Baldurs Gate 3 and it isn’t that close, I really liked Tears of the Kingdom and finally getting to Cyberpunk too though
Yeah, I was absolutely astounded by how good BG3 was. It blew my other picks out of the water
Same for me. 650 hours in I’ve got the platinum trophy and golden dice and I started a new character yesterday (gith paladin) because there is still stuff i havent seen.
Wow, thought I’d be in the majority with this but Baldur’s Gate 3.
Followed closely by HiFi Rush and Sea of Stars.
Disco Elysium for sure. The story enraptured me and the characters had so much depth
Yeah, enjoyed quite a few games this year, but nothing got into my head quite like DE. I hope so bad that we could expect some kind of follow-up to that masterpiece.
Dave the Diver
Good?
Favorite so far was probably Talos Principle 2. It was excellent, best movie of the year. And the puzzles were fun too.
I didn’t realise it was out already! Hoping for a VR version though. The first one was amazing like that.
I loved Talos Principle 2.
Dredge, surprisingly enough. What a memorable game
I loved this game. Still looking at the DLC. Control, Dave the Diver, and Heretics Fork are keeping me busy
I was surprised how much I loved Hogwarts Legacy. I am not a big Potter fan, but this game really nailed that Universe. Even just wandering around aimlessly was journey of whimsical discovery. I have ToTK, BG3 and Cyberpunk 2077 all on the menu this year, but Hogwarts got the majority of time played by a long shot.
The broom flight was just stellar.
Absolutely Disco Elysium. I don’t think there will ever be another game like it
Honourable mention to Quake 2 remaster for being mindless fun
Seconding Disco Elysium. A lot of the ways I think about addiction are forever changed after playing that game.
Yes I agree. Especially the almost reasonable, even kind, voices telling you to use for your own good. That reminded me of the process of quitting after the worst of the withdrawal symptoms are gone - the next boss is your own mind and all its reasoning faculties telling you to go back
Final Fantasy 7: Remake. I now understand what all the fuss was about and why it’s probably the most famous out of them all (I might be wrong on that). I haven’t played the original so this was a great introduction.
FF7 (original) is famous because it was a huge jump from 2d pixel to 3d models. The original iteration had tank controls, and the game was long. But largely empty and slowed down by random encounters.
The new one changed the story dramatically. The next game will further deviate from the original.
Huh, well I still like the remake nonetheless. I’m planning on playing it after the story is completed but thats going to be a while.
For sure. I loved the new one and I like what they’re doing with the story. Feels appropriate.
Definitely CrossCode, I didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. I still need to play the DLC.
It’s so amazingly polished!
Lingo. It tickles my brain in wonderful ways. I’m currently working through the custom level Liduongo, sequel to an earlier map named Duolingo, and I continue to be surprised, delighted, and utterly perplexed.
It’s a rules-based puzzler that doesn’t tell you the rules buried in a confusing labyrinth. The only downside is that it requires a strong grasp of English, limiting its audience.
Lingo was amazing! My husband and I played through it together; he’s better at 3d navigation so he navigated, and I’m better at word games, and we had a blast. We should try some of the custom maps!
Snagged Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy for $3.50 and have been enjoying it with the config files altered for higher damage/dismemberment with lightsabers.
Makes fighting force users really tactical because you have to avoid their saber too, dismemberment affects you and is an instant death. You can get cool kills like rolling underneath their saber throw and Darth Maul’ing them while they’re unable to deflect you, etc.
Incredible Jedi power fantasy, as much as I like Fallen Order it just doesn’t sell you on the fact that you have a lightsaber in your hands as much as Outcast and Academy do with the damage increased. Hell you can kill stormtroopers just by walking into them and moving your blade slightly, now that’s a lightsaber!
Look up the Movie Battles II mod if you plan on taking that game online. It enhances the already great lightsaber combat and still has a pretty active community (I’m pretty sure you can also jump into single player with the mod for the quality of life features it adds)
Thanks!
As a kid I used to have keybinds setup in Jedi Outcast (bind k “NPC spawn stormtrooper”)that would let me spawn different enemies on me while notarget was on and g_saberrealisticcombat at 3. Hours of entertainment till the game would inevitably crash from too many enemies
The Talos Principle 2. It’s a game about communism. Play it.
I also really enjoyed Blasphemous 2. Great metroidvania with some gnarly Spanish Catholic art.
I finally took the time and played through the souls series. I’m still going through 3 right now but they are all great games (2 less so). I’m not a complete stranger to the series (I’ve beaten Bloodborne, Demon’s Souls, Elden Ring, and Sekiro) but I’ve never actually sat through the main series. Gotta say it did not disappoint. DS2 had some moments that were a slog but even with the dip in quality it’s still a great game, just the worst of the Souls-like games.
Also been playing BG3 and Disco Elysium in between.
Next few years are gonna have a lot to compete with in terms of the sheer quality of games I waited to play until this year.
Diddy Kong Racing.
Nice. I started Ratchet & Clank on PCSX2 yesterday. Holy hell is that Emulator a work of art. The graphical options for the emu make that PS2 game still shine and the gameplay is lotsa fun. Sadly the libretro core for Retroarch/Emulationstation bugged out for me and was slow compared to standalone PCSX2.
Also I’m still puzzled how it’s possible there are so many retro-achievements for so many games. I looked up how to implement them and it’s really complicated. I totally underestimated how big the retro games scene still is. I really want to get into the netplay thing.
