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Favorite RPG from each decade?

curds

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Moria
Ultima Underworld
Wizardry 8
KoTC
10s sure we’re a shit decade. Deliverance I guess or Risen
Wiz8, KotC and Risen are all from the 00s.
 

Bruma Hobo

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80's: Ultima IV
90's: Darklands
00's: Either Arcanum, Morrowind or Knights of the Chalice... I don't know, even the best games from this decade aren't really that great.
10's: A Legionary's Life (definitely a better decade than the 00's).
 

Ysaye

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80s - Wizardry 1
Honorable mentions - Ultima 5, Magic Candle, Wizard's Crown, Pool of Radiance, Ys 1&2

90s - Ultima 7: The Black Gate
Honorable mentions - Realms of Arkania: Star Trail, Ultima Underworld, Might and Magic 4, Might and Magic 6, Lands of Lore, Baldur's Gate, Wizardry 6

00s - Elminage Gothic
Honorable mentions - Wizards and Warriors, Morrowind, Arcanum, Wizardry 8, Baldurs Gate 2, Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd

10s - Dark Souls
Honorable mentions - Paper Sorcerer, Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3, Dragon's Dogma, Divinity: Original Sin

20s - Elden Ring
Honorable mentions - Monomyth Demo, Skald Demo, Call of Saregnar Demo...
 

HiddenX

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80s: The Bard's Tale 2
90s: Jagged Alliance 2
00s: Gothic 2 + NotR
10s: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
20s: TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
 

bionicman

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What's the point of these "what's your favorite X?" threads... do you think anyone will read your guys' posts and care about what your favorite games are? I won't...
 

curds

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What's the point of these "what's your favorite X?" threads... do you think anyone will read your guys' posts and care about what your favorite games are? I won't...
I am interested to judge the tastes of various codexians, personally. Obviously you are much too :obviously: for such simple things.
 

Ysaye

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What's the point of these "what's your favorite X?" threads... do you think anyone will read your guys' posts and care about what your favorite games are? I won't...

For me, I do have a quick look and if there is a pack of games with one poster that I rate there but one or two games that I haven't played then it might inspire me to play those. But yes, otherwise a pointless academic activity.
 

NJClaw

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What's the point of these "what's your favorite X?" threads... do you think anyone will read your guys' posts and care about what your favorite games are? I won't...
How else would I know if new users are worthy of my respect?

With threads like this, I can just check their list, see if they put Icewind Dale in it, and update my .txt.
 

Serus

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80s: Pirates!, lol. Seriuosly, didn't play a lot of crpgs from that decade. I suppose Ultima V is the from the 80s.
90s: Jagged Alliance 2, honorable mentions to Darklands, Wizardry 7 and both Fallouts.
00s: Hard to choose, some good games but nothing stands out for me. KotC 1 perhaps?
10s: If Battle Brothers counts it's no contest. Otherwise a hard choice again, AoD? Underrail?
20s: I suppose KotC 2 so far but i didn't play enough to say.

Very honorable mentions to several roguelikes. The problem is: many of the best ones are in constant and long development, hard to put them in one decade.
 

Serus

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What's the point of these "what's your favorite X?" threads... do you think anyone will read your guys' posts and care about what your favorite games are? I won't...
What's the point of writing "what's the point"? Do you think we care about your inability to grasp the point of this thread, or of life or of the necessity of making shit every few days? We don't.
:positive:
 

Ladonna

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Trying to pick the best for the 80's and 90's is almost impossible. Oh well, first ones that come to mind;

80's: Magic Candle
90's: Deus Ex
00's: Arcanum
10's: Atom RPG
20's: Realms of Antiquity
 

Late Bloomer

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Trying to pick the best for the 80's and 90's is almost impossible. Oh well, first ones that come to mind;

80's: Magic Candle
90's: Deus Ex
00's: Arcanum
10's: Atom RPG
20's: Realms of Antiquity

I really like your list. The one I havent played is Atom RPG. Could you go over just a bit about what made it worthy of the 2010's top spot?
 

Ladonna

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I really like your list. The one I havent played is Atom RPG. Could you go over just a bit about what made it worthy of the 2010's top spot?

If there was a Fallout 3 from the same pedigree as the first two games, and it was set in the Soviet Union, then it would be ATOM. That is what it is basically. A continuation of the original Fallout franchise in spirit and in much of the execution. Since the two original Fallout games are among my favourites, it was an easy pick among a sea of shit released in the 10's.
 

Comte_II

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Wasteland
Ultima Underworld
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
Fallout New Geyvas
 

SumDrunkGuy

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The Oregon Trail
Diablo
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls 2
Elden Ring
 

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