I really should play KOTOR 2 at some point, I remember trying to get into it right after I beat the first game and it was so buggy and janky I couldn't deal with it.
I wonder if WoW made it so high because the expansion is about to come out. Not saying its not popular by any means but expansions generally bring a lot more renewed interest in the IP where as next year we won't have that to keep it on peoples minds.
Great job DQV making the top 50, its easily still my favorite in the series and I'm glad to see it make it so high despite me not voting for it.
Super Mario RPG I would have liked a little higher but I can understand its overshadowed at this point both by TTYD and other SNES RPG's of its era, its such a neat game though really wacky and fun and not super serious something that more RPG's could stand to do TBH.
Mother 3 making it this high despite not having an official release in the west is crazy. I wish I knew why Nintendo sits on that game despite people constantly asking for it.
I missed it earlier but apparently none of the Shining games made the cut. Not even Shining Force 2
That's horrifying and I will forever hate this place because of it. Damn you, damn you all.
Shining Force 3 was the highest and barely missed the cut, it was 102. It'll be showcased in some runner up stuff. I agree it sucks though, I'd wonder if Sf1 or 2 would rank if votes weren't split between them. I didn't vote for SF2 since I like 1 and 3 more but its still right up there for me.
Yeah, it ranked so much higher than I expected. Much better result than I ever could have hoped for, honestly.
I've never played any of them, and was going to ask which version is worth jumping into in 2018 for a newbie. All I knew about these games was that it had a Landstalker/Alundra-ish art style and that it contains the majestic centaurs that are missing from other RPGs. Unfortunately damnation has a demotivational effect on me.
Start with Shining Force its on steam for 1$
https://store.steampowered.com/app/71120/Shining_Force/
The second game is also 1$
https://store.steampowered.com/app/71160/Shining_Force_II/
The only bad thing about the first game is that some of the mechanics are a bit dated, like your characters can only hold 4 items so when your main characters inventory is full you have to go and move around items to clear up space to open chests to get new items. It's not that big of a deal as you don't open chests that much (a few times every chapter) but its one of the things that the second game fixed so if that deeply concerns you then I'd start with the second game instead and see if you like that better or maybe look up the GBA remake of the first game which also doesn't have that problem.
It's an amazing series that is criminally underrated.