IGN's Top 25 JRPGs of all Time:

25 - Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne
24 - Breath of Fire 3
23 - Golden Sun
22 - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
21 - Lost Odyssey
20 - Star Ocean The Second Story
19 - Bravely Default 2
18 - Live A Live
17 - Tales of Vesperia
16 - Kingdom Hearts 2
15: -Grandia 2
14- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
13 - Xenogears
12 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
11 - Octopath Traveler 2
10 - The Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
9 - Pokémon Gold & Silver
8 - Suikoden 2
7 - Earthbound
6 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
5 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
4 - Metaphor ReFantazio
3 - Final Fantasy X
2 - Persona 5 Royal
1 - Chrono Trigger

youtube.com/watch?v=PWnyL3C535k

Thought?

BD2, not BD

FFX, not FFXII

octopath

really?

TRAILS GOD WE WON

Where’s Clair Obscure: Expedition 33?

no Xenoblade 2

Xenoblade 3 on the list at all

Trash

Persona 5 and Metaphor deserved better

I agree with Chrono Trigger.

2 has the lowest scores in the franchise.

KAMIGE SUPREME -- HEAVEN'S THRONE -- GOD OF GODS TIER:

Final Fantasy VIII

god tier:

Front Mission Alternative

HIRED · EXPLORER

Lesser Mern

Black Matrix

Hiouden: Legend of the Scarlet King

Elona+

Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song/2/3

Baroque

Brandish 1/2/3/4

pedit5 + rogue + ADOM

Lunatic Dawn Odyssey/2/3/4

Zill O'll + M&M4

Adventures of Hourai High

Bounty Sword Double Edge

The Genius of the Sappheiros

Oreshika + Wizardry 5,6,7

Elminage Gothic

Velldeselba Senki

Knights in the Nightmare

Unlimited SaGa

Bealphareth

Ruin Arm

Whizz

Angband + nethack + Sil-Q

Soul and Sword

Linda Cube

Gunparade March

Uncharted Waters 2

Ultima Ratio Regnum

Daikoukai Jidai Gaiden

"I actually play vidya" Tier:´

Arc the Lad trilogy

Vandal Hearts 1/2

Amaranth series

Berwick Saga + M&M6

Valkyrie Profile 1/2

Star Ocean 1 + 2 + 3

Live a Live

Xanadu NEXT

SaGa Frontier 1/2 + Romancing SaGa 1 + SaGa 1+2 (GB) + SaGa 2+3 (DS)

Legend of Mana + Wild Card

Threads of Fate

Chocobo Dungeon

Digan No Maseki

Marl Kingdom

Azure Dreams

Vanguard Bandits

Caves of Qud + DCSS + DoomRL+ Brogue + HellMOO

Kartia

Digimon World

Der Langrisser IV/V

Growlanser

Yggdra Union

Front Mission 2

SRW F Final/ @ / @ Gaiden

Popolocrois

Vantage Master

Metal Max

King's Field games/Shadow Tower

Laplace's Demon

Racing Lagoon

Meme tier:

Legend Of Dragoon

MOON remix

Beyond the Beyond

Persona + SMT games

low IQ tier:

Suikoden 1/2 + 7th Saga

FF2/5/11

Tactics Ogre

Dragon Quest 3/5/7/11

Vagrant Story

Brave Fencer Musashi

Front Mission 3

Breath of Fire 1/2/3/4

Wild ARMs 1 & 2

Digimon

Tales of Phantasia/Destiny2

Babby tier (AVOID!):

Elden Ring/Pokéfaggotry/Zelda/Mario/Sonic/EarthBound/Undertale/Deltarune

TES/ME/FO/Witcher/Divinity

Souls+Lagoon+Yakuza

FF1/3/4/6/7/9/10/12/13/14/15/7R + Tactics + Advance + A2

Legend of Legaia +Pathologic 1/2

Lunar + Lufia 1/2 + Shadowrun

Chrono Cross/Trigger

Xenogears+Xenoblade+Ys1/2/3/4/6/8/9

DQ1/2/4/6/8/9/10

P5R is at #2

FF7 doesn’t even make the list

Yes, good riddance

thats a FRPG

There's clearly a rule of only one game per franchise and it seems they preferred FFX.

Golden Sun

Pokemon Gen 2

Final Fantasy X

those are the only games on this list that I've played. Is there anything I'm seriously missing out on?

Didn’t read

FFVI and Chroni Trigger are soi choices

Incredibly shit taste

contrarianism - the tier-list

It's obvious you just put anything remotely popular into bottom tier to stroke your own ego

Based

no the Last Remnant

shit list

persona 5

People still pretending this is good?

Who fucking cares about this shit? Kys

did they only pick one game per series because at least 5 slots would be taken by FF?

Story wise I agree, Chrono Trigger has a less impactful story, but playing both in 2025 CT's gameplay is a lot better and it doesn't feel dated at all

pretty good list desu

Obviously contrarian as someone said but whoever wrote this obviously knows a lot more about vidya than IGN

and even if it's bait it hurts me to see Brave Fencer Musashi in Low IQ tier

Ff8 is so fucking dogshit and it only gets worse with time

zelda

rpg

low iq brownie

holy mother of contrarians

I kneel

grandia 2 plays nothing like any of the others. Its also weird to see it there since its story while amusing is super generic and most of the game is carried by its gameplay which does eventually get tiresome by the last dungeon

Looks like a fairly standard JRPG list. What's surprising here? Nocturne has picked up enough popularity to barely make it on?

Millennial guy born ~1990 JRPGs: The List

How the fuck are people still falling for this pasta?Did you guys start using Anon Babble like a week ago?

Was there a hard rule to only choose one game per series? cause choosing ni no kuni over dragon quest VIII is criminal.

CT is nice and brisk, but I think I would rather replay alot of other rpgs over it

Is this only one per franchise or something?

BASED.

persona 1 is the only good persona

Cringe

3 - Final Fantasy X

You know what?
I fully agree with X being the best one in the saga.
I though that 9 was the best, but after playing both of them last year I have to say that X has improved with age a lot, while 9 feels janky and old as fuck.

hello mr. AI bot. Can you elaborate why Expedition is the better game? But please use full sentence structure and refrain from relegating to phrases such as "it's just good," or "It's a masterpiece", because those opinions are kind of worthless arent they?

Good thread

this is so bad i am adding IGN to my filter

FFXChads wins again. It should have been the 1st place btw

No Expedition 33

Seems like game journalists are smart enough to not say that a WRPG (French) is a JRPG

They are already 100% more smart than the average gamer.

FFVII is better than all of those.

I haven't played either 9 or 10, but I recently played og 7 and loved it. Would you say 9 and 10 are better or on par in terms of story and characters?

It sucks that ff8 is such a slog to replay because I like the music, story and themes but they're just not enough to carry spam-Attack-for-40-hours

10 is a masterpiece anon, it's when final fantasy peaked.

FFVII is better than all of those.

You've got me all giddy like a little bastard now I can't wait to play it

claims to be contrarian

still gets filtered by dragon quest

How is it a masterpiece when its borderline a movie game?

Most of gaming pillars in FFX are shallow, the level design is a straight line, the gameplay is so basic, the rpg mechanics are paper thin and controls are an afterthought.

If all it takes for a game to be masterpiece is for it to have a lot of cutscenes and emotional story then gaming is doomed.

Name 10 things that FFX does exceptionally well

dragon quest is literally normalfag-tier

Go for it anon, you will love it. Also, it probably has the best OST of the franchise.

In order.

Good

Good

Good

Ok

Based

Good

Fuck off

Based

Based

Based

Ok

Great

Based

Ok

Ok

Great

Great

Based

Good

Great

Ok

Ok

Based

Kys

Great

You just know this isn't their opinion.

normalfag site makes a normalfag list

and?

