ffVI and chrono trigger are clearly the two best rpgs ever IMO. for me they are about tied but i give the nod to ffVI just cuz the character development was just amazing and nothing has ever touched it. Chrono Trigger did a lot of things FFVI didn't and did it all perfectly but i'd say that CT is 99% of the game that FFVI is. Definitely my two favorite games of all time.
And since we are mentioning some other great ones. FFIV ain't too far off those two, although the ending is a little to kiddy for me in that everyone that dies comes back to life. that was just cheesy and ruined the emotional sacrifices of all those characters throughout the game, when i played through it a second time many years after my first playthrough as a kid i had forgotten they all come back to life and that was just a huge letdown for me in the emotional power of the game. and overall it just wasn't quite on the same level in any regard as FFVI. but still my third favorite game ever.
meanwhile secret of mana was just amazing and i played through it with my bro and a friend and i'd say 3-player its pretty much right up there with FFIV. never played it one player. and super mario rpg was my 5th favorite snes rpg in that it was just a brilliant combination of great role-playing and the the mario universe, although i don't think it quite matches up to those other 4 rpgs which to me perfectly define the traditional rpg, action rpg(as well as multiplayer rpg), and turn-based action rpg.
end of '08 predictions: wii - 43 million, 360 - 25 million, ps3 - 20 million
Games I've beat recently: Super Mario Galaxy, Knights of the Old Republic, Shadow of the Collossus
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