Sometimes a gamer needs to admit to themselves that the games that EVERYONE puts atop a pedestal as some of the greatest ever weren't REALLY all that good, or at the very least don't hold up worth up so great. So here's an honest, opinionated evaluation of the 5 Greatest RPGs of all time: written while NOT under the influence of blind nostalgia. You may applaud the author for his honesty, or curse his unborn babies for excluding your favorites. Either one is okay, and I encourage EVERY gamer to read this list. And wow, is number one a shocker... (no sarcasm intended)

As you can tell by the title, this article is going to be a countdown of my top five favorite RPGs of all time. Unlike every other list like this that you’ve seen before, however, this is not a list filled out with games that USED to be great, but are now about as fun as getting slapped in the melon with a large ham. This is a list of games that are STILL awesome, even if you played them today. In other words, Final Fantasy 7 and Chrono Trigger aren’t going to be wasting space here. These are titles that I personally found to be extremely enjoyable, so don’t spaz out if they aren’t your picks, it’s an opinion people. And it’s one that’s better than your own, so listen up.

Also, since it’s a “Top Five of All Time” list, things like great controls, working AI, graphics, frame-rate, localization, and whether or not the game is just a big smelly piece of what some Canadians like to call “garbage” (pronounced “garbaj”) are not really going to be talked about. It’s sort of a given that all the basics are working right.

With that outta the way, lets start it off with a SNES classic at number 5...

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