I'm about to download Vagrant Story after I beat Parasite Eve. What am I in for bros?

Need a top 25 WRPG list too
WRPG spergs will hang themselves if their ultra niche menu simulator is not at the top it will be too funny to miss out on their meltdown.

3 - Final Fantasy X

FF10 is unironically the worst of the ps1/ps2 era FF games. Even 8 was more interesting to play. 10 just had the best graphics.

retards seething for the simply mention of Persona 5

EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.

You are supposed to refine Tents to Curagas, junction hem to your HP, keep your current HP in yellows and spam Limit Breaks.

You could literally swap FFX for Expedition 33 in this reply. The only thing E33 does remotely well is overall presentation. But because it isn't anime every other flaw gets glazed over

Joke list

Xenoblade 3 gets way too much hate but it really doesn't deserve to be here over 1 or Xenogears

UNLESS it's counting Future Redeemed as part of it, which is the best gameplay and most concise, complete story of the entire Xeno franchise, especially Blade

>Kartia

This is actually a really fun game I haven't thought about in years. Didn't it have a multiplayer battle mode where you could fight other save files?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 tops IGN’s JRPG list with its deep narrative, fresh combat, vivid world, rich characters, and stunning presentation.
Narrative: In Lumière, the Paintress’s “Gommage” erases people by age yearly. Expedition 33’s mature tale of grief and hope outshines Chrono Trigger’s time-travel or Persona 5 Royal’s rebellion. Its older cast’s struggles feel more grounded than Final Fantasy X’s romance, with moments like Gustave’s tragic reunion hitting harder than Earthbound’s whimsy or Pokémon Gold & Silver’s light tone.
Combat: The active turn-based system mixes Persona 5 Royal’s strategy with Sekiro-style parries and QTEs, making battles thrilling. Unlike Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne’s static turns or Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s auto-attacks, parries reward skill, cutting grind compared to Breath of Fire 3. Unique mechanics, like Lune’s spells, top Octopath Traveler 2’s jobs.
World-Building: Lumière’s Belle Époque-inspired world, with surreal, art-driven locales, surpasses Final Fantasy X’s Spira or Suikoden 2’s kingdoms. Its painterly aesthetic feels alive, unlike Ni No Kuni’s cartoonish charm. The Paintress’s influence ties the world to the story, outdoing Xenogears’s abstract lore.
Characters: Gustave, Maelle, and others offer nuanced growth, rivaling Persona 5 Royal but feeling more human than Tales of Vesperia’s or Kingdom Hearts 2’s archetypes. Their bonds, shaped by loss, resonate deeply.
Presentation: With painterly art and an orchestral score, Expedition 33 matches Metaphor: ReFantazio’s polish, surpassing Dragon Quest XI’s traditional visuals. Its art-gameplay blend elevates it above all.
Expedition 33 redefines JRPGs with innovation and emotion, claiming the top spot.

bored

don't listen to people that tell you to make blunt/pierce/slash weapons, because they require too much trial and error during fights

make beast+dragon, human+phantom, and undead+evil weapons instead. Because you can just look at an enemy and know what type it is, you don't have to go through a menu or cast the scan spell (I forget the name I don't think it's named scan)

It's fine. CT being the normie safe pick aside, all the games listed there are solid enough to top such a list.

19 - Bravely Default 2

11 - Octopath Traveler 2

6 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

5 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3

4 - Metaphor ReFantazio

2 - Persona 5 Royal

Recency bias - the list

I’m interested in giving jrpgs a try but I can’t stand the anime humor and teenage-drama novel tier dialog that is often associated with the genre
What are some games without those things?

I think I've just accepted that 8fags and me clearly just don't like the same thing out of RPGs.

10 is worse than 8, which is worse than 9, which is just slightly worse than 7. The only thing 10 had going for it is the leveling grid and the best graphics of the FF games of that era.

I hate final fantasy 7 and I think final fantasy 12 is the best one in the series

I still find it hilarious that all these journos think P5 revived JRPGs when the genre was still going strong. I guess what they actually mean is that their retarded asses can actually play it because it's babby's first jrpg kek

It has superb atmo and art direction. The battle and weapon system might require some getting used to. Experiment with the weapon system, acquire gems and place them in your weapons to boost their stats.

Not even a minute in

"Although the combo of SMT6 and SMT4 Apocalypse are our favorite one-two punch"

WTF is an SMT6?? List instantly voided.

10 is worse than 8

cope

Probably the most milquetoast and by the numbers list for JRPGs I've seen. Where is stuff like Shadow Hearts or Wild Arms? Where is Rogue Galaxy? Skies of Arcadia? Hell Legend of Dragoon would be nice too.

You are wrong. 9 is nice experience but it is mogged by FF5, FF6, FF7, FF8 and FF10. 9 is way too slow and it doesn't have customization the other games have

Expedition 33

Can't find 90% of the games on god tier on Steam

The ones that I can find are all 50-70%

I don't know, Rick

Chrono Trigger is such a titan of a game.

You listed Elminage Gothic, so I automatically agree.

10 - The Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Reanbros...

No pokemon

Shit list

No Skies of Arcadia

Are you blind?

Are you blind?

10 - The Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

unfathomably based

Pokemon is on the list but I wouldn't have added any Pokemons to it

this game isn't on the list

Shit list

Legend of the Dragoon is a great game. Legend of Legaia was also really great gameplay wise even if the graphics were very early-3d.

SaGa 2 Remake

Ni No Kuni even being on the list let alone above Nocturne

Xenoblade X shills in shambles

You can tell this list was made by a zoomer idiot.
Tales of Phantasia and Star Ocean 1 are both better than any of their sequels because of how much they were able squeeze out of the SFC, they're much better and more impressive games than Chrono Trigger.
Grandia is better than Grandia 2
Persona 2 is better than Persona 5
Xenogears is literally unfinished.
DQ's 3-8 are better than XI
FF1 and 4-9, X-2 are all better than X
The anti Sega bias is outrageous, where's Phantasy Star 4, Lunar EB, Skies of Arcadia, Panzer Dragoon Saga?

No Radiata Stories

No list.

Black and White 1 deserved a spot over Gold and Silver having a shitty reused Kanto Region

no valkyrie Profile

Shit list

More like Radiata Snories cause it puts me to sleep haha but for real this list is dogshit, but they're always pretty dogshit.

XII

better than X

what are you smoking, bro

The anti Sega bias is outrageous

LAD8 is right there

P5R is pretty overrated, baby-tier difficulty and very low avenue for players to play around with or challenge runs even if the game is ultimately pretty fun. Chrono Trigger is good but somewhat also overrated. Decent list otherwise but

KH2 in jrpg

Like a dragon jrpg

Persona 5 is half a decade old, you fucking clown.

I already said there shouldn't be Pokemon games in the list

Refantazio even being top 25, let alone top 5

CT is often considered the best jrpg because it is excellent at everything it isn't the absolute best at. It doesn't have a weak link.

Cross > Trigger

Based and true pilled

Xenoblade 3 at 5

P5 at 2

Yiiiiikes. No wonder JRPGs are so shit these days if devs think this is the height of the genre.

Eh, They really dropped the ball on Cross with the story. They even realized towards the end and gave a tl,dr; with child ghosts of Trigger characters just so you have any idea what the hell is even going on.
With that said you are still correct.

they didn't drop any ball with the story. Cross did a very interesting take on Fate vs Destiny.

The child ghosts are just there to "connect" the Chronos and sell shit. But Cross did not need any of Triggers mickey mouse plot points to be good.

