Your best and favorite PS1 RPG's

[Zachalmighty]

For me my number one favorite RPG is
Xenogears (I feel that the localization could have been better though)

My favorites were
FFIX
FFVII (not a fanboy)
Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
Legend of Dragoon
Tales of Eternia
BoF III
BoF IV
Wild Arms 2

Thats about it! Don't worry if your lists contain japanese only games because we all know that their jrpg's were some of the best and it was sad we did not get them.

[Haderach]

- Xenogears
- Suikoden II
- Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
- Vagrant Story
- Chrono Cross

[Camanche]

Vagrant Story.

[Zachalmighty]

Vagrant Story.

Haha, thats it?

[Camanche]

Now that I look back on all the RPG's I played on that system... it's that and Tactics.

[Sei]

FFT,
FF7,
Tactics Ogre,
Final Fantasy Tactics,
Kings Field series,
Wild Arms,
Innocent Sin,
Eternal Punishment,
Star Ocean.
That's about what comes to mind at this time. Maybe Brigandine and Front Mission 3.

[Asellus]

Suikoden I & II (of course~!)
BoF III & IV
Wild Arms I & II
Vagrant Story
Tales of Destiny I & II
SaGa Frontier I & II (Yes, you heard. I liked II, it was interesting.)
Persona I & II
Chrono Cross
Legend of Mana
Threads of Fate
Dragon Warrior VII
Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9...and OMG, there are like a billion that I love!!! I cannot choose between them all! >_<

[Sei]

Ah. I knew I was forgetting something.
Suikoden Series,
Vagrant story,
Saga frontier I.

I heard 2 was horrible but I never actually played it.

[Kaibigan]

Suikoden 1&2
BoF 3
SaGa Frontier 1&2
FF8
Star Ocean 2

my #1 is Final Fantasy Tactics.

[Asellus]

I heard 2 was horrible but I never actually played it.

Yeah...it had some issues but I loved the graphics. The watercolor backgrounds were really fabulous. I think the storyline had a lot of plotholes but for a politically genre based game (which is hard to pull off), it wasn't that bad. Oh, and the characters were great.

It was one of the very first games I played, so, it left quite an impression on me. :) But, I guess to each their own. I can see why some people absolutely hated it. I still like it, though! (Although, SF I is the more superior of the two, despite having its own faults as well)

[Camanche]

I could be an ass and pull up the 5 other 'What's your favourite video games/RPG's?' threads, but not today. I remembered too late. :p

[Flußkönig]

Saga frontier I.

I heard 2 was horrible but I never actually played it.

I think the worst part of SaGa Frontier 2 was the slow ass and totally dull battle system. It was a pretty interesting game if you could get past that part.

My list is:

Xenogears
SaGa Frontier
Suikoden 1 & 2
Persona 2
Valkyrie Profile
Front Mission 3
Dragon Warrior VII
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy Tactics
Tactics Ogre
Final Fantasy IX (first half of the game anyway)

edit: whoops I forgot VP.

[Asellus]

I could be an ass and pull up the 5 other 'What's your favourite video games/RPG's?' threads, but not today. I remembered too late. :p

Seriously! I wouldn't be surprised if there were more than 5 threads...but I guess sometimes people just run out of ideas for topics. It's like one of those arkward, "So, how was your day..." conversations. But I guess this wouldn't be much of a forum if we didn't have repetition every so often. (But not all the time!) :D

[Asellus]

I think the worst part of SaGa Frontier 2 was the slow ass and totally dull battle system. It was a pretty interesting game if you could get past that part.

Agreed. :p

[Camanche]

I could be an ass and pull up the 5 other 'What's your favourite video games/RPG's?' threads, but not today. I remembered too late. :p

Seriously! I wouldn't be surprised if there were more than 5 threads...but I guess sometimes people just run out of ideas for topics. It's like one of those arkward, "So, how was your day..." conversations. But I guess this wouldn't be much of a forum if we didn't have repetition every so often. (But not all the time!) :D

Yeah, about that repetition thing there...

[Futomimi]

ETERNAL EYES! Holla!

[StrikeRaider]

Heck I'm surprised when anyone brings up a Square game that isn't FF but I guess I'm just too young.

Xenogears
Wild Arms 2
Final Fantasy VII
Legend of Dragoon

[dragonlife29]

To be honest, I was kinda young and ignorant back then (unfortunately), so I missed a lot of games. I've bought some I've missed, but haven't really played them--Vagrant Story being one of them.

