The Drunken Lizard Pub

Post your Top 10 list of the best RPG of all time.

Mine is...

1 ) Baldur's Gate
2 ) Planescape: Torment
3 ) Eschalon Book I
4 ) Eye of the Beholder II
5 ) Ishar 3 - The Seven Gates of Infinity
6 ) Ultima VIII Pagan
7 ) Dragon Age: Origins
8 ) Ultima Underworld II
9 ) Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant / Wizardry Gold
10 ) Death Gate

Hmm, this is gonna be hard, and I'm probably gonna change my mind in a couple minutes, but:

1) Geneforge 1
2) Geneforge 4
3) Echalon Book 1
4) Avernum 6
5) Geneforge 3
6) Geneforge 5
7) Avernum 5
Avernum 4
9) Geneforge 2
10) Nethergate, Avernum 1,2,3

I know I crammed that last one, but those games are all to good to be left out. As you can see, I'm a big fan of 'old style' RPG games, which is why Eschalon really floats my boat. I could give you a complete review and comparison of each of the above listed games, but I won't bore you.

I'm not sure I've played enough RPGs to even fill a top ten list, but here goes:

1) Eschalon: Book 1
2) Interplay's Lord of the Rings (old DOS game I still play with DOSBox)
3) Baldur's Gate
4) Quest for Glory 1 (old Sierra DOS game)
5) Aveyond: Rhen's Quest
6) Aveyond: Ean's Quest
7) Asguaard
The Three Musketeers
9) Eternal Eden
10) Darkstone

Guess I did play enough of them!

I can't really give an "ordered" list... the order seems to change every time I make one. I will list my #1, however, followed by nine more in no particular order... ^_^

1. Final Fantasy VI (Known as FF3 for SNES)
Final Fantasy IV (Known as FF2 for SNES)
The Original Fallout Series (DOS/Windows PC)
Pool of Radiance Trilogy (DOS PC)
Ultima IV (Original NES)
Morrowind (WinPC)
Baldur's Gate 2 (WinPC)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (WinPC)
Ultima VIII (DOS PC)
Ultima Online (Yes, it's an MMO, but it's still an RPG... and still going! - WinPC)

"Oh my god, Bernie! You didn't put Eschalon on the top ten!! You're so Crazy!"

Yes, it's true... there's just too many... considering that technically speaking, there's actually 14 on my "top ten" list. But Eschalon is one of those games that reminds me of all of those favorites (check out my personal review to see how much I enjoyed it)! Besides, if I include Eschalon on that list, it will mean excluding a game that someone else might miss out on otherwise. However... there is an "Honorable Mention" list...

Honorable Mentions:
Eschalon: Book I (Windows PC)
Final Fantasy I (NES)
Final Fantasy V (GBA, and the fan translated Super Famicom version via Emulation)
Final Fantasy VII-IX (Windows PC/Playstation)
Dragon Warrior I-IV (NES)
World of Warcraft (WinPC)
Oblivion (WinPC)
Two Worlds (WinPC)
Diablo I & II (This would be on the top ten, but because it leans more heavily on action, I stuck it down here - WinPC)

"Oh my god, Bernie! You didn't put Eschalon on the top ten!! You're so Crazy!"

This isn't a communist state- you won't get shot if Eschalon fails to make your top 10 list. There are many incredible RPGs out there and I am absolutely flattered that Eschalon would even make anyone's Top 30 list.

(Here's mine, in no particular order...)
Dungeon Master
The Bards Tale
Eye of the Beholder II
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
Ultima 4
Ultima 7
Ultima Underworld
Might & Magic III
Wizardry 8

With respects to:
Wizardry 7, Neverwinter Nights, Baulder's Gate, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (once it's been heavily patched and modded), Lands of Lore, Ultima Underworld II, the rest of the M&M series, and the first computer RPG I ever played: Ultima 2.

In no order

Hack (Amiga)
The Bards Tale 1&2 (Amiga)
Eye of the Beholder I&II (Amiga)
Dungeon Master (Amiga)
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet (PC)
Dungeon Lords (PC Collector's Edition)
Arx Fatalis (PC)
2 Worlds (PC)
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Arcanum (PC)

Not to mention All the AD&D Gold Box's on Amiga and many more

BasiliskWrangler wrote:

"Oh my god, Bernie! You didn't put Eschalon on the top ten!! You're so Crazy!"

This isn't a communist state- you won't get shot if Eschalon fails to make your top 10 list. There are many incredible RPGs out there and I am absolutely flattered that Eschalon would even make anyone's Top 30 list.

