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Incline RPG Codex's Best RPGs - 2024 - VOTING IS CLOSED

Butter

Arcane
Patron
Joined
Oct 1, 2018
Messages
8,615
Nominating Dragon's Dogma 2 and RoboCop: Rogue City just in case this turns out to be legit. Also I vote for Dark Souls 2. Suck it haterz.
Infinitroon was too busy bombing hospitals when this was being discussed months ago.
 

Lord_Potato

Arcane
Glory to Ukraine
Joined
Nov 24, 2017
Messages
10,913
Location
Free City of Warsaw
Top RPGs:
Arcanum
Atom
Cyberpunk 2077
Disco Elysium
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
KIngdom Come: Deliverance
Planescape: Torment
Witcher 1
Witcher 3

Hidden Gems:
Chernobylite
Heads will Roll: Reforged
Legionary's Life
Memoirs of a Battle Brothel
Prelude to Darkness
Space Wreck
Technomancer
Terminator: Resistance
Teudogar and the Alliance with Rome
Vendetta: Curse of the Raven's Cry
 
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Cryomancer

Arcane
Glory to Ukraine
Joined
Jul 11, 2019
Messages
17,012
Location
Frostfell
TOP rpg's :
- Dark Sun : Wake of the Ravager
- VtMB
- Arcanum
- Gothic 1
- Elden Ring
- baldur's gate 2 : shadows of amn
- Geneforge 1
- Might & Magic VI - Mandate of the heaven
- Pathfinder : Kingmaker
- UnderRail
 

Feyd Rautha

Arcane
Patron
Joined
Apr 17, 2009
Messages
2,071
Location
Nestled atop the cliffs
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. Pathfinder: Wrath
Top RPGs:
*Fallout
*Fallout 2
*Baldur's Gate
*Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura
*Planescape: Torment
*Diablo
*Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
*Fallout: New Vegas

Hidden Gems:
*Expeditions: Viking
*ATOM RPG
*Trudograd
*Space Wreck
*Titan Outpost
*Terminator: Resistance
 

Dorateen

Arcane
Joined
Aug 30, 2012
Messages
4,422
Location
The Crystal Mist Mountains
Top RPGs
Pool of Radiance
Pools of Darkness
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
Might & Magic II: Gates to Another World
Might & Magic: World of Xeen
Knights of the Chalice
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Demise: Ascension
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands

Hidden Gems
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
Thunderscape: World of Aden
 

Gargaune

Arcane
Joined
Mar 12, 2020
Messages
3,623
Top RPGs:
Deus Ex
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Neverwinter Nights
Icewind Dale 2
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Icewind Dale
Baldur's Gate
Planescape: Torment

Hidden gems:
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Arx Fatalis
Disciples 2
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
 

Gregz

Arcane
Joined
Jul 31, 2011
Messages
8,963
Location
The Desert Wasteland
My Top 10 RPGs, unordered:
  • Knights of the Chalice
  • Mount & Blade: Warband
  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
  • Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
  • Wizardry 8
  • Kenshi
  • Diablo I
  • Diablo II
  • Jagged Alliance 2
  • Daggerfall
Hidden gems (many of these are forgotten gems):
  • Jupiter Hell
  • ZAngband
  • Divine Divinity
  • Wasteland
  • The Bard's Tale (1985)
  • Shadowrun (Sega Genesis)
  • Borderlands 1
  • Baldur's Gate 2
  • Dungeon Master
  • Ultima V
 
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FA7

Educated
Joined
Mar 24, 2022
Messages
72
Top RPG Games:
Fallout
Planescape Torment
Arcanum
Age of Decadence
Baldur's Gate
ToEE
Knights of the Chalice 2
System Shock
Deus Ex
Underrail (Legacy branch)

Hidden Gems:
Caves of Lore
Silver
Jagged Alliance 3 (well it was a hidden gem for me until it got famous CODEX GOTY award, at first I was thinking this was another cashgrab like other remaster crap, truly a pleasant surprise)
 
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TheDeveloperDude

MagicScreen Games
Developer
Joined
Jan 9, 2012
Messages
610
Top RPG Games:
Wizardry 8
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Might and Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven
Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor
Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer
Fallout 1
Dungeon Lord
Diablo 2
Baldur's Gate

Hidden gems:
Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan
Dungeons of Kairn
Hexplore
Knights of the Chalice
Wizards & Warriors
 

H. P. Lovecraft's Cat

SumDrunkCat
Shitposter
Joined
Feb 7, 2024
Messages
2,715
Does Demon's Souls count? This whole thing is horse shit if Demon's Souls doesn't count. It's playable on PC and is one of the most influential games of the 21st century. If we're not counting it then light the whole thread on fire. You don't leave it out. Dark Souls shouldn't count either.
 

