2023 RPG of the Year Poll

Roguey · Post by **Roguey** » February 24th, 2024, 15:25

Let's see what RPG this forum liked best. I'm sorry if your favorite game isn't on the list, but it says I only have 30 choices, so I used data from elsewhere to find what's most likely to be the most played RPGs of the year.

asf · Post by **asf** » February 24th, 2024, 15:27

what a shitty year

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » February 24th, 2024, 15:29

JA3 is the only game on that list I played.

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » February 24th, 2024, 15:30

I vote for "none"

Element · Post by **Element** » February 24th, 2024, 16:29

Colony Ship, despite it being underwhelming

Watser · Post by **Watser** » February 24th, 2024, 16:33

The best RPG I played in 2023 was Exile II with Brigand: Oaxaca as follow-up.

Oldtimer · Post by **Oldtimer** » February 24th, 2024, 17:35

Not sure Jagged Alliance 3 counts as an RPG, though. I'm not familiar with most of the rest (but BG3 was most definitely not the one). I have to say Rogue Trader, which was indeed an RPG, with interesting characters, no wokeness and keeping to the lore like nothing else. Highly recommended. I will say however, the character system is a PITA and could most definitely be a lot better, but that aside, RT is the GOTY for me.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 24th, 2024, 19:03

BG3, no contest. More interesting one would be a poll without BG3.

Caves of Lore and Dark Envoy were both quite good.
[edit]
Forgot Wartales, which I enjoyed but was very uneven.

Tweed · Post by **Tweed** » February 24th, 2024, 19:13

Demon Lord Reincarnation.

Tweed · Post by **Tweed** » February 24th, 2024, 19:21

BG3 lost and there's nothing you can do about it.

Lord of Riva · Post by **Lord of Riva** » February 24th, 2024, 19:25

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:03
BG3, no contest. More interesting one would be a poll without BG3.

Caves of Lore and Dark Envoy were both quite good.
[edit]
Forgot Wartales, which I enjoyed but was very uneven.

JA 3 made GOTY on the 'dex btw. not sure if you know.

EDIT: Tweed already postet that, damn.

Tweed wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:13
Demon Lord Reincarnation.

This game was so incredible shit.

I make a point about playing games from the community but I would rather play Redaxium. At least it looks special.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 24th, 2024, 19:26

Lord of Riva wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:25

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:03
BG3, no contest. More interesting one would be a poll without BG3.

Caves of Lore and Dark Envoy were both quite good.
[edit]
Forgot Wartales, which I enjoyed but was very uneven.
JA 3 made GOTY on the 'dex btw. not sure if you know.

EDIT: Tweed already postet that, damn.

Didn't even play it yet, one of the reasons I prefer a GOTY poll that lags by a year.
And I'm of the strong opinion that codex is full of hipsters so BG3 not winning is of little surprise.

SoLong · Post by **SoLong** » February 24th, 2024, 19:30

I enjoyed Persona 3 but not as the portable version a little more than BG3 overall. So I'll put my vote there since BG3 will likely win overall anyway.

Oyster Sauce · Post by **Oyster Sauce** » February 24th, 2024, 19:51

I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.

Anon · Post by **Anon** » February 24th, 2024, 19:53

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:51
I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.

Play the original BGs, highly recommend

Oyster Sauce · Post by **Oyster Sauce** » February 24th, 2024, 19:56

Anon wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:53

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:51
I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.
Play the original BGs, highly recommend

They have bad gameplay unfortunately

Anon · Post by **Anon** » February 24th, 2024, 19:57

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:56

Anon wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:53

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:51
I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.
Play the original BGs, highly recommend
They have bad gameplay unfortunately

I see your brain still isn't accostumed to the great marvels of rtwp

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 24th, 2024, 19:58

Anon wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:57

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:56

Anon wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:53

Play the original BGs, highly recommend
They have bad gameplay unfortunately
I see your brain still isn't accostumed to the great marvels of rtwp

IE RTwP is poop and gave RTwP a bad name.
I think it says a lot about an RPG when it can still be considered good despite not having good combat, however.

Nammu Archag · Post by **Nammu Archag** » February 24th, 2024, 20:01

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:51
I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.

I appreciate the work that some of the guys here do to deniggify the game, but modding the game is a mess in general and hardly worth it. Releasing a toolset and making the game more modder-friendly would redeem lots of it, but I don't even know if that's even feasible with something like Unreal 5 in its current state.

Slavic Sorcerer · Post by **Slavic Sorcerer** » February 24th, 2024, 20:02

With BG3 on the list I have no idea why this poll even exists
BG3 brought many new users to the HQ
They came for racist mods, they stayed for freedom of shitposting

EDIT: I'd vote for Hogwarts Legacy, but BG3 allows me to romance a bodybuilder druid with wholesome personality and large....health pool

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 24th, 2024, 20:03

Nammu Archag wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:01

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:51
I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.
I appreciate the work that some of the guys here do to deniggify the game, but modding the game is a mess in general and hardly worth it. Releasing a toolset and making the game more modder-friendly would redeem lots of it, but I don't even know if that's even feasible with something like Unreal 5 in its current state.

BG3 uses Larian's in-house engine(Divinity Engine), they released the devkit for DOS1 & 2 so I assumed they'd release it for BG3 too but haven't yet.

Nammu Archag · Post by **Nammu Archag** » February 24th, 2024, 20:08

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:03

Nammu Archag wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:01

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 19:51
I wish BG3 had some sort of custom module creator. The gameplay is too good to wait 10 years for an even more gayniggerfied sequel. Just give me some orcs to fight.
I appreciate the work that some of the guys here do to deniggify the game, but modding the game is a mess in general and hardly worth it. Releasing a toolset and making the game more modder-friendly would redeem lots of it, but I don't even know if that's even feasible with something like Unreal 5 in its current state.
BG3 uses Larian's in-house engine(Divinity Engine), they released the devkit for DOS1 & 2 so I assumed they'd release it for BG3 too but haven't yet.

You're right that's my error. For some reason I just associated the spaghetti code and size of the game with Unreal. I guess it's more forgivable if its inhouse, but I haven't seen any indication of something actually being done soon. They seem to often brick their own game with their updates

Havitner · Post by **Havitner** » February 24th, 2024, 20:17

I haven't played a single one of those games. I don't think I've played any game released in 2023 at all.

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » February 24th, 2024, 20:24

BG3 is winning, huh? The enshittification of RPGHQ continues.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 24th, 2024, 20:26

Acrux wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:24
BG3 is winning, huh? The enshittification of RPGHQ continues.

But you haven't played BG3

Atlantico · Post by **Atlantico** » February 24th, 2024, 20:26

BG3 the tranny sim winning. I voted Starfield because Rusty failed to do his duty and support the Bethesda game.

The absolute decline

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » February 24th, 2024, 20:27

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:26

Acrux wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:24
BG3 is winning, huh? The enshittification of RPGHQ continues.
But you haven't played BG3

And proud of it!

Nammu Archag · Post by **Nammu Archag** » February 24th, 2024, 20:34

Didn't even finish Rogue Trader but I voted for it to support Putler. Hopefully there's an update that lets me bang the alien chick someday

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 24th, 2024, 20:35

Nammu Archag wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:34
but I voted for it to support Putler

Nammu Archag · Post by **Nammu Archag** » February 24th, 2024, 20:44

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:35

Nammu Archag wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2024, 20:34
but I voted for it to support Putler

Cyprus is common a proxy that Russian companies use to evade sanctions. Hence why they also have connected offices in two Russian-speaking places as well lol

What was your favorite RPG of the year?