Are RPG's getting worse every 5 years? (List your top 10 RPG's ever to help!)

Which time period were RPG games (averagely) the best?
Late 80's seemed just great to me with Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy starting out and I believe RPG's were at their peak early in the genres lifetime in the 1990-1995 time period.

My top RPG's ever, in order, are:

1. FF4
2. Shining Force CD
3. FF1
4. Shining Force 3
5. Dragon Warrior 3
6. Dragon Warrior 5
7. Dragon Quest 8
8. Super Mario RPG
9. Lunar The Silver Star (Sega CD)
10. Shining the Holy Ark
11. FF7
12. Paper Mario

1996-1999 was okay, some excellent shiners, but there was also a flow of junk coming out, just the same. 2000-2003 it seemed that the amount of junk coming out overshadowed the good stuff. And even moreso in 2004 to present.
I have a feeling that some people LOVE modern RPG's, but I also believe that people who have been playing RPG's as long as I have are going to have 90's RPG's in their top list-primarily.

So, what are your top RPG's in order, and how do you feel about the RPG genre over time?

Note:

The thread's point is not to just make a list of your favorite RPGs and then say which era your #1 game is from. You don't even need to make a list.

The idea is to discuss what you thought was/is the best time for RPGs, both console and PC, and whether RPGs have considerably worsened as platforms come and go.

The list helps give yourself an idea of how your favorite RPGs span out and through that consider what was the best era. Don't just list and gush.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Choose 90-94

More likely you like that than 95-99...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I actually do stay away from main stuff now. FF12 will be the first FF game ever made that I will not buy. (besides FFX-2 which is the current only FF i've never bought in my life).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Lord Jaroh

My main reasoning behind it is that it seems that Console RPGs seem to be ever-increasing towards the style of "playing a book" rather than actually having an involving playstyle. Lately it seems that the genre revolves around the story more than character development, and choices from the player as well as freedom within the story are becoming very limited. My main concern is that if I wanted a book, I would read a book, which does it much better than a game does. Instead I want a game, that not only has good story and such, but the freedom to have fun within the game.

Exactly. That's why I consider gameplay in an RPG my most important aspect while I consider storyline about 3rd. (Char development is 2nd). I care way more about the actual gameplay.

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