(Here's mine, in no particular order...)
Dungeon Master
The Bards Tale
Eye of the Beholder II
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
Ultima 4
Ultima 7
Ultima Underworld
Might & Magic III
Wizardry 8

With respects to:
Wizardry 7, Neverwinter Nights, Baulder's Gate, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (once it's been heavily patched and modded), Lands of Lore, Ultima Underworld II, the rest of the M&M series, and the first computer RPG I ever played: Ultima 2.

This would be my list as well....except that I would add the fallout games and arcanum:)

Great minds:P

Iane wrote:In no order

Hack (Amiga)
The Bards Tale 1&2 (Amiga)
Eye of the Beholder I&II (Amiga)
Dungeon Master (Amiga)
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet (PC)
Dungeon Lords (PC Collector's Edition)
Arx Fatalis (PC)
2 Worlds (PC)
Planescape: Torment (PC)
Arcanum (PC)

Not to mention All the AD&D Gold Box's on Amiga and many more

Wow, Dungeon Lords? hehe.

This is probably mine is no particular order

- Ultima III
- Wasteland
- Bard's Tale II
- Ultima V
- Might & Magic 1 & 2
- Fallout
- Pool of Radiance
- Eye of the Beholder
- Divine Divinity
- Ultima Underworld

Saxon1974 wrote: Wow, Dungeon Lords? hehe.

You know, I really enjoyed playing Dungeon Lords.... with a friend. It's one of those games that I pick up @ Best Buy whenever I'm in there and think about picking it up to play again (it's part of some triple RPG bundle). Maybe I should go through the few discs I have left and see if I still have a copy. 0_o

Solo, I wasn't really feeling it, but in multiplayer, where I can go rogue while my buddy slings spells... much more entertaining. It's a shame the sequel is on indefinite hiatus.

But I'm a big Co-Op gamer... and I think that's where action RPG's really shine. So take that for what it's worth.

Saxon1974 wrote: Wow, Dungeon Lords? hehe.

I think it was a very underrated game, the Publisher rushed it out with a million bugs like so many games now days just gave it a bad rap but at least the devs didn't Disappoint the fans and stuck with it - I really enjoyed the game

1. Might and Magic III
2. Ultima 7.
3. TES: Daggerfall
4. Fallout 1-2
5. TES: Morrowind
6. Baldurs Gate 1
7. Baldurs Gate 2
8. Gold Box series
9. Eye of the Beholder 1-3
10. Magic Candle 1-3

Here's mine, half PC half console

1 - Excelsior Phase one: Lysandia
2 - Final fantasy 7
3 - Eschalon book 1
4 - Neverwinter nights
5 - Suikoden
6 - Sacred
7 - Final fantasy 5
8 - Phantasy Star
9 - Star Ocean 2 the Second Story
10 - Baldurs Gate

This thread has given me some good ideas on what to play next by the way

Thanks!

1. Ultima VII (The Black Gate > Serpent Isle)


2. Arcanum (could have been number 1... could have been)


3. Baldur's Gate Saga


4. Neverwinter Nights 2 (a great narrative but too many bugs)


5. Dark Sun 1 (huge load of bugs and badly balanced, but one of the best atmospheres ever)


6. Faery Tale Adventure 2


7. Icewind Dale + Heart of Winter


8. Divine Divinity (for the ingenuity of how it blends Diablo with true roleplaying)


9. Albion


10. Darklands


Games that could make the list but haven't played them yet: Drakensang 2, Eschalon Book II

Games that are great fun dungeon romps: Might and Magic VII, Wizardry 8, Wizards & Warriors

In no order, since the top one changes with my mood.

The Bard's Tale 2: Destiny Knight
Baldur's Gate 1
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Ultima 6: The False Prophet
Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra
Wizardry 8
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
Might and Magic 2: Gateway to Another World
Dwarf Fortress

Let's see...

Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Fallout
Baldur's Gate
Dragon Age: Origins
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy Tactics
Kingdom Hearts
Earthbound
Eschalon Book I

Those aren't in any particular order, other than the order I could think of them. It would be too difficult, I think, to number them from most favorite to least favorite.

Hmm, a healthy mix of Eastern and Western there. I've only just recently started playing Western PC RPGs. For most of my life, I had only known Eastern console RPGs. Eschalon is the only indie game up there, but then, it's also the only indie game I've ever played...at least, so far.

(Also, I neglected the Legend of Zelda games, but I don't really think they qualify as RPGs. There is no leveling/XP system, which I feel is a vital aspect of the genre to qualify.)