Is Chrono Trigger the best RPG?

[Gonzo]

I think Ultima VII remains my favourite RPG, it's pretty much your straightforward 'Ye Olde England' fantasy world of knights, goblins, magic etc., but it's just done so well, and I like the level of freedom. It's about right, and it isn't too ambitious like, say 'Daggerfall', which is pretty huge but the same towns over and over again, with no individuality. Everywhere and everyone in Britannia has character in U7.

I am playing Chrono Trigger and loving it, though I haven't played it in a few months, as frustratingly I can't beat Magus in his castle, I'm thinking I need to level up everybody and learn some new tricks, which is always annoying.

I might try out the Baldur's Gate games but I'd probably need loads of spare time to get through them, they don't seem like instant gratification kinda games, which is what I always like.

[Captain Mostly]

Ultima VII is stunning, and the best free-roaming RPG alive (by free-roaming, I mean sort of "Explore our mysticle world" type of games... Baldur's Gate, Morrowind, etc)

Irritatingly though, I can't get it to run on my computer (stupid boot-disks, I've never got the hand of them) and even when I was able to play it, I got so stunningly caught up in exploring, I forgot immediatly what I was meant to be doing...

Also, I never figured out how to get the magic to work. This is something I find in a lot of RPG's, and one that Planescape and Baldur's gate (And eye of the beholder/Lands of lore) get very right with easy peasy to work out systems, but (Shocking though it is for me to be saying this) Dungeon master, Morrowind and ultima games get kind of wrong. Maybe I should make more effort to learn about the crazy rune systems before failing to bother to persue them...

[Toefurr]

I think Ultima VII remains my favourite RPG, it's pretty much your straightforward 'Ye Olde England' fantasy world of knights, goblins, magic etc., but it's just done so well, and I like the level of freedom. It's about right, and it isn't too ambitious like, say 'Daggerfall', which is pretty huge but the same towns over and over again, with no individuality. Everywhere and everyone in Britannia has character in U7.

Ahh, thou didst beat me to it!

[Shattered Sponge]

"nethack"? how very Kieron Gillen.

That is a ludicrously unfair thing to say - how is anybody but you supposed to understand such obscure references to PC Ga...  to something or other which clearly only you could possibly understand.

By the way, if you're having trouble with Ultima 7, have a gander at this

(Also - Issue 100 Cables - HA HA HA HA I apologise)

[Gilbert]

I'd rather play DQ4...

[Captain Mostly]

Every now and then, people reference my letter in PCG, and pass comment on it.

I'm afraid to say, that I had a few printed, so I regularly have no idea which letter people are referencing, and as such I don't know if you're laughing at me, or with me. I suspect at me. But I guess I can cope with it.   :'(

EDIT: The exult thing looks cool! Maybe I'll be able to go back and wup those pirates in the face after all. That'll teach them to laugh at my glass sword (and the fact I could do diddly poop with the spell book I found on the castle roof...)

Did you ever find the magic carpet? That was the coolest bit in the game!

[sum-41]

 :oWow! Thanks everybody for your input I have found and played most of these games, and really enjoyed it. The SNES has some great ones- 7th saga, secret of evermore etc...
All in all though, I personally find Chrono Trigger the best game in my opinion.



P.S. Has anyone ever played Chrono Cross?

[xenogia]

Chrono Trigger is definetly one of Square's best RPGS, but in my mind I still think the best RPG I've ever played is a game called "Xenogears", it has the most complex story I have ever seen in any video game full stop.  It also has an awesome battle system and graphics engine.  I highly recommend it to anyone with a PS1 / PS2 or a working PC emulator.

[Lucky]

Ah, Chrono Trigger is surely one of Square's best games, but I wouldn't rate it the best RPG ever. Actually there are lots of wonderful RPGs which I've played (and probably lot more which I haven't played. ).

Anyone remember EarthBound, Nintendo's and Hal's extraordinarily original creation? I've beaten it five times, before it became as popular as it's nowadays. I really should play it again someday.

As for Final Fantasies, I've only played FF4,5 and 6. Sixth one was excellent, but newer ones don't really interest me for some reason. (Probably because I'm so negative towards anything that masses like.) I'd still buy FF7 if I found it somewhere.

Ultimas are classics, nuff' said. Dungeon Master is another game which I haven't beaten yet, but I've liked it so far.

But of course, Nethack is my favorite RPG and I don't think anything will make that little fact change.

BTW, am I really the only person in the world, who thinks that Lavos's final form is nearly impossible to beat?  :

[earlwood]

  lol, yea, I admit it's kinda repedative, but as soon as....accually I can't figure out why its so addicting..maybe its the...uhm...I can fish  

[Xionix]

I honestly don't think Chrono Trigger as the best RPG, I don't think is even on my Top 10, is a very good game thougt, but I have better experiences with the Shining Force series, Phantasy Star IV, Anachronox, Earthbound, Xenoblade Chronicles and so on.

[Calin Leafshade]

9 years has got to be a record.

[Crimson Wizard]

I always wondered how the people find such threads? it's like they start browsing the forums from the last page?

[Igor Hardy]

Vintage threads are teh best.

Its not an adventure game, but this forum has everything so thought I would ask this. By far the best RPG experience I have had was Chrono Trigger. Post if you agree, and give me info on anything you think is better, as it must have some great gameplay. (Leave out MMORPGs, as there's a seperate thread for them.)

CT is the best traditional jRPG experience I had by far, but I still would have preferred not to have touched that reward-less time sink.

Planescape Torment, the first 2 Fallouts, Space Funeral and Spiderweb's Exile series (now remade into Avernum) are my favorite RPGs, and all made huge impressions on me.

Did I mention I tend to avoid RPGs altogether? At least nowadays.

[EchosofNezhyt]

"Shining Force series, Phantasy Star IV, Anachronox, Ogre Battle 64, Xenoblade Chronicles"

Ewww... Well some of them.

Chrono Trigger is one of my favorites.

[Andail]

This thread has people lik Cpt Mostly and Las Naranjas posting in it, awesome.

On topic: I remember liking Suikoden a lot, and the aforementioned Shining Force. That might be because they're probably the only old-school rpgs I ever played.

[Radiant]

But neither games can compare to what may be the greatest RPG I've ever played: Planescape Torment.

QFT!

[Xionix]

Planescape... I always heard about that game but never get the change to play it. I need to give that game a try sometime.

[EKM]

I have very fond memories of playing Chrono Trigger on the SNES and later, on the PSP. It is one of my favourite RPGs of all time and ONE of the best RPGs of all time period.

However, I have to say that RPGs such as Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, Earthbound, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Secret of Mana, Terranigma, Dragon Quest III, Phantasy Star II and Suikoden all hold equal worth as Chrono Trigger and can be seen on many people's top 10 or top 20 lists.

[Khris]

I also love Chrono Trigger, and Chrono Cross.

But let's rather talk about digging up a nine year old thread; it's much more interesting than comparing favorite RPGs.