Other than that and some clunky overworld controls, however, Hybrid Heaven is easily leaps & bounds above the other RPGs listed. Īs was the case with every RPG thus far, Hybrid Heaven is held back by some lackluster level design. Quest 64 is an utter joke compared to the likes of Final Fantasy VII, Breath of Fire III, and Lunar – all of which are games that tower over Quest 64. When taking into consideration that Quest 64 was the Nintendo 64’s answer to the PS1 excellent library of RPGs, the game just comes off laughable. Worse is the fact Quest 64 saves to an ancillary controller pack, giving the illusion it makes the most out of the Nintendo 64’s hardware when in reality it’s one of the simplest games on the console. RELATED: Every DS & 3DS Model From Worst To Best, Rankedīeyond the simplistic plot, there’s little to no level design, terrible enemy variety, no puzzles, no form of currency, and leveling is painfully slow. Unfortunately, Quest 64 fails on every other department, resulting in one of the most barebones RPGs of the generation. Released relatively early in the console life cycle, Quest 64 tackled a very traditional and save plot for the genre, while offering a unique blend on the turn-based combat formula. Quest 64 was positioned to be the Nintendo 64’s defining RPG. Nowadays, no one is going to try to argue that games like Ocarina of Time or Majora’s Mask, but in the late 90s, calling Zelda an action RPG is what N64 owners had to do in order to cope with the sudden loss of the Super Nintendo’s defining genre. ![]() It should also be pointed out how the Nintendo 64 marketed “RPGs” in the first place. ![]() The ones that are may not stack up with the PS1 at its best, but they do get the job done. In truth, the Nintendo 64 barely has 5 RPGs to its name and very few are actually worth revisiting today. As far as the Role Playing Game genre goes, the PlayStation was the Super Nintendo’s true successor– not the Nintendo 64. Which inadvertently speaks to the Nintendo 64’s relationship with RPGs. RELATED: N64: 10 Games You Never Knew Were Ported To The Nintendo 64 With Square, Enix, Quintet, and even Namco delivering hit after hit, it’s hard to find a home console with a stronger line-up of RPGs. JRPGs, WRPGs, the SNES was home to some of the most expansive titles of the 16-bit era. If there’s one genre that best defines the Super Nintendo’s library, it was the RPG.
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