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

[Eisen]

- 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?

As for Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen, it was ported 3 years after his release and not higher than 20, so it counts

 

[Shaki]

Top rpgs:

Battle Brothers
Arcanum
Gothic 2
Underrail
Fallout 2
Baldur's Gate 2
Jagged Alliance 2
KOTOR 2
Morrowind
Crusader Kings 2


Hidden Gems

Battle Brothers
Vagrus
Brigand Oaxaca
KOTC 2
Age of Decadence
Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children
Kenshi
Urtuk
Jupiter Hell
Starsector

 

[S.torch]

As for Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen, it was ported 3 years after his release and not higher than 20, so i guess it counts

Just wanted to point out that is an arbitrary restriction. 3, 5, or 20 years later they still are console ports not native PC games.

 

[Vaeltaja]

Top:
Dungeon Master
Captive
Lands of Lore
Ultima IV

Hidden Gem:
Spirit of Adventure

 

[Konjad]

Top RPGs:
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Prelude to Darkness
Fallout
Gothic
Gothic II
Deus Ex
Baldur's Gate
The Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos
Planescape Torment
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines

Hidden Gems:
Prelude to Darkness
Vendetta: Curse of the Raven's Cry
Brigand: Oaxaca
The Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos
Pathologic
The Void
Dungeon Rats
Darklands
Titan Outpost
Precursors

 

[Fink]

1. Gothic II NotR
2. Dark Souls
3. Planescape: Torment
4. Arcanum
5. Temple of Elemental Evil
6. Vampire Bloodlines
7. Knights of the Chalice
8. Expeditions: Conquistador
9. Age of Decadence
10. New Vegas

 

[The Abominable Showman]

Top RPGs:
Deus Ex
Baldur's Gate II
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Ultima V
Fallout
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Betrayal at Krondor
Planescape Torment
Darklands

Hidden Gems:
Albion

 

[KörangarTheMighty]

Top RPGs:

The Witcher 1
KotOR II
Icewind Dale
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Baldur's Gate II & Throne of Bhaal
Diablo
Baldur's Gate
Planescape: Torment
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
KotOR 1

Hidden Gems:
Guild Wars 1 - Overlooked due to the sequel and being falsely categorized as an MMO.

 

[Butter]

Top RPGs:
* Baldur's Gate
* Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
* The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos
* Fallout
* Fallout 2
* Fallout: New Vegas
* Gothic
* Gothic 2
* Jagged Alliance 2
* Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
* Ultima 5

Hidden gems:
* ATOM RPG
* ATOM RPG: Trudograd
* Arx Fatalis

To be clear, you have 11 titles in your Top RPGs list. I'm either going to ignore one of them at my discretion or just ignore the whole post.

 

[Lawful Pacific]

Top RPGs:
Deus Ex
Fallout
Fallout 2
Baldur‘s Gate 2
Arcanum
Planescape: Torment

Hidden Gems:
Underrail
Knights of the Chalice 2

 

[Atlet]

No FelipePepe thread, no vote.

King Crispy, retardo this thread.

 

[luj1]

Hidden Gems:
Guild Wars 1 - Overlooked due to the sequel and being falsely categorized as an MMO.

I played GW1 a lot (thousands of hours), what is it if not an MMO?

 

[KörangarTheMighty]

I played GW1 a lot (thousands of hours), what is it if not an MMO?

An online RPG with full party customization. There's nothing massive about it and most of the social elements are not essential to the experience. It's more of an RPG than Diablo II in certain ways, less in others, but if D2 is considered an RPG as per the OP, there's no reason to exclude GW1.

 

[Krivol]

Top RPGs:
* Baldur's Gate
* Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
* The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos
* Fallout
* Fallout 2
* Fallout: New Vegas
* Gothic
* Gothic 2
* Jagged Alliance 2
* Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
* Ultima 5

Hidden gems:
* ATOM RPG
* ATOM RPG: Trudograd
* Arx Fatalis

To be clear, you have 11 titles in your Top RPGs list. I'm either going to ignore one of them at my discretion or just ignore the whole post.

Corrected. JA2 is not an RPG, as the laptop guy has no stats.

 

[Bastardchops]

- 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% percent of jRPGs?

Whichever one triggers you more.

It does seem fairer to allow JRPG's if they're released on PC.

 

[Butter]

- 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% percent of jRPGs?

Whichever one triggers you more.

It does seem fairer to allow JRPG's if they're released on PC.

There were JRPGs on the last poll. I don't have a problem including those if people want to vote for them.

 

[Leonard]

Top RPGs

Fallout 2
Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate 2
Avernum 2
Deus Ex
Gothic
Arcanum
Morrowind
Disco Elysium
Jagged Alliance 2

Hidden gems:

Geneforge 2
ADOM
Rage of Mages 2
Golden Krone Hotel
Nethergate
Mordor: Depths of Dejenol
Siege of Avalon
Albion
Legionary's Life
Jupiter Hell

 

[Serus]

This divide between two list nonsensical. I see several titles that are already voted in different lists. There is no telling which one is "hidden" and which one isn't by any objective criteria. On Codex a game can be well known, elsewhere be a "hidden gem". Some people might vote for a game only as a hidden gem while others only as a "top rpg". This is BULLSHIT. Similar stuff will happen with several games, old and new alike. This is retarded and OP is a Jewish, sorry, Gnomish hack.
I vote 2 times on many titles, except for the very obvious ones like Fallouts.