Beans00

Erudite
Shitposter
Joined
Aug 27, 2008
Messages
1,717
top rpgs

fallout
fallout 2
arcanum
jagged alliance 2
deus ex
baldurs gate 1
baldurs gate 2
atom rpg
temple of elemental evil
underrail

hidden gems
fallout new vegas
dark sun shattered lands
siege of avalon
fallout tactics
wasteland 3
might & magic 7
might & magic 8
NoX
gothic 1 (which I like way more than gothic 2 but not really a hidden gem on the codex)
atom trudograd


Basically just a top 20 list, only difference is I would swap toee/dark sun and fnv/underrail. maybe siege of avalon and atom aswell. Hidden gem is also difficult to interpret, because to me I only played dark sun SL in like 2023 for the first time. So it was a complete hidden gem for me but for people who grew up and played it after the gold box games it isn't hidden at all.

e- I swapped toee and new vegas.
 
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Pots Talos

Horizon's End
Developer
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
147
Location
Asheville
Top RPGs:
Fallout
Kenshi
Gothic
Baldur’s Gate
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

Hidden Gems:
Risen
Underrail
Geneforge
ATOM RPG
Dead State
Gjallarhorn
The Great Gaias
A Legionary’s Life
The Age of Decadence
Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magic Obscura
 

Bruma Hobo

Lurker
Joined
Dec 29, 2011
Messages
2,481
Top RPGs:
Ultima IV
Wizardry I
Ultima Underworld
Alter Ego
Sword of the Samurai
Darklands
Arcanum
Knights of the Chalice
Expeditions: Conquistador
A Legionary's Life

Hidden Gems:
None, they all deserve to compete for the actual prize.
 

Sloul

Savant
Joined
Mar 26, 2016
Messages
285
Top rpgs:
Fallout
Gothic 2: Night of the raven
Deus Ex
Fallout 2
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
Gothic
Archolos: Chronicles of Myrtana
Arcanum
Risen

Hidden gems:
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Mount & Blade - Franchise
Starsector
Underrail
Knights of the chalice & 2
The Age of Decadence



Not very original, and pretty sad that my top would be games from early 2000's.
And while Archolos gave me some cheers, it's still just a mod from one of those games, so, really just a necro.
I've good hopes for Archaelund, Skald, Call of Saregnar, Drova, Urban Strife and Veterum to spice things up.
 

Saldrone

Educated
Joined
Feb 18, 2024
Messages
181
Top RPGs:

-Baldur's Gate 2
-Fallout
-Deus Ex
-Fallout 2
-Baldur's Gate

These are my handful of votes, the rest either i didn't play yet or 'not enough'
 

S.torch

Liturgist
Joined
Jan 4, 2019
Messages
1,115
- Only PC games. Multi-platform titles like KotOR or Dark Souls are ok, but no 20-years-later ports like Chrono Trigger.

Will Dragon's Dogma be excluded from the poll? Or this restriction will be arbitrary held up again in a way that excludes 90% of jRPGs?
 

buffalo bill

Arcane
Joined
Dec 8, 2016
Messages
1,054
top rpgs

infra arcana
cataclysm dda
adom
neo scavenger
nethack
caves of qud
doomrl
jupiter hell
omega
darklands

hidden gems

infra arcana
cataclysm dda
adom
neo scavenger
nethack
caves of qud
doomrl
jupiter hell
omega
darklands
 

Gandalf

Arbiter
Joined
Sep 1, 2020
Messages
763
Man, I think they all suck in a way. Nothing compares to tabletop, sorry. Maybe it's me not remembering computer games as of late. I don't know.
 

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