Just in time for, uh, your fourth or so week of isolation (and your second week of "i'm already playing animal crossing anyway"), it's the results of the Coint & Plick poll for 2019's crop of games!
It's got everything: a board game, some games that came out in other years but were played by other people on other consoles (it's ALWAYS Switch), fake-post shenanigans, everything.
Current rollout plan is as follows (subject to change):Thursday, April 2nd: I post ONE GAME, the lowest-ranked one of the year, so that people can find the thread and bookmark it.Friday, April 3rd: The first "real" day of results. This should get us juuuuust up to the point where people cared enough to give a game ten points.Sunday, April 5th: After I take a day off, I post more! We will be in the mid-30's.Monday, April 6th: Closing out near the top 15, we will see our final game that came out in 2018.Tuesday, April 7th: Your top games of 2019!
This is VERY subject to change btw, Mondays and Saturdays are particularly slammed for me so I booked a day off "in advance" in there. Depending on how Satuday goes I might post then and take Monday off. Or neither. Or both! Who knows! I AM VERY UNRELIABLE!!!!
I'm also going to retire the "favourite consoles of the year" part because not many people responded to it, which is fair. They're all the same except for the Switch anyway.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
Huzzah!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:32 (four years ago) link
Anyway, here's your most-vaguely-liked game of 2019.
https://i.imgur.com/jhPjwWE.png71 - Wilmot's Warehouse - 3 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW WITH MORE GREAT GAMES
oh right, there was a tie lol. BONUS GAME FOR THURSDAY NIGHT COMING SOON
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
Wilmot’s Warehouse is actually good as hell but I was running low on points
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
Play it on Switch with a friend!
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:43 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Fo0XeoV.png71 - Katana Zero - 3 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:43 (four years ago) link
i've seen good reviews for it but haven't played it yet. it's a puzzle game? xp to warehouse
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
It’s a puzzle of sorts but what it really is about is organizing a bunch of semi-concrete shapes in a vast warehouse and remembering where you put everything so you can go fetch it when orders come in. And reading motivational posters.
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
i'm not sure if that's too close to my rl job to not be fun or not. katana zero also a mac game; i'll try to check both these out
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
Oh good, I'm feeling super miserable at the moment so poll rollout fun will at least take my mind off stuff for a second. UGG FTW!
― emil.y, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
katana zero is just the latest in devolver digital's continuing saga of cornering the market on all hotline miami variants
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
been curious. will try it someday!
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
i'll try it right now just so i can has thoughts to post to this thread
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
read these responses in a weird order and i was like WTF IS MORDY'S JOB until i realized he wasn't talking about katana zero
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
UGG?
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
hahahaha
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 00:00 (four years ago) link
oh no i've said too much
ok i played the first 3 levels. it's fun - sorta cyberpunky stylish. the hotline miami comparison seems good. this feels a little easier (it saves progress every room which is convenient), but similarly gratuitously violent. the handling feels good but i'm not sure the story or the gameplay is hooky enough that i'd play a full playthrough - maybe just a little too iterative.
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.)
honk
― emil.y, Friday, 3 April 2020 00:54 (four years ago) link
oh right haha
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 01:11 (four years ago) link
can u plz add systems?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 3 April 2020 03:54 (four years ago) link
i was the vote for katana zero. it's short but great at what it does, the limited slow motion allowing you to pull off the precise execution required works fantastically
― ufo, Friday, 3 April 2020 09:19 (four years ago) link
oof i already set everything up without consoles. i'll see what i can do
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
ok here we go, pulled all of these from quick google searches so i didn't pay attention to what actually came out on what in 2019
https://i.imgur.com/wOPqmKM.png69 - Card of Darkness - 4 points / 1 VoteApple Arcade
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
i wanted to like this more than i did mostly bc of pendleton wards involvement but the game mechanics themselves are sorta simplistic and there's not really much of a story so you're really getting an okay-good puzzle game w/ a nice aesthetic but there just isn't much there there sadly.
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xHXp1Wz.png69 - Cat Quest 2 - 4 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Macintosh operating systems, tvOS
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
another game i played on apple arcade. my daughter thought it was v cute. also felt pretty slight for my tastes with generic rpg elements.
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/FzAK4De.png59 - Trials Rising - 5 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
also i have no idea what i did to the order of these tied games. they used to be alphabetical but i moved them around so many times there's no sense to it whatsoever. i guess that makes it more fun? you don't know if your fave will be tied or not!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
i think this trials had incredible level design, best in series, but hated the ubisoft progression bullshit layer
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
when you're actually playing its goty material but it really tries its hardest to keep you from playing the game how you want
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
loading times and stupidly slow drip of content made that the first trials i walked away from after a single play
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eMVMi3i.png59 - Pilgrims - 5 points / 1 VoteiOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
Card of Darkness and Cat Quest look cute.
― emil.y, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
i should go rogue and give out a bunch of 6's and 11's next year instead of 5's and 10's
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
otoh this is an apple arcade game that i liked very much enough to vote for. sorta a card-driven adventure game with enough alternative solutions to unlock that it has some good replay-ability but even one playthrough is worthwhile. charming + unique aesthetic + story, memorable characters
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
worth noting iirc totally dialogue-less but still vivid + memorable storytelling
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
Oh gosh, just looking at some images from Pilgrims and it looks very much up my alley. I see it was the same makers as Machinarium and Samorost too, so it's gotta be good. This one I might actually seek out.
― emil.y, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
yes i actually immediately thought i'd recommend this one to you
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/dSCx7lM.png59 - SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions - 5 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
this one is slightly less obtuse than older saga games and has my favorite turn-based jrpg combat of the past while, which is good because there's not much to these games other than wandering around a world map and fighting. story stuff happens but it's never clear exactly what you did to trigger it. very unknowable.
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
also the text is microscopic on switch
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
this looks so bad to me i'm taking a hard pass
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
may appeal to ppl who like octopath
lol yeah saga games are definitely only for the most broke-brained jrpg fans. octopath is much much more accessible than this
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3eQVbse.png59 - Samurai Shodown - 5 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Microsoft Windows, Arcade
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
good iteration/revival of samsho, like all modern jp fighting games though its strictly a multiplayer game with some minimum effort single player modes tacked on. i never play single player in fighting games even when it exists so that doesn't bother me but i know its a dealbreaker for most
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
ciderpress I started playing SGSGA and man it's kinda hard! and I don't know if I'm advancing my equipment enough for the stage of the game I'm in.
― silby, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
yeah i'm not sure either, i haven't beaten my first character's campaign still. i think most enemies in saga games scale to your current power level but it's very obfuscated and there's stuff you can do to make the game harder without realizing it
the "hard" combat encounters definitely take me multiple tries a lot. you usually have to focus on trying to get a United Attack or whatever its called since thats the only way you can get ahead momentum-wise
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
yeah it might not be a good thoughtless bedtime game in that regard. I also am not sure if it's a good idea or not to try to train characters on nondefault weapons.
― silby, Friday, 3 April 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/L3lUlWe.png59 - Wattam - 5 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
(sorry for the delay, lunch break)
are those katamari princes? (I am v bad at following gaming news)
― rob, Friday, 3 April 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
catching up. card of darkness was fun! enjoyed animations and progression of complexity. oddly i hit a wall the first time i played this and then completed it fairly easily when i went back to it. not really a stayer but it did the job v well as an iphone filler game. probably the place to bemoan the lack of a serious michael brough contender this year. pretty much any of his games would have been GotY any year they got released.
― Fizzles, Friday, 3 April 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
wattam is the katamari guy's new game yes
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
it is not a katamari game though
https://i.imgur.com/8XtvkKR.png59 - Sugarlawn - 5 points / 1 VoteInteractive Fiction readers
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
emil.y, tell us of the IF!
― silby, Friday, 3 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
I finished Pilgrims last weekend. Pretty solid. It's about two hours from start to finish. If you liked other Amanita games like Machinarium it's in that same vein.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
Lonely Mountains Downhill >>>>> Trials 6
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KU8XAHo.png59 - Feather - 5 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
i think that was my vote for trials rising. i found it incredibly addictive, but it was my first trials game so i had nothing to compare it to re: the complaints upthread. if lonely mountains downhill has the satisfying tactile physics of trials with a better aesthetic and no loot boxes i'd be all about that
xp
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 3 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/OnqAHYf.png59 - Horace - 5 points / 1 VoteMicrosoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
this one looked insufferable to me, maybe that's the joke but i'm not gonna find out
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xUsl0J3.png59 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 5 points / 1 VoteWindows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
Oh, I voted for Wattam and Sugarlawn! I might have given Wattam a few more points if I'd played it for longer, but only did a few hours immersing myself in the weird weird world. It's very twee, but then you can hold hands and dance with toilets and turn things into poop and... I don't know, it's strange. Definitely worth playing, but as I say, I'm not yet sure if there's more to it than just its odd charm.
