Incline Official unofficial RPGCODEX 2021 GOTY thread. PARTICIPATE NOW! HOOKERS! BLACKJACK! VOTING!

[Cat Dude]

Elden Ring

 

[rusty_shackleford]

EDIT: Lmfao, it's already 12 in EST. Add my vote you bastard, make this the last one allowed. @rusty_shackleford

What do you think this is, a US election? Rules are rules.

 

[PompiPompi]

How do you even vote in this scuffed ass "poll"?
Couldn't you create a google forms page?

 

[mediocrepoet]

How do you even vote in this scuffed ass "poll"?
Couldn't you create a google forms page?

Huh, rusty's format also acts as an IQ test to keep the riff raff out. Very prestigious.

 

[Acrux]

So, when do we see the results? Or do you need a few more weeks for ballot tampering?

 

[IDtenT]

>holds vote
>refuses to elaborate

 

[Old Hans]

Or do you need a few more weeks for ballot tampering

in a shocking surprise, Dragon Quest 1 wins codex game of the year with 10 million votes

 

[Gregz]

Or do you need a few more weeks for ballot tampering

in a shocking surprise, Dragon Quest 1 wins codex game of the year with 10 million votes

I think he's on vacation right now.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Knights of the Chalice 2

0.95 of starsector was released in 2021, and given that the game won't be released in 1.0+ this decade, might as well vote for it.

archolos

I haven't played any but I vote ATOM and Archolos. I double checked the rules and playing them wasn't a requirement so I'm backing the winning horses in solidarity with my codex bros.

I have played the following from that year:

solasta, encased, wildermyth, vagrus, hobo, gloomhaven, spellforce 3, sands of salzaar, gamedec, dysmantle, library of ruina, ME, drox 2, sword and fairy 7, vampirem, tortured hearts, dead age 2, P5 (Should probably be goty tbh), edge of eternity, biomutant, BG dark alliance, garbage

And the only stand out there in terms of quality of everything is persona 5. None of the others come even close.

Wildermyth gets a speshul mention for trying out new ideas, Sands of salzaar for trying to be a weird mix of heroes 3 and mount and blade, Solasta for having decent wombat, encased for having a fantastic first hour, and wotr for being so very faithful to the system and so very deep in terms of character building. But none of these deserve the spot.

So yeah, Persona 5 is good.

Oh, and the absolute worst of the bunch of tortured hearts, it should get its own prize for being so shit, like literally, voting worst rpg of the year, to me, is a lot more fun and interesting than voting "which gaim is moar poplar"

Fallout 4

Daggerfall Unity 0.13.4 Beta​

Skyrim Annive....

Seriously :
Gothic II : Chronicles of Myrtana
Jupiter Hell

I realized that last years are too blurry to me and the games I've played are not as memorable as they used to be. Yeah I know, I'm getting old.

There were RPGs released in 2021?
Not fully released but I'd vote Colony Ship

discarded for rule violations

if you disagree with this you have a 24 hour period to dispute it before I post the results

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clarifications for next year:
Release Date will refer to the final release date for a personal computing platform and NOT a console release date. Whether available on the author's site, EGS, GOG, Steam, etc., It also does not refer to any sort of in-development release date or early access. This is a PC-oriented site, and therefore only PC releases are considered. "PC" includes non-IBM PC platforms such as Amiga, Commodore, etc.,

changes for next year:

After reading the feedback, for next year, I'm considering asking for 1 best RPG of the year, 1 worst RPG of the year, and an unlimited number of game rankings on a to scale.
This should help identify the most popular games as well as good niche titles.

Will have the results, graphs, and data available in the not too far future.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Or do you need a few more weeks for ballot tampering

in a shocking surprise, Dragon Quest 1 wins codex game of the year with 10 million votes

I think he's on vacation right now.

I pick up the excess slack in December due to people calling in ""sick""(less so with most people working at least partly remote now) and/or using vacation days then use January for vacation days.

 

[Stella Brando]

you have a 24 hour period to dispute it

Dispute! Dispute! Dispute!

 

[rusty_shackleford]

you have a 24 hour period to dispute it

Dispute! Dispute! Dispute!

Fallout 4 did not release in 2021, dispute denied.

 

[Stella Brando]

You're still using Boomer-time, man. Haven't you heard of Einstein and relativity?

Time seems to follow a universal, ticktock rhythm. But it doesn't.

In the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein determined that time is relative—in other words, the rate at which time passes depends on your frame of reference.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/time/a-matter-of-time#:~:text=In%20the%20Special%20Theory%20of,on%20your%20frame%20of%20reference.




It's scientifically untenable to make the kind of authoritive, top-down diktats on time and space that you're making here.

Everything is relative, my man.

 

[Sarathiour]

I'm fine, the only other recent rpg that I played is wrath, and I do not wish to change my vote for it.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

You're still using Boomer-time, man. Haven't you heard of Einstein and relativity?

Time seems to follow a universal, ticktock rhythm. But it doesn't.

In the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein determined that time is relative—in other words, the rate at which time passes depends on your frame of reference.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/time/a-matter-of-time#:~:text=In%20the%20Special%20Theory%20of,on%20your%20frame%20of%20reference.




It's scientifically untenable to make the kind of authoritive, top-down diktats on time and space that you're making here.

Everything is relative, my man.

Then you won't mind if your vote is disqualified for an extra couple of years. After all, it might just feel like a few months.

 

[0sacred]

I voted KOTC2 by mistake.



My RPGOTY is clearly Icewind Dale

 

[Stokowski]

Solasta for having decent wombat

 

[NJClaw]

I can't believe Infinitron was so scared of rusty's GOTY poll he actually killed him

 

[Skorpion]

I created an account for this... now I will never know. Can't vote either but my vote would go to "Site Feedback" as the most entertaining visual novel and rpg (for all the larp and c&c that goes on in there) of the year. Any year.