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RPG Awards 2008 - Prestigious Codex Edition

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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Wrath of the Lich King
Best Visuals: Fable 2
Best Sound: Wrath of the Lich King
Honorable Mention: Dead Space, Call of Duty 5

For RPGs of all time, the sections are as follows:

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Halo
Runner Up: Halo 2
Third Place: Halo 3
Honorable Mention: Counter-Strike, Call of Dutys, Super Mario Brothers.

Now that lulz have been gotten out of the way,
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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: SoZ (pending...), Chrono Trigger DS for now
Best Visuals: Fallout 3 (sigh), SoZ (pending...)
Best Sound: Fallout 3 (sigh), SoZ (pending...)
Honorable Mention: King's Bounty's an RPG? If so then it goes here and GOTY. Um TWitcher: EE? (Slow year for RPG's eh?)

For RPGs of all time, the sections are as follows:

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Arcanum
Runner Up: Fallout
Third Place: PS: T
Honorable Mention: System Shock 2, Darklands, Ultima 7, Star Trail
 

mondblut

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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Were there any, besides new batch of Spiderweb games? Oh ok. Avernum 5. It might suck, but it IS an RPG.
Best Visuals: Fallout 3. It sure looks better than Avernum 5, and other than that, I have nothing to compare it to.
Best Sound: my Winamp playlist.
Honorable Mention: duh... I played some Civ4: Canalization this year, does it count?

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Pools of Darkness
Runner Up: Wizardry 7
Third Place: Dark Sun 1
Honorable Mention: Curse of Azure Bonds, Dark Queen of Krynn, Dark Sun 2.

Suck it up, LARPers.

You CAN vote for ARPGs.

What for?
 

dagorkan

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mondblut said:
RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Were there any, besides new batch of Spiderweb games? Oh ok. Avernum 5. It might suck, but it IS an RPG.
Best Visuals: Fallout 3. It sure looks better than Avernum 5, and other than that, I have nothing to compare it to.
Best Sound: my Winamp playlist.
Honorable Mention: duh... I played some Civ4: Canalization this year, does it count?

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Pools of Darkness
Runner Up: Wizardry 7
Third Place: Dark Sun 1
Honorable Mention: Curse of Azure Bonds, Dark Queen of Krynn, Dark Sun 2.

Suck it up, LARPers.

You CAN vote for ARPGs.

What for?
Did you try Eschalon?
 

OSK

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I haven't played any RPGs from this year yet.

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Runner Up: Fallout
Third Place: Deus Ex :D
Honorable Mention: Planescape: Torment, Fallout 2, Geneforge, NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer, Exile III: Ruined World

That said, I still have lots of RPGs to play.
 

Tintin

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Kingdom Hearts.

Anyways, I don't know enough about this year's RPGs, and I don't have any "ranking" of preference either. By my "favourites" of all time are Daggerfall, Planescape:Torment, Betrayal at Kondor, and honorable mentions to Morrowind, Fallout (which I hadn't played until this year), and, if it counts, System Shock 2.
 

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TES:Fallout wins by default. It's the only one I've played.

I suspect it's worse than ME, SoZ and Avernum, but assuming the DRM shitfest continues I'll never play the two former, and I haven't gotten around to Avernum 5 yet.

Honourable mention goes to:
PlaneScape: Torment.
Temple of Elemental Evil.
Fallout.
Daggerfall.
Pool of Radiance.

I know that's too many, but each of those does a particular kind of cRPG better than anything else I've tried (nevermind that PoR is mediocre and Daggerfall sucks).
 

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Disconnected said:
TES:Fallout wins by default. It's the only one I've played.

I suspect it's worse than ME, SoZ and Avernum, but assuming the DRM shitfest continues I'll never play the two former, and I haven't gotten around to Avernum 5 yet.

SoZ has DRM? I never heard of install limits for it. I guess I'll find out tomorrow but I seriously doubt it. Can anyone confirm or deny?
 

