...aw man..
to me i thought ff7 was the best, and it still is.
However,
it was my first RPG..
That greatly influenced my opinion of the best RPG.
I played Star Ocean the Second Story 4 years ago, and I was hooked.
FF8 was very mature for a 5th grader, and I loved it because I understood it.
FF9 was interesting because it was 2 player, and I loved Vivi.
FF10, on the other-hand, was good with its graphics and it had a nice plot twist.
FF10-2, I never got to finish because any game with a beginning song called "Real Emotion" should be immediately disowned.
FFT was such a masterpiece, and it's sheer brillance does not have to be explained.
It seems to me that I played too many FF's.
However I played Chrono Cross (not too pleased), Legend of Dragoon (it was good), .Hack (just Infection), Star Ocean 3 Till the End of Time DC (this is nice), Brave Fencer Musashi (...),,
Overall,
RPGs are like books,
there is no best book..
unless you are talking about the Bible..
Then the Bible can be like FF7,,
then ..
nevermind forget it..