FFX > Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger is based, especially for the time. But the combat is too shallow and the story isn't nearly as good as X's. the time gimmick is fun and the chars are charming but come on.
didn't play P5 but doubt it's top 10

5 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3

4 - Metaphor ReFantazio

3 - Final Fantasy X

2 - Persona 5 Royal

1 - Chrono Trigger

lmao

X has the best story out of all FFs

Only if you've not been exposed to Star Ocean 1, and Tales of Phantasia. Same hardware, in the same year and these games run laps around CT.
If ToP and SO came out in English on SNES, Chono Trigger isn't remembered as a masterpiece.

Based BW enjoyer

Anon Babble mocks and laughs but one of their favorite JRPG is this piece of shit

SMT3

only rpg in the list

last place

picking DQ XI over VIII

shit list

X has the best story out of all FFs

Grim

top 3 deserve the spot, not sure what they were thinking putting metaphor and xenoblade 3 that high though

You can deny all you want, but he is right you know?

Why does pic related cause so much seethe?

FFX is very mediocre and i'm tired of pretending otherwise. VI, VII, VIII and IX are fucking perfect games in comparison.

i like Atlus because they gave me Catherine
Persona is just way overrated

25 - Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne

24 - Breath of Fire 3

22 - Ni No Kuni

19 - Bravely Default 2

18 - Live A Live

17 - Tales of Vesperia

14- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

12 - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

11 - Octopath Traveler 2

This list is absolutely abysmal.
No FF6 or FF7.
No DQ8.
No Skies of Arcadia.
No Shadow Hearts.
No Shining Force.
No Phantasy Star.
No Saga.
No Parasite Eve.
^All better than the shit above. Vesperia isn't even the best game in its own series. IGN are trippin.

Final Fantasy X

I unironically wish people who like this game could be Thanos snapped from existence. I'm not even implying that you have to have "bad taste" in JRPGs or anything like that, instead I really think you are a peak NPC and easily manipulated, stupid person if you like that game. Like you lack social skills and are hollow and stupid. There's no other explanation how someone above the age 16 would like FFX.

normies only care about a story in JRPGs. Even in the video, the guy says that a handcrafted story is all you need.

X mediocre

IX perfect

no ff7 on an IGN list seems pretty strange. i'd expect it on rank 1 or 2

You remember that fight against a monster at sea and Wakka was just throwing his ball 200 meters away? Or all of the characters walking around in shorts and t-shirts during a blizzard and being perfectly okay even in the cut scenes lol?

Could be worse, but over all good games, the order is weird and only 1 game per franchise is a bad choice for top list

Xenoblade 2 has no significant rpg mechanics, sorry to say but its simply the objective truth

Envy

its the last truly exceptional game square has made though

FFX > Chrono Trigger

Based, I also agree that Chrono Trigger isn't near as good as X.

it's the 2nd best game of all time
the remaster is for low IQs though

no Neptunia

Shit list

I see FFX's superiority is causing some controversy once again.

So, nothing of value actually said. Good to know.

Good games they mentioned:

Grandia 2

Star Ocean 2

FFX

BoF3

Lost Odyssey

Xenogears

Suikoden II

Okay games they mentioned (but are highly overrated):

P5 Royal

Chrono Trigger

The rest are meh and odd choices. Metaphor even being on this list is laughable to be honest.

No Clair Obscur seems like an intentional jab at them. I assume that was the reason for creating this "list" at this time. IGNtards are jealous of its success.

FFX and Dragon Quest 11 are not that good. Good video games, but to be considered in the top 10 is a bit silly.

And is still the newest entry in the franchise, just like everything else in that list. Your point?

SaGa 2 remake is the middest of mid games. The apex of mediocrity.

One game per series and FFX is that particular millenial's childhood

They only selected one game from each franchise it seems. FFX is a good choice, even if it's not the absolute best.

explain the two xenos

vesperia over symphonia

that would be shadowbringers and endwalker tho

even if it's not the absolute best.

This cope is delicious

Inoffensive redditor's favorite list.

Sounds about right.

different series just like SMT and Persona and Metaphor :^)

Yes, easily. Symphonia's cool, but Vesperia's cooler and has the better gameplay.

but to be considered in the top 10 is a bit silly.

everything else on the list is worse tho

Xenogears is really its own game. Xenoblade, yeah it shares the "xeno" title but the "Xenoblade" games are kind of their own thing. Listen, I never said it made sense - it's IGN. Can't spell "ignorant" with IGN, right?

i liked Metaphor but Expedition 33 is about 33x better than Metaphor

JRPG just means turn-based slop with a cringy anime story.

is earthbound even that good? never played

Symphonia has the better story and characters.
Vesperia has the better protagonist and gameplay

it's great and one of the snes games that's timeless like super metroid

To the surprise of no one it's a shit list. Lufia 2 is better than Chrono Trigger.

That you're fucking stupid and don't understand what recency bias means. Also wow didn't know SMT3 and Kingdom Hearts 2 were the latest games in their series!

Dipshit.

saying "half a decade old" as if that means anything

Half a decade may seem like a long time to you, but for us adults 5 years is nothing. And for the record, DQXI is older than P5R.

p5 above FFX, xenogeras, earthbound, KH

puts Trails but not the actual best games

I’m confused

The reviewer talks about those games like they're movies.

I've always been pretty picky on Symphonia's cast. I like Lloyd and Zelos but didn't really have a strong attachment to the rest of the characters. Like both games' stories, but Symphonia probably has the better overall story themes and what it's trying to go for. That said, I have no issues with Vesperia's story and I personally love it just as much.

thanks

Uh oh, Persona fanboy having a melty over here

What’s the best monster rancher?

They all play the same.

What exactly is good about it?

graphics?

dogshit, early PS2 tech demo tier. you can't defend this.

levels?

linear absolute dogshit. exploration zero to little. proper overworld map doesn't exist. you can't defend this.

combat?

slow and no depth, recycled enemies more than in any other FF like holy fuck, and all encounters are basically a block puzzle (use A for A, B for B), EXP sharing system is fucking stupid, then summons break the game entirely. you can't defend any of this.

other gameplay? yeah, the sphere puzzles are so fun lmfao (< this is sarcasm, gotta make sure a FFX fan understands). again, can't defend this.

story? you literally have to be a complete retard NEET or a total NPC to feel a thing aside from massive cringe and embarrassement. you have not felt love in your life if you like the story. you CAN defend this, but you have be a retarded outcast or a woman

music? this is the only good aspect. thanks nobuo

1 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

There, updated your list to fit modern standards.

no FFVI or VII

Very sussy baka list

I also don't trust faggots that put Chrono Trigger above everything else. Seem very, very try-hard and is oozing onions from every pore

P5 deserves #1.

IGN reviewer only gave Xenoblade 3 a 8/10 and it’s top 5 kek.

It's an ok list but Chrono Trigger continues to be highly overrated by people who played it when they were 10, and there are better Trails games than FC but he probably only played that (happy for its inclusion though).

No Infinite Space

No Luminous Arc

No Shiren the Wanderer

No Etrian Odyssey III

No Dungeon Travelers 2

No Drakengard 2

Not even better than Metaphor

LMAO

You can tell a fucking zoomer (probably woman) made this trash list

you just wouldn't get it

The original game, you can't beat the novelty of putting in a music CD and getting a new character for the first time.
Obviously the game destroyed people PS1in hindsight but it was a fucking amazing gimmick.

no argument

Concession accepted

Most wouldn't consider DRPGs or Mystery Dungeon games JRPGs

Outsold Metaphor in a week and has generated longer conversation. Metaphor got pity praise because it's from Atlus, no different than Naughty Dog getting soft gloves with TLOU2. Your game a shit.

you talking about yourself or?

Personally, I would’ve put in either TWEWY game, Devil Survivor Overclocked, and Phantasy Star IV, but that’s just me.

Persona 5 royal

Terrible

ESL

EVERYTIME LMAO

Half a decade? it's been 9 years.

