HELLO. AND WELCOME TO VIDEO GAMES POLLS. Fourteenth Coint and Plick results (best games of 2020)

UGH i missed a 25! will post it in a few mins

This was my co-number one vote. It's a cozy, sweet, and concise game about a middle schooler going on a camping trip with her uncle and aunt and her "boyfriend." The writing is very strong and does a great job exploring the rarely explored in gaming depths of niece/uncle relationships and of chaste middle school romances. It was in the Itch.io bundle so a bunch of you already probably own it and there's also a free demo on steam that serves as a standalone prequel to the main game if you didn't get the bundle.

https://i.imgur.com/pnBRAhm.png
25 - Vain Empires - 15 points / 1 Vote

damn a lot of games I haven't heard of in this stretch

Spelunky 2 just absolutely wiped me out. I don't think I ever got to 1-3.

here's a side poll!

TOP FOURTEEN NON-2020 GAMES (OPEN-ENDED POLL)

ONE MENTION EACH so I guess all tied for second:

Among Us (editors note - lol, you shoulda put it on your ballot, year of impact!!!)
Bloodbourne
Control
Chess
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls II
Dark Souls III
Divinity: Original Sin 2
428 Shibuya Scramble
Inazuma Eleven
League of Legends
Lego City Undercover
Night In The Woods

CONSENSUS?! THREE MENTIONS!!!:

1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Among Us (editors note - lol, you shoulda put it on your ballot, year of impact!!!)

That was me and I did put it on my ballot :)

oh... oops.

Many xposts - I thought I might have misremembered how many points I gave Vain Empires, but glad to see it plonked back in! This was my favourite game from the 2020 IF Comp. The description is "the memoir of a demonic spy in the Cold War between Heaven and Hell", and the tone is suitably wry. The writing is great but main thing I loved was the puzzle mechanic, where you take intentions from humans and give them to others in order to change their behaviour.

I meant to try Wide Ocean... before voting but just didn't get round to it in time. It definitely sounds like my sort of game.

https://i.imgur.com/hZRjxiO.png
23 - Depanneur Nocturne - 16 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote

Chess

Is this an entry for a computer game that happens to be called Chess or just repping for chess as a great game? I mean, it is a great game, so...

just wanted to stop by and say I always appreciate this poll (though tbh this year I recognize so little I have no clue where to start): thank you Will and the voters

if anyone is bored can someone explain the crossword and house tour?

xp ok a game about deps sounds like something I must try

Chess definitely gets in on year of impact. lol

if Chess counts, then Yahtzee should as well, and i vote for yahtzee

what was good about 51 clubhouse games? yahtzee, number one

51 clubhouse games rules. It's a great collection of basic games.

as far as i understand, yes, that voter meant chess as the best non-2020 game of 2020, as in, chess

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21 - The Longing - 20 points / 1 Vote

if anyone is bored can someone explain the crossword and house tour?

the 8800 Blue Lick Rd. house game is hosted here:

https://3d-marketing.captur3d.io/view/keller-williams-louisville-east/8800-blue-lick-rd#

it pushes the envelope of gaming in several ways. first of all, it is a game layered onto real life, or the other way around. the UI is minimal, and there are no clear goals or missions when you start. it's a solo roleplaying experience where you're both the gamerunner and also the participant. try to find the office. definitely try to find that bathtub. take a look at that bathtub, where it is. that's a quest. think about the zoning for the building, that's more of a sidequest, but it's a game along those lines. but it never tells you that - there's no tutorial, you just walk in media res and go

achievement: think about living, sleeping, and working in the same building with a dozen friends and relatives

if Chess counts, then Yahtzee should as well, and i vote for yahtzee

― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, March 25, 2021 3:33 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

damn, is zero punctuation still a thing? anyway that's a different side poll

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Depanneur Nocturne was my other number one vote. It's a cozy and nice game where you are tasked with going into a kooky corner store in Montreal right before closing time to buy a gift for your partner. It has a bunch of little secrets (finding the bathroom is a thrill) and it's fully bilingual. Since I wasn't really going to stores this year, it hit me in the right spot and in the spirit of the game, I have purchased gift copies for a couple of friends who have yet to play it lol.

does the bathroom have a bathtub? are there two "finding the bathtub is exciting" games in 2020?

it's on sale on Steam right now (where it has 100% positive reviews) for $2.49 through March 29th also.

I don't think there is a bathtub sadly, but that connection did cross my mind.