Mine are pretty much all the FF titles...

[Azriel Crusnik]

Final fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Legend of Dragoon
Crono Cross
Crono Trigger
Vagrant Story

PS1 game's right?

sorry about that

[Hamel]

Final fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Metal Gear Solid
Legend of Dragoon
Crono Cross
Crono Trigger
Gundam Battle Assault 2
Vagrant Story

PS1 game's right?

Only RPGs

Xenogears
Valkyrie Profile
Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX

I need to finish some PS1 games I own and never finished (like Persona 2)

[Camanche]

Heck I'm surprised when anyone brings up a Square game that isn't FF but I guess I'm just too young.

Xenogears
Wild Arms 2
Final Fantasy VII
Legend of Dragoon

Yeah, damn, if you don't remember those, you're young. Now I feel too old to be on here. :( lol

[StrikeRaider]

Nah I'm just saying, I was the only one in my group of friends who played non-FF Square games till high school and even then it was seniors when I was just a poor freshie. I didn't even get Xenogears and Vagrant Story till they were super expensive.

Only reason I didn't like VS is because I didn't get an instruction booklet. I'm sure now with Gamefaqs I could probably understand and enjoy it.

[Zachalmighty]

My next thread is probably going to be favorite PS2 RPG's of all time.

PS Is brigandine worth playing now?

[StrikeRaider]

It's too soon for that my friend. Too soon.

[cj iwakura]

Parasite Eve 1 & 2
Vagrant Story
FFT
FFVII
FFIX
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Lunar: Eternal Blue
(I prefer the originals, but the remakes are still good)
Wild Arms 2

[Flußkönig]

PS Is brigandine worth playing now?

I don't think it was ever worth playing. Maybe it was on the old boards, but we had a topic about Brigandine in the old atlus games section.

[Yazarc]

Probably SaGa Frontier (I'm a huge fan of the whole series)
Final Fantasy 8
Arc the Lad 1 and 2 (c'mon, they're one whole game)
Dragon Warrior 7

I based my choices on the games I spent the most time on. I like getting my money's worth out of a good game.

[jeffx]

soooooome of them:
Persona 1 & 2
Thousand Arms
FF 7 & 9
BOF 3 & 4 (3 more than 4 though)
Suikoden I & II
Star Ocean 2
Arc the Lad collection
Lunar 1 & 2 (yes I know, Sega games)
Tales of Destiny 1, not 2

I see a lot of Xenogears love but dudes, c'mon, the 2nd disc totally sucked. It totally killed it for me (don't want to start a debate here). I will just say that it could have been so much better and that the story didn't do it for me.

that said the PS1 was a faaaaaaaaaaaantastic console and I'm not sure the PS3 will ever top it (sure not headed that way). The PS2 is probably on par, but only so because it got sequels that were birthed on the PS1 so respect where respect is due!

[Yazarc]

I should add BoF3 to my list. That was a damned fine game.

It seems I'm one of the only ones not on the Suikoden and VS bandwagon here.

[jeffx]

guess so, it was love at first sight for me (not talking about 1's atrocious cover art)

oh and I could never tolerate VS for more than one hour. I tried it again on the PSP recently and I choked just as rapidly.

[Zachalmighty]

C'mon the second disc was basically when an author tries to explain his novel and tie up the loop holes. Unfortunately it didn't work so well for them so the second disc in my opinion doesn't exist.

[Sei]

I thought Brigandine was okay but maybe not that special. It reminded me of Dark Wizard and Dragon Force, which were quite awesome.

I recall something about Square pulling the funding for the project, leaving the second disc the annoying, monotonous mess of text on a black background that we got.

From the first disc, when they had the means, they did quite awesome and varied stuff. Disc one was incredible.

The plot was really good as well, I thought.

Who knows, maybe one day someone else will give it a shot.

[Sseklebeast]

Final Fantasy VIII
Lunar 1 TSSSC
Lunar 2 EBC
Persona 2 Innocent Sin
Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
Final Fantasy Tactics

I like Valkyrie Profile and Vagrant Story though I never finished either since my memory card died for some reason. There are others I liked but I am drawing a blank atm :x

[Flußkönig]

I think the second disc in Xenogears got the point across in the best way possible given the limitations that the team faced. While I would have rather played through all the dungeons and had the story told in a slightly different way I didn't really mind the parts where they were telling the story with stills.

