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Incline RPG Codex's Top Non-RPG PC games - VOTE THREAD

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The original UFO: Enemy Unknown and XCOM are the same game, right? Which name is more official?
X-com is the 90's one, same as UFO: Enemy Unknown.
XCOM was made by Firaxis.

How you're dealing with 3 different versions of Pirates!?
 

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The original UFO: Enemy Unknown and XCOM are the same game, right? Which name is more official?
X-com is the 90's one, same as UFO: Enemy Unknown.
XCOM was made by Firaxis.

How you're dealing with 3 different versions of Pirates!?

I will just assume that everyone meant the original UFO/X-Com if they wrote XCOM. Is OpenXcom a separate game or should it be counted with UFO/X-Com together?

And Pirates! is Pirates! - nobody specified which one they meant anyway.
 

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The original UFO: Enemy Unknown and XCOM are the same game, right? Which name is more official?
X-com is the 90's one, same as UFO: Enemy Unknown.
XCOM was made by Firaxis.

How you're dealing with 3 different versions of Pirates!?

I will just assume that everyone meant the original UFO/X-Com if they wrote XCOM. Is OpenXcom a separate game or should it be counted with UFO/X-Com together?

Should be counted together, it is just a sourceport (with QoL adjustments and bug fixes).
 

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Entered all the data; now the points need to be combined for each game.

Here is a preview:

Civilization 43 points
Civilization II 70 points
Civilization III 16 points
Civilization IV 73 points
Civilization V 17 points

204 people voted in total.
 

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The original UFO: Enemy Unknown and XCOM are the same game, right? Which name is more official?

I guess Microprose being an American company, X-COM: UFO Defense should be the official name, even if i use UFO Enemy unknown (European version's name).

Edit : After checking, Mythos Games, Gollop's company was Brit so i guess it's a tie ...
 

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The original UFO: Enemy Unknown and XCOM are the same game, right? Which name is more official?

I guess Microprose being an American company, X-COM: UFO Defense should be the official name, even if i use UFO Enemy unknown (European version's name).

Except the Gollop-brothers are British, and the game was developed in England. And IIRC the devs came up with the name, not the publisher.

I counted UFO: Enemy Unknown, OpenXcom and X-Com: UFO Defense as the same title and lumped their scores together.

(Anyone who just writes "XCom" in this poll should either be forced to clarify their vote or forced to make out with a Chryssalid in the closet.)
 

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5 Points: ArmA 2, War Thunder, NFS underground, Doom, HoMM 3
3 Points: Heretic, Thief, Carmageddon, Star Wars Force unleashed, ArmA 3
1 Point: Bf1, Resident evil 4, Sniper Ghost Warrior 2. Sonic Generations, HoMM4, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Insurgency, CS:GO, GTA 5. Terraria, Red Dead Redemption 2.
 

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Except the Gollop-brothers are British, and the game was developed in England. And IIRC the devs came up with the name, not the publisher.

I counted UFO: Enemy Unknown, OpenXcom and X-Com: UFO Defense as the same title and lumped their scores together.

(Anyone who just writes "XCom" in this poll should either be forced to clarify their vote or forced to make out with a Chryssalid in the closet.)

But if Gollop have had his way, we would have been playing laser squad 2 and the best video game ever created wouldn't exist ...

The game was originally conceived by a small British video game developer company, Mythos Games – led by Julian Gollop – as a sequel to their 1988 science fiction tactical game Laser Squad,[16][17] "but with much neater graphics using an isometric style very similar to Populous."[18] The initial 1991 demo presented a relatively simple, two-player tactical game then known as Laser Squad 2 (or Laser Squad II), which ran on the Atari ST. The Gollop brothers (Julian and Nick) approached three video game publishers, Krisalis, Domark and MicroProse, eventually brokering a deal with MicroProse.[1][19] Julian Gollop was especially happy about it because he greatly respected MicroProse and believed it was probably the best video game company in the world at the time.[1][16]

"When we first got the contract with MicroProse we were very pleased but concerned about what they might require us to do. We did have a few arguments in the beginning because they didn’t understand the game design I had written. [...] I had a tough job trying to explain it, and I had to produce a few more documents and attend a big meeting with their in-house designers, producers and head of development."
Julian Gollop[16]

Although supportive of the project, the publisher expressed concerns that the demo lacked a grand scale in keeping with MicroProse's hit strategy game Civilization. The Civilopedia feature of Civilization also inspired an addition of the in-game encyclopedia, called the UFOpaedia. All that and the UFO theme was suggested by MicroProse UK head of development Pete Moreland.[1][20] Julian Gollop's personal inspirations included several traditional games, in particular, the board wargame Sniper! and the tabletop role-playing game Traveller.[1]

Ful version : wikipedia under development
 

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5 points:
  1. Civilization 4
  2. HoMM 3
  3. Steel Panthers
  4. Cannon Fodder
  5. Star Craft
3 points:
  1. Half Life
  2. Monkey Island 2
  3. Monkey Island 1
  4. Police Quest
  5. Civilization 2
1. point:
  1. Wizball
  2. Larry 3
  3. Larry 5
  4. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
  5. Maniac Mansion
  6. Command and Conquer: Red Alert
  7. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
  8. Sim City
  9. Scorched Earth
  10. Lemmings
Well shit... I missed the date here.
 
