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

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

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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

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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.

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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~

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7 - Paradise Killer - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes

I voted for this, but only gave it a few points because I haven't gotten super far in the story yet, but what I have played I've liked a lot.

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6 - Final Fantasy VII Remake - 45 points / 4 Votes

there's the third one from my secret list from day 1!

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5 - Yakuza Like a Dragon - 50 points / 2 First-place votes / 3 Votes

lol did i lose everyone on account of taking so long

WELL, we're almost at the end, which means it's time for the last side poll of the thread...

TOP 10 GAME-RELATED CONTENT (OPEN-ENDED POLL)

Some of these we've already seen of Forks's excellent year-end tv/streaming poll but many of them we did not! Since this is the games poll we get lots more games content! Twitch streamers! Podcasts! Other YouTube channels!

Some solo first-, second- and third-place votes tied at 8th, 5th and 3rd respectively, but three voters each (in the same configuration as well -- two firsts and a second each) gave us two consensus winners. And, at least in 2020, they included the same person! wow! congrats to tim.

T8. Vektroid - link
T8. Playstation Accesslink
T8. Jacob Geller - link
T5. Gary - link
T5. Matt McMuscles's "What Happened?" series - link
T5. Outsidexbox / Outside Xtra - link
T3. Videogamedunkey - link
T3. Wario64 - link
T1. Action Button - link
T1. Insert Credit Podcast - link

xp

my #1 (out of the 3 2020 games i'd played when i voted)

honestly a bit disappointing, yakuza revealing its true form as a turn based RPG sounded great to my ears, especially since i'd played DQ XI in late 2019/early 2020 and it became probably my all-time favourite jrpg, but the combat in Y7 never felt as good as DQXI and the ui issues were aggravating

still, it's a yakuza game, i enjoyed it despite not living up to my expectations but i've already put serious time into about 5 of those and if i was submitting my ballot today the top spot would have gone to 13 sentinels instead, which i began playing in the meantime

xp to the media... Plenty of honourable mentions for me in this category that i couldn't include in my top 3:

- Hbomberguy had only one 2020 video game video, but it's real good and about New Vegas!
- AOC playing Among Us with Hasan, Contra, Ilhan Omar, Jagmeet Singh, The Serfs, XQC, Hbomb and others was a distinctly surreal experience
- Limmy's Twitch, or if you live in the exact opposite sleep schedule like I do, the highlights on his YouTube
- Speaking of, plenty of comedians ended up moving to Twitch to play games. Some of these are pretty good! I've enjoyed watching john hastings (nb: irl friend).
- after the AOC thing I checked out xQc, and while it's not always for me, him trying to speedrun Who Want To Be A Millionaire while knowing very little of anything about anything had me scream-laughing by myself in my house
- speaking of blaseball, fans of the Seattle Garages made an album and it's... pretty good!
- fumble dimension from Kofie and Jon Bois is an utter delight

name some others gamefreaks!

it was also my #1 (yakuza)! although i hit a wall real hard and haven't returned yet, i should do that soon. i was so excited, and spoilers start now, when i got to majima... but then he stomped me multiple times and i realized i had to actually grind and i just haven't gotten around to it. if anyone is gonna kick my ass though, it should be him...

same here, and i agree the storytelling nailed it by making that fight such a difficulty spike

reaching top floor at yapi's (sp?) arena is enough, worked for me but even so not at the first attempt, i finally was forced to put a bit of thought into the combat vs playing on auto-pilot like i had until then. the boss run for that section is such a PITA too

There Is No Game is really funny and full of surprises. I'd recommend it as a group activity on Zoom or etc.

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.

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.

Also, you totally get to boff a couple of characters if you want to, hehehe

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4 - Fall Guys - 58 points / 6 Votes

I probably should have put Fall Guys at #1 since it's the 2020 game I played the most.

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.

i threw 20 points to Crusader Kings 3. it rules - if you're familiar at all with paradox, just jump in

I probably should have put Fall Guys at #1 since it's the 2020 game I played the most.