[StrikeRaider]

Remember Xenosaga was supposed to be the way they would finally tie up everything but I guess they decided to make it unique instead.

[Sei]

Well, more like Namco decided to screw it up, and then jettison it. Shame, too, the first game being quite a seller, greatest hit and all. And one of my favorite Ps2 games if not for the most horrible sequels (imho).

I don't get why they felt the need to screw everything in 2 and get rid of everything that made 1 unique, deep, and neat. Not to mention the most horrible character redesigns that deffinitely weren't needed. and then there were the cool finishing touches like Xenocard that are nowhere to be seen.

2 just seemed incredibly shallow and rushed. Also short. I digged the soundtrack, though.

[jeffx]

nothing on how III took it back in the right direction?

oh I thought this was going to be about PS1 RPGs ;)

[Sei]

Never played 3 although I did pick it up on a sale somewhere :P. 2 just dissapointed me too much. I've heard it's decent, though.

Hmm... Ps1... oh yeah! can't believe I was forgetting Alundra, Vandal Hearts and maybe the Lunar remakes. I thought them all quite good.

[Flußkönig]

nothing on how III took it back in the right direction?


This man speaks the truth, you should play it sometime Sei.

Remember Xenosaga was supposed to be the way they would finally tie up everything but I guess they decided to make it unique instead.

Nah, Xenosaga was basically the Xenogears time line re-imagined. There were lots of parallels, but it wasn't anything more than that.

[Hamel]

Never played 3 although I did pick it up on a sale somewhere :P. 2 just dissapointed me too much. I've heard it's decent, though.

Hmm... Ps1... oh yeah! can't believe I was forgetting Alundra, Vandal Hearts and maybe the Lunar remakes. I thought them all quite good.

A reason to play III
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Abel+Xenosaga&gbv=2

[Kain Mare]

Kartia: The Word of Fate
Xenogears (Massive hearts here)
Legend of Dragoon
Final Fantasy 8 (loved the storyline)
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fantasy Tactics
Vangard Story
Star Ocean 1
Castlevania: SotN
Persona 1 & 2
and much, much more. D:

[Sseklebeast]

Oh yeah SoTN how could I forget?

"Die Monster! You don't belong in this world!" and of course "What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets."

*cackle*

[Rikuo]

Chrono Trigger \(^0^)/
Final Fantasy 9
Metal Gear Solid
Frogger
Grandia 2 (i think)
Vagrant Story
Spyro the Dragon
Tekken 2

[Kain Mare]

I remember Spyro: The Dragon. Isn't that Insomnia's first game? I could be wrong.

[Sseklebeast]

Chrono Trigger \(^0^)/
Final Fantasy 9
Metal Gear Solid
Frogger
Grandia 2 (i think)
Vagrant Story
Spyro the Dragon
Tekken 2

Yeah you are thinking of the first Grandia as Grandia 2 was a Dreamcast game first and then ported to PS2. Both good games though :)

[StrikeRaider]

Yeah it was, back when it was good. It never made the platform jump in my opinion. Poor Spyro.

And 3 was awesome. Especially compared to 2. The ending is really open in terms of what can happen after. So if we all hope long enough we could get a new xenosaga.

[allie_razakel]

Chocobo Racing!

[Fuyukaze]

System had lots of RPGs but these were definitly my favorites. Didnt realy care much for the Suikoden series as it became a pain getting all 108 charcters in the first and even more so in the second. The FF series took a downward spiral from 7-9 for me. Sure, the fmv were all pretty but god, I wanted to die of bordem by the end of the games. I was happy when they finaly gave 2 and 5 a domestic release finaly.

Valkryie Profile
Persona
Star Ocean 2
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Destiny 2
Dragon Warrior 7
Parasite Eve *non turnbased I know*

Working Designs released alot of stuff but their translations often left me with a dirty feel. If they'd not filled their games with such crass humor, I'd probly miss their being around more.

[Kaibigan]

0h yeah, Brigandine was awesome, but not one of my favorites.
Tactics Ogre is tied with FFT. whoops.

[Sseklebeast]

System had lots of RPGs but these were definitly my favorites. Didnt realy care much for the Suikoden series as it became a pain getting all 108 charcters in the first and even more so in the second. The FF series took a downward spiral from 7-9 for me. Sure, the fmv were all pretty but god, I wanted to die of bordem by the end of the games. I was happy when they finaly gave 2 and 5 a domestic release finaly.

