Narrowing down the top 10 RPGs on the PSX is no simple task. Much like the Genesis was famous for its sports games and the original Xbox became synonymous with first person shooters, the PSX was undoubtedly the greatest system of all time for RPG gamers.
With literally hundreds of titles to choose from ranging from abysmal to genre defining, we knew it would be impossible to come up with a list everyone will agree with. Even creating a list we’re happy with here at CG was a challenge, but we dug in our heels, laced up our boots and dove in anyway. Three days, four black eyes, countless Red Bull, numerous fractures/contusions and even one pillow fight later we’re finished. This is Casualty Gamer’s top 10 RPGs for the PSX.
10. Saga Frontier
If Saga Frontier has one obvious flaw it’s that the game tries to do too much. This planet hopping RPG lets you play as 7 different characters, each with their own main storyline to complete and several side quests they can embark on. Structuring the game this way helped keep things feeling fresh since each storyline was shorter than a traditional RPG’s main story.
Unfortunately the lack of a cohesive overall quest hurt the game in that players really didn’t have much motivation to keep playing after they had completed two or three different characters’ quests and seen most of what the game had to offer. The overall generic art style didn’t help matters either, but the game still has all the polish we’ve come to expect from Squaresoft.
This one won’t change your life, but it’s a great ride.
9. Grandia
This was probably the first Game Arts RPG most people got their hands on and while it never quite lived up to it’s big brother “Lunar” it certainly holds it’s own against the impressive stable of PSX rpgs. The combat system is more in-depth than that of Lunar and the graphics were very solid for it’s time.
The only real complaint I had about this game is that it never really managed to wow me. Sure, once I picked this little gem up I couldn’t bring myself to put it down until I was finished with it, but I walked away from this one wanting more. I expect this was to do with the game’s lack of any real challenge. The combat system is so flexible that any competent RPG player should be able to handle just about anything the game throws at them with relative ease.
8. Revelations: Persona
This game refused to play by the rules. Probably the most original RPG since Shadowrun for the SNES and Genesis, Persona was like nothing we’d ever seen before. The gameplay is hard to describe. Everything about it screams RPG, yet everything from the combat system to the storyline and even the setting were completely groundbreaking for the genre.
The game does get bogged down here and there with some lengthy first person dungeon crawls (a problem that was fixed by the time Persona 2 came around), but it earned it’s spot on our list through sheer innovation and plain old fun.
The Persona series’ fans take the words “die hard” to a whole new level. Speak ill of this one at your own risk.
7. Alundra
Certainly the most action oriented RPG on our list, Alundra plays a lot like Zelda or Legacy of Kain, with a heavy emphasis on puzzle elements. Like most of Working Designs imports, the English translation was nearly flawless.
Graphically Alundra is about as nice looking as a 2d game can get with a pleasing art style and some excellent animations. Many gamers were turned off by the game’s rage inducing difficulty, but for those who were willing to stick with it, Alundra proved to be a truly rewarding experience.
6. Suikoden
Suikoden is unique in that it allows players to control up to 6 characters in combat rather than the traditional 3. It also features a seemingly endless cast of playable characters making it feel at times like the “War and Peace” of the gaming world. Fortunately the story is a fairly simple one so keeping track of important characters and their place in the game isn’t difficult.
The game was panned by some hardcore RPG fans who found it to be to easy for their tastes, but for many the game’s lack of challenge was made up for by a unique storyline, refreshing combat, and absolutely stellar audio presentation.
5. Vagrant Story
Vagrant Story isn’t just another Squaresoft RPG. It plays like a cross between Heroes of Might and Magic, Diablo and your favorite Final Fantasy game. It came out late in the PSX life cycle and it certainly shows in the game’s impressive 3d graphics.
At it’s core, Vagrant Story is basically just a dungeon hack with a very unusual combat system. It also focuses heavily on puzzle solving which was unfamiliar territory for Square at the time. It is, perhaps, a little lighter on story and character interaction than most Square RPGs but the story that is there is interesting and the characters are some of the coolest we’ve ever seen. The pacing is also excellent. Vagrant Story never bogs down to the point where it feels like a grind like many dungeon crawlers do after a long play session.
4. Wild Arms
A Wild West themed, gun toting RPG. Wild Arms felt like a breath of fresh air in a time of Japanese flavoured steampunk RPGs. Beneath it’s unique exterior, Wild Arms didn’t offer much we hadn’t seen in the 16 bit era, but what’s there is charming, clean looking and a hell of a lot of fun.
The game’s overall style and penchant for action oriented puzzles drew criticism from hardcore RPG fans, but there’s a lot to like here if you can keep an open mind.
3. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
As an old school Sega fan, the original Lunar: The Silver Star for Sega CD was the first RPG I ever really cut my teeth on. In that sense it will always hold a special place in my heart, much like Final Fantasy 3 (6) does for so many North American gamers.
Lunar wasn’t really revolutionary in any substantial ways apart from it’s groundbreaking use of stunning anime cut scenes, but what it does, it does extremely well. Lunar reeks of polish from the graphics, to the translation, to the seamless combat system.
2. Final Fantasy 7
You knew it was coming. The grandfather of them all. Easily the best selling title on this list and arguably (not really) the most popular RPG even to this day. Perhaps single handedly responsible for Sony’s astounding success on their first foray into the console industry, there isn’t much left to say about Final Fantasy 7 that hasn’t been said already.
I may have been crucified for suggesting this 10 years ago, but the fact is Final Fantasy 7 didn’t do much we hadn’t seen before gameplay wise. The main reason this game had such a resounding impact is that it was the first game to remind many of us that the 16 bit days were gone and dead. Weighing in at a hefty 3 discs with beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds, face melting CG cut scenes and some of the coolest looking summoning spells to this very day, FF7 was an absolute assault on the senses. Top that off with an excellent combat system, some intriguing characters and just the right amount of tragedy and you’ve got a real winner.
1. Xenogears
A traditional RPG in every sense of the word, Xenogears was the culmination of everything Squaresoft learned during the PSX era, arguably Squaresoft’s greatest era. Freed from the somewhat linear expectations placed upon any game in the Final Fantasy series, Squaresoft were able to really let loose with Xenogears and try something new. The result? Giant mechs of course.
The combination of a traditional JRPG with giant mech based combat sounds like a bit of a hard pill to swallow, but Xenogears has one of the best stories ever in an RPG. The writers managed to explain the presence of these mechanised behemoths in this world of magic and monsters quiet well. With some of the greatest production values we’ve ever seen in a game, well over 80 hours of play time, some of the slickest looking in-game graphics and cut scenes on the PSX and a perfectly balanced combat system, there’s really not much to dislike about Xenogears. If you haven’t played it already you’re missing out.
That’s all we’ve got for you. I know there are tons of very deserving games that didn’t make the cut here today. So what’s your favorite PSX RPG?
terpitude71
Great list, Dan! I’ve been waiting for this one for a while now.
I actually agree with Xenogears getting the top spot for FFVII; it’s quite ironic I think that time has not treated FFVII as favorably as it’s predecessors.
That being said, I would’ve found a place for FFVIII towards the back end of the list. In my opinion, it is a much better game than most people give it credit for. But otherwise I agree totally with how you have them slotted.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am
HedonicWill
I couldn’t agree more with the top three (as perhaps indicated by my avatar). However, I am very disappointed to see that Chrono Cross and FFVIII made no appearance. Also, Xenogears over FFVII??? Tough call, I loved them both. Great list. I miss the late 90s and those PSX RPGs.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
Dan Z
I suppose FF8 or 9 would have been good choices. I rather enjoyed both at the time. Alas, there are only 10 spots. It’s amazing how many awesome Square RPGs came out on that little gray box. I could have easily done the top 10 Square PSX RPGs and not had any bad games on the list.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
HailToTheGun
Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy Tactics deserve 2 and 1 in my book, respectively, but nonetheless great list full of great games!
On a side note: Love for Persona = win. MegaTen franchise is among my favorite RPG series.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
coolio
right on the money with number 1. xenogears should be listed with the best games of all time, not just rpgs. late 90’s was a magical time for square
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Damian
Personally, I think Suikoden II is a better game than the original, and I’ve always liked FFIX better than FFVII
October 7th, 2008 at 7:10 am
MoonlightSong
Xenogears was great, but I think FF7 still earned it’s place on the top for various reasons. Nice call with Saga Frontier though. I haven’t heard that one mentioned in a while. I think FF7 actually did a lot that hadn’t been done before besides it’s graphical feats…There were so many great mini-games in it and the world itself was a departure from the typical. It set the standard that the Final Fantasy series would become in the new age of 3D gaming and declared Squaresoft as the leader in RPG gaming from then on. I think that FFVII more than any other RPG had boosted the fan base for RPGs in general…and I dare say helped to make Playstation the huge success it was.
October 7th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
ShadowGHX
Ahhh, I remember when I played some of these.
Good times, good times.
October 12th, 2008 at 5:41 am
panickedthumb
I’m surprised more people aren’t after you for not putting FF VII at the top. I probably would have, but I don’t think it’s aged as well.
As the first commenter said, 8 would get a place on that list for me too. I love that game. Of course, it was my first Final Fantasy so… that probably says something.
October 14th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Lateralus
I Think FFVII is the best RPG of all time, especially for it’s story and I have played thousands of games. I thought Vagrant Stiry was great too. The others are right about FFVIII though; it should have been on this list.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
GLiTCH
I completely understand the “Xenogears” and “FF7″ thing we got going on here, but everyone knows FF7 paved the way for RPGs. FF7 was to RPGs as the colt 1911 was to hand guns because it was made before a lot of others, was solid, reliable, and became a ‘model’ for so many other rpgs to go off of and be compared to. So first would most def have to go to FF7 with Xeno in a close 2nd and 3rd being quite a ways off.
Anyone who thinks that first and second should go to any other games might actually want to PLAY Xeno and FF7 before making those comments.
One other thing I was surprised about was the legend of dragoon didn’t make it on the list.
As for FF tactics, I LOVED that game, (done the PSX and PSP versions) but I really don’t consider it a true RPG. It’s grid based and the play style is just different from other RPGs. And looking at the games on here it would seem people agree that grid based just isn’t in on “THIS RPG list”.
Otherwise Front Mission 3 might have had to make it’s way on here as well. I guess it’s just a personal opinion of mine
Final Fantasy 8 I’m pretty iffy about. They strayed a far way away from key ‘final fantasy’ mechanics. The biggest notably was drawing magic. And turning summons into GF’s? And finally not having any other armor or weapons but instead just upgrading it? There’s others but those are the first ones to come to mind that kind of rubbed me the wrong way. The entire game revolves around hording magic and items. Not quite how the other final fantasy’s have worked. I mean don’t get me wrong, the GF comparison with Magicite was kind of neat, but it just wasn’t enough.
HOWEVER…
I think this game, made under ANOTHER name, would’ve been a ridiculous hit. Probably would have made the top 4 on this list. But the fact it was named Final Fantasy held it back because it gets compared to FF7 which is close to an impossibility to beat.
My 2 cents.
November 5th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Lelius
#1 and 2 are my all time favorites, so no complaints. But FF Tactics, even if strategic more than rpg, had such a compelling and dramatic storyline that I would have put it in the top 5. Sigh… I miss that stuff so much.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:12 am
jay
Umm… Valkyrie Profile anyone!? Easily should have been in the top 3
January 1st, 2009 at 2:51 am
Juancho
VANDAL HEARTS I & II !!!!!!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Jake "Blitz" the Snake
Woah woah woah……Have to agree with Hailtothegun……Chrono deff deserves a slot…..replayability like a mofo, awesome story to follow up trigger, classical battle style with a twist from the simplicity of FF magic and summons, plus a ton of brilliantly designed characters…….and of course the music to keep you goin…….Chrono should have had a slot….but I shall survive……..Like it has been said a billion times…. “NO LIST IS PERFECT FOR YOU EXCEPT YOUR OWN!”
Thanks for the memories though……game for life baby!!!!
January 28th, 2009 at 4:58 am
RPG's
the top 2 will prob never move from their rightfull poistions in my life time, although i played alot of rpgs in my lifetime, the top 2 where (how do u say?) OGASMIC!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 am
Peter
I’m playing ff9 now on epsxe and i must say it deserves a spot.
And I think ff7 was really cool cos it was actully difficult to defeat the weapons. And Xenogears is still playing somewhere in my brain.
Loved it!!!!! Chrono Cross was great too.. too bad Chrono Trigger 2 didn’t come out. It should come out on psx 3 ..Then maybe I’ll get it.
March 5th, 2009 at 3:29 am
dan
good list..BUT WHERE IS SUIKODEN 2?
March 31st, 2009 at 10:58 am
Dro
man u should have put ff8 on that bitch
April 6th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Temujin
Great list, and I think it’s good that you didn’t include any more than just one game per series. With regards to the whole Final Fantasy VII thing, I think enough time has gone by that people need to accept it’s not as great of a game as critics made it out to be.
