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No matter how long or how many times i beat it i still comeback to play and love this game. A year or two can pass and i still can say that this is my absolute all time fav that i still own.

What is it you might say?

Front Mission 3 PSone.....over 300 hrs i have logged into this awesome RPG/Mech game. This is the game that got me into RPGs in the 1st place.


What is yours? post and make comments here.

I'm going to go with Secret of Mana.  This game draws me in everytime. 

Probably Symphony of the Night.

Mine is definately Fire Emblem for the GBA.  I've beaten the game countless times (though never on Hector Hard Mode), and poured hundreds of hours into it.  I remember one time when I borrowed my brothers SP (I still had an Advance from launch) and played from like 10 at night until about 6:30 the next morning.  The best part was that I slept for half an hour, then went to school ;D.

Super Metroid
then Super Mario Brothers 3 (allstars version)
then Skies of Arcadia: Legends

Final Fantasy 9, probably largely due to the fact it was the first serious RPG I played. Somehow, nothing has ever managed to beat that experience. But Metal Gear Solid 3 comes in a close second.

Snatcher
I probably will never play it again as I played it to death for years, probably beating it around 20 times. But It'll always be king.

Shadowrun Genesis.  I've played this game for FAR too long, having done everything you can possibly do hundreds of times over.  GREATEST GAME EVER!

For consoles? Godhand.
PC? Probably Fallout 1/2 though Baldurs Gate 2 and Jagged Alliance come close.

Since he asked me to pick one game I would have to agree with Sirgin. There are only 3 RPGs I've felt the need to play through multiple times and this is the one i've spent the most time on. Two of the most memorable characters in my gaming career (if only I got paid to game) are from this game and I still love playing it and discussing it.

If I had to pick a series though it would hands down be Mega Man. I've played 2,3 and X- X3 a ton more than i've played any other game ever.

I have my fingers crossed that Jagged Alliance DS is somewhat of a good game. I love the series and to have a portable version of it would be marvelous. :)

As for my favorite game in my collection, it would have to be Morrowind GOTY Edition. Reason being it has so much replay value one can play it for years and then go back and have completely different characters and go through the game again and again.

^Not Oblivion?

Ikaruga on the Game Cube. If I had the Dreamcast version it'd be that for sure, cos I'm a Sega whore, but for now it's the GC version. I love shmups anyway, but the graphics and music just do it for me on that one,
I wouldn't consider myself any kind of expert at it, certainly nowhere near the level of the pros, but then again I do have a life :)

EDITed a stupid spelling mistake. d'oh!

Oblivion blows compared to Morrowind.

It's awesome, isn't it?

Sadly enough, not that many people seem to think the same. :(
Most people are either not a fan of the FF series or will either say #6 or #7 is their favorite. You almost never hear someone say #9 was their favorite, let alone favorite game of all time.

Ah, who cares...we know better don't we? ;)

Also:
Sakaguchi himself thinks FF9 is the best, how cool is that. :D

Dead Rising. I absolutly love this game.  The first time I rented it, I didn't really like it due to me not saving much and the convicts.  But another day I was at Blockbuster, I saw it again.  I wanted Gears of War, but they didn't have it.  So I looked around some more and I got Dead Rising a second time for some reason.  This time I got into it alittle more.  By the end of the week I had it I was addicted, so I rented it a third time before finally buying it.  So that left me at $27 worth of renting for a $26 game (at the time.)  I know renting is pretty much just a waste of money, but I would have never bought this game, if I haven't rented it that second time.  Now I have put countless hours into it, but I still don't have the 5 or 7 day survivor.  (Maybe during Thanksgiving vacation???)

GL with that! 8) I'm going to have to get back into DR when I'm finished with Fable II.

As far as my absolute #1 favorite in my collection...for now...probably Mass Effect. I still have a lot of achievements to get yet, and that can only come with multiple playthroughs. And I still haven't done the "Bring Down the Sky" DLC.

It's definitely a game with flaws, but is still excellent in its own right.

It has to be Shining Force 2.

Morrowind is much larger in scope and variety in just about every way. Combine that with the 2 expansions that the GOTY Edition has which are almost full games and very different in their own right. Oblivion is just Generic Cave A and Ancient Ruin B scattered over a largely rolling landscape with little environmental variety. Fun but definitely a step down from Morrowind.

What's funny about that is I used to think Morrowind was pretty cruddy compared to Daggerfall or Arena. Oblivion's crappyness level changed my mind, Morrowind is like some sort of Godly Roleplaying Simulator.

I have it preordered and have high hopes too.

For me, gotta be Mortal Kombat II on the SNES.

I might be able to do a top 3, per system, per genre... >_> I'll have to come back when I'm more awake and I might be able to pull something together. But a #1? There's no way I could narrow it down.

How do you pick one out of 1500?


I guess i will go with Super Mario Bros 3
 for NES. MY copy is complete and pretty much mint, and its the same copy that I bought back when it came out. And I have to at least beat that game 50 times. Although I suppose some of those times may have been on Super Mario All Stars.


Close second is Legend of Zelda for NES. Complete and near mint

if i got to pick one i will have to go with metroid on the nes..

Sonic 2, all though I have never technically beaten it....  :speechless: :speechless: :speechless: :speechless: :speechless: :speechless: ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) :P :P :P :P :P :P :o :o :o 8)

Blasphemy. I order you to beat it this weekend.

You know, saying you haven't beaten your favorite game of all-time is really a crime! ;)

Chrono Trigger

Back around 1997 or so, I stumbled upon emulation, which gave me the opportunity to see all those games that I had only read the titles of in Nintendo Power. I thought that Chrono Trigger was a funny name, so I think I looked it up first. After I started playing, I realized what a truly amazing game could be (pretty much killing my interest in emulation, and sparking my interest in collecting more rare, desirable games). I looked as hard as a 9-year-old could to find a copy, but I never even saw a cartridge until I was about 12. Even back then, CT went for $60 easily on eBay, so I was AMAZED to find a copy for $35 at a small game shop (that place didn't last very long... >_<).

I've never found another game that so successfully captured the tone that Chrono Trigger had. It's the epitome of classic console RPGs, but it's also incredibly unique. Every aspect of the game just works. Great art, great story, and amazing music.

Chrono Cross did the same thing on PSX, and Radical Dreamers is an AMAZING game in its own right, but CT was perfect. I can't wait to pick up the DS release and experience it all over again.

What was Square thinking, not releasing their best RPG ever in Europe... :(

Well, they get the DS release. Go preorder it. Now.

Don't have a DS but that game is on top of my list once I do.

I don't have an all-time favorite honestly.

Im going to have to agree with Rajaat the Warbringer. Im not sure if I can narrow it down to just 1....How about 2?
Sonic and Knuckles-So many memories of my cousin and I killing whole days playing it. The beautiful levels (for the time). I never get tired of plugging it in its just a great way to go back to my childhood
Shenmue.....In my eyes the perfect game, and when it came out everything about it was groundbreaking!!

Dragon Warrior 4 on the NES is my favorite game of all time.  I've beaten it at least 15 times, and that's a lot for a 30+ hour game.

A VERY close second is Lunar Silver Star Story.  It's the most compelling game I've ever played, with the best music in my mind.

Ken

The game that really changed my life was Final Fantasy 7, but as far as games that I can always come back to without being bored, I'd have to go with Guitar Hero series.

Final Fantasy VII was incredible no doubt about it. If I had never of discovered Snatcher it would be my favourite. Even I, a hardcore Sega gamer at the time had to get myself a PSX for this game alone.