RPG of the year?

[Luckmann]

Shit year for CRPGs.

That's ~17 years in a row.

 

[fantadomat]

Shit year for CRPGs.

That's ~17 years in a row.

But,but what about skyrim the glorious incline!

 

[Luckmann]

Shit year for CRPGs.

That's ~17 years in a row.

But,but what about skyrim the glorious incline!

Never heard of her.

 

[Darth Roxor]

ELEX!​

altho i cant really vote having not played grimwah yet

 

[fantadomat]

ELEX!​

altho i cant really vote having not played grimwah yet

Well ELEX is only 2017 Grimoire is goty for 20 years. Be brave and vote ELEX!

 

[Haplo]

Shit year for CRPGs.

That's ~17 years in a row.

But,but what about skyrim the glorious incline!

Never heard of her.

There have been quite a few good games recently... Underrail, AoD, PoE, Shadowrun Returns & Dragonfall, Might and Magic X, Elminage Gothic and now also Original.... ELEX!
Guess Morrowind was from last 17 years. Heck even Arcanum. NWN, NWN2, the Witchers. Been some really nice games.

 

[Gimble]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

 

[Eyestabber]

Voted for The Surge. A decent game with zero hype around it that competently scratched my Dark Souls itch.

D:OS 2 is mediocre and I'll bother with Elex once it's patched and heavily discounted. My 2017 GOTY is Endless Space 2. 4x fans should give it a try.

 

[Jasede]

Thanks for the tip, checking it out now!

 

[Luckmann]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

 

[Mortmal]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

Oh yes dont trust it, remember everything published by beamdog was mysteriously added on the curator list just the day of dragonspear release. As if the guy in charge of curation was contacted for some marketing...If you want to know what's worth playing this year ask the local bar pillars , the consensus is likely DOS 2 and more surprisingly elex. Reviews of elex were absolutely shit on release, yet it seems many people who plays it really love it and rate it above gothic.

 

[Lacrymas]

Who rates Elex above Gothic? I've seen people say it's as good as Risen 1, but not above it, let alone above Gothic.

 

[fantadomat]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

Oh yes dont trust it, remember everything published by beamdog was mysteriously added on the curator list just the day of dragonspear release. As if the guy in charge of curation was contacted for some marketing...If you want to know what's worth playing this year ask the local bar pillars , the consensus is likely DOS 2 and more surprisingly elex. Reviews of elex were absolutely shit on release, yet it seems many people who plays it really love it and rate it above gothic.

Is the guy in charge a jew?

 

[Jasede]

Who rates Elex above Gothic? I've seen people say it's as good as Risen 1, but not above it, let alone above Gothic.

I'd rate it just below Gothic, personally. So I go:

Gothic 2 == Gothic 1 > Elex > Risen 1 >> others

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Who rates Elex above Gothic? I've seen people say it's as good as Risen 1, but not above it, let alone above Gothic.

Apples and oranges. If you want a tighter narrative and denser overall experience, Gothic. If you want a huge open-world to explore with most of the Gothic Formula in tact, ELEX.

I would say ELEX is just as good as Gothic as an overall experience. It's sort of like Gothic 3 meets Risen 1, but if Gothic 3 was improved a lot.

 

[fantadomat]

I like ELEX more than the first Gothic,but i lack the nostalgic feeling that many codexers have for the game. It feels equal to Gothic 2 and Risen 1.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I like ELEX more than the first Gothic,but i lack the nostalgic feeling that many codexers have for the game. It feels equal to Gothic 2 and Risen 1.

I don't have any nostalgic attachment to any of them either, but I prefer Gothic 1 over Gothic 2 for the more unique and interesting setting and premise. Gothic 2 has more "stuff", and Risen 1 is close to Gothic 2 for me.

Regardless of rankings I'd say ELEX is about as must-play of an RPG out right now.

 

[Gimble]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

Oh yes dont trust it, remember everything published by beamdog was mysteriously added on the curator list just the day of dragonspear release. As if the guy in charge of curation was contacted for some marketing...If you want to know what's worth playing this year ask the local bar pillars , the consensus is likely DOS 2 and more surprisingly elex. Reviews of elex were absolutely shit on release, yet it seems many people who plays it really love it and rate it above gothic.

Who is in charge of it, though? Seems to me like the recommendations generally reflect the 'popular' consensus from each game's individual thread. I don't see Beamdog specific recommendations other than the enhanced edition of PS:Torment and BG (which btw is the only edition that can be bought these days).

 

[Lacrymas]

Infinitron is in charge of the curator.

