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    Community RPG Codex Top 55 JRPGs

    I had already finished IV, VII and X when started I (and XIII). Was trying to play one from each generation. Picking up the stragglers (VI, IX and XII) now. Just some hours ago was playing Sabin’s and Cyans’ Haunted Train sequence.
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    Community RPG Codex Top 55 JRPGs

    I really like Final Fantasy XIII. It could have something to do with finishing it just after Final Fantasy I (from 57 hours of grind combat to 1 zillion hours of cutscenes). The worst jRPG ever? I’m not sure. The combat is polished and fun, at least.
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    Now that the dust has settled, what is an RPG ?

    I remembered this debate today while finishing "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night". Amusingly, by the end, you enter a room with 6 or 7 monsters that are the first boss you faced in the game. You need probably 30 or 40 blows to kill it the first time; by the end, 2 blows would do the work. Six...
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    Ultima The Ultima Series Discussion Thread

    I finally started trying to fulfill my personal vintage list. I chose to start with Ultima IV, but I'll probably weekly mix that with, I don't know, Wizardry I or Dungeon Master (a more combat-oriented game) — or maybe the three at the same time (a couple of hours by week). Fell free to say...
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    Community RPG Codex Top Ten Vintage RPGs Poll Results

    I'll talk about the place I'm 1% allowed to talk to, even tough I'm an apprentice, Brazil. Funnily enough, we don't have an official regulatory body. We have a multilateral treaty in which all the lusophone countries (even observers from Galicia) tried to "cut fat": everyone abandoned their...
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    Heroes of Might & Magic III 20th anniversary

    Worth playing on 2022 without, yet (I will fix it in the more or less near future), finishing any Might and Magic prior to it? Played the most typical RTS and Grand Strategies, some 4Xs, but am not that familiar with turn-based strategy (played some Fantasy General, to be allowed to use my...
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    Community RPG Codex Top Ten Vintage RPGs Poll Results

    Geez, I've come here to see a prestigious discussion about "RPG Codex Top Ten Vintage RPGs Poll Results", not to debate philosophy of language, well... Firstly, I am addressing your post specifically because I considered you cordial and respectful when portraying your opinion. Maybe something...
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    Grand Strategy Crusader Kings III

    I tend to disregard artificial difficulty (I am looking at you, EU4's Very Hard modifiers), but handicap can sometimes be not that bad (Lucky Nations modifiers, for example). Expecting they won't, in the near future, add meaningful mechanics, they could, at least, add a hard mode which saves...
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    Playing Two Worlds 2 for the first time

    For some strange reason, a sealed “PS Move Bundle” copy I bought ten years ago had “Two Worlds II” instead of “EyePet”. I stopped playing after 5 minutes when I discovered I could not create a red haired avatar.
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    Do you still own and use a CRT monitor?

    I'm a neophyte when setting old games (even new ones) to run smoothly. I've recently learned to execute games on DOSBox, but I still don't know how to configure the program. When I played "Ultima VII", the graphics were not that great. Would you recommend a CRT monitor? Probably I can get...
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    The Codex’s Best Computer RPGs (pre-Diablo)

    Considering curatorship is everything, maybe it would be nice to highlight (maybe a separate thread, maybe a separate graphic) the results only considering "Ring of Prestigious Gentlemen" votes (and/or "invited" voters — there is apparently an intersection). I'm not saying that the hive is...
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    Now that the dust has settled, what is an RPG ?

    Progression. There are probably hundreds of counterexamples, so this is not a definition, it is more like a test, a tool, my personal guidance. If your level 1 party (does not need to be level strictly, any system that simulate the idea) faces a level 30 mob, it has to be instantly wiped...
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    Gothic play Gothic 1 first or go straight to 2?

    I've read the thread. Nevertheless, even tough the subgenre does not seem to appeal to me (I can't explain exactly why), I will try to finish one (just one) of the games to see what is it all about. I'm not saying it is impossible that I like the specific game and decide to play a lot of them...
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    Anime CRPG Book - Call for reviews

    I don’t believe a physical add-on would be interesting either; yet I find it compelling someone could highlight all the changes from previous edition: maybe a document just listing what changed and referencing the pages (new games, new texts for old games, new sections, changes in sections and...

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