Crispy™ Goat's Quick and Dirty RPG 2014 Ranking Poll

[Goat Vomit]

So I've taken felipepepe's voting list, trimmed it of most JRPG crap and other games I don't think qualify into one handy forum poll since his didn't even require a Codex account to vote. This prestigious poll also have an very important additon of an Kingcomrade option in case you thought everything released this year was shit. Let the voting begin.

 

[roshan]

So I've taken felipepepe's voting list, trimmed it of most JRPG crap and other games I don't think qualify into one handy forum poll since his didn't even require a Codex account to vote. This prestigious poll also have an very important additon of an Kingcomrade option in case you thought everything released this year was shit. Let the voting begin.

Isn't that kind of fucked up if it doesn't require a Codex account? The poll could have easily been spammed by people from other forums or game specific fan sites.

 

[Ellef]

Child of Light
Van Helsing
Dark Souls 2

 

[Goat Vomit]

Isn't that kind of fucked up if it doesn't require a Codex account? The poll could have easily been spammed by people from other forums or game specific fan sites.

Yeah, supposedly the results were pretty in line with the Codex's general consensus but we'll see about that when he publishes the final results.

> removes Underrail and Age of decadence
> adds Child of Light and Van Helsing

Underrail and AoD aren't out yet, you dummy. This is the 2014 GOTY poll, not the list of upcoming incline. While what has been released of Underrail during 2014 really is GOTY material I don't think it is fair to include it.

 

[roshan]

Yeah, supposedly the results were pretty in line with the Codex's general consensus but we'll see about that when he publishes the final results.
Underrail and AoD aren't out yet, you dummy. This is the 2014 GOTY poll, not the list of upcoming incline.

I like the way this poll is set up. Voting for multiple games, but only the top tier.

 

[Ellef]

Yeah, supposedly the results were pretty in line with the Codex's general consensus but we'll see about that when he publishes the final results.
Underrail and AoD aren't out yet, you dummy. This is the 2014 GOTY poll, not the list of upcoming incline. While what has been released of Underrail during 2014 really is GOTY material I don't think it is fair to include it.

Ouch, you were quick, I edited that within a minute of posting. The point still stands on some of the games on that list.

 

[APGunner]

Banner Saga, Halfway, Shadowrun and Kingcomrade are games I enjoyed the most last year.

 

[Ulminati]

I'm a bit puzzled that Xenonauts was included in the list as a RPG. But it's a gud gaem, so I voted for it anyway.

Also, poll is missing DA:I. It may be shit, but it's a 2014 release. I guess KingComrade votes are votes for DA:I.

 

[Durante]

I actually really like the way this poll is set up. (That is, the fact that you can select an arbitrary number of games but not rank them)

I like the way this poll is set up. Voting for multiple games, but only the top tier.

I didn't read this post before replying. Looks like we are on to something here.

 

[Goat Vomit]

I'm a bit puzzled that Xenonauts was included in the list as a RPG. But it's a gud gaem, so I voted for it anyway.

It was on the original list, I thought about excluding it but decided not to since there are a lot of tactical games that's only vaguely RPGs on the list that I might have to exclude too to be consistent.

Also, poll is missing DA:I. It may be shit, but it's a 2014 release. I guess KingComrade votes are votes for DA:I.

It's intentionally absent, just like Sacred 3, it's one of those games that doesn't qualify. If you want to be edgy, funny, clever or just stick your nose outside GD long enough to mess with the nerds the KC option is there for you. Besides, there wasn't room enough for it in the poll. It's not that it is a shitty game, there are quite a few of those on the list, it's the fact that it is tard bait that made me decide not to let people vote on it.

 

[SCO]

Butthurt poll, will not vote

 

[Jaesun]

[poll is missing DA:I] It's intentionally absent, just like Sacred 3, it's one of those games that doesn't qualify.

So you include Dark Souls 2 (which only has RPG stat/fighting mechanics and there are no other RPG mechanics other than that), but don't include DA:I?

