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BG IIJordy wrote: β July 29th, 2024, 20:23I'm happy to have expansions seperately on here so could you clarify if you want 5 to be Baldur's Gate II or Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal?Ligrev wrote: β July 29th, 2024, 19:20a list based solely on my emotional attachment to an rpg?
1. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
2. Might and Magic VII
3. Morrowind
4. Mass Effect trilogy
5. Baldurs Gate 2/TOB
6. South Park - The Fractured but Whole
7. Dragon Age Origins
8. Witcher 3
9. Knights of the Old Republic
10. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Dark Souls is more of an RPG than Gothic:1998 wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 08:55Many games are identifying as an RPG without actually being one, Dark Souls is one of them.Jordy wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 07:44I already added it in for someone else so let me know if you make any changes.Breathe wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 00:43
Good list as well. I wasn't considering Dark Souls in the list, but if it counts I'd definitely have to throw it in mine. I've probably completed it more than any other game I've played.
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So have a **** tons of tacticool games.Gastrick wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 14:23Dark Souls is more of an RPG than Gothic:1998 wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 08:55Many games are identifying as an RPG without actually being one, Dark Souls is one of them.Jordy wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 07:44
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Its besides the point, I don't even mind Dark Souls on the list here. I am just saying that Wiki articles or Steam description as a benchmark to declare a game an RPG only leads to 100 games long GOTY lists like at the Codex, with a certain winner objectively not even being an RPG.
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1: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
2: Fallout: New Vegas
3: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
4: Deus Ex Human Revolution
5: Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
This list is liable to change bi-hourly btw
2: Fallout: New Vegas
3: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
4: Deus Ex Human Revolution
5: Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
This list is liable to change bi-hourly btw
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
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I'd just combine both into BG2. Nobody is going to list Throne of Bhaal separately, and it can't even be played separately β it requires completing BG2 first.Jordy wrote: β July 29th, 2024, 20:23I'm happy to have expansions seperately on here so could you clarify if you want 5 to be Baldur's Gate II or Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal?Ligrev wrote: β July 29th, 2024, 19:20a list based solely on my emotional attachment to an rpg?
1. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
2. Might and Magic VII
3. Morrowind
4. Mass Effect trilogy
5. Baldurs Gate 2/TOB
6. South Park - The Fractured but Whole
7. Dragon Age Origins
8. Witcher 3
9. Knights of the Old Republic
10. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
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Everyone knows the true definition of an RPG.1998 wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 16:14Its besides the point, I don't even mind Dark Souls on the list here. I am just saying that Wiki articles or Steam description as a benchmark to declare a game an RPG only leads to 100 games long GOTY lists like at the Codex, with a certain winner objectively not even being an RPG.
Whether I move the thread for it out of the RPG section or not.
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1. Baldurs Gate 2
2. Elder Scrolls Oblivion
3. Neverwinter Nights 2
4. Dragon Age Origins
5. Mass Effect 2
2. Elder Scrolls Oblivion
3. Neverwinter Nights 2
4. Dragon Age Origins
5. Mass Effect 2
1st choice: Morrowind
2nd choice: BG2
3rd choice: VtMB
4th choice: Arcanum
5th choice: Elden Ring
2nd choice: BG2
3rd choice: VtMB
4th choice: Arcanum
5th choice: Elden Ring
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These will be at the bottom as most people won't have played them lol, but they carry some of my fondest memories from going up. I never get tired of going back and playing them:
1. Xenogears (PS1)
2. Shining Force 3 (Saturn)
3. Shining The Holy Ark (Saturn)
4. Shining Wisdom (Saturn) - (Could be argued this is a zelda-style Action Adventure so swap in a runner up if need)
5. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Runners up:
Dark Savior (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
1. Xenogears (PS1)
2. Shining Force 3 (Saturn)
3. Shining The Holy Ark (Saturn)
4. Shining Wisdom (Saturn) - (Could be argued this is a zelda-style Action Adventure so swap in a runner up if need)
5. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Runners up:
Dark Savior (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
Let me guess, that stupid leftoid-produced detective talking "game", whatever the **** it's called.
You may as well not bother replying to my posts if it's to argue anything except concrete facts or your personal opinion. I still probably won't see it.
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If you can.
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If you can.
