Let's settle this once and for all! Who's the Top Dog?

[FeelTheRads]

I vote for none fo them.

Edgy. Sorry, I don't believe Bioware's turds to fit in this topic.

Fallout is eliminated due to combat being the worst part of all 3 games.

PT:S is for fags and emos, and people that like JRPGs. Arcanum is just fuck up.

Tards.

Btw, Melcar is there a working Flash player for Linux yet?

 

[snoek]

arcanum, although it was a p. hard choice

 

[Reject_666_6]

Dammit, I need to register some alts to vote for Arcanum.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

Dammit, I need to register some alts to vote for Arcanum.

Don't bother. By the way, MotB should easily be in the discussion. The combat's bad but easily better than FO, PS:T, and Arcanum put together. And the story, quests, and setting are just as good as these older games.

 

[janjetina]

The combat's bad but easily better than FO

Hell no.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

The combat's bad but easily better than FO

Hell no.

Fallout combat sucked.

 

[Dnny]

Dammit, I need to register some alts to vote for Arcanum.

Don't bother. By the way, MotB should easily be in the discussion. The combat's bad but easily better than FO, PS:T, and Arcanum put together. And the story, quests, and setting are just as good as these older games.

FO combat is miles better than MOTB and the story, quests and setting of Arcanum are more interesting than listening to some emo fanfic-inspired drivel.

Gann, really ? sounds like the dream character of some sixteen years old little goth girl who cuts herself to feel.

 

[OSK]

What's with the adventure game in this list? At least pick a good one like Monkey Island 2.

 

[theverybigslayer]

I voted for Fallout, but it was a hard choice. PST is great game as well. Arcanum was a huge disappointment after Fallout for me (maybe too high expectations?).

 

[Redshirt #42]

The poll looks like a penis. That's pornographic.

Indeed. Also, the less they vote Fallout, the more closely does it resemble my penis.

 

[Reject_666_6]

Dammit, I need to register some alts to vote for Arcanum.

Don't bother. By the way, MotB should easily be in the discussion. The combat's bad but easily better than FO, PS:T, and Arcanum put together. And the story, quests, and setting are just as good as these older games.

FO combat is miles better than MOTB and the story, quests and setting of Arcanum are more interesting than listening to some emo fanfic-inspired drivel.

Gann, really ? sounds like the dream character of some sixteen years old little goth girl who cuts herself to feel.

Sorry, but he's right about the combat. Most people hate MotB's combat just because it's RTwP, as opposed to Fallout's classic, turn-based variety. As far as RTwP systems go, however, NWN2 is a solid system that's near the top of what's been done so far. Also, the camera is annoying but that's not combat. NWN2 also allows you to use tactics as well, if you want, and doesn't boil down to standing still and hoping to get critical hits to the eyes, like in Fallout.

Also, your view on Gann is a bit superficial. Emos have terrible self-esteem and sit alone brooding, while writing horrible poetry. Gann is an arrogant womaniser that spends most of his free time talking to spirits. Similar, much? The closest thing Gann has to emoness is his looks.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Fallout combat sucked.

You suck and that's pretty much all there's to it.

The combat's bad but easily better than FO, PS:T, and Arcanum put together.

Tard.

And the story, quests, and setting are just as good as these older games.

Try again.

 

[Melcar]

Btw, Melcar is there a working Flash player for Linux yet?

There has been one like forever. It blows, but that's another story (Adobe sucks cock). Real open source men use Gnash anyway.

 

[Reject_666_6]

I can't wait for the first "Dragon Age vs The Witcher 2 vs Mass Effect 2 vs Alpha Protocol" thread to be forged. Best of the best and best of the worst is easy to argue, but best of the mediocre is where it gets hot and the fanboyistic butthurt starts flowing like wine.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Sorry, kids, I was unavoidably detained.

