Game Informer Top 100 RPGs Of All Time

49. Xenogears
48. Persona 3
47. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
46. Demon's Souls
45. Mass Effect 3
44. Fire Emblem: Awakening
43. Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
42. Shadowrun
41. Xenosaga: Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht
40. Neverwinter Nights
39. Fallout
38. System Shock 2
37. Diablo III
36. Fallout: New Vegas
35. Final Fantasy X
34. Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
33. Final Fantasy
32. Valkyrie Profile
31. Ultima VII: The Black Gate
30. Persona 4
29. Suikoden II
28. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
27. Earthbound
26. Dragon Age: Origins
25. Kingdom Hearts II
24. Dark Souls
23. Final Fantasy IV
22. EverQuest
21. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
20. Diablo
19. Persona 5
18. Final Fantasy VII
17. Ultima Online
16. Secret of Mana
15. Pokemon Red & Blue
14. Deus Ex
13. Planescape: Torment
12. Fallout 3
11. Bloodborne
10. Final Fantasy Tactics
9. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
8. Diablo II
7. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
6. World of Warcraft
5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
4. Mass Effect 2
3. Chrono Trigger
2. Final Fantasy VI
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

>Skyrim

When will this stupid meme die?

Every fucking day now

>Skyrim at the top

Entire list discarded.

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>persona over SMT
why do normalfags pretend they don't like dating sims?

skyrim lol holy fuck.

Skyrim is #1 and fucking DESTINY is on the list. The entire list is discredited and discarded on that basis alone.

>>376647203
Redditcal list dudes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlMdNcvCJo

>>376647203
>Skyrim #1
/V/ BTFO

>Tatics Ogre: LUCT - 92
>FF Tatics - 10

Absolutely shit list

>>376647203
>4. Mass Effect 2
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>It's real
Why. It's physically impossible for anyone to legitimately thing Skyrim is a better RPG than a sizable portion of that list.

>>376647203
>>376647260
What the fuck is even the requirements for being considered an RPG?

>Breath of the Wild is #47
>Skyrim is #1
>Even though BotW does everything Skyrim does but better

>>376648108
I was unaware that Breath of the Wild had an insanely large modding scene and has multiple total conversion mods.

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>>376647203
>WoW in top 10

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>Pokemon Red & Blue even on this list

>>376648108
what are mods?

>xenosaga 1 above xenogears and xenoblade

What the FUCK am I reading?

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>>376647260
>39. Fallout
>36. Fallout: New Vegas
>12. Fallout 3

I honestly want to kill whoever made this shit

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>>376648108
We can all agree that Skyrim doesn't belong in the top 25, but BotW doesn't do a lot of stuff that Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim do. Nor does it have as big a modding scene. Skyrim shouldn't get credit for it's mods and neither should BotW

>>376648380
>Fallout 2 didn't even make the list
It had problems, but it still blows 3 out of the water.

Half of those aren't RPGs. Just adventure games with experience points or crafting...

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>>376647260
>Breath of the Wild

WHAT
EVEN
IS
AN
R
P
G

>>376648606
A game in which you play a role.

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>>376648573
>Horizon Zero Dawn ANYWHERE on this list
>Monster Hunter Generations makes the list, but 4 Ultimate doesn't
WHAT KIND OF LIST IS THIS

>>376648573
>experience points or crafting
that's what RPG means now

>>376648380
Fallout 3 is the best FPS Fallout

>>376648182
>no realistic horse anus mod for BotW
dropped

>>376647936
Normies

>>376648678
>A game in which you play a role.
So every game ever made?

>>376649621
Correct. You have now been enlightened.

>>376649621
what role do you play in tetris

>>376647203
>100. Torment: Tides of Numenera

Already stopped reading.

>>376650194
Block Placer.

>>376650339
I thought it was the L block

>Skyrim
You cant even fucking role play
>bunch of shitters in there
>Vagrant story at 88
>No Breath of Fire game
>No shining force
>shit list is shit.
No fucking way that GI's target market is over 13 yrs old. Also, provide link because I cant even believe this horseshit.

>>376650489
The list is exclusive to subscribers currently.

