The 20 Best RPG Games in History

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2011 was a memorable year for the role, but 2012 promises not to be left behind, and is that on the horizon there are fantastic releases that promise to delight fans. However, what are the best RPGs in history? For the second time, and after facing the same mission with the shooter genre, from the writing we will limit ourselves to choose the main titles from the beginning of the genre to the present, letting you choose the best of them all. As always in 3DJuegos you have the last word.

In 3DJuegos we are going to face the second episode of our ambitious project to choose the best video games in history within each genre, a task for which we intend to count on your help again when choosing from the list of 20 that you We offer each style of game. This time we will focus on the RPG, and is that after the shooter genre that we face in the first of these specials, is one of the styles of game that more po[CENSORED]rity are exhibiting in recent times.

Regrettably, the decision to set a limit of two dozen representatives means that in this special there is no place for many titles that deserve their place, so we have chosen not to list titles belonging to mixed genres and opt for the purest representatives of the RPG So, to mention just a couple of greats who have been left out, many fans will miss memorable video games like the first Deus Ex or The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: a role-playing shooter in the first case and an action and adventure game in the second. And that some of the titles that do appear in the special blur much the line that separates the RPG from the shooter as, for example, may be the case of Mass Effect.

Once again, and so that you can choose more comfortably, we have selected the titles of the role that, in our opinion, have contributed the most to advancing the genre throughout history. So from the first, the absolutely essential Dungeon Master of far back in 1987, to the last, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim of 2011, we offer you a score of legendary role titles that not only draw a very precise picture of how the game has progressed. genre, but also are the best video games that this has given us since its inception.
Fundamental for the genre since it is the first action RPG in real time.

It was not the first RPG in history, not much less, but it was the first to opt for action in real time as opposed to the usual turn-based proposals of the time. A game still fascinating and groundbreaking for the time, which in a few months will turn 25 years and to which we owe much of what the genre is today. 40,000 copies sold may sound a ridiculous figure in full 2012, however in 1987, and with those data, it was a success.

Blizzard had already been on the map of the big development studios for many years, but in 1996 he gave another blow on the table with the great Diablo: a title that mixed action and role, something that had been done previously but never with a so perfect formula. Addictive as few, the game would generate a second part also memorable, and is on its way to continue its war against the creatures of hell with a third of legend that will debut this