Unfortunately, Chrono Trigger is really good. People love to suck off Xenogears, but it’s standard coming of age Shonen slop for 70% of its runtime with awful mech combat. CT manages to be unique in its story.

Why do they keep redoing this list every year?

filtered

the graphics is bad because...

linearity is bad because..

combat is worse because..

story is stupid because...

If sales are the only metric Pokémon is the undisputed best JRPG ever.

sales sales sales

Yeah, Minecraft is the best game ever made.

Same here.

Scarlet and Violet are unironically top 10.

where is Nier: Automata?
Only good JRPG.

lol
lmao

Bravely Default II over the other entries is ridiculous and ibsay that as someone who played 1 and 2 in tandem and is playing Second right now.

Fucking clown website.

Metaphor got praise from the press because it was basically a "woke" game made in Japan. It did away with romance in the social links, and was visually unappealing at best. What did it do SO well that it deserves a top spot on anyone's list...? Music is even poor for an Atlus game, which is very unusual. You guys love the message of "Merit bad, equity good"?

1 - FFVII

Phantasy Star 4

Holy based

I'm actually astonished they didn't put 7 Demake or Stillbirth garbage on there.

A chudcore game just came out and had to be taken down a peg

People love to suck off Xenogears

Xenogears was so close to being a masterpiece that people usually give it that little extra push.
The main issue with the game is how it was never actually finished so we get a narration of what should have been disc 2 along with the battles being too frequent(that sewer level...). The rest of the game really was top tier though, even that small gimmick robot tournament minigame in the prison was great to play with friends.

because new games come out that dethrone other games, for example like expedition 33 which just dethroned every jrpg is now at the #1 spot

You are retarded. CT's gameplay is the most bottom bitch JRPG slop there is. The one domain where FF6 dominates CT is that it's an actual RPG.

And not a single one of those games has a storyline anywhere near as good as a solid visual novel.

chudcore game just came out

Delusional

good story, no turn-based garbage, choices do matter.

This list gives me secondhand embarrassment

dogshit, early PS2 tech demo tier

It literally had one of the best graphics for it's time you retard, and it's still good.

linear absolute dogshit.

Like all the previous ones? It isn't bad because of it

combat slow and no depth

It has the best battle system of the franchise.

you literally have to be a complete retard NEET or a total NPC to feel a thing aside from massive cringe and embarrassement.

I know you got filtered, you can seethe all you want. X still have the best FF story by far tho

Stillbirth not being on there is surprising, yes. But it's basically Reddit the List, so it also makes sense.

This is a true phenomena. If you really want to make a tier list of games you should stick to the console/time period. There's a reason heavyweight don't fight featherweights after all.

Visual novels are a meme, I read the one in your pic and I had to drop it because the characters were shit.

Who says you can't be both?

Xenoblade 3 at #5 because journos are high-ego retards who think 'getting it' makes it a smart story

Persona 5 at #2 because journos a turbolib man babies who haven't mentally aged past 16 who think all of life's problem will get fixed if they stick it to the man

Absolute fucking piss taste
Journos should be put in front of a firing squad

no turn-based garbage

I like how you say this as if the actual combat in Automata is good. And what choices? For the other 26 endings that don’t even matter, are preludes to the true ending, or purely joke ones?

Mid gameplay and mid story

Don't post Uta here.

Disc 2 is the only reason anyone talks about the game. All the interesting stuff is shoved into the VN, disc 1 is a snoozer and most of the game.

Do you know what games I loved but hated the fights with a passion? Lunar 1/2.

Lmao what an absolute dogshit list

IGN

The real question is how are they not bankrupt yet?

I kneel AtlusChads

None of these are bad games, but I don't understand how Normalfags rate JRPGs, it's never by how good the game is, it just seems to be how popular it is.

Like CT is really mediocre as JRPG, I wouldn't even put it in the top 100 JRPGs let alone the top 25. But it's a very popular game because it has a unique aesthetic and came out at the right time.

What’s your top 5?

"an actual rpg" is where every character does the same exact thing except with a different menu option and from the second part of the game you end up spamming jump and 1mp -ga spells

you are a stupid nigger who hasn't played either and you should honestly kill yourself

We get it, you work for IGN

I bet if you fags listed your top 10, it wouldn't be better than IGN's. This is what you fags would probably list. (keeping their one entre per franchise rule)

1. Final Fantasy IX
2. Xenosaga 3
3. Atelier Sophie
4. Chrono Cross
5. Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
6. Kingdom Hearts 1
7. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
8. Dragon Force
9. Tales of Berseria
10. Skies of Arcadia

Absolutely a terrible list.

the graphics is bad because...

aside from UI they lack any style. what is there to even talk about? they look like early PS2 "realistic" graphics. it doesn't do anything well and the style ages terribly. literally Monster Hunter 1 looks better in what they're both trying to do.

linearity is bad because..

Nigga you are disingenious faggot just like other FFX fans. It's an adventure RPG where exploring new areas and finding secrets and loot is a big part of the fun and the DNA of all of the series' previous games. It was massively nerfed and nothing is replacing it. The end result is more boring. Get it?

combat is worse because..

It's a turn-based game where there is very little to think about. Lulu casts spells on slimes, wakka throws flying enemies, tidus kills the wolves. They all usually die in one hit from the "correct" character. The EXP share system forces you to switch characters in and out for no reason in each encounter if you want to keep everyone leveled. The enemies are recycled. From start to finish, you'll be fighting recolored slimes and wolves. Summons can heal themselves with their own element spells and are insanely overpowered, making everything trivial.
The animations end up being painfully slow despite feeling snappy at start.

story is stupid because...

The romance between Tidus and Yuna which is front and center is weak and unbelievable. The characters have no passion towards each other. They stand meters apart from each other most of the time, even AFTER the giga cringe kiss scene. It's cold and lifeless as fuck, no nuance. Tidus is like "hmm, too bad :/" about his crush being forcibly wed with the antagonist in front of the whole world. Are you a cuck? In general, all of the main cast characters act like fucking pointless random NPCs with little to no grand purpose.

Further questions retard?

Why do Atlus games get so overrated by journos?

Why do these people suck Chrono Trigger off so much? Xenoblade 3 and DQ XI should not be there either. Newest =/= Best.

Also.. come on, Ni No Kuni? Tales of Vesperia? This is just a list of slop the writer has played lol. Not an overview of the genre.

CT is solid in all categories while being great in most and the best in how satisfying critical hits in combat feel. Almost no other games can compete with that baseline which is why it usually in the top 5 of all these lists.

Play the PlayStation and later ports or if you can the Original Japanese Mega CD game with an English fan patch.
Working Designs fucked with gameplay of the Sega CD version to make game harder and extend game hours.

Well, Metaphor was a woke game made by Atlus, so naturally they would praise it. The idea that meritocracy is bad is a very baste idea in journo circles, you see.

I like how you say this as if the actual combat in Automata is good

what is wrong with the combat? It's satisfying as fuck.

For the other 26 endings that don’t even matter, are preludes to the true ending, or purely joke ones?

so just like persona 5 but with more endings. And in the list persona 5 is the second.

For me, it’s
NEO: the World Ends with You
Devil Survivor Overclocked
Phantasy Star IV
Tales of Vesperia
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir
Romancing Saga 2
Valkyrie Profile
Dragon Quest V
KH1
Resonance of Fate
These are just my faves

uh nah E33 goes into #1 easily and then we consider the rest

Valkyrie Profile Lenneth

i like this game a lot. It's a shame nobody really played it or Silmeria (best battle system ever)

XB3 over 1

Weebs with bad taste confirmed.

The absolute state of zoomies

Not JRPG, not even RPG.
take your movieslop somewhere else.

Replicant is better than Automata

Any list with Metaphor, Yakuza, and Octopath are tourists and probably didn't play 90% of JRPGs even ones on the list and just trying to appeal to millennials despite the fact that no other age group plays JRPGs.

