nostalgic rpg's

[balthier]

Hehe.. Final Fantasy 8 huh, im still amazed that many people dont know how to play this game. first off its the easiest FF Game in the series. what you need to do is not level up at all just kill what you actually have to kill and steal magic. i beat it on level 16 including the omega weapon. Now the zelda series is tough to label but if its an RPG so is any metroid game. Castlevania SOTN And the 3 games for the gameboy advance are RPG's side scrolling doesnt mean otherwise.

I agree FF8 is very disappointing because of that. Aside from having 0 replay value.

Anyways I feel the last good RPG was Final Fantasy 9, the music, graphics, and system was awesome. And I loved the story. Here's my list of favorite RPGs:

FFIX
FFVII
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Grandia
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
FF2 and 3
FF Tactics
Star Ocean 2

I agree with the main poster that old school RPGs were the best. FFX really went to shit, and FFXI wasn't a game (online chatroom with wild bunnies and sheep), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.. blah! Uh.. Suikoden IV... main character didn't even have a name, nor a personality (III was WAY better but not a favorite RPG) Granda II wasn't as good and III was shit as well. Wild Arms has also gone down hill. WTF are these game developers thinking? THey're running out of good storylines, putting in complicated and annoying battle / eqiupment systems, and making a single task like "go to every cloister of trials then fight Sin" ... sad. Older stuff like Chrono Trigger and FFVII has storylines so complex it takes hours and hours to describe only the events, let alone the story behind the events. I feel RPGs are dying, anyone agree with me?

Good RPGs Released for PS2:
None

Average RPGs Released:
FFX (nothing compared to IX and VII)
Xenosaga (Xenogears wins)
Suikoden III
Star Ocean 3
Legend of Legaia 2

Shit RPGs Released:
Suikoden 4
Wild Arms 3, and Alter Code F (4)
Grandia Extreme (3)
FF Crystal Cronicles
FFX-2
FFXI
And 300 others I forgot about

There use to be atleast 3 great RPGs a year in the old days, now I haven't seen ONE good RPG in atleast 4 years. There is a "select few" that are average and about 95% are shit.