most overrated and underrated rpg's of all time

overrated

ff7, ff10, ff10-2, ff12, dragon quest, kingdom hearts 1 and 2, star ocean 3, golden sun 1 and 2, grandia 3

underrated

lunar silver star story and eternal blue

saga frontier 1 and 2

arc the lad twilight of the spirits

lost oddesey

shadowhearts

skies of arcadia

breath of fire 4

grandia 2

radiant stories

Over rated: FF7 (doesn't make a single gameplay improvement over 6, and even takes away incentives to use all the characters, and a worse story) and Chrono Trigger (Chrono is fun, but it's a ride with little challenge)

Underrated: Secret of Mana and Evermore

Soul Blazer

and finally FFCC and Zelda Four Swords adventure (FFCC isn't my favorite game, but just like Zelda, it was an incredible amount of fun if you had friends with gba's to play it with.

Overated: FF7, FF10, Ledgend of Zelda: OoT

Underated: FFCC, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Legend of Zelda: LttP

Overrated:

Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Dragon Quest/Warrior, Xenogears, POKEMON, Baldur's Gate, KOTOR.

Underrated:

Persona 2 Eternal Punishment, Skies of Arcadia, Vandal Hearts, Lunar SSS, Shining Force III, Dragon Force, Suikoden 2, Grandia II ,Panzer Dragoon Saga, Vagrant Story

over- FF8

under- FF9

Overrated: Pokemon Series

Underrated: Wild Arms Series.

Note the use of series

Underrated?

Fallout

Deus Ex

have friends who say Skies of Arcadia is terribly underrated - havent played it though.

Overated: Ledgend of Zelda: OoT

Underated: Legend of Zelda: LttP

GEARS_0f_war983

Overrated - Oblivion.

Underrated - Fallout.

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Overated: Ledgend of Zelda: OoT

Underated: Legend of Zelda: LttP

skrat_01

Technically almost all games with a narrative are RPG's on some level since you Play a Role in the Game.

But yes, many consider Zelda games in the Action RPG genre much like Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana, and Fable.

the most underrated is definitely dragon warrior Monsters on the GBC simply because its the best game ever so logic follows that it should be the best rpg ever.

Kingdom hearts is pretty overrated. Its good, but its combat is repetitive and gets boring.

overrated

ff7, ff10, ff10-2, ff12, dragon quest, kingdom hearts 1 and 2, star ocean 3, golden sun 1 and 2, grandia 3

rickjamesxx

stop reading there. FF10 was amazing. FF7, thats debatable, but i found it over rated, KH1 & 2 were awesome PERIOD, Star ocean was a bit over rated, and i cant comment on the last 3 because aint played them

Underrated: Fire Emblem series, Ogre Battle series, Shining Force series, Soul Blazer series (especially Illusion of Time), Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Actraiser ( just the first one if it could legitimately be considered), Baten Kaitos series, Tales series, Icewind Dale series, Dark Cloud series.

Overrated: Skies of Arcadia, Chrono Trigger (ive never played Cross), the first Diablo (ive completed it, but the second is fantastic, much better), and many of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG's are overrated too.

Ive never played Dragon Quest, Phantasy Star or Star Ocean yet. As for Kingdom Hearts, although ive never played a Kingdom Hearts game, it doesnt sound that appealing.

Ive not mentioned any FF games because ive so far only played all the early ones from the Nintendo days, and my opinions are quite mixed. Especially since I played them such a long time after release, when nostalgia no longer becomes a factor. And I wouldnt say Golden Sun is overrated or underrated.

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Overated: Ledgend of Zelda: OoT

Underated: Legend of Zelda: LttP

TacoJelly

Technically almost all games with a narrative are RPG's on some level since you Play a Role in the Game.

But yes, many consider Zelda games in the Action RPG genre much like Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana, and Fable.

Though what do games like Assassins Creed fall under? It is qutie heavily narritive driven, and does give the player alot of freedom.

I can list numerous games but I'll only name a few.

