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Which games were the HQ RPGs of 2023?

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Sea of Stars
1
1%
Islands of the Caliph
2
1%
The Last Spell
1
1%
Deadnaut: Signal Lost
0
No votes
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader
14
10%
Dead Monarchy
1
1%
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
5
4%
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
1
1%
Baldur's Gate III
32
24%
Darkest Dungeon II
3
2%
Wartales
2
1%
Wandering Sword
4
3%
Trails into Reverie
2
1%
Diablo IV
3
2%
Caves of Lore
11
8%
Heads Will Roll: Reforged
0
No votes
Starfield
3
2%
Achilles: Legends Untold
0
No votes
Dark Envoy
0
No votes
The Iron Oath
1
1%
Moonring
2
1%
Lunacid
2
1%
Demon Lord Reincarnation
3
2%
The Lords of the Fallen
2
1%
Octopath Traveler II
5
4%
Lies of P
7
5%
Hogwarts Legacy
7
5%
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees
4
3%
Space Wreck
2
1%
Jagged Alliance 3
14
10%
 
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rusty_shackleford wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:39
Lord of Riva wrote: January 11th, 2025, 16:18
Rogue trader, while I really liked their general take of the setting does not deserve any mention in the realm of GOTY.

It's not even the bugs, I can live with those, but many of the game design decisions regarding combat. It simply is very mediocre which is a shame coming from Build Porn WOTR.
The story & setting do a lot of heavy lifting.
We really need a "meh" button like the codex.
Roguey wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:40
You're saying both are woke. But JA3 could have been released in 1999 and it wouldn't feel out of place. BG3 would be extremely out of place, there were no big *****-celebration games back then.
This is a) wrong and b) the argument is and always was ****.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:41
I'm not a 90s liberal, so I don't care?
I do not recall conservatives of the 90s/early 00s raising objections over the female mercenaries in Jagged Alliance, from what I gather, it wasn't a topic of discussion at all.
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Roguey wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:49
rusty_shackleford wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:41
I'm not a 90s liberal, so I don't care?
I do not recall conservatives of the 90s/early 00s raising objections over the female mercenaries in Jagged Alliance, from what I gather, it wasn't a topic of discussion at all.
Conservatives are always consneeding territory to libtards, its a tale as old as time.
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A Chinese opium den wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:50
Conservatives are always consneeding territory to libtards, its a tale as old as time.
Back then they were objecting a lot to the violence in video games. And sexual content. But not female characters.
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Roguey wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:49
I do not recall conservatives of the 90s/early 00s raising objections over the female mercenaries in Jagged Alliance, from what I gather, it wasn't a topic of discussion at all.
Not my fault they were cuckolds.
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Lord of Riva wrote: January 11th, 2025, 19:48
We really need a "meh" button like the codex.
sci-fi slop enjoyers take what we can get, even when it's sci-fantasy
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What a **** year.
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Luckmann wrote: January 25th, 2025, 09:21
What a **** year.
This year will be better :(
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1998 wrote: January 25th, 2025, 16:06
Luckmann wrote: January 25th, 2025, 09:21
What a **** year.
This year will be better :(

Nah looking to be another **** year. The only remotely good game coming out this year is Doom Dark Ages.
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64 total voters so far, still got time to voooooote :voting:
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Last minute voting :voting:
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Get ready for the BG3 sweep. :lol:
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I didn't play any of these, but I think I tried the Colon **** demo at some point. I found its setting to be really uninspired. ******, ******* and frogs. No thanks! Space Wreck looked interesting until it was revealed that the creator loved the Ukraine and other woke garbage. Caves of Lore seems nice, though.