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2017 GOTY List

felipepepe

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It's that time of the year again. Here's a list of the RPGs I noticed came out this year:

.hack//G.U. Last Recode
Alvora Tactics
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
Battle Brothers
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Battle Chef Brigade
Beastmancer
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Blue Reflection
Children of Zodiarcs
Cosmic Star Heroine
Crawl
Demons Age
Destiny 2
Disgaea 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Dragon Quest Heroes II
ELEX
Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates
Expeditions: Viking
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
Hand of Fate 2
Hellenica
Lost Dimension
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Nier: Automata
Nights of Azure
Nights of Azure 2
Nioh
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Prey
Pyre
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
Seven: The Days Long Gone
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
SpellForce 3
Tales of Berseria
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
The Long Journey Home
The Surge
Tokyo Xanadu EX+
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Toukiden 2
Trails of Cold Steel
Warbanners
Warriors All-Stars
West of Loathing
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

I plan on starring the vote this Friday, see if you can spot anything missing by then. :)
 

PorkBarrellGuy

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Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth? It's a DLC and it's more Diablo-like than straight-up RPG, but it's honestly pretty decent.
 

LESS T_T

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Criminal Girls: Invite Only
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
Starcrawlers
Ys VII
Cladun Returns: This Is Sengoku!
Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls
Moero Chronicle
Vaporum
Romancing SaGa 2
HYAKKI CASTLE
WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY
Elminage ORIGINAL
STAR OCEAN - THE LAST HOPE

(Gee, plenty of dungeon crawlers last year.)

DLC/Expansions
Victor Vran: Fractured World
Victor Vran: Mötorhead Through The Ages
Two Worlds II - Call of the Tenebrae
Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court
Tyranny - Bastard's Wound
Titan Quest: Ragnarök
Grim Dawn - Ashes of Malmouth
Zombasite: Orc Schism

(Gee lots of action RPG expansions last year.)
 

Mortmal

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He's right dominion 5 feels more like a rpg than mass effect andromeda or many of those obscure titles none will ever bother to play.
 

Sinatar

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You apparently don't pay much attention to dungeon crawlers as you're missing Starcrawlers, The Keep, Vaporum and Hyakki Castle.
 

Zed Duke of Banville

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The Codex has been waiting since its creation for the opportunity to vote Grimoire Game of the Year, inaugurating a new era of glorious incline!

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Ok, since there are so many games, I'll split into categories:

RPG of the Year
Alvora Tactics
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
Battle Brothers
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Battle Chef Brigade
Beastmancer
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Blue Reflection
Children of Zodiarcs
Cladun Returns: This Is Sengoku!
Cosmic Star Heroine
Crawl
Demons Age
Destiny 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Dominions 5
Dragon Quest Heroes II
ELEX
Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates
Expeditions: Viking
Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
Hand of Fate 2
Hellenica
Hyakki Castle
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Moero Chronicle
Nier: Automata
Nights of Azure 2
Nioh
Prey
Pyre
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
Romancing SaGa 2
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
Seven: The Days Long Gone
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
SpellForce 3
Starcrawlers
Tale of Wuxia:The Pre-Sequel
Tales of Berseria
The Great Whale Road
The Keep
The Long Journey Home
The Surge
Tokyo Xanadu EX+
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Toukiden 2
Unexplored
Vaporum
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
Warbanners
Warriors All-Stars
West of Loathing

Best Expansion
Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court
Grim Dawn - Ashes of Malmouth
Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath
Path of Exile: War for the Atlas
The Surge: A Walk in the Park
Titan Quest: Ragnarök
Two Worlds II - Call of the Tenebrae
Tyranny - Bastard's Wound
Victor Vran: Fractured World
Victor Vran: Mötorhead Through The Ages
Zombasite: Orc Schism

Best PC Port/Remaster
.hack//G.U. Last Recode
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
Criminal Girls: Invite Only
Disgaea 2
Elminage: Original
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
Lost Dimension
Nights of Azure
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Star Ocean - The Last Ocean
Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
Trails of Cold Steel
World of Final Fantasy
Ys VII
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

A game is a PC port and not a "GOTY" if it was available in English on consoles before 2017. E.g., World of Final Fantasy came out in October 2016, so it's a port.
 
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A Beautifully Desolate Campaign
If you're considering early access titles (which I think you shouldn't) there's Cogmind, but since you've included Slay the Spire in your previous post you may aswell add it and Midboss too while we're at it.

edit: If you want my opinion, EA titles should be a seperate category or not mentioned at all except for an honorable mention at the end of the final post. It's hard not to include them because a lot of them have something valuable to offer but never see an actual release, but they also don't compare to a full-fledged game. The expectation someone has for an EA game will usually lead to a subjective rating, which may yield a better or worse result when comparing it to the game as is. It would also provide a neat overview over the years for titles that are in EA for quite some time, looking up a games ratings from all the years it has been in EA should give a nice indication of where the game is heading.
 
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Brood_Star

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Doubt I'll vote, but had a lot of fun with Pathfinder Adventures and Fighting Fantasy Legends.
 

Jaedar

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Project: Eternity Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Maybe Dark Souls 3 Ringed City fits in the expansion category? It's a stretch though.
 

Polanski

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After some good years this looks really pale in comparison.

Battle Brothers for me I guess.
 

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I actually would like an Early-Access category. At least that would give us some titles to possibly keep your eye on (or even try out).
But what would you include there? If it's just the games released in EA this year, most of those would be 1) very barebones stuff 2) played by a couple of people at most. And if it's just the games in EA now, then what would you do with those that spend years in EA?
 

fantadomat

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It's that time of the year again. Here's a list of the RPGs I noticed came out this year:

.hack//G.U. Last Recode
Alvora Tactics
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
Battle Brothers
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Battle Chef Brigade
Beastmancer
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Blue Reflection
Children of Zodiarcs
Cosmic Star Heroine
Crawl
Demons Age
Destiny 2
Disgaea 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Dragon Quest Heroes II
ELEX
Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates
Expeditions: Viking
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
Hand of Fate 2
Hellenica
Lost Dimension
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Nier: Automata
Nights of Azure
Nights of Azure 2
Nioh
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Prey
Pyre
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada
Seven: The Days Long Gone
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
SpellForce 3
Tales of Berseria
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
The Long Journey Home
The Surge
Tokyo Xanadu EX+
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Toukiden 2
Trails of Cold Steel
Warbanners
Warriors All-Stars
West of Loathing
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

I plan on starring the vote this Friday, see if you can spot anything missing by then. :)
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/rpg-of-the-year.119561/
There was one already.
 

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