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Holiday

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"top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 11:58

Since I have finally taken back my PS1 which my brother "borrowed" for two years and I have more free time on my hands, I want to catch up on some PS1 RPG goodness; so I'm wondering what are your 5 favourite RPGs for the console?

Mine would be, in no particular order:

- Tales of Eternia
- Valkyrie Profile
- Lunar 2
- Xenogears
- Persona 2

Also, hats off to Rhapsody, a very light and funny rpg which I'm playing right now ^^

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Fuchikoma

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 12:04

Yeah I still haven't completed all my PS1 rpgs yet... I don't like to start a new RPG until I finish the one before, and with my schedule it usually takes me several months to complete one. My favorites have been

Tales of Destiny 2(Eternia)
Dragon Warrior 7
Chrono Cross
Grandia (well technically it's a remake of a saturn game)
Final Fantasy Tactics

Here's looking at you... Onime.

threesixtee
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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 13:29

- chrono cross
- ff tactics
- lunar silver star story
- alundra
- legend of legaia

OYashiroForever
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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 13:53

quote:
Since I have finally taken back my PS1 which my brother "borrowed" for two years and I have more free time on my hands, I want to catch up on some PS1 RPG goodness; so I'm wondering what are your 5 favourite RPGs for the console?

Mine would be, in no particular order:

- Tales of Eternia
- Valkyrie Profile
- Lunar 2
- Xenogears
- Persona 2

Also, hats off to Rhapsody, a very light and funny rpg which I'm playing right now ^^

Good grief, tough choice. So many good ones... Hmmm, I'd have to go with:

- Chrono Cross
- FF Tactics (strat-RPGs count, right?)
- Suikoden II
- FF7 (While it doesn't stand up to scrutiny as well as the other ones, you can't deny its importance)
- Grandia (but only in Japanese, the wretched dub makes me wanna scratch out my eyes)

Ta da!

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Nate
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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 14:15

quote:
Since I have finally taken back my PS1 which my brother "borrowed" for two years and I have more free time on my hands, I want to catch up on some PS1 RPG goodness; so I'm wondering what are your 5 favourite RPGs for the console?

Mine would be, in no particular order:

- Tales of Eternia
- Valkyrie Profile
- Lunar 2
- Xenogears
- Persona 2

Also, hats off to Rhapsody, a very light and funny rpg which I'm playing right now ^^

I'm just gonna list the ones I enjoyed playing the most.

-Persona 2
-Chrono Cross
-Castlevania: SoTN (hey, GameFAQs lists it as an RPG!)
-Suikoden II
-Wild Arms

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RugalBernstein

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 14:18

In no particular order:
-Valkyrie Profile
-FF7
-FFT
-Xenogears
-Can't think of a fifth; I'm trying to avoid games that came out for other systems first.
Maybe Koudelka, just because the overall feel is so unique.

Rid Hershel

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"Re(2):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 15:05

In this order:

-Tales of Eternia
-Tales of Phantasia
-Tales of Destiny
-Final Fantasy Tactics
-Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

They happen to be my favorite PS1 games too.

Mog
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New Customer

"Re(3):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 17:04

In no particular order...

-Xenogears
-Star Ocean: The Second Story
-Valkyrie Profile
-Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
-Genso Suikoden

Radish

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Red Carpet Regular Member

"Re(4):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 18:14

Persona 2
Persona (even though it was butchered)
Valkerie Profile
Tactics Ogre
Lunar SSSC/EB (tie since EB was a better game, but I had more fun with SSSC for some reason)

Although SOTN is one of my favorite games, I consider it more of an action game with RPG elements so I didn't include it in my list, although the definition of what makes an RPG is always debated so that shouldn't stop others from includeing it in their's.

Time Mage

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"Re(5):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 18:33:

In order:

- FFT
- FFIX
- Vagrant Story (does it count as an RPG?): I'm playing it this Christmas, and so far I love it.
- FFVII

Since I have played only another PSX rpg (FFVIII), and I don't consider it very good, I'll skip the fifth.

Edit: AAAaaagh! Id Castlevania: SOTN counts, add it to my list! Awesome, awesome game!

[this message was edited by Time Mage on Tue 31 Dec 18:38]

Iggy

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 18:48

pffff... nobody liked Legend of Mana here? To me it was the best Square game in the PS1 era, and the best of the series too... well, here I go anyway.

