There Is No Game is really funny and full of surprises. I'd recommend it as a group activity on Zoom or etc.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:48 (three years ago) link
I was surprised by how funny Crusader Kings 3 was to me. The interfamily squabbles and scenarios that develop are great. It's a storytelling machine.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
Paradise Killer was my number one at the max points available. It's set in a hellish dayglo cult society, who kidnap, enslave and sacrifice humans to eldritch gods, and you're a detective who has to solve the murder of your occult council. The detective game is fairly simple, you interview people and find clues and bring them all together in a trial (the in-game tracker is very good in a way I'd not seen in a detective game before, so plus points for that). The world is massive and immensely fun to explore while collecting blood crystals for optional extras, and chatting with the weird demon who keeps popping up is A+++ fun.
In terms of games I didn't vote for, I very much enjoyed the original There Is No Game and may well pick up last year's one at some point.
― emil.y, Friday, 26 March 2021 22:52 (three years ago) link
Also, you totally get to boff a couple of characters if you want to, hehehe
― emil.y, Friday, 26 March 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8RkbiNI.png4 - Fall Guys - 58 points / 6 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
I probably should have put Fall Guys at #1 since it's the 2020 game I played the most.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link
I'd actually compare it to Trackmania or Astrobot's time trials, where you could see new strategies develop in real time if you played it day to day.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:04 (three years ago) link
i threw 20 points to Crusader Kings 3. it rules - if you're familiar at all with paradox, just jump in
this might be true for me too! and yet i didn't vote for it. that's how much i hated the grab mechanic. my record in games that just involve jumping, timing, and dexterity: undefeated. my record in the games that involved any sort of grab mechanic: 0 for one billion. fuck that fucking grab thing
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:08 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/J8vQQeF.png3 - The Last of Us Part II - 60 points / 2 First-place votes / 2 Votes
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
we're so close to the end!
tap triangle to climb a ladder.
NO
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
still working on the first one!
i dunno if i'll ever get around to this one, i crashed out hard on the first game... who knows, maybe someday. it took me years to finally get to uncharted.
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link
two people sure did like it! talk about a weird year. third place has two votes, each 30 points.
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
OK HERE YOU GO
YOUR ABSOLUTELY
REAL
TOP
2
GAMES
OF
2020
...
heh heh heh
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Zilji4I.png2 - Obligatory Quarantine Joke - 77 points / 6 First-place votes / 6 Votes
https://i.imgur.com/0dQX4IV.png1 - Second Quarantine Joke - 177 points / 9 First-place votes / 9 Votes
omg wow did april fools come early on march 26 or something! i feel bamboozled that totally got me
haha just kidding it didn't get me. i made the joke! i didn't trick myself. i bamboozled you AGAIN.
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
LETS DO THIS FOR ACTUAL
https://i.imgur.com/1N3eslR.png2 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 109 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 6 Votes
https://i.imgur.com/9dqSYEI.png1 - Hades - 168 points / 4.5 First-place votes / 7 Votes
FLAWLESS VICTORY
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:20 (three years ago) link
Thanks to everyone who voted and kept me company during this accidentally very long rollout!!!
DAY 3 RECAP - 100% COMPLETE
1 - Hades - 168 points / 4.5 First-place votes / 7 Votes2 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 109 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 6 Votes3 - The Last of Us Part II - 60 points / 2 First-place votes / 2 Votes4 - Fall Guys - 58 points / 6 Votes5 - Yakuza Like a Dragon - 50 points / 2 First-place votes / 3 Votes6 - Final Fantasy VII Remake - 45 points / 4 Votes7 - Paradise Killer - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes8 - Crusader Kings III - 40 points / 3 Votes9 - There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 35 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes10 - Mortal Shell - 34 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes11 - Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 1+2 Remastered - 33 points / 3 Votes12 - AI Dungeon - 30 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote13 - Among Us - 30 points / 4 Votes14 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 30 points / 2 Votes14 - A Monster's Expedition - 30 points / 2 Votes16 - Two Point Hospital - 28 points / 2 Votes17 - Blaseball - 24 points / 3 Votes18 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 24 points / 1 Vote19 - Ghost of Tsushima - 20 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote20 - Streets of Rage 4 - 20 points / 2 Votes21 - Disco Elysium - 20 points / 1 Vote21 - The Longing - 20 points / 1 Vote23 - Depanneur Nocturne - 16 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote23 - Wide Ocean, Big Jacket - 16 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote25 - War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - 15 points / 1 Vote25 - Trials of Mana - 15 points / 1 Vote25 - Magic the Gathering: Arena - 15 points / 1 Vote25 - Kentucky Route Zero - 15 points / 1 Vote25 - Vain Empires - 15 points / 1 Vote25 - Death & Taxes - 15 points / 1 Vote31 - Sludge Life - 14 points / 1 Vote32 - Spelunky 2 - 12 points / 1 Vote33 - Post-Void - 11 points / 1 Vote33 - Umurangi Generation - 11 points / 1 Vote35 - Microsoft Flight Simulator - 10 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote36 - Murder By Numbers - 10 points / 2 Votes37 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Tales from Off-Peak City, Vol. 1 - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - 8800 Blue Lick Rd. Virtual Tour - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Lair of the Clockwork God - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Ordinal Markup - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Speaking Simulator - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Synergism - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - The Prestige Tree - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Carrion - 10 points / 1 Vote37 - Paper Mario: The Origami King - 10 points / 1 Vote47 - Spiritfarer - 8 points / 2 Votes48 - Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 8 points / 1 Vote49 - Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure - 7 points / 1 Vote49 - My Exercise - 7 points / 1 Vote51 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 6 points / 2 Votes52 - Genshin Impact - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Cyberpunk 2077 - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Deep Rock Galactic - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - 51 Worldwide Games - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Bugsnax - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Call of Duty: Warzone - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Cloudpunk - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Frog Fractions - Hop's Iconic Cap DLC - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Half-Life: Alyx - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Noita - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Teardown - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Trackmania - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Watch Dogs: Legion - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Marvel's Avengers - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - The Impossible Bottle - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Evan Birnholz’s December 27, 2020 Washington Post crossword, “5×5” - 5 points / 1 Vote52 - Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020 - 5 points / 1 Vote69 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 3 points / 1 Vote70 - Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues - 2 points / 1 Vote
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
for everyone wonder if animal crossing or hades was gonna win... it wasnt even close lol
is Hades the greatest game of all time?!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
Wow, no Doom Eternal?
