Community RPG Codex's 2017 GOTY - VOTE NOW!

[vivec]

D:OS was boring and D:OS 2 is no different. Good spell mechanics though. The rest sucks. Someone, please make something decent from this mess. Preferably not Larian because by now I am sure they can't write for shit.

 

[Infinitron]

Just look at this, it's pretty funny.
You can always see when a game had tons of worthless fluff that critics love and when a game had actually good gameplay (or something else to make gamers like it).

I love how Dragon Age II appears twice

 

[Jason Liang]

I've yet to see anyone praise Rance VI for the gameplay.

It's a blobber-lite, as advertised, with squad combat. A couple of interesting maps, sort of like Warriors of the Eternal Sun/ Eye of the Beholder. So I could tolerate it, but play it for the story. A couple of interesting and satisfying boss fights, notably the Hanny King and the "true" final battle.

What really happened was that Rance VI made me believed I could pick up a blobber again, and then Elminage Gothic was my reality check. tbh I haven't enjoyed playing a blobber since Wizardry V. Now you might inquire but what about Wiz 7 to which I exhibit one Ratkin "fun" house.

And tbh when I play a blobber now it doesn't feel like Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. It feels like Dragon Wars.

 

[Diggfinger]

Following the bleak and morose realization that:

AND

Plus having informed myself using the very latest scientific studies known to mankind....

Spoiler

.....
I of course had to award GRIMOIRE an Awesome 4/4 rating!!!

BEHOLD THE INCLINE!

 

[Leitz]

I played only Grimoire - second to none (no pun intended). Fuck the rest.

 

[Projas]

Just look at this, it's pretty funny.
You can always see when a game had tons of worthless fluff that critics love and when a game had actually good gameplay (or something else to make gamers like it).

I love how Dragon Age II appears twice

Three times actually, PS3, PC and Xbox versions are all on the list. NWN2 is also there and it's pretty funny, because from reading the user reviews you'd get the impression that it was bad because it didn't live up to the masterpiece instant classic that was the first NWN.

really killed the NeverWinter Nights franchise, the first one was so epic and awesome

 

[Hamster]

Numanuma - 3/4

I cound't bring myself to rate Numanuma 2/4. Yeah, it was disappointing, but there were some good moments.

Don't worry, you're just on par with mainstream media. 75% = it sucks.

I can't say it sucked for me, it was mostly mediocre with some good moments. About 6,5/10 i would say.

 

[Fenix]

So, when we will get the results?

 

[fantadomat]

Numanuma - 3/4

I cound't bring myself to rate Numanuma 2/4. Yeah, it was disappointing, but there were some good moments.

Don't worry, you're just on par with mainstream media. 75% = it sucks.

I can't say it sucked for me, it was mostly mediocre with some good moments. About 6,5/10 i would say.

Mediocre is 5 if you are going for numeric scale,7 if you go for a prestigious scale where you simply don't play anything bellow 7.

 

[Jacob]

I've yet to see anyone praise Rance VI for the gameplay.

It's a blobber-lite, as advertised, with squad combat. A couple of interesting maps, sort of like Warriors of the Eternal Sun/ Eye of the Beholder. So I could tolerate it, but play it for the story. A couple of interesting and satisfying boss fights, notably the Hanny King and the "true" final battle.

What really happened was that Rance VI made me believed I could pick up a blobber again, and then Elminage Gothic was my reality check. tbh I haven't enjoyed playing a blobber since Wizardry V. Now you might inquire but what about Wiz 7 to which I exhibit one Ratkin "fun" house.

And tbh when I play a blobber now it doesn't feel like Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. It feels like Dragon Wars.

I don't get this post, are you quoting a different thread or...? When I clicked the arrow button it goes to felipe's post about Numenera...?

Btw I voted, I didn't play much new games this year but the ones I played (BB, Atelier, Cold Steel, ...) are fun so I gave them at least 3

 

[V_K]

I played exactly 3 games this year: Alvora Tactics, Unexplored and West of Loathing. Loved all 3 of them. Loved my new life with the greatly diminished need to play games even more. Great year!