Dragon Quest 7
Valkyrie Profile
Legend of Mana
Persona 2 Innocent Sin / Eternal Punishment
Star Ocean Second Story

おおむね大好評よ！

Satoshi_Miwa

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 20:55

My favorites are....

-Xenogears
-Tales of Destiny
-Suikoden
-Final Fantasy 7
-Final Fantasy Tatics

And that's not counting all the ports made to PSX, like the Ogre Battle series...

dragon-warrior

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"Re(2):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 22:51

favorites
-Dragon Warrior 7
-Final Fantasy 9
-Suikoden 2
-Final Fantasy 7
-Lunar 1&2

exodus

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"Re(3):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Tue 31 Dec 23:51

ok...

Tales of Eternia
Brave Prove
Parasite Eve
Legend of Heroes 3; White Witch (Must have one from Falcom, of course ^_^)
fftactics

not hard choices for me...I don't like too many PS1 rpgs, Saturn or PCE is my system of choice for that.

I'd have picked Symphony of the night, but I like the Saturn version much better.

Some might say I should have done the same with Legend of Heroes 3; white witch, but the game isn't significantly different on the two consoles.

Gojira

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Wed 1 Jan 01:40

That's easy!

5) Alundra
4) Final Fantasy Tactics
3) Valkyrie Profile
2) Final Fantasy IX
1) Suikoden II

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threesixtee
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"Re(4):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Wed 1 Jan 01:56

quote:

I'd have picked Symphony of the night, but I like the Saturn version much better.

COOL. I thought I was the only person who preferred the saturn port. I remember it got bad reviews and stuff, but all the added levels and characters made up for the crappy transparencies and load times.

Sensenic
158th Post

Regular Customer

"Haven't played much of them...." , posted Wed 1 Jan 04:37

but from what I know I'd say:

- Xenogears (nope, wanna play it and perhaps I'll be able soon)
- PE (same as above)
- FFVII
- Valkyrie (same, argh)
- No fifth, perhaps CC.

Not in order since I haven't played most of them. I've played FF8 and 9 but I wouldn't include 'em

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exodus

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"Re(5):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Wed 1 Jan 11:19

quote:

COOL. I thought I was the only person who preferred the saturn port. I remember it got bad reviews and stuff, but all the added levels and characters made up for the crappy transparencies and load times.

yes, absolutely. actually I reviewed it myself a long while back, so it got at least one good review! heh. but yeah, the extra items, bosses, etc etc...if you want more castlevania for your buck it's the only way to go!!

only thing that bugged me about it was the slowdown :/

RugalBernstein

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"Re(6):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Wed 1 Jan 13:20

quote:

yes, absolutely. actually I reviewed it myself a long while back, so it got at least one good review! heh. but yeah, the extra items, bosses, etc etc...if you want more castlevania for your buck it's the only way to go!!

I'd say it's worth it just for the " head tree " in the underground garden ( ha ha ha.. ^_^ ) Seriously, though, I really like the " cursed prison ". I know it's kind of insignificant, but.. it's cool.

wingzero

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Red Carpet Premium Member

"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Wed 1 Jan 19:10

-Suikoden 1 and 2
-tales of eternia
-valkyrie profile
-Castlevania SOTN

other than that I really didnt play or like to many others, although I still want to play persona games. BOF games I liked too. just not enough to put them on the top 5

exodus

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"Re(7):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 00:35

quote:

I'd say it's worth it just for the " head tree " in the underground garden ( ha ha ha.. ^_^ ) Seriously, though, I really like the " cursed prison ". I know it's kind of insignificant, but.. it's cool.

do you get the vocal song at the end of the psx version too??? I can't remember now, it's been too long since I played that version. I beat both of them though...

Zepy

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"Re(8):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 06:33

Tales of Phantasia!
Well, I can't really think of any others that impressed me as much.

Amuro Rei
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"Re(9):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 07:40

valkirie profile
final fantasy tactics
super robot wars alfa gaiden(it's count right??)
breath of fire 4

persona 2 eternal punisment

and a lot more.....

crom
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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 09:58

quote:
Since I have finally taken back my PS1 which my brother "borrowed" for two years and I have more free time on my hands, I want to catch up on some PS1 RPG goodness; so I'm wondering what are your 5 favourite RPGs for the console?

