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WestEgg

One Winged Slayer
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Oct 25, 2017
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I still need to play Nier: Automata. It's on Xbox One now, so I don't really have an excuse not to.
 

Quinton

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Oct 25, 2017
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Midgar, With Love
I love Star Trek and ASOIAF/Game of Thrones more than FrontierGamer loves FF15. Balee dat.

But I don't think I can go toe-to-toe with them on love for a particular video game. They've got that on lockdown.
 

FrontierGamer

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Jan 31, 2018
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Man sounds great. I was going to wait until I've played all the games in the series, but I think I'm just gonna go head first into XV now. Thank you :)

I'm happy to have helped you :)

Final Fantasy XV is a really fantastic and incredible experience.

A Final Fantasy worthy of being one of the best Final Fantasy.

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gordofredito

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Jan 16, 2018
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EDIT: Whups I posted this right after the new batch went up, bad timing haha.

With no Metroid-likes or run n' guns (i.e. Mega Man, Contra) counting, and 1 per franchise unless there was a 2D->3D conversion, I think my platformer ballot would look like this:

<HIGHLIGHT VOTE– 4 points>
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
</HIGHLIGHT VOTE– 4 points>

<FULL POINT GAMES – 2 points>
Shovel Knight
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
A Hat in Time
Puppeteer
Celeste
Super Mario Bros. 3
Snake Pass
Fez
Tearaway
</FULL POINT GAMES – 2 points>

<HONORABLE MENTIONS – 1 point>
Rayman Origins
Mr. Bones
Sonic Mania
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Cloudbuilt
Metal Storm
Inside
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Demon's Crest
Octahedron
</HONORABLE MENTIONS – 1 point>

God that's a tough one though. 1 per franchise is killer.
you forgot Zelda BOTW
 

Deleted member 29682

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EDIT: Whups I posted this right after the new batch went up, bad timing haha.

With no Metroid-likes or run n' guns (i.e. Mega Man, Contra) counting, and 1 per franchise unless there was a 2D->3D conversion, I think my platformer ballot would look like this:

<HIGHLIGHT VOTE– 4 points>
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
</HIGHLIGHT VOTE– 4 points>

<FULL POINT GAMES – 2 points>
Shovel Knight
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
A Hat in Time
Puppeteer
Celeste
Super Mario Bros. 3
Snake Pass
Fez
Tearaway
</FULL POINT GAMES – 2 points>

<HONORABLE MENTIONS – 1 point>
Rayman Origins
Mr. Bones
Sonic Mania
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Cloudbuilt
Metal Storm
Inside
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Demon's Crest
Octahedron
</HONORABLE MENTIONS – 1 point>

God that's a tough one though. 1 per franchise is killer.

I see that Mr. Bones mention, don't think you can hide that masterpiece from the 'highlight vote' tier.

Also the world needs to know the greatest platforming level of all time.

 

FrontierGamer

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Jan 31, 2018
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"Resetera's Top 101 Essential RPGs Ranks 26-101 Are Up, FrontierGamer's favorite FF isn't even XV"


Hahaha perfect. I'm down, AUTOMATA FOR NUMBER ONE FAM!

The Top 3 I did is not personal.

It's more like a scale of "world importance" than the games I mentioned.
(Since they are all 3 masterpieces)

My real personal Top of the best Final Fantasy I have not written yet, but in the future I could do it in a conversation dedicated to the saga :)

(Spoiler: Final Fantasy XV N°1)
 
Oct 25, 2017
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I wouldn't put a single Final Fantasy game aside of 6 and 12 in any best "games list".

That whole series is just disappointing for me since I discovered Atlus and Falcom games I have never looked back, even if I'll say that I found XV to be passable, even if it's still an unfinished mess.
 

Joltik

Member
Oct 25, 2017
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Undertale not making top 20 is Absolutely Disgusting, but I'm a merciful man and all will be forgiven when Nocturne is revealed as number 1.


The fact that Undertale placed higher than any Earthbound game makes me want to backflip jump out of an airplane. What is WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE

Undertale was never going to beat the game that it was inspired from, has just a rabid fanbase, and lack the bizarre backlash that Undertale seems to have. Though it's good that it made Top 30 and maybe it will rank higher with the Switch release.

Also Earthbound is definitely in the Top 20.
 
Oct 25, 2017
13,022
all games from FF IV (except VIII) to FF X followed by FF XII and FF XIV are serious 8.5/10s at worst, 10/10 at best.

I have played them all, I like them all except 2 and 13, I just don't think they are that great.

I'd even say 14 is great, kinda forgot about that one since it's so different from the rest.

