Community RPG Codex 2021 GOTY - VOTE NOW!

[Cyberarmy]

Another terrible year ...

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Tags: GOTY 2021

RPG Codex 2021 GOTY - VOTE NOW!

but first, we must ask ourselves -- what is an RPG?

A genealogy of RPGs:

 

[Darth Roxor]

This poll shouldn't be available to non-Codex people.

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i can't wait for the 'codex consensus' influenced by twitter randos

 

[Konjad]

This poll shouldn't be available to non-Codex people.

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i can't wait for the 'codex consensus' influenced by twitter randos

Somebody already made a good point why it should be public. This reminds the RPG community that RPGCodex exists and to visit it, even if only to vote. After all, 'dex is quite well known, probably more than RPGWatch, and it's important to care about our prestige - otherwise we'll fall into obscurity and eventually it will be just a few old people talking to each other (although recent years new accounts seem to be a huge decline, so it's a double-edged sword).

Though having two polls wouldn't hurt. One like this and one in a forum locked for members who are below 3 years old. It would be interesting to compare results as well.

 

[Darth Roxor]

who cares about the rpg community

 

[felipepepe]

You couldn't possibly have curated the list down to the games that were actually relevant huh

its the same every year mate

- shit ton of useless JRPGs none heard of (cuz felipe has a fetish for them)

Yeah, I never heard about at least 2/3 of the games on the list either.

It boggles the mind that this list wasn't curated or at least separated into two categories, which would be 1.) Well known games and 2.) shit not even the Codex has ever heard of. Nobody cares about any games with just ten Steam reviews.

It wasn't created,pepo just asked if anyone know the new rpgs in 2021,abu if don't mistake just copy pasted his list of all the steam rpgarbage that came out and thus the list wast born lol. Nobody really tried to curate it or even check out the links lol.

If you check SteamSpy, 1,9220 RPGs were released on Steam in 2021. This list has less than 10% of them. Abu's list had over 200 games, I did actually check everyone of them and removed those that had too few reviews or negative ones. The games on the list all have hundreds or even thousands of positive reviews or were made by codexers.

Also, fantadomat's poll had 37 games and people complained that stuff was missing. I did 150, now people complain that there's too much. You're all big boys, you can scroll a bit more and just skip games you don't know/like/consider an RPG.

 

[Grauken]

You're all big boys, you can scroll a bit more and just skip games you don't know/like/consider an RPG.

You're too optimistic about their skills

 

[lukaszek]

This poll shouldn't be available to non-Codex people.

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i can't wait for the 'codex consensus' influenced by twitter randos

Somebody already made a good point why it should be public. This reminds the RPG community that RPGCodex exists and to visit it, even if only to vote. After all, 'dex is quite well known, probably more than RPGWatch, and it's important to care about our prestige - otherwise we'll fall into obscurity and eventually it will be just a few old people talking to each other (although recent years new accounts seem to be a huge decline, so it's a double-edged sword).

Though having two polls wouldn't hurt. One like this and one in a forum locked for members who are below 3 years old. It would be interesting to compare results as well.

from my memory codexer poll requires DU involvement?

 

[thesheeep]

There were honestly some pretty good RPGs last year.

But some entries on this list are just ???.
Like The Forgotten City - great game, love it! But there isn't even a few grams of RPG in it. There's no builds, no stats, no levels, "combat" is against one enemy type and the whole thing takes like 5 hours to finish.
It is a more elaborate walking sim that has an actually good story, a kind-of C&C and minor gameplay attached, putting it way above others in that genre, somewhat similar to Mundaun.
But RPG? What the?!

Even Riftbreaker makes more sense in the list - it actually does have undeniable RPG parts, it's just not the main focus of the game.

 

[Darkozric]

Remind me someone why does the Codex continue letting felipepoopoo to cast retarded polls with a retarded rating system and with retarded games that no-one gives a fuck?
Also, developers voting for their own games on twitter? Seriously? Go fuck yourself miss felipepoopoo.

 

[Konjad]

Remind me someone why does the Codex continue letting felipepoopoo to cast retarded polls with a retarded rating system and with retarded games that no-one gives a fuck?
Also, developers voting for their own games on twitter? Seriously? Go fuck yourself miss felipepoopoo.

Felipepepe might have his faults, but he does contribute to 'dex.

What did you contribute?

 

[Darkozric]

Felipepepe might have his faults, but he does contribute to 'dex.

What did you contribute?

I don't know, my dark dick? Do you want it miss Konjad?

 

[Grauken]

Felipepepe might have his faults, but he does contribute to 'dex.

What did you contribute?

I don't know, my dark dick? Do you want it miss Konjad?

So basically nothing if we don't use some magnifying glasses to look for it

 

[Konjad]

Felipepepe might have his faults, but he does contribute to 'dex.

What did you contribute?

I don't know, my dark dick? Do you want it miss Konjad?