>>376650489
Actually have the GI magazine, it came in today, and yeah, Skyrim is 1. I honestly gagged a bit when I saw that.

http://wccftech.com/skyrim-1-game-informer-top-100-rpg/

>>376647936
Skyrim sucks both from a role playing perspective (none of your decisions have any consequence) and from JRPG-style story driven perspective, because its story and characters are shit; it's baffling that's it above a bunch of RPGs that excel at one or the other or both.

On a side note, I just got to Skellige in Witcher 3. Even Vikings are done better in this game.

>>376648026
>What the fuck is even the requirements for being considered an RPG?

don't know. objectively the Final fantasy franchise have had good games but only XII was a legit good rpg. also Bloodborne is a 50/50 action rpg.
also persona is a great game but only 50% an rpg, the other 50% is a social sim. also no Megaten Nocturne.

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>>376647203
>>376647260
>skyrim
>mass effect 2
>World of Warcraft
>fallout 3

Why is vampire so low? It is easily better than most of those games

>>376652939
Because it's so fucking filled to the brim and bursting with bugs and glitches that it needs multiple patches just to play it?

>>376653015
It works fine now though. Skyrim was probably just as buggy without patches. I remember not being able to play it without it crashing for a while after release.

>>376653212
Pretty sure Vampire was near unplayable in its vanilla state

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>Mass Effect
>Mass Effect
>TES
>TES
>Fallout
>Fallout
They should have limited it to one game per franchise. Any list will be shit if you keep repeating things.

>89. Tales of Symphonia

Shit list, subbing to IGN

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>>376647203

>>376650194
Russian hacker

>>376647203
>Top 100 RPGs
Only 1 of them is actually an RPG (Deus Ex).

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>New Vegas
>36

WHO THE FUCK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LIST?

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>game I don't like
ISHYGDDT

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>RPGs
>Kingdom Hearts
>World of Warcraft
>Odin Sphere
>Monster Hunter
>Symphony of the Night
>Souls games
>HZD
>a Zelda game
Forget Skyrim being first. Why the fuck are those on the list in the first place?

>>376655781
>Souls games
>Not RPGs
???

>>376647203
>94
>Golden Sun
It's going to be a long read.

>>376653332
Don't think so. I tried installing mods but I'm pretty sure i just ended up playing it in vanilla. What makes Vampire's mods far more forgivable than Skyrim's is that the mods just fix technical issues I didn't notice while Skyrim has a shitty core game; everything good about it comes from the mods.

So is /v/ going to make its own shitty list or just keep bitching about this one?

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>>376647203
>Undertale is number 70 for top RPGs of all time
>mfw

>>376656621
I think V has a list.

>>376656714

Hell, I love the game and it shouldn't even be on this list. It just doesn't feel like a RPG even though the combat is turn based

>lost odyssey 96
>skyrim 1

SKYRIM ISN'T EVEN A FUCKING RPG. IT'S A GOT DAMN ACTION ADVENTURE GAME.

>>376657165
Same. The criteria to make this list is weak and confusing as shit. Tactics Ogre loses to Final Fantasy Tactics? How did they judge that?

>>376647486
cmon man its my dick vs my brain
Ofc mu dick will win

>>376648026
A role paying GAME

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>No Arcanum

shit list imo

No Legend of Dragoon at all. Fuck this shitty fucking list

>>376647203
Wasn't expecting to see Gwyn there, pleasant surprise.

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brb rpgcodex forums

>Put the first Disgaea on the list
>even though retroactively it's the game in the series except a BIG MAYBE 2 or 3.

Is this just like going off scores or something?

>>376647203
>torment tides of numenera anywhere on the list
stopped reading there

>>376647203
>>376647260
>>376647409
>>376647486
>>376647627
>>376647631
>>376647652
>>376647876
>>376647897
>>376648108
>>376648214
>>376648226
>>376648253
>>376648380

What OP didn't mention was that DnD was #0. Still bullshit, but less bullshit.

>>376661534
Oh please, that's just bait to try and get LE GEEK cred

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What would be your rpg top 10?

Keep in mind that your list should factor everything except nostalgia.

