Community RPG Codex 2022 GOTY - VOTE NOW!

[Mr. Magniloquent]

Are "DIDN'T PLAY" votes also registered? I'm curious about how many people actually played games from 2022 already, and how many simply haven't touched any 2022 titles yet.

There is simply too much volume. I don't even know that an adolescent with a credit card would have enough time to keep up.

It's very rare that I've played a game in the polls simply because I deliberately hold off playing just about any game until after a year post-release. Then there are reviews and wikis for me to better evaluate it, better pricing, most bugs are squashed, content is completed, and mods exist. I noticed this trend back around 2008-2009, even when I had the time. Staying a year behind also helps out with hardware too.

 

[Takamori]

A lot of shitty games for sure.

 

[Kamaz]

Just Ctrl + F and enter the first letters of an RPG you know or have played. Does not matter if there are 10 or 10 000 items on the list.

Though, I would like to see a shortlist of sorts prepared by a select committee of codexers. Like an RPG Jury.

 

[sser]

Bit of a rough year. I played four from that list. Gave three of them 2's. And gave Zorbus a lazy 5.

 

[notpl]

Are "DIDN'T PLAY" votes also registered? I'm curious about how many people actually played games from 2022 already, and how many simply haven't touched any 2022 titles yet.

There is simply too much volume. I don't even know that an adolescent with a credit card would have enough time to keep up.

It's very rare that I've played a game in the polls simply because I deliberately hold off playing just about any game until after a year post-release. Then there are reviews and wikis for me to better evaluate it, better pricing, most bugs are squashed, content is completed, and mods exist. I noticed this trend back around 2008-2009, even when I had the time. Staying a year behind also helps out with hardware too.

Well you're now being informed that Potato Flowers in Full Bloom was the best RPG of 2022, and it's less than $20 and runs on any hardware made in the past decade or so. No excuses, really.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

I can already see Elden Shit beating out one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Knights of the Chalice 2. Tragic.

It should. Sorry, but I'm not paying $45 for a sequel that looks worse than the original.

 

[Modron]

But you will pay $60 for a sequel in all but name that looks worse than the previous installments?

 

[Tweed]

Just Ctrl + F and enter the first letters of an RPG you know or have played. Does not matter if there are 10 or 10 000 items on the list.

Though, I would like to see a shortlist of sorts prepared by a select committee of codexers. Like an RPG Jury.

I think there's already enough corruption on the Codex, don't you?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Just Ctrl + F and enter the first letters of an RPG you know or have played. Does not matter if there are 10 or 10 000 items on the list.

Though, I would like to see a shortlist of sorts prepared by a select committee of codexers. Like an RPG Jury.

I think there's already enough corruption on the Codex, don't you?

Agreed. We must put an end to the kobold agenda, posthaste!

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

I only played King Arthur. Which is p gud, but also not really something I consider an rpg. So I won't be voting, again.

Also, a real lot of cope and wojakwearingasmugmask.jpgs itt, but those nu-polls filled to the brim with asian shovelware, non-rpgs and literal, not funny in an ironic way trash look stupid as hell and make you not want to vote on principle.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

For a game that's supposed to be GOTY according to people, I can't even find its thread. I'm talking about KotC2. I had some questions I want to ask, but there's no thread. And threads with questions usually get 3-4 replies. Such goty.

Also CTRL+F in the RPG section with "kotc" or "knight" yields only 1 result: king arthur knight's tale. Nobody's even talking about it. Meanwhile harry potter: an 84 pages thread.

 

[Infinitron]

For a game that's supposed to be GOTY according to people, I can't even find its thread. I'm talking about KotC2. I had some questions I want to ask, but there's no thread. And threads with questions usually get 3-4 replies. Such goty.

Also CTRL+F in the RPG section with "kotc" or "knight" yields only 1 result: king arthur knight's tale. Nobody's even talking about it. Meanwhile harry potter: an 84 pages thread.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/knights-of-the-chalice-2-thread-augury-of-chaos.86951/ 320 pages!

 

[fork]

its shamefull how few RPG-s i played this year. Worst of all i see those titles from the list and i don't even wish to play it

It's not you, it's the industry/clownworld.

 

[Tyrion8338]

I can already see Elden Shit beating out one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Knights of the Chalice 2. Tragic.

It should. Sorry, but I'm not paying $45 for a sequel that looks worse than the original.

from what I`ve read kotc2 has a lot of problems, terrible balance, most of classes are useless, poor encounter design etc. Dosnt sound like anything close to great rpg.

What`s about kotc2 and few people her pushing it as new wonder of the world while reviews are really mixed point to it being medicore and flawed game, is it some irrational feeling of gratitude because that game dev posted here?!

 

[Tacgnol]

I can already see Elden Shit beating out one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Knights of the Chalice 2. Tragic.

