Goddamn, dude! You are so much more productive on the gamin front than I am. I envy that.
I think I have Oxenfree, can't remember.
These all sound like great games and I love your descriptions.
That Furi game sounds crazy. Looking it up now....
My GOTY Shortlist is a long ass list.
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 On 10/14/2016 at 08:25 PM by Blake Turner See More From This User » |
Christ on a bicycle its been a good year for games. I've been thinking of what i was going to put on my top 10 games of the year list and this is the not narrowed down list. This is the list of every game that I like and think people should play. There are a lot. Over thirty, and I have the feeling I've forgotten something important.
Oxenfree - A fun little ghost story with some really damn good writing. I like how naturally conversations feel and that they don't feel stilted like they usually do in choice driven games. I'm looking at you Commander Shepherd!
Shadow Warrior 2 - The newest game on the list. It came out yesterday. It is better than it's predecessor in every way. It's punchier, more varied, funnier, and it now has loot! And not like Borderlands loot where every weapon is obstensibly the same but with stat changes, no! These weapons are drastically different. I have twin swords that shoot lazers, cyberpunk pistols, automatic shotguns, claws, a canon, and a ton more. There is a ridiculous amount of variety on display here, and then you have gems that add stat effects and entirely different fire modes!
Oh, and you can move faster than you can in DOOM, it's gorier than DOOM, and dare I say it, maybe more fun than DOOM...
Doom - ...But DOOM is still fucking Awesome. God, it's a good year to be a fan of old school run and gun shooters, and DOOM nails it while adding some awesome new features. It's punchy, it's gory, it's satisfying as fuck, and the only real negative I have with it is that it could be a bit more varied.
Overwatch - Hey, it's Team Fortress 2 but better in every way.
Uncharted 4 - Maybe the best in the series and Casey is wrong.
Dark Souls 3 - Maybe the worst in the series and Nick is wrong. It's still Dark Souls though, so it's awesome.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Even though the story is garbage and the Black Lives Matter analogy was really poorly thought out, it's mechanically maybe the best in the series. Also... I just love cyberpunk.
Firewatch - If you were disappointed by the ending, you weren't paying attention. Or you're an idiot. This game is fantastic.
The Witness - Man, I don't think I've ever been as excited as I was in opening hours of the Witness. That sense of discovery and wonder, and the knowledge that everything had a purpose and that I would one day discover that purpose and conquer the world!
Unfortunately, I'm not a rocket surgeon so this game broke my brain, my pride, and my marriage. Which is weird, given that I've never been married.
Darkest Dungeon - Goddamn this is a good game, and reminds me of why we used to like turn based combat. Also, the best use of sanity mechanics ever.
Stardew Valley - I played this game for 18 hours straight one day. That's all you need to know.
Superhot - It turns first person shooting into a puzzle game. A very fucking awesome puzzle game.
Salt and Sanctuary - It's like Castlevania if Castlevania was also Dark Souls, which it kind of already is... so it's the best non Castlevania Castlevania game since Castlevania. Also, maybe the best Souls game this year.
Momodora: Reverie Under Moonlight - A seriously great Metroidvania with an impressive atmosphere and extremely satisfying gameplay.
Ratchet and Clank -Unfortunately, it's a bit of a disappointment. The originals were funny and well written. This is not. It still plays exceptionally well though.
Alienation - Maybe the best Twin stick shooter I've ever played. It also has loot. Loot is awesome.
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Severed - The guys who made Guacamelee return with a game like a seriously fucked up mix of Wizardry, Zelda, and Infinity Blade. It's great.
Duskers - A rogue-lite where you play as drones and control them with command prompts may be one of the most tense and atmospheric games I've played all year.
Total War: Warhammer - It's Total War and Warhammer.
Furi - Imagine playing Shadow of the Collossus but while on LSD with an Isometric camera and a combat system kind of similar to Bloodbornes.
Inside - Better than Limbo, this game is dark, oppressive, and utterly enthralling.
Necropolis - it sucked on release, but the devs fixed it. If you like Zelda, Dark Souls, or
Spelunky, you should maybe check this out.
Earth Defense Force: 4.1 - A video game ass video game, and some of the most fun you will ever have. Leave your brain at the door and shoot some giant ants.
Quadrilateral Cowboy - Brendon Chung has a new game. It's about spies. All his games are about spies. In this one you hack things. It's cool.
Hyper Light Drifter - Imagine if Zelda had an amazing vaporwave pixl art and was hard as balls.
Valley - Imagine if Mirrors Edge was good, and was also Tribes.
Redout - Imagine if Nintendo released an F-Zero game again. They won't, because they're the worst, but this and Fast Racing Neo have you covered.
Rive - You shoot robots and it's fun and really hard. I like fun really hard games in case you haven't noticed.
Grim Dawn - It's like Diablo 2. Which means it's far, far superior to Diablo 3.
Enter The Gungeon - Like Binding of Isaac for people who are offended by Binding of Isaac.
Fractured Space - Like DOTA 2 but in space. And also not shit.
N++ - Like Super Meat Boy but... well, it's a lot like Super Meat Boy. I think this game came first though, and I should maybe research things before I type shit, but I highly doubt you're reading what I'm typing this far down. I could say anything realistically. Mohammad is just a slightly more handsome Jesus. There, I said it.
XCOM 2 - It's like the first one but really really hard. It also ran like arse on release for some reason.
Rise of the Tomb Raider - It's like Uncharted 4 but worse in every conceivable way. It's still ok though. I know it came out last year, but normal people who aren't idiots can play it this year.
That's a lot of games, and I haven't even played some of the ones that look really good that sites say are really good. I also still feel like I'm missing something for some reason. I'm also really quite sick of typing and maybe bit off more than I could chew for someone who's been awake for far too long.
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