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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Paul Swope @watertribechief - For Garret, Why won’t Brock follow me in Leaf Green? I beat Brock with my level 100 caterpie, but he won’t follow me like in the anime. He just sits there all sad. How do I troubleshoot this?
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