This week on the twentieth level of The RPG Cave, Garret and Ryan put together The RPG Cave’s definitive list of the 10 essential RPGs that someone new to RPGs should play!

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The RPG Starters Guide - The 10 RPGs every RPG fan should play!

marcusoneill79 - As someone who loves RPGs but is realizing he has played disappointingly few of them, I was hoping you could each give me a short list of your ‘essential’ RPGs? Kind of like Garret and Ryan’s list of RPGs that every RPG fan should play.

The List

Listener Lists:

Todd Oxtra @toxtra - I assume Betrayal at Krondor is on that list

Hoby1k @hoby1k - I think Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of the best JRPGs ever made. I think anyone remotely interested in action combat JRPGs should put some time into this game. The down side is having to play 2 other games first to understand any of what is going on lol.

Kevin Ainsworth @TheMuff1nMon - Essential RPGs? I'll try to give a mix of Western and JRPGs and new/older ones.

Tales of Symphonia

Persona 5 Royal

FF7 (the original!)

Skyrim

Mass Effect 1-3 (but particularly 2)

Golden Sun

Leahjewer @leahjewer - Persona 5 and Final Fantasy X are top of my list.

Ryan Craig @mathman1024 -

Chronotrigger

Final Fantasy VI

Dragon Warrior/Quest

Dragon Quest XI S

Mike @BlazeKnight0923 -

Breath of Fire 3

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Fire Emblem 3 Houses

Chrono Trigger

Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Pokemon: Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

Mass Effect 2

Final Fantasy XI

TES5: Skyrim

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber.

Seumas MacIsaac @FamousSeumas -

Persona 5 Royal (or 4 Golden or Persona 3 FES)

Fire Emblem (Awakening or Three Houses)

Undertale

Nier Automata

The Witcher 3

Mass Effect

Fallout New Vegas

Disco Elysium

The Outer Worlds

SW:KOTOR

Honourable Mention:

Any Pokémon (player's choice)

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