If you disappeared, nobody would even notice.

 

[Darkozric]

So basically nothing if we don't use some magnifying glasses to look for it

I can give you a fish dildo if you have a fetish with the length.

 

[Grauken]

So basically nothing if we don't use some magnifying glasses to look for it

I can give you a fish dildo if you have a fetish with the length.

you have some weird stuff lying around your apartment

 

[Darkozric]

If you disappeared, nobody would even notice.

To be honest even if the whole codex disappears nobody would give a fuck.

 

[Konjad]

If you disappeared, nobody would even notice.

To be honest even if the whole codex disappears nobody would give a fuck.

DarkUnderlord
This dude doesn't care if 'dex disappears for him. Just saying.

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

This poll shouldn't be available to non-Codex people.

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i can't wait for the 'codex consensus' influenced by twitter randos

Well, we could create a codex exclusive forum poll, with the top 10 or 20 results from this google poll, to see if the results actually differ.

If it does, then we could consider breaking out the pitch forks and torches to challenge the results.

 

[Grauken]

This poll shouldn't be available to non-Codex people.

this

i can't wait for the 'codex consensus' influenced by twitter randos

Well, we could create a codex exclusive forum poll, with the top 10 or 20 results from this google poll, to see if the results actually differ.

If it does, then we could consider breaking out the pitch forks and torches to challenge the results.

And make sure some newfags who joined recently, like in the last 4 years, can't vote, good idea

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

I'm pretty sure newfags also have access to polls.

 

[Darkozric]

And make sure some newfags who joined recently, like in the last 4 years, can't vote, good idea

Seniority is important only in the army not in a gaming forum. Don't go full retard.

 

[Alphons]

I want to vote for Disco Elysium again.

Definitive Edition of Dyskoteka Elizjum was released in 2021, so it should be on the list!

 

[Abu Antar]

Codexer: Complains about everyone only liking or discussing popular rpgs for the masses.

Codexer: Sees less popular and talked about rpgs. Get butthurt. News at 11.

 

[NJClaw]

Last two years that I made the poll people complained that I cut games that they liked. As I mentioned, this year we had an absurd number of new RPGs released, so now I'm giving a lot of options to see how it goes. After all, you can just not vote on what you think is not an RPG.

You are looking at the wrong complaint. The moment random people on Twitter can influence the vote, a poll can no longer be called "RPG Codex GOTY". Game companies' employees have a say in this, it's ridiculous. Even fucking RPGWatch makes his poll "private".

 

[felipepepe]

Last two years that I made the poll people complained that I cut games that they liked. As I mentioned, this year we had an absurd number of new RPGs released, so now I'm giving a lot of options to see how it goes. After all, you can just not vote on what you think is not an RPG.

You are looking at the wrong complaint. The moment random people on Twitter can influence the vote, a poll can no longer be called "RPG Codex GOTY". Game companies' employees have a say in this, it's ridiculous. Even fucking RPGWatch makes his poll "private".

Do you really think there's no devs with Codex accounts? We have a lot of people with developer tags, people from Larian, inXile and Obsidian, devs like the SpaceWreck dudes posting about our threads on twitter, plus all the lurkers that don't want to reveal thenselves.

 

[Thac0]

Last two years that I made the poll people complained that I cut games that they liked. As I mentioned, this year we had an absurd number of new RPGs released, so now I'm giving a lot of options to see how it goes. After all, you can just not vote on what you think is not an RPG.

You are looking at the wrong complaint. The moment random people on Twitter can influence the vote, a poll can no longer be called "RPG Codex GOTY". Game companies' employees have a say in this, it's ridiculous. Even fucking RPGWatch makes his poll "private".

Do you really think there's no devs with Codex accounts? We have a lot of people with developer tags, people from Larian, inXile and Obsidian, devs like the SpaceWreck dudes posting about our threads on twitter, plus all the lurkers that don't want to reveal thenselves.

The outrage about twitter is about the symbolic meaning. Yes, in practise this is likely good for the poll, as it gets more hiatus codexians to vote than it draws unrelated tards, as the codex is not very well known.
The problem is the symbolic meaning, as the codex prides itself as being a super secret enclave of prestigious taste, and sharing our polls on twitter is metaphorically opening the gates to the barbarians.

 

[Grauken]

And make sure some newfags who joined recently, like in the last 4 years, can't vote, good idea

Seniority is important only in the army not in a gaming forum. Don't go full retard.

That's what a newfag would say

 

[felipepepe]

The problem is the symbolic meaning, as the codex prides itself as being a super secret enclave of prestigious taste, and sharing our polls on twitter is metaphorically opening the gates to the barbarians.

13 likes, at least half of them from Codexers. Clearly Mass Effect will win with 5 billion votes.

Get real, the Codex hated by most of the internet, long gone are the days of having CrookedBee doing important retro interviews with developers, roundtables on RPG design or smart editorials that would go viral. No one cares anymore.