It should. Sorry, but I'm not paying $45 for a sequel that looks worse than the original.

from what I`ve read kotc2 has a lot of problems, terrible balance, most of classes are useless, poor encounter design etc. Dosnt sound like anything close to great rpg.

Most of the classes have been fixed now. Some are still better than others, but it isn't a Sawyer game at the end of the day.

A lot of encounters are still very reliant on initiative rolls, though Pierre has improved some of the worst offenders.

Also, I'm just going to make the point Dorateen's Hearkenwold module has great encounter design (and much more of a focus on low-mid level play) if Pierre's Augury module isn't to taste.

 

[ItsChon]

I can already see Elden Shit beating out one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Knights of the Chalice 2. Tragic.

It should. Sorry, but I'm not paying $45 for a sequel that looks worse than the original.

There are posts of me complaining about KotC 2's aesthetic/graphics compared to KotC 1 so I can understand that complaint, but once you actually play the game the tokens and art style grow on you.

Here is a little test. Did you play KotC 1? And if you did, will you at least admit that it is a far superior game to Elden Shit?

I can already see Elden Shit beating out one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Knights of the Chalice 2. Tragic.

It should. Sorry, but I'm not paying $45 for a sequel that looks worse than the original.

from what I`ve read kotc2 has a lot of problems, terrible balance, most of classes are useless, poor encounter design etc. Dosnt sound like anything close to great rpg.

Most of the classes have been fixed now. Some are still better than others, but it isn't a Sawyer game at the end of the day.

A lot of encounters are still very reliant on initiative rolls, though Pierre has improved some of the worst offenders.

Also, I'm just going to make the point Dorateen's Hearkenwold module has great encounter design (and much more of a focus on low-mid level play) if Pierre's Augury module isn't to taste.

I can't speak to the games early development. I always patiently wait for a game to be fully polished/fix before I play it. There are a ton of classes, and while some are better than others, you can build many of them so that they will be useful at even the highest difficulty till the end of the game. Sure at the highest difficulty you will have to reload a few times until you win initiative, but that is a necessary part of the D&D system to keep encounters challenging and interesting. Plus, Tac already mentioned Hearkenwold, and there is the editor itself which has a ton of potential. Go play the game, and if you don't like it, get better taste.

 

[Mortmal]

I can already see Elden Shit beating out one of the greatest RPGs ever made, Knights of the Chalice 2. Tragic.

It should. Sorry, but I'm not paying $45 for a sequel that looks worse than the original.

from what I`ve read kotc2 has a lot of problems, terrible balance, most of classes are useless, poor encounter design etc. Dosnt sound like anything close to great rpg.

What`s about kotc2 and few people her pushing it as new wonder of the world while reviews are really mixed point to it being medicore and flawed game, is it some irrational feeling of gratitude because that game dev posted here?!

You have to read the whole thread to make your own opinion , we dedicated our lives posting (and shitposting) on codex and you... you just ignore complete threads, hurting our feelings.

Or just buy it and try . As for the price tag, you can see it all started in 2011 only semi released today , its a game by a lunatic nerd for other nerds the complexity and time spent on this justify the price .The public for it should have no trouble at all paying this price, i mean every nerds have lot of cash now , doing lucrative it jobs and so on.

Not aimed at you, but if someone cant afford this or if voting in felipepe list and finding the titles you played this year is too complex for you then you are really not the public for this.

 

[Sherry]

Hi.

Thank-you for all your continued hard work you are a name I recognize from when I first joined and it was one of the GOTY poll that helped me get involved with the community and the rest they say is history so I voted on the only game I played at all in the list so you which is good because now you can tie the votes in to the accounts here and filter them out if they are too new or made just to troll you okay? Okay.

Thanks,
Sherry

 

[Artyoan]

I only played Elden Ring on that list. Kinda narrows it down for me.

 

[Darth Roxor]

i forgot there was actually a good game released last year (shadows over loathing)

 

[Rosey]

No Dwarf Fortress steam release?

tbh besides Elden Ring only played Soullash and Expeditions: Rome. Nothing to write home about. Inb4 one of the hentai games wins.

 

[Arvennios]

An exceedingly good year for lovers of Tactical/J-Rpgs, but not much in terms of western C-Rpgs, I won't complain though, plenty of good games to play (and replay) and discover from years past.

 

[GloomFrost]

I really hope King Arthur Knights Tale shows some good results. A solid old school turn based tactics. Dark, depressing setting, challenging combat encounters, memorable characters and ZERO I repeat ZERO woke, diversity nonsense. It has its flows (gets repetitive after first half, badly optimised and balanced) but we definitely need more games like this.

 

[felipepepe]

No Dwarf Fortress steam release?

They removed the Adventure mode for the Steam release, it should come back this year.