Honestly, Dan’s right that it didn’t provide anything truly new to the genre. Countless games before it has broken the so-called conventions fans claim FF7 has – the setting, “killing” a main character, and minigames. Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Star Ocean, Phantasy Star and Terranigma, anyone?
Really, it was mainly the presentation that made it appealing at the time. Perhaps it’s because I haven’t played the game during its prime that I don’t agree with most people’s views, although I do think its a great RPG on its own merit. It should definitely get a position on this list, but it simply doesn’t deserve the amount of fanboy worship that follows it anywhere it’s mentioned.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:30 am
zidane
ff 9 should on the list…
May 16th, 2009 at 10:44 am
lol
FTW. suikoden II rocks everyones world.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Bianca
Suikoden 1 over 2?
Kind of wierd.. xD
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Jerukmlaku blogspot
Where legend of mana, suikoden 2, and digimon (esp.Digim0n 1&3) ??
May 24th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
achatz
what about castlevania: symphony of the night??? Maybe you decided not to put it in because it wasnt a “true” rpg, but either was alundra. Castlevania “soTN” should of made the cut.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:38 am
Steve
It kind of surprises me, the one game absolutely noone here has mentioned Tactics Ogre. Granted, no grid based rpg’s made the list but I think most can agree with me that Tactics Ogre has both a better storyline and far more replay value (player decision based alternate storylines) than Final Fantasy Tactics. The only downside to it at all I found was the amount of “training” involved aka grinding. But anyways, ten years later, Tactics Ogre still remains undoubtedly one of my favorite PSX games ever released and I think (though not above FF7 or Xenogears) Tactics Ogre-Let Us Cling Together DEFINITELY deserved a spot on the top ten list.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:36 am
canti
legend of dragoon should be on here at #1
June 12th, 2009 at 1:41 am
Flow
Honestly FFVIII is my favorite game of all time and while I understand that not everybody has to feel that way I think it’s in no way acceptable to leave it out of that list. At the very least SaGa Frontier should have to go
June 16th, 2009 at 8:29 am
cali
hehe seems none played Legend of Legaia
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 pm
YouFool
STAROCEAN 2!!!!!!! nub
July 9th, 2009 at 3:31 am
ringoskarr187
Breath Of Fire.
July 18th, 2009 at 4:35 am
oez
oh sh*t, xenogears and FFVII were king. that takes me back…… i dont think i was asian enough to “fully” grasp the final fantasy spirit, but xenogears did me just fine….. if iw as asian + played xenogears… id probably be trying to build me a mech……… or summon bahamut aye
July 20th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Rei
No Valkyrie Profile?
July 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Tnizzle
FF8 was very tedious and blah, its usually people who started with it who like it, if you played all the others and then played 8, it was very excruciating. Yes Legend of Dragoon should have been up there, its definitely better than FF8 as well as Suikoden II.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Dave
yeah ffviii sucked.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:31 am
DarkCloud23
FF7 is the best RPG game for the ps1
August 8th, 2009 at 2:37 am
nebujin
ff8 and ff9 are not worth being listed,ff7 which apart from ff6 (snes) really is the best ff ever. im missing breath of fire 4 tho ^^
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
omegawhat?
I believe all the ff games are great. Some that I have yet to play all the way through like xenosaga has yet for some reason not hit me like crono or bof4. I’m not gonna disagree with the everyone above me about which game is that there favorite since that is their opinion, what does get me is when someone gets overly mad when a game they like is not on this list. Just a reminder, its an opinion of this person. Personally I like almost any rpg game because there is always something unique about each one for the most part, for example to me FFVIII draw, gf, and junction system was really flexible almost to point where the game was too easy but none the least it is still a great game in my mind and the only game to implement such a system which makes it so different then others I have play.
August 26th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Ryan
Star Ocean 2 should deserves to be in top 10… Over 80+ endings with incredible full-time battling system and so many different customizations of weapons and skills. Xenogear is great I agree… I won’t debate whether it should be 1st or 2nd, as long as it’s in top 10. But its story is certainly the best compared to all other RPGs, though I’m sure that in many parts younger gamers couldn’t understand what is going on – a very complex plot
For the FF series, I’ve always prefer ones with cuter characters and objects, and of course, very very flashy skill animations… Hence I’d still prefer FFIX to FFVII… Couldn’t help it, it’s my nature ^^
Yes, and where’s Suikoden 2 when there’s Suikoden 1? Most characters are very lovable and I would always wish they’re my friends in Real-Life…
September 1st, 2009 at 12:57 am
Ecstacyhehe
lol, i played ff7 like last out of all the ffs, and 7 and 9 beats them all. breath of fire 3 is better than 4, too.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Maguita
Breath Of Fire IV!!!
September 18th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Ellie
Nice to see SaGa Frontier on here! Always loved that game. It’s great that I can still play it and discover something new a decade later. Also, you earn serious love for Persona being included. The PSX Persona titles rocked.
September 20th, 2009 at 9:45 am
nova
ffvii is the best, i personally never liked ffix (not too much at least)
September 21st, 2009 at 5:45 am
nova
and about xenogears im downloading it right now see if it deserves that 1st spot lol
September 21st, 2009 at 5:46 am
muges
i would have to say these three sould have made the cut some were atlest but i have to give it to them. thay know some really good games.
1.legend of dragoon
2.legend of lagaia
3.castlevania sotn
one i never really liked on the list was ff 7…i tryed playing the game about 7 diffrent time and alwas made it i think half way and still couldnt get in to it…but it was a best seller thats for sure.
September 21st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
SeAcT
so, those were the days huh?
do you remember when you used to sit there in the couch holdin ur controller, and doin your thing while getting yelled by your mother because you skipped school because of playing those games??? …..
you dont?… aw
guess its just me then.. XD
anyways, i couldn’t agree more with xenogears being top 1..
btw, why is chrono cross and valkyrie profile, or castlevania isnt in the list?
i love those.
October 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
SeAcT
BTW nova, hows Xenogears goin? ^^ fun huh?
October 1st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
RPG Girl
I’m so stoked! I just traded a used copy of Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) for Xenogears, FF8, FF9, and Chrono Cross! All smiles here!
October 8th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Amechiki
I liked a lot of these games, but one of the ones that tickled a lot of my fancies was Brave Fencer Musashi. I also think that Threads Of Fate deserves to be in the list, not near the top, but still part of the ten.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Ash Odin
IX is the best PlayStation game, but nowhere to be found on your list. Out of 10 games! NOWHERE!
October 10th, 2009 at 8:29 am
RPG Girl
I’m playing Xenogears for the first time ever…the story pulls you in right away. I don’t know why Chrono Cross isn’t here or for that matter Legend of Legia…one of my favorites! I spent hours day and night playing that game! Oh the memories! Then again I haven’t played Vagrant Stories or Lunar and a few others due to them being hard to find or hella expensive on Ebay. Does anyone know a good play to buy these games at a reasonable price?
October 11th, 2009 at 4:39 am
Twiztid
RPG GIRL –
If you want to play the expensive games i suggest you look into psx emulation for your computer.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Fountainhead
Twiztid-
qft. only way to do it
October 15th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
treyfizzle210
OMG no Legend of dragoon!!! =( nub!
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
haylie
treyfizzle210 yeaaaaa legend of dragoon! awesome graphics too!
October 25th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
kalen
guardian’s crusade is my fav psx rpg game it was an open world and everything no load screens and it was all in 3d and no small towns like most rpgs, it was so advanced for its time.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
K y O
well.. in my opinion. i prefer FF8 . coz, for me, da story were good and the combat mode is better than FF7. i played FF8 and FF7 and finished them both. in the end. i like the ending of FF8 ^__^
October 30th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Kanayn
Im downloading the entire list. great list BTW exept its only missing legend of Dragoon lol. thatnks for the list though i found lots of great games on it.
November 14th, 2009 at 3:57 am
sam
FF7 was my first psx game and it was the best. ive completed numerous times and personally there is NO OTHER GAME IS IN THIS LEAGUE……
November 16th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Vonfred
Legend Of Dragoon ??
This game did not have all the aspects of an RPG (being able to freely walk the world map,… and more (i forgot havent played it in a while))
Although, the story made up HUGE TIME for the lack of common RPG aspects. IF UVE NEVER PLAYED IT, there is a huge gap in the RPG gamer in you… 5*** play it, you wont regret it
Chrono Cross ??
I’ve played this game in full 5 times in my life. i was 12 when it came out (so i’m glad to say, i’ve lived during the TRUE RPG era and Square’s prime time)
Beautiful game, story, battle system, characters, quests….) 5***
Suikoden 2 ??
I never played the first, but this one had something about it. Nice big world, new features not found in other rpgs, great story and characters.
If you’ve never played this and love rpgs, i suggest you do.
November 18th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Sam-kun
Star Ocean – Second Story. Greatest RPG. EVER. How on earth did this not make it on your list
I still think the magnitude of FF8 and FF9 should be on there too, they’re are just too well made. Over Alundra and Saga Frontier? Commmeee on.
I agree with your top choice.
November 25th, 2009 at 10:56 am
DonkeyKong
I agree with Star Ocean the Second Story. The only RPG I’ve played through more than once.
Also FFVIII was a great game. I couldn’t get into VII so much.
Alundra was fantastic. Very Zelda like from memory.
December 10th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
omegaboost
Legend of Legaia? i know it has some FF VII things in it (Sol Tower for example) but still…it’s worth to try and it has very unique battle
December 12th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Winds
Couldn’t agree more with 1 & 2 ^^
Xenogear’s still my favorite after all these years, most unique and compelling story.
Lots of thanks, loved the reviews ^^ it’s amazing how you managed to squeeze them into a list of 10 though, just so many amazing rpgs on this console
December 14th, 2009 at 4:51 am
jayer
i think that in my top ten, i would choose breath of fire iii and crono cross. it really surprised me that xenogear would go first than ffvii, though i agree on it, in a general count you will find more fans of ffvii. I havent played half of the games on your list, but i really think those that i mention should have a space on it.
nice post =)
December 16th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
danimal
ff8 might squeeze in around the tenth spot but ff9 should be above lunar for sure. ff9 has a great well rounded gameplay system with four characters in battle and each character has their own specific job to do (much like ff10). also it has very creative and interesting old school visual character design. by far the best use of chocobos of any of the ffs with the incredibly addictive “chocobo hot and cold” treasure hunting mini game. i actually like the card game better in ff8 but it was nice that they carried the idea of a card game over to 9 and that’s just one more thing to put ff9 over the top as far as replay value and just overall fun gaming experience. and don’t forget the stunning graphics. not to mention that we get a protagonist in Zidane who is not whiny and annoying like Squall. in fact i really didn’t care much about any of the characters in ff8 except maybe Sipher. he was pretty cool i guess. would have made a way better main character. the story in ff9 is nothing great but it blows ff8 out of the water. that whole orphanage thing was weak. i mean, if we are to believe that the GFs make the characters lose thier memory then wouldn’t they be drooling idiots by the end of the game from using them so much? on second thought, they ARE drooling idiots. that explains a lot. ff7 deserves the praise it gets from its fans but ff9 is WAY underated for all that it offers. should be number three at least.
December 19th, 2009 at 6:34 am
yhnzki3
my top rpg games:
1.suikoden II
2.chrono cross
3.final fantasy VII
4.xenogears
5.suikoden
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..i like it…:))
December 29th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
SpaceGoonie
Breath of Fire 3 is still one of my fav’s.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Hmm
I’m really disappointed that Legend of Dragoon isn’t on this list.
Legend of Dragoon probably has the best graphics and CG cutscenes (omg, especially the cutscenes! It’s retarded how well they were rendered.) out of all PSX rpgs. Granted, the game lacked a huge database of items, but they still made up for it with novel concepts. For instance, health regen when defending, healing items given static % heals (I’m fairly sure it was pretty redundant for many with the potions, hi-potions, and x-potions, etc.). No item was ever made obsolete with LoD’s item system. As far as weapons and armors went, it was pretty straightforward, like many other RPGs. Its combat system was pretty nice, with the addition system and SP system, forcing the player to choose between recharging their SP bars faster so they can spam their dragoon ability, or dealing more damage with regular attacks. Also, it was nice how they balanced out magic so that endgame battles weren’t a spamfest of enemy-all spells (Ultima spam anyone?).
Its soundtrack was pretty damn good too. While you couldn’t travel across the world on your own, rather going along pre-set trails, it really isn’t that much different from, say, FF7’s overworld. It’s really only a novelty to be able to run in circles going nowhere, and if you’re in a hurry to get from point A to point B, there really is no big difference.
LoD’s storyline was pretty good. It was a lot deeper than a lot of RPGs where it’s clear who the bad guys and good guys are. Granted, it had the classic themes of character death, revenge, and the search for some legend, but it also had a lot of politics and lore.
