In that case, just make a list of the worst games, include all the games you played, sort them and then revert it. :P

Oh I can think of quite a few that made me utterly disappointed and deserve a "thumb down" (Earthlock for example). But I don't think we should do that, at least not in this "opening" round. ;)

Finally the list of "all games I played" came in handy :D
http://ndnw.net/GameDB/GameDB.php

And here is my list of best ones:

RPGs
Weighting/Name:
1 Divinity: Original Sin 2
0.5 Underrail
0.5 Avernum: Escape from the pit
0.5 Wasteland 2
0.5 The Age of Decadence
0.5 Drakensang River of time
0.5 Fallout: New Vegas
0.5 Fallout 4
0.5 Elex
0.5 Might and Magic X Legacy

Debatable if it counts as RPG:
Weighting/Name:
1 FTL
1 Rimworld
0.5 Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire
0.5 Darkest Dungeon
0.5 Legends of Eisenwald
0.5 Xenonauts

There's only one round, the final round, and this is it.

Don't think of it as 'best' then, think of it as 'supporting' the kind of games you like, you, you know, giving yourself, you, a voice.

If you're only interest is talking about the games you didn't enjoy, then the codex is probably more suited to your tastes and perhaps an RPGWatch poll shouldn't count your vote anyway?

Everyone is welcome to make a list of games they hated. You wont have any idea if the list you make will count for anything, but you're welcome to include your dislikes. Maybe I will be counting them. Who knows.

My voting:


Top games (give more emphasis to these ones):

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition
Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Starbound
Stardew Valley
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Wasteland 2
XCOM 2



Other votes:

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Battle Brothers
Disco Elysium
Dishonored
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
ELEX
Fallout 4
King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Mount & Blade: Warband
Octopath Traveler
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Phoenix Point
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Space Rangers HD
Sunless Sea
Tales of Maj'Eyal
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
The Outer Worlds
Yakuza 0

Here is my list. I also wanted to include near the top Batman Arkham Knight, Batman Arkham City, and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order but the RPG elements in those are too light for me to put them on a list of great RPGs.

1) Assassin's Creed Odyssey = 10 points
2) Deus Ex Human Revolution = 9 points
3) Mass Effect 2 = 8 points
4) The Witcher 3 = 7 points
5) Mass Effect 3 = 6 points
6) Prey = 5 points
7) Mass Effect Andromeda = 4 points
8) Deus Ex Mankind Divided = 3 points
9) Watch Dogs 1 = 2 points
10) Greedfall = 1 point

Myrth and Co. were talking about what we had for our top 5 the last 10 years

Does anyone have a copy of that? I'd be greatly appreciative.

I have an idea of some of the games I will vote for but I don't want to leave any out.

PS -FTL is a good choice btw. I'm putting that in my PM when I get it bundled up.

I weight the below list equal. PM sent.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Torment:ToN
Pillars of Eternity 1 + White March
Pillars of Eternity 2 + DLC
Wasteland 2
Divinity Original Sin I
Divinity Original Sin II
Tyranny
Bard's Tale Remastered

Yeah it could of been a better game but show me a better Zombie RPG on the modern market. The rest are either pure action games, or some type of survival hybrids.:nod:

It must have been quite a nice decade since my first "I've played these and really liked them"-list was a massive 23 games. Not counting the strategy- or shooter-with story games. (And I learned that my wife might be right in claiming that I've spent quiiiite a bit more time than I feel on CRPGs…)

The top-10 ended up as a top 11 since I couldn't decide between the last 3:

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
3. Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition
4. Mass Effect 3
5. The Witcher 2
6. The Outer Worlds
7. Torment: Tides of Numenera
8. Dragon Age: Inquisition
9. Wasteland 2
9. Disco Elysium
9. Drakensang: The River of Time

You have to create your own copy. Here is a list of all the GOTYs: https://www.rpgwatch.com/press/rpgwatch-1/articles.html
Look in the Miscellaneous section.

By the way, I voted for:

1. The Witcher 3.

I voted for only Pathfinder: Kingmaker

One big hurrah for @lackblogger. :clap: Massive work, I guess. :whew:

Best Narrative: The Last of Us
Best RPG: Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Most influential: Minecraft


Honorable mentions:
- Fallout New Vegas
- Witcher 3
- Factorio


…There really is no "best" with so many genres and tastes - way too subjective. Most influential is unequivocally Minecraft though (wherever you fall on its interest spectrum).

My list, in alphabetical order (disclaimer, I voted only for RPGs, so no tactical combat games, action adventures, roguelikes or similar nosense)

Blackguards 2
Darksouls 3
Divinity: Original Sin
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Dragon Dogma
(The) Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
(The) Legend of Grimrock
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition (If it counts as a "new" release, if not, ignore)
Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Shadowrun Dragonfall
Underrail
(The) Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Well this isn't a vote and the posted lists pretty much cover my favorites for the decade, so I'm satisfied. No point in making somebody check an extra list. Thanks.

