Thread 713364493

How does /v/ feel about the 'dex?

All wikis are cancer and have done irreparable damage to the way people play vidya.

It was good in the early 2010s.
Now it's filled with zoomers and nu/v/ migrants.

I don't think about it at all

you mean the place that jacks off to old mmos like everquest like its the best shit ever and calls stuff like ff14 "NOT A MMO"

>>713364493 (OP)
A bunch of pretentious boomers playing at running the industry. But the industry left them behind all along.

>>713364493 (OP)
You can always tell when someone here gets their opinions from them.

one big wrpg circlejerk. mass effect fags who cant admit that they love gears of war unreal slop.

>RPG CODEX'S 2024 GOTYs:
>#1 - SKALD: Against the Black Priory
>#2 - Drova - Forsaken Kin
>#3 - Felvidek
lol

RPG Codex's value judgment system is actually remarkably simple: inaccessibility = quality

>>713364493 (OP)
Better than /v/. At least for RPG genre.

>>713365087
better than drivel that released in 2024

>>713364493 (OP)
Problem with Codex is that it's been thoroughly compromised purely through passage of time and dumbing down of video games. It's simply the most evident with RPGs.

>>713364493 (OP)
was good, now its not
same as every corner of the internet

nice little forum ruined by reddit tourists, schizophrenics who only talk about political shit in gaming spaces and /v/ tourists, not worth visiting anymore honestly

>>713365087
Meanwhile, the actual GOTY contenders of 2024:
>DLC for a game that came out in 2022
>a fucking indie roguelite deckbuilder based on poker
>Persona but with the most heavy handed and contrived political commentary imaginable
>Snoy's Mario Sunshine ripoff
>astroturfed chink GoW ripoff
>demake of a nearly 30 year old game

>>713365297
>better than a gacha board
not much of an achievement

>>713364493 (OP)
I never even think about them.

>>713365857
And what was YOUR goty of 2024, anon

>>713364493 (OP)
Most users are very tryhard in their opinions. The Thief FM thread is good though.

>>713365087
They are a bit all over the place, but that's because the site is eclectic nowadays. You have various currents pushing for different answers to "what is an RPG?" and there's no answer in sight. Their Top 10 was rather interesting.

>>713366076
2023 was a good one when everyone had a shitstorm over how BG3 wasn't their GOTY.

>>713366076
>Dd2
>Soet
Wut?

It would be interesting to see their 2025 list
Because kcd was one of the all time High
So i wonder if it'll make the cut or not because of ze woke

>>713366216
HISTORY WILL VINDICATE THE CODEX

>>713366076
By the looks of it we can tell who's winning.

They seem to be more right-wing than even 4chan is.

I had a blast.

>>713364493 (OP)
i only know that the half life sux spammer that has been oddly missing lately comes from there, so that gives me an idea of the kind of cancerous spergs than inhabit that zombie forum.

>>713364493 (OP)
The Grimoire threads were mildly amusing. Not much decent conversation to be had there though - autists there will entrench themselves and defend objectively incorrect information or just retarded takes in order to save face. Kinda like here but at least here there is plausible deniability the other person is shitposting.

>>713368036
the idea of trying to save face on an anonymous imageboard is so fucking asinine to me
nigga if you know you're losing just walk away, no one's gonna remember even if they say they will

>>713365935
Astrobot showed the industry how to make a platformer.

It was better before the split
>>713364567
>rpgcodex
>a wiki
this is the most zoomer post I've ever read

>>713364493 (OP)
aweigh is one of the biggest faggots on the site.

>>713368604
>ignored

>>713364743
>industry left them behind all along
When?

>>713364493 (OP)
Ruined by slavs unironically. One of their main posters got caught spamming on /vrpg/ and his reddit account was found as a result, where he robotically made thousands of posts. Of course he was a russian.

>>713368785
around the 360/ps3 launch.

Better than rpghq!

>>713364493 (OP)
i downloaded that guys gridmonger mapping software from there and i like it other than that i dont know anything about them

>>713368770
snowflake spic

>>713364493 (OP)
Another casualty of gamergate brainrot

>>713369352
t. Resetera veteran

>>713364493 (OP)
not perfect but at least someone is holding up the old traditions. It's a little wierd when Arcanum is best rpg for 20 years straight though.

>>713365156
I mean children with no attention span/ brown people with low iq would think video games are inaccessible. In reality the games they play are perfectly good for people that dont have down syndrome aka you. Enjoy nwn & IE or you're a fag basically

>>713368837
pretty sure that was morrowind drama. Funny, I remember an avatarschizo from there that's just seemed to pop up again recently.

>>713364493 (OP)
Never used it, but I know a few guys who do and they're the most toxic motherfuckers around. Still pretty fun though

>>713367108
The blast meme was so forced by discord trannies /v/ can't make good memes anymore

>>713364493 (OP)
Most of them are /v/ and /vrpg/ posters.
I hate them.

They talk about interesting games no one else talks about sometimes but they're very full of themselves and think that they alone can dictate the definition of RPG when it's a fucking meaningless term. I mostly use them to find interesting fringe shit, I have no interest in joining their community of grognards.

>>713364493 (OP)
They're retarded. Even worse, it's like the same pool of 100 retards saying the same shit over and over. I can find a thread from 10 years ago and it's the same people saying stupid shit in the threads now.

>>713369458
>Enjoy nwn & IE or you're a fag
If I'm playing an RPG focused on combat, I'd rather play one that actually has good combat.

>>713366076
Qud really is one of the best games I've ever played.

>>713364493 (OP)
It's just like /v/ that for every insightful post, interesting comment, useful advice or good recommendation you have to sluice through a mountain of shit.

>>713369957
you didn't read the manual.

>>713370083
That's just the internet in general now.

>>713370074
how?

>>713366726
CO: E33 will be GOTY.

>>713368389
>platformer
you're a faggot

>>713370263
it has very deep mechanics, a good control scheme, great music. Most of all the game gives me a sense of mystery that I crave in everything. Discovery is the best part of any game and Qud nails it.

>>713364493 (OP)
Pros:
>anti-anime
>no tendies
>no gachaslop
>retardo land
Cons:
>full of pretentious Xers and elder-millennials who jack off to 90s CRPGs
>"Old good, new bad" for literally everything
>discussion outside of RPGs is very lacking

>>713366076
>rogue trader got the most 1/5 while still placing top 5

holy mishulinbroken

>>713370120
No I'm just spoiled by games that aren't dominated by dogshit low level 2E combat. I'd play ugly, no budget Knights of the Chalice over any NWN module, Icewind Dale 1 and 2, or BG1.

Used to be pretty good before the influx of retarded American politics. I preferred when the grognards were elitistic based on game qualities like depth of character building, combat encounter difficulty and choices & consequences instead of if there is a gay character in the game. Still, the official 'dex steam curator is pretty good.

>>713369543
>pretty sure that was morrowind drama
No, it was lulj, we literally found his reddit account and he just says the same retarded things word for word over and over, and he's still making stupid threads on /vrpg/. He makes retarded threads here too every single day. Codex unironically ruined /vrpg/. I think the whole CRPG genre is a loss at this point, it attracts too many bad apples.

>>713370592
THAC0 is bullshit yes.

>>713370534
>"Old good, new bad" for literally everything
That's a pro

>>713365087
Drova was a really good Gothic clone, though.

>>713364493 (OP)
They're a bunch of nostalgia-addled slavic or slavic-pilled grognards with some pretty unique tastes you don't see as much in mainstream gaming culture. They're insufferably contrarian and disingenuously boost their preferred cult classics but if you're curious about experiencing a different segment of gaming, they can give some good recommendations of old school CRPGs you wouldn't hear about elsewhere.

It's a pseud central of blind nostalgia fags obsessed with le writing who hate romances and sex because they're insecure self-inserters.

>>713370534
>Pros:
>anti-anime
Go back, codextroon
4chan is anime website

>>713364493 (OP)
nostalgic retards who worship cRPGs (worst subgenre of RPGs) with RTwP combat (worst combat system known to gaming)

>>713364493 (OP)
They are based as fuck and have a better taste in games than 4chan

>>713370852
>33k post sissy btfo by 300 messagechad

>>713370713
>unique tastes
3x3 tier normalfag slav shit
You can emulate this "taste".
>grounded
>serious
>grimdork
>deep
>mature
>no romance or sex
>no humor
>combat simulation worship

>>713370617
>the whole CRPG genre is a loss at this point, it attracts too many bad apples.
I mean yes, when the definition of the genre is so vague it might as well mean "less accessible RPG", it will tend to attract insufferable people. RPGs are poorly defined in general but CRPGs alhave that problem tenfold.

>>713370830
>RTwP combat
Codex in TB pro. They have dedicated threads shitting on RTwPtards. I support them.

>>713371096
If you look at the CRPG general on /vg/ its just ultra cancerous autistic retards that discuss the same 3 games over and over. I just think its a really bad news genre overall unfortunately, which is unfortunate, because I like a lot of CRPGs, but I'm willing to part with them just to avoid the cancer.

>>713371084
kek, accurate.

>>713371084
Sure, every clique turns into a predictable stereotype when you spend enough time with it but the occasional Codex-endorsed game can be a refreshing exposure to something you wouldn't otherwise experience. You just have to moderate your dose before their quixotic bugaboos start to piss you off.

>>713370534
>no tendies
There are tendies on the site, and they're all pedos.