The only cons for LoD, i would say, were the plethora of random encounters that made the game feel like a grind at times, and the lack of weapon/armor customization. Equipment acquisitions was too linear at times, and until you got to endgame, it was pretty obvious that you just equipped whatever gear was the newest. There was little picking and choosing between gear until perhaps disc3/disc4 where you had to start balancing stats for specific boss fights. At least there were a lot of hard-to-get items and weapons like with FF7.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Josh
Great list! Far to many great rpgs on the psx for me to even attempt a best of list.
January 15th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Josh
Oh, and i’d take saga frontier 2 over 1 any day!
January 15th, 2010 at 7:31 am
JOhn
One thing that always leaves me perplexed is that Legend of the Dragoon is always left out on these types of things i never see it when personally it was one of my favorites. i would definatly like to see it at least scrape the list. i hear” oh its a copy of ff7 wich i would argue is bull. it follows the cliche worlds going to end cliche but at the time didnt they all? LOD was the first rpg that i played that had a interactive fight unlight some final fantasys i know that um whats that? came out a console and how many years later? sure ff8 had the crit hit rb button thing but did it have multiple combos that you could only pull out of your ass if you were paying attetion? so look ito it if youd like but even in ff x-2 it was still turn based without a addable combo
January 19th, 2010 at 8:09 am
JOhn
oh wow didnt even see the comment 2 people above he makes good points so read it
ohh and with the battles plethora thing he says theres an item wich can significantly reduce the number of fights
January 19th, 2010 at 8:16 am
cRimsOn_buLLet
i finish all this game but ffvii is my favorite at all.. i don’t lie the sega type games.. maybe legend of dragoon, BOF3 and valkyrie prfile will be more better!! ^_^
January 19th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Macrath
Quite simply.. this list does not make sense.
I don’t know how anyone could argue that a game like Persona deserves a spot on this list over games like breath of fire, legend of Legaia, Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy 8 or 9, chrono cross.,.. i mean like WTF! i know these top 10 lists are based on personal opinion. But this is a top 10 best Rpg for the psx you have to be plain retarded to include some of these games over other psx releases that are clearly superior.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Macrath
Top 10 Rpg’s for the Playstation 1 is actually quite an easy list to make. Let me know if you agree with my personal top 10 list
10.SUikoden 2
9.Star Ocean
8.Breath of Fire 3
7.Legend of Legaia
6.Final Fantasy Tactics
5.Legend of the Dragoon
4.Xenogears
3.Chrono Cross
2. Final Fantasy 8
1. Final Fantasy 7
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:31 pm
dcb
Great list, but I agree with many, Chrono Cross should be up there. But with some many good games for the PSX, its hard to choose
March 4th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Xero Khan
Grandia needs a higher spot on the list.
March 9th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
t
I’m glad Xenogears is ahead of Final Fantasy VII. Just a better overall game.
March 15th, 2010 at 5:26 am
DareDevil
well.. for me, from 5.0 points i’ll give 2.5 to FF8. Just average cz its story line is not too ironic, or should i say its quite boring. GF system, only able to upgrades weapon rather than buying the new one, n DRAWING magic are totally unusual n its quite awkward, plus its graphic, should i say untidy? It doesnt look really nice.. overall, it doesnt deserve the TOP 10 spots, or mybe just 10th spot should be more than enough..
suikoden 1,2 i’ll give 4.0 out of 5.0 each cz of their unic recruiting characters system to get special ending, etc. 100+ characters can be used, up to 6 character in the party makes this games an interesting one.. N their story line is VERY NICE. Seriously, either both of them or one of it should get the place in this TOP 10 spots. *u should play them n see the reation between suikoden 1 and 2. Its rocks!!*
this is da hard one.. xenogears, FF7.. which one is the ultimate RPG game?
i’ll gv each of them 5.0 out of 5.0 *full point!*.. both of them are the best RPG games ever. i love ‘em both! But there should be only one game on the top spot a.k.a best of da best isnt it? After playing both of it MANY times, personally i’ll pick FF7 on the top spot, instead of xenogears. You know why??
STORYLINE..
FF7’s cloud, his lost (dead) friend, zack, aeris, da great sephiroth etc.. their relationship, connections, hatred, etc makes its storyline AWESOME, very interesting. Compared to xenogears, its storyline is great, but for me its more straight 4ward than FF7’s. For more info, just play these 2 games n see da differents..
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENTS
i guess they both have top quality in this thing. but FF7’s materia system (magics, summons, growth rate, etc) makes it more fascinating which provides even more options or costumization to be made, according to the player’s needs n strategies.
SIDE QUEST/MINIGAMES
obviously both xenogears and FF7 have it but FF7 has even more minigames. On the other hand, I think xenogear’s side quest is better and more related to the main story line, make it more fascinating.
All in all, from my OPINION, the ultimate RPG game is FF& and the 2nd place is xenogears..
March 24th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
DareDevil
well.. for me, from 5.0 points i’ll give 2.5 to FF8. Just average cz its story line is not too ironic, or should i say its quite boring. GF system, only able to upgrades weapon rather than buying the new one, n DRAWING magic are totally unusual n its quite awkward, plus its graphic, should i say untidy? It doesnt look really nice.. overall, it doesnt deserve the TOP 10 spots, or mybe just 10th spot should be more than enough..
suikoden 1,2 i’ll give 4.0 out of 5.0 each cz of their unic recruiting characters system to get special ending, etc. 100+ characters can be used, up to 6 character in the party makes this games an interesting one.. N their story line is VERY NICE. Seriously, either both of them or one of it should get the place in this TOP 10 spots. *u should play them n see the reation between suikoden 1 and 2. Its rocks!!*
this is da hard one.. xenogears, FF7.. which one is the ultimate RPG game?
i’ll gv each of them 5.0 out of 5.0 *full point!*.. both of them are the best RPG games ever. i love ‘em both! But there should be only one game on the top spot a.k.a best of da best isnt it? After playing both of it MANY times, personally i’ll pick FF7 on the top spot, instead of xenogears. You know why??
STORYLINE..
FF7’s cloud, his lost (dead) friend, zack, aeris, da great sephiroth etc.. their relationship, connections, hatred, etc makes its storyline AWESOME, very interesting. Compared to xenogears, its storyline is great, but for me its more straight 4ward than FF7’s. For more info, just play these 2 games n see da differents..
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENTS
i guess they both have top quality in this thing. but FF7’s materia system (magics, summons, growth rate, etc) makes it more fascinating which provides even more options or costumization to be made, according to the player’s needs n strategies.
SIDE QUEST/MINIGAMES
obviously both xenogears and FF7 have it but FF7 has even more minigames. On the other hand, I think xenogear’s side quest is better and more related to the main story line, make it more fascinating.
All in all, from my OPINION, the ultimate RPG game is FF7 and the 2nd place is xenogears..
March 24th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Cross
It’s such a shame that only a handful of people have ever played the game Legend of Legaia..
It was such a great game! The only fault i could think of is that it could be a little grinding at times. Amazing gameplay, assimilating magic from enemy seru into your ra-seru and the sheer beauty of the battles! Seeing your equipment change as you put them on, magic, and the execution of techniques was just incredible. Not to mention the great story.
Another game worth mentioning Legend of Dragoon, I agree that it is a good game that deserves to be in the list but it was a little too easy for me. All i needed was 5 hours of gaining gold to buy the equipment that would allow me to beat the game VERY easily. If not for that it would rank quite high in my list. probably 10th
Another complaint would be for wild arms 2. It’s so sad that people who’ve played this game didn’t experience it completely. The numerous sidequests, the challenging optional bosses 3 of which are INSANELY HARD to beat), the collecting of guardians, upgrading your ARMS, magic and skills, and personal skills! that was an RPG first!
With simple but clean graphics, great music, story and gameplay, it always annoys me how people either dislike the game or don’t even know it exists. WA 2 should be up there along with WA 1.
Last would be for FF9. It felt like i was playing the games i loved as a kid again only EVERYTHING was BETTER THAN BEFORE. It was a game that felt like you grew up with, even though you just played it for the first time. The most classic FF since FF5, it was like a stroll down memory lane.. in 3d and with better music >_<
March 28th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
KillerInstank
A distinct lack of Legend of Mana and Legend of Dragoon makes me :[
but a very good list all-in-all.
April 7th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Rokhart
First off…. I’d like to say RPG fans have one thing in common. Their first rpg is like their first love. Doesn’t matter if the graphics of ff xiii are beyond humanly possible or the world renowned orchestra’s music complete the game’s atmosphere (so i’ve heard ), you never forget your first love. I’ve read a lot of lists and this has to be one of the greatest though i must admit i am disappointed that neither suikoden 2 or ff ix is even in your list. Seriously what was so bad about ff ix? Ok see now i’m doing it. Ok so basically i just wanna say thanks to everybody’s opinion ‘coz i would have never heard of legend of legaia or star ocean 2. And to all the younger people (by that i mean those who were born after the passing of the ps1 era) don’t just take our word for it, in the words of a great wise green dude, ” do or do not, there is no try”.
April 9th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
t
I don’t know if I “completely” agree with the whole first love being the best thing. Final Fantasy 8 was the first FF game I completed all the way through, and to this day there are lots of things I can’t stand about it.
Rokhart, I do agree with you on Final Fantasy 9 though. I must admit, I was turned off by the way the characters looked early on, but after a while you come to appreciate the art style for the game. A lot of people say FF9 is too “childish,” but I beg to differ and would call Final Fantasy 8 the childish game of the series.
April 10th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Snow
Yes to final fantasy VII and Saga… but WTF no Legend of Dragoon
April 11th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Andrew
My list:
10- Tales of Destiny
9- Legend of Dragoon
8- Valkyrie Profile
7- Grandia
6- Breath of Fire 3
5- Chrono Cross
4- Xenogears
3- Suikoden 2
2- Final Fantasy VII
1- Vagrant Story
April 27th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
akolyte123
the reason why so many people put ff7 on top is because that was the first rpg that got a lot of people hooked to the rpg genre.if it was your first final fantasy it blew your flippin mind. i first played it when i was like 7 and as soon as i finished it i played every single rpg i could get my hands on. i went through all the final fantasy back catalouge every snes rpg i could find and all the psx ones. now when i think about ff7 its just really nostalgic and brings back memories of when i first played it and how cool it was and i bet a lot of people feel like that. that is why everyone thinks ff7 is number one.final fantassy 7 FTMFW
April 30th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Zambauto
honorable mention legend of Dragoon was epic not alot of people have played it but i was blown away by how fun the game was.
May 5th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
upil
how about suikoden 2… have you try it?
May 9th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
dragon warrior
I’m getting ready to duck from all of the rotten fruit and empty bottles that are about to be thrown at me for saying this…but I can’t believe that no one even mentioned Dragon Warrior VII.
May 10th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
V
PSX was the heyday of RPGs, the Golden Age of the best game genre that ever was and ever will be. I am lucky enough to have lived during that time, and I just can’t get enough that I still have psx emu on my laptop. Even with the uber powerful consoles they have now, they just can’t replicate the quality of gaming experience psx rpgs have.
As for the list of the top rpg, it is really difficult to rank them, but i think i would have to agree that the top spot would have to belong to Xenogears. The first thing that draws me to a game is it’s plot, and no game has drawn me in like this one. It’s play on the different aspects of the human mind – memory, identity, the ever-present philosophical question of being, religion – is just brilliant. And the depth of character development makes it so the game is not just about the main character, which differentiates it with other games. You are presented the views and philosophies of the different characters, which sometimes contradicts that of the main character, and this just makes you attached to each one of them. The depth of the whole game just makes it deserve to be on the top.
May 11th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
....
Xenogears again…yawn. Ok it was a good game, but c’mon…. I honestly had more fun with Suikoden 2. But I understand Xeno was groundbreaking for its time. Just my humble opinion.
May 18th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Annonymous
My toplist would be:
1. Final Fantasy VI
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Final Fantasy VI
4. Final Fantasy VI
5. Final Fantasy VI
6. Final Fantasy VI
7. Final Fantasy VI
8. Final Fantasy VI
9. Final Fantasy VI
10. Final Fantasy VI
the PSOne versions.
Okay, just kidding.
My favourites (no ranking); Final Fantasy VI, Star Ocean 2, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Suikoden 2, Legend of Dragoon, Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Only released in the Japanese Language there’s a sequel which is Eternal Punishment in English), Tales of Eternia (that’s what you call it in JP, in US it’s Tales of Destiny 2 for the PSOne), Lunar Silver Star Story, and last but not least Final Fantasy IX.
May 23rd, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Devon
I’m VERY saddened that not a single person thought of Breath of Fire III!