Valkryie Profile
Persona
Star Ocean 2
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Destiny 2
Dragon Warrior 7
Parasite Eve *non turnbased I know*

Working Designs released alot of stuff but their translations often left me with a dirty feel. If they'd not filled their games with such crass humor, I'd probly miss their being around more.

I loved Working Designs but that is so true. I remember back in 1993 or so Ruby made a Bill Clinton joke in Lunar 2. It certainly felt way out of place and was just silly overall.

[Gen Eric Gui]

These are not in any order.

Vandal Hearts 1 & 2
Suikoden 1 & 2
Breath of Fire 3 & 4
Alundra (<3 Puzzles)
Tales of Eternia (Destiny 2 is a PS2 game!)
Valkyrie Profile (It's too bad the sequel is awful)
Xenogears (If only for the endgame when Fei can punch gears and kill them)
Final Fantasy 9
Chrono Cross (Game was kinda mediocre, but the music and art...different story entirely)

I don't include Persona 2 because I have yet to finish it. I'd also throw in Wild ARMS 2 if not for the fact that I haven't actually finished it, either.

I liked Star Ocean 2, but only really because I liked Leon's character, and the battle system was kinda fun at the time. Now that I look back at it I'm not so sure how much I really, truly enjoyed it.

[Enzo_Kensei]

Chocobo Racing!

I love chocobo Racing too back in my PS1. Now, I misplaced it and missed it so much. I just hope they would sell some.

[RayFoxSith]

*Final Fantasy Tactics
Xenogears
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy VIII
Suikoden 1
*Suikoden 2
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
*Tactics Ogre
*Vagrant Story

(*My most favorite from the list)

[Zephyr]

I liked Star Ocean 2, but only really because I liked Leon's character, and the battle system was kinda fun at the time. Now that I look back at it I'm not so sure how much I really, truly enjoyed it.

I had a lot of fun with the crafting in that game. Looking back that was probably my favorite element.

[Zachalmighty]

I liked Star Ocean 2, but only really because I liked Leon's character, and the battle system was kinda fun at the time. Now that I look back at it I'm not so sure how much I really, truly enjoyed it.

I had a lot of fun with the crafting in that game. Looking back that was probably my favorite element.

I have to agree that the crafting was fun BUT it could be used to severely overpower yourself. I got a card from art that summoned a huge ass demon that casted a spell THAT KO'D a boss in one hit. WTF

[Gen Eric Gui]

I hated the crafting. I tend to hate anything that has elements of random chance in it; if it had been like the Atelier crafting system where X + Y always = Z, then it would have been great. But since crafting X and Y might make A, M, K, Q, 4, 7, or >, I couldn't really get into it.

[cj iwakura]

Regarding Working Designs' jokes: the original jokes were just as silly and out of place, just Eastern specific. All they did was make it so it would carry a similar impact with a Western audience.


And as for Xenosaga II, agreed on the score. It was the only good thing about it. The vocal piece during the opening and anything with Margulis was better than anything from Xenosaga I's score.

Xenosaga III is the best of all three. Great music, fun battles, epic story.

[Kakizaki]

^I guess I heard different regarding WD jokes from stuff I read in GameFan and things I saw in chat at the GameFan forum. The editors would hang out in chat a decent amount. It was pretty cool.

[Manic Expressive]

I actually found the edits in the Lunar games pretty funny. Though completely unrelated to anything in the game, I am sure the JP version might have not made much sense either.

As for favorite PS1 RPG's...

Valkyrie Profile
Xenogears
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Eternia
Suikoden I&II
Persona 2
Lunar 1&2

That's all I can think of for now. :tongue:

[Kakizaki]

I will probably forget something but...:

Vagrant Story
FFT
Lunar 2
MIP
Persona EP (working on IS)
Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga
FF IX

[Yazarc]

I will probably forget something but...:
MIP

Why couldn't you just say "Persona 1"? :)

That one puzzled me for a minute.

[cj iwakura]

Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga

Was this localized?

And is it anything like Forsaken Land?

[Kakizaki]

^No it wasn't and I PMed you about it months ago. Glad to see people pay attention. :P

It is the first three Wizardry titles with upgraded graphics.