 

[CptMace]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

Judging by the listing, besides Dragon Age Origins, it's actually full of incline. The point of a curator is to point people towards games worthy of attention. In this regard, rpgcodex has a very solid steam curator's list for a website with such traffic.
I mean, when the biggest complains are BG:EE and DAO, you know your list ain't that bad. Take a look at other "rpg-specialized" website's lists, that should help you reconsider your statement.

The codex already has a top50. It's there. It's official. It exists. Steam's curator is something else.

 

[Luckmann]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

Judging by the listing, besides Dragon Age Origins, it's actually full of incline. The point of a curator is to point people towards games worthy of attention. In this regard, rpgcodex has a very solid steam curator's list for a website with such traffic.
I mean, when the biggest complains are BG:EE and DAO, you know your list ain't that bad. Take a look at other "rpg-specialized" website's lists, that should help you reconsider your statement.

The codex already has a top50. It's there. It's official. It exists. Steam's curator is something else.

If you think that BG:EE and D:AO are the biggest issues when it comes to what the RPGCodex curator recommends, you're fucking delusional. That shit recommends both Siege of Dragonspear and Tides of Numenera, both which are complete and utter turds devoid of any semblance of even minute quality, and whose merits can likely be summed up in three sentences or less. There are others that are entirely debatable, such as Wasteland 2: Definitive Console edition, but some simply aren't; they're simply trash. DA:O was fucking fantastic by comparison.

 

[Gimble]

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

What would you recommend that is missed by the curator, and is better than the RPGs over the last 17 years?

 

[Luckmann]

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

What would you recommend that is missed by the curator, and is better than the RPGs over the last 17 years?

What would I recommend more than Tides of Numenera and Siege of Dragonspear?

Syphilis.

 

[CptMace]

What would you recommend that is missed by the curator, and is better than the RPGs over the last 17 years?

The curator didn't miss anything. You can trust the rpgcodex curator - given that you understand what the purpose of a steam curator is.
In this case, it gives you a narrowed list of rpgs - and from times to times games from other genres like TB tactical, strategy, roguelikes etc - from which you can find games that are likely to suit rpgcodex's typical tastes.
It's not a best of, it's not a top games, it's not a must buy. It's a quicker way to browse steam library.
An actually legit "rpg" filter, if you will. One that doesn't offer you to buy Fallout 4 or FIFA.

 

[Luckmann]

RPGCodex Steam curator recommendations for 2017 from this list: Elex, Vaporum, Divinity OS 2, Grimoire, Expeditions Viking, Torment TON.

The collective voting trend agrees with the official recommendations for the most part, with these games accounting for >80% of the votes.

Don't trust the RPGCodex curator. It recommends fucking anything.

Oh yes dont trust it, remember everything published by beamdog was mysteriously added on the curator list just the day of dragonspear release. As if the guy in charge of curation was contacted for some marketing...If you want to know what's worth playing this year ask the local bar pillars , the consensus is likely DOS 2 and more surprisingly elex. Reviews of elex were absolutely shit on release, yet it seems many people who plays it really love it and rate it above gothic.

I played Elex a lot before I said fuck it and uninstalled, but I'll probably get back to it at some point if it gets patched properly or maybe gets an expansion. Initially, I fucking hated the game, but it did grow on me and the game does a piss-poor job of explaining to you how you're supposed to approach it, leading to a lot of both deserved and misplaced frustration, especially early on, and actually restarting and playing it from scratch while knowing what to do and where to go helped a lot. I think it suffered from only being playtested by the same people over and over, instead of introducing people from outside the project for feedback.

Ultimately, I think it's a deeply flawed game in a number of very glaring ways, but I understand what some people see in it. If some things weren't such an utter travesty, I think it could've easily been one of the biggest releases this year, not just on the RPGCodex.

What would you recommend that is missed by the curator, and is better than the RPGs over the last 17 years?

The curator didn't miss anything. You can trust the rpgcodex curator - given that you understand what the purpose of a steam curator is.
In this case, it gives you a narrowed list of rpgs - and from times to times games from other genres like TB tactical, strategy, roguelikes etc - from which you can find games that are likely to suit rpgcodex's typical tastes.
It's not a best of, it's not a top games, it's not a must buy. It's a quicker way to browse steam library.
An actually legit "rpg" filter, if you will. One that doesn't offer you to buy Fallout 4 or FIFA.

Bullshit. If that thing recommends objective shit like Tides of Numanuma, there's no reason why it wouldn't recommend Fallout 4. You recommend shit, you should recommend good shit, otherwise it's not a recommendation. If that's not the intention, then the notes accompanying each recommendation should be rewritten.