Come on! It’s a WONDERFUL RPG!! Not only can you change into a Dragon to fight, but you ALSO get to choose your gene splice and mix up what kind of dragon you are!
May 24th, 2010 at 2:06 am
Devon
Sorry for the double post, but hit enter too early… but let’s not forget there are also tons of mini-games, can change your party to whomever you want, the storyline was really amazing and you get to choose which ending you would like to see. It goes real deep. Alternate endings and tons of replay value.
May 24th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Kurokaze
Hi!
I’ve just got an emu and I’m seeing what RPGs were the best, I am glad to say, as a fan of Grandia and FF7, that they all made this list. 8 was dire… I’m sorry to say so… However, I haven’t managed to sink my teeth into Xenogears quite yet, although I am loving the amount of awesome anime cut-scenes so far. I might start playing Wild Arms soon, it was a game I didn’t pick up when I had my PS1 because one of my friends bad mouthed it… I might take a closer look.
May 28th, 2010 at 7:32 am
wiwi
wild arms and chrono cross fan 4EVER !!
i love the music and graphic of chrono cross it was awesome !!
wild arms 2nd ignition awesome too !!
May 29th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Over Rated
Final Fantasy 7 is way, way over rated. Sure, it paved the way for psx rpgs, but that’s about all it did. At the time, it was cool, but time was not very nice to it. Plenty other psx rpgs kick it’s ass. 4 and 6 for snes are the best Final Fantasies.
10; Legend of Dragoon
9; Tales of Destiny 2
8; Arc The Lad remake(s)
7; Breath of Fire 3
6; SaGa Frontier 2
5; Xenogears
4; Suikoden 1
3; Suikoden 2
2; SaGa Frontier (I was a sucker for the non-linearness of this game)
1; Star Ocean 2
Yeah, that’s right. No Final Fantasies. Final Fantasy went downhill and it’s not coming back up, unfortunately.
June 1st, 2010 at 6:35 am
Over Rated
Chrono Cross was great, but I couldn’t find a place for it on my list.
June 1st, 2010 at 6:36 am
mon
hey man, this thread is almost 2years old!
i was able to play most of these games but was only able to finish a handful. one thing i noticed is that there’s no part 2’s in his list. so only the first release of the game in psx was considered. although i’m not aware if FF6 was released in psx. but still, all in the list and other that have been mentioned in this thread are lovable. 
download it and rekindle the love. 
June 1st, 2010 at 10:17 am
Edel Bavarian
Great thread. Goes to show how emulaters keep these great games alive!!! When compiling these lists it allways depends on whether you look at these games from a point of their original release or playability today. When FF7 came out it was stunning and I played it for more hours than I care to remember. Today my favorite of all FF games is FF9. (13 is 38 hours tedium to be able to watch 2 hours of a great story for example…)
All these games people mentioned were great fun to play and most still are today. My Top 5 tips for people who want to try these games today would be: 5. Breath of Fire 3-4, 4. Chrono Cross, 3. Grandia, 2. Star Ocean 2, 1 FF 9. But as all the games mentioned in this thread are out there for emulator there is no reason not to try them all!!!
June 2nd, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Annonymous
By the way, Tales of Destiny 2 is actually a PlayStation 2 game which is a sequel to Tales of Destiny 1, the Tales of Destiny 2 on the PSOne is actually Tales of Eternia in Japan.
June 3rd, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Edel Bavarian
Have to add Xenogears to my list from above. I hadn´t played it for so long that I almost forgot to mention it. Still a great game today!!! Don´t miss it
June 4th, 2010 at 4:29 am
lucifer
the list is ok i suppose :/ breath of fire should of been on there though =-0
June 4th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
13rass
Have anyone ever played arc the lad 3?
June 7th, 2010 at 2:56 am
FF7
Oh wow…A lot of debate on here. I was actually surprised FF7 wasn’t on the top-This list is making me download Xenogears to see just exactly how it got rated better than FF7 xD. Either way, I am probably just biast because FF7 was the first playstation game I ever played, and that was when I was 6 years old. Blew my mind, and still does today. Replayability value is great. Though, I must say, ever since the invention of PS2, game designers focus WAY too much on graphics. FFX and beyond were all crappy for replayability values, in my opinion. FFX-2 was just terrible. Can’t say I’ve played FFXI, due to the fact you have to pay monthly for it on the computer, but FFXII was also a large disappointment. I miss the old days when quality of the game was more important to designers than the graphics. I would also like to agree that I think FFIX and FFVIII should be included on here, but FFIV definitely tops FFVIII. The main thing about FFVIII I liked was the card game-after that it was just mindlessly going through the game waiting to get the the next area I could play cards at.
Hmm, My list I guess? Everyone’s list is different, so instead of just critiquing this one I’ll show my own.
10. Star Ocean 2
9. Chrono Cross
8. Legend of Legaia
7. Final Fantasy VIII (Only because of the card game, wouldn’t be on my list otherwise)
6. Vagrant Story
5. Final Fantasy Tactics
4. Legend of Dragoon
3. Final Fantasy IV
2. Final Fantasy IX
1. Final Fantasy VII
June 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
PeterBainner
Im disappointed that Legend of Legaia didnt end up on this list. Between the supreme gameplay, the emotionally gripping music, and the extremely challenging boss fights, I’d say it’d make its way into the top 5.
June 19th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
great list
great list. i would have swapped ff7 with xenogears, and here is why: xenogears was never really finished. for as mezmerizing as the first disc was, the second disc was absolute garbage. that being said, i love xenogears, easily the most mature of all those games (which I appreciate now being much older — i was like in 6th grade when xenogears was released). if only they hadn’t run out of time/money/whatever and could have concluded the game in a fitting manner, then that may have changed my opinion. however, ff7 is a legend, the god of rpgs, and to not put it in the top spot is a dubious decision. most of these other games would have never happened without ff7 (exceptions of course being for some of those on the list that preceded it). also, i wouldnt put lunar on the list. not because it wasn’t awesome — it was — but because it wasn’t actually a psx rpg. it was originally released for — sorry, memory fading over time — sega saturn (?), maybe sega cd. but not psx. i think if you include lunar, you have to include ff6, the second best final fantasy, which also made an appearance on psx. overall, a great list. thanks, reading this brought back some fun memories of simpler days
June 28th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Dylion
I don’t see how this is that difficult. I don’t agree with the top 2 choices, I think the original creator didn’t play Suikoden 2. My first RPG for the PSX was FFVII, but I still think my list of the top 10 is pretty accurate. And I have played every game mentioned, but I still believe the games I leave out don’t exactly beat the games on my top list.
10. Thousand Arms
9. Final Fantasy Tactics (I call it an RPG The story is beyond good)
8. Final Fantasy IX
7. Vagrant Story
6. Star Ocean: The Second Story
5. Xenogears
4. Legend of Dragoon
3. Lunar
2. Final Fantasy VII
1. Suikoden II
And if we were to rank by story alone, the first two would be where they are, LoD would claim third, and Tactics would have my 4th place bid, Xenogears would get 5th. I seriously love all of these games, with Suikoden II being my love child lol.
June 30th, 2010 at 2:53 am
Seriously
PLAY LEGEND OF LEGAIA and LEGEND OF MANA PEOPLE! IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OF!
10. Wildarms
9. Grandia
8. Legend of Mana
7. Chrono cross
6. Legend of dragoon
5. Wildarms 2
4. Legend of Legaia
3. Vagrant story
2. Xenogears
1. FF IV
Honorable mentions: Valkyrie profile, threads of fate, Suikoden 2, Lunar SSS and BoF 3
July 8th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Seriously
*1. FF VII
oops >_<
July 8th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Riker
Not a bad list, but in my opinion Alundra should hold down the number one spot. Yes I agree that a lot of people became very frustrated with the puzzles and found them to difficult but to ne that’s what makes a game worth playing. You get to spend a lot of time with this game and not just blow through it in a day or two. I find it to be very rewarding when you do figure out these puzzles.
July 11th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
aenima
Love the list, and I do think Xenogears bested FF7 especially in the storyline. Close call though. I would have inlcluded Suikoden 2, chrono trigger, and breath of fire 3 somewhere in the list. Also Tactics ogre and FFT but they’re strategy rpgs. Tactics Ogre was amazing especially for being originally a snes game.
July 12th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
trm
To the user named “great list,” FF7 wasn’t finished either…
To me, it doesn’t really matter the order they are in. There isn’t a clear-cut number one as every RPG has its flaws.
also, props to “Dylion” for mentioning Thousand Arms. That was a very underrated RPG that received some hate because it took the spot of Persona 2: Innocent Sin when it came down to which game should get translated into English.
July 13th, 2010 at 1:03 am
trm
To the user “FF7″ – Final Fantasy IV isn’t a PSX game. Sure, it was ported to the PSX in the “Final Fantasy Chronicles” package, but it’s still an SNES title.
July 18th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Dylion
Hey trm thanks for the shout out. I knew this wasn’t aimed at me, but I did happen to know FF7 was released early, but I forgot what game was forced that release. I was arguing with my friend last week about this. Do you or anyone else know what game forced the FF7 early release?
July 18th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Jessie
I’ve heard on so many articles that Xenogears was the sleeper hit and it’s so true. Everyone I know holds a torch to FF7 as the best RPG but Xenogears always did it for me. Always fun to play no matter how many times you beat it. My only gripe was as soon as you hit the second disc. If I heard correctly, they were running out of funds and time and did the condensed storytelling with Fei and Elly sittiing on the chairs narrating. I know they could’ve done a better job now…and I don’t mean those God awful “prequels” in the “Xenosaga”.
July 19th, 2010 at 2:27 am
potatosack
You people give ff7 far too much rep.
10.Granstream Saga
9.Legend of Mana
8.breath of fire 3
7.Lunar SSSC
6.Star Ocean 2
5.FF7
4.Legend Of Dragoon
3.Valkyrie Profile
2.FF8
1.XENOGEARS
July 21st, 2010 at 3:26 pm
DreamersEdge
No one has even mentioned Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete. I actually liked that one better then SSSC as far as Lunar games go. Star Ocean 2 for sure should have been on the list as well as Chrono Cross and LoD. Sadly a ten game list is hard to do PSX RPGs enough credit. Youd almost need to do atleast a top 30 list to fit all the true tops games into one place.
July 23rd, 2010 at 7:02 pm
suikolover
I feel because Lunar and Suikoden are considered “rare” game many people haven’t played them. Suikoden 2 may be one of the best RPGs of all time. The story is unrivaled except by Final Fantasy Tactics…but the debate is still out if that counts as an RPG lol
July 24th, 2010 at 3:07 am
eno noitatsyalp
everyone the said Legend Of Dragoon needs to be on the list< Thank YOU!!!
July 27th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Kcorn
Great list! But I deff played Legend of Dragoon and Legend of Legaia the most and in my mind were the best at really bringing you into the story and I still play them to this day!
August 3rd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
trm
In my honest opinion, Legend of Dragoon could be summed up in two words – wasted potential. I just couldn’t help but feel that it was a watered-down Final Fantasy wannabe when I played it. It’s a good game, but not great.
SaGa Frontier is another game I tried to like, but man… is it b-o-r-i-n-g.
August 4th, 2010 at 11:20 am
suikolover
Yeah SaGa Frontier 1 and 2 are a little boring, I feel Legend of Dragoon would have been better if their was a real world map and didn’t force a lot of the story. However, the story and battle system are both VERY awesome for that game.
August 22nd, 2010 at 6:25 am
VP
Valkyrie Profile ftw!
September 14th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
wereger_the_destroyr
you guys are missing one amazing game,.. tales of destiny 2 anyone? though i would have to say ff9 sure as hell should have been in the top 4, and in my opinion atleast #2 if for nothing else character development. chrono cross and breath of fire 4 both rocked my world xenogears and ff8 and then 7 (yes i have claimed 8 is better than 7! ><) but honestly guys you should give ToD2 a try and with emulators out now, why not?
September 25th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
bidaman
err…wereger_the_dstroyer, there are 6 mentions of tales of destiny in this thread before you.
suikoden 2 at number 1!
September 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Mythidonis
What about Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain? That game was pretty sweet. Not the number 1 slot but at least in the middle somewhere. I never really got into the FF series as much as others, but I liked 8 better then 7, and i didnt start with 8. 7 was cool though dont get me wrong. But Legend of Dragoon and few others would of been on my list.
October 13th, 2010 at 9:43 am
Zr1Zoomer
There was also Legend of Dragoon, Star Ocean: The Second Star Story (or whatever it was called), and Legend of Legaia, and The Granstream Saga, and Parasite Eve 1 and 2. Not the best games by far, but all hold a special place in my PS1 RPG section of my heart. OH and Breath of Fire 3. That game was Epic.
