Secret of Mana SNES. Best RPG ever.

FFVII

FFTactics

Morrowind (skyrim was great but morrowind was built like an mmo its huge compared to skyrim, least thats how it felt to me)

Final Fantasy 7
Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Fallout 2

no question

Fallout 3.

Followed by Final Fantasy 7 and 8

Skyrim

The original Jagged Alliance

and I'll always have a special place for a 1986 game called Fairytale which was the first action (not turned based) RPG with decent graphics I ever saw or played.

That would be old school D&D (no not AD&D it was too much "work" with less "fun", IMHO). If you mean a computer game then Id have to to nominate the Ultima Series or at least Ultima Online. At least until the later one was so exploitable and the faction system so perverted it was meaningless. Modern day and current PC game that would have to be Everquest II or Skyrim/Fallout 3.

• Pen & Paper D&D, Dragonlance setting
• Eye of the Beholder (1)
• Fallout (1)
• Final Fantasy VII
• Neverwinter Nights (1)

I would have listed "next-gen" rpgs, but most of them required console commands, to fix a bug or start a scripted event. (okay Nwn had a serious bug in the first part)

Mine so far:

- Eye of the Beholder II (My first RPG)

- Baldur's Gate II (haven't played the first one)

- Icewind Dale series

- Neverwinter Nights

Originally posted by VirusDancer

I generally link to these three articles:

 

The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 1: The Early Years (1980-1983)

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132024/the_history_of_computer_.php

The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130124/the_history_of_computer_.php

The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part III: The Platinum and Modern Ages (1994-2004)

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/129994/the_history_of_computer_.php

Thank you.  A fine read.

In my recollection my favorite RPG's were:

Return To Krondor

Gold Box series and also the Baldur's Gates and Icewind Dales

Morrowind

and the magic of scheherezade.

Baldur's Gate

KOTOR

Might & Magic 6

Icewind Dale I+II

Pool of Radiance

Champoins of Krynn

Eye of the Beholder

Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past.

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time.

Deus Ex

Neverwinter Nights

Morrowind

Lineage 2

Everquest 2

Dragon Age: Origins

Vanguard

SW:TOR

I'm trying to go back and play ones I missed playing Diablo 1 at the moment, have Icewind Dale, Sacred 1 & 2, Fallout 1, 2 & 3, Diablo 2, Balders Gate  etc.. ready to be installed.

Going for my top 5 RPGs, though its not that I like one is better than the other all those top 5 are equally great for me for their own reasons.

1) Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

2) Baldur's Gate

3) KOTOR

4) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

5) Dragon Age

(I only know about PC games but) what i like In RPGs is

- linear epic quest with a great story

- tactical party combat

- 3D immersion

- completely open world with an ignorable main quest but deep world "story" aka lore

and as the first two tend not to work so well with the second two my faves break down into two separate camps

1) Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Arcanum, Planescape Torment

and

2) Morrowind, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and Fallout NV

In the first group Planescape just shades it over BG II and Fallout II and in the second group - very hard choice between Morrowind (wins on lore) and Skyrim (wins on immersion) - probably still Morrowind by a sliver as i particularly like the lore.

So overall Planescape vs Morrowind - hard choice but even though i've played and modded Morrowind to death over the years i think i'd still give it to Planescape because the ending blew me away so much the first time.

edit: good thread. i'm gonna make a list of the games i haven't heard of.

My favorite game is LOTRO also known as Lord Of The Rings Online.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/45/Lord-of-the-Rings-Online.html

It's very nice because You can play it for free and purchase if you want!

Also great graphics and it links to the movies + books!

Baldur's Gate 2

Wizardy 8

KOTOR 1 (2 was trash)

Dragon Age: Origin

Vampire: The Bloodlines - TROIKA (ex-Black Isle)

Baldur's Gate 1 - Black Isle 

Planescape Torment - Black isle 

Arcanum - Troika (ex-Black Isle )

Risen - Piranha Bytes