I think there are two different angles you can approach the question from: either you rank the games based on how good they are as RPGs (first you must define an RPG, naturally), or you simply make a list of the best games that qualify as RPGs. Neither approach is really wrong, although almost every list seems to end up as something of a mix between the two, which usually just makes them seem random (the Codex lists included). In my opinion games like JA2, Deus Ex or System Shock 2 should either be very high on these lists (because they're arguably RPGs and among the best games ever) or not there at all (because you could see that their RPG elements are very lacking). I'd probably prefer the former, as generally the main purpose of these lists is to let people know about great games, although taking the latter approach could result in some more interesting "what is the most ideal RPG?" lists if made by people who knew something about the genre.
Grimoire is the top on every list, every year, it just hides very well.
Nah, any basic 20-dollar gamepad will do, you just might need a fan-made patch to assign the keys properly. Keyboard and mouse are pretty much doomed, though. The PC port is horrendously bad in multiple ways, runs like shit and is more or less unplayable as vanilla, but the game itself is probably worth going through all that extra hassle.
So since the #1 entry is on the last page, you stopped reading at the end of the article? How edgy
So since the #1 entry is on the last page, you stopped reading at the end of the article? How edgy
