[Poll] Troika

[Jason Liang]

Discuss!

I was teaching the end of the Cold War this week in US history class and thought of Troika when I got to perestroika.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Hard to decide because they're all very flawed in separate ways. ToEE is still the most faithful adaptation of D&D ever created, so I guess I'll give it to that.

 

[Shadenuat]

They're all the best.

 

[majorsoccer]

Any game where i can play as a black men

 

[Diggfinger]

Arcanum, no doubt. Bloodlines close 2nd. Never finished ToEE, or played it much (D&D = too many restrictions).

 

[Nano]

Bloodlines - Everything except the combat is good.
ToEE - Everything except the combat sucks.
Arcanum - Everything sucks but the concept is good.

The choice is obvious.

 

[Catacombs]

Any game where i can play as a black men

GTA: San Andreas

 

[Thonius]

Well let's see. I managed to finish Arcanum without patches as a kid. I got spooked by that house with ghost in bloodlines and stopped playing again as a kid. And ToEE had most boring start I ever saw and it always crushed my pc.
Arcanum it is. :^)

 

[Sranchammer]

Arcanum is the Skyrim of RPGs

 

[Brainlet2]

I had the most fun playing Arcanum

 

[LizardWizard]

They are all perfectly flawed in their own way. All better than any of the recent shit the codex gushes over

 

[fantadomat]

Arcanum is the Skyrim of RPGs

And you are the adopted one in your family.

 

[Jason Liang]

Well let's see. I managed to finish Arcanum without patches as a kid. I got spooked by that house with ghost in bloodlines and stopped playing again as a kid. And ToEE had most boring start I ever saw and it always crushed my pc.
Arcanum it is. :^)

better than Temple of Trials

bravo for finishing Arcanum though

 

[Jason Liang]

Bloodlines - Everything except the combat is good.
ToEE - Everything except the combat sucks.
Arcanum - Everything sucks but the concept is good.

The choice is obvious.

ToEE - the beginning part sucks
Arcanum - the middle part sucks
Bloodlines - the last part sucks

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

Arcanum is great. ToEE is very good. VtM:B is OK but incredibly overrated.

 

[Mexi]

VtM:B is their best game. I'll go with that.

 

[SionIV]

I'll go by this definition of flawed.

"having or containing one or more faults, mistakes, or weaknesses:"

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/flawed

In my opinion, Temple of Elemental Evil is the least flawed of those three games. It's also the worst (still good) of the three games. While both Bloodborne and Arcanum have many flaws, the strengths of those games makes up for the flaws, and then adds some. I find Arcanum to be the most flawed game, but at the same time, I find it to be the best game out of the three. I also consider Planescape Torment more flawed than Baldur's Gate, but it's still a better game. Planescape Torment has more weaknesses, but the strengths are far superior to those of Baldur's Gate.

 

[Jvegi]

The poll needs to allow multiple answers.

 

[Tavernking]

I have superior taste when it comes to RPGs and let me tell you that ToEE is the only Troika game I've ever been inspired to play

 

[Darth Canoli]

ToEE - the beginning part sucks
Arcanum - the middle part sucks
Bloodlines - the last part sucks

Arcanum > combat isn't very good
Bloodlines > combat sucks

So, there's that.

Still, the one i played the most is Arcanum so i'd be hypocritical if i didn't rank it first but the one i wish had a huge world and a new starting location is ToEE so i could play the hell out of it.

 

[BANANA CONDUCT]

Bloodlines is my baby

 

[Rinslin Merwind]

Since vote going for least flawed game and not the best game - my vote for ToEE. Although Arcanum still the best among them.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

They're all great, but how the fuck is Arcanum winning in this poll? Did y'all jackasses even read the prompt?

Spoiler

It's ToEE. Obviously it's ToEE. What even the fuck?

 

[PhantasmaNL]

Bloodlines story, world and characters with ToEE TB combat...

I would not mind 'a few' bugs.

 

[Rahdulan]

Probably Temple of Elemental Evil, but also most likely because it was the least ambitious one past having a phenomenal ruleset adaptation.