The very best the genre has to offer

• Chrono Trigger
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy XII
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Paper Mario 2: The Thousand Year Door

Those are probably my five favorite RPGs of all time. They aren't written in any particular order, although I might try to arrange them in to a top 5 later.

You might notice that Final Fantasy XIII is on that list. I have yet to finish it but I am near the end so I feel comfortable putting it in there. Actually FFXIII is the reason for me writing this little list. I wanted to illustrate how much I am liking this game. I know the Internet has taken one big collective dump on it but I couldn't disagree with them more, I simply love it. And I wanted somehow try to communicate just how much. I could of course do that by giving it a score, that's how reviewers usually summarizes their opinions. But since I have never scored anything else on this site before such a number would hold little meaning since it couldn't be compared with the score of any other game. So instead I am trying to tell you how much I like it by saying that in my book FFXIII is roughly on par with these other four RPGs. Four games I absolutely love and to me embody the very best the genre has to offer.