[ViviMasterMage]

I wouldn't be playing RPG's if Squaresoft/enix didn't exist.
I only started playing them when I saw my brother playing one (can't remember which game maybe 7?) and I wanted to copy him.
If it didn't exist, he wouldn't of played RPG's resulting in my not playing RPG's.
It makes me sad thinking about not ever playing a RPG

[Fate]

My favorite game series is Star Ocean, so that's not Final Fantasy. However, though tri-Ace developed the game series, it was published by Square Enix. If Square Enix didn't exist, then there would have been no company to publish it. So either they wouldn't exist at all, or tri-Ace would've had another company publish it. If it's the latter, then Star Ocean would still be my favorite game series. However, if the former were to happen, then I would be screwed, because next in line would be Valkyrie Profile, Infimnite Undiscovery, and Radiata Stories, all of which are the same as Star Ocean.

[kennedyfan]

if square-enix didn't exist, first of all, i'd be playing a lot more sports games. lol. but, if it didn't, i'd have to say i'd play the suikoden series, the games are pretty good, and it's made by konami, who has a pretty good reputation for making good games.

[Dodie16]

Originally Posted by ViviMasterMage

I wouldn't be playing RPG's if Squaresoft/enix didn't exist.

This is my answer as well. I love the RPGs that Square-Enix develops, but I've never really had a desire to play any other RPGs from any other developers. Am I missing out? Probably. However, I am a much bigger fan of Action/Adventure games than I am of RPGs. Final Fantasy is the only series that I've ever gotten into and stayed with of this particular genre.

[LocoColt04]

Originally Posted by Mistress Sheena

I'm glad I discovered the series I mentioned above, they are easily my favorite series, especially Suikoden because of the vast amount of characters and epic war-like stories of the countries and the world, and also the connectivity of the games (unlike FF).

This is one of the handful of game-related things that you and I agree upon.

Suikoden is easily my favorite series, even above Final Fantasy. Even though the premise of each game is effectively the same (108 stars, find/recruit them, get a base, giant plot twist, get a new base, take out the bad guy who was probably your friend at the beginning), the gameplay and individual quirks in the story of each game is what makes the series so amazing.

Let me put it to you this way.

Suikoden IV is undoubtedly the worst game in the series. It's still a good game. Quite decent at absolute worst. That kind of quality speaks volumes.



Choosing an individual, non-sequential title, I'm torn between SMT/Atlus's brilliant Nocturne, or Level 5's fantastic Rogue Galaxy.

Skies of Arcadia is also an excellent mention.

[TobiasRainey]

Oh that's easy, Dragon Quest...Wait, that was Enix...then Chrono Cross...Wait, that was Square...Lost Odessey? A world without Square-Enix is a world I don't want to live in!

[Josh_R]

I am happy it does exist cause all of my favorite games have either been square or enix, but if it didnt exist I either never would have gotten into RPG's or I would play nothing but games created by bethesda...

Elder Scrolls III
Elder Scrolls IV
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Fallout 3

All of the are my favorite bethesda games, so if square-enix was non-existent these would be the games I would live my life playing.

[ZantetsukeN]

I would say Pokemon, purely because I used to play Blue before I got Final Fantasy. I never thought of Pokemon as an RPG. I didn't care what it was, it was just Pokemon to me. So I guess, if it wasn't for FF, I wouldn't be playing RPGs to this day, which in turn would have made me a completely different person.

[Ryu-Kentoshii Hirokima]

I kinda hate the thought of Square Enix Not Existing...But if this were true then My Choice for Best RPG Gaming Series would be this: The .Hack// Series(All of them) It is a Good Series of Gaming and Manga...Involving Gamers.

[Gypsy Elder]

Originally Posted by Alpha

Gah! Banish the thought!

I haven't played too many RPGs not made by Squaresoft or Square-Enix, but I know of three games that are bloody good, and in fact are better than many SE games. They are:

*drumroll*

• Jade Cocoon (elements of Monster Hunter; blimmin' good game)
• Grandia I
• Grandia II

Same here, except I still want to try out Jade Cocoon, I read the Wiki page you linked me, and I'm most likely going to try and find it when I go to get Chrono Cross again.

My favorite type of games are definitely RPG's, since that is the first type of game that interested me. I was hooked on Tokyo Extreme Racer 3 for a while though O_O Don't play that it's like a drug, I just wanted to try it and then bam I couldn't stop playing. I think I'm missing about three wanderers. You can bet I'm the master at racecar games now.

[Telegraph]

Y'know, I didn't actually play any Square games before 1998, except for Super Mario RPG. And the only Enix game I played before that point was the original Dragon Quest (or Dragon Warrior to us US kids.) I didn't play a lot of jrpg's, really, so my gaming history wouldn't be changed all that much.

My favorites are the Zelda, Elder Scrolls, and Poke Manz series (back '97 or '98, I was playing Daggerfall; long before Morrowind came out.) Of those three... I'm not sure. They all have their charms and fond memories.

PS. T.G. Oskar and Zargabaath are funny. "If you recall correctly..." "Well if you recall correctly..." My knowledge and memory are superior to that of yours! Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[brnthsdiscout]

Fallout 3 and Planescape Torment would be among my favorite RGP games. Planescape Torment isn't very well-known or well liked, but it's got a great story line and background.

[Hinj]

Its hard to think of it. If square-enix didn't exist I wouldn't even know what a RPG meant, I only discovered what it meant when I started playing FF.I cant think of any other RPGs other than square-enix.