Awesome list you have there forestspirit!!

10.Senjo no Varukyuria -Gallian Chronicles(Valkyria Chronicles)(PS3)

Senjo no Varukyuria -Gallian Chronicles is a Tactical Role Playing Game developed by SEGA WOW and Published by SEGA for the PlayStation 3 released in 2008.

In 1935 E.C., the continent of Europa is dominated by two superpowers: The Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance in the east and a commonwealth of loosely allied democracies known as the Atlantic Federation in the west.The economies of both powers depend on a precious multipurpose mineral called Ragnite. Its growing scarcity results in the Empire declaring war on the Federation, sparking the Second Europan War. The Empire uses its military superiority to quickly put the Federation on the defensive. Emboldened by their progress and momentum, the Empire decides to invade the neutral Principality of Gallia to seize its rich Ragnite deposits.

When Imperial forces launch an attack on the Gallian border town of Bruhl, Welkin Gunther, son of late Gallian national hero General Belgen Gunther, is forced to fight for his life alongside the town watch captain, Alicia Melchiott. Together with Welkin's adopted sister Isara and using Belgen's prototype tank from the first war, the Edelweiss, they escape to Gallia's capital, Randgriz, and later join the country's  militia forces. Welkin is given the rank of lieutenant and assumes command of the newly-formed Squad 7, with Alicia acting as his non-commissioned officer. Initially, members of the squad question Welkin's qualifications due to a lack of combat experience; however, he quickly earns their trust and loyalty with his tactical genius.

Senjo no Varukyuria -Gallian Chronicles is a beautiful Game in eery way the Ar Style is one of the most beautiful Art styles I have seen in any Game the CANVAS graphics engine makes Senjo no Varukyuria -Gallian Chronicles look like a hand drawn MANGA brought o life.

The Gameplay is awesome features a unique turn-based battle system called BLiTZ (Battle of Live Tactical Zones) During each turn you view an overhead map in Command Mode, but zooms in to control each individual unit on the battlefield in Action Mode. Movement and other actions are handled in real time during Action Mode, though limited in movement by an AP gauge that varies for each type of character During Target Mode, you are in direct control of characters' aim while the action freezes, allowing for head shots and other maneuvers. Taking command of individual units during the player's phase costs Command Points, which can be used dynamically to grant movement to many different units or the same unit consecutively with diminishing AP, depending on what you want to accomplish.

The Cast of Characters are Awesome and my personal Favorite being Alicia Melchiott^_^

Senjo no Varukyuria -Gallian Chronicles is a game that all Japanese RPG Fans or any Anime Fan have to play it is just to awesome to miss out on. The Anime based on the Game is awesome to I just wish it had sold more on the PS3 so that the 2 sequels would also be on the PS3. 

Senjo no Varukyuria -Gallian Chronicles Into

4.Final Fantasy VIII(PS1)

Final Fantasy VIII is An Awesome Role Playing Game released for the PlayStation in 1999 Developed and Published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) removing magic point-based spell-casting and the first title to consistently use realistically proportioned characters.

Final Fantasy VIII begins as Squall duels with Seifer in a training session outside the Balamb Garden military academy. Meanwhile, Galbadia invades the Dollet Dukedom, forcing Dollet to hire assistance from the Balamb Garden branch of SEED, Garden's elite mercenary force. SeeD uses the mission as a final examination for its cadets; with the help of his instructor, Quistis, Squall passes the mission's prerequisite and is grouped with Seifer and Zell. Seifer disobeys orders and abandons his team, forcing Selphie to accompany Squall and Zell for the duration of the mission. After the mission, SeeD halts the Galbadian advance; Squall, Zell, and Selphie graduate to SeeD status, while Seifer is disciplined for his disobedience. During the graduation party, Squall meets Rinoa, whose personality is apparently the opposite of his. When assigned with Zell and Selphie to help Rinoa's resistance faction in Galbadian-occupied Timber, Squall learns that a sorceress named Edea is behind Galbadia's recent hostilities. Under orders from Balamb and Galbadia Gardens, Squall and his comrades — now joined by Rinoa, Quistis, and Irvine — attempt to assassinate Edea. However, the sorceress thwarts the attempt, and the party is detained. During the attempt, Squall's party also learns that Seifer has left Garden to become Edea's second in command.