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>>376647260
>FFVI over Chrono Trigger at the top

Ye. It's not the WORST list if you just remove Skyrim and Mass Effect from the top 10. Also the clickbait like Persona 5 and Bloodborne over Dark Souls in the top puzzles me (does it though?).

WoW changed RPGs forever whether we like it or not

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>>376647203
96. Should be a lot higher.
91. A 2D isometric run & gun platformer. On an RPG list. You havin' a giggle, m8?
84. I'm not entirely willing to let this one slide as an RPG either.
82. Sure it's funny, but it doesn't belong in the top 100 by a long shot.
81. And now we have an FPS. Was there a 2-for-1 on crazy pills?
73. It's amazing but it's not an RPG.
66. Are we going for a fucking bingo here or something? Purely turn-based strategy, not RPG.
65. I'll give them this one but only if they bundle it with 2 as well, since each is only half-RPG.
57. Garbage, fire up the compacter.
56. Get this crap off the list.
50. Even if you go off the assumption that G2 was the best, the correct answer lies somewhere between "Crystal" and "HG/SS" as they're all better versions of the same game.
47. Random loot doesn't make an RPG out of an adventure game.
45. Into the furnace.
43. I get that it's iconic as an early example of the format, but unless there's some recent and massively polished remake I don't know about it's got no place in the top 100.
39. More FPS than anything else.
36. pew pew
33. It's in better standing than Mad Overlord, but it still doesn't hold up well enough to be edging out later, better games.
20. Better than Mad Overlord, worse than FF1 holds-up-wise, and doesn't rank high enough to be here.
18. Third worst after II and XIII. There are enough better games it shouldn't be here.
15. Oh, here's the other shoe. Pick one and be done with it, they're all the exact same thing even by RPG standards.
12. pew pew pew
11. This and the other Souls games are very on the fence of RPGdom.
1. It's not even the best one of its series, let alone compared to any of the other greats.

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Is this some kinda last ditch effort to get people talkin about Game Informer again by rustling some jimmies?

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>>376651283
> objectively the Final fantasy franchise have had good games but only XII was a legit good rpg.

What did he mean by this?

>>376655781
you can dog WoW for being a shitty grindfest, but it's all RPG at it's core.

Kingdom Hearts II is more of an action game like Bayonetta but damn if it didn't have some of the best action/platformer boss battles ever

>>376647203
>98. VTMB
Fucking what
>Fable II and Inquisition are above Witcher 2
>Breath of the Wild is below ME3
>KOTOR II nowhere to be seen
>Skyrim #1
This list is legit bullshit; the only way I'd accept this is if it's voted on by committee.

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>GameInformer
>relevant
They just shill for terrible AAA games and GameStop
I miss old school EGM with Hsu and Chan

>>376647203
>Bloodborne above dark souls

BB was a better game mechanically, and story wise in my opinion, but not a better RPG.

>>376657558
I want to know where the best Fallout is.

>>376663223
The term "RPG" is as loose as your mother nowadays

>>376661534
If DnD is at #0 then Skyrim should 100% not be #1.

>>376659435
link me the thread senpai

>no Gothic on the whole fucking list

I dont believe it for a damn second

>>376647260
>skyrim
*breathes in*
AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA

>>376664459
Honestly it's pretty unfair to count the modding scene. Vanilla Skyrim is a broken, ugly mess

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>>376665705
come again?

>>376666090
UN-MODDED VANILLA SKYRIM IS AN UGLY, BROWN, SHITTILY TEXTURED MESS, YOU FUCKING MANLET KEK

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>>376666282
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING A MANLET YOU ANIME LOVING PIRATE FAGGOT? ALSO SKYRIM IS A MASTERPIECE AS SHOWN ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE LIST BY GAMEINFORMER YOU FUCCKKCKCKKCKCKCKK

You know you fucked up when fucking IGN of all sites have a better 100 Top JRPG list than yours.

Skyrim at 1st? Fuck that, gotta go with the outlet that has Chrono Trigger at 1st.