October 14th, 2010 at 4:10 am
oldskool-Droller
These are all crappy RPGs not a single one of you know what a real rpg is, D&D is where its at, none of this Jap trash. faggots
October 16th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Eric W. (VandalHearts)
If you think ff9 is “jap trash” then you sir/kid are more of a fool then your last post made you look.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Eviscerate
I agree with this list of RPGs except I think FF7 should of got 1st spot over Xenogears. Its a tough call like others have said though.
As for everyone else mentioning other final fantasy’s, I don’t think a top 10 list should crammed with a bunch of FF series games. FF7 takes the cake over FF8 and 9.
I am a bit shocked that breath of fire 3 or 4 was not mentioned in this top 10 list. It’s hard to decide which one would be on the list if it WAS added. I do think BOF 3 strongly deserved a spot on the top PSX games.
I’d personally replace saga frontier with BOF 3.
October 27th, 2010 at 11:24 am
kokane1798
great list but i think you forgot chrono cross let me check… yes you for got it but otherwise great list
November 13th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
get paid to upload
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December 4th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Fadooshi
i agree with canti. Legend of Dragoon was the best rpg i’ve ever played. im still playin that game. i never played xenogears but LOD was definitly better than FF7. Not that FF7 wasnt good
December 7th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
trm
@ oldskool-Droller
Just so you know, the “Jap-trash” battle system is based off of D&D.
December 12th, 2010 at 11:55 am
jpstrife
ff7 em segundo e xenogears em primeiro ahnn?
kd o chrono cross nessa lista,o legend of dragoon
e esse saga frontier nunca ouvi falar sinceramente,tenho um vasto conhecimento em rpgs e esse top 10 ta meio trash
December 15th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Square Enix Fan :D!
well for me I’ll go for
1. FFIX
2. Legends of Dragoon
3. FFVIII (well for me FFVIII is better the VII because it has higher resolutions,but It’s story Is a bit Short…but still it’s one of the Coolest ps1 game)
4. FFVII(I’ve prefer this on Top 4… it has a good story but poor Character animation)…
5.FFIX(Good Because there are many SideQuest and Cool characters)
6.FF Tactics (well it’s 6th because Im a Square… fan…)
7.XenoGears
8.Suikoden 2
9.Wild Arms
10. Chrono Cross
December 26th, 2010 at 4:42 am
trm
Tactics Ogre is also another extremely underrated RPG. Final Fantasy Tactics often gets all of the praise when it comes to Strategy RPGs, but I personally liked Tactics Ogre better. The non-linear (decision-based) storyline won it for me.
January 3rd, 2011 at 4:49 pm
diel
suikoden 2 !!!!!!!!!!
January 17th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Anonymous
FFVII was good, but it’s overrated in my opinion. People who say it’s the “best RPG ever” seem to have led very sheltered lives. Are we including RPG’s from any system? If so, then I can think of at least 7 RPG’s that beat it without a fight, and they were all made by Bioware.
Anyway, in terms of story I think Xenogears is a lot more interesting than FFVII. The characters were more complex, and the plot was much more mature. FFVII may have revived console RPG’s, but to use that as your argument for why it’s the best is rather like arguing that the first wheel ever built was surely the best. Once a good design exists it never gets improved upon?
January 26th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
telesnake45
Vagrant Story is my favorite, but I’m missing legend of legaia and parasite eve (?) in that list. Thanks for the names I didn’t know
January 30th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
This Guy
Star Ocean: The Second Story
The Legend of Dragoon
two that DEFINITELY deserve a spot.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 am
boombapow
Switch out alundra for valkyrie profile, vagrant story for ff8, and persona for legend of dragoon or maybe star ocean, than the list looks alittle better. ff7 should be 1 with xeno at 2 though, saying ff7 didnt do many new things gameplay wise makes me think you havent played it in awhile. The materia system was extremely original and as far as secrets, sidequests, etc. they hit the ball outta the park. i think for most it comes down to which story they like more, for me its ff7 but xeno was badass so i respect that. Chrono Cross should be up somewhere too. somethin like
10.Star Ocean
9.Lunar sssc
8.Suikoden
7.Legend of Dragoon
6.Valkyrie Profile
5.FF Nine
4.Wild Arms
3.Chrono Cross
2.Xenogears
1.Final Fantasy Seven
yeah i didnt go with ff8 cause i think the storyline gets ridiculous at one point. I think star ocean deserves a spot for its unique item system and how that actually played into the game. chrono cross was a great game with a good amount of replay value (i dunno how alundra got there and not it). this list seems much better to me but thats jus me
February 14th, 2011 at 4:00 am
FFVI has something to say
Best System of all time for RPG’s? Come on now! How old is this guy writing the article. SNES is obviously number one when it comes to RPG’s followed by PS1. Don’t get me wrong, PS1 has many great RPG’s but SNES is king.
February 19th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Hakuya
XENOGEARRRRR!!!!!!!
btw do u have the Xenogear Grand Edition… like Xenogear elhaym van houten and Fei fong wong edition ??? share it please coz i’m bored playing this game (i finished it 10 times!!!)
February 20th, 2011 at 4:13 am
TheFalseProphet
Shadow Madness people… Shadow Madness is the greatest! (hoping that gives someone a good laugh)
Suikoden II and Xenogears are probably the best stories out of any PSX RPG. Xenogears can ruin most games for a person. Its complexity puts many writers to shame.
February 20th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
trm
@ user “FFVI has something to say”
The SNES has arguably some of the best RPGs ever made. But, when it comes to “more” quality RPGs, it’s not even close. The PSX has such a larger library of quality RPGs compared to the SNES’ rather slim selection.
February 20th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Mark
Final Fantasy 7 is overrated. I even played it before Xenogears and FF8. I immediately thought Xenogears was better than FF7 after I played it; yes Xeno was that good. Greatest storyline ever and I’m not over-exaggerating.
10.Threads of Fate (hilarious Rpg)
9. Final Fantasy 8
8. Breath of Fire 4
7. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
6. Legend of Dragoon
5. Final Fantasy Tactics
4. Grandia
3. Vagrant Story
2. Suikoden 2
1. Xenogears
February 21st, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Mark
Oh woops, I would take out Threads of Fate in a heartbeat, place Wild Arms at 6 and move everything else below it down the list.
February 21st, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Seth
Honestly here is what I believe to be the top 10 RPG of PSX
10.Lunar SSSC
9.Valkyrie Profile
8.Breath of Fire IV
7.Final Fantasy IX
6.Final Fantasy VII
5.Legend of Dragoon
4.Xenogears
3.Parasite Eve
2.Final Fantasy VIII
1.Breath of Fire III
February 22nd, 2011 at 7:03 am
peter
that’s cause you all don’t know GUARDIAN’S CRUSADE…
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Hordequester
Good list. Though, I do agree with other posters that Suikoden II is better than Suikoden I..I think he was right to list I on here instead of II. It was the start of it.
As for people saying FF8 belongs on this list…there are quite a few people that agree with this: It does NOT belong on a Top10 list..the game is horrible when compared to any other FF game. The mechanics are terrible, the story is boring, the characters are boring, and the combat is boring. It barely belongs on a Top100 list. I think the majority of the people that like FF8 over any other RPGs are the ones that played FF8 as their first RPG. It’s hard to give up your first love. But, looked at objectively, it really isn’t all that special of a game. I’ve played and completed every FF game including all the Japanese ones before they were ‘re-released’ with their terri-bad translations and corny graphics conversions for portables. My first graphical console-style RPG was probably Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest) or God Slayer(a.k.a. Crystalis) so I do know my way around the CRPGs. I won’t even start on the semi-RPGs on Atari.
FFVII honestly isn’t ‘the best RPG ever’ either but he made good points for why he chose it. Can’t argue there.
If you want a winner strategy-rpg, stop pining over FF-Tactics and their horrible visual system and get the Langrisser series. They are quick to pick up and go and are not bogged down by 60,000 pages of text to read through. But, they are gripping enough to keep you going. Though, when I played it for the first time, it was ‘Warsong’ on the Genesis =P Sigh, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong country. I prefer the games that never get released or do poorly in the states.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
boombapow
@FFVI has something to say
hell yeah ffVI is one of the best. snes also had chrono trigger and a whole sackful of more quality rpgs. to me rpgs seem to have gotten worse because of the demand for awesome graphics; the cinematics become more important than the story and you end up with a bad ass looking game with zero depth.
February 24th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Anonymous
arc the lad was good, breath of fire3 ,
March 5th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
zahid
guys there was a 2 disk game out for the ps1. It was about some kid that had psychic? and he was working his way through to find out who he was?
March 9th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Bizznech
@Hordequester
Not trying to be mean, but I think your kind of a ignorant. The first rpg I ever played was FF7 then Breath of Fire III. It took me a while to get to FF8 but when I got to it I immediately fell in love with the story and the characters. If you think that just because it’s story and characters are boring to you that its of poor quality then you have to be pretty crazy. You don’t have to like it, but you should at least recognize that it’s plot and characters were pretty deep. It’s up to the individual to decide if they like it or not. I’d put 8 before 7 because it is overall a better game.
March 15th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
rpgmania
lol… it was fun to read the comments about who should be the first,, or who should be on the list or not… etc…
if 7 would be the greatest of them all,, then you can say that windows 95 is greater than windows xp? lol
March 20th, 2011 at 4:49 am
FF7. Really?
sorry people, but all of the praising of FFVII is un-deserved, it easily helped to usher more people into the realm of RPG Gaming, but thats all it did, ill admit it was a good game, but its not something id recommend a friend to play. I’d easily put Grandia, Star Ocean 2, Legend of Dragoon, Legaia.. hell, just about anything else above FF VII. seriously, saying FFVII deserves number one, is the same as admitting how ignorant you are of the rest of the genre, and id like to think the few people like myself that still love FF VII after having seen what most of the rest of the genre has to offer would prefer it simply because they enjoyed it, not because its the “Greatest RPG EVAR!1!!” can agree with the list for the most part, but honestly, bowing down to the FF 7 fan boys needs to stop, its been YEARS since FF VII was at its prime, and it simply doesnt hold up to the test of time all that well in comparison to several other PS1 RPGs.
March 23rd, 2011 at 12:51 am
boombapow
if you think grandia, star ocean and legend of dragoon are better than 7 i dont really trust your opinion on rpgs haha. 7 may be old but all it did is not usher in new games, if you look at storyline alone its one of the best (grandia had a good one but cmon better than ff7 HELL NO) with xenogears seemingly the only other awesome storyline contender. there were bad ass storylines but none quite stacked up to those and i respect the guy for putting those at the top of the list. if your mad that ff7 is more popular than the ones you like tough titty, theres a reason its that way and a reason it is in the top 10 of ALL games on any rated psx game directory. cheers
March 26th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Foster1989
Dude no SUIKODEN 2? STOP with the WILD ARMs….Wild West RPG was a bad idea, even if it was a good game to play it should of been scratched day one creative meeting!
Sorry I’m busting on something from 3 years ago! ha ha ha
I saw an RPG list with Super Mario RPG. Trust me, good game in Mario land but not a true RPG! Like saying Paper Mario/Paper Mario 2 were great RPG’s….Nope good/great Mario games but not RPG’s….
“My Beat went dum dum dum dum BA DA dum dum DUM” and Queens was dum dum dum dum DA DA DUM DUM DUM” -Vanilla ICE
March 31st, 2011 at 6:24 am
Foster1989
1 more thing, Final Fantasy 6 sucks today because my rom froze on my droid at the stupid Opera house…..I know FF6 doesn’t suck but today it does and I must comment on it!
March 31st, 2011 at 6:26 am
DS
Um, Chrono Cross.
April 5th, 2011 at 9:01 am
William
I agree. I loved Chrono Cross. However.. not sure about your #1. Though I absolutely loved ff7. However…. Legends of the Dragoon / Chrono Cross / FFT and One of my Fav’s Suikoden 2… Yeah… they all should have been on the list even based off a top 10 list. *sigh* opinions I guess… lol
April 6th, 2011 at 8:20 am
William
Oh shizzz. yeah I forgot how many hours I put into the depths of Star Oceans aswell. Good times
April 6th, 2011 at 8:22 am
Tyson
Absolutely one-hundred percent going with Star Ocean: The Second Story. I don’t even want to know how many months of my life I’ve wasted playing that game. Lunar: SSSC was epic in its own right, but if one of those games were to have a spot on this list, I’d have given it to Star Ocean. Bunny shoes FTW!
April 14th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
rox
i think there must be the legend of dragoon in the top ten RPG game
April 16th, 2011 at 12:51 am
boombapow
@foster1989
Hey just cause you don’t like the wild west theme don’t knock wild arms, I mean you admitted it was a good game right so why should it matter that it takes place in a wild west environment. Like the theme or not Wild Arms did something pretty different by choosing that theme and I think they did an awesome job with it for number one and two at least. Anyway alls I’m sayin is don’t knock the entire game and say it should be replaced simply because of opinions on it’s theme. Sorry bout your ff6 by the way, are you running it one snes emu or epsxe? I got one that ran through fine all the way. Probably not the problem but if you use save states too much in an rpg on espxe the data can be corrupted and some parts may become impassable as a result (Valkryie Profile is known for this). It’s best to save normally for rpgs cause of this, if ya have an old save (not save state) load that and see if it works, otherwise it’s probably the rom and i can tell you where to find a working one if thats the case.
