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

[Hell Swarm]

I realize my list is likely nothing like others. I have very specific tastes and 80 hours of bear fucking is not one of them.

Not reading the poll instructions is clearly one of your tastes though, lot of console ports in there.

Only PC games. Multi-platform titles like KotOR or Dark Souls are ok, but no 20-years-later ports like Chrono Trigger.

None of the games listed are 20 year old ports. They all got PC releases within a reasonable time frame of their console versions.

 

[negator2vc]

Top RPGs:
* Shadowrun: Dragonfall
* Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness
* Fallout 1
* Fallout 2
* Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
* Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
* Wizardry 8
* Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva
* Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
* Might and Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven

Hidden Gems:
* Caves of Lore
* ATOM

 

[0wca]

Top RPGs:

• Baldur's Gate 3
• Disco Elysium
• Starfield
• Fallout: The Frontier
• The Outer Worlds

Hidden Gems:

• Pentiment
• Torment: Tides of Numenera
• Mass Effect: Andromeda

 

[Lt Broccoli]

Top RPGs:

Fallout
Dark Souls
Baldur's Gate
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Pool of Radiance
Deus Ex
Planescape: Torment
Alpha Protocol
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Darkest Dungeon


Hidden Gems:

Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) - Best fan-made modules
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Inquisitor
Age of Decadence
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

 

[Butter]

MOAR DATA

 

[Avonaeon]

Top RPGs:

• Arcanum
• Fallout
• Fallout 2
• Deus Ex
• VtMB
• Might & Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven
• Morrowind
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Underrail

Hidden Gems:

• NEO Scavenger
• Expeditions: Viking (Dunno if I'm allowed to vote for games I worked on. If not, don't count it)
• Escalon: Book I

 

[Butter]

You can vote for a game you worked on. MF voted for Titan Outpost as a hidden gem too.

 

[Optimist]

I don't like the split between "RPGs" and "Hidden Gems", as it's hard for me to tell which one is supposed to be which. I don't think AoD or CS should be considered "Hidden Gems", as they're very widely known on Codex, if not in the mainstream. Similarly, calling Archolos a hidden gem, despite it winning mod-of-the-year awards feels a bit odd.

Also, limiting this to 10 positions makes the voting really painful

Top RPGs:
- Fallout
- Fallout 2
- Gothic
- Gothic 2
- Archolos
- Gothic 3 (sue me)
- Jagged Alliance 2
- Space Rangers 2
- Alpha Protocol
- Planescape Torment

Hidden Gems:
- Lords of Infinity
- West of Loathing
- Shadows over Loathing
- XPirateZ (...if JA2 qualifies..?)
- King of Dragon Pass
- Titan Outpost
- Golf Story
- Ouroboros
- Sunless Sea
- Tales of Maj'Eyal

 

[niknikaia]

Top RPGs:
Baldurs Gate
Temple of Elemental Evil
Age of Decadence
Icewind Dale
Fallout
Planescape: Torment
Underrail
KOTOR 2
Ultima Underworld The Stygian Abyss
Jagged Alliance 2


Hidden Gems:
UnReal World
Age of Decadence
Darklands
Dungeon Rats
Vampire the Mascarade Bloodlines

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Top RPGs:

* Might and Magic VI
* The Temple of Elemental Evil
* Path of Exile
* Baldur's Gate
* Wisardry 8
* Age of Decadence
* Arcanum
* Jagged Alliance 2
* Dragon Age: Origins
* The Witcher

 

[goregasm]

Top RPGs: (pretty standard stuff)
Fallout NV
Baldurs Gate 1
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Baldurs Gate 2
 KCD
Ultima 7
Arcanum
Ultima 4
Deus Ex

Hidden Gems: (rough diamonds)
Age of Decadence
Expeditions Viking
Serpent in the Staglands
Dead State
Darklands
Grim Rock
Nethergate
Colony ship
Shadowrun Dragonfall
Witcher 3

Favorite RPG of all time, but cant be included? Shadowrun for Sega Genesis.

 

[Jim Cojones]

Top RPGs
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos
Fallout
Fallout 2
Gothic
Gothic 2
Icewind Dale
Jagged Alliance 2
Wizardry 8
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Hidden gems
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
DoomRL
Knights of the Chalice
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

 

[Sigourn]

I don't like the split between "RPGs" and "Hidden Gems", as it's hard for me to tell which one is supposed to be which. I don't think AoD or CS should be considered "Hidden Gems", as they're very widely known on Codex, if not in the mainstream. Similarly, calling Archolos a hidden gem, despite it winning mod-of-the-year awards feels a bit odd.

To me "hidden gem" -> game the Codex rarely, if ever, would talk about.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

I don't like the split between "RPGs" and "Hidden Gems", as it's hard for me to tell which one is supposed to be which. I don't think AoD or CS should be considered "Hidden Gems", as they're very widely known on Codex, if not in the mainstream. Similarly, calling Archolos a hidden gem, despite it winning mod-of-the-year awards feels a bit odd.

