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The Lazygamer Awards 2016 – Best RPG

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GOTRPG

There’s nothing like a good Role playing game to absolutely lose yourself in. There’s a reason why so many people’s “game of all time” is an RPG. It’s because they demand such investment. Not just of time, but also of emotion. There’s no other type of game that really makes you feel for the digital characters of immersive world you’re transposed to than the old role playing game.

Here’s our winner:

The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine

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It’s not usual for DLC for an old game to scoop up one of your awards – but The Witcher 3 isn’t a very usual game. Neither, I’ll add, is it second and final campaign expansion, Blood and Wine. It takes the beloved monster hunter to the colourful and fantastic Toussaint – a land that isn’t ravaged by war like everywhere else Geralt’s been adventuring. Where the Witcher 3 gave us a world of war and politics, Blood and Wine’s tonal shift gave us prancing silliness, wrapped up in a tale marked by a pronounced, wicked wit.

Adding over 30 hours of brand new questing, new gameplay mechanics, new armour sets, new Gwent decks and so much more, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine isn’t an expansion, it’s a whole new game – and that’s why we’re happy to give it our RPG of the year. Even though it does mean saying goodbye to Geralt.

Runner Up:

Dark Souls 3

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Dark Souls 2 was not a very good Dark Souls game. It may have been better than many other games, but it tried too hard to follow the Souls formula, without any actual soul. For its sequel, designer Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team stepped up to deliver a masterpiece – and perhaps a fitting end to one of the most brutal, but measured series in modern gaming.

Honorable Mentions:

World of Warcraft: Legion

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World of Warcraft Legion did one very important thing. It undid the mess that the last expansion did. It makes up for Warlords of Draenor’s transgressions by fulfilling its promises; rewarding end game content and a compelling, inclusive story.

The Division

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It may not have had the best end game, and its PvP Dark Zone wasn’t nearly as interesting or engaging as it really should have been – but Ubisoft’s The Division did do a lot right. It gave us an engrossing co-op RPG shooter. While it lasted.

World of Final Fantasy

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World of Final Fantasy blatantly plays on your nostalgia – but in a good way. It’s not out profit from your childhood, but rather exists as a sweet love letter to one of videogaming’s most enduring series.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Final Fantasy XV came out just too late this year to be in contention, as too few of us have managed to play it thus far.

Last Updated: December 13, 2016

49 Comments

  1. Lord Chaos

    December 13, 2016 at 11:33

    I Disagree, I think No Mans Sky should have won. 😛

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    • Captain JJ

      December 13, 2016 at 11:39

      Is it opposite day already?

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      December 13, 2016 at 11:40

      RPG stands for Role Playing Game, not Rote Playable Game.

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      • Pariah ???

        December 13, 2016 at 11:47

        You may be verbose on occasion, but that’s rather excellent.

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      • Lord Chaos

        December 13, 2016 at 11:58

        If I just set you up to get comment of the week… I will find you and disconnect your internet

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  2. Captain JJ

    December 13, 2016 at 11:35

    Witcher!

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  3. Captain JJ

    December 13, 2016 at 11:36

    No Deus Ex Mankind Divided?

    I agree.

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  4. Guild

    December 13, 2016 at 11:36

    You give best shooter to Doom over OverWatch because of lack of SP and not being a pure shooter? but then you give Best RPG to a DLC? Nope. I call for another recount.

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      December 13, 2016 at 11:37

      A 30 hour long DLC that’s better than most actual games. Yup.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        December 13, 2016 at 11:38

        And included an excellent Dark Souls easter egg.

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      • Guild

        December 13, 2016 at 11:43

        But it’s a DLC so it shouldn’t be considered…. Or you can make OverWatch the FPS game over Doom and we all happy 😛

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        • BakedBagel

          December 13, 2016 at 11:53

          Thats the beauty. Blood and wine is advertised as a DLC. In reality, its offering more than some games as a whole.