>>713370534
>"Old good, new bad" for literally everything
based

>>713371561
Styg is based. Your shit build deserved nerfs.

>>713370852
>>713370935
Roguey is known to dox users. Fuck that kike.

>>713371718
>but the occasional Codex-endorsed game can be a refreshing exposure to something you wouldn't otherwise experience
This isn't true any more. Like you can just follow the list of released games on RPG watch and you'll automatically be more knowledgeable that RPG codex. They only know about surface level slavshit. I know more about RPGs than codex does and I barely pay attention any more.

>>713371561
>dd/mm/yyyy
kys

>>713371764
>There are tendies on the site, and they're all pedos.
That's a tautology

>>713370826
>Go back, codextroon
>4chan is anime website

>>713371195
Honestly, I don't get the hate. Yeah a lot of shitty rtwp games came out in the mid 00s but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to make good rtwp combat. I'm quite fond of 7,62 myself

>>713372294
>sharty
Yes go back.

>>713364493 (OP)
larps as being "antiwoke" yet consistently rates woke games the highest followed by boring shit, with fun games at the worst or not mentioned.

>>713371561
I've played underrail, I don't usually play rpgs but on the max difficulty it was piss easy. I guess by suffering they mean intentionally playing the worst possible build cause I don't see how you get stuck otherwise.

>>713372294
>posts niggers in my safe space
GTFO

objectively superior to /v/
I just wished they talk about games other than rpgs

It's a shame their userbase was split between Codex and RPG HQ. The HQ is based for hosting mods that get removed everywhere else.

>>713370467
>deep mechanics
EEEEEH somewhat?
Once you understand how the game works, it's hard to not see the patterns to auto-win.
Doesn't help that some builds are outright pathetic against any real boss, if only because they give everyone and their mothers Regen 100 or some shit.

>>713374657
>I just wished they talk about games other than rpgs
Non-RPG forums are fairly active, what do you mean?
>>713375139
80% of RPGHQ's userbase are obnoxious as fuck. It's a containment site

>>713364493 (OP)
There are a lot of schizos thatbmake the place unusable, but there are also a few posters that make the forum worth a visit. So eh, not the most toxic forum I've used but it's definitely in top 3.

>>713370826
>4chan is anime website
*ahem*
>I started 4chan when I was very bored, in need of porno, and wanted a cool email address (especially because I couldn't register pant.su ). The immediate result was a cool 2chan clone that provided me with all such things, but a few unwanted side effects, the predominant one being ANIMU OTAKU KAWAII BAKA NEKOS-TAN-^______^-PYO-NYOs. Said people are complete wastes of human life and made running the site hell not only for me, but the original users (RH), and people like C_V and shut who tried to help with the burden. The end result was the site dying multiple times, with its final (READ: IT NEVER DIES) death on June 20th, 2004

>>713375515
>There are a lot of schizos thatbmake the place unusable
You can't say that about a site where you can ignore users

>>713375602
The majority of the posts are made by those schizos. Without them codex is just another dead forum

>>713375139
>It's a shame their userbase was split between Codex and RPG HQ
There was no "split." A small fraction of Codex users migrated to the HQ, most of whom still lurk and post on the Codex.

>>713375515
>there are also a few posters that make the forum worth a visit.
Like who?

>>713364493 (OP)
rpgwatch is better (cause it's dead)

>>713375842
Off the top of my head, Luj1, that guy with hitler pfp and Bruce

>>713370351
Pipe down, retard.

>>713364493 (OP)
Long past its prime and the good posters have almost entirely been replaced with retards, same shit as here.

>>713375842
I can respect the guys who periodically post about about game updates. Infinijew and his lackeys only bother with announcing kickstarter campaigns, major title news and new shovelware going into early access. It's up to regular posters to let everyone know when some shovelware gets a milestone update or actually becomes a real game.

>>713364493 (OP)
Are there any forums not on life support?

>>713364493 (OP)
>How does /v/ feel about the 'dex?
The Codex is like making a video game thread on /pol/, and the jannies letting it reach post limit.

>>713375842
>>713376173
Shit sorry, I thought you asked for the schizoposters. The guys I like are RogueKnight333, Roguey, Lilura (although I don't think she posts anymore, the rpg hentai dev and other indie devs that occasionally post on 'dex.

>>713365087
That's a pretty based list, ngl.

>>713375568
Retard, that's in reference to the annoying teenage super otaku that were prevalent in the subculture at the time. Not anime in general.

>>713370852
>a true commentary on the average Codexer being a poser who just signals how much they like old design, but actually ignores it when old school games release
>2 updoots

>a snarky zing LOL UR GAY throaway comment
>8 updoots

Cancer sub.

