Grey's RPG Madness

[kashell]

Goodness...I'd be here all day. @.@

[undertakerprime]

I don’t have quite as many finished as a lot of you. I actually own many more RPGs than this, I just haven’t finished them.

Final Fantasy (GBA)
Final Fantasy IV (II, SNES)
Final Fantasy VI (III, SNES)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
Final Fantasy VIII (PS1)
Final Fantasy IX (PS1)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Final Fantasy XIII (X360)
Dragon Warrior (NES)
Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)
Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Chrono Cross (PS1)
The Legend of Dragoon (PS1)
Arc the Lad (PS1)
Pokémon Blue (GB)
Pokémon Gold (GBC)
Pokémon Sapphire (GBA)
Fallout 3 (PS3)
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (X360)
Super Mario RPG (SNES)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II (XBOX)
Dragon Age Origins (PS3)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA)
Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance (PS2)
Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance 2 (XBOX)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (XBOX)
Mass Effect (X360)
Mass Effect 2 (X360)
Mass Effect 3 (X360)
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES)

Are we including the Castlevania SOTN-type games as RPGs?
If so, I can add:
Symphony of the Night
Circle of the Moon
Harmony of Dissonance
Aria of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia

Though I got into a debate on another forum over whether Order of Ecclesia qualifies as a Metroidvania, since it’s pretty linear.

EDIT: Added FF Mystic Quest. I forgot about it because it’s not a game I own, I borrowed it from a friend. Not that beating that game is much of an accomplishment

[hoshichiri]

I'd be hard-pressed to make such a list. While I do love me a good RPG (specifically JRPGs), time is not on my side these days. I get in maybe one a year at best? Just remembering what I played back when I had the time would be a challenge!

There's threads going on another forum about 'gaming resolutions' and 'games beaten this year'. I've been focusing in on that, and so far I'm averaging 2 games beaten a month this year. Which, granted, is pretty low numbers compared to other people. It's pretty darn high for me though, what with juggling 2 jobs, other hobbies, family obligations, trying to keep up a social life of some kind... laundry... you get the idea.


Maybe I should devote next year to JRPGs! I'd feel better about a lower number of beaten games, and I could clear out some stuff I've had forever and not gotten to yet- like Shadow Hearts 3! Loved the first two, but never started the third for some reason.

[Raiksha]

Gods... it would take me hours to list the RPGs I have finished over the years. And I took a couple to go through some game lists. You can subtract Zeldas if you don't believe they are RPGs... I just included them to be inclusive. Some are duplicates, but I did play them in the different versions and sometimes multiple times (like probably 20+ runs through of FF1 over the years).

151 RPGs completed on Nintendo systems. Probably 2-3 times that many if you factor in my other consoles and PC games...

Despite what my parents and girlfriend say... Time well spent!

If you want the list...
Title   System
Bravely Default   3DS
Bravely Second   3DS
Fire Emblem: Awakening   3DS
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team   3DS
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam   3DS
Paper Mario: Sticker Star   3DS
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse   3DS
Tales of the Abyss    3DS
The Alliance Alive   3DS
The Legend of Legacy   3DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow   DS
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia   DS
Castlevania: Portrain of Ruin   DS
Children of Mana   DS
Chrono Trigger    DS
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime   DS
Dragon Quest IV   DS
Dragon Quest IX   DS
Dragon Quest V   DS
Dragon Quest VI   DS
Etrian Odyssey   DS
Etrian Odyssey 2   DS
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates   DS
Final Fantasy III   DS
Final Fantasy IV   DS
Final Fantasy Tactics A2   DS
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings   DS
Final Fantasy: 4 Warriors of Light   DS
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn   DS
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days   DS
Kingdom Hearts: Recoded   DS
Legacy of Ys: Books I & II   DS
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals   DS
Lunar Knights   DS
Lunar: Dragon Song   DS
Magical Starsign   DS
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story   DS
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time   DS
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes   DS
My World My Way   DS
Phantasy Star Zero   DS
Radiant Historia   DS
Rondo of Swords   DS
Suikoden: Tierkreis   DS
Summon Night: Twin Age   DS
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier   DS
The Dark Spire   DS
The World Ends With You   DS
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass   DS
Zelda: Spirit Tracks   DS
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles   Gamecube
Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition   Gamecube
Lost Kingdoms   Gamecube
Mega Man X: Command Mission   Gamecube
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door   Gamecube
Tales of Symphonia   Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures   Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Master Quest...   Gamecube
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker    Gamecube
Final Fantasy Adventure   GB
Final Fantasy Legend II   GB
Final Fantasy Legend III   GB
Great Greed   GB
The Final Fantasy Legend   GB
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening   GB
Breath of Fire   GBA
Breath of Fire II   GBA
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow   GBA
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon   GBA
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance   GBA
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls   GBA
Final Fantasy IV Advance   GBA
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance   GBA
Final Fantasy V Advance   GBA
Final Fantasy VI Advance   GBA
Golden Sun   GBA
Golden Sun: The Lost Age   GBA
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories   GBA
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga   GBA
Mazes of Fate   GBA
Mega Man Battle Network   GBA
Mega Man Battle Network 2   GBA
Phantasy Star Collection   GBA
Riviera   GBA
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon...   GBA
Shining Soul   GBA
Shining Soul II   GBA
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story   GBA
Sword of Mana   GBA
Tales of Phantasia   GBA
The Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)   GBA
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords...   GBA
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap   GBA
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series)...   GBA
Dragon Warrior I & II   GBC
Dragon Warrior III   GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX   GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages   GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons   GBC
Gauntlet Legends   N64
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time   N64
Paper Mario   N64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask   N64
Battle of Olympus   NES\FC
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior IV   NES\FC
Final Fantasy   NES\FC
Final Fantasy III   NES\FC
StarTropics   NES\FC
The Legend of Zelda   NES\FC
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link   NES\FC
Brain Lord   SNES\SFC
Breath of Fire   SNES\SFC
Breath of Fire II   SNES\SFC
Chrono Trigger    SNES\SFC
E.V.O.: Search for Eden   SNES\SFC
Earthbound   SNES\SFC
Equinox   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy II   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy III   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest   SNES\SFC
Final Fantasy V   SNES\SFC
Illusion of Gaia   SNES\SFC
Lagoon   SNES\SFC
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom   SNES\SFC
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals   SNES\SFC
Paladin's Quest   SNES\SFC
Robotrek   SNES\SFC
Secret of Evermore   SNES\SFC
Secret of Mana   SNES\SFC
Secret of Mana 2: Seiken Densetsu 3    SNES\SFC
Soulbazer   SNES\SFC
Super Mario RPG   SNES\SFC
Terranigma    SNES\SFC
The 7th Saga   SNES\SFC
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past   SNES\SFC
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle   Switch
Baroque   Wii
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors...   Wii
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years    Wii
Opoona   Wii
Pandora's Tower   Wii
Super Paper Mario   Wii
The Last Story   Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword   Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess   Wii
Xenoblade Chronicles   Wii
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE   Wii U

