 3) It was as good if not better in other areas than its contemporaries. The score was excellent, the 'i started off as just a kid' idea was played out very well, and the worlds, situations, enemies and allies were all great and varied.

Also, it is shorter than most of it's contemporaries (as long as you don't try fancy stuff).

[orochi uali]

Best Fighting System: Grandia (2)
Best Puzzles and new Ideas (think of the ability of reading people's minds): Golden Sun
Most interesting game world, sidequests and story: Final Fantasy VII

...and yes, I didn't play Chrono Trigger (untill now)

[Kaiser]

I had trouble deciding. Though final Fantasy VIII wasn't the greates RPG it was the first one I had really sat down and finished. I'm not much of an RPG lover but this game I have fond memories of. Then I tried FInal Fantasy X, the story was just great and every character was well developed however I found it way easier then say FFVIII also hell of a lot shorter. Of the two RPGs I actually finished I would go for FFX.

Haha I got a Kingdom Hearts save on my memory card from 2002 I should really finish that game.

[shadowprophet]

I had trouble deciding. Though final Fantasy VIII wasn't the greates RPG it was the first one I had really sat down and finished. I'm not much of an RPG lover but this game I have fond memories of. Then I tried FInal Fantasy X, the story was just great and every character was well developed however I found it way easier then say FFVIII also hell of a lot shorter. Of the two RPGs I actually finished I would go for FFX.

Haha I got a Kingdom Hearts save on my memory card from 2002 I should really finish that game.

I loved kingdom hearts. But after one wades through all the final fantasy stuff, your left with just an above average rpg with good graphics.

On a side note, I cant wait for final fantasy VII advant children to come out.
i know its just a move,But come on its gotta be way better then spirets within.

Hell what am I talking about the cut scenes from star craft where better then spirets within, And I didnt even like star craft all that much.

[shadowprophet]

Nobodies voted in a long time.
I wonder if its time to add up the score?
So far chrono triggers winning
So if you guys dont want chrono trigger to be the best Rpg of all time,
people should start voteing

[krowstrife]

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I never played the megadrive version.. is it any differant ?

the megadrive version is really different, i like the snes one but i just kept getiing stuck, i think i found someones apartment then got stuck, you know the was oneof the only games that scared me,that and fatal rewind for megadrive, i talking about when i was a kid

well you should check out the megadrive version, see if you like it

[kingbuzzo]

I like earthbound a lot more than chrono trigger. and I like shenmue more than anything!