> Top CRPGs:
Battle Brothers (Only a half-RPG but since Butter allows it, i'm voting it)
Cataclysm DDA (or BN, almost same game)
Darklands
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Knights of the Chalice 1
Knights of the Chalice 2
Underrail
Wizardry 7

> "Hidden" gems:
Battle Brothers (See above)
Catacylsm DDA (Or BN, almost same game)
Darklands
Knights of the Chalice 1
Knights of the Chalice 2
Nethergate
Quest for Glory 1 (Part 4 could go here instead but I have to choose)
TOME 4
Underrail
Wizardry 7

> Honorable mentions (those can't be "top crpgs" because they are flawed in one way or the other but I considered them):
Arcanum
Age of Decadence
Baldur's Gate 2
Betrayal at Krondor
Icewind Dale 1
Ultima 5
Wizardry 8

 

[mbmorris]

Top RPGs:
* Enderal
* Arcanum
* Pathfinder: Kingmaker
* Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
* Disco Elysium
* Fallout
* Fallout 2
* Shadowrun: Dragonfall
* Shadowrun: Hong Kong
* Baldur's Gate

 

[Major Seven]

Top RPGs:
Wizardry 1: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord
Elminage Gothic
Might & Magic: World of Xeen
Darklands
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Baldurs Gate 2
Icewind Dale 1
Diablo 2
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead / Bright Nights

Hidden gems:
Dungeon Rats
Legends of Amberland 1
Wizards & Warriors
Infra Arcana
DoomRL
Sil-Q
Neo Scavanger

 

[mediocrepoet]

Top RPGs:
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Fallout
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Pool of Radiance
Quest for Glory
Quest for Glory 4
Temple of Elemental Evil
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Wizardry 7

Hidden Gems:
Alpha Protocol
Baldur's Gate 3
Caves of Lore
Dragon's Dogma 2 (this will probably replace DD:DA in top RPGs for me, but it's too early to tell. Awesome game.)
Knights of the Chalice
Knights of the Chalice 2
Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown
Solasta
Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children
Wartales

Imo "Hidden Gems" could be somewhat known, but not enough people seem to have actually played them - written off for one reason or another, but shouldn't have been and/or are great in some ways, but too flawed to be considered for GOAT. I say this because some pretty obscure shit gets discussed here, even if nowhere else, or even if only among like the 2-5 Codexers who actually played the thing.

Honourable mentions:

• Fuck Disco Elysium, that visual novel sucks.
• Arcanum (I still need to try and get into it again, but I really want to love it.)

 

[Lord_Potato]

This divide between two list nonsensical. I see several titles that are already voted in different lists. There is no telling which one is "hidden" and which one isn't by any objective criteria. On Codex a game can be well known, elsewhere be a "hidden gem". Some people might vote for a game only as a hidden gem while others only as a "top rpg". This is BULLSHIT. Similar stuff will happen with several games, old and new alike. This is retarded and OP is a Jewish, sorry, Gnomish hack.
I vote 2 times on many titles, except for the very obvious ones like Fallouts.

I guess Hidden Gems is a category for games that you know are too obscure to enter the top-100. But still deserve time in a spotlight. So the OP probably will present 2 lists: top rpgs (which as we all know will be opened by Fallout, Torment and Arcanum, later have Baldur's Gate 2, Morrowind and Jagged Alliance 2) and hidden gems list which might actually be fresh and interesting to read.

 

[Butter]

This divide between two list nonsensical. I see several titles that are already voted in different lists. There is no telling which one is "hidden" and which one isn't by any objective criteria. On Codex a game can be well known, elsewhere be a "hidden gem". Some people might vote for a game only as a hidden gem while others only as a "top rpg". This is BULLSHIT. Similar stuff will happen with several games, old and new alike. This is retarded and OP is a Jewish, sorry, Gnomish hack.
I vote 2 times on many titles, except for the very obvious ones like Fallouts.

I guess Hidden Gems is a category for games that you know are too obscure to enter the top-100. But still deserve time in a spotlight. So the OP probably will present 2 lists: top rpgs (which as we all know will be opened by Fallout, Torment and Arcanum, later have Baldur's Gate 2, Morrowind and Jagged Alliance 2) and hidden gems list which might actually be fresh and interesting to read.

Basically this. My hope is that RPG newbies can refer to the Top RPGs list and find a great game they've never played, and that RPG veterans can get a similar experience from the Hidden Gems list. It might be a recent indie that got buried by the hundreds of other indies, or an obscure Amiga-only game from 1986, or a game from 2002 that never got an English translation, or who knows what.

The two lists will be presented together, but clearly separated. Nobody is going to think that we somehow selected A Legionary's Life as the best RPG of all time.

 

[cruel]

Top RPGs:

Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate 2
Dark Souls
Persona 4 Golden
Deus Ex
Gothic
ELEX
Wizardry 8
Nier: Automata
Nioh 2

 

[Shin]

Top RPG's:
- Baldur's Gate II
- Planescape: Torment
- Arcanum
- Fallout
- Fallout 2
- Gothic
- Disco Elysium
- Morrowind
- Deus Ex
- VtM Bloodlines