Sugarlawn is a good IF treasure hunt. I play a lot of IF and almost never map or write physical notes, but with this one I actually did those things. It's a timed scavenger hunt framed as a TV show in an old mansion, and you have to try to maximise your winnings. I usually like a really deep immersive world in my IF and this is relatively shallow, but it's fun and there's loads of replay value.
― emil.y, Friday, 3 April 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
every few years I try to get into IF for a little while, play something recommended by someone, usually peter out pretty quickly because it's just not in my nature to really stick to these things. As much as I'd like to! Similar experience as I have w/ (genuine) roguelikes (i.e. nethack, brogue, DCSS)
― silby, Friday, 3 April 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uYZUud1.png59 - The Stillness of the Wind - 5 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, iOS
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
if lonely mountains downhill has the satisfying tactile physics of trials with a better aesthetic and no loot boxes i'd be all about that
The physics aren't as tight but you can still use the terrain in lots of fun ways. It has none of the aesthetic issues that Trials has. It's a little more homemade than Trials though.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
finally we have reached the lofty heights of... the games ppl gave 6 points
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/gAxkx8e.png57 - A Plague Tale: Innocence - 6 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
lonely mountains downhill is good and possibly better than trials overall but its not the same thing as trials, i love the setpieceyness of the newer trials levels which is the total opposite of what that game offers
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
hm, i was expecting another 5 pointer. but maybe i gave it 10
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 3 April 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
Plague Tale is the first to place that I actually played, and I pretty much hated it. Unfun mechanics, derpy dialogue, boring story.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QSmnWNl.png57 - Life is Strange 2 - 6 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Macintosh operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
hm, i was expecting another 5 pointer. but maybe i gave it 10― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, April 3, 2020 3:03 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, April 3, 2020 3:03 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
or perhaps... you were not the only voter!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
if true and it's the game i'm thinking of that must mean there's another vibe man in the house who was feeling the vibe
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 3 April 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oAJQalV.png56 - New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 7 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
look at both of those votes
soak in the ~consensus~
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/60mfKpL.png55 - Judgment - 8 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
i think i'll eventually play judgment but i still haven't finished yakuza 0
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 3 April 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
I have barely scratched the surface of yakuza 0…need to get back to it
― silby, Friday, 3 April 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
judgment is solid, everything's a slight step down from yakuza 0 though except the story and graphics
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
HEY I VOTED FOR JUDGMENT LOL
it looks and walks and talks like a yakuza game but... it is not a yakuza game. i was kind of into it but i think i dropped it as soon as death stranding came out. i gotta get back to it. maybe my retrospective small numbero f points will go up
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
(i started typing that as soon as i posted the image and forgot to, uh, finish writing the sentence)
anyway here's the last one for today
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uJKZzGE.png54 - Gris - 9 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4 (in 2019)
I bought Judgment but didn't play it yet
can say that for some other games on this list too :(
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
54 - Gris - 9 points / 1 Vote55 - Judgment - 8 points / 2 Votes56 - New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 7 points / 2 Votes57 - A Plague Tale: Innocence - 6 points / 1 Vote57 - Life is Strange 2 - 6 points / 1 Vote59 - Trials Rising - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Pilgrims - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Samurai Shodown - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Wattam - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Sugarlawn - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Feather - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Horace - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - The Stillness of the Wind - 5 points / 1 Vote69 - Card of Darkness - 4 points / 1 Vote69 - Cat Quest 2 - 4 points / 1 Vote71 - Katana Zero - 3 points / 1 Vote71 - Wilmot's Warehouse - 3 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
i just wanna say to pump you all up, the final placements especially at the top are fucking WILD, i do not remember them ever being this, uhh, THIS
i won't say anymore i just wanna pump you all up
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
fuck i said pump up twice GET PUMPED
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
well call me antonio cause i'm pumped now
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 3 April 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
i didn't vote in this, sorrygris is very pretty
― na (NA), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
The thing I like about A Plague Tale ... the world that Asobo Studios (Bordeaux) has created is so French! It has all these medieval details that are very specific and cool ... it's not like Assassin's Creed where (especially in the early games) you're getting some guy from San Francisco or Montreal's version of what medieval Italy might have been like. And instead of making a medieval world with no game, what's there is pretty good. I can imagine not being that jazzed by it but it's so much more fun than the pure walking sims that have placed higher.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 3 April 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
i dont really know what to expect at the top, i didnt play any of the higher profile games last year that i would normally be showering points on like fire emblem or astral chain or dmc5 and the really big one was a fromsoft game which i don't like
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
i don't know what game is going to win this year but i'm pretty sure i know what game is going to win next week
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
next year blah
which one do you tihnk will win 2020? geniunely curious bc i can see a few candidates (crossing & ffvii remake & cyberpunk & last of us 2 if it comes out this yr)
i also have a feeling that spiritfarer might be a serious dark horse for 2020.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
i'm a dummy and didn't even see this thread until just now! (i've had a backlog of bookmarks i'm working through)
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 3 April 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
but this makes me very happy! looking forward to reading through this in a bit.
my guess is animal crossing
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
i like animal crossing but there'll probably be 10 games this year i like more unless it's a real weak year (whcih is very possible with covid delays)
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
Maybe I’m unduly swayed by how it has taken over my house and in this particular weird moment feels perfectly suited to the moment and iconic. I am really looking forward to 2077 too.
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
I should live so long
― silby, Friday, 3 April 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
animal crossing will undoubtedly win 2020
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 3 April 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
Never played an animal crossing, not sure it’s my bag
― Joey Corona (Euler), Friday, 3 April 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
#1 will be parvel muzzle quest (marvel puzzle quest with a fake mustache)
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Friday, 3 April 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
really hated fallen order. i hated the v punchable main character, the controls that felt so spongey after sekiro. the sliding! it was interesting to me see how many of my favourite games were kind of *about* or distinctive for one mechanic done really really well (combat in sekiro, crossing rugged terrain and walking, Death Stranding).
― Fizzles, Sunday, 5 April 2020 11:27 (four years ago) link
Fuck, I got totally derailed by prepping for the whole Covid shutdown with my store and completely failed to vote in this, sorry guys
― jjjusten, Sunday, 5 April 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
well join us now and at the end tell us the games that didn't place that you would've voted for!
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 April 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
Have we got more coming today?
― emil.y, Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
SORRY EVERYONE. too much irl shit today and I completely space. Dback tomorrow for sure!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
(irl shit was merely very annoying computer not working shit that will be fixed tomorrow, I know saying a vague "irl shit" right now sounds more scary than it should)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link
All good
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 05:32 (four years ago) link
I'm back! So many games got 10 points. Here is the first one.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/tjm6GZ7.png43 - Blasphemous - 10 points / 1 Vote
this looks like the most "all the popular trends in 2019" indie game. dark fantasy, sidescrolling, pixel art, Thoughtful Combat
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
i don't remember if i voted, or how i voted, but i think i may have voted for blasphemous! it's a decent game, with nice pixel art. "metroidvania", some interesting bosses...it's about what you expect. but that's the problem, because there have been a million good games in this genre lately, and a handful of reeeeaally good ones, so good-but-flawed games like blasphemous suffer in comparison.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 April 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
i played all the way up to the final boss, died 4 times in a row, and quit. so yeah, i basically beat blasphemous
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
looks like it has cool environment/character art which is good enough for me, excited to play it in 10-15 years
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
not sure if anyone else played it, but to me it also seemed a bit unfinished and uneven, like a game still in steam early access
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SVYSlR5.png43 - Inmost - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HfbVqp6.png43 - Apex Legends - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:22 (four years ago) link
i don't know these games but ma following plz someone sell them to me
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UWVyUQw.png43 - Eastshade - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
apex legends is a f2p game so i can't sell it nor do i want to
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
eastshade was my vote though! it's kinda like an indie-scope elder scrolls game with no combat/conflict, you're a traveling painter and have to find and paint things for people and such
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
what do you mean it's an elder scrolls game
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
Oh, that sounds lovely. Windows only it seems, though, so no go for me.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
xp just aesthetically, the world has the same vibe
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
looks like ps4 game maybe i will try it...
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/x06TLzf.png43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
riyl walking sims basically
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
luig3 is good i need to finish it at some point
good screenshot
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
a friend tells me luigi's mansion 3 is actually v good despite the tepid reviews i would like to hear from ilxors plz who have played it
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
i don't like walking sims but that game seems maybe like more than just a walking sim? seems to have decisions that influence the world and things to actually do?
not really iirc? most of the things to do are talk to people and do simple side quests. its v much in walking sim territory
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
xxp i promise once we get to something i've played i'll give my thoughts but it's gonna be a couple hours before that lol
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4cr0clt.png43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
still love this dumb series, obviously this is of no interest to anyone who hasn't played the previous ones as it's an ongoing story
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
ive tried to play the first one a couple fo times but i keep bouncing off... one day. (and by the first one i mean the trails in the sky one)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
yeah unfortunately that first one is a real slow starter, the main plot doesn't really emerge until well into the game, so a lot of people bounce off. which, its a series that really asks you to care about the tons of incidental dialogue and character writing so starting with a litmus test is probably fine
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
a series that really asks you to care about the tons of incidental dialogue and character writing
aha, so, not 4 me probably. What's the combat system like
― silby, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
pretty standard turn based jrpg combat but it's on a grid/plane so positioning matters a little and AoEs have different shapes/radiuses
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bEwOvmJ.png43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
this is the first one today i haven't heard of
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
this looks like an emil.y one
― silby, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5tJjD6w.png43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
it was the top-down silhouette of a person. in the pool hall. with the champagne glass
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bPVY0M1.png43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link
ok, i really enjoyed inmost. a story told from three different angles at three different points in time to quite sinister and uncanny effect. three v different playing styles. a grim, disturbing palette. and a nice old “C64” platforms feel to it. first one i voted for i think.
