Ranking EVERY RPG of The Year WORST TO BEST (Top 10 RPGs)

[@rossedwardmiller]

Pillars 2, DQ 11, and MH World all coming out the same year is wild. One of the best CRPGs, JRPGs, and ARPGs all at once.

[@cheerfulberserker]

after all this time and many games played witcher 3 is still my favorite game of all time. elden ring comes close but nothing can beat the raw hype of the world and the quality of the side quests

[@nudel6655]

Gameplay is bad tho....

[@cabbageleon4914]

I feel the opposite. Witcher 3 is great and one of my favorites for it's story but as an open world rpg, it's very restrictive when trying to explore. Elden Ring on the other hand gives you complete freedom + great combat. Sure, one might argue the story is very much non-existent or a mess but I personally liked how clueless I was about the world. Elden Ring is my #1.

[@nudel6655]

@@cabbageleon4914 I agree 100% Elden Ring's Story, Gameplay, Exploration, Combat, Artstyle is just so good.

[@kyleward7417]

​​@@nudel6655Witcher 's quality of gameplay is closer to Elden Rings storytelling quality, than Elden Rings gameplay is close to Witcher 3 's story.

[@nudel6655]

@@kyleward7417 Nah I was playing on death march and killed everything first try without really trying because the combat was just so bad

[@KyreeseAlford1999]

Concrete Here’s my ranking of The Game Awards Best RPG winners: Not going to play anytime soon: N/A Going to play anytime soon: 10. Disco Elysium 9. Monster Hunter World 8. The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC 7. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6. Elden Ring 5. Dragon Age: Inquisition 4. Tales of Arise 3. Final Fantasy 7 Remake 2. Persona 5 1. Baldur’s Gate 3

[@BigBossCQCLegend]

Persona 5 Royal Should’ve Won over FF7 Remake and Persona 5 Royal is in my Top 5 VideoGames of All Time

[@kostasspirou1010]

I prefer P5R as well but it wasn't really a new game, also FFVII Remake was huge for 2020 so it makes sense why it won

[@Art0r1a]

I actually love Tales of Arise and even FF XVI, but don't like FF VII, couldn't tolerate it for more than a few hours. Where does Persona games lie? I've heard great things about it, but was hesitant to try them.

[@jackinthebox1993]

Same. Even the base version is one of my top 5 favorite games

[@drag6891]

Good video as always Have a good day And good luck for future videos

[@vaibhavbhandari1030]

Hey, man I love your ranking videos. They're really great and capture enough depth to give a good review. I wanted to suggest you some rankings you could make. I wondered if you could make a ranking video on the Top 10 Best Fighting/Combat Games of all time. And If possible a Top 25 Best Games of all time released in the past decade (2010-2019) which games do you think would really deserve to be on that list, whether it's cultural significance, impact, evolution, popularity, or just being too great and awesome.

[@CannaToker420]

Bro the 90’s just had something about them that we’ll never see again. There was truly a special janky aura that surrounded that era. I would give anything to go back.

[@tindoupaper408]

Both Divinity Original Sin are masterpieces in my opinion. I think they are way better than the RPG of the year they elected in 2014 and 2017.

[@lucyxoxo5504]

concrete but also yeah great video always love to hear praise for persona 5 and love your ranking vids in general

[@Koustav_04]

Great list 👍🏻

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same

[@PlorkStar]

It’s definitely baldurs gate 3 for the winner I mean seriously there aren’t many games with this many outcomes branching gameplay/story replay-ability I mean really this game is amazing

[@Ecthelion3918]

Can't wait for dragon's dogma 2, my most anticipated game. I was obsessed with the first game for years

[@crazzy4194]

Going baldurs gate straight into dragon dogma, we are eating good

[@iammiller5478]

New suggestion; make a list for best games from last decade (2010-date). It'll be great bro 🙏

[@cletokings4302]

Bloodborne and Witcher 3 are my GOATs and the reason why I came back to gaming after 15 years. I was completely immersed that I spent months playing them.

[@fabiocarido]

in 2019 is not Final Fantasy XV its Final Fantasy XIV.Besides that great video,i have to play a lot of this rpgs.

