There is so much wrong with this list I don't even know where to start, some of the games are doubtful for making the RPG genre nevermind a top 25 RPG list, and as for rankings, a RNG could of come up with something making more sense.
Skyrim for the number 1 spot? ok its got some great values but its far from a great RPG, the gameplay as an experience was dubious and the story much the same, i've said it before but Bethesda make premier sandboxes and second rate RPGs.
Basically any RPG can be boiled down to spreadsheets, the more detailed and complex the spreadsheet, generally, other things being equal, the better the RPG.
Whats really galling is that a generation of gamers have grown up thinking this tripe is prime beef.
Skyrim for the number 1 spot? ok its got some great values but its far from a great RPG, the gameplay as an experience was dubious and the story much the same, i've said it before but Bethesda make premier sandboxes and second rate RPGs.
The power trip is fine for a while and if you're happy to keep eating vanilla it might work for you long term, but I think for many RPG fans some more complexity is welcome. Plus, Vegas just has so much more "RPG" to it, I'll admit hands down FO3 has the better sandbox and more polish over all, better atmosphere even, but shear depth and number of quest lines and options and detail Vegas blows FO3 away by a large factor.Ten Foot Bunny said:I also wish Fallout 3 could have qualified. What everyone seems to like about New Vegas - its limitations and consequences - is exactly what I don't like about it. What I like to experience when I play games, especially RPGs, is feeling like I'm eventually the supreme ruler of all that I survey. Fallout 3 gave me that in spades, while New Vegas withheld that satisfaction.
Basically any RPG can be boiled down to spreadsheets, the more detailed and complex the spreadsheet, generally, other things being equal, the better the RPG.
Agreed, DAO is possibly one of the most overrated RPGs I've played. It makes virtues out of cliché and bland lip service to the form, in story, characters, mechanics, and loot. it does everything just well enough to make a mediocre grade, then because of its size and budget it pretends to be some grand epic when really its more of a caricature of the classic high fantasy crpg than paying any sort of homage, I wont even get into the whole romance simulator aspect.RealRT said:Where is Alpha Protocol? And JRPGs and both Dragon Age games have no business being in a "Top RPGs" list.
Whats really galling is that a generation of gamers have grown up thinking this tripe is prime beef.