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

[MasPingon]

Mass Effect 3
Dragon Age 2
Oblivion
Two Worlds 1 and 2
Fallout 3
Chrono Cross
Alpha Protocol
Arcania: Gothic Tale
Gothic 3 add on
NWN
Lionheart
Witcher 2(good game, piss poor crpg)
Fable
Risen 2

 

[iluvatar]

Skyrim
Gothic 4: Arcania
Dragon Age
Dragon Age 2

 

[Zetor]

Mostly listing CRPGs here that looked promising, but were a huge letdown after I actually played them for more than a few minutes.

Captive (PC version; looked like it had lots of potential, but devolved into repetition quick-like)
Daemonsgate (this one was just crap all around)
Dungeon Hack (pointless, especially since FRUA was also available)
Ishar 1-2-3 (great graphics, but the actual 'game' part was uninspiring)
Legends of Valour (terrible graphics, confusing gameplay or lack thereof)
NWN OC (zzz)
Septerra Core (tedium++)
Witcher (dat inventory management and crappy combat!)
Witcher 2 (eye-rollingly bad dialogue and even worse combat. Also, QTEs.)

Not included: any Diablo-like game or Diablo clone, since I can't bring myself to play them for more than 10 minutes.

 

[GaffQ]

Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven
Gothic 2
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

 

[Tolknaz]

Worst of the worst:

Arcania
Descent To Undermountain
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods
Dragon Age 2
Might & Magic IX
Ultima IX
Lands of Lore III
Dungeon Lords
Pool of Radiance 2 : Ruins of Myth Drannor

Dishonourable mentions (Saved only by the fact, that they turned out to be great toolsets and i've enjoyed mods made with them more than some classic RPG-s):

Dungeon Siege
Oblivion
Neverwinter Nights

 

[imweasel]

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Fallout 3
Fable III
Mass Effect 3
Dragon Age II
Alpha Protocol
Diablo
Diablo II
Diablo III
Dungeon Siege
Dungeon Siege III
Deus Ex: Invisible War

And a whole buch of other shit.

 

[Azrael the cat]

I know this isn't an objective choice - hell, Ultima 1 and 2 are objectively far worse, but I enjoyed the hell out of those games in 1983. Oblivion, on the other hand, was the marker of the great crpg collapse - I don't recall being completely lost for good games to play until that arrived and dominated the market.

 

[WetWorks]

Dragon Age
Mass Effect
M&M 9
Dungeon Siege
Neverwinter Nights (OC)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (OC)
Ruins of Myth Drannor
Oblivion

 

[Commissar Draco]

Dragon Age 2
Oblibion
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 3
NWN 1 and 2 OC

as the rest go I trust Codex which protected me from turds like

Arcania
Risen 2
DEX Human Revolutions
Ultima IX
FF above 6

My guilty pleasures:

Twicher 1 and 2
Alpha Pomamole
Skyrim
Dragon Age
Mass Effect 2

Didn't completed any Diablo like games except Divine Divinity, Ego Drakonis and DS3, can't play it longer than few minutes also didn't played Gothics... Combat is Pure twichy.

 

[Orma]

Dungeon Lords
Dungeon Siege 2
Arcania: Gothic 4
Gothic 3
Skyrim
Oblivion
Dragon Age Series
Mass Effect Series
Fallout(!) 3
Fable

 

[felipepepe]

DaveO, will you tab this and do a nice, handy list as well?

 

[likaq]

Morrowind
Skyrim
Oblivion
Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Dragon age 1
Dragon age 2
Dungeon siege 1
Diablo 3
Fallout 3
Twicher 1
Lionheart

 

[Tommers]

I like it that you hated mass effect and still played 2. Hated that too and then played 3 :D

I got as far as the citadel in 1 and never played them again. Life's too short.

 

[likaq]

Heh, I not noticed "RPGs YOU'VE PLAYED" in thread title.
I only played Mass Effect 1 and 2 for ~10 minutes each. What a abominations.

 

[anus_pounder]

The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion
Fallout 3
The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim
Arcania : Gothic 4
Mass Effect 3
Diablo 3
Dragon Age 2

Unfortunately that means I played each and every one of these games.

There were a few others I was tempted to add based on being grossly overrated, but ultimately I decided not to. Most of said games are actually very good (and one I would go as far as saying is great) and don't belong in the same list as the above games.

 

[Vibalist]

Neverwinter Nights 1
Neverwinter Nights 2
Oblivion
Dungeon Siege
Fallout 1

 

[DaveO]

Ok, somebody please check my math.


Oblivion - 51 votes
NWN - 44 votes
DA2 and Fallout 3 - 37 votes
Gothic 4 and Mass Effect - 21 votes
Dungeon Siege - 18 votes

That should be enough to round things up unless everybody wants to cast tie-breaker votes.

 

[Hirato]

Fallout 3 needs at least 15 more ballots! : x
It belongs right up there with Might&Magic IX and Ultima IX in the top 3 of worst games/sequels ever produced!

Oblivion was good for what it was :pete:

 

[Deuce Traveler]

You guys voted for Dungeon Siege? Man, I love this site. When that game came out there was a lot of hype which resulted in me purchasing the game. I tried it and realized I couldn't get into after a few hours, as I didn't optimize my party and kept getting killed at the mid-levels. I could have started it again, but the gameplay seemed to be lacking. It was just a game where you tried to make the most optimal characters and blast things until they stopped moving. There wasn't much in the way of tactics or puzzles and I found it repetitive and boring. Great to know I'm not the only one who largely disliked it.

 

[Lady_Error]

Ok, somebody please check my math.

Oblivion - 51 votes
NWN - 44 votes
DA2 and Fallout 3 - 37 votes
Gothic 4 and Mass Effect - 21 votes
Dungeon Siege - 18 votes

I am proud to announce that I haven't played even one of those...

 

[felipepepe]

How you escaped NWN? I think almost everyone thought it would be the best thing ever around the release date...

 

[Lady_Error]

How you escaped NWN? I think almost everyone thought it would be the best thing ever around the release date...

Yeah, I stayed away from "modern" games around that time...

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I would agree with all of those votes for worst games, except Gothic 4 and Dragon Age 2 as I never played them. But if DA2 was anything like the first one, it would have made my list. A shame to hear that Gothic 4 was crap as I did like the first three well enough. Mass Effect was not a great RPG, but I played worse. It was decent enough that I finished the game, but not good enough for me to purchase the continuations.

 

[Jaesun]

A shame to hear that Gothic 4 was crap as I did like the first three well enough.

Gothic 4 was not made by Piranha Bytes. That's why. And now they own the Gothic™ trademark (they got it back).

 

[BobtheTree]

But from what I hear PB jumped the shark with Risen 2, so a new Gothic from them may not necessarily be a good thing.