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

W for the Disco Elysium appreciation, One of my favorites of all time, Incredible game 💯

[@LordNovaPrime1]

Man you really should try Pillars of Eternity 2. Up until Persona 5 Royal finally came to pc and I finally got to play it POE 2 was my favorite game of all time. Its so good. Currently i still like it and Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous more than Baldurs Gate but im only like 20 hours into BG because im focused on Trails and Tales right now. I do think it might change though.

[@stefanhell3521]

So FF7 Remake over Witcher 3?! Count me out....😂

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

I’ve played FF7 Remake literally 13 times. Yet I’ve tried 3 times now to play The Witcher 3 and still can’t stick with it…. People have different tastes, and FF7 Rebirth looks 1,000 times better than Remake.

[@fildzadzikriseifalegendary5806]

Ikr? Witcher 3 is easily top 2 for me. But i know its his opinion and i respect that

[@Storm1Trooper5]

FF7Remake actually has good combat

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@Storm1Trooper5 It has amazing combat!! And Rebirth already looks like it’s going to be much better. I can’t think of another game with better combat to be honest. Horizon Forbidden West would be the next best one in my opinion.

[@bruhm0ment6000]

​@@fearlesscheshirecat1411 Okay, I don't think this is a nuclear take but FF7 og has one of the best battle mechanics amongst the final fantasy games and the RPG genre. The way you can use materia is so creative and you can't just use materials simply as it can buff or debuff your stats whic is good, it makes you wiser. FF7 remake already had a blue print for their battle mechanic and we're just gonna see more in Rebirth.

[@Meatslinger2323]

I have a lot of disanance and confusion on what counts as rpg and what doesn’t but I’m not confused at all who has the best ranking videos on KZbin

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Easiest way is 1) Cut JRPGs from discussion, they aren't even called RPGs, they're JRPGs, sure they still have RPG in em but actual gameplay of JRPGs lacks *roleplaying* 2) Cut games that think skill systems and levels and random loot makes you an RPG, so no Souls likes, no looter shooters those are good games but NOT Roleplaying games. 3) Must have tons of choices with consequences, couples of examples are Fallout 1,2, NV, Gothic series, Witcher series, Vampire Masquerade, almost all Obsidian studio RPG games.

[@gotinogaden]

Do you have a favourite HD-2D game (Octopath Traveller 1/2, Triangle Strategy, Star Ocean: The Second Story R)?

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

Honestly I’ve only played Octopath atm. I have the new Star Ocean and hope to try it soon though. I’m really excited for the dragon quest 3 HD 2d though! I love the original

[@pogethedoge]

I think NieR automata is the better game, but persona is the better RPG and it's not even close. Trying to actually get better upgrades and stuff in NieR automata is absolutely miserable, and half the side content is trash. NieR's strength is in its story and world, which are both top notch, but i think most of the RPG features are pretty mid. Persona 5 is arguably the best turn based RPG of all time (not my favorite, but objectively the best) and one of the best JRPGs ever as well. I'd rather play NieR, but i can say that persona absolutely deserved to win. (I didn't play Os2 so maybe that was better, i wouldn't know)

[@Evrri66]

Elden ring is not only one of the best RPGs of all time, its one of the greatest games to date.

[@mindeyethemasterscreen2712]

Bare bones RPG but definitely a great game though.

[@jakepervine3341]

24:35 Boulder Taint 3 LMFAOOO

[@Gwynbleidd1410]

I love every moment of Witcher 3, aswell as 1 and 2, I love whole lore and books of Andrzej Sapkowski. It was very hard to not look at other games through Witcher glasses. That's bad because I would never ever choose Best, between Bloodborne and Witcher 3 - it's just totally different games. ,,RPG" is to wide word. In 2023 for me both Lies of P and Baldur's Gate 3 are game of the year in their specific ,RPG" way. Great video, I love listen them while doing something!

[@cammedina8652]

I agree with the list but I’d put Tales of Arise to atleast 7 (move down the other games 1 game that came after that) And I’d make Persona 5 on top (because I’m just biased with Persona LOL) But overall good list man! 🤘🏻

[@xxxs8309]

Lies of P is really impressive

[@ProPainism]

concrete! but mostly #bars with that Baldur's Gate 3 segment!

[@StewNWT]

Bravely default is amazing up until the very end. I highly recommend it It sucks you don’t get to enjoy the online features now

[@sane7527]

In my opinion the only RPGs better than the witcher 3 are persona 5 ans baldurs gate 3, so witcher 3 deserves that 3rd position, but hey its your opinion and i respect it

[@doram.a8475]

Lol dragon is better than the Witcher

[@mindeyethemasterscreen2712]

Crazy how only 2 of these games are actual RPGs which is Dragon Age and Baldur's Gate with the rest being action games with light RPG elements. Edit: Yep I was right Disco Elysium is not an RPG.

[@ergoproxy5773]

We have the same taste. But if the old skools included, Chrono trigger and FF6 prolly are prolly in the top 30 at the least.

[@koragrobot]

Easily top 30 for both and strong contenders for top 10

[@joshuaknox2724]

i pumped hours into world and dragon quest 11 that year....and i'm still playing iceborne, apparently i have 700+ hours playtime O.O jesus christ!!

[@phantomdashergaming5017]

Persona 5 royal easily one of my favorite games of all time. Is close with persona 4 golden am so hyped about Persona 3 reload.

[@Dee-yj1im]

Man finally picked up p5 after wanting to since i was young but man i dropped it not long in, i felt like its just going to be too bloated with unnecessary repeated dialogue and stuff. 20 hours just to finish the handholding tutorial is nuts

[@kostasspirou1010]

@@Dee-yj1imIt's a huge game, like +100 hours long, so yeah if you can't play it for more than 20 hours you probably won't enjoy the rest of it

[@Dee-yj1im]

@@kostasspirou1010 i like the style and combat and the persona hunting and fusion part but man i dont want to deal with endless bloated dialogue and such which is like half the game. SMT V is great for example but P5 is more stylish and my vibe but man between my job and other things that take up my time i dont want to start a game i’ll probably finish after 5 months.

[@excelmango5454]

I can not get into witcher 3 tried it for free and shut it off after about an hour and never touched it again

[@MrJohnson81211]

Understand opinions but Persona 5 is the greatest game of all time and it’s not close and I love BG3.

[@moon_bunny]

Final Fantasy 16 is so good I had to replay it immediatly after finishing it.

[@haterzzbehatinn]

Blood and wine that low is crazy

[@Dagowit]

About Blood & Wine, I'm pretty sure it won due to it being RPG category, DS3 can't really compare that well in that department. Action on the other hand...

[@stevenbrown4001]

While I do like Baldur’s Gate 3 a lot, I’d put Elden Ring at number 1 if it was my list. Fromsoftware games and souls like are my favorite genre so they’d always win in my lists. I even think I enjoyed Lies of P more than Baldur’s gate, but that’s just my opinion. I tried Persona 5 and got like 10 hours in but it just wasn’t for me. I would’ve liked Nier Automata to win that year. That’s another one of my favorite games. I love the story and I’m a sucker for hack and slash gameplay. Maybe I’ll try Persona 5 again one day cause I really like the anime aesthetic, but the whole sim part of it just bored me. I wanted it to be more dungeon crawling turn based gameplay.

[@redcronojm]

FFVII Remake has 3 parts which im not sure how. But it’ll be games of the decade.

[@Fluffychoupikkos]

Hello bro. It's Topskylines here, I deleted my channel, so I changed my name as well. I have not made any donations this month since black Friday suck me dry. I will be back, though, pretty soon.

[@n1cknak]

I know this is supposed to be based off the last ten years, but if you were to add the first winner on the list, where would Ni No Kuni go?

[@pedrocamara885]

Please do every indie game of the year!

[@bruhm0ment6000]

Ion know if it takes two is indie but if it is, it's my top 1 easily.

[@AllFather97]

You never played greed fall ? One of the amazing rpg game

[@Schubedube]

Dragon age inquisition is underrated-it’s definitely better than Stick of Truth or DS2

[@LordNovaPrime1]

I agree. It's gotten a lot of hate recently and I don't get it. It's such a good game.