― jmm, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
Called it. I almost gave a couple of points to Last Of Us 2 in a "watched my BF play it and enjoyed doing so" style, but thought I had enough that I'd played myself to leave it.
― emil.y, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
Thanks, Will! A great rollout as usual.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
Also, I appreciate that your joke placements were actually jokes rather than very confusing feasible placements. Thank you!
― emil.y, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
is Hades the greatest game of all time?!― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, March 26, 2021 7:21 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, March 26, 2021 7:21 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
it is according to this certainly the greatest game of *a* time. that time is 2020. a bad time to be sure. but apparently a good game!
i got it at the same time as another game (actually i just looked it up, i got a buuuunch of games around then) so it kinda fell to the wayside. never got anywhere in it. once i clear some of the stuff off of my current list i'll have to jump back in!
Also, I appreciate that your joke placements were actually jokes rather than very confusing feasible placements. Thank you!― emil.y, Friday, March 26, 2021 7:25 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
― emil.y, Friday, March 26, 2021 7:25 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
that's my style! no confusion! just dumb goofs!
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
that sure didn't stop me from being trolled by that cyberpunk placement, guess that means i'm a fake gamer
thnaks for the organising this, great work as usual!
― chihuahuau, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
thanks even
Fall Guys easily the game that made me the angriest of last year, it was my #3 I think?
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Saturday, 27 March 2021 01:06 (three years ago) link
FFS I SHD'VE MADE MY P5 ROYAL BALLOT YOU MONSTERS
― Call of Scampi: Slack Nephrops (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 27 March 2021 11:14 (three years ago) link
Is P5 Royal massively different from the previous iteration? I mean, not that I stick strictly to first release dates either, more just wondering if there was anything hugely 2020 about it.
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
(I don't think I expressed myself well there. I know Royal was a 2020 release but I'm just wondering how much new content there actually was.)
― emil.y, Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
i've only put a couple of (working) weeks in yet so i'm about a fifth in but yes it's definitely different enough, not sure in totally good ways always but fuck it it's Persona they stole my heart
― Call of Scampi: Slack Nephrops (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
Lots of interesting stuff on this list, I haven't heard of at least 50% of it. Good work will!
A little sad that we got stuff in the Top 10 with only 2 votes, but that's how this year went, I suppose. Let's try harder for 2021!
Though not totally unexpected, still surprised Hades beat Animal Crossing!
I voted TLOU2 for GOTY. I'm fairly sure it's going to be one of those games that sticks with me a long time. Also glad to see others saw Fire Emblem: Three Houses in the same light I did.
Who voted for Trials of Mana? Considering getting that on the cheap.
― Nhex, Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
I did, it's a neat action rpg where you pick a party of 3 out of 6 selectable characters with their own interlocking storylines, the first one you pick being your main character and each party member can be leveled across 6 (?) different classes
it's relativley short, it took me about 30 hours for one playthrough and i usually take 2 to 3x longer than the consensus average. yakuza 7 was like 90 and i didn't even do all the side stuff nor the secret dungeon
the music is excellent, the english VA is charmingly weird in a 32 bit era way and online people making fun of it was what tipped me over to giving it a try
i played it on switch because i had just got one at the time but i regret it, i think the other versions are 60fps. still a fine port, nothing that ruined my enjoyment or anything
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 27 March 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
Nice job Will!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 March 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah, thanks for this!
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 27 March 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
re: Yakuza,
i hit a wall real hard and haven't returned yet
Yeah we walled in Chapter 9 at one of the major boss fights and I don't have the patience to grind or replay the fight over and over so that might be it for me and this game. I think we just weren't levelled up enough, even with me insisting on doing as many side quests as possible.
I still gave it points because I love how bonkers these games are, but I think I prefer the non-RPG Yakuza system, and I didn't find Yokohama to be a super compelling as a setting - possibly just suffers from being a bit too spread out.
― salsa shark, Saturday, 27 March 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
Twins!
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Saturday, 27 March 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
I didn't find Yokohama to be a super compelling as a setting - possibly just suffers from being a bit too spread out.
otm, the city's way too big compared to how dense kamurocho and sotenbori are. so much pointless running around, i've used the taxi more times in 7 than in all the other yakuzas put together
i'd actually prefer the turn based fights if the ui wasn't a mess and animations were skippable or at least snappier
similar complaint applies to FE:3H monastery sections but at least the combat system's well implemented in that one
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 28 March 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
man i know everyone loves hades but i'm so hesitant to try it bc i suck at twitchy action and i don't like feeling stressed
― na (NA), Sunday, 28 March 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
It definitely has a cool way of taking the sting out of losing. It's fun to go back to the start and talk to all the npcs again and get your new powers.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 28 March 2021 01:47 (three years ago) link