Favourite RPG game of all time?

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I'd have to say The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the 360. I tried it on PC but much preferred my mates copy I borrowed for Xbox. Bought it off a site last brand new for £11. Cannot wait again. ;)

What do you guys think?
 
Not really a fan of RPG games, but fallout 3 seemed to be ok ... only played it a few times on the 360 as my pc version just kept breaking.

Oblivion was also playable
 
Going to have to go along and say...

Final Fantasy VII

then

Final Fantasy VIII

then...

Xenosaga? PS2 series, only the 2nd one came out in this country though. (Theres 3)
 
Chrono Trigger.

Recently replayed it on the DS and its still brilliant. :)
 
Picking a Final Fantasy game will be too cliche for me, so I will go for another favourite series of mine, the old Phantasy Star games i.e. 1-4.

Phantasy Star was certainly great for it's time, especially being the only Sci-Fi based RPG when compared to Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, which these would be considered the big three JRPG's from the late 1980's. Not to mention that Phantasy Star was also the first to be released outside of Japan.

Most people will always remember Aerith's death from Final Fantasy VII as like the most tragic thing ever in an RPG, but others also will remember Nei from Phantasy Star II, which predates FFVII by like 8 years.

I really wished Sega would produce a "Phantasy Star V" game as the original series is so missed and now overshadowed by these inferior hack'n slash type games.

Although Phantasy Star Online still remains one of the best online experiences I've ever had and showed what the good ol' dreamcast was capable off even with a crappy 56K dial-up modem, and Phantasy Star Universe, whilst silly in regards to it's story, some of the added and new improvements to the gameplay mechanics were actually good.

Another series that would be my favourite is Shenmue. Totally underrated and not many games these days still comes close to this in terms of detail.
 
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It's a toss-up between the Golden Sun series (I really clicked with it) or the Tales series, specifically Tales of Symphonia.

Both are relatively modern, but it's at least a different answer to FF VII! :)
 
Watch some plonker say Zelda even though it's not an RPG. :) Oh apart from Zelda 2 I guess that's an RPG.

I did enjoy Sword Of Mana and Shining Soul 1&2 on the GBA.
 
Man I am a complete fool for forgetting about this game, but Skies of Arcadia is another one of my favourites.

It has a wonderful theme, a Jules Verne-style, medieval/Sci-Fi world where people live on floating continents and sky pirates. The ship battles were one of the best things about this game and the soundtrack was great too.

One of the best games ever from Sega/Overworks, which would be the same team that went on to produce Valkyria Chronicles, another which will become an underrated game, but a favourite.
 
As much as I love the Final Fantasy series (either 4 or 8 being my favourite from that), my favourite RPG of all time has to be Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger is Final Fantasy done much better.
 
Sigh, any of these...

FF3 SNES
FF4 SNES
Secret of Mana SNES
Chrono Trigger SNES
Lufia 1 and 2 SNES
FF7 PS1
Zelda
Earthbound

/thread ?
 
Of the console RPGs my favourites were FF7 and the Super Mario RPG on the SNES. Super Mario was awesome fun, while FF7 obviously had a far more engaging story.

Overall though my favourite ever RPG is definitely Baldurs' Gate 2.
 
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