So yeah, aside of 6, 12, and 14... the series has just been a huge disappointment for me, but I'm okay with it, mass appealing games are usually not "the best", and there are way worse offenders than the Final Fantasy series.

In a list of the best rpgs of all time, I just find the FF games to be heavily outclassed by many games, but well, I can see how some of them can be good "beginner" rpgs.
 

Crayolan

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Oct 25, 2017
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XC2 in top 30 is pretty good for a game with such a vocal hatebase.

Undertale not in top 20 is disappointing. Unfortunately I think the memes and claims of a horrible fanbase or whatever has put a lot of people off playing it if they didn't get into it in the first year or so. It really is a fantastic, truly unique game and is easily my game of the generation.

Mother 3 > Undertale > Beginnings > Earthbound.

I haven't played Beginnings, but excluding that this is accurate.
 

Deleted member 419

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I see that Mr. Bones mention, don't think you can hide that masterpiece from the 'highlight vote' tier.

Also the world needs to know the greatest platforming level of all time.


Yes! Really great game that I played on the Saturn on a whim and ended up enjoying. Amazing soundtrack:



(Spoiler: Final Fantasy XV N°1)
I don't think this is a spoiler lmao

Much love to XV, overall I have nothing against the game, in fact I'm having a pretty good time with it right now on PC, looking forward to trying some of the awesome looking new Royal Edition bosses.
 

Deleted member 11008

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Oct 27, 2017
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I wonder in which top SMT Nocturne is going to fall. Top 5 would be the best outcome, but 10 and 15 would be acceptable too.
 

Deleted member 419

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FFXV fan presence in this thread looking like Alderaan right now lmao

I didn't think it was actually that bad...

Anyway I'll take this opportunity to reiterate that anyone who played XV at launch should give it another shot because it's a much better game now and I'm legitimately having fun with it.
 
Oct 26, 2017
7,966
South Carolina
Origins is high, but then again, it's downhill from here in the series for most people due to revolving door writing crews and EA Fuckery.

FFX is a game I know I dont want to replay, despite its quality.

Undertale is for 2020, after the hype ripens.



<== Remember Uematsu praise earlier? He is also the Prog Metal Champion
 

KrigareN-

Banned
Dec 13, 2017
2,156
FFXV fan presence in this thread looking like Alderaan right now lmao

I didn't think it was actually that bad...

Anyway I'll take this opportunity to reiterate that anyone who played XV at launch should give it another shot because it's a much better game now and I'm legitimately having fun with it.
I really enjoyed it at launch, but it's the story that I wasn't too thrilled about. I don't know how the updates address that.
 

PhazonBlonde

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May 18, 2018
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Somewhere deep in space
FFXV fan presence in this thread looking like Alderaan right now lmao

I didn't think it was actually that bad...

Anyway I'll take this opportunity to reiterate that anyone who played XV at launch should give it another shot because it's a much better game now and I'm legitimately having fun with it.
Hey I'm here representing! FFXV is a top 3 FF game for me!
 

Monorojo

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
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Man the hate FFVii is going to receive when it's revealed to be high on this list is going to be intense
 

Geg

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,552
I always felt like XII was massively overrated on this forum so I'm disappointed but not surprised to see it up that high. Glad X beat it at least
 

Aaronrules380

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
22,473
XC2 in top 30 is pretty good for a game with such a vocal hatebase.

Undertale not in top 20 is disappointing. Unfortunately I think the memes and claims of a horrible fanbase or whatever has put a lot of people off playing it if they didn't get into it in the first year or so. It really is a fantastic, truly unique game and is easily my game of the generation.



I haven't played Beginnings, but excluding that this is accurate.
With all the vocal haters its easy to forget that XC2 was in the top 10 on the era GOTY list last year. It's a game with a lot of love on era as well as a lot of dislikes
 

Inquisitive_Ghost

Cranky Ghost Pokemon
Member
Oct 26, 2017
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I'm listening to the OST highlight playlist while I'm doing some cleaning. I'm not familiar with a lot of the early games, so to me a lot of them have sounded kind of "generic fantasy" so far (not saying they're bad songs in themselves). Then Strange Journey shows up and it's like NOW FOR SOME OPPRESSIVE CHANTING! lol
 

Luminaire

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,610
I'm listening to the OST highlight playlist while I'm doing some cleaning. I'm not familiar with a lot of the early games, so to me a lot of them have sounded kind of "generic fantasy" so far (not saying they're bad songs in themselves). Then Strange Journey shows up and it's like NOW FOR SOME OPPRESSIVE CHANTING! lol

Just wait until you get to JUDGMENT