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Community RPG Codex 2016 Role-Playing Game of the Year & Age of Incline Voting

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LAST CHANCE TO VOTE BEFORE POLL CLOSES - VOTE TODAY!

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the RPG Codex 2016 GOTY voting!

But not only that! It has now been 5 years since 2012, the year that gave us Legend of Grimrock, reviving an RPG genre dead since the mid 90's, and the Kickstarter craze - Wasteland 2, Project Eternity, Shadowrun Returns, The Banner Saga, Legends of Eisenwald, Barkley 2, Dead State, Paper Sorcerer, SHAKER and many more all appeared in 2012, teaching Codexers the meaning of "hope".

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We soon also learned the meaning of "delay", "disappointment", "scam", "regret", "cancel my pledge", etc... but the point stands: 2012 marks the start of what many call The Age of Incline - BioWare/Bethesda's oligopoly was shattered, great indie & mid-sized devs started to appear, ports, releases and translations started to flood Steam & GOG and there was much rejoice.

So it's about time we inspect that legacy and see just how great this so-called "Age of Incline" really was and what are its highlights. Thus, this year's voting span 2012-2016, and we ask you to patiently check this rather long list and rate all the games you played from this era:

TL;DR - VOTE HERE: http://www.rpgcodex.net/goty_vote.php

The voting will run until Feb 1st, when our brave team of analysts will collect the data, sort it out and manipulate the numbers until their favorite games win.

Hope you all loved Lightning Returns. :shittydog:
 
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2014 was the only year worth a damn.

Are you supposed to vote 5 (GOTY) even if the game doesn't deserve a 5, but is still GOTY? Perhaps it would have been better with a one-choice option on the side for which game was GOTY.
 
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Zed said:
2014 was the only year worth a damn.

Are you supposed to vote 5 (GOTY) even if the game doesn't deserve a 5, but is still GOTY? Perhaps it would have been better with a one-choice option on the side for which game was GOTY.
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DU wrote that "Sucks-Best of the Year" scale description... Something like "Hated it-Loved it" would've been more accurate. You can vote 5 for more than one game each year, no big deal.
 
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Did my duty. Man, not a lot of games that I enjoyed, much less finished.
 
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Why is it Nuclear Throne on the list but not the vastly superior Binding of Isaac?
 
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duanth123 said:
Ludo Lense said:
felipepepe said:
pakoito said:
Why is it Nuclear Throne on the list but not the vastly superior Binding of Isaac?
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Because Isaac is from 2011?
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2014 and new engine, new content, new expansions.....
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Stay strong, felipepepe. If you start including remakes/remasters then there'll be no argument against

Realms of Arkania HD and Dungeon Lords XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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I usually agree but in this case it is more of a disguised sequel. Changed art style, changed music, new story content, stupid amounts of new items. I say this has someone who has hundreds of hours in both versions. They feel like different games, the new engine bypasses the limitations of flash, the movement is also quite different which has a huge impact.
 
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This was an emotional experience. It turns out I played very few games since my hopes were raised so long ago, and most of those I did play were disappointing. It's good I have a support group to help me out in my time of need.
 
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Ludo Lense said:
2014 and new engine, new content, new expansions.....
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As a rule of thumb I avoided listing games twice like D:OS + DO:S Director's Cut simply because of what a slippery slope it is... half the list would be remasters otherwise, and it would likely split the votes.

Also left Shadow Tactics out because the Codex never really considered Commandos-like games RPGs.
 
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