― Fizzles, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
lol, i have voted for none of these! i have played none of these!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
new board description imo.
― Fizzles, Monday, 6 April 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
i am curious about trails of cold steel because i am a nerd
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
Ape Out only getting one vote makes me sad as I've watched a lot of it, but never played it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UMVMASU.png43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
Forks the Legend of Heroes series is (at least?) six deep now -- Trails in the sky 1-3, and trails of cold steel 1-3. TitS (lol yes i know) are each like 50-70 hours, and ToCS are each more than that. IT's a commitment! But they are beloved by those who put the time in
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
is it heavy on crafting?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
Apex is my favorite of the battle royale shooters, and thus I voted for it. I suuuuck at it but it is very very well made and cool.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
Do you call it ApeLegs?
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
hehe i will now
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/PCf8gi1.png43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
NOTE: Coint and Plick does not advocate hifiving until the end of social distancing recommendations
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
not much of a gamer, but eastshade is the walking sim on my wishlist, waiting for a sale. played cat quest 2, it was fun and diverting and i finished it. have the first trails in the sky on my to-play list, but i never really play games so...
toejam and earl revival is mystifying to me. has a new eek the cat cartoon been kickstarted yet?
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
whoever voted for Toejam and Earl please tell me about it, the first one is a legit top-5 alltime game for me
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2qldkO7.png42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
Whoa, Toejam & Earl! There's a wave of nostalgia.
I was, as silby guessed, the voter for The Fog Knows Your Name. It's a choicescript/choice of games story, and while I enjoy wasting some time with those types of IF, I usually find them fairly shallow and not actually that replayable. The stats and characters you build don't often actually make much difference to the story, despite ostensibly being the things that drive the game. This one, though, I played through a few times and found different scenes and vastly different endings, and also a bit of puzzle in terms of how to play to get a good ending. It helped that it had a compellingly mysterious spooky story at its heart, too.
I also voted for Unheard. It's a detective/logic puzzle, where you're undergoing an experiment and have to match voices to people in order to work out what's really happening. I definitely recommend it, my only real gripe was that it was a little short. It's on Steam, not sure about platforms.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
i am curious about trails of cold steel because i am a nerd― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, April 6, 2020 12:56 PM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, April 6, 2020 12:56 PM (forty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you can play trails of cold steel 1 without any prior knowledge of the series if the 'its like persona, but fantasy' angle appeals to you, but trails in the sky is the original entry point and is somewhat of a classic. especially if you've got the pc/steam version where they added a turbo button so you can fastforward through stuff like spell animations and the dozens of cutscenes of airships slowly taking off and landing which cuts like 10 hours off the game.
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
fog game got the cheers theme stuck in my head
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KiD0R1c.png41 - Zanki Zero: Last Beginning - 12 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
lol i wanted to play this but they didn't localize the vita version or make a switch version so i'm waiting in hopes of that
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
Finally something *I* voted for!
Zanki Zero is a weird game. It's from the same people as Danganronpa and the Zero Time games I think. As you would expect from the creators of those games, it has a lot of problematic/embarrassing anime trope bullshit, but it also has a pretty genuinely surprisingly twisty and turny story, and the heavy weight of a dead world hanging over it (surprised?). Gameplay is a little Etrian Odyssey but death in this game is a part of the whole thing -- without spoiling too much, dying is actually a necessity and "makes you stronger." If you've played and enjoyed DGR and ZT you probably already know about this game. It doesn't quite hit the highs of those series, but it is a worthy successor.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
you just reminded me that i stopped putting the consoles. shit
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
its not actually by the same ppl as danganronpa/zero escape at least not kodaka or uchikoshi since they both left spike chunsoft to make their own studio. but its obviously leaning into that subgenre
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
ah ok! i thought it was the game they left to make, my bad. now i gotta look what they left to make!! haha
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
here are the platforms i've missed so far
43 - Blasphemous - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Macintosh operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows
43 - Inmost - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Apex Legends - 10 points / 1 VoteWindows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
43 - Eastshade - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch
43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 VoteAndroid, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS
43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 VoteAndroid, iOS
43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Wii U, Macintosh operating systems
42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows
41 - Zanki Zero: Last Beginning - 12 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita
And here's today's next game
https://i.imgur.com/ufliM80.png40 - Disco Elysium - 12 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
i think a lot of these consoles aren't correct. disco elysium not out on ps4 afaik nor inmost on switch or mac osx etc
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
I don't think that's on PS4 (or XBONE) yet? xp
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
ah fuck. i'm pulling from google results and it includes upcoming consoles i guess. XB1 and PS4 are 2020 releases.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
legend of heroes for switch also 2020ape out isn't even on the other consoles, dammit google (just switch/pc)yep, the vita version of zanki isn't english
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
don't trouble yourself overmuch with the accuracy imo Will :)
― silby, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to Disco Elysium but it's not out on PS4 yet.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/AK2p92N.png39 - Resident Evil 2 - 14 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
anyway disco elysium i voted for it
i didn't get very far and i can't play rn (it's on the dekstop, which is my partner's work station, and we work opposite shifts, so i can really only get on it for a little bit at the end of each day) but i imagine if i had gotten to the end i would've ranked it super high based on what friends and trusted internet ~influencer~ have said about the way it wraps up. excited to beat it eventually!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
i was pretty sure re was up to vol 56 or something but apparently only 2 anyway good for re here's to another 9 million years of zombie games
― Mordy, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
I mean main series is up to 7 (plus RE0 plus RE code Veronica) but remakes are uh... plentiful
RE1 has been remade... at least once? And RE2 now, and RE3 soon
and that's before you get into all of those shooting game spinoffs and stuff
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
I have fond memories of the original RE2(*) but considering my cowardice/aversion to horror and jumps scares, I am pretty sure I'm never going to play another RE game.
* I was playing the beginning of the game at a friend's house and there's a part where a licker jumps out of a window, which I knew ahead of time. But my friend's parents just installed a big surround sound system and decided to test it out during my gameplay. I asked why he was turning it on during the scary part, and he sez, "What scary part?" Cue licker crashing through the glass and EVERYONE freaking out.
Later on, there's a level in the sewer where you're chased by a giant alligator, and you have to shoot some kind of environmental explosive device. Every time, without fail, I missed the shot the first time, so I liked to say that to beat the alligator, I'd say you needed two bullets, one to miss and one to kill it.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/I7F6MTR.png37 - Zozzled - 15 points / 1 VoteInteractive Fiction
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
Got two left for today, then 35-16 tmrw and 15-1 wednesday if that works for y'all
altho if ppl wanna binge this list hard i'm not opposed to posting like 10 more today and 10 more tomorrow kinda thing
the CHOICE is YOURS (it's interactive) (like a video game)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/f1HtuXn.png37 - Pikuniku - 15 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
this looks important whatever it is
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1EAbJQa.png36 - Anodyne 2: Return to Dust - 15 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 VoteMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
And that's the last one for today (unless a couple ppl demand OVERTIME MODE)
Zozzled is so fun. Steph Cherrywell's writing is full of wit and verve. You play a flapper who has to sort out a ghost problem, mainly by drinking them all up. You can make a dog fart!
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
I'm fine with however you want to roll stuff out, Will, no strong preferences.
― emil.y, Monday, 6 April 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
i played pikuniku but i am too dumb to figure it out even though i like the art style
i played disco elysium for like an hour and never got back to it even though i loved what i played
this is why i don't really vote in these polls
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
anodyne 2 is really good but i have no idea how to explain what it is
― ciderpress, Monday, 6 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
actualy think i'll keep it spread over 2 days considering i could reallllly use the next hour to work on irl work! here's today's results
36 - Anodyne 2: Return to Dust - 15 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 Vote37 - Zozzled - 15 points / 1 Vote37 - Pikuniku - 15 points / 1 Vote39 - Resident Evil 2 - 14 points / 2 Votes40 - Disco Elysium - 12 points / 2 Votes41 - Zanki Zero - 12 points / 1 Vote42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 Vote43 - Blasphemous - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Inmost - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Apex Legends - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Eastshade - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 Vote
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
6 of my 9 votes have placed and I was the sole voter on all of em so I guess a quick recap is in order.
