Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is a Fantasy based RPG video game by Nintendo. Released back in 1987, Final Fantasy only allowed playability of Nintendo’s NES and GBA (Game Boy Advanced) and later on it ported to more platforms such as MSX2, PSP, iOS, Android and Nintendo 3DS. The game is set in a Fantasy World that thrives with the help of four elemental powers of four Orbs. Each of the Orb governs over one unique classical element including Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. The world of Final Fantasy is home to multispecies of beings such as Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Dragons, Mermaids, and Robots. The world of Final Fantasy was once home to an ancient race known as The Lefeinish who used the powers of Wind Orb to craft Giant Airships, and power up a mega structure referred to as the “Floating Castle” (a Space Station). Because of some unknown reasons, the Wind orb went dark, and all of the other Orbs (Earth, Fire, and Water) followed. The World of Final Fantasy went into despair and chaos. The story takes a turn when four young Light warriors appear in the world of Final Fantasy. Theses warriors are destined to rule over a darkened elemental orb individually and are the ultimate saviors of the world. The game allows the players to select anyone of them as the main character and start exploring the world. Players are tasked to traverse through the Kingdom of Coneria, rescue Princess Sara, defeat the Evil Knight Garland and reach down to the Town of Pravoka. Liberate the Town of Bikke, defeat the Pirates, acquire the Pirate ship and embark on a chain of fantastic quests to achieve the final objectives of the game. Final Fantasy is all filled up with excellent adventures and quests of the Light Warriors, and the game takes the players to the most beautiful places in the Final Fantasy universe as they keep on going through the enemies, bizarre situations, and magical environments. The Ultimate purpose of the game is to defeat all the evils and restore the order in the world by making the Elemental Orbs whole again. With a brilliant backstory, addictive and quite immersive gameplay, great mechanics and beautifully created visuals, Final Fantasy is one of the best and longest running Fantasy RPG video game to play and enjoy.
#1 Zenonia
Zenonia is one of the best games of this specific genre that offers a brilliant combination of Action-Adventure, RPG and Fantasy elements. Zenonia lets you be the protagonist named as Regret who embarks on a journey to know all about himself and his lost past. As you go on with the character, you’ll discover the ultimate evil plot of the game and the game itself will embed you deeply into the game-play. Your task in the game is to explore the world of Zenonia, complete a number of quests, interact with the NPCs, get your course of actions corrected and go hunting down the evil demons. With a number of character selection and development options that Zenonia offers, it lets you enhance your character and skills as you proceed to the more advanced levels of the game. Zenonia offers a well-written story, brilliant visuals and a marvelously engaging and immersive game-play. With multiple high fantasy sequels, Zenonia tops the ranks among best Action-Adventure and RPG games.
#2 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a cool Action-Adventure and Tactical-RPG video game that takes place in the Kingdom of Librel when the Erebonian Empire fell to the grounds. The game revolves around the character of Queen Alicia who against the continuous attacks of demised Erabonian Empire, keeps on struggling with her trusted warriors and gladiators. Your duty is to repel the attacks of Erabonian Empire, kill the enemies and defend Librel. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky lets you use amazing skills and combat techniques in a uniquely created combat system and allows you to take advantage against the enemy by controlling a number of characters. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a great Action, Adventure, RPG and Strategy video game to play and enjoy.
#3 Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts is a first and foremost game in the critically acclaimed and popular series. Developed by Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts offers a fantastic combination of Action and RPG (Role Playing Game) elements and it is available to play on PlayStation 2 only. The game actually made Walt Disney Company and Square Enix come together to work on a piece of art that later became Kingdom Hearts. It offers characters and game worlds from both of the giant’s universes and offers a truly remarkable experience of Action and RPG elements. The story of the game follows a Boy named as Sora, who gets thrown into an epic battle against the forces of Evil. Sora gets many characters on his side such as Donald Duck, Goofy and others and completes various quests to fulfill the game objectives. Packed with Substantial Action and Adventure, a great combination of the all-star voice cast, beautiful visuals, and all the amazingly revamped game mechanics, Kingdom Hearts is Playstation’s one of the ten best sellers of all times. The combat system in the game is Unique in a sense it allows the players to earn HP and MP points. MP points can be gathered by Melee attacking the enemies and by using “Ether” against them. HP can be used to monitor player character’s health, damage ratio and other things related to that. With a remarkable response from the players all around the globe and on a huge demand, Square Enix released more versions of the game. The series now includes Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, and Kingdom Hearts: Coded, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts X. Furthermore, the series offers Kingdom Hearts Mobile for mobile platforms, Collections such as Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix. The company is working on two new titles Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom Hearts 3, and would release them in near future.
#4 Lord of Arcana
Lord of Arcana is another brilliant Action-Adventure and RPG video game. The game is set in a world named as Horodyn and tells the story about a sacred Stone that is the source of ultimate Power. The Monsters are after the Stone and your duty is to save the Stone from the vicious monsters in order to save Horodyn. Lord of Arcana offers Monster Hunter like game-play and mechanics and allows you to use your sophisticated weaponry to defeat and slay the monsters, Craft more items like weapons, shields, armors etc. to be stronger and eventually eliminate them all to save the stone and your country. Lord of Arcana with up to 4 players Co-Op Multiplayer option, Cool visuals, great story and an addictive game-play is a wonderful game to play.
#5 Suikoden II
Suikoden II is an Action, Role-playing and Single-player video game created and published by Konami. It is the second game in the series of Suikoden and takes place after the event of the original game and revolves around on an invasion by the Highland’s Kingdom of the City known as Jowston. You can get into the role of the protagonist whose name is selected by you. According to the story, the protagonist is adopted by Genkaku, who is a hero and served his services to rescue the fictional land of Jowston in a massive war against Highland many years ago. The game combines the elements of strategy and lets you control the protagonist and travel through various locations around the globe, complete a series of tasks and interact with NPCs. You are also able to create new characters to accomplish sidequest. The gameplay becomes challenging as you gain experience. There are three types of combat such as Regular Battles, Duels, and Massive Battles. With superb gameplay, well-written story and brilliant mechanics, Suikoden II os the best game to play. Try it out, and you’ll love it.