[Metacritic] The Top 25 RPGs of 2023

[Gamernyc78]

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1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
11. Hogwarts Legacy
12. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
13. Super Mario RPG
14. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
15. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
16. Cassette Beasts
17. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18. Starfield
19. LISA: Definitive Edition
20. Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
21. The Last Spell
22. My Time at Sandrock
23. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
24. ASTLIBRA Revision
25. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

 

[rofif]

Hogwarts and FF16 are barely an rpg.
My fav games this year though

 

[Gediminas]

Hogwarts and FF16 are barely an rpg.
My fav games this year though

FF16 for sure isn't RPG, it is action adventure game. SW Jedi Survivor is more RPG or Yakuza than FF16.

 

[Jim Ryan]

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Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Sea of Stars
5. Final Fantasy XVI
6. Diablo IV
7. Star Ocean: The Second Story R
8. Octopath Traveler II
9. In Stars And Time
10. Little Goody Two Shoes
11. Hogwarts Legacy
12. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
13. Super Mario RPG
14. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
15. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
16. Cassette Beasts
17. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society
18. Starfield
19. LISA: Definitive Edition
20. Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
21. The Last Spell
22. My Time at Sandrock
23. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure
24. ASTLIBRA Revision
25. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Looks like the "number 1" didn't paste in.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Looks like the "number 1" didn't paste in.

Thanks, I shall fix.

 

[Box]

Hogwarts and FF16 are barely an rpg.
My fav games this year though

What defines an RPG though? It's a very loose term

 

[Gamernyc78]

What defines an RPG though? It's a very loose term

Nowadays it's very loose.

 

[anonpuffs]

I wouldn't put sea of stars above octo 2

 

[Gamernyc78]

I wouldn't put sea of stars above octo 2

Sadly I couldn't play Sea if Stars for long.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Ain't nobody got time for that. What sort of degenerate played more than 25 RPGs in 2023?

 

[KiryuRealty]

Sadly I couldn't play Sea if Stars for long.

Don’t be sad, it doesn’t come close to living up to the hype.

 

[anonpuffs]

Sadly I couldn't play Sea if Stars for long.

The first 10 hours are a slog, ngl. And tbh it never rose beyond "pretty decent".
For a good 2.5d isometric rpg I'd recommend cross code.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Nowadays it's very loose.

That's what she said!

 

[Gamernyc78]

The first 10 hours are a slog, ngl. And tbh it never rose beyond "pretty decent".
For a good 2.5d isometric rpg I'd recommend cross code.

I played three hours and couldn't go on.

 

[Zzero]

Did Ys piss people off for some reason?

 

[KiryuRealty]

I played three hours and couldn't go on.

I think I maybe got to the same point. After finding out the game is built to make grinding nigh impossible and combat being so slow and sloggy, I pulled the plug.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I think I maybe got to the same point. After finding out the game is built to make grinding nigh impossible and combat being so slow and sloggy, I pulled the plug.

Yeah idk can't get into these old school, retro type games anymore unless it's a solid one or platformer.

 

[KiryuRealty]

Yeah idk can't get into these old school, retro type games anymore unless it's a solid one or platformer.

That is the problem, though. It wasn't truly retro-style in anything but the graphics.

The combat and other systems are more complicated than they need to be, and the inputs for the timed elements are too demanding in their window for those attacks to be effective, which sucked all the fun out of combat.