[Kid Marin]

Vagrant Story.
Ditto.

[Balrog]

Final Fantasy Tactics
Tactics Ogre
Suikoden 1 & 2
Front Mission 3

[cj iwakura]

^No it wasn't and I PMed you about it months ago. Glad to see people pay attention. :P

It is the first three Wizardry titles with upgraded graphics.

Oh, that. :P I tried VI/VII for the Saturn briefly. They didn't feel as engrossing as TotFL.

What I enjoyed about Forsaken Land was that it had so much character. Lots of people to interact with.

Which makes the truth about Duhan all the more painful.

[Sseklebeast]

I probably should of elaborated some more but I laughed many times playing WD translated games. It's just that one Clinton joke specifically made me say 'oh god' or something to that effect.

BTW Gamefan was such an awesome magazine! I remember how colorful the pages were and how they had a lot of coverage on Imports. That's where I first saw Policenauts and to this day still yearn for it. Hope that fan translation comes soon... "Sorry for semihijacking the thread btw*

[Kakizaki]

^No it wasn't and I PMed you about it months ago. Glad to see people pay attention. :P

It is the first three Wizardry titles with upgraded graphics.

Oh, that. :P I tried VI/VII for the Saturn briefly. They didn't feel as engrossing as TotFL.

What I enjoyed about Forsaken Land was that it had so much character. Lots of people to interact with.



Yeah well, you probably wouldn't like Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga that much. It is just good old fashioned first person dungeon crawling with few interactions.

[Sei]

I probably should of elaborated some more but I laughed many times playing WD translated games. It's just that one Clinton joke specifically made me say 'oh god' or something to that effect.

BTW Gamefan was such an awesome magazine! I remember how colorful the pages were and how they had a lot of coverage on Imports. That's where I first saw Policenauts and to this day still yearn for it. Hope that fan translation comes soon... "Sorry for semihijacking the thread btw*

I really liked Gamefan back in the day, It's editors made a bunch of magazines after, including Play (http://www.playmagazine.com/) (Which is really pretty but dunno If I like it's scoring system) and HardcoreGamer (http://www.hardcoregamer.com/). Not quite the same, but they might be worth a read if you still get magazines, or you are bored one day in Chapters :)

There is also this (http://diehardgamefan.com/) site, but I haven't really gone through it.

[Sseklebeast]

Ahh yeah I bought a two year sub to Play magazine but was not aware that GF editors were behind it. Very nice info to know :) I remember a long time ago I played EverQuest with a GF editor. Fun memories for me :)

Thanks for the links btw!

[Kakizaki]

Dave Halverson did Gamer's Republic before Play. At least to me it felt more like GF than Play does. I do like Play, but more so as a nostalgia thing due to old GF staffers there.

Hardcore gamer is a joke. The tie to GF is weak imo. Yeah the founder was at GF, but it was very early on and he wasn't there long. It feels nothing like GameFan. The articles and reviews are laughable.

The current website is connected in name only I believe.

[Sei]

^^ No problem!. I actually suscribed to Gamefan back in the day, and even though they were REALLY spotty with delivery (I didn't receive like 3 issues, for issues they were having) it was my favorite game magazine. I never really liked EGM, and always thought of Gamepro as a joke. I also liked the comic in it. I thought Monitaur was neat.

Yeah. Play seems to score everything way too high, or on the last issue I read, not at all. But it's really really pretty and has an awesome anime section. Honestly I mostly flip through it for it's layouts. If I ever do a magazine, it'll be like that. The sterility of EGM has always turned me off, and GamePro's seems really childish. Play has the perfect balance I think.

My favorite scoring was 1up, but they toned it down too much when they moved to letters and now it's meaningless. I try not to read reviews anymore because I have noticed that I go into the games already knowing over half the story just from reading them, and get bored quickly, so mostly go on score consensus and obvious concept now a days.

[Kakizaki]

The high scores may be a symptom of Halverson. He was well known for doing the same thing, whether directly or indirectly, at GameFan -- sometimes taking on multiple persona for reviews.

[Sei]

I guess he really likes games. Me and otter joke that Ebert goes "yay, movies! Wheeee!" whenever he gets sent a review copy, due to one time we went to the movies and he had loved every single one of them. There were a couple bad ones too, but I forget the names. Perhaphs he really likes videogames!.