Feather - Chill, relaxing flying game that needs more content but was fine for an hour or two.
Horace - only played a couple hours but so far its a platformer tutorial with a lot of long twee "emotional" cut scenes. Supposedly it changes it up a bunch as it goes on so my vote is more giving it the benefit of the doubt than anything else since what I've seen so far maybe isn't my bag, but certainly seems like something for somebody.
The Stillness of the Wind - sweet sad game that is basically just an expansion for the free game Where the Goats Are that you can get on itch.io here and which I highly recommend as far as free hour long games go.
Ape Out - Great melee based Hotline Miami-alike with responsive jazz soundtrack that is probably too short for its price, but played really well as a free giveaway.
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove - basically just a souped up remake of the original game with a couple aspects of the first sequel mixed in. If you love the first TJ&E (like I do, it's a top ten all time for me) then you'll probably enjoy it, but it doesn't offer a whole lot the original doesn't.
Pikuniku - Cute, clever story-based side scroller. Pretty delightful and sweet.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
man i guess i did start to get around to playing more things last year. there’s like two real games i would have cited for here (and a lot of phone stuff i played for a minute and kinda hated)
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 6 April 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
i'm watching someone play "blasphemous" and while the art is technically well done the art _style_ is such fucking edgelordy bullshit, it's really annoying to me
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
dark fantasy is In ever since everyone got obsessed with dark souls
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:30 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/gGzymUv.png35 - Supraland - 16 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Linux
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
we are back for day 3! here's the first one
also i kinda want ciderpress to try to explain anodyne anyway!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/dspML2u.png33 - The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa - 20 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch (2019), PC/Mac (2018)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
i voted for this because it is one of the coolest games i have ever played. it's just cool
like so much of this game is not fighting but kinda "rpg elements" but they all just feel like... waiting in a cool way? it's hard to describe without playing the game
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
anyway here's a well voted for write in
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QrYO10h.png33 - Islanders - 20 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
xp most of the fun of anodyne 2 was in not knowing what it was and being repeatedly surprised at how it unfolded though! its one of those games
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
ringo ishikawa's been on my interest list but hadn't heard from anyone who'd actually played it, good to know its good
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
islanders isn't very deep but it is very charming and definitely worth a few hours of your time until it gets repetitive
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
i also voted for friends of ringo ishikawa. has a great atmosphere with lots of little details that add to the personality of its world. ringo read the russian classics between hunkering sessions with bros and smoking cigs on the dock, improved himself and believed in a path to a better life, if only for a moment before the weight of the world closed back in on him...
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
let's get this out of the way
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bOCtV3q.png32 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 21 points / 2 VotesIf you don't know by now, keep it that way
offended it beat ringo by a point
have twice quit this game and currently on breakup (came up for briefly kitty pryde) as a nonsmoker i assume mpq is what kicking nicotine is like
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:37 (four years ago) link
came back briefly for kitty pryde*
Heh I really could've thrown some points at MPQ, for old time's sake.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WWaPQua.png31 - What the Golf? - 21 points / 3 VotesiOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems (Switch in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
btw i think i fixed all of the platform details per above -- if it's 2020/upcoming it's in parentheses and if it was pre-2019 it's just listed at the end
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LmWSeeF.png30 - The Outer Worlds - 22 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows (Switch in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
i would like to play this i think but maybe i'll wait for the switch release at this pt
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
it looked like a reskinned Fallout 4 to me, so i've been avoiding
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
it's by the obsidian guys iirc their stuff is generally high quality even tho the reviews seemed a bit middling
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
they did the superior new vegas
probably the writing is good at the v least
i took a sacred oath to never again play a game with millions of dialogue trees that don't really let me actually choose anything. i understand why these games are the way they are now, but i'm crossing my fingers for some sort of technological breakthrough that makes it feel more meaningful
i did like vegas, though!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
i can't forgive it for being released in the same year as another space game called the outer wilds with similarly colored cover art
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IBIrEZ4.png29 - Ring Fit Adventure - 24 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
i can't forgive it for being released in the same year as another space game called the outer wilds with similarly colored cover art― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:11 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, April 7, 2020 2:11 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
i literally played it for 2-3 hours before realizing it wasn't the game my friend recommended to me (he had said READ NOTHING JUST PLAY IT so i didn't notice it was wrong... i had it on game pass tho at least)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
that's an interesting idea, though. the outer worlds, but you have to start at the beginning every 2 to 3 hours
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
confession time i still haven't opened my copy of ring fit. apparently it's reselling for hundreds of dollars now too because the ring manufacturer got COVID'd...
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
i was having a great time with it until i threw out my back (unrelated) 6 weeks ago.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
i came so close to buying one before they sold out everywhere, regrets
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eWUKVBT.png28 - Grindstone - 24 points / 3 VotesiOS
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
this si apple arcade only i think? means i won't ever get to play it but it looks cool! i like capybara!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/AN2VG6A.png27 - Mortal Kombat 11 - 25 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qlBfUXJ.png25 - Antimatter Dimensions - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 VoteAndroid, Browser
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
I voted for Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds. Outer Worlds is the first Fallout game I've liked, basically.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
i just bought friends of ringo on your say so right now!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
antimatter is another one of those fucking clicker games isn't it
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
grindstone is fun enough that when i got to level 97 and my game glitched and erased, i just started over and am still playing a few levels before bed every night
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
If I hadn’t failed to vote I would have thrown a ton of points at “Outer Worlds” an absolute joy to play, legitimately very very funny, visually stunning, and (I’m sure people complained about this) not excessively long.
― jjjusten, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:21 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3Nlennk.png25 - Void Bastards - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 VoteXbox One, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
hey this game is great. off-beat sci-fi premise - roguelike w/ "permadeath" where subsequent convicts continue the scavenging for critical parts, ammo, food, fuel, etc fun AND funny i just wish bigger?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
steam says i played 15 hours that sounds about right, probably a little shorter i did some of the optional post-game quests but it really is v fun and worth a play
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
If Void ever comes to Sony I will play it a lot I think
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yPUY6nu.png24 - Wargroove - 28 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
Antimatter dimensions is an idle game, yes. Not a lot of clicking though. The mobile version released last year made a lot of changes, including making the "idle game" (having the app closed) stronger.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CFOjCAp.png23 - Sayonara Wild Hearts - 29 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, tvOS (Xbox One in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xWnPTBZ.png22 - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - 30 points / 2 VotesWindows (2019), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One (2018)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
i haven't played anything since outer worlds and even that i barely played -- anyone?
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
next one i know a bunch of you have played tho
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
i haven't either! i know wargroove is the faux advance wars game and sayonara wild hearts is inexplicably narrated by queen latifah
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZKwsktu.png21 - Tetris 99 - 30 points / 4 VotesNintendo Switch
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
it's like tetris, but 99
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
i got 99 tetrises but this aint one
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
a great idea that i found it hard to care about after tetris effect climbed in my brain and never left
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
and now for the most initially confusing "when did this come out anyway" result on the list
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Fw0AIqJ.png20 - Cook Serve Delicious 2 - 30 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Xbox One (2019), PlayStation 4 (2018), Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems (2017)
i was one of the monster boy votes. it's a great classic platformer with a charming world and some puzzle, metroidvania, and rpg-lite elements
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
four left today! our last result today will have over 30 points, meaning everything tomorrow will have had to have had at least two voters
i cannot wrap my head around the fact that i wrote "will have had to have had". i know it can't be correct but i can't figure out why
this language
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VwqX8uS.png18 - Mutazione - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 VotePlayStation 4, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
"everything tomorrow will have at least two voters"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
Cursed Kingdom was my #2. Around my 6th favorite Metroidvania -- below Hollow Knight but above most Castlevanias. The big downside is that there's no post-game content -- once it's done, it's done.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xHRuXP6.png18 - Super Mega Baseball 2 - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 VoteNintendo Switch (2019), Windows, Xbox One, Playstation 4 (2018)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
decent replacement for real baseball
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
Wargroove! IIRC Advanced Wars was less hard -- for me, I haven't even gotten very far in the Wargroove single-player campaign, but the characters are really fun.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:07 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/f0aZchk.png17 - Dicey Dungeons - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 VotesMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux (Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
I'll post disappointments of the year tomorrow because it mentions a lot of names that haven't come up yet -- challopsy! high-rated games being disappointments! -- but here are the non-2019 games of 2019...