[@straussenei1]

my personal rpg of 2018 was Kingdom Come Deliverance, despite all of its jankiness

[@Mire_Klick]

Drinking game: everyone this dude says he was part of the production of a famous game, everyone drinks a shot.

[@fernandogutierrez706]

Witcher 3 is very goofy. I played maybe an hour and deleted from my ps5. Boring game :/

[@doram.a8475]

Lol yes the game is trash 🗑️

[@bigego503]

I have to disagree with you on one thing. Despite the industry wide delusion the Dark Souls games (and yes, Elden Ring too) are not rpg's. Without falling onto calling them "soulslike's" I would describe them as action/combat simulators with some rpg elements. This is not to knock the various From software games, or their imitators. I have played many of them (most?) and greatly enjoyed them but they are not rpg's. Other than this one relatively minor gripe it's a good list. And good vid

[@hare75]

Baldur's gate 3 set bar too high for RPG genre in my opinion

[@danielsurvivor1372]

It's a good game but doesn't even compare to how many choices Fallout New Vegas gave, still though both games are true RPGs and deserve praise. Disco Elysium is also huge example of this

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

Dragon Age Inquisition benefitted greatly from being released at the beginning of the PS4/XBoxOne life cycle and people were desperate for games to play. When Witcher 3 came out a couple of years later, DA:I looked completely obsolete in every way. It has not held up.

[@mindeyethemasterscreen2712]

Dragon Age actually counts as an RPG unlike TW3.

[@S_F_S]

Bro Lies of P is GOATED. my GOTY together with Armored Core 6.

[@NullVoid-rm7jm]

21:06 it is

[@alexanderchilton911]

Tales of Arise is honestly a better action RPG than FFXVI since it has both better and rpg elements and multiple party members.

[@controladortv]

Tales of arise > Inquisition

[@leserrors7669]

Baldure gate 3 camera is awful a nightmare why dont use third person like the witcher 3 or persona 5 thats the way

[@LibertyRapsher]

Where Baldur's gate 3 excels is in the story, but holy shyte does it have some of the worst controls of all time. Anytime you have to angle upwards to see and or shoot at something ... it's agonizing and then out of nowhere it will launch the camera into the ether and you have to figure out where in the nine hells your character/s are located... the camera speed will go in and out of snail and mock 10 pace. I ended up downloading a few mods to make the controls manageable. It seems as though all of the difficult/complicated shyte the game gets right, but it craps the bed on so many of the simpler/commonsensical components. They also went a little goofy with the amount of garbage one must sift through on a per screen basis. The games gargantuan enough... do they really need 50+% of it's running time dedicated to looking in crates/vases/etc where you'll get the ever so common rotten carrot/tomato/cheese? On a first play through most of us are afraid we may miss an important item so we end up going through the tedious process of sifting through a pawn shops worth of garbage on a per screen/room basis... it's a tedious/unfun process. The story is what really carries the game and the amount of different choices the game lets you make, but the controls in conjunction with navigating/switching characters/items/weapons is tedious and not fun.

[@Mire_Klick]

Also. You made the first mario xD

[@devinreed21]

In my opinion The Witcher 3 is the best game ever made, so I would put it at number one on this list.

[@sohildorle1930]

Concrete as in what’s in the ground 😂

[@S_F_S]

Love your vids Johnatan. Even when i disagree.

[@noctissama3146]

Ammazing video but FF15 wasn't against Disco Elysium

[@niknigal3379]

you seriously put ff 7 remake over witcher 3? no chance

[@mr.6934]

I love monster hunter rise but it will never reach the feeling world gave us. World really gave you the feeling you are a hunter in another world and you have to hunt those monsters. They made the game more serious which is what it is supposed to be. I liked that it was not as childish as the other games even tho I played a tone of rise and I also like the style of it.

[@Sir_Mel004]

so sad that horizon 1 and 2 are not included....

