Some additional notes: Systems supporting an officially emulated version of a classic game (PS Classics, Virtual Console, etc) are included in the platform list. No distinction is made between ports and remakes, so you will have to do some research. The System Icons: Back from the 2015 version of the thread, these icons list every platform that the title has been available for.You now get best and worst ranks for the title across all 7 essential RPG threads, along with the current rank and change from the last thread. The Rank Box: This section has been updated from past thread versions.you get some basic information about each title here. The Title Bar: Some version of this has been present in my past three Essential RPG thread.This box gives you extended information for each title at a glance. The Information Box (including the 4 game mechanic icons): New for this version of the list.Again, read the individual user lists below!Īside from the artwork for each game, there are four major sections of the game banner: Due to the aggregate nature of the list, the #1 game shouldn't necessarily be taken to be the best RPG of all time. The rankings are largely for fun, and out of tradition. This lists the 50 most recommended games games by points earned during the nomination stage. The second stage of the Essential RPG thread was the creation of the Top 50 aggregate list that you see below. There are some really great recommendations in there!
If you have the time, you should read through the nomination lists. In some cases, these lists were just a poster's top 10 favourite titles. In some cases these lists were games that the writer felt best illustrated the diversity of the RPG genre. During that time over 240 NeoGAF members contributed lists of RPGs that they considered to be essential to the genre. This thread began with a voting stage that took place over roughly a month, from September 17th to October 13th, 2017. These voting threads are a great place to collect a diverse array of opinions from a large number of GAFers. Word of mouth consensus from GAF can be better, but you have to do more digging and (again) most discussion tends to be about the big franchises. It's not a secret that review aggregates like Metacritic or Gamerankings do a poor job at assessing roleplaying games, as mainstream review scores (and overall coverage) correlate heavily with marketing budgets that RPGs often lack. The purpose of the essential RPG thread is to help people find great games that they might not have heard of previously, and to remind people of the classics they never got around to playing. Welcome to the 2017-2018 edition of NeoGAF's essential RPG list.
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