Rpgs with bad Reputation in Codex that you liked ? Poll

[Shaewaroz]

Play the original Jagged Alliance instead - it's a masterpiece no matter how you look at it. Most people here prefer JA2, but JA1 offers a very different experience to the player and shouldn't be overlooked by any fan of tactics games.

 

[Dr Skeleton]

The codex hates Diablo 2? Since when?

Diablo 2 is not hated but have questionable reputation,i see alot of people here saying this game is a major decline from diablo 1 and is boring to play solo.

In many ways it was a decline but it's still a good game. Hardcore D2 solo/LAN is very fun.

VtM: Redemption was alright.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

D2 was great when it came to griefing and social engineering items out of people.

 

[Tweed]

Like might be a strong word for some of my votes, more like a soft spot. I really did enjoy Dungeon Siege though, I was probably the only person on earth that actually liked the automated combat system, great co-op too. I also though the Yesterhaven add-on was pretty neat.

 

[Martyr]

20 votes?? I was just halfway through and ran out of votes.

 

[Reinhardt]

Easy poll. Pool of Radiance of course.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/guilty-pleasure-rpgs.123195/

 

[Haplo]

Quite many games I liked.
Some are missing, like MM X Legacy.

I have particularly fond memories of:
NWN, NWN2
PoE
HoMM V

Gothic 3 was an impressive game in scope and an interesting open world effort.

Also Witcher 2 on the list? WTF?

 

[Piotrovitz]

PoE.

The amount of shit being thrown at this game here is baffling.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Haven't played Tides of Numanuma yet but maybe that one should go into the poll?

 

[Piotrovitz]

EDIT: Also, HOMM4 gets plenty of love.

Rly? I've always thought everyone everywhere was shitting on 4 and constantly circle-jerking on 3.

 

[taxalot]

I like how you didn't put Shroud of the Avatar in the poll.

 

[Haplo]

EDIT: Also, HOMM4 gets plenty of love.

Rly? I've always thought everyone everywhere was shitting on 4 and constantly circle-jerking on 3.

True.
But I consider No. V to be the true undervalued gem.
People just kinda ignore it, while it has awesome mechanics I absolutely love. Continuous action queue with varied action speed (further modified by spells, effects). Deep faction and hero customization: heroes from each factions are different (stat and racial ability wise) and get powerful unique faction-abilities.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Which one was 4? Is that the one with the 6 different mini-campaigns, one for each alignment?

Aren't you referring to Heroes Chronicles ?
I played one campaign, it was so easy it's an insult to the series, made me come back to HoMM II to play a campaign, felt so good to be close to lose and to have to retreat, let the AI fight each other and come back to wipe out the survivors.

 

[pomenitul]

As long as you've got the expansion installed, Diablo 3 is actually kind of alright.

 

[Mortmal]

Poll is useless and retarded as fuck, so it likely will be sticky ,good job OP.

 

[Cael]

Which one was 4? Is that the one with the 6 different mini-campaigns, one for each alignment?

Aren't you referring to Heroes Chronicles ?
I played one campaign, it was so easy it's an insult to the series, made me come back to HoMM II to play a campaign, felt so good to be close to lose and to have to retreat, let the AI fight each other and come back to wipe out the survivors.

Not sure. There was one HoMM that has 6 different campaigns, and the expansion is 6 mixed alignment campaigns. One of the more memorable campaigns was the Emilia Nighthaven campaign (the blue Order campaign). The genie's voice actor did a good job with that one, and the way the story was told was pretty good. IIRC, the orange Chaos campaign was a pirate campaign, the purple Life was the easy intro campaign, red Barbarian/Mongol campaign, green Life was a elf boy campaign.

 

[Storyfag]

Which one was 4? Is that the one with the 6 different mini-campaigns, one for each alignment?

Aren't you referring to Heroes Chronicles ?
I played one campaign, it was so easy it's an insult to the series, made me come back to HoMM II to play a campaign, felt so good to be close to lose and to have to retreat, let the AI fight each other and come back to wipe out the survivors.

Not sure. There was one HoMM that has 6 different campaigns, and the expansion is 6 mixed alignment campaigns. One of the more memorable campaigns was the Emilia Nighthaven campaign (the blue Order campaign). The genie's voice actor did a good job with that one, and the way the story was told was pretty good. IIRC, the orange Chaos campaign was a pirate campaign, the purple Life was the easy intro campaign, red Barbarian/Mongol campaign, green Life was a elf boy campaign.

Yeah that's HoMM 4.

 

[Cael]

Which one was 4? Is that the one with the 6 different mini-campaigns, one for each alignment?

Aren't you referring to Heroes Chronicles ?
I played one campaign, it was so easy it's an insult to the series, made me come back to HoMM II to play a campaign, felt so good to be close to lose and to have to retreat, let the AI fight each other and come back to wipe out the survivors.

Not sure. There was one HoMM that has 6 different campaigns, and the expansion is 6 mixed alignment campaigns. One of the more memorable campaigns was the Emilia Nighthaven campaign (the blue Order campaign). The genie's voice actor did a good job with that one, and the way the story was told was pretty good. IIRC, the orange Chaos campaign was a pirate campaign, the purple Life was the easy intro campaign, red Barbarian/Mongol campaign, green Life was a elf boy campaign.

Yeah that's HoMM 4.

I liked that game. I had problems with 5 and its focus on the Griffin Empire and err... "upgraded" graphics.

 

[Haplo]

Eh, sure, the graphics are.. err.. an acquired taste. They work for me.
As for the Griffin Empire, well, there are campaigns for various factions. I really liked the Sylvan one for example. Dungeon and Inferno were pretty nice also.

Plus the standalone expansions are pretty cool as well. The Tribes of the East with the Orc campaign was possibly my favorite one. Each new faction adds new unique mechanics and the Bloodrage was quite awesome.

 

[Okagron]

I enjoyed the first two Grandia games quite a bit.

 

[Serus]

The list is... meh. Some or those games don't have "bad" reputation as much as I can tell. You could perhaps say that they lack any distinct reputation at all. AKA they're mostly obscure, known by a few codexers only. Battlespire, Betrayal in Antara... they are rarely mentioned but on the rare occasions when they are, I don't see any overwhelming negativity. I'd be happy to be proven wrong though.
Additionally most JRPGs have a "bad reputation" on the Codex because the whole genre has a bad reputation here as far as I can tell. Which means that naming just a few random titles makes little sense.
And finally, a few of those games aren't CRPGs. And yes, it can be said even without going into "what's an rpg" shitfest. I mean, King's Quest 8, seriously?

 

[Mightmagic]

I have liked as rpg game:
Ishar 1, Stonekeep (not in the list but stonekeep is not liked by codex), NWN 2 original campaign (the true BG3), M&M X (a very good sequel to M&M 3 to 5), eschalon book 2 (good rpg), the witcher 2, pillars of eternity.

I have liked as hack'n slash game:
Darkstone, Dungeon siege 1, sacred.

I haven't like Diablo 2 (bad game versus diablo 1 and it's not RPG), Lands of lore 2 (I don't understand why it's not in the list), Might&magic 9 (one of the worst rpg with M&M 6 and 8 in Might&magic series), NWN original campaign (very boring)

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Realms of Arkania HD is not in the poll.

 

[Radech]

Kingdoms Conmrades

I assume it was a combined Kingdom Come/King Comrade option - why so few votes?

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