I thought he was E.Storm, who mainly did Platformers. I think I got Crash Bandicoot on a 10 of his. That was probably the last platformer I ever bought for ps1. (It wasn't that bad, just...)

[Kakizaki]

^He was E. Storm, Skid, Takahara, and a host of others -- some of which appeared infrequently.

[Sei]

Oh. I never knew that. I guess he both loves writing reviews and videogames. And alts. Where did he find the time.

His magazine was great though.

[Kakizaki]

Yes it was. It had a profound impact on my tastes in gaming and I still read it to this day. Shame about GameGo.

[Soushi_Grapple]

Here's a few of my fave PS1 RPGs in no particular order:
Star Ocean 2, Final Fantasy VIII, Lunar 2 EBC, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VII..

Currently working on Valkyrie Profile and Xenogears since I completed Xenosaga trilogy which I loved, but Im also almost done with Digital Devil Saga 2 which is taking up my spare time. Playing Luminous Arc on the go in preperation for LA2 on Monday =)

[Camanche]

Now you're all reminding me of when I was a game magazine fiend, before I got the internet. #### Cosmo girl! lol

[Balrog]

FFVII
Xenogears
Chrono Cross

Have you guys played these recently? I played through a bunch of PS1 games a year ago and I didn't think these held up very well (soundtracks aside).

[Hamel]

FFVII
Xenogears
Chrono Cross

Have you guys played these recently?

Yes (except CC that I never played)

[Fuyukaze]

FFVII
Xenogears
Chrono Cross

Have you guys played these recently? I played through a bunch of PS1 games a year ago and I didn't think these held up very well (soundtracks aside).
Of the 3, I think Xenogears is posibly the best to withstand age. I didnt care much for the other two so perhaps my opinion isnt as impartial as I'd like. They've aged better then some games though.

[vaynard]

suikoden series
legend of dragoon
brigandine (still playing since 1999)
ff series n tactics
legend of legaia

[ViolenceJack]

Hmm

FFT, FF9
Star Ocean 2
Xenogears
Kings Field I & II
Dragon Warrior VII
Wild Arms I & II
Thousand Arms (very good to play for laughs).
Knew I forgot one:
Legend of Legaia

[Esoteric]

It's been said, but the only two games REALLY mentioning, that stand so far above the rest of the RPGs are both Matsuno games: FFT and Vagrant Story.

OH MY GOD VAGRANT STORY WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GAME THAT WAS. I still can't get over it.

[Kakizaki]

OH MY GOD VAGRANT STORY WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GAME THAT WAS. I still can't get over it.

Probably my favorite of all time. ;)

[EvilHero]

Not a really big fan of VS either. I liked just about everything about it except the battle system. I was pretty young when it first came out so I could never get a grasp on the system, so I was pretty turned off.

Not alot of games that I would label my favorites.

SMT 1 and 2 remakes were definetly high on my list. The minor tweaks they made made this alot more bearable to play than on the SNES. Except that bug in 2 of course.

The Arc the Lad series ranks high on my list of favorites in general. I'm suprised theirs no love for it. I'd say 2 worked out the best out of the 3. However, 1 was just short enough and left you hanging, I found it just as enjoyable. I'd rank 3 as the last, I wasn't really into the hunter's guild missions, but it was still an excellent game with a great concept, story and characters.

Aside from that Valkyrie Profile and Castlevania Symphony of the night are the only games i'm interested enough where I can play them multiple times.

[Vincent Alexander]

Vagrant Story
Lunar 1 and 2
Arc the Lad II
FF VII
Armored Core

[Kakizaki]

I never did finish AtL II. I was enjoying it too.

[Vincent Alexander]

I don't know why, but I just love that game. It entertained me in every way possible. If you ever get free time, you should try starting it up again.

[Kakizaki]

^I enjoyed what I played of it. Liked the characters, liked the story, and like the translation. I just wish the bestiary was more diverse. I felt like I kept fighting the same stuff way too much.

[raum215]

Persona 2
Final Fantasy IX
Kartia
Legend of Dragoon
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
Tactics Ogre
Shin Megami Tensei (was in Japan in the navy - never finished but played.)
Lots of other Japanese stuff we bought in the place with the popeye sign in Yokusuka.
Koudelka
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2

Honorable Mention:
Beyond the Beyond (horrible but was a runthrough we comiserated through, and I had some awesome times with my housemates and that crap-fest, which i still have). It was great couple game though.