I swapped in Panzer Dragoon Saga for Shining Wisdom. Let me know if you want something else.BobT wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 18:02These will be at the bottom as most people won't have played them lol, but they carry some of my fondest memories from going up. I never get tired of going back and playing them:
1. Xenogears (PS1)
2. Shining Force 3 (Saturn)
3. Shining The Holy Ark (Saturn)
4. Shining Wisdom (Saturn) - (Could be argued this is a zelda-style Action Adventure so swap in a runner up if need)
5. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Runners up:
Dark Savior (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
I swapped it directly for #4 though. Will edit now and shift Chrono Trigger up and put Panzer Dragoon Saga at #5.BobT wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 18:02These will be at the bottom as most people won't have played them lol, but they carry some of my fondest memories from going up. I never get tired of going back and playing them:
1. Xenogears (PS1)
2. Shining Force 3 (Saturn)
3. Shining The Holy Ark (Saturn)
4. Shining Wisdom (Saturn) - (Could be argued this is a zelda-style Action Adventure so swap in a runner up if need)
5. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Runners up:
Dark Savior (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
Final Fantasy 7 (PS1)
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Lufia 2 should cancel Morrowind out.rusty_shackleford wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 23:03Going to have a lot of shroomhead badges to give out when this is over
Morrowind is the best TES but still wasn't good enough for my top 5. Maybe if I did a top 10. I played it via OG xbox when the hardware couldn't even load everything.rusty_shackleford wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 23:03Going to have a lot of shroomhead badges to give out when this is over
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I kept the list to games I actually played when I still cared about this ****. I'm not a conosewer or a poser, I've played a lot of games, but the ones I picked were the ones I enjoyed so much I beat, cared to learn about, and actually go back to sometimes, not to just cross off a list.
Just like Yves, I chase tales
rusty_shackleford wrote: β October 28th, 2024, 07:36Mediocre or bad games can still have parts that are good.
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^incase anybody thinks I chose my list just to pretend to be ********. No, I was a kid when I played them all. Except Phantasy Star 4, that was a recent one, but its something I would have played, if I knew about it.
In a landslideRand wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 19:51Let me guess, that stupid leftoid-produced detective talking "game", whatever the **** it's called.

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Technically Titan Outpost won, then felipepoopoo massaged the data to get the result he wanted. Then he admitted to throwing out all no confidence votes that just gave disco communism a 1/4
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How come I don't see The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on this chart?1998 wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 01:05In a landslideRand wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 19:51Let me guess, that stupid leftoid-produced detective talking "game", whatever the **** it's called.
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JRPGs are the only games they are somewhat filtering out, with few exceptions. Otherwise, they would have another few hundred games or so to vote on. Even they realized that would be ********.Oyster Sauce wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 01:12How come I don't see The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on this chart?1998 wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 01:05In a landslideRand wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 19:51
Let me guess, that stupid leftoid-produced detective talking "game", whatever the **** it's called.
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A Legionary's Life isn't a rpg. Stygian was an incomplete jumblefuck. Amberland is lower than Operencia? The Outer Worlds? Dogshit taste, 2019 must have sucked, or cuckdex is just a sewer.1998 wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 01:05In a landslideRand wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 19:51Let me guess, that stupid leftoid-produced detective talking "game", whatever the **** it's called.
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Druidstone is also not an RPG, pretty sure they even recognized that in their review...maidenhaver wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 02:07A Legionary's Life isn't a rpg. Stygian was an incomplete jumblefuck. Amberland is lower than Operencia? The Outer Worlds? Dogshit taste, 2019 must have sucked, or cuckdex is just a sewer.1998 wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 01:05In a landslideRand wrote: β July 30th, 2024, 19:51
Let me guess, that stupid leftoid-produced detective talking "game", whatever the **** it's called.
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Somnus [Not Recommended]
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To anyone that played those RPGs that year Titan Outpost won.
And by the by to anyone interested: Titan Outpost is one of the better Asimovian RPGs out there.
And by the by to anyone interested: Titan Outpost is one of the better Asimovian RPGs out there.
Just like Yves, I chase tales
rusty_shackleford wrote: β October 28th, 2024, 07:36Mediocre or bad games can still have parts that are good.
Dragon Age: Origins is probably the biggest jump at 2nd at the moment instead of 43rd like in the 2019 codex list. Noticed that it is almost-all loved by newfags who were brought here by the game-mods.
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It's an all-around decent game without many β if any real β flaws, not surprised if a lot of younger people have played it and enjoyed it. Not something I'd consider the best, but definitely nowhere near the bottom of the RPGs I've played.Gastrick wrote: β July 31st, 2024, 02:58
Dragon Age: Origins is probably the biggest jump at 2nd at the moment instead of 43rd like in the 2019 codex list. Noticed that it is almost-all loved by newfags who were brought here by the game-mods.
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