Visual novels are kino but none of the normalfags here have read any.

I didn't find Chrono Trigger particularly interesting myself in terms of characters and story but it is a charming and very well made game with little needless excess so common in other and especially modern games.

KAMIGE SUPREME -- HEAVEN'S THRONE -- GOD OF GODS TIER:

Final Fantasy VIII

Autist pottery. This is so CRINGE it almost circles back to based. Almost...

Huh, this an actually decent tier.
Whoever made this plays more games than whole Anon Babble combined

Did you know you can beat the game without ever gaining a single level? I tried it with a hacked file to start with that xp->gold accessory and it is possible if you're willing to fight a few bosses multiple times until you get good rng on their attacks.

Why do trannies love P5 so much?? Figured you 3 would know the answer

I'll give it a try. My faves are:

Expedition 33

World Ends With You

Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy XII

Kingdom Hearts

Golden Sun

Lost Odyssey

Xenogears

These ones left an impression on me enough to call them favorites. I've played other rpgs but didn't enjoy them as much. The love for Persona completely eludes me.

Go save the world!

But first! Do your homework

Clean your room

Spend time with your uncle

Go on a date

Go bowling!

Spend time with your friends

I like the style of the games but the actual play experience feels like torture.

No Terranigma

Shit list shit company

what is wrong with the combat? It's satisfying as fuck

Lack of hitstun against hyper-armor enemies

over-reliance on leveling making it possible to deal chip or even no damage, while making flinching random

can freely spam items from a pause menu

low effort universal dodge that can be spammed freely

overabundance of bad shmups/alternate gameplay

mediocre design/simplicity of melee weapon

Very Hard is laughably lazy considering how it just one shots you and encourages you to spam your invincible dodge

while also rendering multiple chips to be worthless while Last Stand shits on everything

Automata is a shallow and inconsistent mess of an action game.

Oh wait does Threads of Fate count as an rpg? I'd add that too if it qualifies.

Octopath 2 even being on it

rare based take from ign but SMT3, BoF3, Lost Odyssey, and Xenogears should be above it

Are they saying Breath of Fire or Octopath are better than FF 6-7-8-9? These 4 games are better than anything in that Top 25!

what is wrong with the combat? It's satisfying as fuck.

fun way to say "i haven't really played any action games"

They're piss easy and neoliberal. Of course journos love them.

Meme tier:

Legend Of Dragoon

As a kid I liked Kingdom Hearts 2 more because the Disney Akatsuki were my favorite characters but as an adult I think KH1 is probably better. Has a good balance between story and gameplay with a better selection of worlds.

I sincerely doubt anyone currently working at IGN ever played half those games. The list was probably made by ChatGPT.

they hated him because he told the truth

Shin Megami Tensei Vengeance for the combat and party building
FFV for it's contribution to the genre in the fork of Jobs
Xenoblade X for having the best world and sidequest design
Strange Journey for having my favorite setting
Vagrant Story for the story (least important part of JRPG)

At time of playing
1. FF Tactics
2. FF7
3. Nier
4. Xenogears
5. FF 9
6. Rebirth
7. Dragon Quest 11
8. FF 6
9. BoF 3
10. I am Setsuna
Oh no, I'm a SE fanboy, yikes!

Computer, if a woman knew what a JRPG was, make a tier list so horrid she would sow her vagina shut.

God-tier post anon
I discovered many cool looking games thanks to you

NM, wrong list

Because it's about rebellion against societal norms and when they take off the mask to reveal their Persona it's like cracking your shell and there are cute anime girls that love you

We all were. Zoomers have no idea how good Square was. Everything they touched was gold from Brave Fencer, Einhander, to vagrant story

Holy shit taste

Oh no, I'm a SE fanboy, yikes!

This but unironically.

I have actually played every single game on this list and completed them. It's trash but I commend the effort

garbage that doesn't deserve to be on top 50 let alone top 25

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Bravely Default 2
Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Octopath Traveler
Earthbound
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Metaphor

games that rated too high but do belong on the list

Persona 5 Royal
Final Fantasy X
Suikoden II
Paper Mario

games rated too low

Shin Megami Tensei 3
Breath of Fire 3
Xenogears
Live a Live

Everything else is not exactly how I would rate them but they're solid in their own right. I personally think VII and IX are better than Final Fantasy X but seeing this list trying to appeal to zoomers really hard I can understand some who would think otherwise.

i liked the weird tactics spinoff on DS, made it way harder for myself trying not to sacrifice anyone though

nier

automata or original?

I only play games to impress women

No one cares faggot

Hello SaGa schizo

Fortune Summoners was really fucking boring and easy to me anon, I'm not gonna lie

Metaphor refantazio is garbage IMO. It's just full of the worst of anime, on the nose writing, terrible exposition, terrible writing in general, the men look like faggots, MC has to have his different colored eyes and "oh no I'm losing I'm getting suuuuperpoweeeers!!!", mecha robots with terribly boring design in a fantasy game, made me puke. Nah fuck off it's like a 4/10 game at best.

Automata, I need to play the original. Same with metaphor and 33. I'm normiefying! Uggghh.

The funniest part is both making fun of people who have sex with women, and calling them a faggot. True retardation pottery you can't find anywhere else. Kek.

You faggots will say this, but then what you actually mean is "The music and art style are great. Everything else is bland but it isn't offensive".

The characters are boring. The story is boring. The combat is alright, but it's too easy and therefore boring. When everything is mediocre, then it doesn't make for a top 10 all time experience, it makes for a boring experience. I hated CT, not because it did anything particularly bad, but because it was mind numbingly generic and boring to me.

t. Arche set to AIfag

It's pure nostalgia bias why people like it. The same one crying over CO due to le "recency biaserinos" are the ones putting CT as le best game evar

XB3 is a better game and a better RPG than 1 tho.

You are a man of taste and I agree completely... until Earthbound. Huh?

newfag

I played it about 3 years ago so I don't remember what I did. I always used the main melee girl and set the other two to AI. I did learn my combos and did experiment, it all lead to the same loop every combat eventually.

Ah, to be a 22 yrold retard again. Defining youself and reality by a cringe fanbase flame war.

What in that post do you not understand, retard?

what's boring or generic about those things in particular? i can't really think of many rpgs with an emphasis on time travelling adventures, though i agree the characters are shallow.

10. Golden Sun
9. Buriedbornes (Does it even count?)
8. Final Fantasy V
7. Etrian Odyssey
6. Crystal Project A.K.A. Andrew's Game
5. Epic Battle fantasy 5
4. SMT Devil Survivor
3. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
2. Enchant Farm
1. Pokemon Emerald

Actual old fag, I was here before the incel mindset took over in 2014. Back when this place was white, college educated, and high IQ hilarious.

start game

sit through 20 minute cutscene about some ancient kingdom and crystals

finally get control

walk two steps

RANDOM ENCOUNTER

staring at menu watching numbers go up and down

"ATTACK"

watch same 5-second animation I'll see 8000 more times

enemy's turn

he uses "DARK SLASH" or whatever

my turn again

"HEAL"

mash through menus for 45 seconds to kill a forest rabbit

get 3 EXP

walk three more steps

RANDOM ENCOUNTER

repeat for literally 100 hours

grind the same area for 3 hours because boss keeps one-shotting me

finally beat boss

30 minute cutscene about friendship

character I spent 40 hours leveling leaves my party forever

"This is the deep storytelling you can't get in Western games"

gaming journalists: "The perfect evolution of turn-based combat"

never understood jrpg fags. just play dark souls if you like grind and challenge, 100 times more satisfying.

All these shit games

Terrible list

they call him grinman because he likes to grin

IGN isn't relevant

But do you have stairs?

Persona 5 is literally number 2

"This is the deep storytelling you can't get in Western games"

This is why. Western storytelling is that bad.

Chrono Trigger gods we can't stop and won't stop

yeah but here were are talking about Rpg's and Rpg's are not supposed to be purely about skill, the equipment and abilities need to matter too not just how good you are at pressing buttons in a timely manner. And when it comes to action combat in Rpg's in general nothing comes even close to FF7 Rebirth's combat. Nothing. No other action Rpg offers such blend of skill, tactics and strategy. It's the closest we have ever been to perfection.

I kneel! Only 2008, but I am aware that I am protected, you G.

The Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

This is literally the worst one in the whole trilogy by a fucking mile, Nothing happens until the last 10 minutes.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Picked the worst in the trilogy again

Metaphor ReFantazio

This is their no. 4???LOL

6 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

That fucking high

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Picked the worst in the trilogy again

troon is still mad about the ending.

wrong website you hooligan

Jesus, I'm so glad I'm not a game journalist... I can't even imagine how many different kinds of mental diseases are required to come up with this list.

Jokes on u anon. I havent finished it.

6 DQ11

5 Xenoblade 3

4 Metaphor

2 P5R

holy shit this is recency bias. Doesn’t help that DQ11 shits itself in the third act, Metaphor also shits itself halfway through, And Xenoblade 3 is a giant heap of shit. P5R should be in top ten but not top 5

I swear to god FF10fags are really lucky FF8fags have never stopped being the most annoying faggots in the FF fanbase.

Honestly I can't take any judgment like this seriously, it makes the FF6 vs FF7 days feel quaint.

recency bias

DQ11 and P5 are 9yo

CT is a purely a Western bias as the best game we got on SNES, they're a good number of unlocalized JRPGs that that mogged it when it was contemporary in Japan, you almost never see CT in Japanese best of list.

Kek, accurate. Though the "I just discovered FF 5" zoom zooms who hate FF3 are getting close to that top spot.

IGN's

Opinion rejected.

XC3 is back-to-front slop made for the 'I'm too smart for most games' types that call shit like The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite the best narratives told through the medium of game.
A 5/10 story that was made for midwits to feel like they're appreciating high-art.

Muh story

Who cares?

which FF3 there's like 3 different versions now

I never got the hype, or any snes hype really. 20 years latter though, unlike the PS1/N64 it really is aging like a fine cheese. I swear it's a better game now than in 1995.

yeah no shit their audience is 20 yo tops

True, and maybe thats it. I've only played the OG.

Considering story is the thing Xeno gets jerked off for all the time?

Chrono Trigger that high

You and I both know it should be 3 houses but the plebs aren't ready for that.

5: Xenoblade Chronicles 3

At least they have good taste. I thought I was the only person on this planet that thought XBC3 was better than 2, and enjoyed the game a shitload.

Metaphor's ENTIRE ELECTION PREMISE is about the prince proving his worth with no political influences besides his merit and reach.

WOKE WOKE WOKE

ok.

My personal favorite jRPG is Victoria: Revolutions

FFX is a millennial game, dude. Persona is Gen Z's FF and Atlus is their Square.

I'm 33 and yes, six fucking years is a long time. Stop trying to cover your ass. It was literally a seventh gen game and was on the PS3. That's the same gen as the Wii, dip shit

Sounds like your Tolerance stat just leveled up, inclusion anon.

Anon Babblebrained shitters can absolutely not talk about why they dislike things without mapping it to their political alignment.

No. World building is what people jerk odd about Xeno. The story is a mess of Sci-fi anime and movie plot elements strung together

God awful list. At least they know Gold and Silver is peak pokemon

I
Because [group I dislike] always likes [thing I dislike]

I couldn't get into Chrono Trigger but Kinobirth is vibing with me right now.
Just goes to show normies have no taste

capitalism le bad

diversity le good

woke

Not true

Cheap labor speeds up automation tech funding which leads to replicator production and blue collar butler droids

Sure, and the worldbuilding is also shit in 3, because of the fuckdumb premise they wanted to have.

DQ11 was the most recent DQ and westerners feel the need to give the franchise pity points everytime the topic of JRPGs come up, even though nobody would notice or care if DQ was excluded from these lists.

Which means the end of capitalism.
You would be off grid harvesting leaves and grass clippings and snow or whatever for your maker to turn into food or solar panels or whatever and a robot to do all the labor and maintenance or something

Agree

deserves

No, it doesn't "deserve". It's just not up there with the legends. It's a Gohan if this was DBZ tier list

I was told Xenoblade 2 was a continuation of Xenosaga so I played it. Not just awful, but 90 hours of awfulness with a quick 5 min reference to xenosaga at the end. I was livid.
11/10 voice acting though.

six fucking years is a long time

It really isn't unless your life keeps changing.
Six years only seems long to a child because that might be longer than half their life by the time they reach the end of it.
I'm 27. 6 years ago I was working mornings and spending my Sunday sitting in my chair posting on Anon Babble. Today, I'm still working mornings and posting on Anon Babble. The concept of time is meaningless and goes by in the blink of an eye while in comfort.

ni no garbage above Nocturne

Epic.

Such a mediocre list.

Pokémon Gold & Silver

Pokemon is an iconic jarpig franchise and indeed deserves a spot, but HGSS is superior in every way.

Bravely Default 2

lol

Golden Sun

lol

Xenoblade (any of them)

Hahahahah, what the media doesn't do to cater to tendies. Xenoblade 1 is the best one and even this one doesn't deserve to be there.

Live-A-Live

Good and unique game, but I'm not sure if I would include it.

Imagine making a list of this type and not including Phantasy Star IV, Panzer Dragoon Saga, or Lunar: Eternal Blue.

I'm not talking about 2 or offering an opinion on it. I'm talking about 3, which I see as a mess in multiple ways.

Of all time

Bravely Default 2

Phantasy Star IV, Panzer Dragoon Saga, or Lunar: Eternal Blue

B grade RPGs only 2000 rpg playing kids remember.

I mean I guesse I got BoF3 but let's be real here.

no phantasy star online

17 - Tales of Vesperia

Yup, the best Tales

Wow I'm surprised 16 did so poorly

Golden Sun

lol

Golden Sun is one of the few classic JRPGs with puzzle dungeons.
It also has a pretty cool world map, great music, decent job system, decent combat, and good graphics for a 2001 handheld.
I can see why it'd make the list if only 1 entry is allowed per franchise.

This is the most painfully mid game I've ever played. Mid to it's very core. Music, plot, gameplay, characters. It blew me away, like a dart hitting the exact middle of the 10 peice.

Pokemon is an iconic jarpig franchise and indeed deserves a spot, but HGSS is superior in every way.

Nah. HGSS is too derivative. GSC or BW1 imo are perfect.

My favs are:Expedition 33...

No man. Your favorite jrpg of all time can not be a game that came out a week ago you absolute nonce.
The rest of your list is false by default due to your total unawareness of the obvious

I'm not talking about 3 or offering an opinion on it. I'm talking about 2, which I see as a mess in multiple ways.

After all the shilling and high scores IGN still think P5 is better than Metaphor... Kind of weird isn't? Even in their own review they make it clear Metaphor is better than anything but it seem they had a change of heart.
In my opinion P5 was always better than Metaflop though. In fact, P5 is by far the best game Atlus has ever made to date.

On a side note, this Top 25 seem a bit biased towards recently released games and wildly available in modern platforms. This is low key a form of paid advertisement.

golden sun 1

already know this list is shit just by listing that. No way that is a top 25 JRPG of all time.

It's a very good game for sure, but it's only included thanks to the Nintendo Bonus. As good as it is, no fucking way it deserves to be there more than Lufia 2 or Phantasy Star IV, for example.

How many IGN readers you think were alive for BoF3?