[@blvd6969]

Magic has been good in every Dark Souls game and Demons Souls lol

[@dacreamx.8853]

👍❤Good rpgs to me: Witcher 3, Starfield and my favorites : ELEX 2017💖 & KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE 2018💖 I like very much ELDEN RING but it's not a "real" RPG to me! (no choices, dialogues etc) Just EXPLORATION & FIGHT !⚔️

[@dacreamx.8853]

J'essayerai DISCO ELYSIUM aussi ! 🔎🐾

[@StewNWT]

Divinity original sin and Bravely default were both better than DA:Inquisition

[@Houssine_11]

Witcher 3 is one by far. What an underrating to put it at 5.

[@fildzadzikriseifalegendary5806]

Its easily top 2 for me

[@doram.a8475]

Dragon quest should be number 1 but that your opinion

[@kaetce]

Elden Ring is easily number 1

[@hammieli1875]

Who IS this guy??? works for Sony? Square just sends him shit to play and he just goes NAH? Makes great rambling vids? Wtf

[@craigppage]

If bg3 is ya top game then you need to play dos 2 as for me that is actually better

[@4everhumbl36]

DO2 is not better brudda lol

[@chrish1398]

They gave DLC game of the year ? WTF. No wonder they are pretty irrelevant these days.

[@soyu2809]

I agree with this list 🎉

[@EskiZagra]

Disco, Elden Ring and Witcher 3 should be top, the rest can follow. Btw do play Original sin 2; that was snubbed for RPG of the year, honestly.

[@mindeyethemasterscreen2712]

None of those are RPGs.. (Except Original Sin)

[@Cyclonepunk2077]

Is this some kinda joke? Best rpgs without skyrim?

[@EskiZagra]

Those are the TGA winners only; for the last 10 years. What, you want the Amazon fridge version of Skyrim to win or something?

[@doram.a8475]

Wtf y'all really think skyrim is the best rpg when dragon quest exist

[@mindeyethemasterscreen2712]

​@@doram.a8475Can you create a character in Dragon Quest?

[@mitchyboy123]

Persona 5 (royal) ❤️❤️

[@Mire_Klick]

And tetris. Nazdravlje hahaha

[@sarugard9115]

you put ff7 remake above witcher 3 you put it on 5th place LOL

[@Koustav_04]

FF7 remake has the best combat in any action RPG ever. RPG & strategy elements of it are much more refined than witcher 3. Only reason people think negatively about that game is because of it's incomplete story and padding. What makes witcher 3 great are it's world building & quest design, not RPG elements.

[@Schubedube]

It’s a fucking remake. Witcher 3 is miles better

[@Koustav_04]

@@Schubedube tell me you haven't played it without telling me you haven't played it 😅 It's okay to not have an original opinion & only play what your friends play. Just don't argue with people on the internet if you're ignorant.

[@sarugard9115]

@@Koustav_04 best combat? Dude what are you smoking I dont think negatively but its overrated

[@sarugard9115]

@@Schubedube doesnt matter if its a remake But witcher is still way better

[@fromgreattobrilliant922]

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[@reservatroncal1292]

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[@Amjed_G2]

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[@DaTruth683]

disco should number 10.

[@poesianasarjeta4139]

Starfield is the best game this year

[@stefansibbes2440]

*crickets*

[@taitogema887]

gay

[@xxxs8309]

I couldnt get into FF7 remake

[@christianbell8347]

Starfield is better than Baldur's Gay 3.

[@MacJack-z4i]

Ur high

[@Jeustful]

Persona 5 is overrated. It looks, sounds and plays great but it's too bloated and the pacing is glacial. Most games last less than just the first arc of P5. A whole playthrough of The Witcher 2 lasts about as much as that. Lol Also for a game about planning how to use time, it takes many times the control out of the player and forces them into linear unfun stretches. It's a great game bordering on amazing, but it's just too self-indulgent. It takes far too long to get anywhere.

[@kostasspirou1010]

It's just not really for everyone, but for some people (including me) it ticks all the boxes and that's why it's my favorite videogame of all time

[@christianbell8347]

Gayest video ever.

[@doram.a8475]

Wtf

[@daggerdrake3065]

Disco Elysium is hands down the best here lmao

[@blackvalio4060]

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[@lukegee4526]

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[@antant908]

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