Incline RPG Codex's Top Non-RPG PC games - VOTE THREAD

[Tavernking]

Have fun counting up all these points, pointcounter.

5 points:
Half Life 2
Garry's Mod
Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018)
Insurgency (2014)
Medieval 2: Total War (including expansions)

3 points:
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Rome: Total War
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Dishonoured


1 point:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Crusader Kings 2
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Men of War: Assault Squad
Banished (2014)

Men of War (2004)
Counter-Strike: Source
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
HITMAN (2016)
Castle Crashers

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

felipepepe Apologies if this has been asked before, skimmed whole thread and didn't see it; how are we to interpret the whole "non-rpg" requirement? I didn't include Freedom Force in my list of 1 pointers because I reflexively just disqualified it as an rtwp tactical rpg, but it doesn't actually show up on the Codex top 101 rpg list? Should I edit my post to include it, even though it's almost certainly more of an RPG than something like Star Control II (great game though it is)? I'm not trying to start an endless shoutbox about "what is an rpg?", just trying to get some classification.

 

[Kessai]

5 points:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Metro 2033
Company of Heroes
Medieval 2: Total War
Freespace 2


3 Points:

Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Hearts of Iron 3
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Heroes of Might and Magic 3


1 Point:

Overlord
Star Wars: Jedi Outcast
Half-Life
Return of the Obra Dinn
Spec Ops: The Line
Spellforce 1
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
Unreal Tournament 1999
Dishonored
Doom 1993


Probably going to edit this stuff later.

 

[felipepepe]

felipepepe Apologies if this has been asked before, skimmed whole thread and didn't see it; how are we to interpret the whole "non-rpg" requirement? I didn't include Freedom Force in my list of 1 pointers because I reflexively just disqualified it as an rtwp tactical rpg, but it doesn't actually show up on the Codex top 101 rpg list? Should I edit my post to include it, even though it's almost certainly more of an RPG than something like Star Control II (great game though it is)? I'm not trying to start an endless shoutbox about "what is an rpg?", just trying to get some classification.

I think the options left out are mostly common sense. Freedom Force is definitely an RPG. It's sold as an RPG, Wikipedia calls it an RPG, the devs call it an RPG, it's on the RPG Codex and RPG Watch curator list... I mean, it's basically Icewind Dale with Super Heroes.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

felipepepe Apologies if this has been asked before, skimmed whole thread and didn't see it; how are we to interpret the whole "non-rpg" requirement? I didn't include Freedom Force in my list of 1 pointers because I reflexively just disqualified it as an rtwp tactical rpg, but it doesn't actually show up on the Codex top 101 rpg list? Should I edit my post to include it, even though it's almost certainly more of an RPG than something like Star Control II (great game though it is)? I'm not trying to start an endless shoutbox about "what is an rpg?", just trying to get some classification.

I think the options left out are mostly common sense. Freedom Force is definitely an RPG. It's sold as an RPG, Wikipedia calls it an RPG, the devs call it an RPG, it's on the RPG Codex and RPG Watch curator list... I mean, it's basically Icewind Dale with Super Heroes.

Well in that case I have to say it's utter bullshit that neither Freedom Force is on the Codex's top 101 list (but thanks for the clarification)!

 

[Pablosdog]

5 Points:
Thief Gold
Thief 2: The Metal Age
Doom
Descent 2
X-Com: Ufo Defense(uhh the 90s one)

3 Points:
Quake
System Shock
Masters of Orion 2
Syndicate
Blood

1 Point:
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Chaos Overlords
Silent Hill 2
Homeworld
Sins of a Solar Empire
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries
Simcity 2000
Sanitarium
Duke Nukem 3D
Alien Isolation

 

[Chimera]

5 POINTS:
Terraria
Disgaea 5
Age of Empires 2
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

3 POINTS:
Starbound
Batman: Arkham City
Risk of Rain
Dying Light
Portal Knights

1 POINT:
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Saints Row: The Third
Bioshock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
Half-Life 2
Borderlands 2
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Styx: Shards of Darkness
Stardew Valley
Beyond Good & Evil

 

[deuxhero]

5 points
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. - The gameplay is so solid, on multiple occasions I have immediately started a new game after finishing a playthrough. It's only one of two games game I can think of where I've done that that wasn't just a few hours long.
Dark Messiah: Might and Magic - The other game I've done it in. There's just something engaging about fun melee combat and using physics to throw enemies off ledges.
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Mount and Blade: Warband
Saints Row 2 - Even though the PC port is held together with duct tape and hope, the game still manages to be fun and capture what a GTA clone should be. A fun world where everything is visually distinct enough you can tell your location without pulling up the map, good humor, fun combat and (for the most part) great side missions. Eagerly awaiting the fixed version with mod support.

