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| Alundra and Arc the Lad now available on PSN |
While all PS1 Final Fantasy titles (not including anthologies) have now made it onto the service, as well as big titles from the Wild Arms series, Grandia and Suikoden, there are still quite a few must-haves that have yet to find their way into this current generation of gamers' hearts.
Some of that void was filled yesterday when the hotly anticipated Alundra and Arc the Land were both added to the catalog for just $5.99 apiece. These titles can be had for around $100 when they pop up on ebay, so that's a pretty smokin' deal for two legendary games.
Still, like any spoiled brat with eyes bigger than their stomach, we crave more. Following are the top five PS1 RPGs we'd like to see made available with a quickness via PSN. To avoid the inevitable arguments that spawn from such lists, these titles are being presented in no particular order.
Still, feel free to let us know how "stoopid" we are for forgetting to mention your favorite classic RPG in the comments.
Saga Frontier
Saga Frontier had just about everything you could want in an RPG. With seven playable characters, non-linear exploration and the ability to visit vastly different planets and explore the farthest reaches of space, this game kept players entertained for hours on end.
The Legend of Dragoon
At the risk of getting things digitally thrown at me, I will admit that when I was younger and rented Final Fantasy VII for the first time, I was not impressed. I was into Tony Hawk, sports games and Crash Bandicoot at the time, so the complex, dramatic gameplay of such a game did little for me. A few months later I decided to try out Legend of Dragoon and became an RPG fan from then on. Maybe it was the lovable cast of characters, the interesting world or intriguing story. Then again, it may have been the badass Dragoon transformations. Whatever the reason, this often overlooked RPG was about as solid as they come and, sadly, will likely never see a much-deserved sequel. (Please, Sony?)
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| What, these? They're just my badical dragon wings. |
Chrono Cross
I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that, if and when Chrono Cross is made available via PSN, the game will see a first-day earnings of about eleventy billion dollars. While die-hard Chrono Trigger fans seem to be split on whether or not this PS1 sequel did the original justice, few can argue that this isn't one of the best RPGs of all time, no matter how far removed it was from its predecessor.
Valkyrie Profile
One of my favorite games of all time, Valkyrie Profile was a lot different than the typical Japanese RPG flooding the market during the PS1 days. You could fly around the world, the dungeons were built for side-scrolling and the combat was tactical, yet fast and exciting. Even better is the fact your team was made of recently departed adventurers and warriors, each with a unique and touching story to tell. It is a beautiful, beautiful RPG.
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| One story? This game told like sixty...Mostly about dead people. |
Xenogears
Right. Like you thought this one wouldn't make it onto the list. Hailed by many to be the best RPG of all-time, Xenogears was basically the best rendition of everything you ever loved about classic roleplaying games. The epic story was engrossing, the action was fierce and the world was amazingly realized. Throw in a beautiful soundtrack and a runtime that will last you about 80 hours and you have a title that is sure to capture gamers' imaginations today as well as it did more than a decade ago.
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