Community RPG Codex People's Awards: Best RPGs

[Excidium]

Maybe people are finally seeing Arcanum for what it is.

It's a list of popularity, dumbass. Where the fuck is BaK more popular than IWD?

And how is Fallout 2 a good rpg? It’s fun and all, but it’s not even close to stuff like… uh… even new vegas… or gothic 2 for that matter.

Right.

so "best" means "more popular"? right.

Where does it say "best"? How could a popular vote list like this even list games based on their quality?

right in the title

Grunkers gonna Grunk, I suppose

 

[Luzur]

i dont remember voting in this?

 

[Jaesun]

Official Theme Song for this thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZr67blI360

 

[Jaesun]

i dont remember voting in this?

Luzur
Pool Of Radiance
Ultima V
Ultima VII
Knights of the Chalice
Elder Scrolls: Daggefall
Might & Magic
Might & Magic II
Might & Magic III
Might & Magic World of Xeen
Might & Magic VI
Might & Magic VII
Might & Magic VIII
Fallout
Fallout II
Fallout: New Vegas
Gothic II
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale II
Darksun Shattered Lands
Dark Sun II

 

[Luzur]

ah, yes!

that poll.

 

[Scruffy]

Maybe people are finally seeing Arcanum for what it is.

It's a list of popularity, dumbass. Where the fuck is BaK more popular than IWD?

And how is Fallout 2 a good rpg? It’s fun and all, but it’s not even close to stuff like… uh… even new vegas… or gothic 2 for that matter.

Right.

so "best" means "more popular"? right.

Where does it say "best"? How could a popular vote list like this even list games based on their quality?

right in the title

Grunkers gonna Grunk, I suppose

here's your "dumbass", you forgot to take it with you.

 

[tuluse]

The staff commentary was kind of bland and too concise if I'm going to be brutally honest.

The comments on Deus Ex were the best. Everyone just talked about the game, focusing on mechanics, but also getting to the heart of why it's fun. With the other games you didn't really touch on the "fantasy" that the games provide.

Too much commentary on the rankings (both absolute and relative). It is not interesting to read people bitching about why X should be ranked higher than Y (see: this thread). You guys should have just used the rankings as a jumping off point for discussing why people like/don't like the game. Which you mostly did, but not always.

 

[felipepepe]

It ran from November to January, and was always in the top active threads...

 

[Themadcow]

Maybe people are finally seeing Arcanum for what it is.

It's a list of popularity, dumbass. Where the fuck is BaK more popular than IWD?

And how is Fallout 2 a good rpg? It’s fun and all, but it’s not even close to stuff like… uh… even new vegas… or gothic 2 for that matter.

Right.

so "best" means "more popular"? right.

Where does it say "best"? How could a popular vote list like this even list games based on their quality?

 

[tuluse]

Yeah, let's add restrictions to prevent people from voting on what they actually want to. The list will be worthless but hey at least it'll make us look monocled and shit.

I have a proposal. Instead of doing games of the decade, the codex should have half-and-half lists. '85-'95, '95-'05, and soon '05'-'15. If you do one each year, that would actually work out perfectly (and cover all the kickstarters). I think this covers the different eras of computer gaming quite well, and would give an interesting historical perspective.

If you weirdos want to list games from before '85, that's your problem.

 

[Infinitron]

The staff commentary was kind of bland and too concise if I'm going to be brutally honest.

The comments on Deus Ex were the best. Everyone just talked about the game, focusing on mechanics, but also getting to the heart of why it's fun. With the other games you didn't really touch on the "fantasy" that the games provide.

I think that's because on an RPG site, the reasons why a pure RPG is fun are known to all. A shooter hybrid demands more explanation.

 

[tuluse]

The staff commentary was kind of bland and too concise if I'm going to be brutally honest.

The comments on Deus Ex were the best. Everyone just talked about the game, focusing on mechanics, but also getting to the heart of why it's fun. With the other games you didn't really touch on the "fantasy" that the games provide.

I think that's because on an RPG site, the reasons why a pure RPG is fun are known to all. A shooter hybrid demands more explanation.

If we're assuming that everyone is intimately familiar the games listed, why bother with commentary? Also, I think the fantasy being sold by Torment, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, and Temple of Elemental Evil are all quite different.

 

[Infinitron]

The staff commentary was kind of bland and too concise if I'm going to be brutally honest.

