I'm more of a JRPG person, and some of my favorite
old school games of that genre are:
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana
Terranigma
Final Fantasy series
Breath of Fire III
If we're talking western RPGs though, then I would say Fallout 1&2 and Neverwinter Nights are my favorites, followed by Diablo 2 and Nox.
Mameluk wrote:Yeah, totally agreed, Final Fantasy sold out. The new ones are almost too terrible to look at, starting from FF X. Pretty graphics aren't enough to cover the horrors of those games.

Personally I love most FF games (in the main series), especially X and XII which I spent nearly 500 hours on combined, though FFVII still remains my favorite game of all time. I understand what you mean though, the newer FF games don't appeal to everyone, and this is especially true for XII and XIII.