They could have put the first one, at least that one was good. It is a list "of all time", did they even play the games?

Final fantasy 5
final fantasy 7
final fantasy X
Chrono cross
pokemon R/B/Y
pokemon arceus
Pokemon Colosseum
Pokemon Crystal
Tales of phantasia

Not him but expedition 33 is definitely the best jrpg of all time now. The new gold standard.

you're not allowed to like this new thing! >:(

it's wrong!!!1

Absolute midwit take, plebbitor.

move p5 down alot
move metaphor alot down
move xenoblade 3 down alot
ni no kuni needs to go
xenogears is mid so hell no
Pokefags need to leave with their boring ass kid games
Paper mario is also fucking sucks and its slow as hell
Braverly default 2 needs to go

Some replacement games:

DRAGON QUEST 5
FINAL FANTASY 6 (fuck 7)
ROGUE GALAXY
DARK CLOUD 2/CHRONICLE
RUNE FACTORY FRONTIER
SMT3
SKIES OF ARCADIA
TALES OF ARISE
TRAILS OF MANA
TERRANIGMA

Yes it can. The other games I listed immediately left me with an immense feeling of satisfaction and gratitude for the experience as soon as the credits ran. Experiment 33 is the first game in a long time to instill that same feeling. It joins the list immediately. You can cry about it, though. Probably someone who likes Metaphor.

who the fuck cares about game journos opinions on anything when they are so stupid and so bad at games lmao
i'm sorry but no game made in the last 10 years is anywhere near any top 100 list
octopath 2? get fucking real
like a dragon? come the fuck on lmao
metaphor that high when it's just a worse smt
so fucking bad
out of this 25 there are like <15 games that are actually good and deserving tobe there at all even if we ignore the individual order

plebbitor

midwit

Pottery

KAMIGE SUPREME -- HEAVEN'S THRONE -- GOD OF GODS TIER:

Final Fantasy VIII

Stopped reading there. An FF8 schizo cannot be taken seriously.

Front Mission Alternative
1997, PlayStation

HIRED · EXPLORER
2002, Windows

Lesser Mern
1992, PC-98 / FM Towns

Black Matrix
1998, Sega Saturn

Hiouden: Legend of the Scarlet King
1992, PC-98; 1994, Super Famicom

Elona+
2010, Windows

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song
2005, PlayStation 2

Romancing SaGa 2
1993, Super Famicom

Romancing SaGa 3
1995, Super Famicom

Baroque
1998, Sega Saturn

Brandish 1
1991, PC-98 / FM Towns

Brandish 2
1995, Super Famicom

Brandish 3
1994, PC-98

Brandish 4
1998, Windows

pedit5
1975, PLATO system

Rogue
1980, Unix

ADOM
1994, DOS

Lunatic Dawn Odyssey
1999, Windows

Lunatic Dawn 2
1995, PC-98

Lunatic Dawn 3
1997, Windows

Lunatic Dawn 4
2001, Windows

Zill O'll
1999, PlayStation

Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen
1992, DOS

Adventures of Hourai High
1996, Super Famicom

Bounty Sword Double Edge
1996, PlayStation

The Genius of Sappheiros
2009, Windows

Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines
2014, PlayStation Vita

Wizardry V
1988, Apple II

Wizardry VI
1990, DOS

ETC.

I'm not a 50 year old fucking grandpa. Who let you have a computer from the nursing home?

Tales of Arise

lol
lmao even

So i can not criticize that faggot but ypu can criticize me? Or whats your point?
Nobody has exp33 on their top 10 despite being a strong contender right now. But first play the game, let it sink and then add it to your list. That's why iNOBODY in this thread has added that game to their lists yet. But I'm a redditor. And you are...? An idiot for sure
Yeah it seems to be a favorite. All good, i love the esthetics

Probably someone who likes Metaphor.

OBSESSED

I don't think you are allowed to call Xenogears mid. It was the best game on the PS1, and absolute hot garbage now, so I guess that's where it averages out but I've never heard it placed there before.

Great rebuttal. Manchildren are some stupid, it's ridiculous

Tales of Arise

SHIT I MEANT ABYSS

They gave Metaphor a 9, retard. Persona 5 got a 10.

Every E33 thread is filled with someone posting the Metaphor metacritic because any actual gameplay, screenshots or dialogue would get them laughed out of the thread

Just staying on theme. I like jrpgs. I have always considered Atlus games to be ass despite numerous good faith attempts to play them. Metaphor included.

Manchild

On a vidrogame forward

Oh, you are a fucking retard who just parrots. That makes sence, as you clearly have no sence of self awareness. You deserve to have every college friend look down on you, LOL.

It feels like Metaphor's core audience is game journos and Anon Babble trolls because fuck if you're hearing about it anywhere else

are some stupid

We need to IP block India

Is Metaphor going to ve the Chrono Trigger of the zoomer generation where 20 years from now people are going to feel obligated to pretend that it doesn't suck?

so you havent played games like DOOM? retarded zoomzoom

I got 7h in before I uninstalled it, absolutely horrible.

I can cry about it. No need to be that condescending though i bet you cried with the exp33 intro. Fuckin faggot. And i hate metaphor.
A favorite game is a game you go back to. A game you know. You grow up with. You've done none of those things with exp33 because there wasn't wnough time. Retard

4 turn-based games at the top

lmao yeah lets keep making watered down action rpgs everyone loves those

Every one of the 100 E33 daily threads?

>Every E33 thread is filled with someone posting the Metaphor metacritic

False

Media is do balkanized today zoom zooms have nothing in common. It's kind of sad.

Kingdom Hearts 2

Not Final Mix

So you don't trust yourself or your own judgement enough. I do. I knew immediately upon beating FFXII or Lost Odyssey that they would remain one of my favorites, and they have. E33 joins the list.

A favorite is something you go back to

Not necessarily. Les Miserables is one of my favorite novels. I don't need to revisit it to cherish it. Plenty of other good books to read (and games to play). You're just a bitter Metaphorfag.

At least the ones I've visited, yeah.

Lots of good games: but drawn randomly out of a hat, there wasnt a real criteria here. Little bit of recency bias too, and they avoided ff7 to avoid being cliche but its better than at least half the games on here.

I give this list a 7.5/10 (which is journalist for appallingly awful)

FFXII that they would remain one of my favorites

How? It's not a bad game, but it's not a great game. I get tastes differ but this is some real I prefer B cups vibes.

I mean perfection scares people

I prefer B cups

Based as fuck actually

A clear labour of love whose world I enjoyed thoroughly. The story lost me but I enjoyed every moment of pushing forward through the game and fighting enemies in pseudo real time.

Just looked at three random E33 threads and no sight of any Metaphor screenshot, schizoid. Better chance with your lies next time.

World building was good and only bounties I ever enjoyed. Plus rabbit ass.

Attracted to actual women

GAY!

KAMIGE SUPREME -- HEAVEN'S THRONE -- GOD OF GODS TIER:

Final Fantasy VIII

This anon has solved existence itself.

It's embarrassing fucking literal whos from France came out of nowhere and permanently destroyed every RPG ever created.

Digimon is Highest IQ Tier.

No.

They're freemasons

No Baiten Kaitos :(

Big corporations suck, every game company gets worse the bigger it gets.

XB3 has a shit pacing and lower lows than any game in the franchise.
XB1 stays good all around and a solid stand alone experience.

So is Rockstar, I wish they all were.

not exactly but there does seem to be a critical mass so to speak

dragon quarter

lol. lmao, even.

no answer

Concession accepted, gay nigger.

Super BASED
Game is grossly overrated thanks to its retard fanbase.

Live A Live made the list

I give them props for that, at least. Kinda fucked up that it wouldn't be there if it weren't for the remake, though.