TWO VOTES FOR NON-2019 GAME OF THE YEAR:Cinco PausYakuza 0
One vote each:Donut CountyThe Last of UsCelesteGrim FandangoPlanescape: TormentAce Attorney TrilogyChessHearthstoneLife is Strange: Before the Storm
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
also there is zero overlap on the disappointments of 2019 wow!
oops, add one non-2019 to that list, i forgot about forks --
Nioh
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
chess, lol but also ✓
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
Dicey dungeons is a great game - roguelike elements deck building with so many unique mechanics and variations on those mechanics it’s sorta dizzying how much game there is here despite what first appears to be v basic structure and design
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
Chess my vote lol
https://i.imgur.com/LYlPoFc.png16 - Return of the Obra Dinn - 32 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2019), Microsoft Windows, macOS (2018)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
oh, cincopaus
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
that's the last one for today!
chess, lol but also ✓― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:34 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:34 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
you gave it an echec mark
i'll see myself out
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
Played it more than any other game last year really still among humanity’s most wonderful innovations of perfect design and complexity emerging out of simple principles every game packed with emergent themes and ideas and stories told entirely out of a grid board and some basic rules
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
Tuesday recap time:
16 - Return of the Obra Dinn - 32 points / 2 Votes17 - Dicey Dungeons - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes18 - Super Mega Baseball 2 - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote18 - Mutazione - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote20 - Cook Serve Delicious 2 - 30 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 Vote21 - Tetris 99 - 30 points / 4 Votes22 - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - 30 points / 2 Votes23 - Sayonara Wild Hearts - 29 points / 2 Votes24 - Wargroove - 28 points / 2 Votes25 - Void Bastards - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote25 - Antimatter Dimensions - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote27 - Mortal Kombat 11 - 25 points / 1 Vote28 - Grindstone - 24 points / 3 Votes29 - Ring Fit Adventure - 24 points / 2 Votes30 - The Outer Worlds - 22 points / 2 Votes31 - What the Golf? - 21 points / 3 Votes32 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 21 points / 2 Votes33 - The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa - 20 points / 2 Votes33 - Islanders - 20 points / 2 Votes35 - Supraland - 16 points / 2 Votes
top 15 tomorrow at some point!
dicey dungeons was one of those games that somehow sucked up 30 hours of my time without seeming like much at all.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:37 (four years ago) link
also, fuck yeah cinco paus
As far as old board games go, i tried to wrap my head around Patchwork and Onitama in 2019, and mostly failed.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
― Mordy, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:36 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
nah white's OP it desperately needs a patch but the devs seemingly abandoned it years ago
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
Oh man I was about to go on a rampage because I thought someone voted TLOU as a disappointment, and then I realized it was best non-2019 games and that I was the vote for it.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
super mega baseball 2 - i don't really get this game? i keep bumping the difficulty up and it still seems very easy.
obra dinn - i respect this game, very original concept, great design, but i didn't particularly enjoy it
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
Nobody else played Mortal Kombat 11? Kinda shocked honestly. It's great, though pretty much exactly what you expect in 2019 from an MK game.
Also if I were being honest Marvel Puzzle Quest would've gotten a vote from me
― Nhex, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
i like chess a lot but feel even moreso about go re: perfect design and complexity emerging out of simple principles every game packed with emergent themes and ideas and stories told entirely out of a grid board and some basic rules
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
as one of the few resident fighting game dabblers i strongly dislike NRS games sorry
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
As the Super Mega Baseball 2 voter - I think I've played one game ever against the computer. I only play the Pennant Race mode (5 inning games online vs humans) and it's fan-tastic. I can't stop playing it.
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
Also later this month Super Mega Baseball 3 comes out, and as I understand the demo will let you play unlimited Pennant Race games, so if anybody's curious, that'll be a great way to check it out.
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
I was tempted to vote for Obra Dinn but I played it in '18 so I refrained. Absolutely love that game, though. Speaking of temptations, I was also tempted to throw in a vote for Frog Fractions on the non-2019 GOTY side poll just to wind up the haters, heh.
Gave Sayonara Wild Hearts most of those points that it got. I just absolutely fell in love with it. The gameplay is simple but fun, but most of all it nails the vibe of big queer heartbreak so well.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
Cook Serve Delicious 2 is lovely for coop, gets impossible for single player, and criminal for asking you to fill orders for tacos with rice as a filling. My vote.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
(I think this year is the first time I’ve ever failed to vote in a c&p but if I had done, Sayonara Wild Hearts would’ve had an extra 30 points from me. It was my favourite game of last year).
― JimD, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
To nick a line from RPS, What's amazing about Supraland is not that it has the confidence to claim that it's "a mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid", but that it actually gets pretty close. There's a demo on Steam - the game is high on my list.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 09:44 (four years ago) link
(of games to play this year, not my ballot, since I didn't play enough current games to etc etc)
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 10:02 (four years ago) link
i was the other vote for Supraland, its combination of metroidvania-style exploration and engaging puzzles in 3D is superb. it has its problems (combat is pretty forgettable, odd sense of humour) but what it does well it does so well that it makes up for that.
also voted for Disco Elysium which is a one-of-a-kind combat-less RPG/point & click adventure game hybrid of sorts. it's very driven by text and luckily for it, the writing is on a level far beyond most games
i did play Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom but got bored towards the end and never finished it. it simply didn't live up to what i was hoping for from a metroidvania and one boss was too frustrating to bother with. the combat was not particularly fun. it was linear to the point of not being particularly interesting exploration-wise, had too much of a focus on precision platforming challenges that were more frustrating than engaging. a lot of puzzles that were confusing in a bad way (and i love la-mulana so i'm happy enough with complex puzzles)
combat was not particularly fun, some bosses were especially
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 12:47 (four years ago) link
oh whoops meant to delete that last paragraph
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
*rubs hands together*
HERE WE GO
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/m6iCFVN.png14 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 35 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:40 (four years ago) link
monster boy is one of those games i would never dream of actually playing, but which reminds me of the games of my youth and which is fun to watch someone else play.
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4IqIXoD.png14 - Wingspan - 35 points / 2 VotesBoard game (out on Steam in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
who here remembers playing board games with friends
(that's our last tie! doesn't mean it isn't close though...........)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
this is the second time i've thought about paul mccartney this morning
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
wingspan is such a precious + sweet game. low intensity so great for non-gamers, the birds are gorgeous, the gameplay is soothing and chill. the balance is mostly good (tho there are a few cards that if you get them early you can steamroll with)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
every bird card is unique and painted
are there bird facts? recent games have gotten me used to learning animal trivia as i play
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
indeed! you will learn about many different birds as you play. their habitats, nest building, fecundity, wingspan, consumption habits etc
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
wingspan is a decent entry-level eurogame but if you're not in it for the bird theme there's a lot of better ones
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
(most people are in it for the bird theme)
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/dSP9I0t.png13 - A Short Hike - 35 points / 3 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
kind of a perfect game for the hour or 2 it takes to complete it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
sounds pretty short for a game but actually pretty decently long for a hike
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
a good day hike is several hours longer than this game imo
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
a short hike is good imo
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
feels great to fly
https://i.imgur.com/WWVMWE9.png11 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 39 points / 3 VotesNintndo Switch
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
fuck, i missed one. double post i guess!
https://i.imgur.com/xV8ijU3.png12 - Hypnospace Outlaw - 35 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
the only one where i had to nestle the title in sideways to make it work with the screenshot
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
rly wanna check this one out (hypnospace outlaw)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
link's awakening is a great game but i played it in 93 so couldn't qualify for my ballot
hypnospace outlaw i haven't played yet but is on my computer now i guess i should prioritize it
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
Ah shit, I really wanted to play Hypnospace Outlaw!
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link
with this dn i shd be ashamed of myself for almost forgetting to post that one (and ashamed for not playing it yet)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/msSNuE5.png10 - Slay the Spire - 39 points / 5 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, Linux (iOS and Android in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
hypnospace outlaw was my goty, really fun throwback to an intensely specific time and place (the place is online)
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/kCiXRT4.png9 - Super Mario Maker 2 - 46 points / 5 VotesNintendo Switch
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
that's the last one before number REALLY go up
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
re: slay the spire, i can't actually remember if it made my ballot but i did spend a LOT of time with it last year. an excellent little... whatever it is. i don't really play roguelikes, or deckbuilders, but I think it's both of those? it's very satisfying to get far in (I have even "beaten" it 2 or 3 times). when you uncover cool card combos you feel like a genius.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
it is indeed a roguelike deckbuilder
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
I voted for SMM2 despite not playing it myself. The variety of user levels that you can see on youtube is amazing.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
I did play smm2 but also voted for it on the strength of its YouTube videos
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9AWQPvA.png8 - Dragon Quest 11 Definitive Edition - 70 points / 0.83 First-place votes / 3 VotesNintendo Switch (Playstation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows (non-"definitive" editions) 2017)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
i've come around on this game being good but it still feels like a greatest hits album of jrpg bits to me without a strong throughline. also the third act kinda ruins the whole story in the service of one or two Whoa Cool moments
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
maybe the version i played wasn't Definitive enough
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/XQ4KAcc.png7 - Death Stranding - 81 points / 1 First-place vote / 6 VotesPlaystation 4 (Windows in 2020)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
i really need to finish that game. i've gotten the internet all the way across the rocky mountains, but then started to get a little bored
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
My co-first place! it was so refreshing to haave a kojima weirdo game with a glimmer of hope in it?
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
my other co-first is coming up next...
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pm0nJNx.png6 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 82 points / 1.5 First-place votes / 6 VotesNintendo Switch
re: death stranding saw this one sale for $30. didn't buy. feeling like i may never play it.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
three houses is a great visual novel, not an amazing tactics game
sounds like my type of fire emblem
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
played 30 hours of three houses, quit, for the reason mordy mentioned. i've never played a fire emblem game before, so i'm glad i checked it out.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
i've been trying to post this annoying opinion less often, but i just don't like video game stories, most of the time. like if i want to watch a "visual novel", i would much, much rather re-watch game of thrones seasons 1-4
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
Slay the Spire is the game I've played the most in the last few months. A total gem.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
I may have voted for Short Hike if I'd played it before I voted. Really nice lil' game. The flying mechanic is so simple but so good.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
Wow, I did not expect my #1 to beat out Death Stranding.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
Famous last words etc.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/FA4bF1p.png5 - Control - 85 points / 2 First-place votes / 4 VotesPlaystation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
still really need to play this
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
finally! so i only tossed this 5 pts bc i assumed it would do well but i've since voted played much more of it and it deserved more points from me. the mechanics are legitimately joyful (flying! tossing objects around!) and the tone + setting is v X-files-esque without (generally going too overboard with the homage). the cigarette smoking guy maybe too far. i can't understand half of what the janitor is saying. half the guns work shitty and aren't worth bothering with. the game has bathrooms everywhere and nothing in any of them. you'd think they'd have enough bathrooms by now so do they?
https://i.imgur.com/EdwT1tx.jpg
apparently not
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
it's fun to clobber monsters with giant slabs of casework and some of the puzzles + stages (inc apparently the one i'm up to which is supposedly the creme de le creme of the game) are legit innovative + exciting. many parts are authentically unnerving without needing jump scares. some of the music is fantastic, the sound design v creepy + great.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
it's an imperfect game but it's a really great one
I've been super-intrigued by Control since I first laid eyes on it, which is not something I can say for AAA games generally. I should probably break down and get a PS4 or Xbone to play it.
― may the force leave us alone (zchyrs), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:43 (four years ago) link
inc apparently the one i'm up to which is supposedly the creme de le creme of the game
Just a pointer: this part isn't ~really~ a puzzle, you either can get through it or you can't, and the game will tell you that pretty quickly, so don't spend too much time trying to crack this nut.
Also, if you have a souped-up PC, that's probably the best platform to play it on, for the ray tracing goodness.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
OTOH the PS4 version has a weird and hilarious DLC starring Kojima's voice.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
This Fire Emblem has heart. The tactics themselves are way less relevant to victory (at least on normal+casual) than minmaxing your character builds, but I like minmaxing and getting people new outfits classes more than tricky tactics anyway.
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
i am up to it - i went once before and got stopped but i've since done the *stuff* that made it clear it's time xxp
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
i'm gonna play the fire emblem on hard+casual because i'm a casual gamer fronting as a hardcore one
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/novr0Qp.png4 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 86 points / 2 First-place votes / 4 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Playstation 4, Xbox One
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
for those keeping track that was a run of 81-82-85-86 points O_O
Nice! \m/ xps
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
so sekiro looks cool but it's a dark souls / bloodborne game right? i just don't find that whole thing v enjoyable.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
as per my previous post i don't enjoy fromsoft games though this one certainly looks pretty compared to dark souls
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
i watched dunkey play it zombie monkey boss looked dope
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
xp it's even harder than dark souls / bloodborne since it's not an rpg so you can't 'get ahead' of the difficulty curve via levels/build
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
uh oh I don't know what one of the games in the top 3 is :\ :/
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
i think i know all 3...
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
I was blanking on the third too but then I reviewed my ballot, and the only question I have is order.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
i don't know the order but all 3 have been mentioned itt already
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
they're all indie games if that helps
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Sekiro and Death Stranding were both games my bf played a lot last year, I threw the latter some points but not the former, it just wasn't as fun to watch. I know some people weren't so keen on the idea of me voting for something I'd not actually been at the controls for, but I do feel like it was a considered choice based on experiencing the game and not breaking the rules of the poll. Apologies to those who are still annoyed by it, though.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
i think watching someone play a video game is totally legit reason to vote for it and was basically my reason for voting for mario maker 2 fwiw and i sometimes feel like i'm inclined to gatekeep in other ways (like i'm a little skeptical of the gaminess of certain walking sims)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
my decision tree:if you can win, it's a gameif you can lose, it's a gameif you wasd, it's a gameif you're playing pretend, it's a slightly weird game
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
If you can honk, it's a game.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
if you can honk it might be goty
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
Thanks Mordy. I guess I have a bit of self-doubt caused by slippery slope arguments, like, would you watch a Let's Play video and still vote for the game? That seems dubious to me.
Also: HONK
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
i voted for 2 of the top 3, and i have a good guess at the third (which i'm waiting for a good sale on).
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
number 3...
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nWgwHTZ.png3 - The Outer Wilds - 93 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 6 VotesPlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
walking sims are definitely games, visual novels are the frontier where things get messy
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
i never finished this but what a cool and ambitious thing it is for an indie game
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
I was VERY concerned about playing this, because games in first-person give me bad motion sickness, and then this game also has some zero-g navigation. But it never became an issue for me!
Furthermore, I'm not a big fan of puzzle games, and for the endgame I had to look up guides and walkthroughs, but for a lot of it I managed to figure out most of the solutions.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Ha wow given how many points I would have awarded death stranding my dumb non-voting actually really changed these results.
― jjjusten, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
i am greatly looking forward to playing this game
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
xxp Good to know! Lots of first-person games give me motion sickness too.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
i am glad death stranding did not win coint and plick
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
definitely the most impressive exploration/puzzle game to me since the witness
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
unless hypnospace outlaw counts as an exploration game which i guess it kinda does
ppl are very cagey about what this game even is, so I have no idea what it is!
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
I was concerned that Outer Wilds might have permadeath, but it doesn't really.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
jjjusten how many wuld you have given it? :O 30?
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
ppl are very cagey about what this game even is, so I have no idea what it is!― silby, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:24 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― silby, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:24 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i think the reason people are cagey is because the more you explain, the less you are surprised by it. i'll say this: it's a non-combat, walking/space-flying simulator where you have to figure out why a big tragedy is going to happen, and you get lots of tries to do so
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
it's kind without being cloying, its meditative without being boring, it's perplexing without being alienating, it just rules
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
ANYWAY, WHO'S READY FOR WHAT ARE DEFINITELY THE REAL TOP 2 GAMES
https://i.imgur.com/y2cP2Ys.png1 - Goose Of War 5 - 101 Points / 9 VotesBandai Wonderswan
https://i.imgur.com/NvPqVFv.png1 - Call Is Duty: Modern Is Warfare - 101 Points / 9 Votesidk Ouya or something
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
rip and tear good buddy
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
i'm surprised astral chain didn't place at all is it just that none of us got around to it?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
im very very very proud of these btw lol
wow is that order right??
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
i would never spoil anything with the psychout
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
I had to look several times to see the goose lol
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
ok... it is time for the reveal of the top 2 games... and i cannot stress enough, these are the REAL points/firsts/votes
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
no psych outs left
only games
SEMPER GAMES
https://i.imgur.com/VhzWTmf.png2 - Baba Is You - 109 points / 1 First-place vote / 7 VotesNintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, Linux
https://i.imgur.com/bgVQHaY.png1 - Untitled Goose Game - 109 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 9 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Macintosh operating systems, Microsoft Windows
omg
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
HAHA WOW. I gave UGG one point so uhhh blame me for the tie!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
Untitled Goose Game: I understand the feelings of those let down by it, but I enjoyed my time with it. Maybe slightly less than I expected, but it was a joyful time with only a few deranged and unnecessary annoyances.
I gave 30 points to Baba Is You. I'm so mad at this game right now. It's a good video game.
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
oooh outer wilds is on the Games Pass...
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
HONK
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
with 30 from jjj it would have been death stranding in 1, that's how close it was
if the one voter who gave baba 30 points and UGG 9 points had instead given 8 points...
etc etc etc
WHAT A CLOSE YEAR
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
i'm surprised astral chain didn't place at all is it just that none of us got around to it?― Mordy, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:32 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Mordy, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:32 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
same with devil may cry 5, i don't think anyone on the board played either of these yet
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
YES! HONK MOTHERFUCKERS HONK!
