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RPG Codex Top 50 cRPGs - Vote thread only

Jaesun

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After reading yet another fucking retarded top whatever list from the main stream shit and bought out media I then realized while we have made a top 10 (or top 5 list) previously, I wanted to do a complete Top 50 cRPG list news post and post the results so here we go. THE RULES™ will be as follows:

1. The game must have originally appeared on the PC, C64/C128, Amiga, Atari ST or any Apple computer when released (or if originally released on a console, and a PC version came out within 6 months that is fine to list).
2. THIS thread is for votes only. I will allow some discussion but if it starts to completely derail, then it will be then split off into it's own thread. Simple.
3. Make only ONE post with your list. When I collate the data and votes, if I see your name twice or more and a list of games, I will completely ignore it and all your votes. Simple. I would recommend you make a bookmark to your post if you want to change/edit it later. OR delete your original post and make a new one.
3a. If you are unable to edit your post, TAG ME by using the @ and then my name Jaesun in a new post with your new list, and mention you want your other post removed.
4. Retards and shitposter's votes will be ignored (we know who you are).
5. THE ORDER DOES NOT MATTER. Just list your games.
6. This poll will remain open until January 31st 2013 10:00 PST.
7. YOUR VOTES MUST NOT CONTAIN NUMBERS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF GRAPHICS. Just list the name your favorite cRPG games and nothing more. If you put numbers your vote will be ignored. Only list the games name.
8. List 25 games you consider a cRPG and are your favorites. If you list more than 25, all your votes will be ignored.
9. You do NOT have to list 25. If you can only think of a list less than 25, that is fine.
10. Failure to follow any of the above, all your votes will be ignored. Period.

Exceptions:

World of Xeen (MM4 (Clouds of Xeen) and MM5 (Darkside of Xeen) can be listed as 1 vote. IF you feel one of them is more worthy, then list that one games title only. This will be considred when I collate the votes.

Gothic II and Night of the Raven: I will *assume* if you list Gothic II to include (Night of the Raven expansion: NOTR). If you feel NOTR is NOT worthy of a vote, then just list Gothic II NOT WITH NOTR if you feel strongly NOTR should not be considered.

So get with it. What 25 cRPG's are your favorites?
 

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Pool Of Radiance
Ultima IV
Ultima V
Ultima V: Lazarus
Knights of the Chalice
Swords and Sorcery: Underworld
Might & Magic II
Might & Magic World of Xeen
Fallout
Planescape: Torment
Gothic II
Mask of the Betrayer
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures
Deus Ex
System Shock II
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Baldur's Gate
Wizardry VII
Wasteland
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Divine Divinity
Darksun Shattered Lands
Fallout: New Vegas

Will edit later.....
 

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Great idea, and I liked having to list 25 names, it forces people out of the confort zone of the same top 5 shared by 90% of the Codex. :salute: Will there be a mini-review of the titles on the final list, like we had on the Top 5 of the Decade? I liked that a lot.

Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Arcanum
Jagged Alliance 2
Mount & Blade: Warband
Knights of the Chalice
Baldur's Gate II
Divine Divinity
Betrayal at Krondor
System Shock 2
Diablo 2
KoToR 2
Temple of Elemental Evil
Magic The Gathering: Shandalar*
World of Warcraft
The Battle for Wesnoth
Lands of Lore 1
Skyrim
Wizardry 7

*Thank you, Grunker, I even reinstalled it.
 

Jaesun

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I upped it to 25 names. I just DO want a good pool of games. I think a threshold of 25 will work good.
 

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Arcanum
Anvil of Dawn
Darklands
Diablo
Diablo 2
Divine Divinity
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate 2
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Gothic 2
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2
Neverwinter Nights 2
Mount & Blade: Warband
Planescape: Torment
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
 

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Ultima Online
Baldurs gate
Baldurs gate 2 + TOB
Icewind Dale + HOW + TOTLM
Fallout 2
Might and Magic 6
Bloodlines
Deus Ex
Diablo
Diablo 2 + LOD
System Shock 2
Morrowind + Tribunal + Bloodlines
Gothic
Gothic 2 + NOTR
 

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Arcanum
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate 2
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Planescape: Torment
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Daggerfall
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Knights of the Chalice
Temple of Elemental Evil
Wizardry 8
Might & Magic VI
Might & Magic VII
Gothic II
Darklands
System Shock 2
Deus EX
Geneforge 1
Anachronox
Legend of Grimrock
 

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I might add more later:

Realms of Arkania 2: Star Trail
Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows over Riva
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Ultima 7
Ultima 6
Elvira 2: Jaws of Cerberus
Icewind Dale
Baldur's Gate 2
Fallout
Morrowind
Daggerfall
Divine Divinity
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Might and Magic: World of Xeen (hopefully this counts?)
Planescape: Torment
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
 

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I might add more later:
Might and Magic: World of Xeen (hopefully this counts?)

I'm going to make an executive decision (and thanks for pointing that out), I will consider Clouds/Sword of Xeen as 1 game (World of Xeen) So that frees up 1 vote. So if you like both, vote World of Xeen. If you feel strongly that one or the other is NOT worthy of your vote, then specific that exact games name (Sword or Clouds). I will keep that into consideration when I collate the votes.
 