25. Not even the best SMT game, fuck off
24. I'll allow it
23. Hell no
21. Should be higher, but only here because of the cult following it had blowing up in the e-celeb sphere
20. No
19. Hell no
18. Here because cult following and re-release
17. Not the best tales game, fuck off
16. Ha, no
15. Way too high, arguably shouldn't be here
14. Hell no
13. I'll allow it
12. Way too high, arguably shouldn't be here
11. Too high, way too high, arguably shouldn't be here
10. I'll allow it.
9. No
8. Too high
7. Too high
6. Not even the best DQ game, shouldn't even be here
5. No
4. Hell no
3. FUCK NO
2. FUCK NO
1. Too high
You forgot Passage of the Book.

garbage like the Trails franchise

I'll allow it

LMFAO

Average Neptunia cutscene

Neptune: Speaks

Party member 1: Reacts to what was said

Party member 2: Reacts to what was said

Party member 3: Reacts to what was said

Party member 4: Reacts to what was said

Guest character: Reacts to what was said

Guest character2: Reacts to what was said

Crowd in scene: Reacts to what was said

Person Neptune was talking to: Responds to what was said

Party member 1: Reacts to what was said

Party member 2: Reacts to what was said

Party member 3: Reacts to what was said

Party member 4: Reacts to what was said

Guest character: Reacts to what was said

Guest character2: Reacts to what was said

Crowd in scene: Reacts to what was said

repeat ad nauseum

The fuck is that list.

P5R that high despite being way worse than of P5

Metaphor that high

FF X that high (higher than any other FF)

fucking XBC 3 that high

Grandia 2 that high while Grandia 1 didn't even make the list

fucking Yakuza on there

no Shadow Hearts

This list is absolute fucking shit.

Mixing concepts. Probably also how you talk to yourself. Media is way easier to go back to. Books is very rare to re read books. But you know that probably better, being the one quoting Les miserables, quite a funny depiction on whats going on on your side considering also the fact i already said i dislike Metaphor, also Smt.
I sound realistic. True that time doesn't need to be counted as a factor to consider something a favorite and i pointed your poor judgement. Nlw for you tondiscredit what i say and coming of as knowledgeable taints you as a complete balding pretentious faggot.
Have a day sir.

no PS1 FFs

Tryhard nonsense. They are the peak of the genre

>FF X that high (higher than any other FF)

because it's the best one?

Go for a walk

Return to 4chinz

Anon self admits to sleuthing through multiple threads in search of pics to placate his own seething

What the fuck is this schizo shit lmao. Another point against Metaphorfags.

Trails in the Sky 1 and 2 are good. You're letting the shit that came afterwards cloud your judgement.

shittiest plot

shittiest characters

shittiest gameplay

I'd rather play 2 NES than X.

Wait let me link both to highlight the seething virgin over here. Genuinely what the fuck.

Bro I searched through ALL the threads

This is what passes for Atlus gameplay so I'm not entirely surprised.

Save the world!

But first, browse internet forums!

I think labyrinth of galleria is the best jrpg ever made.

These are the dumbest comebacks I've ever read. You must be 18 years or older to post here, redditors.

Too bad about the third of the game that got cut.

You sifted through multiple threads in search of evidence is how fucking booty blasted you are over E33. Wit isn't required. Mocking you is enough you fucking loser lmao.

>Bro I searched through ALL the threads

It would be a bless if we had only three E33 threads at a time. More like 25.

And yet somehow it is still one of the best games ever made.

You just know that some guy out there is wasting his time playing Final Fantasy XI / Final Fantasy XIV online and other similar games instead of playing all those better games.

oh look yet another list with chrono trigger at the top. that shit is so goddamn overrated

Old-school XI was really good, though.
It was a proper FF unlike that turd 13 and everything after it. Best job system as well.

This dumb nigga actually thinks that tales of vesperia plays like earthbound, and kingdom hearts 2.

The problem is how do you rate them, from that time or now.
8 just gets worse the longer you play it
I can get how zoomers can't get into Chibi 7.
I love 9 and dont know how we missed it at the time but I'll never fault a zoom zoom for considering 15 second load times on random battles unplayable.

No Skies of arcadia and trails in the sky

grim...

15 second load times

Don't forget long attakc animations and characters standing there for 3 years before actually performing spells. It's a super slow RPG, even as someone who liked it I rejoiced that I was given the option to speed up the game during those moments.

BoF3 for the win!

Octopath 2, yes. It's better than most the games on this list.

characters standing there for 3 years before actually performing spells

Kek, I completely forgot about that. That I did notice at the time, but V was so based.

2048 - 23

Anon Babbleaggots STILL lose their marbles over some journo's minimal effort "Top __" article

some things never change

not putting this game on top 10 is criminal, they decided to go for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 instead?? FUCK OFF

where is he

I find it so much harder than 1 and can't get into it. Everyone tells me I am objectively wrong. What am I missing?
My theory is everyone today watches ecelebs but I have no clue.

trails is #10

oh yeah, my b

I am forgotten...
youtube.com/watch?v=aDBQbWTESMM

J

Fuck off

/thread

People were upset in 1524 when that last letter was added. Not sure what that has to do with this thread but who am I to question a 1500 hundreds argument Anon.

i have shit taste

ok?

Not as shit as yours.

6 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

is it really better than Dragon Quest VIII though?

ni no kuni

People hated that game when it came out. I guess ecelebs made a bunch of summary videos about it?

VNs are unironically trash, read actual novels instead.
t. Read more than 100 VNs when I was a teenager

DREAM TEAM DOMINATION
funny I don't see a single fire emblem title on the list. must mean the entire series is dog ass. In fact show me one steam chart for active players in fire emblem.

no Lufia 2 Rise of The Sinistrals

This was my list, . I forgot 3 houses, id actually put it top as long as you play on hard, permadeath, no time machine.
That said engage was shit, 1 was really good but logistically autistic heaven/awful, 2 was a mixed bag, 3 was shit, 4 was 6/10 and I gave up.
It's not a great series and the fanbase is cringe as fuck. I still stand by 3 houses though, perfect gamblers high that I wish more RPGs copied.

Ni no Kuni is not even in the running for top 100

this, I didn't even manage to finish this game, so fucking booooooring

very good list...it really avoids redundancy so there's only one ff game which is a nice way of doing it. meh kind of a sad note to end on, just make the weeb cry and you're a god

If only they had the balls to include eroge such as Black Souls or MGQ Paradox.

FFIX would disagree with that

fag posts a obvious ragebait.

None of them are RPGs.

Half a decade? You mean like five whole years!? That’s probably like a third of your lifespan so no wonder it seems like a lot to you, underaged bitch.

You mean like five whole years!?

8 years

Relative to its quality Golden Sun is one of the most overrated games ever. A completely average game elevated by having pretty above average graphics for a GBA game and being a Nintendo exclusive RPG during Nintendo's most dire period for RPGs

IGN=Ignorant gorilla niggers

Honestly I love them both but X is my first and favorite one

Yea white witch is really fucking meh gameplay wise I would say the second one is much better

The second one is so much better gameplay, story, and mechanics wise. If you can pirate/ get it cheap it I would recommend it

X is my first and favorite one

same, this game changed my life, that's what art is all about, damn I wish I had that feeling again, it was pretty close with skies of arcadia, but it's sad to have tasted peak so early lol

17 - Tales of Vesperia

Vesperia won
Real Tales won
Arise lost BIGLY

No need to shit talk arise anon, everyone who plays take of games know it wasn’t meant to be a tales of game

they didn't put FF7 and went for FFX

based? like, that was surprising, in a good way I mean

I never got the hype, or any snes hype really. 20 years latter though, unlike the PS1/N64 it really is aging like a fine cheese. I swear it's a better game now than in 1995.

same, Chrono Cross is much better imo, and it also aged better