Best system for RPG's?

[Gutsman]

If quantity is the only thing that matters, then why even have a discussion about it, since PS1 is the no-brainer choice.

Personally my favorite RPG system was the Genesis, because of Phantasy Star 2 and 4.

[Frogacuda]

I'm going with PS1 because it has like 7 of my top 10 RPGs of all time.

[Diff-chan]

Originally posted by Gutsman
Uhh did u forget Grandia?

Also I believe if you count Japanese imports, then by sheer volume the Saturn was a better RPG system than the PS1.....
here is just a very incomplete list of some of them:

Of course, not many gamers know Japanese, so that's a moot point I guess.

If you know Japanese, then well I guess its a toss-up between... most systems, really. Im pretty sure that every successful system in Japan had a strong RPG lineup.

But if you dont know Japanese... PSX. Well, PS2 I guess since it plays PSX games and has some swell games of its own like Suikoden III, Final Fantasy X, and Pryzm The Dark Unicorn.

While everyone thought the SNES RPG lineup here in America was pretty strong, take a look at it one day. Its actually pretty weak. Sure, you had two FFs, Breath of Fire, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana, but that was really about it. No Front Mission, no Dragon Warrior (after DW7 Id say thats a plus, but hey...). We got maybe 1/7th of the quality output here, plus random shit here and there like Brain Lord and 7th Saga.

As for PSX, even if we got like 4/7th, thats a lot better. Front Mission, all the FFs, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, Breath of Fire, blah blah blah... plus updated versions of Lunar and titles like FF5 which didnt make it here during SNES. And yes, the PSX did get Grandia, and quite frankly I would rather be able to read my RPGs than pretend like Im hardcore and play one that is unreadable to my eyes.

We're never gonna get 7/7th, because even if every RPG was translated to English, a lot of richness would undoubtedly be lost in the translation (just think of games like PS: Torment with lots of classical references... I doubt the Japanese know much about about classical Western literature than we know about Eastern). So... learn Japanese if you wanna get all the good RPGs, I suppose.

PSX was undoubtedly better than the SNES for RPG output.

Originally posted by Bar81
You guys are on smack. Best US system for RPGs is still undoubtedly the Sega CD. Quality that is unsurpassed. The Lunar "remakes" on PS1 are utter shit compared to the originals. The only US version of Snatcher. The only US version of Popful Mail. Shining Force CD is still better than 99% of the RPGs out there. Vay and Dark Wizard. Quality always wins over quantity.

I am going to ignore most of your trolling and make one point: The PSX Lunar games don't have random battles. Do the Sega CD ones? Because, if they do, then that automatically makes the PSX games better. Fin.

[Despair]

Originally posted by Gutsman
Uhh did u forget Grandia?

Also I believe if you count Japanese imports, then by sheer volume the Saturn was a better RPG system than the PS1.....
here is just a very incomplete list of some of them:


Shining the Holy Ark
Magical Knight Rayearth
Sakura Taisen 1+2
Phantasy Star colletion
Falcom Classics collection
Puyo Puyo Dungeons
Tengai Makyo 4
Terra Phantastica
Legend of Heroes
Devil Summoner
Soul Hackers
Lunar 1&2
Lunar Magic School
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
Legend of Oasis
Dark Savior
Dragon Force 1&2
Black Matrix
Langrisser 3,4,5
Slayers!
Albert Odyssey
Chaos Seed


Not to mention the hundreds or so "hentai" RPGs that are available....

For a list of more Saturn RPGs, check this link:

http://www.sega-saturn.com/rpg.htm

Most of the games on your list are irrevalent, and didnt even were released in US.

Dragon Force and Legend of Oasis were a good games, but they are not tradition rpgs, but strat and action rpgs respectably.

[Mr_Furious]

Originally posted by 88mph
Playstation. Hands down.

[Bar81]

Originally posted by diffusionx

I am going to ignore most of your trolling and make one point: The PSX Lunar games don't have random battles. Do the Sega CD ones? Because, if they do, then that automatically makes the PSX games better. Fin.

I'm going to ignore your asinine comments entirely. Fin.

[xS]

Grandia was superior to Lunar. It had better characters and one of the best battle systems ever.

[Shin Johnpv]

theres no doubt that the PSX got alot more RPGs than any other system

and its hard for me to pick between the PSX and SNES as my fav RPG system

a part of me wants to say PSX cause it got the most by far

but a part of me wants to say SNES because i have never enjoyed RPGs like i did during the SNES days, i just had so much more fun with RPGs then

im gonna have to say its a tie for me between SNES/PSX

[ferricide]

Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Most people probably aren't including Strategy/RPGs like Shining Force and Dark Wizard or Action/RPGs like Popful Mail. And there's no way Snatcher counts as an RPG.

and there's no way vay counts as a good game.

[Bar81]

Originally posted by ferricide
and there's no way vay counts as a good game.

Well, on that note, there's no way any Final Fantasy game qualifies as a good game.