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

1. Icewind Dale
2. Dues Ex
3. Baldur's Gate II
4. Diablo
5. Fallout
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Final Fantasy IX
8. Chrono Cross
9. Grandia II
10. Vampire: The Masquerade

Generally what I enjoy most in RPG's is good character design and overall atmosphere, back when I played IWD for example the music and the graphics blew me away and totally sucked me into the game from the word go. Other games such as Grandia II and Final Fantasy IX had cool and interesting characters which kept you playing to find out more about them. Some of the others such as Dues Ex, Diablo & Fallout all were really fun games that you could play again and again due to their less linear structure.

While my more favourite games are from the 95-99' bracket I don't believe RPG's are getting worse at all, just the sad fact of the matter is the producers are out to make money at the end of the day and the traditional RPG as we know it isn't exactly the money maker it once was; not at all compared to your run of the mill MMO released today. Even the MMO's seen as many as failures due to low subscription rates will end up making much more money then your run of the mill RPG.

On a sidenote I've been an active gamer since around 88', so yeah I haven’t missed many of the titles mentioned; either I just can't remember them right now or they didn't appeal to me at the time I played them.

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