The Cast of characters in Final Fantasy VIII are awesome Squall Leonhart, a loner who keeps his focus on his duty to avoid vulnerability; Rinoa Heartilly, an outspoken and passionate young woman who follows her heart in all situations; Quistis Trepe, an instructor with a serious, patient attitude; Zell Dincht, a martial artist with a passion for hot dogs; Selphie Tilmitt, a cheerful girl who loves trains and pilots the airship Ragnarok; and Irvine Kinneas, a marksman and consummate ladies' man.[3] Temporarily playable characters include Laguna Loire, Kiros Seagill, and Ward Zabac, who appear in "flashback" sequences, and antagonists Seifer Almasy and Edea Kramer.

Final Fantasy VIII, Hiroyuki Ito designed a battle system based on summon-able monsters, called Guardian Forces (GF) Assigning (junctioning) GF's onto a character allows the player to use battle commands beyond Attack with the main weapon, such as Magic, GF (to summon the junctioned GF and have it perform an action), and Item. While previous Final Fantasy titles provided each character with a limited pool of magic points (MP) that were consumed by each spell, in Final Fantasy VIII, spells are acquired (drawn) either from enemies in battle, Draw Points distributed throughout the game's environments, or by refining items and cards. Spells are then stocked on characters as quantified inventory (up to 100 per spell and limited to 32 distinct spells per character) and are consumed one by one when used. Characters can also junction these spells onto their statistics such as Strength, Vitality, and Luck for various bonuses, provided the character has junctioned a Guardian Force. The junction system's flexibility affords you a wide range of customization options.

The Musical score like all other Final Fantasy Games is Epic wo songs: Liberi Fatali, that is played during the introduction to the game is beautiful piece. the main theme the JPOP song Eyes On Me, performed by Chinese singer Faye Wong. is my favorite piece.  

Final Fantasy VIII Intro

Final Fantasy VIII Eyes on Me

Final Fantasy VIII Eyes on Me Japanese

2.Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots(PS3)

The Masterpiece the is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a Stealth Action Game developed by Kojima Productions and Published by KONAMI for the PlayStation 3 console. The game marks the end Kojima Hideo san's epic Metal Gear Solid Seires and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, 10 years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and 21 years after the release of the original Metal Gear on the MSX2.

Metal Gear Solid 4 is set in 2014, five years after the Big Shell incident and nine years after Shadow Moses incident. The world is now darker place were the war economy has taken over and relies on continuous war, fought by PMCs, which outnumber government military forces. Liquid Ocelot's mercenary company Outer Heaven (consisting of the world's five largest PMCs), is the most powerful privet Military force in the world. PMC soldiers are outfitted with nanomachines to enhance their abilities and control the stress on the battlefield. The control network created through these nanomachines is called Sons of the Patriots (SOP), and Liquid Ocelot is preparing to hijack the system. Snake accepts a request from Roy Campbell to terminate Liquid, with Otacon and Sunny providing mission support from the Nomad aircraft.

other chracters that Snake meats up with in the Game are The four members of Rat Patrol Team 01 A US Army Special Forces team who wear patches of High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND, attached to the US Army's Criminal Investigation Division(CID) sent to investigate PMC activity. include Meryl Silverburgh as squad leader; Ed, Meryl's second-in-command, a sniper and radioman for the team; Jonathan, a hulking soldier acting as grenadier; and Johnny Sasaki, also known as Akiba (formerly known as "Jail Guard Johnny" the guard Meryl stripped naked and left unconscious in Metal Gear Solid), the team's electronics and demolitions expert.

it is interesting to note that Ed and Jonathan take their names from Ed Brown and Jonathan Ingram the main characters in Kojima Hideo san's previous 1994 point and click adventure thriller game Policenauts and Shinkawa Yoji based Meryl Silverburgh character model in Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots on what she looked like in Policenaurts even including the bullet earring she wears in Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots just like the one worn by her in Policenauts.

Other returning characters are  Naomi Hunter, Vamp, Raiden, Mei Ling, Rosemary, EVA(later known as Big Mama), "spoilers" Big Boss. new chracters in Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots are Sunny Gurlukovich and Drebin  

the enemy troops that Solid Snake meats along the way include the Outer Haven Troopers known as FROGs are an army of elite, female soldiers that are under Liquid Ocelot's direct command. and The Beauty and the Beast Unit, also known as the B&B Corps, were a group of female soldiers who were given special suits to turn them into incredible combatants, after each one suffered from intense Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by the horrors of war. the four members of the B&B unit are named Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, Crying Wolf and Screaming Mantis in a tribute to the four FOXHOUND Unit Members from Metal Gear Solid. 

