In no particular order:

Golden Sun (with Lost Age)
Chrono Trigger
Planescape: Torment
Neverwinter Nights 1 (+ Expansions)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (I enjoyed the OC, but it wasn't top 10 material)
Baldur's Gate - if for no reason other than Minsc and Boo
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Eternal Sonata
Pokemon - of various colors and precious materials.

Mass Effect isn't on there because it had some serious issues with gameplay flow in my opinion, and nowdays Bioware's patented "choice" system is getting a bit stale, they tried to mix it up but failed in the very end.

And Zelda (one of my favorite series of all time) isn't on there for the reason that I consider it Action/Adventure with RPG elements, and as such exclude it from the list. Fallout 1 and 2 were great, but for some reason I have few memories of them, and need to replay them to be sure before I list it (I recently replayed Baldur's Gate and Planescape and such). Icewind Dale was going to be on there, but then I remembered how bland I felt the narrative was.

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my top rpg ever has to be.... fallout 2

was just so so so . shame about falout 3 not following the same gameplay  

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cant stand it anymore now baby the music makes me feel so crazy.

Blizzcut:

1. Baldurs Gate
2. Assassins Creed
3. Diablo 1=2
4. Neverwinter Nights
5. Fable 1
6. Icewind Dale
7. Oblivion
8. The Witcher
9. Legend of Zelda Ocarina Of time
10. Mass Effect

By the Way Saints Row, GTA Franchise, Godfather, are not Role playing games at all.

Baldus gate is terrible, along with Icewind Dale.

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TastyBeverage:

Baldus gate is terrible, along with Icewind Dale.

 

A horrible horrible lie!

 

For me;

1 - Baldur's Gate - nothing really comes close to this for me. A decade on and I'm still playing it

2 - Suikoden - one of the few JRPGs I'd say was really amazing. Shame most people haven't heard of it...

3 - KOTOR

4 - Fallout

5 - Tales of Eternia

6 - Pokemon

7 - Mass Effect - has it's flaws but still awesome

8 - Breath of fire 2 - old but pretty fun

They're not really in any order after Baldur's Gate and Suikoden. hmm, can't think of a final two...

 

1. FFVII
2. KoToR
3. Fable/TLC
4. KoToR 2
5. Lost Odyssey
6. Mass Effect
7. Zelda OoT
8. Oblivion
9. FFVIII
10. FFIX

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Blizzcut:

2. Assassins Creed

Assassin's Creed is hardly a RPG, the Godfather game which you dismissed has more traditional RPG elements than AC.  AC is very metroid in style, start with all weapons and abilities, lose them, get them back as the game progresses...

What the hell are you going to consider Diablo...a friggin Tactical Shooter? lulz

when it came out many RPG traditionalists did not consider it an RPG as it was too action heavy... but that's a very old and dead argument.

 

Oh dear.....hmmm I don't know if I can come up with 10, but I'll try my best.

1. TES 3: Morrowind
2. Fable TLC
3. Mass Effect
4. KOTOR 1
5. TES4: Oblvion
6.FF4
7. KOTOR2
8. Neverwinter Nights
9.Neverwinter Nights 2
10. Lost Oddessy

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^Another of those lolwut? moments...mainly on the Insane part...

Gothic 3 hlelllllo

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There's a definite bias towards western RPGs so far, so I guess I'll step in with my list to skew it back the other way. No particular order here...

 

Xenogears

Final Fantasy 6

Final Fantasy 7

Skies of Arcadia

Lost Odyssey

Suikoden

Final Fantasy Tactics

Oblivion

Star Ocean 2

Mass Effect

Jragony:

Pokemon - of various colors and precious materials.
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LOL

1. Morrowind,

2. Oblivion,

3. Fable: TLC,

4. Dynasty Warriors (All),

5. Saints Row,

6. Dead Rising,

7. Crackdown,

8. Kingdom Hearts 1(Not 2, that was aweful) ,

9. Pokémon Yellow (Gameboy Colour),

10. World of Warcraft

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"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity." - Marx

hmm, I hate making these sorta lists cause there's always stuff I forget about.  In no order:

Fallout 1 & 2 (cheating I know)

Planescape Torment

The Witcher

Gothic 3 (despite its bugs, G2 is meant to be better but I haven't got round to playing it yet)

Vagrant Story

Secret of Mana

Knights of the Old Republic

Lost Odyssey

Deus Ex

Oblivion

Most RPG's I really loved I played on on the Amiga:

Ultima 4+5

Roadwars (SSI, not really a RPG but lots of fun anyway)

Phantasie III

Fate Gates of Dawn

Hard Nova

Fallout I + II

DSA - Die Schicksalsklinge (? not sure about that title)

Diablo (also not really an RPG, but one of the best RPG'ish two player games on the PS)

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It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them."

KOTOR I & II

Elder Scrolls III & IV

Fable orig & TLC

Jade Empire

Mass Effect

Bio Shock

Runescape(my fave )

Kameo

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Take the Role-Playing Stereotype quiz.