Hm the only stores I go to irl are dépanneurs, but I am still curious

thank you Karl, I was a little meh about this game until I found the roadmap of England on the wall, curious how that pays off

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zero punctuation allowed at the end of final word is my only hard rule, and i think i just started accidentally emulating lag00n's rule on that. other people have that rule too, i think. but other than that, i refuse to play by the rules. language should always evolve, it's the only way we can stay ahead of the machines

does the bathroom have a bathtub? are there two "finding the bathtub is exciting" games in 2020?

― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, March 25, 2021 2:45 PM (two minutes ago)

there is definitely a bathtub, i didn't see it until today! it's not in a bathroom, if that helps. (there are like 4 bathrooms i think, too?)

to find, first consider your surroundings. does this seem like a place that should have a bathtub? if so, you're in the wrong place

and not only is it a bath tub, but it's one that is evidently (proved by the photo, I mean) in heavy use

oh shit, sorry everyone! i didn't catch methanietanner's post on the Depanneur Nocturne and just saw the word bathtub and assumed it was 8800 Blue Lick Rd related

Hey if this is welcome i can maybe do it for all the winners sooner or later, lemme know.

52 - Cyberpunk 2077
Genre: RPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLohSvTKpg
$60 - Xbone
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/cyberpunk-2077
$48 (on sale) - Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/
$46 - PS4 via Amazaon
https://www.amazon.com/Cyberpunk-2077-PlayStation-4/dp/B07DJWBYKP

52 - Genshin Impact
Genre: MMORPG, Free to Play
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genshin_Impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JliVeSsajO0
FREE - PS4
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP6262-CUSA23681_00-OSRELSIEAGENSHIN
FREE - iOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/genshin-impact/id1517783697
FREE - PC
https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en
Coming to Switch Soon

69 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Genre: Adventure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrule_Warriors:_Age_of_Calamity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqL7iN20duI
$60 - Switch
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity-switch/

70 - Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Genre: Fighting Game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Kai:_The_Karate_Kid_Saga_Continues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyX4sUzTmYY
$10 (on sale) - Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279920/Cobra_Kai_The_Karate_Kid_Saga_Continues
$40 - Switch
https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/cobra-kai-the-karate-kid-saga-continues-switch
$40 - PS4
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0283-CUSA18956_00-COBRAKAISTRIKE00

oh god this is a lot to take in while I'm still in 8800 Lick Rd

https://i.imgur.com/kkYOG0f.png
21 - Disco Elysium - 20 points / 1 Vote

(ported to mac in 2020 iirc, vote explicitly noted that lol)

oh nice thanks forks! yeah that is helpful - idk what people want from the results, i usually am just looking for the results and pretty pictures myself

i'm mostly looking for a shopping list and some expert guidance tbh

will put this in the mental hopper

https://i.imgur.com/dGR16iK.png
20 - Streets of Rage 4 - 20 points / 2 Votes

this is a side question but how is genshin impact free? my kids play it constantly and i can't tell what the company is getting out of accessing my consoles for free

i guess it's like a "free" app where you can pay for upgrades. i already knew that, duh. i let my kid spend $5 of their own allowance on some upgrade they wanted.

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guessing it has microtransactions based off this from wikipedia.

Genshin Impact had grossed over $393 million within two months after release and over $1 billion by the end March 2021, the third highest revenue from a mobile game during that time frame after Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, making it one of the highest grossing mobile games of all time and the fastest game to reach that milestone on Google Play and the App Store

dang must be nice to make money

https://i.imgur.com/veHwP3E.png
19 - Ghost of Tsushima - 20 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote

xp to NA: it's a gacha game, apparently plays fine for free from what i've heard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game

https://i.imgur.com/dB1qbGp.png
18 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 24 points / 1 Vote

found the blue lick bathtub and i feel accomplished today. also found the cat and the man cave, i'd say i'm getting the hang of this

yes, the cat was the last unlockable character I discovered in 8800 Blue Lick Road, definitely a highlight.

can i ask a really dumb question about 8800 blue lick

is it... is it real? i never looked into this and all of the post here either ironically or unironically treating it like a game is making me wonder if it was actually a constructed thing

xp did you see all the different kinds of product in there? that bath tub is one of the main cleaning areas

"is it real" is not a well-constructed question, let me try again

- was the place actually lived in and arranged like that?
- was it actually for sale?
- was it posted online like that as a place that people actually intended to sell?