Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the list

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Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the list

Postby Telekill » Wed May 03, 2017 1:45 pm

Hello all,

I just read the new issue of Game Informer that has a list of their top 100 RPGs of all time and I ended up pretty disappointed. Neither Shenmue or Shenmue 2 were on the list and I consider those to be some of the first RPG's I ever got into. I never was really into the genre until those games only having enjoyed Final Fantasy 7 before them. There is no reasoning behind why they weren't chosen but as a heads up for all of you that have subscriptions to the mag, it's a disappointing read when Destiny made the list... and yet no Shenmue.

You read that right... Shenmue was no where... but Destiny is on the list. WTF?

What are some of your favorite RPG's beyond Shenmue?

Mine include Final Fantasy 7 and 10 as well as the Parasite Eve, Mass Effect and Zelda games.
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Re: Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the li

Postby sand4fish » Wed May 03, 2017 2:40 pm

Which part of Shenmue is a RPG? 'cause I never really thought of it as being one.

Favorites of mine would include Planescape Torment, the original Deux Ex and Divinity Original Sin.
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Re: Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the li

Postby Telekill » Wed May 03, 2017 2:52 pm

sand4fish wrote: Which part of Shenmue is a RPG? 'cause I never really thought of it as being one.

Favorites of mine would include Planescape Torment, the original Deux Ex and Divinity Original Sin.


If Destiny counts then Shenmue definitely counts.

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Re: Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the li

Postby sand4fish » Wed May 03, 2017 3:08 pm

Then more reason so for you to disregard the competence of that list altogether. Besides it's not like Shenmue is a mainstream favourite of any gaming site or magazine. I certainly don't need or want my gaming tastes to be validated by them.
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Re: Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the li

Postby JohnBlack » Wed May 03, 2017 4:10 pm

Morrowind on 21 place....lol, dont read this strange magazine. Btw, dont think shenmue have to be on this list, its not rpg.
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Re: Game Informer Top 100 RPGs -- Shenmue didn't make the li

Postby RyoShenmue » Tue May 16, 2017 2:02 am

Shenmue is more like an adventure type game, partial sim perhaps. I never really thought of it as an RPG though. But just because you do not like a game, does not mean many others did not, I am speaking of the list. Some games were just more popular, better and or more innovative than others. And then some times the authors of a magazine might be more nostalgic or "paid" to think a certain way.
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