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Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer
I love this thread so much :)

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Anno
May 10, 2017

I'm going to drown! For no reason at all!

I’ve been quoted four times and all of them are the most IGN-rear end lame as gently caress nothing box quote lmao. I need to think a bit more about what I write next year.

Entenzahn
Nov 15, 2012

erm... quack-ward
Very bold of them to release their game in December, where it runs risk of being overlooked for the coveted goon GOTY award. Even I have yet to play it.

morallyobjected
Nov 3, 2012

Escobarbarian posted:

I love this thread so much :)

best thread on the forums every year. not even the OSHA thread can beat it out

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Entenzahn posted:

Very bold of them to release their game in December, where it runs risk of being overlooked for the coveted goon GOTY award. Even I have yet to play it.

You've had 15 years!

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Anno posted:

I’ve been quoted four times and all of them are the most IGN-rear end lame as gently caress nothing box quote lmao. I need to think a bit more about what I write next year.

I know what,you mean and I too worry about this kind of thing in my goty posts

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Yeah this thread is the best every year :hellyeah:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Save your praise for the end friends, we still have games to get through!

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge
May 8, 2006

"My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

Anno posted:

I’ve been quoted four times and all of them are the most IGN-rear end lame as gently caress nothing box quote lmao. I need to think a bit more about what I write next year.

writing dumb lines into your post so rarity will pick it is a honored goty thread tradition

i practice in my posts all year

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

ErrEff posted:

A great stylistic achievement.

Necromonicon posted:

Incredible ~ a e s t h e t i c ~

Lethrom posted:

A game that opens a door for a genre I’ve historically avoided.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Elliptical, fragmented storytelling.

haveblue posted:

Don’t try to figure out what’s actually going on in its story, because that way lies madness.

Songbearer posted:

A story that you'll be reaching for the nearest explanation video or forum to dissect in forensic detail.

exquisite tea posted:

A literary survey of Lovecraft, Chambers, and 19th century ballet.

Grapplejack posted:

Really dives into the references and influences that impact what the game actually is.

dex_sda posted:

A fun mashup of classic survival horror.

Oxxidation posted:

One of the greatest horror games of the last decade.

Phantasium posted:

A dreamlike horror landscape of flesh and horror robots.

dreamless posted:

What if Silent Hill... but you're an android???



19. SIGNALIS
(rose-engine, 2022, New Entry)
121 points, listed 20 times, #1 1 time


So what you’re saying dreamless is what if Silent Hill? :thunkher:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Relax Or DIE posted:

writing dumb lines into your post so rarity will pick it is a honored goty thread tradition

i practice in my posts all year

Shame you barely got quoted then :smith:

Entenzahn
Nov 15, 2012

erm... quack-ward

Rarity posted:

You've had 15 years!

PC games that are not on Steam dont exist and you drat well know it

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

I played signalis after seeing it on so many lists. It's pretty cool but the abstract confusing plot didn't do a whole lot for me. I still enjoyed it tho.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Yeah okay, I gotta play Signalis!

Rarity posted:

Save your praise for the end friends, we still have games to get through!

No, I'll praise now, then, and forever! :argh:

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ-BbusMdkU

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge
May 8, 2006

"My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

Rarity posted:

Shame you barely got quoted then :smith:

this is just anti-Relax or DIE bias on part of the goty stewards

The Dark Souls of Posters
Nov 4, 2011

Just Post, Kupo
The combat theme from P5R is in my head after it got ranked, so thanks for that sickos.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Jerusalem posted:

No, I'll praise now, then, and forever! :argh:

Praising WWE in light of recent events, yikes

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Anno posted:

I’ve been quoted four times and all of them are the most IGN-rear end lame as gently caress nothing box quote lmao.

Perhaps start looking for a new job :hmmyes:

Bad News Panda
Aug 17, 2010

:gaysper:
Kirby says trans rights!


If not for the fact that I played Silent Hill 2 this year, Signalis would have easily been on my list, what a phenomenal game.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Please don't praise shame, Rarity

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Rarity posted:

Praising WWE in light of recent events, yikes

What's a WWE? :confused:

Entenzahn
Nov 15, 2012

erm... quack-ward

Jerusalem posted:

What's a WWE? :confused:

nothing whats WWE with you

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Entenzahn posted:

nothing whats WWE with you

This is the most aggressive thing you can ever ask anybody ever :gonk:

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Mode 7 posted:

Guess I'm a freak then.