Overrated- Oblivion, FFXII(the mmo fighting style never really clicked in with the pizazz of FFXI imo), DQVIII (want to talk about a game that recycles old school ideas...I had to go talk to a priest to find out how much exp I needed to lvl, it felt like 1989 all over again).

Underrated- Jade Empire (Here anyway), Lost Odyssey, FF II

Some of these answers dont make sense, games that got high AAA scores arent underated.

Overated: Eternal Sonata, FFX, FFXII, Kingdom Hearts 2

Underated: Lost Odyssey, Shadow Hearts, Blue Dragon, Shenmue

Arc The Lad Twilight of the Spirits and Saga Frontier 2 are not underrated, they are terrible examples of the RPG genre that should have never been released, and examples of sequels gone wrong since they were follow ups to games that were excellent.

I would say that Star Ocean 2 is probably the best RPG ever, and the most underrated.

overated : Oblivion

Underrated : Deus Ex

Underrated:

Soul Blazer

TacoJelly

Wow! So you are the other guy who bought a copy of Soul Blazer!!!

Overrated:

Final Fantasy VII (PS): They watered it down so that the masses would start buying RPG's, there was no HUGE improvement over VI get everyone seemed to go ga ga over it.

Eternal Sonata (360): Stunning to look at, but I think far to many of us were just love starved for a JRPG this generation and jumped all over it. Its good, but its not great

Oblivion (PS3 & 360): Perhaps not my cup of tea, but just very hard for me to really get into.

Underrated:

KOTOR II (XBOX): Huge game, ton of options, vastly different gameplay depending on your gender and which side of the force you opt for, tons of replay value.

Suikoden (PS): I have nearly 200 hours of gameplay on this game, it was brutalized by reviewers but the nearly endless amount of playable characters coupled with the rather innovative (for the time) army battles was very cool.

Two Worlds (360): Oblivion Lite is what it was called in many reviews and that was fine by me, less customization meant more time focusing on the game rather then concerning myself with what star I was born under.

Overrated: Any Final Fantasy after VII, except Tactics and other spin offs that are actually slightly better than the main series.

Underrated: Easy, Planescape: Torment. It's basically the best RPG ever and nobody ever mentions it.

Overrated: Pokemon FR\LG and D\P, FF9, Golden Sun, WoW

Underrated: Legend of Dragoon, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Diablo II, Pokemon Crystal

Overrated: Pokemon Series

Underrated: Wild Arms Series.

Note the use of series

Rhen_Var

Overrated - FF6, FF12, Morrowind.

Underrated - Divine Divinity, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Overrated : Kingdom Hearts series , Kotor II

Underrated : Lost Odyssey, Gothic series

And I just want to add that FFVII is not overrated. It was one of first games to really deliver a cinematic game experience, it had extremely memorable characters, a wonderful world to explore and a good story. No other RPG in history has connected with so many gamers, from those who enjoyed RPG's previously to those who had never played one before.

Overrated:

• Golden Sun franchise - reeks of Beyond the Beyond to me.
• Chrono Cross - it's far from perfect, and imho doesn't hold a candle to Chrono Trigger.
• Pokemon - loved it at first, can't stand how it still feels like the first with a barely worth mentioning coat of paint and minimal at best tweaks to gameplay and design.

Underrated:

• Most of the Tales franchise - it wasn't until Symphonia came along that it got much in terms of ratings.
• Suikoden franchise - niche fanbase loves it, reviewers not so much.
• Ar Tonelico - loved this game, it's humor, and suggestive/fanservice content.
• SaGa Frontier titles - yeah I said it, really enjoyed them despite the flake they get.
• Breath of Fire franchise - not horribly rated, but better than it's viewed imho.

Overrated- FF7, LoZ OoT

Underrated- Skies of Arcadia, PSO

And I just want to add that FFVII is not overrated. It was one of first games to really deliver a cinematic game experience, it had extremely memorable characters, a wonderful world to explore and a good story. No other RPG in history has connected with so many gamers, from those who enjoyed RPG's previously to those who had never played one before.

TheCrazed420

BINGO!

Overrated: FF7

Underrated: PoPoLoCrois, Lost Odyssey, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

Overrated -- Guild Wars

Underrated -- Name any Final Fantasy.