My votng list, in alphabetcial order (no priorities or weighting values were given):

• Age of Decadence, The
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
• Assassin's Creed: Origins
• Borderlands 2
• Divinity: Original Sin
• Divinity: Original Sin 2
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The
• Elex
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Lords of Xulima
• Mass Effect 2
• Pillars of Eternity
• Octopath Traveler
• Outer Worlds, The
• Path of Exile
• Wasteland 2
• Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The
• X-COM 2

Only PM'ed votes count, if you want to vote for every game mentioned previously to your post then you'll have to put it in a PM.

tyvm!
I'll try and post that as a list in a day or two.

Interesting in the first few years we voted on best Indie Game and I remember it made sense at the time .

Its hilarious we had a Worst Game of the Year one year.

Here's my list. I fear I'll think of more in the coming week

Skyrim
Pillars of Eternity
Shadowrun Returns
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Legends of Eisenwald
FTL
Crying Suns
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
Legend of Grimrock
Underrail
Age of Decadence

Are all entries equally weighted? Every game submitted is counted as 1 vote?

PS - Lack, you're awesome. Never knew you were awesome. Thanks.

Nope.

http://nitrokiddies.com/wp-content/u…9/stubborn.jpg

?????????

I had a really hard time picking between all of these great games that came our over the last 10 years, but after long consideration:


1. Skyrim
2. Skyrim SE
3. Skyrim VR
4. Skyrim Xbox One
5. Skyrim Xbox 360
6. Skyrim PS4
7. Skyrim PS3
8. Skyrim for Switch
9. Skyrim for Alexa
10. Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE)

:biggrin:

While I agree with your first nine choices, your mind has obviously been addled with playing the same game for too long as number ten is clearly not a game :biggrin:

We should have a vote for most overrated game - then i might actually vote for clearly Skyrim is the most overrated trash since the creation of games.

1. Age of Wonders III
2. DDO: Menace of the Underdark
3. Conan Exiles
4. Panzer Corps
5. Kings's Bounty, any parts released after 2010
6. XCOM (2012)
7. Eador: Masters of the Broken World
8. Skyrim

Most disappointing: Elex

Hmm…

It's one of the most successful mass market RPG's ever and a lot of people enjoy it immensely. I must admit I only enjoyed it for the first 50 hours or so but then it has also given us Enderal which is pretty great. Overrated maybe, but not by much.

But that is my point. I played the game and it was enjoyable for the period i play but it really is hollow and forgetable. I'm not saying it wasn't fun - but it is hardly a great game (imho) hence the overrated comment. I thought witcher 3 was a much better game (this is not a comment on enjoyment factor but rather the quality and reactivity of the game world). I enjoy a lot of crappy games - they might be simple, easy to play and at time mindless repetition but i wouldn't call them quality games - though perhaps one could argue that 'quality' is what you enjoy playing the most and not the artistic value.

Ladies and Gents, if Skyrim wins I will take desperate measures. Like complaining vigorously about it.

If the ensuing depression will leave me any impulse, that is.

:-/

Well I'll let the video speak for itself…:biggrin:

PM sent …

Witcher 3
Divinity Original Sin 2
Pillars of Eternity 2
Fallout New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Torchlight 2
Skyrim
Elex
Puzzle Quest 2
Legend of Grimrock
Alpha Protocol
Dishonored
Avadon: The Black Fortress
Eschalon Book II
Bio shock Infinite
Blackguards
Diablo 3
Divinity Original Sin
Pillars of Eternity

(And glad the ‘what is a decade’ nonsense seems to have died down … )

Nobody ever wins that debate.:sweatdrop:

Anyway nice list agree with most of them.

Is it just me or people are forgetting Dragon's Dogma and Dragon Quest 11. Stop being so cruel!
:evilgrin:
I don't think being a winner of a site community matters much. Being mentioned in some top 10 or 20 of the decade is a fine recommendation for RPG newcommers who got bitten by similar mainstream sites that shill for mmos on their best RPG lists. The actual place on the list is not important.

Just IMO. As I do mingle with people and when shit hits the fan aka someone asks me what RPGs to play next, I need a written list to shove them off with so I can continue enthusing over stuff noone cares about. :)

Winner: Witcher 3

Runner ups:
Elex
Divinity Original Sin 2
Pathfinder Kingmaker
Kingdom Come: Deliverence

I almost added Underrail and Legends of Eisenwald, but even though those are 2 great games, they're not quite on the same tier as the ones I voted for game of the decade wise.

You wrote: "Well this isn't a vote", without any clarification of what you meant, and, because you've felt the need to say this then there must be something you're thinking that no-one else has 'got' yet.

People are voting for games they really liked from the previous decade and putting their votes into a ballot box. They are not restricted at all by what they choose to vote for. I fail to see how "this isn't a vote" nor why writing the names of a few games you particularly enjoyed from the last decade seems to pain you so?

May I, or indeed we, be honoured enough to know what your thinking is?

Ah, Dragon's Dogma… such an overrated piece of **** :biggrin:
The real cruelty here is people seems to forget about Assassin's Creed Origins. Which is an amazing game!

That's the beauty of voting for a single game, noone will accuse you of forgetting some game or a dozen, it's clearly intentional. :p

I'm not quite clear why you're persisting in this rather ridiculous interaction, but I'd like to let it drop now. Thank you.