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RPG of the year 2009

What is the best RPG of 2009?

  • Cute Knight Kingdom

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dragon Age: Origins

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • King's Bounty: Armored Princess

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Risen

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Torchlight

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Realms of Quest III

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Knights of the Chalice

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • NWN2: Mysteries of Westgate

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Drakensang: The Dark Eye

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hinterland: Orc Lords

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Borderlands

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Demigod

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Geneforge 5

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    0
  • Poll closed .

Malakal

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I voted DA. But only because I don't like fpp rpgs, torchlight is mediocre at best, drakensang was HORRIBLE and I didn't play any others. So, any of those games worth checking?
 
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Lesifoere said:
Yikes, why are all the choices horrible? (Except maybe for Armored Princess, but that's not yet out, so I don't know.) Can't we just vote kingcomrade?

Oh, there's DivII: Ego Draconis, but I guess that hasn't been officially released in English yet.

Knights of the Chalice? Horrible?

And Realms of Quest III was a breakthrough for the old Vic-20. Best RPG ever to grace its circuitry.
 
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Emotional Vampire said:
Jim Cojones said:
Zeus said:
More Dragon Age: Origins than Knights of the Chalice?

Really?

Codex, you surprise me. :?

SPOILER: RPGs are not about combat.

Shocking huh? You're welcome to cover your ears and go back to "roleplaying" Wizardry.

Go and read a 'Choose your own adventure' you faggot. Combat is definately what RPG's have been about since their inception. Not running about thinking you are an elf whore romancing an orc barbarian, even more so in a single player RPG on a computer!

At the end of the day, in spite of all the rhetoric, most of the people around these forums just like graphics, elf/insert species tits, and really getting into the 'story'. Next Gen Codex for RPG of the year!

Edit: My apologies; Choose your own adventure books actually have multiple consequences for your choices. It may be too much for you in comparison to the current crop of AAA CRPG's and their 'choices'.
 

ricolikesrice

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Blackadder said:
At the end of the day, in spite of all the rhetoric, most of the people around these forums just like graphics, elf/insert species tits, and really getting into the 'story'. Next Gen Codex for RPG of the year!

definitly, just look at the winner of 2007 and 2008. jackshit in terms of RPG elements, utter shit for combat, but hey: the story/atmosphere is amazing so its all okay. :roll:
 

1eyedking

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I'm really fucking sad I can't play KotC since there is no torrent. I played the demo, liked it, went for the usual suspects to get the extended version and couldn't find it. I still can't.

There's no way I'm going to pay for shit online (I'm hardcore just like that), and no boxed copy version that I know of.

:(
 
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1eyedking said:
I'm really fucking sad I can't play KotC since there is no torrent. I played the demo, liked it, went for the usual suspects to get the extended version and couldn't find it. I still can't.

There's no way I'm going to pay for shit online (I'm hardcore just like that), and no boxed copy version that I know of.

:(

I would hate to be such a poor chav. Don't worry, you will see some money one day if you work hard enough.

If you ever do see some money, let me assure you that the game has no copy protection so you can burn it onto a CD and keep it for all eternity. Hopefully more games will be produced like it in the future instead of the usual rubbish! Imagine that! What a wonderful World it could be!

So bear that in mind once you get a job and can afford things like games in the future.
 

Grunker

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1eyedking said:
Jaime Lannister said:
2008 winners:

1. The Witcher: EE
2, NWN2: SoZ
3. King's Bounty: The Legend

(or 1. SoZ, 2. KB:TL, 3. FO3 if you don't consider TW:EE a separate game)
2008 was a sad year indeed.

You can say that again. Damn.

Anyway, King Arthur isn't out yet, but I guess it probably won't win roleplaying game of the year.

Whatever, voted for Dragon Age. Don't think this has ever happened before, but EV took the words right out of my mouth:

Emovamp said:
SPOILER: RPGs are not about combat.

Shocking huh? You're welcome to cover your ears and go back to "roleplaying" Wizardry.
 

1eyedking

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Blackadder said:
I would hate to be such a poor chav. Don't worry, you will see some money one day if you work hard enough.

If you ever do see some money, let me assure you that the game has no copy protection so you can burn it onto a CD and keep it for all eternity. Hopefully more games will be produced like it in the future instead of the usual rubbish! Imagine that! What a wonderful World it could be!

So bear that in mind once you get a job and can afford things like games in the future.
I can easily afford the game. It's just the fact that I don't like paying for shit online with my credit card.
 
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Blackadder said:
At the end of the day, in spite of all the rhetoric, most of the people around these forums just like graphics, elf/insert species tits, and really getting into the 'story'.

Well I like to have quests I can solve in many ways depending on how I built my character.

But tell me more about why Diablo 2 is best RPG ever made.
 

aboyd

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You know, if it really bugs Codex natives that DA is winning, it might be slightly comforting to note that the poll is almost self-selecting for DA. By that I mean, when presented with a list of stuff to vote for, people vote for the familiar, so popular shit remains popular shit. But just because McDonald's sells the most doesn't mean it's the best.

If we had a poll where we rated the quality of the games on a 5-star basis, it's possible that KotC would get a dozen 4 or 5 star ratings, which might handily trounce DA's 200 3 star ratings.

The poll as it currently stands allows a majority of people who are only familiar with a game that is "pretty OK" to overrun a minority of people who have experienced a game that is amazing.

So take heart. The disappointing results here may simply be a flaw of the poll itself.
 

Norfleet

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Well, you have to consider that putting it to a POLL is pretty much the same thing as the market. Obviously, the true quality of something cannot be decided by democracy alone. After all, democracy reelected Bush. This alone should demonstrate the inherent flaws of democracy as a means of selecting for quality. One might question the legitimacy of the first time, and he lost the popular vote in any event, but the second time?
 

Bluebottle

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Dragon Age, both on its own merits, and because the notion that someone might like it causes simpletons to have kittens, which is enjoyable in itself.

It has been a slow year couple of years.
 

Reject_666_6

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What the fuck's wrong with you faggots? Mysteries of Westgate is leagues ahead of that gay elf porn simulator known as Dragon Age.

Also, tradition dictates that a NWN must take second place.
 

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