 

[Nostaljaded]

GOTY 2022 Game Listing with Clickable Banners (to Store Page)
(for easier voting/recollection on having played before or not/to play consideration)

Sorted in Poll/A-Z Order

1. 1428: Shadows over Silesia
2. Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
3. ANNO: Mutationem
4. Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
5. Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
6. ASTLIBRA Revision
7. Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
8. Babylon's Fall
9. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
10. Batora: Lost Haven
11. Betrayal at Club Low
12. Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
13. BLACKTAIL
14. Bloody Spell
15. Brigandine The Legend of Runersia
16. Buriedbornes - Dungeon RPG
17. Chained Echoes
18. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition
19. Circus Electrique
20. Citizen Sleeper
21. Coromon
22. CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION
23. Crystal Project
24. Ctrl Alt Ego
25. Decision: Red Daze
26. Demeo: PC Edition
27. DEMON GAZE EXTRA
28. Devil Spire
29. Digimon Survive
30. Digitizer
31. Disgaea 6 Complete
32. Dolmen
33. Dungeons of Edera
34. Dying Light 2
35. Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
36. Elden Ring
37. ELEX II
38. Empire of Ember
39. Expeditions: Rome
40. Fabled Lands
41. Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
42. Final Fantasy VI
43. FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
44. Gedonia
45. Gordian Quest
46. Grim Quest - Old School RPG
47. Hard West 2
48. HARVESTELLA
49. Hellslave
50. Hero's Hour
51. Heroine Anthem Zero 2 : Scalescars Oath
52. Home Behind 2
53. Imprisoned Hyperion
54. Infernax
55. Jack Move
56. Jettatura
57. Keplerth
58. King Arthur: Knight's Tale
59. Knights of the Chalice 2: Augury of Chaos
60. Kynseed
61. Loot River
62. Lost Eidolons
63. Lost Epic
64. Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
65. Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound
66. Marvel's Midnight Suns
67. Mary Skelter 2
68. Mech Armada
69. Memoirs of a Battle Brothel
70. METAL MAX Xeno Reborn
71. MONARK
72. Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
73. MONSTER HUNTER RISE
74. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
75. NEO: The World Ends with You
76. Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars
77. Nobody Saves the World
78. Obsidian Prince
79. Once Ever After
80. Out There: Oceans of Time
81. Path Of Wuxia
82. Persona 5 Royal
83. Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
84. Potion Permit
85. Prime of Flames
86. Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
87. Realms of Magic
88. Rebellion: A Rogue Souls Like
89. Reverie Knights Tactics
90. Ringlorn Saga
91. Rise of the Third Power
92. Roadwarden
93. Rogue Legacy 2
94. Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered
95. RPG Time: The Legend of Wright
96. Rune Factory 5
97. Salt And Sacrifice
98. Samurai Bringer
99. Sea Horizon
100. Shadows Over Loathing
101. Sir Whoopass™: Immortal Death
102. Sonucido: The Mage - A Dungeon Crawler by Daniel da Silva
103. Soul Hackers 2
104. Soulash
105. Souldiers
106. Source of Madness
107. SpellMaster: The Saga
108. Star Ocean The Divine Force
109. Star Valor
110. Steelrising
111. Stones Keeper
112. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
113. Sunday Gold
114. Super Lesbian Animal RPG
115. Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
116. Tactical Combat Department
117. Tactics Ogre: Reborn
118. Telepath Tactics Liberated
119. The Caligula Effect 2
120. The DioField Chronicle
121. The Dragoness: Command of the Flame
122. The Hand of Merlin
123. The Impregnation of the Elves: Conquest of the Arrogant Fairies by Impregnation
124. The Last Hero of Nostalgaia
125. The Last Oricru
126. The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
127. The Sargosian Abyss
128. The Tarnishing of Juxtia
129. The Valiant
130. The Waylanders
131. There Is No Light
132. This Way Madness Lies
133. Thymesia
134. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
135. Tinyfolks
136. Tower of Fantasy
137. TRIANGLE STRATEGY
138. Tyrant's Blessing
139. Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
140. Valkyrie Elysium
141. Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby
142. Vanaris Tactics
143. VARIOUS DAYLIFE
144. VenusBlood HOLLOW International
145. Far Away From Home [replaces duplicate entry - Vestaria Saga Gaiden: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister]
146. Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister
147. Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden
148. Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden
149. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
150. Warm Snow
151. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
152. Watcher Chronicles
153. Weird West
154. Wigmund
155. XEL
156. Yaengard
157. Young Souls
158. Zorbus

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P.S. Vestaria Saga Gaiden (145th) is the old title for Vestaria Saga II (146th).
Sauce: https://www.gematsu.com/2022/03/ves...taria-saga-ii-the-sacred-sword-of-silvanister

So, I've unilaterally replaced the duplicate (145th Gaiden entry) with another 2022 TRPG: Far Away From Home.

felipepepe & Twiglard
Please decide if anything needs to be done to the duplicate entry (145th).