RPG Codex's Best cRPGs - DISCUSS THREAD / NOW ACCEPTING REVIEWS

[SCO]

Feist didn't write for BaK apparently.

 

[Aeschylus]

Feist didn't write for BaK apparently.

I think he consulted and/or had final editorial say on the script, but the game was written by Neal Hallford and John Cutter.

 

[Roguey]

But the writing? Considering the things you have admitted to liking, that's absurd.

It was All Dudes All the Time Dealing with Dude Problems. Not interested.

 

[SCO]

Not all the time

 

[Roguey]

Looking pretty 80s for something that's supposed to be comparable to 14-15th century Europe. Hairspray is a 20th century product.

 

[SCO]

It was that kind of era

 

[Bubbles]

I don't thinks franchises that only have two games in them should be considered series.

Indeed, Gothic should be removed from that list.

 

[V_K]

Hairspray is a 20th century product.

There were earlier alternatives.

 

[Roguey]

Hairspray is a 20th century product.

There were earlier alternatives.

I know but the woman's hair in the image was created with hairspray, not pomade.

 

[SCO]

Does betrayal at krondor pass the bechdel test ? :livejournal:

Spoiler

no, it's first person and none of the party members are women

 

[Zeriel]

I'm pretty sure they used real life photos for that game with some touch-ups, so that criticism is kind of silly.

 

[Roguey]

I'm pretty sure they used real life photos for that game with some touch-ups, so that criticism is kind of silly.

It's still a deliberate choice to go with that hairstyle.

 

[evdk]

I find amusing just how many lurkers come out of hiding just to vote. Some register just for it, but most have almost year-old accounts with no posts and finally post now...

That's another strike against this poll then.

Why? Lurkers constitute the majority of the codex.

And majority of the Codex is shit, so your point was..?

 

[V_K]

I know but the woman's hair in the image was created with hairspray, not pomade.

Looks more like back-combing to me.

 

[buzz]

These types of lists are silly, almost straying into apple and oranges territory at points. Come on, we aren't Neogaf or something like that

Next year the voting system should be spiced up even more. Some examples:
- split the vote by RPG "eras", say golden age (85-95) and modern age (95-05) and decline age
- split the vote by sub-genres and sub-sub-genres (say, diablo-like action RPGs and third/first person action RPGs)
- make a (giant) list of RPGs, have people rate them individually, then rank them by the medium value of their scores
- make multiple categories such as "best story", "best character creation/development system", "best TB combat" and so on

The points of lists should rather be to encourage people into trying other things, not to promote an incestual circlejerk

 

[tuluse]

Next year the voting system should be spiced up even more. Some examples:
- split the vote by RPG "eras", say golden age (85-95) and modern age (95-05) and decline age

I think this is a good idea.

- split the vote by sub-genres and sub-sub-genres (say, diablo-like action RPGs and third/first person action RPGs)

We can't even agree what games are RPGs much less sub-divide them

- make a (giant) list of RPGs, have people rate them individually, then rank them by the medium value of their scores

We want people to actually take part in the voting.

- make multiple categories such as "best story", "best character creation/development system", "best TB combat" and so on

This is a terrible idea.

 

[Bubbles]

You can probably stop the Golden Age in '04 unless you think Jade Empire, Dungeon Lords, Geneforge 3 and Avernum 4 were the last truly great games of our time. Probably the only time Jeff Vogel made the best RPG of the year.

 

[Cassidy]

The Golden Age ended after the release of the Shitbox of Ultimate Decline and Popamole, the very first of them. Fuck Micro$hit.

 

[Lady_Error]

Windows? Hmm, the timing is about right.

 

[buzz]

tuluse why do you think the last idea is terrible? People already have a granular appreciation for RPGs. It's a bit silly to compare PST with Gothic and Jagged Alliance, and yet this list is doing just that. Doing categories would at least give games the correct praise they deserve.

 

[felipepepe]

Why? Lurkers constitute the majority of the codex.

Eh, complex thing... There are way more lurkers than regular posters, that's for sure. But if they don't post, then what they bring up to the Codex? Why are they "part" of it?

Isn't thay like doing "The Best RPGs according to the New York Times", and asking the readers instead of the reporters?

 

[coldcrow]

So many overhyped and overrated games.
No love for SMT:Nocturne?

 

[buzz]

Reading is overrated

 

[coldcrow]

Blah only PC games...

 

[Zed]

The Golden Age ended after the release of the Shitbox of Ultimate Decline and Popamole, the very first of them. Fuck Micro$hit.

my brothers and I were cleaning out old consoles and games from our parents garage.

no-one wanted the xbawks.
had a nice controller though. only one not designed for puny women-hands.