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What do you think about AoD?

Rate AoD

  • Good

    Votes: 123 58.3%
  • Bad

    Votes: 10 4.7%
  • Meh

    Votes: 78 37.0%

  • Total voters
    211

Tycn

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Seriously though, I think it's a viable candidate. I can't find anything significant to fault; the game almost seems to be built with my, and perhaps even the Codex's conception of the perfect RPG in mind. The combat is not horrid like in Arcanum or a significant detractor from the text bits like Torment and C&C and character building feels more expansive than Fallout. The writing itself seems as competent as any game and more than enough to tie everything together as a compelling experience. The low fantasy, post-apoc pseudo-Roman setting seems ideal as well - allows lore as a gameplay mechanic, conducive to all sorts of depravity and political maneuverings, should allow sensible loot mechanics without ruling out the occasional warranted piece of epic shit. Of course the main strength I think is the choices, which to me felt like a natural and consequential component rather than a superfluous tacked on mechanic more so than any other game, above included.
 

Grunker

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Seriously though, I think it's a viable candidate. I can't find anything significant to fault; the game almost seems to be built with my, and perhaps even the Codex's conception of the perfect RPG in mind.

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Infinitron

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Codex Year of the Donut Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
He's right in a way, though. AoD seems like it should be the perfect Codexian RPG - on paper.
 

Surf Solar

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How can there be a perfect codexian RPG when we have threads of "what is an rpg" with so many different opinions all the time¿
 

Tycn

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Turn based combat, plenty of C&C, verisimilitude and good writing. Possibly rape but definitely tits. I was under the impression these were more or less universally accepted criteria.

I wasn't trying to suggest that the game is perfect either.
 

Esquilax

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How can there be a perfect codexian RPG when we have threads of "what is an rpg" with so many different opinions all the time¿

Good question. Hey guys, but seriously, what is an RPG? I'm sure we can reach a consensus this time, I'm feeling really optimistic!
 

Norfleet

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Wait, this game actually exists? It's not just the Codex's favorite vaporware? Because I've been hearing this for years, and figured it was just the Codexian version of Duke Nukem Forever.

Of course, they actrually did finally bother to make it, and it turned out to suck, so if this is what happened, then it really is the Codexian DNF.
 

Lonely Vazdru

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Well, I couldn't include every good RPG, the name is long enough as it is. I had to pick the best, and as much as I love the M&M series...

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Darth Roxor

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I guess it's better than Risen 2 so that has to account for something :troll:
 

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