No games from before the SNES era makes this list fail.
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No games from before the SNES era makes this list fail.
Yes you see people DO love final fantasy 8 :D
This list is interesting. It's his own PERSONAL list, not a vote by editors of a rpg magazine or website for the top rpg games of all time or a vote by the readers of a rpg website or magazine for the top rpg games of all time.
Final Fantasy VI is my favorite! :)
In my opinion, the first two are right. FFT and FFVI FTW!
Anyways there is a difference between what is the most popular RPGs of all time and ones which are critically acclaimed. The list made by Famitsu, as it said, is what readers think. The contrast becomes apparent when you look at the fan-voted #1 (FFX) and compare it to Famitsu's scoring, where FFX did not receive a perfect score (instead it got a 39/40).
What I am getting at, is when you are trying to say "Top x RPGs of all time" you have to qualify in what way do you mean. Are you judging it by popular opinion or by scoring of critics? Probably the best way to rank it would be a syncretism between the two where popular opinion and reviews are each given certain weights when ranking games. Then again, if you wanted to make it more all-inclusive you could throw sales into it as well.