The camera of earlier Metal Gear games has been replaced by a third person and over the shoulder camera for aiming a weapon, with an optional first person view. The Close Quarters Combat (CQC) system is also completely revamped and now you can use CQC with Assault Rifles not just Hand Guns. A further addition to gameplay mechanics is the Psyche Meter. Psyche is decreased by non-lethal attacks, and is influenced by battlefield psychology. Stressors (including temperature extremes, foul smells and being hunted by the enemy) increase Snake's stress gauge, eventually depleting his Psyche. Adverse effects include difficulty in aiming, more frequent back pain and the possibility of Snake passing out upon receiving damage. Among the available methods of restoring Psyche are eating, drinking, smoking and reading an adult magazine. Snakes Gear also lincludes The OctoCamo suit mimics the appearance and texture of any surface. The Solid Eye a High Tech Eye Patch worn over Solid Snakes Left Eye. replacing the CODAC is The Metal Gear Mk. II from Kojima Hideo san's Cyberpunk Adventure Thriller Game Snacher. it is later upgraded to the Mk.III after the loss of the Mk.II.

The Visuals in Metal Gear Sold 4 Guns of the Patriots are awesome with some of the beat chracter models I have ever seen. The musical Score in Metal Gear Sold 4 Guns of the Patriots is epic with a lot of moving pieces and some ester egg pieces from other Metal Gear Solid Games. "Spoilers" when I whent to Shadow Moses Island and got to the base and haired The Best Is Yet To Come it made my cry I put on the bonus Metal Gear Solid Snake Mask with Bandanna and found the bonus SOCOM Pistol and played the chapter with that mask on.

Metal Gear Sold 4 Guns of the Patriots was Kojima Hideo san's gift to the fans the amount of Ester Eggs and general references to His older Games was awesome and the boss Fight with Screaming Mantis was awesome the event after the end of the fight was classic Kojima Awesome. and making dun of Metal Gear Solid needing 2 Discs at the exact point were you changed to disc 2 in Metal gear Solid in Chapter 4 was Awesome.  

            

 

1.Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy X International(PS2)

Final Fantasy X is a awesome Role Playing Game Developed and Published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) as the It was released in 2001 for PlayStation 2. Final Fantasy X marked the Final Fantasy series' transition from entirely Pre-Rendered backdrops to fully three-dimensional areas, and is also the first in the series to feature voice acting.

Final Fantasy X is set in the world of Spira, and it consists of one large landmass divided into three subcontinents, surrounded by small tropical islands. It features diverse climates, ranging from the tropical Besaid and Kilika islands to the temperate Mi'ihen region to the frigid Macalania and Mt. Gagazet.

Final Fantasy X begins in the High Tech city of Zanarkand were Tidus the star player for his Blitzball team, the Zanarkand Abes. is seen signing autographs for fans, he thenheads to he Blizball stadium to prepare for the nights mach then an awesome CG sequence with hard Rock music in the background featuring the big mach and In the middle of the match, a mysterious wave enters the city. The wave causes the destruction of Zanarkand and the only person that is undisturbed by it is mysterious man named Auron. Tidus meets up with Auron reveals that the force destroying the city is called Sin. Tidus and Auron join together to fight the invading monsters on a city highway, and succeed in slaying a tentacled monster. While fighting, Tidus is shocked to see time stop, as a small boy in purple robes appears to him speaking enigmatic words he does not understand. Once time restarts, the boy is gone and Tidus continues on his charge forward with Auron. However, when they reach the mouth of Sin itself, they are sucked up into its maw. Tidus loses consciousness, but sees a brief vision of his father.

When Tidus awakes, he is floating in an unknown underwater ruin. Swimming forward, he comes upon an abandoned temple. After making a fire to ward off the frigid air, Tidus finds a group of strange people speaking a language foreign to him. They capture him and bring him upon their ship. Bewildered, Tidus demands to know what is going on. A friendly girl, Rikku, reveals that these people are Al Bhed, a faction of people who use the forbidden technology called Machina. But for Tidus to earn his keep, he has to accompany Rikku down to an underwater salvage operation. Once the dangerous mission is completed, Sin appears once more, knocking Tidus off the ship.

