So, I decided to update my top 10 RPGs list since I have been playing a lot of the classic RPGs on PC. I still have a LOT of classics to get to, but right now here is how my top 10 would stand.
(Keep in mind these are subject to change based on my mood that particular day
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A Console-turned-PC Gamer's Top 10 RPGs of All-time!
1 -
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (PC) - This game just oozes atmosphere. I really enjoyed the choices and consequences and exploring a wonderfully detailed urban setting. The story was gripping, the dialog was the most well-written I've ever seen and the setting was well-realized. Best game I've ever played.
2 -
Chrono Trigger (SNES) - I played this game in my childhood and it was one of my first RPGs, so I have a lot of fond memories of it. It still stands up today as a great game with colorful characters, a fascinating setting and great gameplay.
3 -
Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - This game defined my childhood. Up until this game came out, I really have never seen anything like it. It blew me away then and still does today. Also the first game where the game timer clocked at 99 hours, 99 minutes and 99 seconds for months on end. An extremely memorable experience for me.
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (PC) - I'm currently playing this game and already it has made it's way into my top 5 of all-time. The great magic and loot systems, interesting characters, tactical combat and grand exploration make this one of the best games I've ever played. Probably the most nerdy and hardcore experience I can ever recall having with RPGs.
5 -
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (SNES) - The ultimate champion of tactical RPGs. This game had everything; a huge game world to explore, hours upon hours of content, well-hidden secrets, tons of characters to collect, incredible tactical combat, a high challenge level and a great story. Truly the best strategy game ever in my opinion.
6 -
Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1) - A majestic strategy RPG. With tons of secrets to uncover, from secret maps to optional companions, combined with a wonderful story and addicting gameplay, this game consumed many, many hours of my time when I was a kid. Along with Final Fantasy VII, this was one of the first games I purchased a strategy guide for after I beat the game, just to go back and do it again and find every secret!
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Morrowind (XBOX & PC) - My first open-world RPG. It completely blew me away at the time. I still remember walking into Balmora and saying to myself, "You can go in ALL of these houses?!?" Years later and I still play it for it's hand-crafted feeling and sense of exotic exploration. An all-time classic and my favorite of the Elder Scrolls games.
8 -
Suikoden (PS1) - The first game I played where you could amass a following of 108 (!) characters, complete with a home-base that changed based on who you recruited. Many of the characters were well-hidden and it took some effort to track them all down. A fantastic experience for fans of party-based RPGs.
9 -
Skyrim (XBOX 360 & PC) - The sheer immersion level that this game gave to me is unmatched by any other game on this list. Skyrim takes you to a palpable fantasy world and lets you live, eat, sleep and breathe there for countless hours of adventure. I prefer Morrowind due to it's more static and hand-crafted feeling, but Skyrim is still in my top-10 of all-time RPGs for it's immersion level and freedom factor. Oh, and mods!
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (PC) - The first in the marvelous Baldur's Gate series, this game hooked me from beginning to end with it's unique loot system, top-notch exploration with many unique encounters and a merry band of fellow adventurers to team up for your cause.
Top 5 Honorable Mentions:
Diablo (PS1 & PC) - The grandmaster of the loot-based action-RPG. Tons of monsters, tons of levels of dungeon to scour, and most importantly, tons of great LOOT! It's still a game I go back to today and play when I'm in the mood for slaying hordes of undead minions.
Inquisitor (PC) - This game certainly would have made my top 10 if I had played more of it before my old laptop crashed. A thick atmosphere in a believable, eerie world make this game a masterpiece, IMO.
Lost Odyssey (XBOX 360) - This game is just a beautiful work of art. Touching story, wonderful characters and the unusual topic of immortality are expanded upon in this console-only gem.
Suikoden 3 (PS2) - One of the few PS2 titles that I mentioned, this game delivers a great story told from 3 unique perspectives and classic Suikoden "gotta collect 'em all!" gameplay.
Gothic (PC) - Despite not making my top-10, I felt this game had one of the best open worlds I've ever experienced in gaming, in large part due to it's danger level, hand-crafted-ness and believable world.
So there you go, basically my Top-15 of all-time
. It's so hard to make a list like this but I wanted to do it so I have something to look at months or years down the road and see what has changed.
Thanks for reading
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