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It's done.

Here is the preliminary Top 100 (without points):

  1. Heroes of Might and Magic III (1999)
  2. Thief (1998)
  3. UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-Com: UFO Defense (1994)
  4. Thief 2: The Metal Age (2000)
  5. Starcraft (1998)
  6. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999)
  7. Doom (1993)
  8. Half-Life (1998)
  9. Quake (1996)
  10. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
  11. Age of Empires II
  12. Master of Orion 2 (1996)
  13. Crusader Kings II (2012)
  14. Warcraft 3 (2002)
  15. Master of Magic (1994)
  16. Civilization IV
  17. Heroes of Might and Magic II (1996)
  18. Max Payne (2001)
  19. Civilization II
  20. Silent Hill 2 (2001)
  21. Portal (2007)
  22. Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
  23. Half-Life 2 (2004)
  24. Unreal Tournament (1999)
  25. Blood
  26. Pirates! (1987)
  27. Freespace 2
  28. Star Wars: TIE Fighter (1994)
  29. Dungeon Keeper (1997)
  30. Doom 2
  31. System Shock (1994)
  32. Civilization (1991)
  33. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
  34. Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
  35. Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
  36. Curse of Monkey Island (1997)
  37. Dishonored (2012)
  38. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  39. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  40. Hollow Knight (2017)
  41. Portal 2
  42. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
  43. Rome: Total War (2004)
  44. Dwarf Fortress
  45. Grim Fandango (1998)
  46. Homeworld
  47. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003)
  48. Tetris (1984)
  49. Minecraft
  50. Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)
  51. Day of the Tentacle (1993)
  52. Sacrifice (2000)
  53. Psychonauts (2005)
  54. F.E.A.R
  55. Medieval II: Total War (2006)
  56. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009)
  57. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
  58. Europa Universalis IV (2013)
  59. FTL: Faster Than Light (2012)
  60. Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997)
  61. Worms Armageddon (1999)
  62. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
  63. Outcast
  64. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001)
  65. Sim City 2000 (1993)
  66. Warcraft 2 (1996)
  67. Alien vs Predator 2
  68. Quake 2
  69. Rollercoaster Tycoon (1999)
  70. Age of Wonders
  71. No One Lives Forever
  72. Rimworld
  73. Hotline Miami (2012)
  74. Starcraft 2 (2010)
  75. The Longest Journey
  76. Giants: Citizen Kabuto
  77. Lemmings (1991)
  78. Mafia
  79. X-Com Terror From the Deep (1995)
  80. Age of Wonders 2
  81. Alien Isolation
  82. Caesar III (1998)
  83. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  84. Blade Runner
  85. Devil May Cry 3
  86. King Of Dragon Pass (1999)
  87. Operation Flashpoint
  88. Prince of Persia (1989)
  89. Tropico (2001)
  90. Counter-Strike 1.6 (1999)
  91. Life is Strange
  92. Resident Evil Remake
  93. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  94. Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001)
  95. Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
  96. Transport Tycoon (+Deluxe)
  97. Bioshock
  98. Crysis
  99. Hitman: Blood Money
  100. Master of Orion

And the Top 100 with points:

  1. Heroes of Might and Magic III (1999) - (260 points)
  2. Thief (1998) - (205 points)
  3. UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-Com: UFO Defense (1994) - (202 points)
  4. Thief 2 (2000) - (193 points)
  5. Starcraft (1998) - (183 points)
  6. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999) - (164 points)
  7. Doom (1993) - (156 points)
  8. Half-Life (1998) - (142 points)
  9. Quake (1996) - (127 points)
  10. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007) - (113 points)
  11. Age of Empires II - (97 points)
  12. Master of Orion 2 (1996) - (95 points)
  13. Crusader Kings 2 (2012) - (91 points)
  14. Warcraft III (2002) - (84 points)
  15. Master of Magic (1994) - (76 points)
  16. Civilization IV - (73 points)
  17. Heroes of Might and Magic II (1996) - (73 points)
  18. Max Payne (2001) - (71 points)
  19. Civilization II - (70 points)
  20. Silent Hill 2 (2001) - (67 points)
  21. Portal (2007) - (66 points)
  22. Duke Nukem 3D (1996) - (63 points)
  23. Half-Life 2 (2004) - (63 points)
  24. Unreal Tournament (1999) - (62 points)
  25. Blood - (61 points)
  26. Pirates! (1987) - (59 points)
  27. Freespace 2 - (55 points)
  28. Star Wars: TIE Fighter (1994) - (53 points)
  29. Dungeon Keeper (1997) - (49 points)
  30. Doom 2 - (48 points)
  31. System Shock (1994) - (47 points)
  32. Civilization (1991) - (43 points)
  33. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) - (42 points)
  34. The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) - (42 points)
  35. Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade - (42 points)
  36. Curse of Monkey Island (1997) - (41 points)
  37. Dishonored (2012) - (41 points)
  38. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy - (40 points)
  39. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - (39 points)
  40. Hollow Knight (2017) - (39 points)
  41. Portal 2 - (39 points)
  42. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) - (39 points)
  43. Rome: Total War (2004) - (38 points)
  44. Dwarf Fortress - (37 points)
  45. Grim Fandango (1998) - (37 points)
  46. Homeworld - (37 points)
  47. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) - (37 points)
  48. Tetris (1984) - (37 points)
  49. Minecraft - (36 points)
  50. Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996) - (35 points)
  51. Day of the Tentacle (1993) - (35 points)
  52. Sacrifice (2000) - (35 points)
  53. Psychonauts (2005) - (34 points)
  54. F.E.A.R - (33 points)
  55. Medieval II: Total War (2006) - (33 points)
  56. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009) - (33 points)
  57. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - (32 points)
  58. Europa Universalis IV (2013) - (32 points)
  59. FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) - (32 points)
  60. Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997) - (32 points)
  61. Worms Armageddon (1999) - (32 points)
  62. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) - (31 points)
  63. Outcast - (31 points)
  64. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001) - (30 points)
  65. Sim City 2000 (1993) - (30 points)
  66. Warcraft 2 (1996) - (30 points)
  67. Alien vs Predator 2 - (29 points)
  68. Quake 2 - (29 points)
  69. Rollercoaster Tycoon (1999) - (29 points)
  70. Age of Wonders - (28 points)
  71. No One Lives Forever - (28 points)
  72. Rimworld - (28 points)
  73. Hotline Miami (2012) - (27 points)
  74. Starcraft 2 (2010) - (27 points)
  75. The Longest Journey - (27 points)
  76. Giants: Citizen Kabuto - (26 points)
  77. Lemmings (1991) - (26 points)
  78. Mafia - (26 points)
  79. X-Com Terror From the Deep (1995) - (26 points)
  80. Age of Wonders 2 - (25 points)
  81. Alien Isolation - (25 points)
  82. Caesar III (1998) - (25 points)
  83. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - (25 points)
  84. Blade Runner - (24 points)
  85. Devil May Cry 3 - (24 points)
  86. King Of Dragon Pass (1999) - (24 points)
  87. Operation Flashpoint - (24 points)
  88. Prince of Persia (1989) - (24 points)
  89. Tropico (2001) - (24 points)
  90. Counter-Strike 1.6 (1999) - (23 points)
  91. Life is Strange - (23 points)
  92. Resident Evil Remake - (23 points)
  93. Return to Castle Wolfenstein - (23 points)
  94. Severance: Blade of Darkness (2001) - (23 points)
  95. Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II - (23 points)
  96. Transport Tycoon (+Deluxe) - (23 points)
  97. Bioshock - (22 points)
  98. Crysis - (22 points)
  99. Hitman: Blood Money - (22 points)
  100. Master of Orion - (22 points)
The rest is in the excel sheet: http://www.filedropper.com/voting

Somebody should probably double check if I missed to combine some of the lesser known titles (especially among those starting with "The").

Also, those who wanted to categorize the games according to genre can now do this as well.
 

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i wish homeworld 1 was slightly higher on that list but i'll take it, although i'm very glad that shadow of chernobyl, half life 1, doom, quake, and thief are in very high spots
 

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God Bless the madmen who voted for A: Racing Games B: Sports Games and C: Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

I couldn't be with you because I needed a Arcade/Coin Op vote and not a PC vote
 

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It's done.

And the Top 100 with points:
  1. Heroes of Might and Magic III (1999) - (260 points)
  2. Thief (1998) - (205 points)
  3. UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-Com: UFO Defense (1994) - (202 points)

The rest is in the excel sheet: http://www.filedropper.com/voting

Somebody should probably double check if I missed to combine some of the lesser known titles (especially among those starting with "The").

Also, those who wanted to categorize the games according to genre can now do this as well.

I counted the 3 first places and that's what i found :
  • Heroes III : 248
  • UFO : 210
  • Thief 1 : 202
 

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It's done.

And the Top 100 with points:
  1. Heroes of Might and Magic III (1999) - (260 points)
  2. Thief (1998) - (205 points)
  3. UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-Com: UFO Defense (1994) - (202 points)

The rest is in the excel sheet: http://www.filedropper.com/voting

Somebody should probably double check if I missed to combine some of the lesser known titles (especially among those starting with "The").

Also, those who wanted to categorize the games according to genre can now do this as well.

I counted the 3 first places and that's what i found :
  • Heroes III : 248
  • UFO : 210
  • Thief 1 : 202

I don't know how you counted, bro, but I get the same numbers as before. Also, I included the two latecomers who voted after it was officially over.
 

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