Favorite RPG from each decade?

[samuraigaiden]

What's your favorite RPG from each decade of gaming (80s, 90s, 00s, 10s)? And what if anything from the current decade deserves to be mentioned alongside those?

 

[Butter]

The Dark Heart of Uukrul
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Deus Ex
Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

Knights of the Chalice 2 is probably the best RPG of the 20s so far. The strength of future modules will determine if it belongs in that esteemed company.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Don't forget the 1970s. Those are some goldie oldies.

 

[Darth Canoli]

80s: Dragon Wars
90s: Isles of Terra (Dark Sun: Shattered Lands close second)
00s: Wizardry 8
10s: Dungeon Rats
20s: Knights of the Chalice 2

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

90s: Suikoden 2
2000s: Mount & Blade or Pokemon Sapphire
2010s: Tough call. I have half a dozen favorites. I'd probably say The Banner Saga 1 and Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2.

Something to say about the current decade, as in the 2020s? Nothing new has come out that appeals to me yet. 2023 is shaping up to have some interesting titles. The spiritual successor to Suikoden and FF16 come out next year. We'll see if they're good. Hopefully Warhorse and Stoic announce new games soon.

 

[octavius]

Chaos Strikes Back
Ultima Underworld
Icewind Dale
I'm tempted to say OpenXcom for the 2010s.

 

[Maxie]

the 90s - The Witcher 1
the 00s - The Witcer 2
the 10s - The Witcer 3
The 20s - The Witcher 3 but on nintendo switch

 

[Angelo85]

This is more a "most memorable" instead of favorite (because there's just too many!):

90s: RoA 3: Shadows over Riva
00s: Baldur's Gate 2
10s: UnderRail
20s: Pathfindder: WotR

 

[Mazisky]

90s - Baldur's Gate 1
00s - Diablo 2
10s- Witcher 3 - Pillars 1

All opinions are based on playing them at release period

 

[bandersnatch]

Just 1 from each decade?! wtf, that's way too hard given so many greats, but just this second I may as well say,

80s: Might and Magic II
90s: Might and Magic VI
00s: Might and Magic II
10s: Wizardry I
20s: ???
My aging mind to wants gravitate back towards simpler times now with rpgs.

 

[Funposter]

90s: Fallout
00s: Morrowind
10s: Kingdom Come
20s: Elden Ring? idk lol

 

[Nano]

80s: Too young to find any of these tolerable.
90s: System Shock 2 might or might not be an RPG, but I'm gonna say it is to make this easier.
00s: Deus Ex.
10s: Alpha Protocol. Unique setting for RPGs and unparalleled C&C. Combatfags need not apply.
20s: Fallout in real life?

 

[curds]

80s: Pool of Radiance
90s: Planescape: Torment
00s: Gothic II: Night of the Raven
10s: Dark Souls

Have not yet played any RPG from the 20s worthy of being called a favourite.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Dungeon Master
Death Knights of Krynn
Morrowind
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

 

[Tweed]

Wasteland
Darklands
Gothic
Underrail
Archolos

 

[anvi]

Can I have the same one for all decades?

 

[Dodo1610]

90s: System Shock 2
00s: Gothic 2
10s: Fallout New Vegas
20s: so far Nioh 2

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

80s: Dungeon Master
90s: Might & Magic 6/7
00s: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
10s: Alpha Protocol
No '70s games, because I doubt I'll ever be motivated to play any RPGs from that decade, and I haven't played a '20s game that excited me enough to call it favorite, unless you wanna count current versions of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
The '90s one was a toughie. I think most of my favorite RPGs come from that decade and its basically a dice roll which one I'd consider my favorite at that particular moment.

 

[Dorateen]

The ones I would pick have already been mentioned (Pool of Radiance, Grimoire, and Knights of the Chalice 2 for their respective decades) so I'll add

Crusaders of the Dark Savant for the 1990's
The original Knights of the Chalice for the 2000's

 

[Johnny Johnny]

80s: Ultima IV
90s: Fallout
00s: VTMB
10s: FO:New Vegas
20s: WL3 (weak field)

 

[DemonKing]

70s: Temple of Apshai (the only one form the 70s I can vaguely remember playing apart from Akalabeth maybe)
80s: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
90s: Eye of the Beholder 2
00s: Icewind Dale
10s: Legend of Grimrock
20s: Elden Ring

 

[ADL]

80s: Ultima IV
90s: Betrayal at Krondor. Honorable mentions: Daggerfall and Darklands
00s: Gothic 2. Honorable mentions: Arcanum, Morrowind and VTMB
10s: Kingdom Come Deliverance. Honorable mention: FONV & Kenshi
20s: Colony Ship's early access
Could've sworn FO:NV was 2009.

 

[JDR13]

90s: Baldur's Gate
00s: Gothic2+NotR
10s: Hard to say. There's not 1 game that really stands out more than all the others. Maybe FO: NV?
20s: Not much to choose from so far, but I'll go with The Chronicles of Myrtana.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

Moria
Ultima Underworld
Wizardry 8
KoTC
10s sure we’re a shit decade. Deliverance I guess or Risen

 

[Colonel]

80s: The Bards Tale 2
90s: Fallout 2
00s: Gothic 2 + Notr
10s: Legend of Grimrock 2
20s: I havn't actually played a game from here. I tend to play older games that I never got around to playing back in the day.