 

[Black]

Hey, felipepepe, I just realised that Hollow Knight is from the last year. Please fix the poll.

I know the requirements for being an rpg are getting less restrictive by the minute, but hollow knight is not an rpg.

Good game tho.

Most of the... things on that list aren't.

 

[Jasede]

Most of the things on that list I never heard of!

 

[Alex]

Hey, felipepepe, I just realised that Hollow Knight is from the last year. Please fix the poll.

I know the requirements for being an rpg are getting less restrictive by the minute, but hollow knight is not an rpg.

Good game tho.

Wait... This list was supposed to be RPGs only?

 

[felipepepe]

Yes, otherwise Thimbleweed Park would win.

RPGs need more Ron Gilberts, but we only get Tim Shaffers...

 

[Septaryeth]

'cause of all the non-whites in it. Plus there's a gay character talking about sex. So progressive. And a tranny God.

Really? I thought it dropped off from the radar really quick, like 1 month post-release.
Mighty No.9 was the butt of the joke that is known as crowdfunding but even then it's no where near the level of scummery like TTON.
I thought Markland's epic revelation would have produce some impacts. Worse-than-publisher intervention from the tabletop people, mismanagements of funding (deceitful use of funding in fact given how it's used on WL2 instead of the actual game), cutback on stretch goal and localizations... etc. The news could have been very sensational given the hype of its KS campaign.
At the very least MCG's instruction "[the characters can't look too Chinese either]" should have raised some eyebrows from pearl-clutching media.

I would like to say Inxile got off lucky, but then again when a game/studio even lacks negative publicity it's probably already dead and buried.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Codexia prevails!

I couldn't gave any game the great score 4. While I really like ELEX, Prey, DivOS2, Spellforce 3 and Battle Brothers, they all have a good amount of issues that shadows their good sides.

Maybe 2018 will be better

 

[Van-d-all]

Just realized, that by avoiding major stinkers I barely played 5 games from the whole list. Also since when is Pyre an RPG?

 

[Kem0sabe]

A extraordinarily shit year for rpg's...

 

[Infinitron]

I thought Markland's epic revelation would have produce some impacts. Worse-than-publisher intervention from the tabletop people, mismanagements of funding (deceitful use of funding in fact given how it's used on WL2 instead of the actual game), cutback on stretch goal and localizations... etc. The news could have been very sensational given the hype of its KS campaign.

If he wants to produce impacts, he should send his email archive and other proof of mismanagement to Jason Schreier at Kotaku or something, not shitpost about it on the Codex.

 

[MediantSamuel]

If he wants to produce impacts, he should send his email archive and other proof of mismanagement to Jason Schreier at Kotaku or something, not shitpost about it on the Codex.

Codex isn't Tier 1 enough?

 

[Haba]

Codex is the darknet of RPGs.

 

[V_K]

Shitposting on the Codex is one thing, shitposting in the obviously retarded thread that no one over emotional age of 12 would read past the first page is a different matter.

 

[Roguey]

Just realized, that by avoiding major stinkers I barely played 5 games from the whole list. Also since when is Pyre an RPG?

It's markekted as an RPG, has leveling, character building, and a reactive narrative. As RPG as it gets, the only thing it does differently is that conflict is resolved through a sports game.

 

[valcik]

Worse-than-publisher intervention from the tabletop people ..

That's nothing new, Steve Jackson have done the same to early GURPS Fallout build two decades back. IIRC he opposed the Heap of Gore technology as over the top violent graphics presentation grinding his gears, before the license withdrawal.
http://www.sjgames.com/ill/1997/ill-feb97.html

I had problems with a couple of features of the otherwise very impressive alpha version of GURPS Fallout. As I corresponded with Interplay staff about this, I got handed up the ladder but their responses remained puzzling -- and that is the most detail I'm going to give for now.