He finds himself once again at an unknown location, but this time it is a sunny beach. After witnessing so much that is alien to him, Tidus is glad to see something familiar: a group of islanders playing his sport, Blitzball. After showing off his impressive skills, the islanders flock around him. The leader of this group, Wakka, is especially helpful, explaining to Tidus that he has arrived at Besaid, an island in the land of Spira.

The cast of characters in Final Fantasy X are awesome Tidus the hot headed billzball player, Yuna the cut and sexy Summoner , Kimahri Ronso, Wakka, Lulu the sexy Black Mage; Auron the awesome badass warrior monk; and Rikku, a perky Al Bhed girl with extensive knowledge of machinery. then there is the evil and mad Maester Seymour Guado and the other evil maesters of the Yevon religion, while the enormous monster called Sin serves as the main source of conflict.

My favorites being Yuna and Rikku^_^

and Yuna and Tidus are beautiful couple  

The Battle System used in Final Fantasy X was a darture from the Active Time Battle (ATB) System used from Final Fantasy IV. Final Fantasy X introduces the Conditional Turn-Based Battle (CTB) system the CTB system is a turn-based format that pauses the battle during each of the player's turns. Thus, the CTB design allows the player to select an action without time pressure. A graphical timeline along the upper-right side of the screen details who will be receiving turns next, and how various actions taken will affect the subsequent order of turns. you can control up to three characters in battle, though a swapping system allows the player to replace them with a character outside the active party at any time. Limit Breaks, reappear in Final Fantasy X under the name Overdrives. In this new incarnation of the feature, most of the techniques are interactive, requiring button inputs to increase their effectiveness.

Final Fantasy X introduces a new summoning system the Aeons of Final Fantasy X arrive and replace the battle party, fighting in their place until either the enemy has been slain, the aeon itself has been defeated, or the Aeon is dismissed by the player. Aeons have their own statistics, commands, special attacks, spells, and Overdrives. The player acquires five aeons over the course of the game, but three additional secret Aeons can be obtained by completing side quests.

The music Score In Final Fantasy X is Epic for the first time regular series composer Uematsu Nobuo help from Hamauzu Masashi who later omposed the score for Final Fantasy XIII and Nakano Junya. the theme song of Final Fantasy X Suteki da ne written by Uematsu Nobuo and Nojima Kazushige was sung by Japanese folk singer Rikki is beautiful piece along with "Hymn of the Fayth. and the opening heavy metal theme, Otherworld, sung in English by Bill Muir is cool.

Final Fantasy X Yuna and Tidus at Macalania Spring

Final Fantasy X - Hymn of the Fayth - All Versions

Final Fantasy X Suteki da ne

 

5.Final Fantasy X-2/Final Fantasy X-2 International Last Mission(PS2)

Final Fantasy X-2 is an awesome Role Playing Game developed by Square PDD1 and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X. The game's story follows the character Yuna from Final Fantasy X as she seeks to resolve political conflicts in the world of Spira before it leads to war.

The game begins as Yuna, Rikku, and Paine, now Sphere Hunters and part of the group called the Gullwings, recover Yuna's stolen Dressphere from the LeBlanc Syndicate in the first of several encounters in which they vie for spheres. The game is narration of Yuna addressing Tidus, as though she is recounting the events of the game to him as they occur in a style reminiscent of Tidus' own narration in Final Fantasy X. Although Yuna's goal is to find clues that may lead her to Tidus, much of the game's story is concerned with the clash of factions that have established themselves in the time since the fall of Yu Yevon and the coming of the Eternal Calm in Final Fantasy X, as well as with the uncovering of hidden legacies from Spira's ancient history.

The Battle system is awesome and sees the Conditional Turn-Based Battle system used in Final Fantasy X replaced in favor of a return of the Active Time Battle(ATB) system the  Job System also makes a return that was used in Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy Tactics. The Job System in Final Fantasy X-2 is handled be the use of Garment Grids and Dresspheres. you switch between each Dresspheres(JOB Class) in a transformation sequence similar to transformations seen in Anime like Cutie Honey.  

 Even though you only play as Yuna, Rikku, and Paine there is a awesome cast of new and returning characters from Final Fantasy X.