          A DLC simply doesnt give you 30+ hours of gameplay with all the extra it did add.

          Blood and Wine was The Witcher 3.5 tbh.

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          • Guild

            December 13, 2016 at 11:57

            I really need find time to play Witcher. I should take a gaming sabbatical for a year and just concentrate on backlog games.

          • Matthew Holliday

            December 13, 2016 at 12:21

            You forget heart of stone, I bought the two together, after they were both released, so playing the two one after the other, really did feel like Witcher 3.66

    • Lord Chaos

      December 13, 2016 at 11:37

      I blame Russian hackers for rigging it.

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    • Captain JJ

      December 13, 2016 at 11:37

      CDPR put more effort into that DLC than most devs do into their entire games. I say it’s well deserved. But to each their own and all.

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      • Guild

        December 13, 2016 at 11:42

        I know the game and all the DLC is awesome and I’m looking forward to playing it when I eventually get through some backlog. I’m just being full of shit about Doom (Still need to play as well) beating out OverWatch.

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        • Captain JJ

          December 13, 2016 at 11:44

          Oh. Well, from my perspective, as someone who enjoys a shooter, but has no interest in the MP aspect, Overwatch isn’t even on my horizon, whereas Doom is a definite buy within the next month.
          But I do understand how much people have enjoyed Overwatch and the following it has online is incredible.

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          • Guild

            December 13, 2016 at 11:45

            Problem is my backlog is getting ridiculous. The fact that I still have Doom and Witcher waiting to be played says I spend too much time in MP games like OverWatch and TitanFall 2

          • Captain JJ

            December 13, 2016 at 11:47

            Overwatch is on Blizzard’s little client so it’s out of sight, out of mind for my anyway. Same goes for Titanfall which is only on Origin.
            I have the same problem with backlog though. I want to get Doom, but when I’ll get to play it is the problem.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 13, 2016 at 11:49

            I knocked another game off the backlog this last weekend. That’s 4 in 2 weeks now!

          • Captain JJ

            December 13, 2016 at 11:51

            Wow.
            I here I am playing Skyrim SE XD There’s no hope for me.
            December I’ll try and knock off a few. Dragon’s Dogma being one of them.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 13, 2016 at 11:52

            The big decision is what to play next.

          • Yondaime

            December 13, 2016 at 12:34

            Oh Sheet i actually own Dragons’s Dogma lol

          • Shadowblade Tokashi

            December 13, 2016 at 13:44

            Do not play Dragon’s Dogma if you have al 1440p screen or an ultra wide screen.

            The game does not support that resolution …

          • Captain JJ

            December 13, 2016 at 14:12

            Damn, that sucks. Luckily I have a muggle wide screen 😀

          • Viper_ZA

            December 13, 2016 at 12:04

            Come now, we all KNOW that backlog will never see the light of day in terms of completion ;P

          • Guild

            December 13, 2016 at 12:12

            I’m getting there. Slowly. Doing a bit less MP just to get through my backlog. Finished Last of Us about a month back. Such an awesome game. Busy with Until Dawn at the moment and also really enjoying it. So there is some hope.
            My steam backlog I’m just going to ignore for the moment though. 100+ games was maybe a bit ambitious to try finish in a year.

          • Viper_ZA

            December 13, 2016 at 12:14

            Haha ja MP tends to create a significant backlog in no time 😛

          • Pariah ???

            December 13, 2016 at 11:46

            It’s interesting. I was looking forward to Overwatch, but by the time it released I had lost all interest. Still none there. I will probably buy DOOM at some point though. I’m still keen to play that. It just doesn’t make sense when I have so many other games to play, and am addicted to just 1 at the moment.

        • Matthew Holliday

          December 13, 2016 at 12:55

          Overwatch has won enough this year, its like when they gave fallout 4 some game awards last year, when witcher was the obvious choice.
          Doom deserves awards, even if it has those awards should belong to Overwatch.

