Gameranx: "This list takes a look at the top 25 best JRPGs of all time, spanning over several decades."
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totally agree with #1, and totally disagree with Dark Souls being on there because it's not a JRPG. saying, "it's an RPG made by the Japanese" is not what really defines JRPGs. game mechanics, art styles, narrative, and other things are what make a JRPG, and Dark Souls doesn't fit with any of those.
i also think Final Fantasy IV should have been on there. imo it's the best Final Fantasy game, with Final Fantasy VI being second. interesting list, though.
I agree with some of the list, as it is expected we have our preferences, but you can't simply put Final Fantasy X that low on the least, I agree with Chrono Trigger being one of the top, but some people because some games are classics they just overevaluate them, Final Fantasy X was a genre defining game, and my God the story...
A lot of the older games on that list are like totally superior to most of the games that come out today.
Still, strange list in places. No Chrono Cross? No Vagrant Story? No Persona 2 or 3? No Kingdom Hearts? (Although personally, while I like KH, it's far from being stronger than most of the rpgs on that list), no Ni No Kuni? No Dark Cloud? No Rogue Galaxy? No Dragon Quest VIII? No Shadow Hearts?
The list for those who do not wanna scroll through 26 pages
(inverse order)
25. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
24. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year
23. Suikoden II
22. Final Fantasy X
21. Valkyria Chronicles
20. Secret of Mana
19. Valkyrie Profile
18. Nier
17. Tactics Ogre
16. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
15. Dragon Quest V
14. Mother 3
13. The World Ends With You
12. Earthbound
11. Xenogears
10. The Last Story
9. Final Fantasy XII
8. Final Fantasy Tactics
7. Final Fantasy VII
6. Final Fantasy IX
5. Dark Souls
4. Final Fantasy VI
3. Xenoblade Chronicles
2. Persona 4
1. Chrono Trigger
All lists like these are subjective. Personally for me it will go like this.
1. Persona 4
2. Xenogears
3. Final Fantasy 4
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Final Fantasy 6
6. Wild Arms
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Lunar Silver Star Story
9. Persona 3 FES
10. Valkyrie Profile Silmeria
Xenoblade the 3rd best JRPG of all time? No.