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

aahhh I thought disco elysium was a 2019 game?! I would've given it 20 points if I'd known it counted for 2020 (I had points going spare...)

i think it was 2019 on pc and 2020 on mac. i played it for the first time, on a mac, in 2020, and loved it. but i ended up leaving it off because i didn't want it to fall into Marvel Puzzle Quest tier (:D - sorry, i gotta get my MPQ gags in like twice a day during coint and plick)

i think if every ilxor who actually played a video game last year had voted animal crossing would win, but obv that wasn't the case

I will own up to a couple of these. Watch Dogs was mine, I felt I owed it a handful of points for trying something different with its 'you can play as anyone' thing, even though the execution didn't end up being very compelling. There are a few pretty unsettling story quests that will stick with me for a while, like the idea of the Oval cricket ground being turned into an internment camp. On that, being able to interact with a condensed and reimagined version of your own city is an interesting novelty. The Watch Dogs version of Battersea Power Station's redevelopment is probably better/less shit than it'll end up being in real life.

Ghost of Tsushima was also mine. I know a lot of people found it repetitive, but I'm so bad at combat systems that I needed the repetition to actually learn to use the sword half decently. And I really appreciated the side quests that built up stories for the main character's friends throughout the island, which was a nice way of a) encouraging map exploration (there is some really beautiful scenery to find) and b) making a deeper connection to the wider cast. This was one of those games that felt really bittersweet to finish, like, I felt good sense of accomplishment by the end, but sadness for leaving behind characters I'd become really invested in.

xpost oh right okay we played Disco Elysium on PC so I guuueesssss it would be cheating to have added it to my ballot. We played it at the start of 2020 and its ~chilly doom vibes~ were perfect for winter gaming. It was an odd feeling having finished the game just before the pandemic really became A Thing, like the game's weird apocalyptic atmosphere seeping into real life

Yeah, Will's directions (somewhere) explain that games that you're really only supposed to vote for games on the platform you played it on, and that if it were released on a different platform in a different year, you can't vote for it again. /rules lawyer

just bought kentucky route zero :)

i've had a very bad time, recently. my partner doesn't like very many games but i'm hoping they will be into this with me for a bit

it's definitely a game that doesn't lose anything by being watched instead of played

it's the great american visual novel

i was holding out for Death Stranding making an appearance, forgetting that it was 2019

to be clear, it's a cool game. i've been going through it very slowly bc i have to be in a specific mood for it.

sorry for delay! back within an hour!

ill jjst start posting during tis call and hopefully not get caught not paying attention

https://i.imgur.com/dj8W6n0.png
14 - A Monster's Expedition - 30 points / 2 Votes

a monster's expedition?!?!

just wanted to stir up the pot a little; i haven't heard of this game. is it closer to startropics or animal crossing?

this looks like a less maddening version of stephen's sausage roll, which is something I could get into cause that game broke me pretty early on even though I enjoyed it.

https://i.imgur.com/OhCil4x.png
14 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 30 points / 2 Votes

I spot an infuriating placement. Do I get a prize?

hahaha bingo!

https://i.imgur.com/YkjnLwo.png
13 - Among Us - 30 points / 4 Votes

Seems sus

still need to play 13 sentinels but everyone i know who has has only superlatives for it

lol i've often thought about playing the Aegis games

but still so many Ateliers i haven't gotten to

sorry this call is lmost over

https://i.imgur.com/jPL0xkh.png
12 - AI Dungeon - 30 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote

lmao I didn't realize votes were still allowed for MPQ, I would have voted

haven't played this, but it looks like it can be played in browser so I'll drop the link https://play.aidungeon.io/main/landing

ok i am finally 100% here good lord that took a while

so yeah among us, glad to see it rank high... a simple and goofy game but it reallllly made for some fun twitch-watching as well as a very good time with pals as we all kinda got good at it at an equal rate. never really felt like it was about winning or losing so much as it was about laughing at people's inability to lie. we've all played the kinda mafia werewolf things before but this one was just snappy and complex enough that it was endlessly entertaining. i'd probably still be playing it all of the time if my buds were still playing it. i've played on some pub games because i am a sicko and they are never good!

also, how about the fuckin ai dungeon screenshot eh

https://i.imgur.com/EZiQ1Nv.png
11 - Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 1+2 Remastered - 33 points / 3 Votes

if i didn't have 6 games on the go right now and/or this game was on sale for $20 i'd grab it immediately, i'd love to get in there and fuck around with a tony hawk remaster. just too many games!!

also, how about the fuckin ai dungeon screenshot eh

Indeed! How about when this is done we really annoy imago and start a 'Games About Farting' thread?

Sludge Life has a dedicated fart button, I forgot to mention this yesterday.

tony hawk is so fun

Yeah I really need to get that Tony Hawk, spent so many hours with those on the original PS - especially 2.

i played a lot of tony hawk 3 and underground, and the mechanics came back to me so quickly

https://i.imgur.com/YevpE8z.png
10 - Mortal Shell - 34 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes

was shocked when this placed number 10 because despite how much i like to think i have heard of a lot of video games... i had never heard of this video game. seems like the kind of things my souls-liking friends would talk about a bunch!

(im assuming it's that kinda game)

haha, i gave it the other 4 points. i assume forks was the #1!

I need to spend more time with it. I kind of hit a point where I was a little stuck, and then i took a nap and drifted off into the gates of hell, at which point i was forced to abandon all hope

When I played Among Us, it was all right, but if you find the right stream, it can be gripping and hysterical. Case in point, pretty much all of Outside Xtra's Among Us streams are worth watching, but I think this is the one with the most "UH WUT" play of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mFFmZUVQNA

https://i.imgur.com/E27Cm9n.png
9 - There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 35 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes

sorry this is taking me so long haha extremely having to work today has made this tricky! but im done so lets finish this eh

I've been meaning to play the free gamejam version of this on steam.

https://i.imgur.com/0U1pO3X.png
8 - Crusader Kings III - 40 points / 3 Votes

i sure did vote for this, what a good time. i never had the energy to get into any of these, but a combination of it being free on XGP and being extremely (relatively) accessible (for these games) meant i ended up playing in it for ages. i barely even cared about the conquest! i was in it for the ~FAMILY DRAMA~

https://i.imgur.com/SBc1DC2.png
7 - Paradise Killer - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes