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Incline RPG Codex's Best RPGs - 2024 - VOTING IS CLOSED

ferratilis

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Here's a suggestion on how to avoid people getting butthurt over X game being ranked higher than Y game: how about instead of making these lists every few years, you maintain a curated list of RPGs separated into categories like must-play classics, modern crpgs, action rpgs, jrpgs, hidden gems, hybrids, and so on, in no particular order (maybe sorted by release date). That way, newfags who stumble on such a list would have a clear guide on how to get into classic games without pointless rankings. And you could include some excerpts from CRPG book or Codex reviews as descriptions. Basically, an rpg comes out, and if it proves to satisfy the hivemind's taste after some post-release period of time, it goes on the list. That kind of list would be easier to update and maintain than these rankings which are set in stone, and are frankly quite pointless. Thoughts?
 
BosanskiSeljak

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ferratilis said:
Here's a suggestion on how to avoid people getting butthurt over X game being ranked higher than Y game: how about instead of making these lists every few years, you maintain a curated list of RPGs separated into categories like must-play classics, modern crpgs, action rpgs, jrpgs, hidden gems, hybrids, and so on, in no particular order (maybe sorted by release date). That way, newfags who stumble on such a list would have a clear guide on how to get into classic games without pointless rankings. And you could include some excerpts from CRPG book or Codex reviews as descriptions. Basically, an rpg comes out, and if it proves to satisfy the hivemind's taste after some post-release period of time, it goes on the list. That kind of list would be easier to update and maintain than these rankings which are set in stone, and are frankly quite pointless. Thoughts?
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Literally anyone could do that, so if you think that's such a good idea no one is stopping you.

If you mean everyone on the Codex gets together and votes on which games go where, well, you'll have the exact same problem of bullshit getting onto a list it doesn't belong on.
 
flyingjohn

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ferratilis said:
Here's a suggestion on how to avoid people getting butthurt over X game being ranked higher than Y game: how about instead of making these lists every few years, you maintain a curated list of RPGs separated into categories like must-play classics, modern crpgs, action rpgs, jrpgs, hidden gems, hybrids, and so on, in no particular order (maybe sorted by release date). That way, newfags who stumble on such a list would have a clear guide on how to get into classic games without pointless rankings. And you could include some excerpts from CRPG book or Codex reviews as descriptions. Basically, an rpg comes out, and if it proves to satisfy the hivemind's taste after some post-release period of time, it goes on the list. That kind of list would be easier to update and maintain than these rankings which are set in stone, and are frankly quite pointless. Thoughts?
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And the curated list will be based on:
Votes? Then you accomplished nothing.
Mentions? Than your list is a 100 pages of random shit people mentioned.
Personal opinion? Too biased.

Votes are here to stay it seems.
 
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Blah_sheep said:
I see planescape torment on top 10 , how good it is? I have not seen much mention of it in mainstream media so it seems to be popular among niche group.
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Its strength is the writing and world building. Combat is more of an afterthought. A lot of your time will be spent in dialogue.
 
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Zed Duke of Banville

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Blah_sheep said:
I see planescape torment on top 10 , how good it is? I have not seen much mention of it in mainstream media so it seems to be popular among niche group.
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Incredible writing and story by Chris Avellone, but the actual gameplay is hampered by the execrable Infinity Engine that Planescape: Torment employed courtesy of Bioware, so it has terrible RTwP combat and limited exploration. A rare example of non-gameplay aspects making a game not only worthwhile but a classic. It was also helped by being based on one of TSR's better D&D/AD&D settings.
 
Serious_Business

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Fucking busted list, but it is what it is. I'm commenting after the fact because I don't care to participate in those (as I have an acute distaste for collective thinking). There could have been criteria, for once maybe the join date, if you want to be really elitist about it. I don't know that everyone's opinion is worth the same. There obviously is a preference for late 90 - early 20 games, because this is what most of the members are used to, and that has to be proportional to the overall age member. The thing is, either you vote with your taste, or maybe with some abstract idea of what should be recognized as important. For example I don't care for Fallout myself, but sure, I would put it high on the list, if I did the abstract historical exercise. Also I guess we'll have the eternal struggle of keeping JA2 and tactical games in there. That's no good. If you had a tactical offshoot list, things would be more precise. I have no fucking clue what JA2 has in common with Torment.
 
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Serious_Business said:
Fucking busted list, but it is what it is. I'm commenting after the fact because I don't care to participate in those (as I have an acute distaste for collective thinking). There could have been criteria, for once maybe the join date, if you want to be really elitist about it. I don't know that everyone's opinion is worth the same. There obviously is a preference for late 90 - early 20 games, because this is what most of the members are used to, and that has to be proportional to the overall age member. The thing is, either you vote with your taste, or maybe with some abstract idea of what should be recognized as important. For example I don't care for Fallout myself, but sure, I would put it high on the list, if I did the abstract historical exercise. Also I guess we'll have the eternal struggle of keeping JA2 and tactical games in there. That's no good. If you had a tactical offshoot list, things would be more precise. I have no fucking clue what JA2 has in common with Torment.
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What would have been your top ten then.

I don't know how anyone can look at that list and say it's, busted except if you're a contrarian.
 
BosanskiSeljak

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It's the second best out of the 4 top RPGs lists Codex has done and infinitely better than the travesty that is the 2019 list
 
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