Incline What's your favorite cRPGs that aren't in the top 101 list?

[rusty_shackleford]

top 101 list:
https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=11193
game must have released before the date the list published

 

[sebas]

Dragon Quest XI
Septera Core
Nox
Rage of Mages 2

 

[Darth Canoli]

Just going through that Topito list makes me sick.

If you wanted to make a name's dropping list with a bit of everything, RPG or not, shilled garbage along with actual good RPG, you couldn't have done it better.

What a fucking disgrace...

 

[Ysaye]

A couple that didn't make that list but that I feel that others would probably agree should probably be in over about 20 others:

• Lands of Lore - I know that this is basically a dungeon master clone (Dungeon Master was a Top 100) with nothing particularly innovative, but for me it was the pinnacle of that kind of real time blobber, and a polished effort (even if the last dungeon was a touch too long). Lands of Lore 2 was not bad either.
• Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession - The graphics have aged a bit, and there isn't tactical grid based combat like other D&D games but in playing it again recently it really has a lot going for it. I would rather play this than Bioware's Neverwinter Nights 1 or 2 and maybe even Temple of Elemental Evil; one of the better D&D implementations. You could probably also make a case for the sequel as well.

There are others (Wizardry V, Wizardry IV, Magic Candle etc.) that for mine trump some of those in the Top 101, but that I feel I would have a lot less support.

 

[belated]

Agree with Lands of Lore. Was a solid game, for the most part.
Maybe Thunderscape as well (despite the horrendous map viewer), though that's more borderline.

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

• Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession - The graphics have aged a bit, and there isn't tactical grid based combat like other D&D games but in playing it again recently it really has a lot going for it. I would rather play this than Bioware's Neverwinter Nights 1 or 2 and maybe even Temple of Elemental Evil; one of the better D&D implementations. You could probably also make a case for the sequel as well.

Gothic/Horror themed RPGs are sadly in rather short supply.

 

[Tihskael]

Shkyrim.

 

[Jonnaz]

Legend of Grimrock 2

 

[Moaning_Clock]

LoG, LoG2, Dungeon Rats, Theseus: JtA.
Arktwend was pretty cool as far as I remember.

So, LoG it is.

 

[whydoibother]

If you have the top 100 in a text list, so I can ctrl+f check my picks, I'd give you a better answer.
As it is now, I imagine Jade Empire and Banner Saga aren't on that list, and I liked playing them, so those. Paradise Cracked, maybe, though that could be just because its one of the few games translated to Bulgarian when I was young enough for that to matter.

Edit: Checked, none are in the top 10. Paradise Cracked didn't get even a single vote! So they are my hipster picks.

 

[octavius]

Chaos Strikes Back
Disciples of Steel
Nahlakh
Natuk
Evil Islands

 

[Nano]

Oblivion.

Oh, wait.

 

[Comte]

Elden Ring

 

[Moaning_Clock]

If you have the top 100 in a text list

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aJ9SdqrDHU13PfLD2mwCeFhw6RoX_iMa8ZshNdZxEz4/

 

[oldmanpaco]

Starflight

 

[Butter]

 

[Beans00]

Siege of avalon for the writing
dungeon rats I guess people include it with aod
DX: mankind divided was good, no idea why it isn't on there

Probably more I'm forgetting. I know some people dislike might/magic 8 but it's def better then some of the trash on that list lol.


The list is generally fairly bad, and I'm not just bitching about morrowind for once. Witcher 3 being #15 is ultra retard tier. Lots of other weird games above better games.
Then there's prey. I only played it for a few hours and didn't care for it but if people enjoy it I get it. How exactly is this game an RPG though? If this is on here there's no reason system shock 1 shouldn't be considered.

 

[whydoibother]

DX: mankind divided was good, no idea why it isn't on there

Probably not many people even tried it, after Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The trailers and gameplay footage make it look like its exactly the same mechanically and in its depth, and also it was quickly reveled to have released unfinished, and the true ending DLC to have been cancelled.
Also AUGMENT YOUR PREORDER WALLMART SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE etc

 

[octavius]

Damned, I was sure games like Nox, LoL, Magic Candle, Uukrul, CoAB and MM3 would have been among the top 101.

 

[buffalo bill]

Infra Arcana
ADOM
DoomRL (which, so far as I can tell, is not even on the full list of 221 games voted on! SHAMEFUL CODEX!!)

 

[OSK]

The entire Exile/Avernum series.

 

[Eisen]

DX: mankind divided was good, no idea why it isn't on there

Better than HR? Haven't tried MD yet

 

[Beans00]

DX: mankind divided was good, no idea why it isn't on there

Better than HR? Haven't tried MD yet

I liked HR more but MD is almost as good.



Also I forgot about NOX which a poster above mentioned, easily one of the best diablo clones. Maybe more fun then diablo.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Rogue
The Faery Tale Adventure
Chaos Strikes Back
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Champions of Krynn
Death Knights of Krynn
Black Crypt
Perihelion
Demon's Souls
Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock II

 

[Tavernking]

I've been on this forum 5 years and I still don't know exactly what a crpg is