And because I can... my Nintendo System backlog:
Title   System
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past   3DS
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King   3DS
Ever Oasis   3DS
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance   3DS
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions   3DS
Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Break Record   3DS
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked   3DS
Stella Glow   3DS
Baten Kaitos Origins   Gamecube
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean...   Gamecube
Lost Kingdoms II   Gamecube
The Sword of Hope II   GB
Mother 3   GBA
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2   GBA
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Cobi's Journey (GBC)...   GBC
Crystalis   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior II   NES\FC
Dragon Warrior III   NES\FC
Faxanadu   NES\FC
Legacy of the Wizard   NES\FC
Secret of the Stars   SNES\SFC
Lost Sphear   Switch
Octopath Traveler   Switch
Xenoblade Chronicles 2   Switch
Arc Rise Fantasia   Wii
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World   Wii
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD   Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD   Wii U
Xenoblade Chronicles X   Wii U

Fun times.

[ignition365]

What are we considering as an RPG?

Is Fallout 3 an RPG?  Is Fable an RPG?  Dark Souls?  Anything with a level up system?

[Cartagia]

What are we considering as an RPG?

Is Fallout 3 an RPG?  Is Fable an RPG?  Dark Souls?  Anything with a level up system?

I was wondering the same thing.  I didn’t think I’d beaten that many, and started looking at some of these lists and then second guessing myself.

[ignition365]

Yeah, because God of War has a level up system, so does Alice: Madness Returns.

Majority of games nowadays feature some sort of experience system that correlates to upgrading skills and stuff.

[undertakerprime]

Thread devolving into argument over what constitutes an RPG in 3...2...1...

[greenman]

Ridiculously impressive lists. Bravo!

My question to you is, what is the hardest RPG you beat? Or what us the hardest RPG of all time?

[greenman]

Thread devolving into argument over what constitutes an RPG in 3...2...1...

All matter of opinion. To me the Grand Theft Auto series are RPG's. Free roam, do main quests, do side quests, collect items, kill bosses, grind for money. Yep, GTA's are RPG's and no one will ever convince me otherwise. You don't need anime characters for a game to be RPG. Its a genre where it's all opinion based.

[ignition365]

Traditional RPGs, my list consists of like Pokemon games, a couple of Dragon Quest games, and the Wild ARMS series.

[emporerdragon]

What are we considering as an RPG?

Is Fallout 3 an RPG?  Is Fable an RPG?  Dark Souls?  Anything with a level up system?

I based my list on if the game was filed under the Role-playing category on GameFAQs or not (plus some games that fell under Strategy as I do consider games like Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics to be RPGs still).

[sergreyjoy]

It's pretty darn high for me though, what with juggling 2 jobs, other hobbies, family obligations, trying to keep up a social life of some kind... laundry... you get the idea.

I feel you there! 40hrs job and second kid on the way...is time rolling on faster or what?

Maybe I should devote next year to JRPGs! I'd feel better about a lower number of beaten games, and I could clear out some stuff I've had forever and not gotten to yet- like Shadow Hearts 3! Loved the first two, but never started the third for some reason.

I wish I could play that Shadow Hearts as well! Only copies I've come across were all over my price limit 

[sergreyjoy]

Ridiculously impressive lists. Bravo!

My question to you is, what is the hardest RPG you beat? Or what us the hardest RPG of all time?

Some of them I've beat quite a while ago so my memory is a little patchy, but I definitely remember Xenosaga II being very ridiculous boss wise and unfriendly towards grinding. Can't remember clearly about III but it's quite possible that it was rather punishing as well.

Other than that, SMT: Nocturne and SMT: Strange Journey were a challenge, but I adore the series so I won't be too hard on it.

One of the hardest RPG that I've yet to beat though and that I have a personal grudge against is Unlimited Saga. It's on my bucket list....I might die trying.

[sergreyjoy]

What are we considering as an RPG?

Is Fallout 3 an RPG?  Is Fable an RPG?  Dark Souls?  Anything with a level up system?

Not opening that can of worms. My list is based on personal beliefs towards what passes for a RPG. It's not like the RPG police will come and arrest me for blasphemous listing! Lol. At the end of the day, these are just personal goals for the fun of it.