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