[Esoteric]

Not a really big fan of VS either.

? Who else said they didn't like it...?

[Foryth]

I still have a bunch of Gamefan magazines in my closet, it was definitely my favorite gaming mag.

As for PS1 RPGs :

Top 10 :
Xenogears
FFT
DQVII
Suikoden 1&2
Star Ocean The Second Story
SaGa Frontier
Valkyrie Profile
Ogre Battle
Front Mission 3


Honorable mentions : Kartia, Vanguard Bandits, Threads of Fate, Lunar, Chrono Cross, Tales of Destiny 1&2, Thousand Arms, Parasite Eve. And I think I kinda liked Beyond the Beyond way back when it was a new game.

[Kakizaki]

^Take a gander at what some dude is charging for issues of GF on ebay sometime. It is pretty damn nuts. Of course one of the ones I am missing is the one that he wants nearly $100 for. Ridiculous.

[Foryth]

Just took a look and unfortunately I don't have that one, otherwise I would've gladly sent it to you.

[Burin le Savage]

Breath of Fire 3
Final Fantasy Tactics (Technically it counts)
Vandal Hearts II

There's a lot more, but that's off the top of my head.

- Burin

[Denninja]

Vagrant Story (Zombies and giant crabs tried to cut me up)
FFVII (camera tried to murder me)
FFVIII (Dinosaurs tried to eat me)

[Yazarc]

While I haven't really read anything other than this last page of the thread that I'm posting on, I was very happy with the PS1 era. I'm actually replaying Breath of Fire 4 right now.

The two Breath of Fire games, Arc the Lad 1 and 2, and Dragon Quest 7 are among the best RPGs of the era, let alone, of all time IMO.

[Constraint]

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete. Best RPG ever.

[Yazarc]

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete. Most generic RPG ever.

Fixed...;)

[Kakizaki]

^I knew if you were around and saw that, you would say something. :P

[Vincent Alexander]

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete. Most generic RPG ever.

Fixed...;)

You're so witty!

[Yazarc]

^I knew if you were around and saw that, you would say something. :P

Everybody has those subjects they just can't not respond to when brought up. I'm glad I didn't fall short of your expectations! :P

[RayFoxSith]

I didn't care much for Lunar myself anyway.

[EvilHero]

Not a really big fan of VS either.

? Who else said they didn't like it...?

It seems I'm one of the only ones not on the Suikoden and VS bandwagon here.

I didn't say I didn't like it. I said I wasn't as big of fan as the rest of you.

[Riku Xander]

I guess it's The Legend of Dragoon and FFVII. They are really the only ones I played.

[xX_Josie_Xx]

Uhm,
I was best at my Final Fantasy IX. ;D
I once gave it up for 2 months, but I was like, oh what the heck? I'm soo playing.

[Auden]

mmm.. i still got my ps1 and play it once in a while. my favs are

legend of mana [favorite series!]
vagrant story
ffviii
metal gear solid
castlevania symphony of the night

[Rikuo]

Chrono Trigger
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy 7
The PS1 days were quite awesome.

EDIT: And Now i learn to read the Title of the thread More Carefully.

[Kakizaki]

^I think you sneaked a few non-rpgs in there. ;)

[brunbb]

Final Fantasy Tactics and both Lunar games.

When I look back at PSX, those are the only RPG's that really stand out to me. Of course, PSX is also home to maybe my two favorite console games ever, Resident Evil 2 and Metal Gear Solid.

[Constraint]

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete. Most generic RPG ever.

Fixed...;)

Care to explain?

[FewtureMD]

Valkyrie Profile
FF 6 & 9
Wild Arms
SaGa Frontier
Legend of Legaia
Brave Fencer Mushashi
Persona 2
Jade Cocoon
Legend of Dragoon
Tales of Destiny
and FF Tactics

Does Silouhette Mirage count as an RPG? If not, mad props to Treasure anyhoo.

[Enzeru]

The only PS1 game I've ever played is Digimon World...xD

[Zachalmighty]

I have to add Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden to the list.

[xeno]

I would say my Best and favourite PS1 RPG's are...
Xenogears, Chrono Cross, and I would say Persona 2: Innocent Sin, but I have yet to play and complete that yet...(I'd have to do that on my PC or PSP or something...)

As well as FFVII, and FFVIII but on a lower scale.