PunkBoy posted:

I haven't felt this smart figuring out a game since Portal 2.

sirtommygunn posted:

The story is bad, the dialogue is cringe, the characters suck, and the gameplay is good enough to excuse all that.

Tulip posted:

Hell yeah it’s cringe. That’s what makes it good.

Tempura Wizard posted:

Feels like a lost Dreamcast game that you and the crew would spend hazy days obsessing over while holed up in some dingy beach house.

ShoogaSlim posted:

I was skeptical that anything could really live up to the Mirror's Edge experience I've been longing for.

imhotep posted:

If you like to go fast and look cool doing it play this game.

Jordan7hm posted:

This game just makes speedrunning so accessible.

A Sometimes Food posted:

An excellent intro to speed running.

Stux posted:

Speedrunning first person shooter puzzle virtual novel breakcore album.

ShallNoiseUpon posted:

Let me dip into that competitive time-against-time urge.

wuggles posted:

“I must destroy my friend,” I thought.



18. NEON WHITE
(Angel Matrix, 2022, New Entry)
123 points, listed 20 times, #1 2 times




Kirby’s got a gun!

(VG: The full box art that I made:
)

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

I WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME

YoshiOfYellow
Aug 21, 2015

Voted #1 Babysitter in Mushroom Kingdom

Live-A-Live just barely missing the Top 20. Deserves higher but I'll be happy with that. Just garnering so much praise and attention with how old a game it is makes my heart full of warmth. It was so wonderful to watch people experience it for the first time was a joy.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

VideoGames posted:

Kirby’s got a gun!

(VG: The full box art that I made:
)

What an adorable little murder machine. :kimchi:

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge
May 8, 2006

"My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"

Jerusalem posted:

What an adorable little murder machine. :kimchi:

he's a real iddqt

JollyBoyJohn
Feb 13, 2019

For Real!

Rarity posted:

Praising WWE in light of recent events, yikes

Rarity posted:

You've had 15 years!

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
Omg that boxart owns so much

Bad News Panda
Aug 17, 2010

:gaysper:
Kirby says trans rights!



Oh poo poo, we got a late contender for GotY.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



I'd be amazed, then disappointed, if there wasn't actually a Kirby-themed Doom WAD by now

Ineffiable
Feb 16, 2008

Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...


Neon white is definitely on my wishlist this year. Just hoping they run a good sale for it and get some patches deployed (the campaign save bug where you lose data is a bit damming)

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Definitely getting to Neon White this year

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003
(Rarity's Internet has just died! I am posting 17 for her!)

Just between you and me, my lovelies, this is always the hardest part of my job. Every game remaining on our countdown is astounding, oh how I wish they could all be the Game of the Year but such is not our ways and so instead I must inflict misery and despair as the contenders drop away. Here’s another game that has failed to meet the standards required but just which one will it be? Could it be Pokémon Legends Arceus? What about Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker? Or might it even be Pentiment? This is your #17…

Zinkraptor posted:

Great writing.

el oso posted:

What a miracle of a game.

imhotep posted:

It's just the best game of the year.

Bugblatter posted:

The prose and narrative were actually as rich as everyone said.

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

Tremendously sad and profound and personal.

Necromonicon posted:

I felt haunted, forevermore, by the lingering specter of what could have been.

DC Murderverse posted:

The sheer amount of contingencies that it plans for makes it feel almost magic.

ErrEff posted:

A game about failure, so very relatable.

Nail Rat posted:

A hell of a look at what loss can do to someone.

Lisztless posted:

A thing so impossible and strange and beautiful (like a cryptid!)

Skjorte posted:

You'd have to be an idiot to release any non-rhythm game in the discosphere now.

Bad News Panda posted:

The absolute highlight was painting "gently caress THE POLICE" on a wall.



17. DISCO ELYSIUM
(ZA/UM, 2019, Down 14)
128 points, listed 16 times, #1 4 times


Ok so it couldn’t quite make a top 10 finish but spoiler warning, it wasn’t far off on points and for a game that is 4 years old that literally everyone has played that’s a hell of an effort. Thank you, Harry. Thank you, Disco.

gently caress the Police.

Bad News Panda
Aug 17, 2010

:gaysper:
Kirby says trans rights!


I started playing Neon White just after New Year's and it's a hell of a good way to start the year.

Fix
Jul 26, 2005

NEWT THE MOON

VideoGames posted:

gently caress the Police.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
The king is dead

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The Dark Souls of Posters
Nov 4, 2011

Just Post, Kupo
Neon White is fun, and I meant to include it on my list, but forgot :eng99:

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