The comments on Deus Ex were the best. Everyone just talked about the game, focusing on mechanics, but also getting to the heart of why it's fun. With the other games you didn't really touch on the "fantasy" that the games provide.

I think that's because on an RPG site, the reasons why a pure RPG is fun are known to all. A shooter hybrid demands more explanation.

If we're assuming that everyone is intimately familiar the games listed, why bother with commentary? Also, I think the fantasy being sold by Torment, Fallout, Baulder's Gate, and Temple of Elemental Evil are all quite different.

Personally I was interested in a mechanical analysis and not really concerned with the "fantasy" at all. Perhaps Deus Ex's mechanics are more closely intertwined with its "fantasy", though.

And it's Baldur's dammit

 

[Excidium]

Maybe people are finally seeing Arcanum for what it is.

It's a list of popularity, dumbass. Where the fuck is BaK more popular than IWD?

And how is Fallout 2 a good rpg? It’s fun and all, but it’s not even close to stuff like… uh… even new vegas… or gothic 2 for that matter.

Right.

so "best" means "more popular"? right.

Where does it say "best"? How could a popular vote list like this even list games based on their quality?

right in the title

Grunkers gonna Grunk, I suppose

here's your "dumbass", you forgot to take it with you.

Keep it and share with who named this newspost.

 

[tuluse]

Personally I was interested in a mechanical analysis and not really concerned with the "fantasy" at all. Perhaps Deus Ex's mechanics are more closely intertwined with its "fantasy", though.

Well I did ask for both . It could be interesting to see what different people got from the same game.

And it's Baldur's dammit

 

[Aeschylus]

This list does not appear to have a Gothic game on it anywhere, and is therefore invalid. Alright boys, tear it down and try again!

 

[Scruffy]

Maybe people are finally seeing Arcanum for what it is.

It's a list of popularity, dumbass. Where the fuck is BaK more popular than IWD?

And how is Fallout 2 a good rpg? It’s fun and all, but it’s not even close to stuff like… uh… even new vegas… or gothic 2 for that matter.

Right.

so "best" means "more popular"? right.

Where does it say "best"? How could a popular vote list like this even list games based on their quality?

right in the title

Grunkers gonna Grunk, I suppose

here's your "dumbass", you forgot to take it with you.

Keep it and share with who named this newspost.

own up to it like a man, after being wrong don't also be a pussy

 

[Excidium]

Maybe people are finally seeing Arcanum for what it is.

It's a list of popularity, dumbass. Where the fuck is BaK more popular than IWD?

And how is Fallout 2 a good rpg? It’s fun and all, but it’s not even close to stuff like… uh… even new vegas… or gothic 2 for that matter.

Right.

so "best" means "more popular"? right.

Where does it say "best"? How could a popular vote list like this even list games based on their quality?

right in the title

Grunkers gonna Grunk, I suppose

here's your "dumbass", you forgot to take it with you.

Keep it and share with who named this newspost.

own up to it like a man, after being wrong don't also be a pussy

I am not wrong. Not my fault you don't read the original thread and overreact over words like the rest of the codex.

 

[Syl]

ban idonthavetimeforthiscrap
ban Excidium

 

[Machocruz]

Only untermenschen can't seperate what they like from what is good or bad.

 

[Scruffy]

i am wrong but i'm too much of a pussy to admit it

fine, fine, whatever.

 

[Excidium]

i am wrong but i'm too much of a pussy to admit it

I'll just repeat myself until the other side gives up arguing and declare myself a winner

True to somebody with more posts in retardo land than RPG discussion.

 

[crawlkill]

what's the point of making lists like these when almost everyone who reads them has already heard of and fully experienced almost all of the games on them? "let's take the pool of the only ten games discussed with any regularity on this site and make a list out of them!" seems like the only function of a list like this is to fizz up the nerd rage from people who can PROVE MATHEMATICALLY that FALLOUT 2 HAS MORE C&C THAN FALLOUT 1 or whatever.

 

[artakserkso]

Because of the second "almost".

 

[MicoSelva]

It's actually not a bad idea to make a Codex Top 10 Classic RPGs.

If we are gonna do something like this, it should be by selected monocled gentleman... people that actually played all/most of the games, or the same problem/butthurt will happen: "waaahhhh Wasteland wins just because of recent popularity, while gems like Lord British unreleased first game never get's all the love it deserves..."

You're probably right.