 

[mondblut]

So I've taken felipepepe's voting list, trimmed it of most JRPG crap and other games I don't think qualify

You did pretty lousy job, then. Lords of the Van Helsing Souls my ass. Cut it down to the 5-10 real ones, then we talk.

 

[Glaurung]

Where's the "this poll is stupid and OP is a goat" option?

It's funny how you include Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, Van Helsing II, Daruku Souru II, but not Dragon Age Inquisition or Elder Scrolls Online.

Either make an all-inclusive RPG list, or trim it down to the few non-consoletarded titles that deserve attention. Instead, you arbitrarily included some consoletardation but not other, and games which are not rpgs (Diablo, Xenonauts).

You're a fucking idiot, Goat Vomit.

 

[Bubbles]

How is Unrest an RPG? Specially, I'm wondering about the P and G parts.

 

[Durante]

So you include Dark Souls 2 (which only has RPG stat/fighting mechanics and there are no other RPG mechanics other than that), but don't include DA:I?

Well, Dark Souls 2 is a good game at least. So it has that going for it.

 

[Ellef]

Well, Dark Souls 2 is a good game at least. So it has that going for it.

But it's also a RPGOTY poll on a RPG site in the general RPG discussion forums. About half a dozen games don't fit.

 

[Nyast]

Agreed, I wouldn't have voted for it anyway, but not including DA:I in that list just because you don't like it, totally invalidates this poll. It's retarded.

 

[Gregz]

Isn't that kind of fucked up if it doesn't require a Codex account? The poll could have easily been spammed by people from other forums or game specific fan sites.

This poll isn't much better. Unproven newfags with week-old accounts can both see and vote in this poll.

The one true poll should be listed in GD, invisible to those who are not yet at one with the hivemind.

btw OP, there is more than one goat on this forum, and Night Goat is not amused by your antics.

 

[Turjan]

Butthurt poll, will not vote

 

[I_am_Ian]

TL;DV

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

posting on page one of a no doubt 300 page stream of butthurt consciousness

 

[Goat Vomit]

People sure are sore about DA:I not being on there, I'm most pleased about this.


The current top three is pretty much what I expected.

1. Divinity: Original Sin
2. Wasteland 2
3. Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Directors Cut

I didn't think Wasteland 2 would come out on top over Dragonfall since a lot of impressions I've seen was sort of disappointed with it but I guess those people were just a vocal minority. The final outcome might change still though. I don't want to comment on the other entries until the poll is over since many of them are quite close and I wouldn't want to influence any straggler voters, but it is nice to see smaller games get some love even though they can't really compete with the big releases.

felipepepe, would you say my results are more or less popamole than what the mass of pleb voters have provided you with so far? Does having a codex account make any difference in your taste?

 

[roshan]

Comparing the data on this thread with the thread on RPGs purchased, this yields some interesting results (of course tons of assumptions exist, including no piracy, no demoing, limited exclusive use of kingcomrade etc.).

GAME BOUGHT VOTED %VOTE

Blackguards 45.2 20.6 46%
Lords of Xulima 26.5 18.6 70%
Wasteland 2 69.7 45.1 65%
Dragonfall 65.8 37.3 57%
MMX 34.8 16.7 48%
Divinity OS 68.4 53.9 79%
Dead State 25.8 5.9 23%
Banner Saga 35.5 8.8 25%
Neo Scavenger 23.2 15.7 68%

Out of the games it seems that Dead State is the worst performer as only 23% of purchasers think it is GOTY material. Banner Saga also performs poorly at 25%.

The top performer seems to be Divinity Original Sin at 79%. Close on it's heels are Lords of Xulima (70%), Neo Scavenger (68%) and Wasteland 2 (65%).

The Dragonfall stat might be highly inaccurate as the other thread counted it together with the SRR.

I don't know if this shit needs to be adjusted due to different numbers of votes (around a hundred people seem to have voted here versus about 150 in the other thread) but I doubt it as we are looking at percentages versus percentages.

Blackguards and MMX have mediocre conversion rates.

One thing this makes clear is that more Codexers need to give LoX and Neo Scavenger a shot.

 

[naossano]

There are still Hack n Slash in your "RPG List".