Kavax

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I haven't played any 2008 RPG yet soo...

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Fallout 2
Runner Up: Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Third Place: Ultima VII Part I
Honorable Mention: Fallout, Planescape: Torment, Dwarf Fortress, Gothic, Gothic 2
 

Suchy

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+ for the topic

RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Fallout 3 (seems like SoZ is trendy, but its IWD and Dungeon Crawler traits scared me away successfuly)
Best Visuals: Mass Effect
Best Sound: The Witcher EE
Honorable Mention: MoTB

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Betrayal at Krondor
Runner Up: Fallout 2
Third Place: Fallout
Honorable Mention: Deus Ex, Bloodlines, Arcanum, Gothic 2, Ultima 7
 

Disconnected

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fastpunk said:
SoZ has DRM? I never heard of install limits for it. I guess I'll find out tomorrow but I seriously doubt it. Can anyone confirm or deny?
I just double-checked. Seems I've been misinformed. Fucking lovely, I really wanted to play it :)

MoW will still be fucked though.
 

mondblut

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dagorkan said:
Did you try Eschalon?

Didn't like it. I loathe that roguelike 1-character, 1-step-per-turn stuff. It just isn't fun. Unless it has some new and interesting game mechanics (like those frostbitten finnish games, such as URW or Aleshar: World of ice), this stuff bores me to tears, like a diablow cut for turns. Give me a party of 6-8 and some action points instead.
 

Andyman Messiah

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Dark Individual said:
Matt7895 said:
Vault Dweller said:
Matt7895 said:
Best RPG ever: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Evar?

Are you Codexers going to rape me for not putting Arcanum/PST/Fallout up there instead?

Don't think even Codexers are degenerate enough to rape a retard.
Nevar say nevar. Don't know 'til you try it.

But no, I don't think anyone here is particularly violent or rude. I bet most of the violent and rude dudes on the site are ordinary people who need a place where they can pretend they rape people who doesn't think the holy trinity as mandatory.
 

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Dark Individual said:
Matt7895 said:
Vault Dweller said:
Matt7895 said:
Best RPG ever: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Evar?

Are you Codexers going to rape me for not putting Arcanum/PST/Fallout up there instead?

Don't think even Codexers are degenerate enough to rape a retard.

Says the cunt who has an Unwanted tag and a banned avatar. I really wish it was for real.
 

Vault Dweller

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Matt7895 said:
Vault Dweller said:
Matt7895 said:
Best RPG ever: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Evar?

Are you Codexers going to rape me for not putting Arcanum/PST/Fallout up there instead?
KOTOR was a peculiar choice. I'm curious to know what impressed you so much. It wasn't a bad game, but best RPG evar?
 

Sodomy

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I haven't played SoZ yet, so I can't speak for '08, but for all time:

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Fallout
Runner Up: Geneforge 2
Third Place: Prelude to Darkness
Honorable Mention: Mask of the Betrayer, Planescape: Torment, Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil, Gothic 2
 

Deleted member 7219

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Vault Dweller said:
Matt7895 said:
Vault Dweller said:
Matt7895 said:
Best RPG ever: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Evar?

Are you Codexers going to rape me for not putting Arcanum/PST/Fallout up there instead?
KOTOR was a peculiar choice. I'm curious to know what impressed you so much. It wasn't a bad game, but best RPG evar?

I'm only voting based on my own opinion. I suppose if you looked at non-linearity and choices and consequences, then Fallout or Arcanum would be better choices. I just went for the RPG I enjoyed more.

I don't pretend to be a critic. I'm just a gamer, and I enjoyed KOTOR far more than Arcanum. I liked Fallout, but liked KOTOR more.

Fallout has the better character system, but KOTOR has much more depth to it overall, with a fully fleshed out storyline. Plus, it had a multitude of quests, which Fallout lacked. Fallout was a good game mainly for the character system, combat and different endings. I found KOTOR much better as an all-round game, much more accessible and much more polished, with a lot more gaming hours too.
 

