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Favorite RPGs

by bpriller

Upon writing this list, I realized pretty much one developer has been with me my entire life.  Much like MST3K helped shape my sense of humor, BioWare/Black Isle/Obsidian have shaped how I view games.  This might explain partly why I am a story snob.
 
I went through my old collection of games and I still have a vast majority of these with their original boxes, I guess I should be on 'Horders' or something.

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Baldur's Gate

1. Baldur's Gate

This game is really what hooked me on PC RPGs

Final Fantasy

2. Final Fantasy

This got me started as a kid. Loved it then, love it now. I do not like almost anything past 7, it seems to have lost a lot of luster.

Mass Effect

3. Mass Effect

Awesome Space Opera!

Mass Effect 2

4. Mass Effect 2

How do you follow up an awesome space opera, make another and make it go to 11.

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

5. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Again, how do you follow up one of the best, make another, only bigger. Only Boo can save us now!

Dragon Age: Origins

6. Dragon Age: Origins

I am still playing this, but it really feels like the good old days.

Planescape: Torment

7. Planescape: Torment

Dark, Gritty, odd. These make for a great universe and a nice story to start.

Icewind Dale

8. Icewind Dale

Lots and lots of killing. This series was about management.

Pools of Darkness

9. Pools of Darkness

These gold box DnD paved the way for all of PC RPG.

Chrono Trigger

10. Chrono Trigger

This was one of my favorite SNES Games.

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