Will, those fake ones are awesome, I salute you.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
oooh outer wilds is on the Games Pass...― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:37 PM (fourteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:37 PM (fourteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
WHAT
WHEN I JOINED GAME PASS IT WAS FOR THIS OUTER WILDS BUT I ACCIDENTALLY PLAYED OUTER WORLDS
IF IT'S ON THERE NOW THIS IS THE ULTIMATE INSULT
(important note about playing on PC: there is a certain part of the game where analog control helps quite a bit, you may not wanna kbm this game -- plug in a controller)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
xp thank u :):)
fun poll, great fakes. thanks will m
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
i think i put goose game as my disappointment for the outrage clicks but it's fine, i didn't manage to play anything truly disappointing last year
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
yes, thanks for the poll, Will M!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
three houses was sorta disappointing or just so much stuff in it that was disappointing. combat rarely fun. running around returning lost objects rarely fun. rumination on nature of authoritarianism? great!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
I said in the goose game thread I was surprised by people who said they were disappointed with the actual game, I thought it was rock solid. Maybe a level too short but that would be my only complaint.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
now that we've settled this, i just bought my first 2020-released game
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
wait, its the second i forgot about animal crossing lol
well played will, thanks! will buy some of these for sure where I wouldn't have otherwise!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
(animal crossing is less a game and more of a remote lifestyle)
I couldn't vote in good conscience, UGG was the only eligible game I actually played, I think. It deserves the win, it was the game of the year even if that's not the same as the best game of the year
― a slobbering sombrero moment (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
can everyone do my a favour and read the next one while putting your mouse to automatically slowly scroll through it? thanks
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL COINT + PLICK
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1 - Untitled Goose Game - 109 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 9 Votes2 - Baba Is You - 109 points / 1 First-place vote / 7 Votes3 - The Outer Wilds - 93 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 6 votes4 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 86 points / 2 First-place votes / 4 Votes5 - Control - 85 points / 2 First-place votes / 4 Votes6 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 82 points / 1.5 First-place votes / 6 Votes7 - Death Stranding - 81 points / 1 First-place vote / 6 Votes8 - Dragon Quest 11 Definitive Edition - 70 points / 0.83 First-place votes / 3 Votes9 - Super Mario Maker 2 - 46 points / 5 Votes10 - Slay the Spire - 39 points / 5 Votes11 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 39 points / 3 Votes12 - Hypnospace Outlaw - 35 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 2 Votes13 - A Short Hike - 35 points / 3 Votes14 - Wingspan - 35 points / 2 Votes14 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 35 points / 2 Votes16 - Return of the Obra Dinn - 32 points / 2 Votes17 - Dicey Dungeons - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes18 - Super Mega Baseball 2 - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote18 - Mutazione - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote20 - Cook Serve Delicious 2 - 30 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 Vote21 - Tetris 99 - 30 points / 4 Votes22 - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - 30 points / 2 Votes23 - Sayonara Wild Hearts - 29 points / 2 Votes24 - Wargroove - 28 points / 2 Votes25 - Void Bastards - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote25 - Antimatter Dimensions - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote27 - Mortal Kombat 11 - 25 points / 1 Vote28 - Grindstone - 24 points / 3 Votes29 - Ring Fit Adventure - 24 points / 2 Votes30 - The Outer Worlds - 22 points / 2 Votes31 - What the Golf? - 21 points / 3 Votes32 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 21 points / 2 Votes33 - The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa - 20 points / 2 Votes33 - Islanders - 20 points / 2 Votes35 - Supraland - 16 points / 2 Votes36 - Anodyne 2: Return to Dust - 15 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 Vote37 - Zozzled - 15 points / 1 Vote37 - Pikuniku - 15 points / 1 Vote39 - Resident Evil 2 - 14 points / 2 Votes40 - Disco Elysium - 12 points / 2 Votes41 - Zanki Zero - 12 points / 1 Vote42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 Vote43 - Blasphemous - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Inmost - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Apex Legends - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Eastshade - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 Vote43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 Vote54 - Gris - 9 points / 1 Vote55 - Judgment - 8 points / 2 Votes56 - New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 7 points / 2 Votes57 - A Plague Tale: Innocence - 6 points / 1 Vote57 - Life is Strange 2 - 6 points / 1 Vote59 - Trials Rising - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Pilgrims - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Samurai Shodown - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Wattam - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Sugarlawn - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Feather - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Horace - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 5 points / 1 Vote59 - The Stillness of the Wind - 5 points / 1 Vote69 - Card of Darkness - 4 points / 1 Vote69 - Cat Quest 2 - 4 points / 1 Vote71 - Katana Zero - 3 points / 1 Vote71 - Wilmot's Warehouse - 3 points / 1 Vote
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― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
*applause*
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
Patch v1.1:
- Fixed an issue where credits did not display correctly
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
Great work Will thanks
― a slobbering sombrero moment (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
Patch v1.2:
Included the list of disappointments. Each has only one vote.
A Plague Tale: InnocenceCrackdown 3Death StrandingFire Emblem: Three HousesThe Legend of Zelda: Link's AwakeningLuigi's Mansion 3Marvel Puzzle QuestRed Dead Redemption 2 Online isn't fun!Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderUntitled Goose GameVoid Bastards
You will need this update if you want to play online.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
lol thank you Will.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
lol thanks Will!
My ballot mostly ranked very high, which is unusual for ILX polls!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
my ballot -
Death Stranding 21Fire Emblem: Three Houses 21The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa 15The Outer Wilds 15Zanki Zero 12Slay the Spire 10Disco Elysium 3Judgment 3
if anyone didn't save theirs and wanted to post it i can do that for you
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
I thought I voted for Wilmot's Warehouse but I didn't! I should've slipped it a few points.
30 /// Baba Is You17 /// Return of the Obra Dinn13 /// Tetris 9913 /// Fire Emblem: Three Houses9 /// Sayonara Wild Hearts9 /// Untitled Goose Game9 /// The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
my ballot was uhh
15: hypnospace outlaw, outer wilds, anodyne 210: a short hike, luigi's mansion 3, trails of cold steel 3, eastshade5: judgment, saga scarlet grace, samurai shodown
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
i don't remember my ballot. i don't think it was very good :(
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
i havent played anything in 2020 yet except animal crossing which ive played like 3 hours of but i'll try to unearth some good ones for next year
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
want me to post it km?
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
No games are going to come out this year.
I’m excited for Clubhouse Games on Switch actually,might end up being my GOTY
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
i don't know if the xenoblade 1 remake counts towards goty but if so its the odds on favorite
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
Can you post mine, Will? I'm fairly sure I can remember it but didn't save it and don't want to make a mistake.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
sure!
emil.y's ballot:
30 untitled Goose game20 Sayonara Wild Hearts15 Zozzled10 The Fog Knows Your Name10 Unheard5 Wattam5 Sugarlawn5 Death Stranding
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
that's be great, thanks!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
i am too dumb for baba is you but it's definitely a cool game
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
The ballot of one Karl Malone:
15 Dicey Dungeons10 Death Stranding10 Blasphemous10 Fire Emblem: Three Houses10 Tetris 9910 The Outer Wilds10 untitled Goose game5 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe4 Super Mario Maker 24 Ring Fit Adventure4 Cat Quest 24 Card of Darkness4 Grindstone
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
Why did I give blasphemous 10 points, wtf
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
25 Antimatter Dimensions20 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom15 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night10 Supraland10 Super Mario Maker 25 untitled Goose game5 Dicey Dungeons5 Baba Is You5 Resident Evil 2
disappointment: Crackdown 3Non-2019: Donut County
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
Control /// 30Wargroove /// 23The Outer Wilds /// 15Baba Is You /// 22untitled Goose game /// 1Gris /// 9
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
Thanks, Will. I got Dicey Dungeons because of this poll and it rules. I threw all my points at Mutazione so I’ll try to sell it: as soothing as AC but character-driven and melancholy (and funny), music is good and plays a big role (there’s an exTREMEly subtle shout out to Boards of Canada), nice paper cutout art, not too long not too short, just hanging out in a chill village community with some friendly weirdos and their various dramas. OK back to Persona 5 Royal.
― orifex, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
Just catching up, but I think I voted for:
-Sekiro, because I'm a From stan, recommended if you're interested in incredibly tight combat mechanics and boss fights.
-Super Mario Maker 2, my game of 2019 & 2020 that I haven't played, but watching daily Ryukahr videos is an important part of my self-care regimen
-Goose Game, the first game I've been able to play with my wife since Inside, although we still need to do the last section
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
I've maybe watched 50 hours of people playing Sekiro. I can't get enough of it, but it's too hard for me to play.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
It's not that bad, but you do need to meet the game on its terms and get some muscle memory going. I loved it but have no desire to play it again (although I can say the same for the single player modes of the other From games, it's the multiplayer that keeps me playing for years on end).
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
Haha this was great as ever, thanks Will. And while in many ways I regret not voting this year (and will be back next year i promise), in one key way I'm glad I didn't, because I would've broken the tie for the top and I prefer it as it is.
― JimD, Friday, 10 April 2020 09:16 (four years ago) link
i didn't save my ballot but i think this was the order:
Fire Emblem: Three HousesBaba is YouSekiro: Shadows Die TwiceDisco ElysiumSupralandDeath StrandingKatana Zero
i really wanted to like The Outer Wilds more but found it to be a bit too frustrating and gave up eventually having done approx 2/3 of the game. the spaceship & jetpack are both pretty difficult to control and when screwing up a jump, for example, can completely ruin an entire loop it's pretty frustrating how punishing it is. also the ghost matter puzzles were a terrible mechanic, especially on the comet. there was certainly a lot to love about it though, so maybe i'll come back to it eventually and hope it doesn't frustrate me as much.