Interpretation of the poll results and comments made in this thread:

#1 RPG - Fallout because the combat was awesome and blowing holes in people was tons of funs! Fallout 2 has greatly improved the original by greatly increasing the number of people to kill.

check your name and avatar, son. it doesn't say virgil.

My name and avatar are often misunderstood. It's very tragic.

butthurt

Butthurt much, nya?

Not really. I can't say that I care much which game out of 3 best RPGs is the very bestest. I love them all.

As for my post it was merely an observation. It's not a secret that most people who frequent the Codex these days aren't really passionate about RPGs, haven't played many best RPGs because they weren't released in 20** and don't show much interest in playing them no matter how good these games are. That's what I find the most annoying about the new Codex. How many people have tried Teudogar, for example? Jarl, for example, has been posting for years but played Fallout only recently because it had a time limit. The mind boggles.

Anyway, back to the 3 games in question. They are all different. PST is brilliant but linear and thus doesn't have a lot of choices and role-playing. Fallout has choices but it's the combat that's the source of attraction. When you think of replaying it, do you think of whether to side with Killian or Gizmo this time or do you think of that TB combat with firearms (a rare treat) and glorious over the top death animations? Come on, let's be honest.

Arcanum's strength is quality role-playing. When it comes to it, even Fallout pales in comparison and PST shouldn't be mentioned at all. It's the fucking king of role-playing, yet it's the last in the poll.

Now the Codex is still debating what RPG is and isn't. Recently the dominating opinion shifted to "RPGs are about combat, choices are LARPing so fuck' em". The results of the poll merely illustrate it.

 

[snoek]

I tried the teudogar demo, it had some great feats.
didn't buy it back then due to lack of payment options..
which reminds me ... thanks

 

[MasPingon]

Sorry, kids, I was unavoidably detained.

Jarl, for example, has been posting for years but played Fallout only recently because it had a time limit. The mind boggles.

Sad indeed

 

[OSK]

Arcanum is #1

High five, bro!

Like I've been saying: Arcanum is the greatest RPG EVA.

 

[Brother None]

Fallout for me. From this list. My favourite RPG is not on the list.

Torment is more like an interactive novel.

Arcanum is an attempt at the greatest RPG ever. It is an attempt at a complete RPG spanning everything you could require out of an RPG, all in one game. But it falls short of that lofty goal. I love it for its loftiness, it's #9 in my fav-game-ever list (see sig) and had it succeeded it would be miles beyond any mortal RPG or game, but it hadn't. 't is what it is.

 

[Reject_666_6]

What is your favourite RPG, then? Or will I have to wait a couple of weeks until you post it in your favourite game thread. :D

 

[Jora]

As much as I love Torment, I had to go with Arcanum.

Contrary to popular opinion I think Torment is great as an RPG. It just a different sort of role-playing: you are not role-playing a character through skill selection, you're shaping his personality through his actions, words, and thoughts. And in a story like Torment's it's the personality, one's own beliefs, that matter. How The Nameless One you control thinks in contrast to those who came before him.

But regardless of how excellent Torment is, Arcanum still has the best world, quests, and overall sense of wonder and discovery.

Fallout has great atmospheric locations and awesome gunfights. A great, memorable game, just not as memorable as the other two.

 

[Crispy]

And the battle continues. We'll let these poor, ragged combatants have at each other for a few more days. Seems the winner's clear already, but who knows?

 

[Relayer71]

Well since Oblivion and Dungeon Siege aren't up there, it will have to be Arcanum.

*pushes Xor into the Chasm of Sar*

 

[Relayer71]

Interpretation of the poll results and comments made in this thread:

#1 RPG - Fallout because the combat was awesome and blowing holes in people was tons of funs! Fallout 2 has greatly improved the original by greatly increasing the number of people to kill.

And Fallout 3 has Vats!
Headshots in s-l-o-m-o- NEVER get old!

 

[Brother None]

You gave it all of half a day to declare a winner, Crispy?

By Nu-Codex standards, your attention span is above average, I guess.