RPG Codex - Top 50 WORST RPGs YOU'VE PLAYED vote thread

[Anac'raxus]

DA2, FO3. If I've played worse wannabe RPGs then I don't remember them. I remember Wake of the Ravager and Menzoberranzan, so I doubt it.

Especially obnoxious in DA2 were the fetch quests. I mean, why even bother with side quests at all if you can't add more flavor than a random float that might not even make any sense when you return the item? Or was that the whole point, Bio intentionally made them so bad so that they could claim that no one wants side quests besides the dating sim stuff?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Fallout New Vegas (I guess I'm one of the few here who liked Fallout 3, but I thought this was boring)

Who the fuck is this prick?

 

[Hamster]

NWN OC
Dragon Age 2
Oblivion
Dungeon Siege 2
Beyond Divinity

 

[Glyphwright]

Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption, Diablo, and games of the Fable series. I don't know who decided that every Third-Person Hack-and-Slash action game needs to be categorized as an RPG, but if we view these games as RPGs, they are certainly the worst. I enjoyed them for what they were, but the lack of real choices to make in character development and interaction with people felt disappointing.

 

[Blaine]

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48. King's Quest VIII
49. Ultima IX
50. Mass Effect 3

 

[IDtenT]

TES IV: Oblivion
Dragon Age 2
Mass Effect 2
Dungeon Siege 3 (I'm honestly curious how so many on here pan 2, but not 3. When 2 is infinitely better, trying to marry H&S with actual quests and at least being somewhat successful at it)
Torchlight
Diablo
Diablo 2
The Witcher
Icewind Dale (all infinity engine, really)
Fallout 3
Deus Ex
Dark Souls
Two Worlds

 

[Blaine]

Dungeon Siege 3 (I'm honestly curious how so many on here pan 2, but not 3. When 2 is infinitely better, trying to marry H&S with actual quests and at least being somewhat successful at it)

I suspect they wisely stopped playing after 2, and thus have no basis for comparison.

I stopped playing about halfway through 1, if I recall correctly... it's been a long time.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

For prestigious gentlemen of the Codex, you guys tend to play a lot of shit games. Seriously.

 

[Delterius]

Dragon Age 2

 

[DraQ]

The Witcher
Deus Ex

 

[Jick Magger]

Gonna have to go with the majority here, worst one I've played in recent memory is Dragon Age 2.

 

[Minttunator]

Updated list of current results!

1.       42    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2.       36    Neverwinter Nights
3.       32    Fallout 3
4.       29    Dragon Age II
5.       15    Dungeon Siege
6-8.     14    Arcania: Gothic 4
6-8.     14    Lionheart
6-8.     14    Neverwinter Nights 2
9-12.    13    Dragon Age: Origins
9-12.    13    Mass Effect
9-12.    13    Might and Magic IX
9-12.    13    Ultima IX: Ascension
13.      12    The Witcher
14.      10    Gothic 3
15-16.    9    Diablo II
15-16.    9    Dungeon Siege III
17-22.    8    Descent to Undermountain
17-22.    8    Dungeon Siege II
17-22.    8    Fable
17-22.    8    Mass Effect 2
17-22.    8    Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
17-22.    8    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

 

[Severian Silk]

Gothic 3

 

[Havoc]

Updated list of current results!

1.      OVER 9000    Arcania: Gothic 4

I updated it. Now it looks legit.

 

[Severian Silk]

I haven't played it, but I hear that the Farscape RPG has a good story and voice acting but is otherwise crappy.

 

[Turjan]

Updated list of current results!

1.      OVER 9000    Arcania: Gothic 4

I updated it. Now it looks legit.

No, it doesn't. Most people simply avoided this game. It already looked shoddy from the first videos, so why would you play it.

 

[hoverdog]

Updated list of current results!

1.      OVER 9000    Arcania: Gothic 4

I updated it. Now it looks legit.

Arcania was just Gothic gone wrong, and I hate Gothics with a passion, so there's no difference to me

 

[SearchEngine]

Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Lionheart
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Arcania Gothic IV
Dragon Age 2
Ultima II
Ultima IX
Dungeon Siege 3
Diablo 3
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Might & Magic IX
Fable
Fable 3
Neverwinter Nights

 

[SearchEngine]

The Witcher is hated more than Skyrim and Mass Effect 2? I'm no potato, but seriously?

And where's Deus Ex: Invisible War?

 

[argan]

Dungeon Lords, probably. Absolutely awful game design. It was probably rushed too, because I remember some arrows that were for changing something on the character creation screen were greyed out, and later removed with the patch.

 

[Sranchammer]

The Witcher is hated more than Skyrim and Mass Effect 2? I'm no potato, but seriously?

TBH, The Witcher got boring quick. Liked it a lot for a moment.

 

[Minttunator]

The Witcher is hated more than Skyrim and Mass Effect 2? I'm no potato, but seriously?

And where's Deus Ex: Invisible War?

I'm guessing some people voting for TW probably feel it's overrated? Personally I loved it, but I'll admit that could be partly due to the fact that it was released during the deepest decline - which might have made it stand out more than it would have around, say, 2000 or so.

Invisible War has garnered 6 votes thus far (including yours).

 

[Ivar the Boner]

I'm going to post only games that I hoped to be good but they turned out to be complete shit. Because, you know, everybody knows that Gorasul sucks and it was actually hard to expect anything else even when it came out but...

Oblivion - What spoony said about Ultima IX - "BETRAYAL!", but "THIS GAME SUUUUCKS!" would also be appropriate. Only good thing I can say about this game is that It prepared me for shitpancake that was Fallout 3. I didn't hated F3 mainly because after playing Oblivion I knew F3 will be terrible.

Neverwinter Nights OC - Not only one of the most boring games I ever played, but it also introduced me to concept I hated ever since - Essential NPC's (I know, Overseer in Fallout was immortal but idea of trying to kill him actually never crossed my mind, double standards I guess).

Neverwinter Nights 2 - Forced companions - nuff said.

 

[Minttunator]

Oblivion - What spoony said about Ultima IX - "BETRAYAL!", but "THIS GAME SUUUUCKS!" would also be appropriate.

In case anyone didn't catch that reference, here's Spoony's review of U9 (the rest of his Ultima reviews are also worth watching), pretty funny stuff:

 

[Eddard Stark]

Dragon Age 2
Arcania: Gothic 4
Gothic 3
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor