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My signature disappeared too. This is weird. 

Just using this as a temporary storage area for my upcoming update to the We Can Do Better - The Top 10 Most Influential RPGs.


Voting Rules and List of Nominees




Voting begins after the next post. Please do not copy/paste this particular reply. There's a shorter list (after this one) that you can copy/paste to cast your vote(s).

In order of nomination, here are the current nominees:


Chrono Trigger (1995)

"It is simply amazing." — Acevil
"Masterful storytelling, and a unique battle system." — mrstickball

"A model for [a] better combat system, and the first multiple ending game I had played." — BringBackChrono

Legend of Dragoon (2000)

Valkyrie Profile (?)
Star Ocean: Second Story (1998)
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003)

Final Fantasy I (?)

"Introduced the East to multiple party members." — mrstickball

"Started a very popular series of JRPGs." — Rath

Kingdom Hearts (2002)

"Mixed two of the top entertainment companies together." — Riachu

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
Grandia (1997)

Final Fantasy VII (1997)

"Not really special in terms of bringing new stuff to the table...except for 10 million RPG gamers." — mrstickball

"Influenced modern JRPGs strongly." — Rath

"Can largely be credited with increasing the popularity of RPGs in the west and arguably played a defining role in the performance of the PSX." — Picko

Rogue (1980)

"Pretty much the original dungeon crawl, made its own genre (rogue likes)." — Rath

"Spawned its own genre (Roguelike) and derivative titles like Diablo." — Gurok