Mine would be, in no particular order:

- Tales of Eternia
- Valkyrie Profile
- Lunar 2
- Xenogears
- Persona 2

Also, hats off to Rhapsody, a very light and funny rpg which I'm playing right now ^^

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Gen

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 10:46

Koudelka

(The other ones I've played, I'd like to think that they wouldn't be in a top 5 RPGs list, so there is the assumption that there's 4 more RPGs I haven't played yet that could be in the top 5...)

Juan

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 11:03:

Most of them have been said already but IM GOING TO SAY THEM ANYWAY.

Valkyrie Profile
Final Fantasy Tactics
Xenogears
Star Ocean Second Story (despite the HOOORRRIBLE voice acting.)
Final Fantasy 7.

Special mention goes to tales series. Tales and Valkyrie have the most fun battle systems in my distorted opinion. I wish they translated and brought over all the tales games, but is not gonna happen, and i will never learn Japanese. WHO WANTS SOME MEAT?

quote:
Since I have finally taken back my PS1 which my brother "borrowed" for two years and I have more free time on my hands, I want to catch up on some PS1 RPG goodness; so I'm wondering what are your 5 favourite RPGs for the console?

Mine would be, in no particular order:

- Tales of Eternia
- Valkyrie Profile
- Lunar 2
- Xenogears
- Persona 2

Also, hats off to Rhapsody, a very light and funny rpg which I'm playing right now ^^

Buttermonster.com!*dec/13

[this message was edited by Juan on Thu 2 Jan 11:05]

exodus

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"Re(9):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 11:36

quote:
Tales of Phantasia!
Well, I can't really think of any others that impressed me as much.

hold crap!! you can play as gradriel in Ragnarock??? what the...what????
(referring to your avatar of course)

RugalBernstein

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"Re(10):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 11:45

quote:
hold crap!! you can play as gradriel in Ragnarock??? what the...what????
(referring to your avatar of course)

I've been wondering about that, myself. Would that be legal??

threesixtee
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"Re(8):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 11:46

quote:
do you get the vocal song at the end of the psx version too??? I can't remember now, it's been too long since I played that version. I beat both of them though...

yeah you do, "I am the wind" right? OOH I just remembered the other reason why I liked the saturn version better: it had that jukebox to go through and play all the songs, including the AWESOME REMIXES of classic castlevania songs like bloody tears and vampire killer.

RugalBernstein

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"Re(9):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Thu 2 Jan 11:47

quote:
yeah you do, "I am the wind" right? OOH I just remembered the other reason why I liked the saturn version better: it had that jukebox to go through and play all the songs, including the AWESOME REMIXES of classic castlevania songs like bloody tears and vampire killer.

Yes, that rendition is Bloody Tears is excellent. Shame they only use it for the one boss.

Tashoku Kisune

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"Re(1):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Sat 4 Jan 13:38

quote:

- Tales of Eternia
- Valkyrie Profile
- Lunar 2
- Xenogears
- Persona 2

Also, hats off to Rhapsody, a very light and funny rpg which I'm playing right now ^^

Hmmm... only FIVE? Well.. I'm not hard to please.

-Tales of Destiny
-Final Fantasy VII
-Final Fantasy Tactics
-Valkyrie Profile
-Xenogears

And I got Rhapsody! It's really... cute.

holiday

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"Re(2):top 5 PS1 RPGs" , posted Sat 4 Jan 21:34

quote:

Hmmm... only FIVE? Well.. I'm not hard to please.

-Tales of Destiny
-Final Fantasy VII
-Final Fantasy Tactics
-Valkyrie Profile
-Xenogears

And I got Rhapsody! It's really... cute.

Yeah, I found Rhapsody for about USD$5.00 just the other day!
It's a very nice game, although if you're one for difficult battles and dungeon exploration this game isn't for you.
Also, "cute" just barely describes this game; after playing it, you'll be melting with sugar ^_^;;

Some highlights of this rpg:
1) get to listen to lots of songs which are selectable in the menu
2) battle is so easy, there are NO items or spells to resurrect your characters
3) it has very very damaging charge up spells like flan, pancake, cake attack ^^