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Betrayal at Krondor
Might and Magic III
Might and Magic: World of Xeen (aka Might and Magic IV and V)
Daggerfall
Fallout
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Baldur's Gate 2
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2
Torment
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Legend of Grimrock
Skyrim
Arena
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
 

Tigranes

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Planescape: Torment
Arcanum
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale II
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Morrowind
Deus Ex
Gothic II
Ultima VII

Left out ones like Realms of Arkania that I haven't finished yet.
 

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Codex 2013 Codex 2014 PC RPG Website of the Year, 2015 Codex 2016 - The Age of Grimoire MCA Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 BattleTech Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
Wizardry 4
Wizardry 1
Wizardry 6
Wizardry 7
Chaos Strikes Back
Labyrinth of Touhou
Generation XTH
Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
Deathlord
Centauri Alliance
Captive 2: Liberation
The Summoning
Waxworks
Shadoworlds
Jagged Alliance 2
Gothic 2
Knights of the Chalice
Quest for Glory IV
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Fallout
Fallout 2
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Fallout: New Vegas
Icewind Dale

(Honorable mentions: Wasteland, Wizards & Warriors, 2400 A.D., Drakkhen, Dungeon Hack, DarkSpyre, Planet's Edge, Hard Nova, Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan, Daggerfall)
 

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Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 (KotOR 2)
Planescape: Torment
Arcanum
Baldur's Gate
Geneforge
Deus Ex
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Diablo
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Wasteland
Pathologic
The Witcher
Winter Voices
Gothic 2
Gothic 3
Avadon: The Black Fortress
 

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Ultima 4
Ultima 5
Ultima 6
Darklands
Realms of Arkania 1
Realms of Arkania 2
Daggerfall
Morrowind
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Knights of the Chalice
Planescape: Torment
ADOM
Fallout
Fallout 2
Wizardry 6
Wizardry 8
 

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Late 90's/early 00's fag list with one exception. :oops:

Age of Wonders
Arcanum
Fallout
Fallout 2
King of Dragon Pass
Knights of the Chalice
Might & Magic VI
Might & Magic VII
Planescape: Torment
 

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Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate
Fallout
Fallout 2
Wizardry 6
Wizardry 7
Eye of the Beholder 2
Stonekeep
Realms of Arkania 1
Realms of Arkania 2
Realms of Arkania 3
Spirit of Adventure
Wasteland
Might and Magic 3
Lands of Lore
Ultima Underworld 1
Ultima Underworld 2
Dungeon Master
 

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Lurkerfag contribution - since it's just PC RPGs, then:

Arcanum
Diablo
Diablo 2
Drakensang: The River of Time
Divine Divinity
Fallout
Fallout 2
Planescape: Torment
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Neverwinter Nights
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Dragon Age: Origins
Betrayal at Krondor
Baldur's Gate 2
Icewind Dale

There are some cases that I'm not really sure if qualify here. I played more than 100 hours of Neverwinter Nights, but only 10 of them (maybe less, since I didn't even finish the main game I think) in the 'real' game. All the rest was in modules. Played a lot of Morrowind too, but fully modded. Never played Fallout 2 without Killap's patchs... And so on.
 

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Arcanum
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM)
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate 2
Betrayal at Krondor
Deus Ex
DoomRL
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Might & Magic 4+5: World of Xeen
Morrowind
Planescape: Torment
Space Rangers 2: Reboot
Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME)
Temple of Elemental Evil
Ultima VII
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Wasteland
Wizardry 8
ZAngband
 

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Wasteland
Fallout
Fallout 2
Darklands
World of Xeen
Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate II
Icewind Dale
Ultima VII
Worlds of Ultima: Martian Dreams
Ultima Underworld
Arx Fatalis
Betrayal at Krondor
Jagged Alliance 2
Quest for Glory II
Quest for Glory III
Quest for Glory IV
Morrowind
Champions of Krynn
Wizardry 7
Wizardry 8
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Starflight
Star Control II
Gothic 2
 

MMXI

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Darklands
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Wizardry 8
Wasteland
Pool of Radiance
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Pools of Darkness
Champions of Krynn
Dark Queen of Krynn
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Icewind Dale
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
Dragon Wars
Countdown to Doomsday
Phantasie
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus
Wizard's Crown
Knights of the Chalice
 

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Ultima 4
Wizardry
Wizardry 4
Wizardry 8
Wizards & Warriors (DWB)
The Bard's Tale
Might and Magic
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
Pool of Radiance
Dark Queen of Krynn
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Temple of Elemental Evil
Planescape: Torrment
Baldur's Gate
Neverwinter Nights
NWN 2: Storm of Zehir
Betrayal at Krondor
Eye of the Beholder
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
Diablo 2
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
 

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Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Prelude to Darkness
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
Knights of the Chalice
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Darklands
Fallout
Fallout 2
Arcanum
Planescape: Torment
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Might and Magic: World of Xeen
Might and Magic VIII
Ultima V: Lazarus
Ultima VII
Icewind Dale
Nox
Diablo II
Baldur's Gate II
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
 

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Jaesun: Can you expand a bit on the first rule please? What if a game came out on another home computer like an Apple II first? I think my list may suffer quite badly if this rule is as strict as it sounds.
 

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(Do roguelikes count too? May have to amend my list)

Reading is HARD?

Jaesun: Can you expand a bit on the first rule please? What if a game came out on another home computer like an Apple II first? I think my list may suffer quite badly if this rule is as strict as it sounds.

Cite an exact example and I will consider.
 

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