POLL is YOU: Thirteenth Coint and Plick results (best games of 2019)

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

anodyne 2 is really good but i have no idea how to explain what it is

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 Vote
37 - Zozzled - 15 points / 1 Vote
37 - Pikuniku - 15 points / 1 Vote
39 - Resident Evil 2 - 14 points / 2 Votes
40 - Disco Elysium - 12 points / 2 Votes
41 - Zanki Zero - 12 points / 1 Vote
42 - Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 11 points / 1 Vote
43 - Blasphemous - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Inmost - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Apex Legends - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Eastshade - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Luigi's Mansion 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - The Fog Knows Your Name - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Unheard - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Ape Out - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Golf Blitz - 10 points / 1 Vote
43 - Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove - 10 points / 1 Vote

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.

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)

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

dark fantasy is In ever since everyone got obsessed with dark souls

https://i.imgur.com/gGzymUv.png
35 - Supraland - 16 points / 2 Votes
Microsoft Windows, Linux

we are back for day 3! here's the first one

also i kinda want ciderpress to try to explain anodyne anyway!

https://i.imgur.com/dspML2u.png
33 - The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa - 20 points / 2 Votes
Nintendo Switch (2019), PC/Mac (2018)

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

anyway here's a well voted for write in

https://i.imgur.com/QrYO10h.png
33 - Islanders - 20 points / 2 Votes
Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems

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

ringo ishikawa's been on my interest list but hadn't heard from anyone who'd actually played it, good to know its good

islanders isn't very deep but it is very charming and definitely worth a few hours of your time until it gets repetitive

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...

let's get this out of the way

https://i.imgur.com/bOCtV3q.png
32 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 21 points / 2 Votes
If 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

came back briefly for kitty pryde*

Heh I really could've thrown some points at MPQ, for old time's sake.

https://i.imgur.com/WWaPQua.png
31 - What the Golf? - 21 points / 3 Votes
iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems (Switch in 2020)

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

https://i.imgur.com/LmWSeeF.png
30 - The Outer Worlds - 22 points / 2 Votes
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows (Switch in 2020)

i would like to play this i think but maybe i'll wait for the switch release at this pt

it looked like a reskinned Fallout 4 to me, so i've been avoiding

it's by the obsidian guys iirc their stuff is generally high quality even tho the reviews seemed a bit middling

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!

xp

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

https://i.imgur.com/IBIrEZ4.png
29 - Ring Fit Adventure - 24 points / 2 Votes
Nintendo Switch

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

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)

that's an interesting idea, though. the outer worlds, but you have to start at the beginning every 2 to 3 hours

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...

i was having a great time with it until i threw out my back (unrelated) 6 weeks ago.

i came so close to buying one before they sold out everywhere, regrets

https://i.imgur.com/eWUKVBT.png
28 - Grindstone - 24 points / 3 Votes
iOS

this si apple arcade only i think? means i won't ever get to play it but it looks cool! i like capybara!

https://i.imgur.com/AN2VG6A.png
27 - Mortal Kombat 11 - 25 points / 1 Vote
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows

https://i.imgur.com/qlBfUXJ.png
25 - Antimatter Dimensions - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
Android, Browser

I voted for Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds. Outer Worlds is the first Fallout game I've liked, basically.

i just bought friends of ringo on your say so right now!

antimatter is another one of those fucking clicker games isn't it

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

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.

https://i.imgur.com/3Nlennk.png
25 - Void Bastards - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems