Ranking: JRPGs

[Great Rumbler]

I was going to do a separate rankings for 2D and 3D JRPGs [like I did with WRPGs], but I quickly realized that there are lot that have an almost-equal mix of prerendered backgrounds and polygonal battles and overworlds. So I'll just do one.

1. Star Ocean: The Second Story [9.5]
2. Chrono Trigger [9.5]
3. Final Fantasy VII [9.5]
4. Xenogears [9.5]
5. Breath of Fire 3 [9.5]
6. Xenoblade [9.5]
7. Persona 4 [9.5]
8. Persona 3 [9.0]
9. Final Fantasy XII [9.0]
10. Final Fantasy IX [9.0]
11. Resonance of Fate [9.0]
12. Chrono Cross [9.0]
13. Legend of Mana [8.5]
14. Grandia [8.5]
15. Baten Kaitos [8.5]
16. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete [8.5]
17. Valkyrie Profile [8.5]
18. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey [8.5]
19. Super Mario RPG [8.5]
20. Dragon Force [8.5]
21. Breath of Fire 4 [8.5]
22. Parasite Eve [8.5]
23. Vagrant Story [8.0]
24. Wild Arms [8.0]
25. NIER [8.0]
26. Metal Saga [8.0]
27. Metal Max Returns [8.0]
28. Dragon Warrior [8.0]
29. SaGa Frontier [8.0]
30. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter [8.0]
31. Secret of Evermore [8.0]
32. Final Fantasy X [8.0]
33. Etrian Odyssey [8.0]
34. Mana Khemia [7.5]
35. Legend of Legaia [7.5]
36. Contact [7.5]
37. Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale [7.5]
38. Dark Cloud [7.0]
39. Arc the Lad [7.0]
40. Robotrek [7.0]
41. Phantasy Star II [7.0]
42. Atelier Annie [7.0]
43. Star Ocean: The Last Hope [6.5]
44. SaGa Frontier 2 [6.5]
45. Guardian's Crusade [6.5]
46. The Granstream Saga [6.0]
47. Quest 64 [6.0]
48. Sword of Vermilion [6.0]
49. Virtual Hydlide [3.5]