Anyways, Good list. I thoroughly enjoy that unlike most lists, you don’t forsake games like Baldur’s Gate because it has no blaring electric guitars. No Fallout games is a bit of a disappointment, and Morrowind was pretty damn good as well. But I couldn’t agree with your 1st choice more. Chrono Trigger shits all over FF7. I mean, FF7 was good the first time. I’ve never played it since. I end up going back to CT every few years, and still love it.

Diablo, a game you criticize, can be replayed ad-infinitum, thanks to its randomized maps. And I love how you point out how it has no story. What, are you saying FF7 on par with Tolkien or something? (Wait, you’ve probably never read a book by Tolkien, but know all about LoTR from watching the movies).

Also I couldn’t be happier about not seeing any fall out games on this list. It sounds to me like you see a game rated highly on IGN and decide its gotta be the best game ever made and you go out and buy it. Maybe you should pick up some old classic RPGs like FF3 and then criticize this list coming from a standpoint of knowledge about what you’re talking about.

Secret of Mana is epic just for the fact that it is a 3 player game. My friends and I beat it once every few years together and it gives us a couple of weeks of amazing fun. And Chrono Trigger being number one is beyond dispute.

Baldur’s Gate possibly deserves to be up there, but, as Kniteli and JaySee point out, Baldur’s Gate II was far superior and is certainly one of the finest RPGs ever made. Baldur’s Gate was a good but flawed game, that laid the foundations for it’s excellent sequel.

So you put FFVII in at number 12. Ho hum. And people have responded saying that it’s overrated and it doesn’t deserve to be up there. Wow. You guys should know that I and all the other RPG fans respect you loads for sticking to less popular RPGs, and for rejecting FFVII despite it clearly being the best incarnation of a Final Fantasy, and the best RPG (Possibly game, but for OoT) made so far. Still, if we underate it that makes us all look cooler, and more knowledgable, right?

No Morrowijnd or Oblivion? That’s a bit controversial. No Planetscape Torment? Ooh, the fans won’t like that. No Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines? What, too fps for you? Pfft. I can forgive these ommissions, but…

…NO FALLOUT GAMES? NONE?!?! Arguably the finest series of RPGs ever made, and you included NONE of them?!!? I expect the nausea of having to see the third one included at the expense of the first two, but none? Sorry, friend, but that’s inexcusable.

The next two leave me in the minority, because they are unquestionably very popular, and yet I fail to see the quality in either. Diablo the fourth best RPG ever? Diablo as in the retreat and stand in doorways simulator? Diablo as in with sod all sound and music? Diablo as in no character development and practically no story? Diablo as in with character creation and upgrading far worse than the likes of BG, ID, or even the later FFs? Please folks, explain what I’m missing here!
But then this is topped, by your third best RPG ever! What the hell is the deal with Secret of Mana? It’s a hybrid of FF and LoZ, but it takes the worst from both camps! The fighting in SoM was the most horrible thing in the world; with about 80% of the important fights won or lost by the person who got the first hit in. Then to boot, there is no story, and no characters! The boy, the girl, the imp! They don’t even have names!?!?