3 points:
Jedi Outcast - Outcast is below Academy because Outcast has too many obtuse mazes and gimmicks in levels that detract from the action and less flexibility in force power choice. Move it to five points if Dark Messiah is too RPG for people.
Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight with Mysteries of the Sith
STALKER: Call of Pripyat - Move to five points if M&B is too RPG.

 

[Country_Gravy]

Battle Bros.\

 

[Q]

5 points
Full Throttle
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Spec Ops: The Line
The Curse of Monkey Island
The Dig

3 points
Age of Empires II
Max Payne
SOMA
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Sub Culture

1 point
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Dune II
Freelancer
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Tales From The Borderlands
Thief: The Dark Project
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Unreal Tournament (1999)
Warlords III

 

[Binky]

5 Points: Alpha Centauri, Crusader Kings 2, Sid Meier's Colonization, SimCity 4, Caesar 3, Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

3 Points: Xenonauts, ThroneBreaker the Witcher Tales, BattleTech, Thea: The Awakening, The Walking Dead (a telltale games series), Space Empires IV, Lords of the Realm 2, King of the Dragon Pass

1 Point: Total War: Rome II, Lula: the Sexy Empire, Theme Hospital, Papers Please, Seven Kingdoms 2, Master of Magic

Only five games for 5 & 3 points each allowed, fellow Colonization fan. King of Dragon Pass is number 53 on the Codex 101 RPG list, so it doesn't count here.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

5 points
Crusader Kings 2
Europa Universalis IV
Victoria 2
Tropico IV
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

3 points
Darkest Dungeon
Battle Brothers
Spellforce 1
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 4

1 point
Sunless Sea
Sunless Skies
Mount & Blade
Spellforce 2
Spellforce 3
Spec Ops: The Line
Hearts of Iron III
Civilization IV
Borderlands 2
Grand Theft Auto V

 

[Jason Liang]

5 Points:
Sacrifice
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Warcraft 3

3 Points:
King of Dragon Pass
Total Overdose

1 Point:
Sengoku Rance
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
Primordia
Art of Magic

We counted both Sengoku Rance and King of Dragon Pass as rpgs in our top 101 for whatever dumb reason poll so they are both ineligible.

Can vote for Kichikuou Rance or Rance X if you like

 

[theLorry]

5 Points
Silent Hunter 3
Silent Service
688(I) Hunter/Killer
Aces of the Deep
Silent Hunter 4

3 Points
Sub Command
Silent Service 2
Cold Waters
Red Storm Rising
Silent Hunter 5

1 Point
Wolfpack
Depthcharge
GATO
Silent Hunter
Silent Hunter 5
uBoat
Dangerous Waters
SSN-21 Seawolf
688 Attack Sub
Tom Clancy's SSN

 

[Snorkack]

5 Points
Civiization 4
Master of Orion 2
Doom 2
Transport Tycoon (or more specifically, OpenTTD)
League of Legends (yea that's right. Fight me)

3 Points
Minecraft (Bring it, bitch)
Unreal Tournament 99
Dawn of War 1
Rocksmith 2014
Duck Game

1 Point
Warframe
Star Craft 1
FTL
The Incredible Machine
Shenzhen I/O
Anno 2070
Stardew Valley
Magic: The Gathering (the 1997 Microprose game)
Broforce

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Endless Summer

 

[Tom Baker's Arse]

5 Points :

Lord of the Rings Online
Any John Tiller Panzer Campaigns title
Any John Tiller Panzer Battles title
Any John Tiller Squad Battles title
Gary Grigsby's War In The West
Gary Grigsby's War In The East
Football Manager
Out of the Park Baseball

8 =/= 5

What in the name of my old arse does this mean ?

