Best Games by Popularity
-
Final Fantasy VII
- Release Date: Sep 3, 1997
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Never before have technology, playability, and narrative combined as well as in Final Fantasy VII. Read the Review
-
Final Fantasy IX
- Release Date: Nov 13, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Final Fantasy IX serves as a coda to the series as you know it - it's a summation of everything that players have enjoyed about the past ten years of Final Fantasy games. Read the Review
-
Final Fantasy VIII
- Release Date: Sep 7, 1999
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Cast all fears aside: the latest Final Fantasy is the greatest game ever to bear the name. Read the Review
-
Chrono Cross
- Release Date: Aug 15, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Chrono Cross may not have had the largest budget, but it has the largest heart. Read the Review
-
The Legend of Dragoon
- Release Date: Jun 11, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
While it's a good first try, Sony's inexperience with the genre shows through, resulting in a highly generic RPG with some out-of-this-world FMV. Read the Review
-
Xenogears
- Release Date: Oct 20, 1998
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Xenogears' reliance on story, subtlety, and mood make it Square's most anime-like RPG thus far, in many ways making the game one of its best. Read the Review
-
Digimon World 3
- Release Date: Jun 5, 2002
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Even with its budget-minded pricing, Digimon World 3 is at best an average role-playing game that will appeal only to fans of the greater Digimon franchise. Read the Review
-
Vagrant Story
- Release Date: May 15, 2000
- Gentre: Action Role-Playing
While a fairly short game, the depth and density of the story and gameplay contained in Vagrant Story give it an intensity missing from most longer games. Read the Review
-
Breath of Fire IV
- Release Date: Nov 28, 2000
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Breath of Fire IV is as solid a game as any of its predecessors. Read the Review
-
Suikoden II
- Release Date: Aug 31, 1999
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Suikoden II brings nothing new to the genre, but it executes well enough that no one will really care. Read the Review
-
Legend of Mana
- Release Date: Jun 7, 2000
- Gentre: Action Role-Playing
A string of miniquests without a cohesive core, Legend of Mana is likely to disappoint fans hoping for a new action RPG classic, but it will entertain those just looking for a good time. Read the Review
-
Persona
- Release Date: November 1996
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Altus' Persona for the PlayStation easily qualifies as a sleeper hit. Read the Review
-
Legend of Legaia
- Release Date: Mar 17, 1999
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Despite the little flaws that keep Legaia from being the world beater that it could have been, it still remains an engaging RPG for anyone who likes to play RPGs. Read the Review
-
Breath of Fire III
- Release Date: Apr 30, 1998
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Even with its handful of new features, Breath of Fire III breaks little new ground. Read the Review
-
Parasite Eve
- Release Date: Sep 9, 1998
- Gentre: Role-Playing
Expect to finish the game all the way through in no more than 15 hours. Read the Review