Vote For The Best RPG Shooter
No hiding it. We’re a partisan bunch. But we can’t quite crown Borderlands the greatest RPG shooter in the history of video games just yet. There’s the minor issue of Gearbox actually releasing a brilliant game first.
In the meantime, we’ve busied ourselves by debating the best existing RPG shooter. We’ve whittled it down to ten candidates for the honor. Now its time for a vote.
Here’s how it works. Below is a list of the ten best RPG shooters, as suggested by the Borderlands Guide community. Pick five. Rank them from 1st to 5th. We’ll use a preferential voting system. A first place vote counts as 10 points. A fifth place vote counts as 5 points. The title with the most points wins.
I would like to get at least 50 participants in this vote so please encourage people you know on other sites to participate. The vote will close on Sunday May 10th. I will announce the results not long after.
As for the criteria, vote for the games you feel combine the best of the two genres. Your top choice should be a great RPG and a great shooter.
The nominees are--drum roll please--…
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
In the format below, post your top 5 in this thread or send them to me using the contact form at the top of this site. Thanks and happy voting.
1. First choice
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth
5. Fifth
Don't copy. First three I think are great, then it falls off a bit for me
1. Deus Ex
2. Bioshock
3. Fallout 3
4. S.T.A.L.K.E.R
5. Too Human - Don't think this is a great one by any means but its solid enough to make 5.
1. Fallout 3
2. Mass Effect
3. Bioshock
4. Deus EX
5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Keep 'em coming please. I'm still mulling mine.
1. Mass Effect
2. Fallout 3
3. Bioshock
4. Deus Ex
5. Too Human
I haven't played alot of these. But I'll rank them anyway.
1 Bioshock - unique atmosphere, plasmids
2 Mass Effect - character developement, lost'o'dialogue
3 Fallout 3 - large, immersive world
(and now for games I have not played but I have heard good things about, feel free to exclude the following)
4 Deus Ex
5 System Shock
1. Fallout 3
2. BIOSHOCK
3.Dues Ex 2
4. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadows of Chernobyl.
5. Mass Effect
1. Deus Ex
2. Bioshock
3. STALKER
4. System Shock
5. Fallout 3
1. Fallout 3
2. Deus Ex
3. System Shock 2
4. Bioshock (although I would hardly consider it an RPG)
5. Mass Effect
The rest I haven't played, except for Too Human, which isn't really a good game anyway.
- 1# Too Human (dont know why people hated this game so much, the death animation wasnt that annoting, just needed bigger parties)
- 2# Mass Effect
- 3# Fallout 3
- 4# S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- 5# Bioshock (i wouldnt have voted for this if i had played any of the other ones, i hated this game)

After each i have added my reason.
1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadows of Chernobyl. - post apocalyptic.
2. Mass Effect. -Sci Fi
3. BioShock - Plasmids
4. Fallout 3 - VATS
5. Deus Ex - Never played it just need a fifth.