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

I have to say RPGs aren't getting worse; I have high hopes for games like FFXII, Dragon Age, Mass Effect...

But, you sound like you want an average; and unfortantely I haven't played tons of the non-big name games throughout the years.

But if I were to just choose one time period from my list [below] I'd choose late 90s to early 00s as a prime time for many good rpgs.

Coming off the heels of legends like FF3, SoM, Chrono Trigger;
FF7, FF8, FFT, Baldur's Gate Saga 1,2 , Lunar, Saga Frontier 2, Morrowind, etcc
I probably spent more time with these than any of the others. [except Ultima 6,7,8]


Here is a short list that helped me figure it out:
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, early Ultimas [middle 80s]
Crystalis, Final Fantasy [late 80s]
Final Fantasy 2 (ff4), Ultima 7, Lufia, [early 90s]
Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Shining Force 2 [middle 90s]
Final Fantasy Tactics, Daggerfall, Final Fantasy 7,8 [late 90s]
Baldur's Gate 2, Morrowind, Final Fantasy X [early 00s]
Xenosaga, Digital Devil Saga, Shadow Hearts 2, Disgaea [middle 00s]
FFXII is coming...

Note to self:
Nope I wouldn't say games are getting worse at all. And as for an average, it would simply end up a numbers game; [look up the most popular games from everyones lists, find which ones show up in the shortest amount of time; and most (assign some kind of number value system); and/or maybe figure out which years had the greatest amount of RPG sales, in proportion to the amount of gamers buying], etc etc... sounds like school work

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