>>713376880
He also never said he wanted to make an anime website in that post retard.
Here's another statement from moot about the site:
>4chan was founded in ADTRW. The entire history of the website is chronicled in some 3,000+ posts here. The feedback I've received from this thread over the past three years has allowed me to build the site into what it is today (a meme-factory/internet cesspool). Actually, 4chan now stands as one of the largest communities on the 'net. How it continues to support itself still baffles people to this day!
Curious how there is no instance of him saying "anime website".

>>713364493 (OP)
Filled to the brim with libtard Israelis who are stuck on the whole internet drill sergeant hazing rituals because they got mindfucked into worshipping a mtf.

Really foolish people.

RPG HQ isn't very different.

>>713376662
Typically it's the same schizos who spam off-topic political posts. Add them to your ignore list. And don't pretend like /v/ isn't video game-themed /pol/
>>713376965
Laughing smileys are not updoots, you fucking moron

>>713377110
/a/ was literally the first board added after the first test board. The whole site came about because moot was hanging in an SA adjacent weeb culture related IRC because Lowtax hated everything anime.

Just because moot never said "it's an anime website" doesn't make it true.

>>713365870
/vg/ is the gacha board. /v/ is the politics board

Why is /v/ the most popular board on 4chan? When did video games attract so many plebs?

>>713376286
Go play Nintendo. Seems more your speed.

>>713376783
>RogueKnight333
Based.
>Lilura
Tranny.
>Roguey
Admitted to having sex with a tranny in 2015.

>>713376574
Yes. Plenty.

>>713377186
hi, gregz.

>>713364493 (OP)
Checked it a couple of times and the best word that can describe them for me is "woke right"
They are a mirror image of forums like Knockout. Both incredibly pretentious and beyond obsessed with political tones of their counterparts. Very, VERY bitter people for being about videogames

>>713377875
>/a/ was literally the first board added after the first test board.
Incorrect.
Here is the board creation order
>/b/ (Oct. 1 2003)
>/h/ (Oct. 2 2003)
>/c/, /d/, /w/, /y/, /i/ (Oct. 6 2003)
>/g/uro, /s/ (Oct. 9 2003)
>/a/, /l/olikon (Nov. 8 2003)
If you insist on /b/ being a board for anime because at one point it was called Anime/Random, you're a retard. The Anime/Random aspect is a relic from moot MTL'ing Japanese source code for the site.

Moot made the site for two reasons
>porn
>a cool email

>>713378071
Kneel.

>>713378587
>go to pol
>”white Jews are the problem!!! Stop hurting brown sandniggers!!”

I’m good

>>713378723
>tfw genuinely miss 2014-2015 /pol/

>>713364493 (OP)
>can openly like lolis
>can call people niggers
How can I utter an ill word toward my dear codexbrothers

>>713378958
Pol is alright sometimes but the userbase is easily half women and niggers

>>713364493 (OP)
Tell me what it is first.

>>713379137
It's russian/chinese bots, browns, and easily duped qoomers

/pol/ memed another one into existance

>>713378486
Oh cmon 'dex is as political as /vr/ and /vrpg/, and these two boards are vidya heaven in comparison to /vpol/. I mean just look at the faggot above me

>>713378958
same brother
>no more comfy political theory or history threads

>>713378541
>Moot made the site for two reasons
>porn
What kind of porn, dude

>>713379401
You’d be surprised how many are women. It’s good they’re finally branching out but they still have a lot of really bad core beliefs, which is why the posting quality is down at the moment

>>713364493 (OP)
the 35+ year old pseud homebase

>>713379791
>it's real
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114729009239087163

>>713379791
god damn it I'm tired of the jewish tricks

>>713380268
Any kind clearly since /s/ was made before /a/.

>>713380268
I only used this site due to /l/. Same with reddit

>>713380268
Hentai

They worship particular devs and I think that is pathetic. I also don't think they have good taste in games at all.

>>713381404
>copy of futaba
>conceived in a dc++ hub named after an anime ed, populated by anime watching nerds
>advertised by moot to SA users on adtrw (the anime forum)
>first board literally called anime/random
>second board is for anime/manga porn
>five next boards also anime related
>mascot is a manga character
In short, kys.

>>713364493 (OP)
>check out a thread about a game I like
>half of the posts are from retards confidently stating that they haven't played the game while aggressively calling others wrong
It's retarded like here, but the namefagging makes it worse.

>>713376783
all the people you named suck ass.

>>713365087
was it good?

>>713382949
yes

>>713368837
Hilarious that someone got so asshurt by this post they tried to get it deleted

>>713383463
Saving for posterity:
>>713364493 (OP) (OP)
>Ruined by slavs unironically. One of their main posters got caught spamming on /vrpg/ and his reddit account was found as a result, where he robotically made thousands of posts. Of course he was a russian.

The contrarianism on codex puts /v/ to shame.

>>713379791
oh no no no no chudbros? did we vote for another jewish puppet?