With the best RPG PC games poll coming to a close Wednesday I felt it might be pertinent (haha yes, big word for me) to see what other people out in the blogosphere have to say about their top RPG lists.
The Blogs
- FAQs.org have a Best RPG Games list purely voted for by the people. Rather than just vote on their favourites, users are also able to vote a negative against a game they feel is unfairly placed. The top 3 at the time of this article are Diablo II, Dragon Age: Origins and Baldur’s Gate II. At the rate that DAO is rising I would not be surprised if it is in number 1 soon.
- CVG have been kind enough to complete a Top 101 PC Games List for us to read. While not exclusively RPG, it’s interesting to see the top 25 dominated so heavily by PC role-playing games. Deus Ex makes number 1 (woo!) with Morrowind taking number 4. Oblivion makes in into the the top 15 at number 13.
- The Top Tens brings us a used voted list of the Best RPG Video Game. FF VII takes the cake, with Oblivion and KOTOR in second and third respectively.
- Top Ten Reviews is another blog that keeps lists of Top 10 based of user reviews. Always a good choice when checking out what games to play. Top 10 RPG Video Games features Fallout 3 as number 1 followed by KOTOR and Baldur’s Gate II.
- Epinions keeps a regularly updated list of their Top 50 Best RPG’s Ever. Started in 2003 and updated every year, a lot of time and thought has been put into this list. Although it’s not for PC RPGs it’s still worth checking out.
- Daniel Nations from examiner.com shares his view on the Top 10 from a gamer who has been playing a long time. His experience shows in his game choices: Number 1 is NWN followed by Ultima IV and Rogue. Check out Dan’s Top 10 Computer Role-Playing Games here.
- BestRPGGames.net has used a specific criteria in deciding the Top 10 RPG PC Games of all time. Fallout 3 takes the top, closely followed by KOTOR and Morrowind.
Bonus: While this blog contains no Top 10 list, Rock’nRolf‘s blog has really great RPG reviews. If you like the stuff on my site, my bet is that you will enjoy his stuff too.
Blogger decided must play games
So from these 7 lists if we give 3 points for number 1, 2 for 2 and 1 for 3 we can come up with the list below.
Games that according to the blogging masses are a must play:
Diablo II (3), Deus Ex (3), Morrowind (3), Oblivion (3), KOTOR (3), NWN (3)
Other games worth checking out:
Ultima IV (2),Dragon Age: Origins (2) Rogue (1),Baldur’s Gate II (1)
Conclusion
Before the uproar begins, I do not totally agree with all these lists, it’s great to see other people opinions. If your only experience with PC RPG is WoW, then stop what you are doing right now and pick up a copy of one of the must play games today! You are seriously missing out.
If you could have a top 3 RPG list, what would they be? Don’t forget to vote for your favourite RPG on the current poll here.