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

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3 - The Last of Us Part II - 60 points / 2 First-place votes / 2 Votes

we're so close to the end!

tap triangle to climb a ladder.

NO

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.

two people sure did like it! talk about a weird year. third place has two votes, each 30 points.

OK HERE YOU GO

YOUR ABSOLUTELY

REAL

TOP

2

GAMES

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2020

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heh heh heh

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2 - Obligatory Quarantine Joke - 77 points / 6 First-place votes / 6 Votes

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1 - 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.

LETS DO THIS FOR ACTUAL

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2 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 109 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 6 Votes

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1 - Hades - 168 points / 4.5 First-place votes / 7 Votes

FLAWLESS VICTORY

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 Votes
2 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 109 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 6 Votes
3 - The Last of Us Part II - 60 points / 2 First-place votes / 2 Votes
4 - Fall Guys - 58 points / 6 Votes
5 - Yakuza Like a Dragon - 50 points / 2 First-place votes / 3 Votes
6 - Final Fantasy VII Remake - 45 points / 4 Votes
7 - Paradise Killer - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes
8 - Crusader Kings III - 40 points / 3 Votes
9 - There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 35 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes
10 - Mortal Shell - 34 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes
11 - Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 1+2 Remastered - 33 points / 3 Votes
12 - AI Dungeon - 30 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote
13 - Among Us - 30 points / 4 Votes
14 - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 30 points / 2 Votes
14 - A Monster's Expedition - 30 points / 2 Votes
16 - Two Point Hospital - 28 points / 2 Votes
17 - Blaseball - 24 points / 3 Votes
18 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 24 points / 1 Vote
19 - Ghost of Tsushima - 20 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote
20 - Streets of Rage 4 - 20 points / 2 Votes
21 - Disco Elysium - 20 points / 1 Vote
21 - The Longing - 20 points / 1 Vote
23 - Depanneur Nocturne - 16 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote
23 - Wide Ocean, Big Jacket - 16 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote
25 - War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - 15 points / 1 Vote
25 - Trials of Mana - 15 points / 1 Vote
25 - Magic the Gathering: Arena - 15 points / 1 Vote
25 - Kentucky Route Zero - 15 points / 1 Vote
25 - Vain Empires - 15 points / 1 Vote
25 - Death & Taxes - 15 points / 1 Vote
31 - Sludge Life - 14 points / 1 Vote
32 - Spelunky 2 - 12 points / 1 Vote
33 - Post-Void - 11 points / 1 Vote
33 - Umurangi Generation - 11 points / 1 Vote
35 - Microsoft Flight Simulator - 10 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
36 - Murder By Numbers - 10 points / 2 Votes
37 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Tales from Off-Peak City, Vol. 1 - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - 8800 Blue Lick Rd. Virtual Tour - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Lair of the Clockwork God - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Ordinal Markup - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Speaking Simulator - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Synergism - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - The Prestige Tree - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Carrion - 10 points / 1 Vote
37 - Paper Mario: The Origami King - 10 points / 1 Vote
47 - Spiritfarer - 8 points / 2 Votes
48 - Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 8 points / 1 Vote
49 - Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure - 7 points / 1 Vote
49 - My Exercise - 7 points / 1 Vote
51 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 6 points / 2 Votes
52 - Genshin Impact - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Cyberpunk 2077 - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Deep Rock Galactic - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - 51 Worldwide Games - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Bugsnax - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Call of Duty: Warzone - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Cloudpunk - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Frog Fractions - Hop's Iconic Cap DLC - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Half-Life: Alyx - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Noita - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Teardown - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Trackmania - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Watch Dogs: Legion - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Marvel's Avengers - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - The Impossible Bottle - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Evan Birnholz’s December 27, 2020 Washington Post crossword, “5×5” - 5 points / 1 Vote
52 - Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020 - 5 points / 1 Vote
69 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 3 points / 1 Vote
70 - Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues - 2 points / 1 Vote

for everyone wonder if animal crossing or hades was gonna win... it wasnt even close lol

is Hades the greatest game of all time?!

Wow, no Doom Eternal?

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.