FalloutBR

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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Storm of Zehir
Best Visuals: Mass Effect PC
Best Sound: Mass Effect PC
Honorable Mention: King's Bounty, The Witcher EE, Fallout 3



RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Baldur's Gate Series
Runner Up: Fallout 2
Third Place: Planescape Torment
Honorable Mention: Final Fantasy VI, Vampire: Bloodlines, Knights of the Old Republic (only the 1st one), Freedpm Force
 

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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Mass Effect
Best Visuals: Mass Effect
Best Sound: Mass Effect/SOZ 9ME for the whole package, and SOZ 'cause the music is awesome)
Honorable Mention: SOZ by default; but I'm not even sure if I really even like it yet but it's the only RPG I've played this year other than ME.

For RPGs of all time, the sections are as follows:

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Neverwinter Nights
Runner Up: BG2
Third Place: FO2
Honorable Mention: BG1, FO1, ME, MOTB, and FF8.
 

x4nti

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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Fallout 3
Best Visuals: Fallout 3
Best Sound: Storm of Zehir
Honorable Mention: King's bounty


RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Fallout 1
Runner Up: VtM:B
Third Place: Arcanum
Honorable Mention: Fallout 2, MotB, BG2, IWD2, ToEE.
 

BaMeR

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RPGs released in 2008 -
Game of the Year: Mass Effect
Best Visuals: Fallout 3(PA nailed)
Best Sound: ---
Honorable Mention: Storm of Zehir (thaks obsidian to cater to the old school, but not the school i went to. The cohorts gave me nightmares nwn1 style,how i miss MotB, and for a more combat centric rpg, the nwn2 combat system sucks compared to the bg series.)

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Torment
Runner Up: Fallout series
Third Place: VtM Bloodlines
Honorable Mention: Baldure's Gate the first rpg i played
 

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Didn't play any RPG released this year, so:

RPGs of all time -
Best RPG ever: Bloodlines
Runner Up: KOTOR
Third Place: KOTOR2
Honorable Mention: Witcher, ToEE, NWN( because of the gazillions of modules)

I'm with Matt of this one about KOTOR. It's a good game, very enjoyable in my opinion. From a Star Wars games point of view it's probably the best one. What I found really enjoyable about it is that even the side quests somehow relate to the main quest, so I honestly don't recall any of those fedex quests present on so many other RPGs. Also I seem to be the only one who actually liked it's interface and combat mode while everyone else squeals like a pig whenever KOTOR and Combat are put together on the same sentence.
 

Mr. Wednesday

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Racofer, you and Volourn get my respect for realizing that NWN was a great engine that spawned loads of great modules.

But I'm curious as to why everyone loves KOTOR 1 and 2 so much. I played them both all the way through (as rentals on Xbox, maybe the PC version was good?) and was left very disappointed by both. I felt like I had just played a Final Fantasy game, they were so linear, shallow, and simplistic. Maybe I'm just not enough of a Star Wars fan to fully appreciate them, but as an RPG fan, I disliked them.
 

PrzeSzkoda

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I'm going to add this year's list later on. It's probably gonna' have SoZ in there, 'cuz I'm a fanboi, won't have FO3, because I can't be arsed to play it and dislike first-person sightseeing games in general, and will include the newest Avernum. I just need to check out SoZ.

And the best of the best, or the least worst of the best that I enjoyed the most:

1st Place: I've got this one tied: Planescape: Torment + Mask of the Betrayer + Deus Ex.
2nd: FO 1, Gothic 2 with Night of the Raven.
3rd: Gothic 1 & 2 (the second one without Night of the Raven)+ Vampire tM: Bloodlines + FO 2.
Honourblade mentions: both NWNs for the modability although with one up for NWN2, ADOM (hur), Arcanum, Avernum and Geneforge series + Nethergate, System Shock.

Those that don't get honourblade mentions but I still enjoyed at least quite a bit: BG 1 & 2, Temple of Elemental Evil.
 

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