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[A Thing]

Which games give you a score on a compared score chart when you lose/finish? Like Pirates!, CK2, etc. Preferably something roguelike so I can play on max difficulty and see how well I do. What is the gaming term for it so I can look it up? Does it even have one?

I'm assuming you know about roguelikes like Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Tales of Maj'Eyal, Angband, etc having ladders, but just in case you don't. I think DCSS and Tales have an automatic one if you play online with an account, and Angband has a 'manual' one where you upload your graveyard file. Angband's is more obviously a bit more clunky but the forum seems to support all the various modded versions having their own ladders as well which is cool.

Spelunky has daily ladders where everyone has the same seed and tries to get the highest score, which might interest you as well.

Edit: I think the Bay12 forums also tends to make a DCSS team whenever a new version comes out and they do a tournament, so keep an eye out for that.
Tales apparently doesn't have a ladder.

Links to the ladders in question: Angband, DCSS.

[Stench Guzman]

Which games give you a score on a compared score chart when you lose/finish? Like Pirates!, CK2, etc. Preferably something roguelike so I can play on max difficulty and see how well I do. What is the gaming term for it so I can look it up? Does it even have one?

"Score attack" is a blanket term for any game where the goal is to get the high score, but that generally refers to arcade style games, not roguelikes or RPGs.  Or maybe you are thinking of the term "online leaderboard".

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Can I get some opinions on some of the 40k games?

Gladius?

Sanctus Reach?

Battlefleet Gothic?

I've got the 40k itch and theres a sale recently, and I'm wondering which one to try out!

[JimboM12]

Can I get some opinions on some of the 40k games?

if you don't have dawn of war 1 and 2 already, i could recommend those

mechanius is getting rave reviews and i see why, its basically xcom but 40k. its got some elements of a dungeon crawler too

sanctum reach ive only tried a little so far and i find it to be like a turnbased version of dawn of war. ill reserve judgement till later but its getting good reviews as well. (after playing some more, like the skirmishes) its much more like the tabletop. you get a certain amount of deployment points and objectives to fight over.

inquisitor ive heard is both good from some guys and bad from others, its a diablo like with a story? apparently. im very tempted to get the complete version

gladius is good with the dlc, its a more combat focused version of civ. not much to say other than that, i like it but you might think its a little dry compared to civ because there are no leader screens with diplomacy (in fact there is barely any diplomacy) and very little decoration. its about war and making war.

[Stench Guzman]

This probably isn't helpful, but I have played Space Hulk, and if you like the board game it's basically the same exact thing, executed well.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

This probably isn't helpful, but I have played Space Hulk, and if you like the board game it's basically the same exact thing, executed well.

I've heard Space Hulk is pretty good! Also, I ended up getting Armageddon and Gladius--haven't really fiddled around with Gladius yet because I ended up LOVING Armageddon so much that everything else feels so incomplete mechanically (in 40k games).

Also can anyone recommend/think of games similar to Foxhole in that there is a "persistent online war" system going on?

I remember old Chromehounds had a similar thing, where battles contributed to a global war which made some nifty things available for different factions depending on ability. Likewise, there's CRPG which is a Warband MMO mod (which was actually quite good), and also OMGmod for Company of Heroes, which allowed you to fight on the Allies or Axis, keep your own persistent and growing company, and actually affect the course of the war.

[IonMatrix]

Guys, I need a RPG, like a real fucking classic. I've been playing the Witcher 3 for quite some time, and boy is it amazing, but I'm looking for something more...gamey. Any recommendations?

[Iduno]

Guys, I need a RPG, like a real fucking classic. I've been playing the Witcher 3 for quite some time, and boy is it amazing, but I'm looking for something more...gamey. Any recommendations?

The Wizardry series is pretty good.

Might be able to do better with more information on exactly what you're looking for, and how you want it to be gamey (perhaps Unreal World?).

[Urist McSpike]

Guys, I need a RPG, like a real fucking classic. I've been playing the Witcher 3 for quite some time, and boy is it amazing, but I'm looking for something more...gamey. Any recommendations?

A classic, you say?  Betrayal at Krondor, never played the other one in the bundle.  Be aware, this is a 1993 game, not a remaster.  No idea how it plays through Steam, or if you' be better off running it through dos box.  Based on Raymond Fiest's Riftwar saga.  Graphics are dated, of course.

[Nelia Hawk]

Also can anyone recommend/think of games similar to Foxhole in that there is a "persistent online war" system going on?

planetside 2?

[delphonso]

Guys, I need a RPG, like a real fucking classic. I've been playing the Witcher 3 for quite some time, and boy is it amazing, but I'm looking for something more...gamey. Any recommendations?

Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and that family

[Ulfarr]

Guys, I need a RPG, like a real fucking classic. I've been playing the Witcher 3 for quite some time, and boy is it amazing, but I'm looking for something more...gamey. Any recommendations?

Definitely not a classic but if you are interested in going a bit off the beaten path the you could try Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader. Be warned that although its first parts, both the setting, story and gameplay options, are  very well made it later devolves into a bad hack 'n slash which can lock your progress, courtesy of production problems..

[Stench Guzman]

Guys, I need a RPG, like a real fucking classic. I've been playing the Witcher 3 for quite some time, and boy is it amazing, but I'm looking for something more...gamey. Any recommendations?

Ultima 7?

[Sirus]

Is there any sort of, modern successor to the Wizardry series? I would love to go for a first-person turn-based party-based dungeon crawl, but everything on PC is either old and potentially unsupported, or is missing one (or more) of the qualifications listed earlier in this sentence.

Modability would be a plus, even if it's limited to importing custom character portraits.

[Il Palazzo]

Uh, was Legend of Grimrock real-time or turn-based? I don't remember. Other than that Star Crawlers fits the bill. Operencia might too, but I've only played the tutorial yet, so I'm not sure if it's turn based in dungeon crawling too, or just in combat.
I've not tried Bards Tale IV, but it looks like it might be at least in the ballpark.