― ufo, Friday, 10 April 2020 12:29 (four years ago) link
i guess i played less than i thought this year but was more tuned into 'games media' given that the list of things i didn't play here is longer than the ones I did:
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PLAYED SO I COULD VOTE FOR
71 - Katana Zero - 3 points / 1 Vote33 - The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa - 20 points / 2 Votes25 - Void Bastards - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote23 - Sayonara Wild Hearts - 29 points / 2 Votes16 - Return of the Obra Dinn - 32 points / 2 Votes 14 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - 35 points / 2 Votes13 - A Short Hike - 35 points / 3 Votes12 - Hypnospace Outlaw - 35 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 2 Votes7 - Death Stranding - 81 points / 1 First-place vote / 6 Votes6 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 82 points / 1.5 First-place votes / 6 Votes5 - Control - 85 points / 2 First-place votes / 4 Votes2 - Baba Is You - 109 points / 1 First-place vote / 7 Votesand Astral Chain, I guess, I just bought that, on sale on the Europe Switch shop rn fyi --
WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 Votesuch a good game: seems to apply an older-generational ethos to modern control standards, which I liked a lot; it depends on dual analogue and shoulder triggers, but it has a narrower list of verbs than some 8-bit games. if you prefer the NES version of ‘Vampire Killer’ to any done on a computer with a better sound chip then you should play this
40 - Disco Elysium - 12 points / 2 Votesthis slaps but it’s just barely a videogame. probably the most fun I had reading an RPG setting book this year, though
21 - Tetris 99 - 30 points / 4 VotesI played this for an hour at a friend’s apartment the day it came out and then I went home and cancelled my Nintendo Switch Online membership and put my Switch in a box underneath a lot of other things
17 - Dicey Dungeons - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votesmasterclass in how to do kitchen-sink design—rock solid core mechanic and then every breakable version of it implemented on top.
WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR
10 - Slay the Spire - 39 points / 5 Voteskind of the opposite of what i just said about Dicey Dungeons
1 - Untitled Goose Game - 109 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 9 Votesnever before has the experience of playing a game been so close to the experience of watching its trailer
39 - Resident Evil 2 - 14 points / 2 Votesa layer of ugly modern triple-A gloss on the skeleton of a bad game, all its period charm destroyed. also the environments have foot high barriers you have to walk around which is surely unforgivable in 2020
11 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 39 points / 3 Votesa layer of ugly modern double-A gloss on what was previously the best Nintendo game
69 - Cat Quest 2 - 4 points / 1 Voteget out
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Saturday, 11 April 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
always enjoy your writeups, thomp!
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 11 April 2020 01:59 (four years ago) link
oh i voted for slay the spire too i think quite high up. some of the best turn-based rpg combat there is, combined with roguelike mechanics and deckbuilding.
link's awakening remake was unfortunately not much of an improvement on the original game which i didn't rate very highly either but it'd been ages since i'd played it so i figured i'd give it another try. it had a lot of quality of life changes for the better but the combat in 2D zeldas is still very awkward and the puzzles were rarely very interesting.
bloodstained was ok but underwhelming, kinda castlevania-by-numbers rather than castlevania at its best and certainly didn't live up to symphony of the night. it was much more linear, played even more awkwardly, ugly graphical style etc.
― ufo, Saturday, 11 April 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
particularly enjoyed thomp's tetris 99 review. Ape Out looks great as well.
My votes, in no particular order:Sekiro: I loved this. i mean really it is *just* a very well done combat mechanic. i think there's always been part of me, ever since i was little, that while i enjoyed computer games, felt the gap between the necessary formal abstraction between game combat, say, and the principles that you know would have to govern any real world activities: that is to say, a sense of equivalence between your reflexes and ability to respond immediately contextually to an equally matched, or more powerful opponent. maybe 'real world' here is wrong, maybe i mean 'in films' and the 'play associated with films' (particularly action films). Necessarily in a game of course these are always matters of managing a formal set of responses. I now think games that are aware of and play on the formal abstraction of the world's constraints in different and obvious ways are better and ultimately more enjoyable (Michael Brough <3) , but there's still an arcade bit of me that loves when these mechanics are subsumed into 'film' type scenarios.
A lot of has been made of the way fromsoftware projects' combat has progressed: dark souls: shield up, hit box, roll, retreat, shield up. bloodborne trying to get round that, by allowing you to recoup health by attacking within a short time frame of being hit, to sekiro's conversion of stamina into a defensive capacity visibly shared and depleted both by you and your opponents. this leads to incredibly intense and reflexive combat, a combination of attack and defence, considerably favoured to defence. The precision with which this is all accomplished is exceptional, which was really brought home to me when I tried to play Fallen Order
i mean, really it's pretty much the same, in its closest analogy, with getting into the zone in games like Defender, or Gridzone (Geoff Minter's finest). The fact that it's associated with exciting sword clashing sounds, a wider feudal japan setting, and some very good boss fights (yes the Guardian Ape fight is hilarious and justifiably well known, but the first Genichiro Ashina fight - well I guess the second - at the top of the fortress was just fantastic). I mean, in some senses, it's fairly limited like all fromsoftware games, and lacks the more cryptic mythology, that does so much for Bloodborne (a better game imo). But the sense of achievement from advancement, and the fact that the balance between just getting better at it, and griding/collecting things to get you OP, is a lot more geared to the first than the second, produces a sense of overcoming the game as much through skill as through repetition.
The Outer Wilds: someone mentioned upthread that the control mechanism was pretty disorientating, which was my first response, but i think led this being my favourite game. it feels very *manual*, getting up to space, and finding where you need to go. a continual and quite charming sense of discovery, where death is both frustrating and doesn't matter. omg the planet with the f'ing tornados on it though give me a break. Through Sekiro, this game and to Death Stranding, it's interesting how much representations of *tactility* and 'realistic' control in environments, have mattered to me in these games.
The Outer Worlds: so i also really liked this? for reasons that don't seem entirely obvious to me now, it was the closest I'd felt to playing in an episode of, say, the first season of Altered Carbon (that is *not* to say this is a traditional noir cyberpunk environment - OW is quite lurid and bright - but because of a sense of detection and continually new encounters you're not sure how to manage). I think the game's strength is in its distinctive characters and ambiguous/ambivalent decision trees. after initially feeling that, say, compared to the open world of Fallout 3, it was too constrained, that structure ended up providing a good framework for the actions and fighting that takes place within the game.
Death Stranding: Amazingly tactile walking, batshit Hideo Kojima OTT storylines and acting, and never got bored of the moments where you work out where you've got to go, look up at the distant horizon, and see the long black strands and grey clouds of time fall in the distance, before you hitch your backpack up on your back again, check you've got the equipment you think you'll need, and start clambering and slipping over the landscape towards it. Didn't expect to enjoy it at *all*, was expecting it to suck. It was ace.
Sorry, I've been really laboured here. i'm not really used to writing about computer games, but i have enjoyed some this year. Outside of this Obra Dinn, and always Cinco Paus, were probably my most played. Oh also i spent a load of time playing sonic racing on my iPhone, which totally sucked.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 11 April 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
Fizzles, since you will appreciate it, I want to brag for my partner: she has the 12th highest score in cinco paus (2239 em 50 jogos) and plays it all of the time. I voted for it as non-2019 game of the year just because of the degree it dominates our lives
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
holy mother of god. that’s a score.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 11 April 2020 15:04 (four years ago) link
yeah, it's insane. it's strange to say, but when i think back about this time of my life, cinco paus is going to be there. it's going to be hilarious if i end up on a deathbed trying to explain cinco paus to my confused family and friends of whatever year it is. "...and....there was a brough-like...cinco paus...those treasure-stealing frogs...they were the bane of her existence...auuuugh...but that's a roguelike for you....uuuugggh....that's a broughlike...aaghh" death
i really need to give outer wilds some more time. i explored only a planet or two before death stranding came along and interrupted my progress.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 April 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
gratified to note im still in the top 50 on Cinco Paus. I was top ten in 868 hack back in the day and I have achieved nothing since.
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Sunday, 12 April 2020 00:13 (four years ago) link
i need to get a job again so i can buy a ps4 and play death stranding and sekiro but once i have a job again i won't have free time to play death stranding and sekiro
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 13 April 2020 00:49 (four years ago) link
the eternal adult gaming struggle
― Nhex, Monday, 13 April 2020 01:26 (four years ago) link
that's why i just cracked open my copy of Asura's Wrath from 2012, no joke
same here thomp except all I want is P5 The Royal
― où sont les threads d'antan? (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 April 2020 06:09 (four years ago) link
oh, that one too, shit
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 13 April 2020 08:35 (four years ago) link
i just played through a short hike and yes, i would have absolutely voted for it
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 13:55 (four years ago) link
Another one
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― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
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Coint & Plick VOTING thread - best games of 2020 (also campaign here) DEADLINE: MARCH 13
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link