April 17th, 2011 at 6:44 am
Rodrigo
There’s no way I could do a top 10 list.
I know hundreds of rpgs. There’s lots that no one ever saw…
seriously… I even cried playing some of them.
I played every game in the list and they all are awesome, and I totally agree with xenogears in 1. I don’t think that FFVII “deserves the first place just because it opened a new era of rpgs and blah blah blah”… yeah that’s true and that’s why it doesn’t deserves the first place. It’s like the son who surpasses his father. And I think the FF series really din’t go out well… I didn’t like the games after the FFX.
I think Chrono Cross, Legend of Dragoon and Star Ocean The 2nd should have a place on the list. And I’d totally put Chrono Trigger since it has its version for psx
… xD
Now seriously… SNES has the best RPG’s ever, fact.
April 18th, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Sir_Immortal
Great list.nice job I have played so many rpg and in my opinion top10 are 1)ff7 2)xenogears 3)suikoden2 4)chorono cross 5)vagrant story 6)valkyrie profile 7)ff tactics 8)legend of dragon 9)lunar eternal blue 10)grandia
April 22nd, 2011 at 2:47 am
link21061
i agreed besides number 2, i thought it was fun and all, but its not the best. the story wasnt really good if i had to put one in its place i would put either 9 tacticts or dragon warrior, im not a ff junkie but still you have to admit the story was just crap and you litterally saw jenova most of the time not even sepheroph
April 24th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
boombapow
ff7 story just crap link21061? eh i dont trust your opinion on rpgs then
April 26th, 2011 at 3:53 am
sscon
i just finished disk 1 of xenogears and i can say that the story is complex but nevertheless really good.
WAS really excited with disk 2 but it was very disappointing, maybe i’ll never finish the game :\
April 28th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Sins
Well, not to be one to usually judge someone else’s opinion, but The Legend of the Dragoon should have also been on the list, for some it was hard, for others a good play. The graphics on it even beat FF7 and Xeno, but the gameplay of FF7 and Xeno was more straight forward and to the point, while also allowing you to go around doing side things, while LoD did not.
Anyways the list is good, but in my honest opinion, I was depressed LoD wasn’t on there(oh yea and Parasite Eve 1 & 2).
Have a nice, dreadful day ~Sins~
April 30th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Dee Rozay
breath of fire 3 and ff8??????? y arent these on the list..breath of fire 3 should be in the top 3
May 15th, 2011 at 8:09 am
Anonymous
i feel putting a top ten for RPGs is hard… I mean all of these games are different in so many ways… But i do agree… if i have to choose i have to choose…. FF7 all the way! all the final fantasys are good though…. its all about feel and what style you like more
May 22nd, 2011 at 7:04 am
PassingBy
I’d remove Saga Frontier….I personally did not find that game to fun to play. While Suikoden 1 was a good game Soukoden 2 was much better.
May 26th, 2011 at 9:08 am
Towfiq I
You missed Chrono Cross. Gamespot gave it 10/10
May 29th, 2011 at 11:55 pm
JustAnotherPSXFan
How about Star Ocean 2, gotta love the endless customization techniques and skill levels offered on this one. It does get a little long on cut scenes, but I really love the personal actions at each town where you can interact a little more with all of your team mates.
June 6th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Yoga Triangooro
I agree with “anotherpsxfan” SO2 was a great and nice games, and BOF4 too, FF 7 and 9 too, and…. well I guess I really like Square Soft, konami, and A3ace product.. ^^
June 9th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
saiful
well if u ask me the first should be FF7 second Legend Of Dragoon Third Xeno Gear kinda upset me though that LOD is not even in the list Because LOD is a very unique RPG it one of a kind of gameplay if u tried it…….. ahhhhh and fourth Vagrant Story it also unique though………
June 10th, 2011 at 4:52 am
hiromu656
I think a Tales game deserved a spot on the list, Tales of Phantasia is my favorite rpg of all time.
June 11th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Vasil
Where are Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy IX, Threads of Fate, Legend of Mana, Technically Metal Gear would count what else, oh yeah Legend of Lagia, see where I am going with this? This list is incomplete and a mere copy of another website.
June 26th, 2011 at 9:46 am
rai
resident evil 1 2 3, the best gore games..lol
June 27th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
LOD
Legend of Dragoon
June 28th, 2011 at 3:16 am
Wiseman
Very nice list. However my list would be much different, and I’ve played most of the games on this list and almost every game listed in the comments.
Here’s my top 10.
10. Valkyrie Profile (With the theme of death this game has it’s sad moments, however when you finish this game you will never forget many of the characters, the only problem with this game is it leaves you wanting more as well as many unanswered questions.)
9. Dragon Warrior/Quest VII (DQVII doesn’t stray far from the other dragon quest games which in all honesty is a good thing. This game has a unique story that has you going into the past to restore the already destroyed world of the present. It also sports over 200 hours of gameplay if you do all of the extras and a very balanced difficulty, this one deserves a spot in the top 10.)
8. Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Wait what? Is this really an RPG? It has Stats/leveling up, equipment, exploration, and there is a story to follow. What defines an action-RPG is having a real-time battle system which requires immediate button presses for input. Symphony of the Night is most definitely an action-RPG.
7. Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete (This game took everything from the original Lunar and made it better, with a deeper story, larger world, beautiful music, and lots of hidden extras, it was a wonderful experience.)
6. Legend of Dragoon (Most notable for it’s battle system which was more action oriented than most.)
5.Final Fantasy Tactics (Arguably the best SRPG on the PSX, with an in depth story of a more mature theme and many surprising elements that made it unique for it’s time.)
4.Chrono Cross (Suikoden like character collection and good story, a bit short though, but replay value was high.)
3. Xenogears (Loved the story and uniqueness of this one, would have been far better if the non-playable parts of the story on the second disk where playable.)
2. Suikoden II (I’ve never grown bored of this one, 108+ characters to collect, a castle town that grows as you progress, 3 distinct battle systems, an amazing story that combines war with magic, antagonist that have in depth personalities, many fun mini games and side-quest, multiple endings, fan service for players of the first Suikoden, this game had everything.)
1. Final Fantasy VII (Only beats Suikoden II because of the total impact it had on the genre as a whole, however I will say this and Suikoden II are my favorite RPG games of all time.)
There you have it, that’s my top 10 PSX RPG list.
Thanks for reading. =)
July 6th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
adoy
well I suppose it’s matter of your favorite top 10 list. ‘coz in PSX there’s alot of best RPG games ever made that not listed and must play such as :
Suikoden II (an epic game),
FF VIII (a little bit confusing gameplay but great story and cinematography). there’s a story behind the song, listen closely (soundtrack FF VIII : eyes on me)
FF Tactics : War of the Lions.
July 14th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Flood
I love RPGs, can anyone tell me the best place to download these for an emulator? I would like to try the ones I haven’t played. My RPG experience is limited to FF series and from all the talk I have missed some amazing games.
I am glad to hear I am not the only one that loved FFT. I still pull out my PS2 and play Tactics to this day. I must have beaten that game 100 times by now.
July 17th, 2011 at 6:44 am
Wiseman
Emuparadise is a good site to get PSX games, however I cant stand emulator controls and nothing compares to playing the real games. Though with games priced well well over 100$ (Suikoden II is usually 200$ or higher) I can understand why using an Emulator would be a better option in some cases.
Hope that helps, good luck.
July 17th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Dylion
lissten, I just replayed through Xenogears to see if i missed something, and nope Suikoden 2 is the better game, so I’m going to ask all of you that don’t have Suiko 2 on your top 10 lists to download the emulater for suiko 2, because xenogears is extremely good and fun, but at times is also complicated and lacks in the extras department, VERY linear game. Which is also why i like ff7 a lot, not always linear, oh and ff8 actually is just terrible, I don’t know what people see in that game.
July 20th, 2011 at 6:46 am
god
i like how no one seems to realize how lame ff7 got at the end when cloud becomes a retarded wheelchair bound vegtable for half the game and u lose tifa on top of that i dont no about u but losing those two characters hurt my three man team i mean that leaves me with a black dude who traded his bling for a gunhand, another emo guy (that isnt cloud), a faded glory wannabe pilot, a dog or an anerexic ninja girl……. yea guys wat a fantastic rgp. ff8 and fft should have been on this list hands down sick of all the 7 fanboys.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Badhare
Legend of dragoon has to be one of my favorite RPGs of all time even nowadays in 2011 I still find myself playing it once in awhile just for the sake of it, one thing i have never seen in any rpg since LoD is the addition system which in my opinion made the game what it is.
August 5th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Roboglove
Legend of the dragoon definitely needs a spot it wasnt the best but the addition system was fantastic
August 6th, 2011 at 6:34 am
we
Legend of Dragoon sucks. Notice how the majority of people praising it claim to only play it for “nostalgia sakes.” It was a bad game.
I also laugh at all the FF7 bashing. The only reason you guys are bashing it is because you cry about how it’s “overrated” and talked about too much, not the game itself.
August 9th, 2011 at 2:06 am
trixen
I respectfully disagree. Chrono Cross & Dragon Warrior VII on this list. In my opinion, Final Fantasy VII is (at best) mediocre as an RPG. It was the first of the FF series to trade gameplay and difficulty level for pretty graphics and “marketability.” It was an RPG made to sell to the masses rather than staying true to the series. It was the first game in the FF series that I really didn’t like, and I loved all 6 of the games which preceded it–I played FF1 back when it came out for the NES and only nerds played RPGs (and it wasn’t cool to be a nerd yet…lol). FF7 was designed for a wider audience and while it’s true that it probably made SquareSoft a lot more money than its predecessors, it also turned off a lot of old fans. And Materia was by far the worst magic system of all time…
August 14th, 2011 at 4:29 am
trixen
Chrono Cross & Dragon Warrior VII *belong* on this list… (typo) =P
August 14th, 2011 at 4:30 am
Bokay
my list :
1, SUIKODEN 2 – THE BEST RPG EVER
2. Legend of Legaia
3. Wild Arms 1
4. Xenogears
5. Final Fantasy 7
6. Wild Arms 2
7. Star Ocean second story
8. Beyond of Beyond
9. FF VIII
10.Legend of Dragon
August 16th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Avatar Osmoku
Can’t stand FF VII. Everyone is the same with no materia, boring fights (Almost like Koldelka, and at least snk tried something new (gritty story). Follow one zombie as he follows another….for three discs. Only thing worse is FF 8. It wouldn’t show up on my top 100 games. Okay with 1being the highest…
1. Xenogears
2. Suikoden 1 and 2 they are really inseparable.
3. Breath of Fire 3
4. Parasite Eve 1
5. Star Ocean 2nd Story
6. Grandia
7. Legend of Legaia 1
8. Legend of Dragoon
9. Final Fantasy IX
10. Breath of Fire 4
August 26th, 2011 at 11:33 am
BeboByson
Xenogears was a really good game i’ll give you that. But i don’t think it tops Final Fantasy VII. FFVII hit psx with force when it came out. The materia system was unique and cannot be improved if you tried today! The storyline is captivating. How many RPGs, excluding FFVIII, can you say incorporates almost every side-quest and secrete character into the MAIN storyline. And everyone knows that Aries has epic love following her throughout the entire game. Starting with Prof. Gast and her mom, to her and zack, and her and cloud. Everything about FFVII is epic!
FFVIII is under rated. Yeah the drawing magic, weapon upgrades, GFs, and Junctions are not like previous FF games. But that is exactly why it is a great game. Beside the twisted storyline with EVERY character, except Renoa, intertwined, the so-called frustrating new systems are unique and again can’t be improved. Some people may not like it but at the times where changing then, as they always are, and to follow FFVII would be very difficult with a new system. Square is an innovative company and can’t improve anything without some trial and error. In hypothetical time where magic and sorcery are common, drawing magic doesn’t seem as stupid as materia would. In comparison, FFVII characters could have any materia (magic) as any other at the same time, where as FFVIII limits your magic, at least your summon (GFs) in a given moment and in a sense makes it more realistic. And yes they are fantasy game, hence the titles, but they are also ROLE PLAYING games which are meant to take the player into the game and let them feel as though they are one of the characters (normally the main character) who wouldn’t normally be able to posses all the abilities everyone else has. This makes for more strategy when making your party, unless your a constant magic swapper.
