Community RPG Codex 2014 Role-Playing Game of the Year Awards

[J_C]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...s-actually-shit-but-at-least-its-short.96422/

Quoting the truth just means I'm always right.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Nope, it means you're always dumb.

 

[J_C]

Nope, it means you're always dumb.

No, it means that your mom is dumb.

 

[laclongquan]

So we are now reduced to flinging insults?

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

I guess it's a sign of the times that the butthurt never amounted to much more than some sperging over where WL2 should have finished.

But next year... a poll containing PoE, Underrail, AoD, TW3...

Spoiler

and Grimoire

All with their fanatical supporters and detractors. It's going to be glorious.

 

[Goral]

BTW, I have one question for those still reading this thread:

Why was Bound by Flame scored so low? I know it's a low-budget BioWare wannabe, but I was surprised to see it at #51, next to Deus Ex: the Fall...

It's short, linear, boring and with choices but no consequences. The fighting comes down to using 2 buttons (dodge and attack), i.e. it's a mindless (and boring) clickfest. As for C&C, you have options like "to free or not to free" except that even if you choos not to free you free anyway :D. "To kill or not to kill" - if you choose not to kill you kill anyway but with different companion and so on. There are also romances here and all in all it's shit.

Edit:
felipepepe
BTW, you should add poll results to your handbook (not this poll of course).

 

[FeelTheRads]

Bound by Flame received mixed reviews. It was criticized for its lack of deeper character development, relationship building with party members, bad Artificial Intelligence, short length, and poor combat that gives the game an unnecessary difficulty.

"...you're asked to enter a name for your character—a name that is then summarily ignored by the game's supporting cast... This identity crisis may seem a minor detail, but it is a head-scratcher of an issue in a role-playing game full of head-scratchers

Would not even pirate.

 

[felipepepe]

All with their fanatical supporters and detractors. It's going to be glorious.

If I had to guess:

1st - Underrail
2nd - Torment
3rd - Age of Decadence

PoE will be like W2, full of fanboys, but more 4/5 than 5/5.

 

[naossano]

I would say AOD will come on top.
Only handfull of player will finish it, but they will all vote 5/5.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I foresee AoD getting a lot of mediocre-to-negative votes, putting it in the top 3 is a very bold (and fewlish) move.

 

[Stelcio]

I would say AOD will come on top.
Only handfull of player will finish it, but they will all vote 5/5.

That can only be the case if the voting rules will state "vote only if you've finished the game". Otherwise what with all those who will bounce off the game's undeniable challenge? They will most likely rate the game lower than that.

 

[naossano]

I don't think i would vote for a game i didn't finished.
The vote wouldn't be fair.

 

[Maelflux]

I don't think i would vote for a game i didn't finished.
The vote wouldn't be fair.

What??

So if you have spent 2 hours on a game, and you think its complete crap, and not at all what was promised, you will either not give it a negative review, or you will force yourself to a week of gaming agony, just to you can give it 1/5?

 

[naossano]

I won't force myself a week of gaming agony either, but i won't vote for it.
There is no way i could tell if the game gets better later.
And there are so many game that have increase/decrease of quality after a while.

 

[t]

If I had to guess:

1st - Underrail
2nd - Torment
3rd - Age of Decadence

PoE will be like W2, full of fanboys, but more 4/5 than 5/5.

Torment won't be out in 2015.

 

[Konjad]

Torment won't be out in 2015.

Nor will Age of Decadence.

 

[Goral]

Nor will Age of Decadence.

Nah, I think it will be out in 2015 but not in May as VD says but in November/December. Anyway, it's already the best game since Fallout 1 so I don't see how it could lose to any other game, especially the ones that bring (almost) nothing new to the table (Underrail is a Fallout rip-off, PoE Baldur's and Torment...) - and the originality was one of the main reasons why DOS won this competition judging by the comments in this thread. On the other hand Wasteland was looked down upon by many because "it took no risks" (though I suspect that those who haven't finished it had problems with difficulty, after all if you made your party with shitty stats you would be stuck).

 

[Athelas]

Praising Age of Decadence for following in Fallout's footsteps while simultaneously calling Underrail a Fallout ripoff (and the other games ripoffs as well).

 

[Goral]

Praising Age of Decadence for following in Fallout's footsteps while simultaneously calling Underrail a Fallout ripoff (and the other games ripoffs as well).

the best game since Fallout == following in Fallout's footsteps (???)
Learn to read with comprehension.

 

[Athelas]

Now you're just being silly. Age of Decadence is heavily influenced by Fallout and follows the same mold (single-player turn-based, heavily skill-based). There aren't many games that follow the Fallout template at all (almost all games with turn-based combat let you control a party, a complete pacifist route is still a rarity in RPG's, etc.). You were obviously praising that particular aspect of Age of Decadence when you said 'the best game since Fallout'.

 

[Stelcio]

Arcanum was more of a Fallout ripoff than Underrail is.

 

[felipepepe]

Arcanum was a rip-off of heavans. But Tim Cain flew to close to the sun and couldn't finish it properly.

 

[Bubbles]

Torment won't be out in 2015.

Nor will Age of Decadence.

Their positions will be filled by KotC 2 and Grimoire.

 

[Goral]

Now you're just being silly. Age of Decadence is heavily influenced by Fallout and follows the same mold (single-player turn-based, heavily skill-based).

You're being silly for jumping to baseless conclusions.

And while it's true that it is heavily influenced by Fallout it's more than Fallout in sewers and instead of copy/paste job we have multitude of original ideas. What's so unique about Underrail besides psi abilities and oddity system? It's not a bad thing that it copies from the best (and does it well), AoD is just something more. Show me another game where you can see the story from entirely different perspectives? I would like to play another one like that.

 

[Athelas]

Apparently, it has gameplay that isn't complete shit (I wouldn't know, I'm waiting for the full release).

You're being silly for jumping to baseless conclusions.

Not baseless. Your opinion of what a good RPG is obviously informed by the fact that you find Fallout to be the best RPG. Unsurprisingly, an RPG that was heavily inspired by Fallout is according to you 'the best game since Fallout'. Not exactly rocket science.