To me "hidden gem" -> game the Codex rarely, if ever, would talk about.

That's kind of hard as to say a game is Hidden Gem it has to be somewhat good and good RPGs are talked about a lot on the codex. For normies ATOM or Age of Decadence are hidden gems, but here they are pretty much more known and discussed than most AAA RPGs.

 

[Sigourn]

I don't like the split between "RPGs" and "Hidden Gems", as it's hard for me to tell which one is supposed to be which. I don't think AoD or CS should be considered "Hidden Gems", as they're very widely known on Codex, if not in the mainstream. Similarly, calling Archolos a hidden gem, despite it winning mod-of-the-year awards feels a bit odd.

To me "hidden gem" -> game the Codex rarely, if ever, would talk about.

That's kind of hard as to say a game is Hidden Gem is has to be somewhat good and good RPGs are talked about a lot on the codex. For a normies ATOM or Age of Decadence are hidden gems, but here they are pretty much more known and discussed than most AAA RPGs.

Well some hidden games are not talked about or not considered hidden gems by the Codex.
I nominated JRPGs because the vast majority won't ever talk about them but they are great games on their own.

 

[Redshirt #42]

Top RPGs:

1. Planescape: Torment
2. Fallout
3. Fallout 2
4. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
5. Deus Ex
6. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
7. Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
8. Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
9. Baldur's Gate 2
10. Gothic 2

Hidden Gems:

1. The Age of Decadence
2. Fallout: New Vegas
3. Alpha Protocol
4. Kenshi
5. Colony Ship
6. King of Dragon Pass
7. Sengoku Rance
8. Wizardry 8
9. Fear & Hunger
10. Anachronox

I put New Vegas on the "Hidden Gems" list even though it's popular because it took me a lot of time to find the mods to fix the base game and the installation process has a lot of overhead (compared to Bloodlines, in example). Other than that, I'd say the top 5 "Hidden Gems" qualify as hidden outside of RPGCodex but proper RPGs, the bottom 5 are perhaps games that don't have as much of an RPG-element focus but what little they have is still worth mentioning.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Ah yes, the hidden gem Fallout New Vegas popular on Codex and normies alike. You retards are going to fuck up this hidden gem list.

 

[Butter]

Ah yes, the hidden gem Fallpit New Vegas popular on Codex and normies alike. You retards are going to fuck up this hidden gem list.

Right now the top 5 games on the hidden gems list are all probably going to be on the top rpgs list (AoD is literally first atm). That stuff isn't going to be included in the published list.

 

[himmy]

in no particular order, the numeration was for counting purposes:

Top RPGs:
1. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2. Gothic 2
3. Disco Elysium
4. Underrail
5. Fallout: New Vegas
6. Baldur's Gate 2
7. Planescape: Torment
8. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
9. Witcher 3
10. Divinity: Original Sin II

Hidden Gems:*
1. Heroine's Quest
2. Avernum 6
3. Moonring
4. Gothic 3
5. Citizen Sleeper
6. ELEX
7. Divine Divinity
8. Shadowrun: Dragonfall
9. Sailing Era
10. Wizardry 8

*wasn't sure what qualifies as such, so I went with some titles that might be popular here, but are definitely not considered A-listers by the greater gaming world

 

[PEACH]

dungeon master
fallout
wizardry VII
baldur's gate
morrowind
underrail
grimoire
deus ex
planescape torment
tales of maj eyal

 

[rubinstein]

Top RPGs:
* Deus Ex
* Neverwinter nights 2 (for me wife, safiya)
* Fallout
* System Shock 2
* Baldurs Gate

short list, because i only included games i had not a single doubt about.

 

[culliford]

Top RPGs:
* Planescape: Torment
* Kingdom Come: Deliverance
* Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
* Wizardry 8
* Elden Ring
* Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
* Baldur's Gate 2
* Neo Scavenger
* Shadowrun: Dragonfall
* Fallout: New Vegas

 

[North Gibraltarian Dog]

Top:

* Arcanum
* Daggerfall
* Darklands
* Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
* Kenshi
* Morrowind
* Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
* Ultima V
* Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
* Underrail

Hidden gems (all under top 100 in last poll, some lacking completely):

* Albion
* Chaos Strikes Back
* Champions of Krynn
* Exile: Scape from the Pit
* Gate: Fates of Dawn
* Might & Magic III: Isles of Terra
* Expedition: Conquistador
* Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
* The Dark Heart of Uukrul
* The Magic Candle

 

[502]

Admittedly my repertoire isn't as rich or refined as some of you but here goes:

Top RPGs:
* Deus Ex
* Arcanum
* Gothic 2
* Fallout
* Jagged Alliance 2

Hidden gems:
* Divine Divinity
* Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015

 

[Butter]

* Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015