Legend of Legaia should have definatly been on the list. Can’t go into much detail about the game because I have yet to finish it. As a kid I played it and my disc was to scratched up to make past the tower on the other continent, and having 3 kids now doesn’t leave me much time to play my roms. But the story is great so far and doesn’t appear to be a story where you can guess what happens next, besides the fact that you next boss fight is with a giant Seru or Songo lol. The battle system is awesome, and is better than FF games in a way. Mix LoL physical fighting system with FFVII materia and you’ve got yourself super customized battle.
All-in-all i’d put FFVII first and LoL in the top 5, With FFVIII in the top 10!
OH…and Final Fantasy Tactics is not a RPG it is a strategy game. Just because a game has a storyline doesn’t mean it’s a RPG. Hell, Madden has a storyline and lets you customize your character when you go through Superstar mode. lol
August 26th, 2011 at 11:40 am
17reyaleR
Final Fantasy VII is highly overrated. It was a great game in it’s time due to all the FMV, the size of the quest and the fantastic soundtrack. Otherwise, gameplay was standard RPG (and a bit easy), story was convoluted, and there was too much filler (random combat PLUS mini-games).
Xenogears on the other hand fares a bit better and deserves a spot on the list. However, I’m not sure about #1. The #1 RPG on the PSX for me will always be Final Fantasy IX. It was like FF VII and VIII were practice for the masterpiece that is FF IX. Characters were wonderful, writing was improved, music was amazing, cut-scenes look outstanding even today, graphics hold up nicely, pacing although not perfect was much better than in previous PSX FF games. It’s the only PS era FF game that holds up today, IMO.
Other worthy titles (more worthy than FF VII): Suikoden, Suikoden 2, Vagrant Story, Persona, and then the tactical RPGs like FF Tactics, Vandal Hearts. All these games were better than FF VII if we take its groundbreaking production values out of the equation.
Other overrated PSX RPGs: Grandia and FF VIII. As mentioned, Grandia was too easy. And it also left me wanting more – it was just not satisfying. FF VIII was the dullest FF RPG with some of the worst characters in ANY RPG.
August 31st, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Jdub
So yea, all great games except Legend of Dragoon and Chrono Cross should have easily been on that list.
September 3rd, 2011 at 12:37 am
golem
For me, the two top spots are still Xenogears and MORE IMPORTANTLY:
Dragon Quest (Warrior) VII
For all the cheesiness it seems to have when you start it (and it takes loooong to start) the story is so fascinating that it draws you more in the longer you play it. I played DQ7 first, and after that all other DQs in the series seemed very very boring and superficial to me.
DQ7 simply had amazing characters without the need of long backstory melodrama and no other game has used time travel as a story device to it’s full potential like this.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 pm
throi
wers thousand arms?? aww.. dont u love meis and sodina?? aww… but i agree xenogears is one of the best game that exist.. and i still playing it through epsxe
haha 
September 8th, 2011 at 12:29 am
Anonymous
Glad to see SaGa Frontier and Persona on the list. SaGa Frontier is the only game that makes grinding something fun to do.
Although lists like this are based only in opinions, i can’t see any viable reasons for Wild Arms, Grandia and Vagrant Story be on the list, and games like Star Ocean II and Breath of Fire III be ignored. They’re good games, but aren’t that impressive.
FF7 is a big Phantasy Star IV rip-off, but it still deserves to be on the top. Its Playstation milestone. Finally, Xenogears playbility is mediocre and, storywise, too pretentious. Everything on it screams “GENERIC”.
September 9th, 2011 at 6:54 am
EggyB
I think this is a good top 10 list. Sure you could inter change some games towards the back end (except Grandia), but Xenogears and FF VII are both top quality PS1 gems. Star Ocean II, Chrono, Breath of Fire III & IV, Legend of Dragoon, all could have been in there and it still would have been a good list. Glad that Grandia is getting some love however because it stands the test of time well. I just played it again 11 years after the 1st time, but this time with my 6 yr old son and we had a blast playing it. I recommend that others do the same if you have the chance.
September 9th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Death
If you can choose,,which game do you want to play first?
Xenogears – Star Ocean – Tales of Destiny II – Chrono Cross?? & Why??
please help me to choose,,I want to nostalgic with PSX game..
Thanks….
September 9th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Anonymous
I would go with Tales of Destiny II. It’s battle system, plot, characters and soundtrack are amazing. It never gets boring.
September 10th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Boston
i was just reading through the comments and noticed some people commenting that FFT should have been on the list… the sad fact is… its not a true rpg. It is a strategic game. yes, it has rpg qualities but it still falls under the category of strategy, not rpg. But i still love the damn game anyway and i still play it with a psx emulator.
September 21st, 2011 at 5:46 am
Austin
Chrono Cross, buddy
September 25th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
steppp
really… no legend of legaia? no legend of the dragoon? no chrono cross?
legend of the dragoon is easily one of the top 5 rpgs ive played in my entire life and ive played all those from the list…
guys if u havent played legend of the dragoon go and dl an emulator and play it ffs
September 29th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
m a r k
am i late? i just downloaded all games in that list and just started playing it. weee. thanks!
October 1st, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Sky
play suikoden 2 guys, it’s a fun and unique game. Man up and be the leader of your people. Live and improve your castle. ^_~ …just try it, finish it.
October 5th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
daniel_freedom91@yahoo.com
FF7,8,9 should be top rated RPG EVER!! because those game made me wanna play more RPG games…. try tracing back in ur memory for those who played ps1 from its 1st released, im sure when u were buying ur 1st 10 games one of them would be final fantasy, from there is where we built our interest in rpg, after that i found out about xenogear, chrono cross, grandia, persona and much much more…
*FF fan forever!!!! (^(oo)^)v
(seriusly dont talk about ps2 rpg games….they suck including FF X!!! Y? its more on grafic rather on game play or any reason…no feeling.)
October 7th, 2011 at 6:01 am
really?
really? no ff8 no ff9 no tactics. erhgiez?(it includes a completely random dungeon story and an even more random arcade fighting game in one! with FF7 characters!!). But the thing im really REALLYing about is that although xenogears is an amazing game the 2nd disc of that game is like reading a book. That game could of deserved #1 if it was ever actually finished. instead of just wrapped up with scrolling text.
October 7th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
daniel_freedom91@yahoo.com
xenogear gave some lame excusees about not enough funds or time or whatever BS. If ure gonna make a game? make it worth wile.
when i first played xenogear in disk 1, i would rated it top rpg game ever but when it reached disk 2!! it fall *splat* on the ground like mash potatoes. if only disk 2 was *AWESOME* like disk 1. then i wouldant see so many complain about xenogear taking 1st place. btw, thx for the list. found some ps1 games i never heard of during its era XD!!! gotta try it
October 8th, 2011 at 2:54 am
Billy Taits
Here’s a full Complete list of ALL RPG’s for PS1
Alundra
Alundra 2
Arc the Lad Collection
Azure Dream
Battle Hunter
Beyond the Beyond
Brave Fencer Musashi
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Brigandine
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Chrono Cross
Chocobo’s Dungeon 2
Darkstone
Diablo
Dragon Seeds
Dragon Valor
Dragon Warrior VII
Eternal Eyes
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantasy Tactics
Front Mission 3
Grandia
Granstream Saga
Guardian’s Crusade
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth
Jade Cocoon
Kartia: Word of Fate
King’s Field
King’s Field II
Koudelka
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Mana
Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen
Lunar Silver Star Story Box Set
Lunar II Eternal Blue Box Set
Monster Seed
Ogre Battle
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Persona
Persona II: Eternal Punishment
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
RPG Maker
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier 2
Saiyuki: Journey West
Shadow Madness
Shadow Tower
Star Ocean: Second Story
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Destiny II
Thousand Arms
Threads of Fate
Torneko: The Last Hope
Vagrant Story
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Vanguard Bandits
Wild Arms
Wild Arms 2
Xenogears
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The BEST Stealth Action Fighting Games i think for PS1 Are
(Metal Gear Solid) Great involving Story, Game Play, Atmosphere
(Tenchu 2 – Birth of Stealth Assassins) OMG! Awesome game, download it
if you Love Ninjas lol hell you can make your own Missions!
BEST fighting game on PS1 has to go to (Tekken 3) without a doubt!
if you Like great Space Sim Shooters, try playing
(Colony Wars 3 – Red Sun) Same makers of (Wipeout XL) only they took the action from the track to space, and THEN SOME! lolz
Best Racing would have to be (Need for Speed Hot Persuit) you gotta hear the music in that game to really appreciate it, it’s crazy =D
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Btw you can play all these games on (ePSXe Emulator) download it from
(RomHustler) You will find EVERY single! PS1 Rom and more there, all that i meantioned here all roms from nintendo and sega to PS1 and Sega Dreamcast, all that good stuff! have fun people!
And keep on Gaming lol
October 9th, 2011 at 6:46 am
Billy Taits
And their all Absolutely FREE!! you don’t even have to sign up lol
October 9th, 2011 at 6:53 am
Billy Taits
Bios for PS1 simply type in search I bet you’ll find it =) drop it into a folder called bios then follow the setup wizard for ePSXe you’ll be playing PS1 games on your PC no problem! make a folder called ROMs and drop that folder into ePSXe folder, make shortcut from the emulator to your Desktop
simple as that.
October 9th, 2011 at 7:09 am
Jack
So I’ve got 10 bucks to spend on PSN for my PSP, and they have a bunch of PS1 RPG’s. Do you think Xenogears is the best? I’ve played all the FF’s, but I also kinda wanted to try Vagrant Story or Grandia. They also have Chrono Trigger (the PS1 version)…
October 23rd, 2011 at 12:32 am
Pablo Jeffer
Breath of fire 4, legend of legaia, parasite eve, shoud enter in that list!
November 24th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Kokopelli
This list is shocking, so many classics missed. Of your list i’d only have Alundra and FF7 anywhere near it. Xenogears is such an over-rated game.
November 28th, 2011 at 1:47 am
Jared B.
For some reason i don’t think the guy that made this list has played Legend of Legaia… it beats Lunar at least. Such an epic game
December 12th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Jared B.
But in all honesty I’m really looking for an epic PSX Rpg and I’m having a damn hard time trying to figure out which one to play… any suggestions? please suggest at least 3 and reasons because if you name one, chances are I’ve played it… maybe…
December 12th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Wiseman
@Jared B: Here’s a list of the RPGs for PSX that I found most enjoyable. I’ll also rate them by how much I enjoyed them at the time, and note “Highly Recommended” beside the ones I feel are must haves.
-Breath of Fire III (8) “Highly Recommended”
-Breath of Fire IV (7) *Not as good as 3 but still worth a play through.”
-Chrono Cross (10) “Highly Recommended”
-Final Fantasy VII (10) “Highly Recommended”
-Final Fantasy VIII (8) *This is a love or hate type of game.*
-Final Fantasy IX (7) *Good story, but some character design are bad.*
Final Fantasy Tactics (8) *I like the PSP version more though.*
-Grandia (8) *Don’t remember much about this one but I liked it.*
-Legend of Dragoon (9) “Highly Recommended”
-Legend of Legaia (7) *This is a love or hate type of game.*
-Lunar Silver Star Story (9) “Highly Recommended”
-Lunar II Eternal Blue (10) “Highly Recommended”
-Star Ocean: Second Story (8) “Highly Recommended”
-Suikoden (8) “Highly Recommended” *Low rating due to short length.*
-Suikoden II (10) “Highly Recommended”
-Tales of Destiny 1 (8) *Don’t remember much about this one, I liked it.*
-Tales of Destiny 2 (8) “Highly Recommended”
-Valkyrie Profile (8) *This is a love or hate type of game.*
-Wild Arms 1 (8) *I personally prefer the remake on PS2.*
-Wild Arms 2 (7) *Good game, but lacks in the story department.*
-Xenogears (9) *First disk is epic, second disk drops the ball till the end.*
December 14th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
TenThunder
Ugh…I hate how VII is praised as this great game, when it’s mediocre at BEST. And I’ve played every mainstream FF too…as for my own list, I have to go this way:
10. Threads of Fate
9. SaGa Frontier II
8. Parasite Eve
7. Hoshigami – Ruining Blue Earth
6. Eternal Eyes
5. Breath of Fire III
4. Xenogears
3. Battle Hunter
2. Final Fantasy Tactics
1. Thousand Arms
I couldn’t go anywhere without hearing VII get this great praise, and people still do it…but, it could be worse…VII could be as sucktastic as XIII.
December 18th, 2011 at 6:07 am
Squall
You wont regret if you play those games which developed by SQUARESOFT.
December 18th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Speedstar
Xenogears? You know I never played it till a few days ago, after the first 2hrs I started seeing signs of why it was number one; Battle Sys is way ahead of its time, and the graphics are top-notch (especially in a battle), then came the pain. The story just draaaaaaaggggggs, so much boring dialogue and so little fighting + its so easy to get lost or forget what you were supposed to do next. Biggest gripe however is the gear battles, the game would have been great if square left these annoying robots out; using the same damn attacks over and over on enemies that wouldn’t be a challenge to a crippled spongebob squarepants. Although the battle system isn’t mind blowing my favourite still stands – FF8.