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>Dark Cloud 2 only at 97
>ctrl+F "Rogue Galaxy"
>0 results

I mean, it's not top 10 material, but this thing was a freaking wonderful space opera swan song for RPGs on the PS2 and deserves some spot.

Also
>Paper Mario at 72
>TTYD not even on the list
It's not like they have some 1 per franchise rule considering all the FF on there.

>>376647203
How will SMTfags ever recover?

>>376647352
2-100 are all better than skyrim

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>13. Planescape: Torment
>12. Fallout 3

>5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
>4. Mass Effect 2

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>>376647203
>69. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
If any game had to win spot 69, I'm glad it was Disgaea

Post your own Top Tens, lads. Personal preference or industry impact, your call. Limit of one game per franchise, no mods allowed.

>1. Underrail
>2. New Vegas
>3. PS:T
>4. Morrowind
>5. Deus Ex
>6. VtMB
>7. KotOR 2
>8. BG 2
>9. SS 2
>10. Gothic 2

>>376647203
>Stick of Truth higher than Radiata Stories
They're not even fucking trying

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>>376647203
>66. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
THAT'S NOT EVEN AN RPG!

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

>>376667198
Underrail is a broken game, don't even try

>>376668415
>implying anything on that list is less broken

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Quite possibly the worst list from a major publication.

>No Fallout 2 but Fallout 3 for some reason

Best Final Fantasy didnt even make it on the list anywhere? Christ almighty.

(best is 5 btw, prove me wrong)

>>376647260
Mass Effect 3, really?

>>376648182
I don't understand why BotW is even on the list. It's a great game, but is it even an RPG? It's at least less of an RPG than any of the other games on the list.

>>376669034
I would say no, it's not.

Have they even played half of these games?

>>376647203
>>376647260
>ME2 and 3 are above 1
>FF6 above Chrono Trigger
>a fucking Zelda game is on the list
>Dark Souls above demon's
I'm triggered

>>376647260
Mass effect 2
RPG

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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>Horizon: Zero Dawn

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>Mass Effect 3 higher than Demon's Souls
I'd love to see their justification for including ME3 at all.

>>376670546
Harold is an opulent man.

>>376647203
So Game Informer is just as bullshit as everyone already thought they were. Nothing to see here.

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>Xenoblade above Dark Cloud 2
>FF6 above Skyrim

>>376647203
>1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Didn't even look at the rest of the list.

Fuckin LOL jesus christ. What a joke these people are.

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>>376670635

>>376671087
Good lord.

I do remember Game Informer running multiple articles calling gamers entitled over Mass Effect 3's ending, now that I think about it.

>>376647260
>skyrim
I actually snorted in a brief fit of laughter. Too fucking predictable. Damn normies.

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>>376657316
>SKYRIM ISN'T EVEN A FUCKING RPG. IT'S A GOT DAMN ACTION ADVENTURE GAME.
This. Bethesda has NEVER made an RPG.

>Fable II above Icwind Dale, Baldur's Gate, Divinity, and VTMB

How can taste be this bad

>>376672252
Have games been declining in substance and growing in size for 2 decades now?

>>376668158
But it has levels. And equipment. And money. And your guys get stronger from fightan.

>>376673151
Yes. And they have been lying by saying shit like "muh graphiks take up room" when in reality it's because developers are lazy, or else games are procedural generated and shat out on the latest Unreal Build by a committee. Usually both.

>>376673438
What game of this decade would you say has the most substance?

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Should have just changed the name to Top 100 Most Commercially Successful RPGs of all time, since sales are clearly the #1 determining factor as opposed to anything in regards to quality of actual content.

>>376652939
>Why is vampire so low? It is easily better than most of those games
Because it didn't sell as much.

>>376654407
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLJ1gyIzg78
Do you REALLY want this game to be the one that represents the Fallout series?

>>376656714
>>376657165
>>376657558
>>376663631
And yet Undertale is far more of a Role Playing Game than anything Bethesda has developed in the past decade.

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>>376647260
>19 Persona 5

>15 Pokemon Red & Blue
>12 Fallout 3
>4 ME2
>1 Skyrim

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>>376648380
>>376648569
>>376655254
>>376668512
The nightmare never ends.