 

[Arvennios]

5 points:

1. Life is Strange
   
2. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series
   
3. Grand Theft Auto V
   
4. Age of Empires II
   
5. Yakuza Kiwami 2

3 points:

1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2. Age of Empires III
3. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
   
4. The Wolf Among Us
   
5. Bully

1 point:

1. Shadow Tactics : Blades of the Shogun
2. Commandos 2: Men of Courage
3. Pharaoh
4. Silent Hill 2
   
5. Heavy Rain
   
6. The Black Mirror
   
7. The Longest Journey
   
8. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
   
9. Assassin's Creed 1
   
10. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

 

[Lady_Error]

5 Points :

Lord of the Rings Online
Any John Tiller Panzer Campaigns title
Any John Tiller Panzer Battles title
Any John Tiller Squad Battles title
Gary Grigsby's War In The West
Gary Grigsby's War In The East
Football Manager
Out of the Park Baseball

8 =/= 5

What in the name of my old arse does this mean ?

8 is not 5. 5 is how many games you can choose for 5 points. You listed 8, grandpa.

 

[PekkaK]

5 points:

Civ 4 Complete
HOMM3 Complete
Civ 2
Master of Magic
BatMUD (not sure if this counts)

3 points:

Sim City 2000
Secret of Monkey Island 2
Colonization
Duke Nukem 3D
Doom (1993)

1 point:

Areena 3
Theme Park
Space Quest 4
UFO: Enemy Unknown
Sam & Max Hit The Road

Secret of Monkey Island
Worms
HOMM2
Dungeon Keeper
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

 

[Rostere]

5 points:
Thief
Thief 2
Hearts of Iron 2
Crusader Kings 2
Sacrifice

3 points:
Alpha Centauri
Silent Hill 2
King of Dragon Pass
Europa Universalis 4
Shadow of the Horned Rat

1 point:
Mechwarrior 4
Starcraft
Civilization 2
Blood
Unreal Tournament 99
Warlords 3: Darklords Rising
Europa Universalis 3
Half-Life
Deadly Premonition
Master of Magic

 

[alighieri]

5 Points
Half-Life
Thief 2
Warcraft 3
Tetris
Return to Castle Wolfenstein

3 Points
The Curse of Monkey Island
Duke Nukem 3D
Counter-Strike 1.6
Baba is you
Psychonauts

1 Point
Castle Crashers
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Castle in the Darkness
Dwarf Fortress
Puzzle Quest
Doom
Rogue Legacy
Wolfenstein 3D
The Secret of Monkey Island
Rune

 

[Wintermute]

5 points:
X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown)
X-Com: Terror from the Deep
Civilization 4
Master of Magic
Freedom Force

3 points:
Thief: The Dark Project
Master of Orion
Silent Storm
Tropico
No One Lives Forever

1 point:
Heroes of Might & Magic III
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Dungeon Keeper
Thief II: The Metal Age
Reach for the Stars
Alpha Centauri
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Planetfall
Grim Fandango

 

[Zariusz]

5 Points:
Crusader Kings 2
Kenshi ?? (is it counted as rpg or not? If it is rpg then place here EU IV from lower list)
Sunless Seas
Elite Dangerous
Minecraft

3 Points:
Europa Universalis IV
Starsector
Victoria 2
Darkwood
AM2R

1 Point:
Sunless Skies
DOOM 2016
Metro 2033
FTL
Tannenberg (yeah its simple but i have fun)
GTA San Andreas
Subnautica
Dishonored
Stalker Lost Alpha
Rayman 2

 

[Zerth]

5 points:

Heroes of Might and Magic III
Thief Gold
Severance Blade of darkness
The curse of Monkey Island
AoE 2 conquerors

3 points:

Psychonauts
Half life 2
Starcraft
Grand theft auto San Andreas
Sonic Mania

1 point:

Freelancer
Portal
Doom
Half life
Minecraft
Max Payne
Serious sam
Sekiro
Path of Exile
Grim fandango