1. Final Fantasy VIII
2. Final Fantasy VII
3. Chrono Cross
4. Final Fantasy X
5. Fable
6. Final Fantasy XII
7. Final Fantasy IX
8. Oblivion
9. Star Ocean Till the End of Time
10. Grandia III

Also Magna Carta Tears of Blood and the Suikoden series are also .

Btw Diablo, Saints Row, GTA 4, GTA San Andreas, and The Godfather are not RPGs

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wow, no one has added legend of legaia to their list.  I thought it was a ground breaking RPG.  Maybe I am the only one

Was never a fan of the game, but I understand.

Nobody put down any of the X-Com games and I thought they were the greatest things ever back in the day.

Fallout 1 & 2

Planescape Torment

KOTOR 1 & 2

Fable

Final Fantasy 2 & 3 (or IV and VI I think...)

X-Com

Battletech - Crescent Hawk's Inception/Revenge

Daggerfall

Star Ocean

 

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felixmg26:

Nobody put down any of the X-Com games and I thought they were the greatest things ever back in the day.

probably because very few people would consider them rpgs

The Bag:

felixmg26:

Nobody put down any of the X-Com games and I thought they were the greatest things ever back in the day.

probably because very few people would consider them rpgs

Exactly I would call them Strategy games, turnbased strategy games, like for example Jagged Alliance.

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quaseman:

The Bag:

felixmg26:

Nobody put down any of the X-Com games and I thought they were the greatest things ever back in the day.

probably because very few people would consider them rpgs

Exactly I would call them Strategy games, turnbased strategy games, like for example Jagged Alliance.

Heh heh... I are smart...   That makes a lot more sense, of course back then I lumped everything into platform, rpg or adventure.  I miss the old sierra games too, but they don't really fall under the category of rpgs either.

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Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.

avo172:

1.Eldor scrolls 4 Oblivion
2. Fable the lost chapters
3.Mass effect
4.Jade Empire
5. Zelda Aqura of time
6.Daiblo 2
7.Saints row
8. GTA 4
9.GTA San Adreas
10.The Godfather

LOL. Aqura of Time. I've never played that one. Is it ?

 

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

2. Shadow of the Colossus

3. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4. Legend of Zelda: Windwaker

5. Ico

6. Fable

7. Super Mario Galaxy

8. Paper Mario

9. Crash Bandicoot

10. Kingdom Hearts

 

Hmm.. A few Zeldas on there.. but who can yeh blame? I don't think I've ever seen a Zelda game rated poorly. Plus I pretty much grew up on the franchise, first game I ever played was OoT.

These are only my personal opinion. Personally, I love all of these (and others) just about equally, but if someone held a gun to my head this would be the list I would have to end up making.

1. Skies of Arcadia (both on Dreamcast and as Skies of Arcadia Legends, the Gamecube re-release.)
2. TES III: Morrowind
3. SW: KOTOR
4. TES IV: Oblivion
5. TLOZ: Ocarina of Time
6. Suikoden (I and II)
7. Neverwinter Nights
8. Fable
9. Deus Ex
10. Jade Empire

Special mention for me also has to go to Paper Mario and Star Ocean. I also can't forget Lunar, and even Legend of Legaia.

I'm not getting into debates with anyone re: what constitutes an RPG and what doesn't. I define the genre as I choose.

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Vamphaery:

I'm not getting into debates with anyone re: what constitutes an RPG and what doesn't. I define the genre as I choose.

Command and Conquer is my favourite rpg.

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deliriousstudios:

Vamphaery:

I'm not getting into debates with anyone re: what constitutes an RPG and what doesn't. I define the genre as I choose.

Command and Conquer is my favourite rpg.

If you want to call it an RPG I have absolutely no problem with that.

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10.Guild wars ( i was in a great guild)
9. suikoden V
8. final fantasy x (for some reason this is my favorite in the series)
7. chrono trigger
6. golden sun series
5. lunar silver star story
4. fire emblem blazing swords
3. fable series
2. shadow hearts covenant (suprised more people haven't gotten this one in their list)
1. Morrowind

Oblivion is a great game but isn't on this list since I find it just can't live up to its predecessor morrowind

There's a difference between a game being an RPG, and having RPG elements thrown in.

Here's my pick:

1. Baldur's gate 2

2. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Whoever doesn't have this somewhere on their list is wrong, it's as simple as that!)

3. Betrayal at Krondor

4. Deus Ex

5. KotOR

6. Morrowind

7. Stonekeep

8. Planescape: Torment

9. Fallout (I can't decide which)

10. Ultimate Ascension (If it wasn't bugged up the ***)

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For some reason Birdo clearly has the voice of a Japanese man in this trailer. It's like... eating a cake. You expect the cake to be delicious, but when you bite into it, it sounds like a Japanese man. See what I'm trying to say here?