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      • Matthew Holliday

        December 13, 2016 at 12:16

        They just didnt put as much effort into the ending of blood and wine as I would have liked.
        Following the obvious morally, witchery and Geralty correct choices (relatively speaking ofc) gives you pretty much the least interesting outcome possible.
        I was pretty annoyed, literally the only time I was disappointed with the writers. so it stands out quite a bit.

        the rest of the DLC was amazing though, like really, really stellar stuff.

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    • Shadowblade Tokashi

      December 13, 2016 at 13:09

      Correction, it is NOT a DLC. It is an expansion … please learn the difference …

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      • Guild

        December 13, 2016 at 13:39

        Sorry, the article above says DLC. So I wrote DLC but you are perfectly correct, it’s an expansion. So it definitely should not have been in up for nomination

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        • Shadowblade Tokashi

          December 13, 2016 at 13:43

          Can you please then tell me where is this written rule or is it your own reasoning?

          The expansion is pretty much a solid RPG story and game with improvements and a lot of extra stuff.

          What does it not make it a valid candidate for a game of the year reward?

          I mean if an expansion has a lot more RPG, proper gameplay, story and more hours to do than a RPG game that is being sold for a lot more then it is not CDProject Red’s fault ?

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          • Guild

            December 13, 2016 at 14:19

            Of course its a written rule. It states under Section 4 Sub Section B Point 3.2 of Gaming Awards Handbook:
            – An expansion/DLC cannot be nominated for any Gaming Awards as it’s not a full game but built on the resources of the full release title.

            No one is blaming CDProject Red but they should have thought about it and released a full game instead asking for full premium price.

          • Shadowblade Tokashi

            December 13, 2016 at 14:26

            LOL good one with the hand book… MR sour grape .. change your alias on disqus

            R350 for an expansion is not full premium price … Full Premium price is R800 …

            I think you must be a very sour grape … sjoe

          • Guild

            December 13, 2016 at 14:37

            Exactly you get it. They should have charged Full premium price but nope they have to give out all this good gaming for cheap. They should be shot and disbanded as a company.

            By now I hope you realize I’m talking shit and just having a laugh. I look forward to playing Witcher and I’m sure based on the positive feedback that it’s going to be a great game. Been told I should play all other RPG’s before Witcher because afterwards the rest are going to be crap in comparison.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 13, 2016 at 15:45

            It hasn’t ruined other RPGs, but it’s the standard by which others will be judged going forward. And it’s the game that finally knocked Vampire Bloodlines into 2nd spot on my all time favourite RPG list.

  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    December 13, 2016 at 11:36

    The ending of Blood & Wine was the perfect goodbye to Geralt.

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  6. Gareth Lagesse (eXCheez)

    December 13, 2016 at 11:37

    Too late for Tyranny?

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      December 13, 2016 at 11:37

      Not enough of us have played it, I’m afraid. Looks great, haven;t gotten to it yet.

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  7. VampyreSquirrel

    December 13, 2016 at 11:39

    I don’t know how I feel about this.

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    • Captain JJ

      December 13, 2016 at 11:42

      Pick warm and fuzzy!

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      • VampyreSquirrel

        December 13, 2016 at 11:45

        Meh.

        I’m playing Division again because of Survival (it’s the only reason I broke the 100 hour mark). I put 4 months into Legion, and lost my drive in that. Then there’s the Witcher 3, which I haven’t put more than about 2 hours into.

        So I guess I’m biased here cos none of these really stand out for me 😛

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  8. Fox1 - Retro

    December 13, 2016 at 12:17

    The closest thing to an award for side-fest quests.

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  9. Nikola

    December 13, 2016 at 12:43

    Witcher 3 the BEST game I have ever played period. I played a shit loads of games but nothing is as complete as this game:)

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  10. 40 Insane Frogs

    December 13, 2016 at 12:51

    Pork buns for the Geoff Queen!

    Thumbs Up!

    Reply

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