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

[Broseph]

Arcanum is an honorable mention on my list. I award it half a potato for being a flawed gem. ToEE has an awesome combat system but the content itself is so boring that I have no interest in playing it. Still haven't played VTMB.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Is there even a cRPG that excels or is at least above average in all categories? (defined below)

- Combat system
- Story
- Writing
- Lore
- Non-combat

 

[Stompa]

Age of Decadence

 

[felipepepe]

We now have 186 votes accounted for, and I did a by date graph, just for fun:

If anyone was wondering about how bad some years really were...

 

[octavius]

Is there even a cRPG that excels or is at least above average in all categories? (defined below)

- Combat system
- Story
- Writing
- Lore
- Non-combat

Betrayal at Krondor.

We now have 186 votes accounted for, and I did a by date graph, just for fun:

If anyone was wondering about how bad some years really were...

From 1990 to 2002 is is just as I would have expected. 1992-1993 was the peak years for classic CRPGs, and 1998-2002 was the "Renaissance".
But the graph does not reflect that 1989 was a good year: Chaos Strikes Back, Magic Candle, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Dark Heart of Uukrul and Dragon Wars.

 

[SCO]

There were DHoU votes, but it didn't get into the top 50(?) and so it doesn't appear in a top 50 'by year' graph

 

[felipepepe]

Same way there are older games very close to the Top 50. The Top of the list is set in stone, but a lot is still changing in the 40-50...

 

[octavius]

Maybe we should have a poll for the best year?

 

[Zed]

Maybe we should have a poll for the best year?

let's have a poll about having a poll about it

 

[tuluse]

...and you should have gone with my suggested system. This one penalises games where the voter has played a lot of titles (if you're looking at averages) or if you're doing a cumulative system it still favours popular games over older titles that less people have played.

You basically wanted to create a codex IMDB. While it probably is a good idea, it's a lot of work.

Go ahead and set up one up though, I'll go through and vote for the RPGs I've played.

 

[felipepepe]

The current list has 203 RPGs voted for. I'm certainly not a big expert, but I've played more than 50 of those, maybe even 70. No fucking way I would sit down in front of a survey and rate all of them. That's the flaw of that system.

 

[DragoFireheart]

The current list has 203 RPGs voted for. I'm certainly not a big expert, but I've played more than 50 of those, maybe even 70. No fucking way I would sit down in front of a survey and rate all of them. That's the flaw of that system.

Are even 30 of those worth playing according to Codex standards?

 

[felipepepe]

The current list has 203 RPGs voted for. I'm certainly not a big expert, but I've played more than 50 of those, maybe even 70. No fucking way I would sit down in front of a survey and rate all of them. That's the flaw of that system.

Are even 30 of those worth playing according to Codex standards?

Sure. But I've probably played even more of jRPGs and generally non-Codex approved RPGs.... :3

FFS, just the Final Fantasies and spin-offs are like 15 games.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Sure. But I've probably played even more of jRPGs and generally non-Codex approved RPGs.... :3

FFS, just the Final Fantasies and spin-offs are like 15 games.

Ah, the good old days when FF games were high quality and grinding for rare drops or leveling up your characters to the max was "fun".

And don't let anyone give you a hard time for playing non-Codex approved RPGs. Incline is not limited only to the realm sof old Fallouts, JA2, and MCA.

 

[felipepepe]

I played FF XIII and XIII-2, but never finished Planetescape:Tournament. The Codex has nothing on me.

 

[Grunker]

...and you should have gone with my suggested system. This one penalises games where the voter has played a lot of titles (if you're looking at averages) or if you're doing a cumulative system it still favours popular games over older titles that less people have played.

You basically wanted to create a codex IMDB. While it probably is a good idea, it's a lot of work.

Go ahead and set up one up though, I'll go through and vote for the RPGs I've played.

Codex IMDB would be cool as shit, but it sounds like a ton of work. The database on TC from old Codexia was pretty terrible, and even that probably took some work.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I played FF XIII and XIII-2,

Why would you do that?

I can understand not playing Planetscape: Tournament if you're not a story fag, but geez felipepepe, are you masochistic or something?

 

[Delterius]

felipepepe I can change the vote, certainly, but isnt Blackguards last chapter set for a release prior to the end of the vote?

 

[Spockrock]

Planescape - best RPG ever? get the fuck outta here

that's like saying Temple of Elemental Evil is the best RPG ever because it has the best combat system. If I were to pick a single game it would be Baldur's Gate 2, just because it's above average at everything it does.

 

[DragoFireheart]

If I were to pick a single game it would be Baldur's Gate 2, just because it's above average at everything it does.

 

[Delterius]

Its no full scale rpg, certainly.

 

[DragoFireheart]

Its no full scale rpg, certainly.

I still remember the screeches of Aerie. I also despise the pathway system, the battle system's half-asses retardation, and the linearity of it. The only thing I enjoyed were the side-quests. Main story is shit.

Mastermind: You are an asshole for choosing this avatard.

 

[DalekFlay]

Like the new system. Allowed me to put points where it truly counted while also giving a courtesy point to new shit like Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Was hard for me to resist throwing a single point at Skyrim for funsies.

 

[Jaesun]

You have successfully removed DalekFlay from your BROlist.

 

[DalekFlay]

You have successfully removed DalekFlay from your BROlist.

One courtesy point for the new shit, like a cup of coffee for the depression-fueled bar slut bang from the night before.