' Wrote:Ignore all the shocking atrocities committed under the final fantasy franchise. Yeah, all the ones before 7 were awful.
One word. Kefka.
(Nah, seriously. You obviously never played through the earlier FF games. Yeah, 1 and 2 weren't that great, but hey, so where almost all other NES RPGs apart from DQ IV. FF4, 5 and 6 were quite great games and imo, 6 easily beats 7 in both story and graphics. But I guess that's all about personal taste.)
My favorites are the already mentioned FFVI and Fallout 2, Starcraft, Dragon Quest: Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Maboroshi no Deichi (Realms of Reverie). I also loved Valkyrie Profile (one of the best JRPGs ever made, imo).
Too bad that Deus Ex and Baldur's Gate 2 were released in 2000, else, I'd add them to this list as well;).