And I just want to add that FFVII is not overrated. It was one of first games to really deliver a cinematic game experience, it had extremely memorable characters, a wonderful world to explore and a good story. No other RPG in history has connected with so many gamers, from those who enjoyed RPG's previously to those who had never played one before.

TheCrazed420

Opinion. I think FFVII is incredibly overrated and doesn't deserve half the praise it gets, but that's just me.

Oh, and Deus Ex along with Morrowind are underrated.

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And I just want to add that FFVII is not overrated. It was one of first games to really deliver a cinematic game experience, it had extremely memorable characters, a wonderful world to explore and a good story. No other RPG in history has connected with so many gamers, from those who enjoyed RPG's previously to those who had never played one before.

-Jiggles-

Opinion. I think FFVII is incredibly overrated and doesn't deserve half the praise it gets, but that's just me.

Oh, and Deus Ex along with Morrowind are underrated.

I would love to see someone explain how FF7 is overrated.

The fact that every spin off of FF7 has been complete garbage shouldn't affect the orginial's games quality.

Overated: FF7, FF10, Ledgend of Zelda: OoT

Underated: FFCC, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Legend of Zelda: LttP

GEARS_0f_war983

anyways overatted: any turn based final fantasy

Underatted: FF tactics

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Overated: FF7, FF10, Ledgend of Zelda: OoT

Underated: FFCC, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Legend of Zelda: LttP

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

anyways overatted: any turn based final fantasy

Underatted: FF tactics

Just playin... but FFT is turn based :P

UNDERRATED:

Fallout games, Bloodlines, Arcanum.

OVERRATED:

I dont know i would say JRPGs but that would be a very fanboy comment.

Overated
FF7, FF10, FF 12, FF8, FF9
Earthbound




Underated
Earthbound
Secret of Evermore
Beyond the Beyond
Legend of heros (1-3)

Most Over-rated rpg ever... Oblivion...

One of the most under-rated rpg's ever.. Vampires the Masquerades.. If your a rpg fan and have a pretty good computer you must get this game.

over- FF8

under- FF9

Utensilman

Overrated: FF4, FF6 (FF6 is as overrated as FF7 if not more so) FF7, FF8, FF10, FF12, Chrono Cross, Star Ocean 2 , Oblivion, Kingdom Hearts series

Underrated: Final Fantasy Tactics, Suikoden series (especially 2), Fallout series, Deus Ex, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts Covenant, Planescape Torment, and Final Fantasy 9.

These instantly come to mind. But perhaps I'm missing a few.

Overrated - Baldur's Gate 2 (I really, really enjoyed this game, but highly overrated) FF7, Chrono Trigger

Underrated - Paper Mario 1 & 2

UNDERRATED:

Bloodlines,

vash47

One of the most under-rated rpg's ever.. Vampires the Masquerades..

sSubZerOo

Amen,

i take it subzero means bloodlines too, as there are two Vamp the Masquerade games , Redemption and Bloodlines, Redemption is awesome too but very hard, and so frustrating because its hard, its less buggy than Bloodlines but not as good, and the voice acting is pretty over the top in parts.

Im so gutted Troika went kaput, such an underrated dev.

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UNDERRATED:

Bloodlines,

iamsickofspam

One of the most under-rated rpg's ever.. Vampires the Masquerades..

sSubZerOo

Amen,

i take it subzero means bloodlines too, as there are two Vamp the Masquerade games , Redemption and Bloodlines, Redemption is awesome too but very hard, and so frustrating because its hard, its less buggy than Bloodlines but not as good, and the voice acting is pretty over the top in parts.

Im so gutted Troika went kaput, such an underrated dev.

Over-Rated: Super Mario RPG, Planescape Torment, Final Fantasy VI, The Elder Scrolls: OblIVion

Under-Rated: Odin Sphere, Shin Megami Tensei Series, Skies of Arcadia,

have friends who say Skies of Arcadia is terribly underrated - havent played it though.

skrat_01

I'm playing it now and it is.