KickStarter what is your personal 2015 RPG GOTY(roleplaying game game of the year) ?

[Abu Antar]

Apotheon.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Apotheon.

Apotheon is a heroic action game. Thread is about cRPGs, if that wasn't clear.

 

[Abu Antar]

Apotheon.

Apotheon is a heroic action game. Thread is about cRPGs, if that wasn't clear.

It was very clear.

 

[Lhynn]

Apotheon.

Apotheon is a heroic action game. Thread is about cRPGs, if that wasn't clear.

What happened? can you direct me to the thread?

 

[Irenaeus II]

So you voted on a non-cRPG on porpuse. Naughty boy.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Apotheon.

Apotheon is a heroic action game. Thread is about cRPGs, if that wasn't clear.

What happened? can you direct me to the thread?

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/darkunderlord-brofist-envy-of-irenaeus-ii.106200/

Please vote.

 

[Doktor Best]

Im gonna have to be honest here: Witcher 3.

I simply had fucking fun with it. It had a great story (to me) great characters, interesting shit happened. I adored the graphics, i kinda liked the combat system, i was very impressed with the amount of choice and consequence, and the attention to detail in the gameworld, gwent was cool. I dont give a fuck if its an rpg light, its more of an rpg than it is an action game if you ask me. I fucking loved the game. It maybe didnt have the strongest rpg elements or did anything groundshaking to the genre, but i dont care since i was entertained, and this is what games should be about.

The two other big contestants, Underrail and AOD, will have to wait until February. I simply have too much shit to do in rl right now and i dont want to spoil the fun of my first playthrough with these babys by constantly having a guilty conscience in the back of my head that urges me to do the stuff i should be doing. Same goes for SITS. Witcher 3 simply had a better timing with its release.


There were other great rpgs this year though: Wasteland 2 DC (which was a BLAST) Shadowrun Hong Kong (good game, although not as good as Dragonfall) POE (good game despite its flaws)


This truly was a great year for rpgs, i hope 2016 will continue the trend.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Twitcher 3 sucks, unfortunately. Not that I ever played it or would ever.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Apotheon.

I had a lot of fun with Apotheon: it has competent action-based combat, a sprinkling of character progression and inventory, excellent art design in the style of classical Greek vase painting, and fun level design with a few twists to keep things fresh. Not close to being an RPG, though.

 

[Polanski]

Does this poll actually have any say in what becomes the official Codex rpg of the year?
Because if so, it is very exiting. I expect a lot of fanrage and flaming

 

[Irenaeus II]

Does this poll actually have any say in what becomes the official Codex rpg of the year?

Oh yeas, it's very official.

Not really, kid.

 

[Polanski]

Does this poll actually have any say in what becomes the official Codex rpg of the year?

Oh yeas, it's very official.

Not really, kid.

I will tone down my expectations for fanrage accordingly.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

AoD.

Underrail shouldn't even be on the list, as it isn't an RPG.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Underrail shouldn't even be on the list, as it isn't an RPG.

That's a new one. Why is that?

 

[veevoir]

AoD.

Underrail shouldn't even be on the list, as it isn't an RPG.

Shots fired

Sure it is weak in story and C&C department, but it isn't just a turn-based tactics game. Though that's what it primarily is.

 

[Eyestabber]

The more I play Underrail the less highly I think of it. There's a huge amount of wasted time. A perfect example is the Kill the Beast quest in the Foundry. Without meta-knowledge, you're looking an upwards of thirty, if not more, cell transitions. Twenty with meta-knowledge. And this is all made worse by the fact that most cells are empty, without any combat opportunities, and some take a good twenty or thirty seconds to pass through. In the end, you will probably spend 10-15 minutes watching loading screens and your character walk through empty cells, and maybe 8-10 minutes actually playing the game (if you kill shit slowly). This is one of the worst cases since the quest involves very little combat, but clearing out a Burrower nest for the fourth time isn't much different from wasting your time traversing the map, if anything it's worse. Underrail could have been so much better with fewer cells and enemies.

Sorry if you read that already, but...

I use Cheat Engine's 1.5x speedhack as default (exploration/combat) and 5x for navigating through safe areas. I operate the speedhack thingie with my mouse's thumb buttons (macros FTW!). Setting that up improved my Underrail experience by about 500%.

It's quite telling that you can increase the game's speed by no less than 50% and it doesn't look like everyone is running on crack. I feel like the default speed is some kind of elaborate troll.

I wholeheartedly recommend this solution to people who got annoyed with the many MANY ways Underrail wastes your time. The backtracking, the box opening progress bar, the trap disarming progress bar...everything is less painful when it wastes half a second instead of ten, IMO.

That and the font solution (check my sig) = 80% of the complaints ITT are solved. As for the KOOL-DOWNS, well...uninstalling Underrail AND Divinity: Original Sin solves all your CD-related grievances.

Spoiler

Srsly tho, If CDs annoy you THAT much, try playing a burst fire AR or SMG build with no stealth. Burst fire has no CD so the only CD you'll be dealing with will be medkit + grenade

I voted for AoD, tho. The C&C and reactivity are simply the best I've ever seen in any game I played + the ruleset/system is absolutely beautiful.

AoD.

Underrail shouldn't even be on the list, as it isn't an RPG.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

it isn't just a turn-based tactics game.

You're right, it's not. It's a turn-based tactics game and a exploration crawling simulator.

 

[Roqua]

Honestly, it would have been AoD, but Underrail is good enough to tie. If I had to pick one I would pick AoD since it removed a lot of crpg tropes and tried something new. I think Underrail, surprisingly, had a very similar story approach (I loved the emails in the building complex in the deep caverns). Underrail embraced the crpg tropes that I usually dislike but they did it extremely well. I also liked the feat and ability choice every even level and taking stats in a special like system over 10. I also liked the camera and fixed perspective of Underrail far more than stupid gay rotating cameras. But, if I can't have a tie I would pick AoD as it is a fantastic game with pretty good combat especially for a single character game that removed a ton of crpg tropes and really tried something new and did it beautifully.

 

[Irenaeus II]

it isn't just a turn-based tactics game.

You're right, it's not. It's a turn-based tactics game and a exploration crawling simulator.

I don't remember writing that. These new tags have really affected my mind.

 

[Ellef]

Underrail shouldn't even be on the list, as it isn't an RPG.

That's a new one. Why is that?

This kid got lost in a few caves and almost deleted his save because of it. Has held a grudge ever since.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Draw a map, bros. Don't get lost.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Underrail shouldn't even be on the list, as it isn't an RPG.

That's a new one. Why is that?

This kid got lost in a few caves and almost deleted his save because of it. Has held a grudge ever since.

This kid lost an argument with me, and has been making shit up that I wanted to deleted my save ever since.

 

[Irenaeus II]

You still haven't explained why Underrail is not a RPG. Turn-based tactics game and a exploration crawling simulator are called cRPGs, as far as I know.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Underrail.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

You still haven't explained why Underrail is not a RPG. Turn-based tactics game and a exploration crawling simulator are called cRPGs, as far as I know.

So Far Cry 3 and X-com are RPGs?