Best cRPG of all time?

[Lock]

https://youtu.be/xtmD8VfgpCQ

[Niv]

throwing "best rpg of all time" is contentious given each person has different metric in which to base on.

[Lock]

Nivran původně napsal:

throwing "best rpg of all time" is contentious given each person has different metric in which to base on.

Yeah okay. Cohn says it's his personal best cRPG of all time though. I trust Cohn. Maybe you don't. That's okay. It's still a ringing endorsement and extremely high praise from someone with a lot of influence in the industry and especially this genre as a whole.

[Niv]

I watch some of his stuff (not alot mind you), I respect his opinion. If he enjoy it kudos.

Though in my personal excuse, I haven't played P:K given the buggy rep its gotten (yeah, yeah Deadfire's got bugs also). Maybe when the price point is right for me, I'll take a swing at it.

[chebur2012]

How much did the Ivans pay you?

[init4thelulz]

Kingmaker is for 10y old kids.

[CadaveR]

Kingmaker is a good rpg, but at least for me, surely not the best.

[Coldhands]

Deadfire’s probably my favorite.

BG2 and Planescape: Torment were super good, but they’re hard to go back to after playing some of the modern CRPGs.

Kingmaker was a cool idea, but Pathfinder’s ruleset is pretty archaic and that kingdom management half of the game needs a rethink.

Didn’t care for Original Sin, but I haven’t played DoS2 yet.

[init4thelulz]

My top 5 franchises:

- PoE 1/2
- Fallout 1/2 (3,4 are crap)
- Torment Planescape / Numenera
- DoS 2 (like the mechanics, not so much the beaten track lore)
- Elder Scrolls

[psychotron666]

Whomst'd've?

[fynx]

My top 5 franchises (in no particular order):

- Pillars of Eternity (especially 2)
- Icewind Dale (especially 2)
- Planescape: Torment
- Fallout (2 and NV)
- Arcanum

[Coldhands]

^Does GoG’s version of IWD2 work on modern hardware? I’ve got my old disks, but can never get them to work on Windows 7 or higher.

[.//slayer]

Kingmaker is good and I think it's what NWN2 should've been in the first place, but I wouldn't place it above BG2, Fallout 2 and Arcanum. The quality of the writing just isn't there, and the quests don't stray too far off from the typical epic fantasy style.

[Singrave]

Coldhands původně napsal:

^Does GoG’s version of IWD2 work on modern hardware? I’ve got my old disks, but can never get them to work on Windows 7 or higher.

gog's versions works well on modern systems.
i've tried Arx Fatalis and Soulbringer some time ago.

[0422]

any of ya'll that have played PK mind sharing an unbiased opinion on its current state? I play Pillars 90% for the combat, numbers crunching / gear collecting and I'm looking for something to satisfy the itch. PK art direction wise looks way cheesy but I'm willing to consider it if the combat mechanics are on point.

looks like the devs are coming out with an endless mode/procedurally generated DLC...a feature I deeply wish that PoE 2 has.

[Coldhands]

warbox původně napsal:

any of ya'll that have played PK mind sharing an unbiased opinion on its current state? I play Pillars 90% for the combat, numbers crunching / gear collecting and I'm looking for something to satisfy the itch. PK art direction wise looks way cheesy but I'm willing to consider it if the combat mechanics are on point.

looks like the devs are coming out with an endless mode/procedurally generated DLC...a feature I deeply wish that PoE 2 has.

Pathfinder’s ruleset is pretty antiquated and doesn’t make for great video game combat (especially after playing Deadfire). If you’ve ever played Neverwinter Nights 2, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what combat classes are like in Kingmaker.

Kingmaker isn’t awful, by any means, it’s just hamstrung by a couple of key issues. One of which is the combat and class systems are derived from a different game format and made to work as best they can. Versus PoE’s gameplay that was designed for a video game from the ground up. The difference is real noticeable.