The music is cool and as a big JPOP/JROCK influence the Songs Real Emotion and 1000 no Kotoba by Kumi Koda are my personnel favorites ^_^

Final Fantasy X-2 Intro Real Emotion(Japanese)

Final Fantasy X-2 1000 no Kotoba

Yuna meets Shuyin Japanese

@hikaruchan:

You know, the rules said you were supposed to finish your list by the 31st of December, 2010. You were lazy!

I'm a rebel XD.
and was sick.

I get the feeling a few people will be finishing their lists well into January

3.FINAL FANTASY XIII(PS3)

FINAL FANTASY XIII is Awesome Role Playing Game(RPG) Developed by was developed by SQUARE-ENIX PDD1  and Published by SQUARE-ENIX released in December 2009 in Japan and March 2010 in the US and Europe.

Final Fantasy  XIII is probably the polarizing Final Fantasy since well Final Fantasy XII  because like Fina Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIII atemted to change how we perseve the RPG Genre.

Final Fantasy XIII is set within the world of Gran Pulse. Central to the story is Cocoon, a massive artificial sphere that floats above Pulse's surface and is ruled by the Sanctum, a theocratic government. The two worlds are controlled by fal'Cie (pronounced, mechanical beings with godlike power, each based around a crystal and created by a god-like figure called the Maker.The Cocoon fal'Cie are responsible for keeping Cocoon floating, as well as providing light and water to the people that live inside. Each fal'Cie handles a specific task.The fal'Cie have the capability of marking the humans, also created by the Maker, that live in Pulse and Cocoon as their servants. These servants, called l'Cie, are branded with a symbol representing either Pulse or Cocoon, and are additionally given a "Focus", a task to complete. If the l'Cie complete their task in time, they are transformed to crystal and according to legend gain eternal life; otherwise they become mindless monsters called Cie'th. The l'Cie are not explicitly told their focus, but are instead given visions that they must interpret.

Several hundred years before the events of the game, a battle between Pulse and Cocoon took place known as the War of Transgression. The battle involved l'Cie from Pulse attacking Cocoon and ripped a large hole in Cocoon in the process. Eventually, the l'Cie completed their focus and were turned to crystal. The hole was patched with material lifted from Pulse, and Cocoon's citizens have since lived in fear of another invasion, which is used by the Sanctum to remain in power.The Sanctum oversees two military branches, the Guardian Corps and PSICOM, the special forces in charge of dealing with anything having to do with Pulse. The fal'Cie have given the humans advanced technology, including flying airships and mechanical creatures, though a form of magic also exists. This magic is normally only accessible to l'Cie, fal'Cie, and various monsters in Cocoon and Pulse, though distilled chemical forms can be used by normal humans

The cast of characters of Final Fantasy XIII are Lightning a former soldier, who is very similar to Kusanagi Motoko of Ghost in the Shell, and is the older sister to Serah; Snow Villiers, Serah's fiancee and leader of NORA, a paramilitary group; Oerba Dia Vanille, the game's narrator and an exile who is revealed to be a l'Cie from Pulse; Sazh Katzroy, a marksman and a father to a young boy, Dajh; Hope Estheim, a young boy who loses his mother early in the game; and Oerba Yun Fang, a l'Cie from Pulse who is serving as a soldier of the Sanctum's Calvary branch. Other characters include Galenth Dysley, the ruler of the Sanctum Cid Raines, a Sanctum Brigadier General who doesn't trust the government; and Serah Farron, Lightning's sister and Snow's fiancee.

The Battle System used in Final Fantasy XIII seems to has its origins in the Active Time Battle(ATB)/Job System Of Final Fantasy X-2 combined with Persona 3 FES battle system with some Cinematic combat added into the mix.  The Crystarium leveling system is an adaption of the Sphere Grid from Final Fantasy X.

Final Fantasy XIII Visuals are also some of the best on Consoles with Native 720P used for Gameplay and Native 1080P used for CG on the PS3 Version. and they blew my mind when I first saw them in the 2006 trailer and even more so in the finished product the Japanese Versions Musical Score by Hamauzu Masashi is awesome the main theme Kimi ga Iru Kara(Because You're Here), and Eternal Love by Sugawara Sayuri fits theme of the Game perfectly.

Final Fantasy XIII Kimi ga Iru Kara

Final Fantasy XIII Eternal Love