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Best Role-playing Game

Role-playing games are still one of the most prolific, most successful genres in the medium. No other genre immerses you so completely in a fully realized gameworld. Most every platform had its share of good role-playing games this year, though one of the following five finalists for Best Role-Playing Game of 2004 stood out from the pack:

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

(GC)
Publisher: Namco
Developer: Monolith Soft
"The lavishly detailed world of Baten Kaitos is a great place to go for a nice fairy tale." - Bethany Massimilla, from GameSpot's Full Review

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

(GC)
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Intelligent Systems
"It's practically overflowing with wonderful, funny characters, memorable subplots, inventive gameplay, and beautiful visuals, and it's lengthy and quite challenging to boot." - Greg Kasavin, from GameSpot's Full Review

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

(PS2)
Publisher: Atlus Co.
Developer: Atlus Co.
"Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is a refreshing, challenging change of pace." - Bethany Massimilla, from GameSpot's Full Review

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
"No other game since Knights of the Old Republic has managed to deliver this excellent style of role-playing." - Greg Kasavin, from GameSpot's Full Review

Tales of Symphonia

(GC)
Publisher: Namco
Developer: Namco
"If you have a GameCube and like RPGs, you definitely need to check out Tales of Symphonia." - Bethany Massimilla, from GameSpot's Full Review
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