December 27th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Billy Tait
Everyone has their own opinions on their most favorate games, but you’ll have to just play them your self to really appreciate them, and to make a good personal Judgement. One could play FF7 and then play FF8 and say FF8 is better then FF7, thats what i think. don’t take ones word for it, just try it out, play it your self, what you experience in a game is not always how another experienced it. everyone has their own way of thinking, and it goes back from when one starts to even remember or think for them selves, building a personal liking to spacific types of games, weather it’s graphics story sound game play. I can say 1 thing, there is a world in each and every game, book, movie, none are alike, none are the same, just explore it, and decide for your self =)
January 15th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Billy Tait
If we all thought alike and agreed on the same things this world would be completely one sided, and dull! i’m glad to see everyone having their own opinions on what games they like. Some games just make it at the top of the mountain, and it’s up to us what reaches that peak. I think all Games are awesome, if you have the patients and time to complete them fully, you’ll find that it had a unique experience, different from others, but what is in this list, is what this particular person thought was the best RPG’s he’s played on PS1 and thats his personal experience, perfectly understandable =) lol and i can agree on most of them, and disagree on some, no problems, just personal judgement! It’s very hard for me to tell you what RPGs are best, when their all unique and different from others.
January 15th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Billy Tait
I played alotta Games, and today, i have to admit, Skyrim is by far the greatest gaming experience i have ever had sinse playing Morrowind and Oblivion, next generation graphics and depth, gameplay is magnificient, Greatest Single Player RPG to date 2012 deffinately gotta be GOTY 2011.
Back in 1999 the best MMORPG for me was EverQuest, so huge and deep and ahead of it’s time, i found my self lost in it’s world, then i tried WoW, then went to FF11 with it’s expansions. Now i’m pretty much looking at it all and i notice it’s very hard for these companys to make a truely unique game like those. Then comes Skyrim =D you can’t help but to dive into this game and just play through and have fun exploring adventuring, discovering, getting lost AGAIN! i been waiting a long time for something like Skyrim, the whole world is lush and very realistic, then you got the whole underworld as well, like 2 worlds in 1, if you haven’t tried it, better get to it, don’t be left behind =D
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February 1st, 2012 at 3:37 am
???
you forgot legend of mana
February 6th, 2012 at 6:02 am
Heh
Why would he stick legend of mana on there? A top 10 isn’t supposed to have games worse than their predeccesors!
February 20th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Furfel the Juggalo
my top psx games in general goes like this:
1. Soul Reaver
2. Blood Omen
3. Chrono Cross
4. Tomb Raider
5. Castlevania SOTN
6. FF7 (to overrated for me but still cool)
February 24th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Furfel the Juggalo
and epic i get fireman :3
February 24th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Friend
WOW, can’t believe ToD2 (North America) or Tales of Eternia didn’t get as much as buzz as I thought it would.
And i’m also one of those, “wtf, y u no put Chrono Cross and Legend of Dragoon” guys.
February 25th, 2012 at 7:08 am
Me
I’d have to say this list is lacking. It’s well-rounded, but where is Final Fantasy Tactics, FF9, Chrono Cross, or Legend Of Dragoon. Just sayin’.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Big_Boss 77
I just spent the last hour skimming these comments… I have to agree with the list for the most part. Xenogears was epic. But lets be honest, we all have our own favorites. The problem is…you can’t combine such epic greatness into ten spots…Maybe if you had ten top ten lists you might scratch the surface of the greatness that was psx rpgs. The only thing I disagree about is chrono cross…Did the people who are griping for it to be up there even PLAY chrono trigger? It would be one thing if they took the chrono off and replaced it with something…but to lump chrono cross in with chrono trigger is the equivalent of watching your grandmother get raped by three bonobo monkies…just sad and wrong on so many levels.
March 22nd, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Big_Boss 77
and for the record…I’m gonna bust out the ol’ ps one and pop it in…just to be sure my memory doesn’t fail me…that tends to happen with old age.
March 22nd, 2012 at 3:16 pm
StevieRayVaughan
I was very dissapointed with the list for not having Legend of the Dragoon, but at least it has FF7, that is an all-time classic… it also has Lunar, so good list, but if you have not played LoD, you just NEED to, you are missing out on probablly the best RPG for the ps1 out there.
March 24th, 2012 at 9:04 am
hermit
if you havnt played suikoden 2.. your missing out.. by far best rpg theres just no flaw to the game.. its the sort of game that stays with u forever.. i finished suikoden 2 first when i got introduced to it by my mates older brother.. that was about 10+ years ago and i still go through stages where i want to replay it AHHA! ye awesome game..
March 24th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Disease
I played all of these whent hey were released for PS1 and LoD, Chrono Cross, FF7, Grandia, Lunar 2 Eternal Blue complete (actual ending), Star Ocean 2nd story, xenogears, FF9, Castlevania SOTN, and Valkyrie Profile are top games in my mind. I enjoyed FF7 quite a bit, but in comparison to how they felt playing on release Grandia was and always will be one of my favorite games due to story line and loveable characters.
April 7th, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Knopps
Good List man…But I would say for me…
Let me start by saying this list is boiled down for me, and my taste in the idea of Gameplay, Fun Factor, Storyline and Replay Value. Some people may Crucify me for putting FFVII where I have but for me it just doesn’t have the replay value like those ahead. I know there are side quest that I have yet to actually do…but when I think of the time to do them and what I will be getting I don’t see the need to do some of them. But either way here is mine.
10 Legend of Dragon
09 Thousand Arms
08 Wild Arms
07 Saga Frontier
06 Final Fantasy XIII or XII (having a hard time picking one over the other but I feel both don’t deserve to be in the list at the same time.)
05 Grandia
04 Suikoden
03 Star Ocean Second Story Complete
02 Final Fantasy Tactics
01 Xenogears
April 8th, 2012 at 7:11 am
Steve
May not deserve a spot in the top 10, however, I used to enjoy Legend of Legaia when I was younger… Going to look into Vagrant Story, only one I have played on the list…..
April 16th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Steve
*have not played
April 16th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
yooo
@knopps How is Final Fantasy Tactics better in replay value than ff7? I don’t know anyone in their right mind who FULLY beat FFT and started a new profile to do it again!
April 18th, 2012 at 6:11 am
basilians
WHY is LEGEND OF LEGAIA not in ur list?? have u played that game?? TRY IT, and im sure it will be in ur top 10 or maybe in ur top 5!!!! i hate ff7 in the top 2 list, that game didnt appeal to me at all>>
April 18th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Knopps
@yooo
I take replay value as being a game that is worth playing playing over and over from time to time to make sure you have done everything. When I found out I didn’t get a character or find weapons on the deep dungeon and when I thought of job combo that would rock I tried these things. After a while the extras in FF7 just lost their luster for me.
April 22nd, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Ryuri
Imho FF7 was great but not the best… Xenogears was much better. People also mentioned Legend of Legaia which gets super boring after a while! And I’m sorry I don’t see what the big deal is worth legend of dragoon. Too linear and basic to ever be fun. Saga frontier is just gay…
May 1st, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Jared
Everyone who says “Why is legend of legaia not on the list?” understands that its obvious he didn’t play it… If he had it would obviously be on the list.. To anyone who has not played legend of legaia, you are truly missing out. One of THE BEST psx rpgs hands down
May 7th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Jared
I would say close in comparison to legend of dragon in quality… for me personally i like it better, but it holds more nostalgia for me as opposed to dragoon as i didnt play dragon until multiple years after. Got a psx when i was like…8 or something got spyro the dragon, loved the hell out of it, then went straight to legend of legaia. Im pretty sure legaia is my favorite psx game… i think…
May 7th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
Nicci
No Valkirye Profile in your list? :/
May 25th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
ren
Doraemon is the best rpg ever for me
June 13th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
KrolikRhal
1 Chrono cross
2.Legend of Legaia(great story)
3.suikoden2
June 15th, 2012 at 12:47 am
KrolikRhal
Now I play in Legend of Legaia on my iphone4 . Thanks for Cydia’s developers;)
June 15th, 2012 at 12:51 am
Hunter
i don’t care what games that u put in top 10 list, from this thread i got a references what kind of game that sounds good , so lets download it and play it again with emulator
)
June 27th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Reza
my top 5 rpg is
5. Breath of fire IV
4. Final Fantasy I
3. Final Fantasy II
2. Suikoden 1
1. Suikoden 2
i’d just like to collect all 108 stars of destiny for suikoden
June 27th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
loso
my top 5 favorite rpgs of all time
1)Final Fantasy 12
2)Tales of Phantasia
3)Final Fantasy 6
4)Final Fantasy 7
5)Dragon Quest 5
July 3rd, 2012 at 6:19 pm
loso
on second thought id have to put chrono trigger as #3 and bump dq5 off
July 3rd, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Jaoth
I feel awkward reading some of the comments and looking at the list considering I LOVE FFIV and VI but loathe VII. =/ Hell, in terms of all games, I just really hate FFVII.
July 7th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Robert
WHAT HAPPENED TO FF8!!!!!!!!!!?????????????
July 17th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Igor
Star ocean 2nd Story should be on that list….and I agree that xenogears is a way better game than FF VII…..deserved the top spot!
July 20th, 2012 at 6:28 am
GODLY
stfu all of you this is his list not your list if you dont like his choices tough tits make your own
August 2nd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
aldrin
Like . My List FFIX, Chrono Cross, Suikoden II, Legend of Legaia,Front Mission 4, Legend of Dragon ,Parasite eve II
August 5th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
mastrchf11
I would’ve had Final Fantasy Tactics, Chrono Cross, and Legend of Dragoon…
August 13th, 2012 at 6:39 am
Rj
i think your list is purely in order except you missed ff9.
August 17th, 2012 at 1:26 am
Tr
Why isn’t breath of fire 3 on here?
August 23rd, 2012 at 3:02 am
Urchint
Well, honestly I think there are many great games that should be on this list over the ones on it, about half these games would be on my list. What I never really got was why Star Ocean: A Second Story wasn’t big. Literally the best RPG ever made in my opinion. There wasn’t a battle system that came close to it at the time, it got rid of the “just mash the x button” factor, well at least a little bit. I couldn’t play other rpgs for a while because all the battle systems bored me to death after playing SO.
August 23rd, 2012 at 7:53 pm
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October 9th, 2012 at 11:54 am
theforgottenone
legend of the dragoon……..forever legend….
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November 30th, 2012 at 12:09 am
Ignatius
Xenogears was the most boring RPG I ever played. The story was all kinds of neat, but due to long and incredibly dull stretches of game play, it felt like a chore to play. Your game’s story could be War and Peace, but if the game play is bland, I just don’t see any reason to bother with it.
December 9th, 2012 at 6:20 am
Ignatius
The rest of the list is quality though.
December 9th, 2012 at 6:20 am
SinkableRegent9
Great list but there is one game I loved playing and I still love replaying it till this very day. I like all the games on the list but i would of definitely found a spot for Legend of Dragoon. To me it is probaly the best rpg game that I have ever played
January 5th, 2013 at 10:48 am
Daniel
Xenogears is so friggen good, I’m glad my brother told me I need to get a copy years ago. I ended up downloading it to my ps3 even with owning the hard copy lol. Ps1 rpg fans hit hmu @ danielsafkbrb@gmail.com I need to play some more besides the ff series and Xenogears.
February 5th, 2013 at 10:20 am
shawn
how come no one ever speaks of “gardian Crusade” it was one of the best story, arnor and wepon upgrades and fighting system, really good game
February 27th, 2013 at 8:53 am
bob
wtf no legend of dragoon? how do you put xenogears above ff7? LAME
March 4th, 2013 at 4:16 am
ackefly
Parasite evil II da best (Y)
March 7th, 2013 at 4:44 am
Dez
i like suikoden 2 coz it has many glitch effects and you can also changed the story line
March 29th, 2013 at 2:50 am
Max Awesome
FFVIII, for me, was a better game than FFVII because it’s the first game I personally played that didn’t feel like a cartoon, which made me care about the characters more. The cutscenes were astonishing, and triggering the gunblade was a surprisingly nice touch. Also, it felt pretty awesome getting paid a salary instead of pilfering coin off enemies. A few friends and I took a week off of school when the game came out. Great memories. Lots of pizza pops.
April 1st, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Cloud1099
this list is extremely well made love xeno and FFVII is to this day my fav rpg but one game i honestly think should be recognized is Legend of Legaia i mean the story was interesting and good enough to keep you hooked and the combat system was soo awesome!
April 6th, 2013 at 1:39 pm
kenmasters
FFVII
April 30th, 2013 at 5:24 pm