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Infinitum: Jul 30, 2004

Please stop making games like Octopath Traveller's 2 seem so good to play

There's only so many hours in the day

:negative:

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Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

SirSamVimes posted:

drat FF16 made it into the top three?

top three times two, yes

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Ibblebibble: Nov 12, 2013

Robots top 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SirSamVimes: Jul 21, 2008; ~* Challenge *~

Wait no I'm a dumbass it went earlier

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:17

Ineffiable: Feb 16, 2008; Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...

We loving did it Ravens

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:17

Escobarbarian: Jun 18, 2004; Grimey Drawer

Cyberpunk 2.0 / Phantom Liberty are just SO good. I feel a lot of joy that they were able to fix the game and make the actual masterpiece it always should have been.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:17

Lawman 0: Aug 17, 2010

fridge corn posted:

The outpouring of love for octo2 is just ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘 ❤️

Honestly really tempted to pick it up thanks to this thread. 🫡

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:17

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

VideoGames posted:

I know. What is THIS doing here? Well that goon who put it number 1 back in 2020 before it released was the real prophet. They knew. They absolutely knew. And now you all do too.

I did that :smug:

It was genuinely my GOTY of 2020 and it was close to being my GOTY this year too, except it got bumped down to #2 by Alan Wake 2.
What a gaming year.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:17

Aipsh: Feb 17, 2006; GLUPP SHITTO FAN CLUB PRESIDENT

Cyberpunk beating AW2? I�m coming in with the BAD VIBES :getin:

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:18

VideoGames: Aug 18, 2003

Issaries posted:

I did that
It was genuinely my GOTY of 2020 and it was close to being my GOTY this year too, except it got bumped down to #2 by Alan Wake 2.
What a gaming year.

That was my favourite entry of that year. Hats off to you.

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Escobarbarian: Jun 18, 2004; Grimey Drawer

Ineffiable posted:

We loving did it Ravens

I won�t miss��my chance at getting into the top 3!!!!!!

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:18

DC Murderverse: Nov 10, 2016; "Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Night City is the gold standard for video game cities now, if you�re making a game where someone exists in a city, that�s what you have to live up to.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:18

Infinitum: Jul 30, 2004

Hoping to pickup Phantom Liberty sometime later in the year when it goes on sale, then finally getting around to playing Cyberpunk

Frame-gen mods being made to work on older nvidia cards should help boost the experience
https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/738?tab=files

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Paying2Lurk: Sep 15, 2023; I'd take a bullet
for a bud any day.

DO IT
FOR
RUSTY

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:18

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

I enjoyed Cyberpunk well enough on release to put it into my Top Ten for that year, so I can't wait to play Phantom Liberty will all the improvements that have apparently been made. Hell yeah.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:19

Anno: May 10, 2017; I'm going to drown! For no reason at all!

I though 2077 was a good game even at launch, so I definitely need to find time to pick up Phantom Liberty and do it again.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:19

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

Issaries posted:

I did that
It was genuinely my GOTY of 2020

Same. Sorry for people trying to play it on a Playstation 3 or whatever but on PC, what a game. Played it every waking moment from release until I finished.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:19

fridge corn: Apr 2, 2003; NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN

I think I had cyberpunk at 7th the year I played it. Looking forward to another playthrough with phantom liberty this year sometime

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:20

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Paying2Lurk posted:

DO IT
FOR
RUSTY

Paying2Lurk.... you made...... a friend.... :shobon:

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:20

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

The only reason I've hesitated to get Cyberpunk is that what I've heard of the main story is really cynical and depressing and I much prefer 'the world sucks but people don't necessarily' stories about hope. If there's more of that than I thought then the game is definitely back on my list.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:20

VideoGames: Aug 18, 2003

TheHoosier posted:

The atmosphere, writing, controls, boss fights, customization, and especially the music were all stand-outs for me this year. Hell, I still fire up Contact With You just to vibe with while I'm working.

Ineffiable posted:

taken one of their oldest franchises and finally created a new modern entry (their last one was from 2013!). And oh boy, this plays amazingly well and has even more fun bosses and looks great and the environments are a wonder to behold

Jezza of OZPOS posted:

i didnt really expect to love this, ive never been a mech games guy and it was super punishing trying to figure out which weapons worked best for me but once the game opened up to me it felt like building a mech was a creative exercise in its own right.

WaltherFeng posted:

brings back the series with the polish it deserves.

Lisztless posted:

It is a master class in action gameplay. It shows, again and again, to the dismay of myriad middling pretenders, why Fromsoft is unparalleled in their field.

It is comprehensively, undoubtedly, the single best game of 2023.

Ibblebibble posted:

The pulsing of the Coral engine. The whining of the boosters. The G-forces pulling at you as you quickboost to avoid a laser beam. You can pretty much feel it all as you play, tearing a trail across Rubicon�s skies.

Paying2Lurk posted:

Every time I sit down to play this game I get genuinely excited. I've played through NG and NG+ and am currently about halfway through NG++, and I don't want to stop. I love everything about this game. It is maybe the most "video game" video game I have ever played in my four decades of video gaming.

ZenMasterBullshit posted:

I had a little nagging worry that this would come out and not be what I've been needing from Fromsoft all these years. And I was a loving moron for worrying. This game does everything it needs to and more. It's slick, it runs like a dream, the writing and characters are among the best the franchise has ever seen and the writers haven't lost a single step writing the cyber-punk PMC nightmare world.

Boy of Joy posted:

Combined with the mission structure and the alternate branching paths of several cycles of NG+, I was blown away that a mech shooting game could be so engrossing story and character-wise.

Resonance22 posted:

cool as gently caress and probably way more approachable than you might think. Everything about it is excellent, but what I think I enjoy most is the flexibility to try out different builds and spec out a mech for the situation at hand

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

So many beats are perfect, the art direction, the endless gun porn of unnecessarily complex reload animations, the weight and scale and speed of your monster, the anger of metal foot on metal face, the bleak cynicism of the world around you, and the flexibility of the featureset at your disposal to tinker with.

King of Solomon posted:

The game has three endings and it expects you to play through the game from front to back three times to get the final one, and not only did I do that without a second though, I�ve recently found myself considering doing it again. Armored Core is back, and I couldn�t be happier.

03. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware) (2023)
442 points. Voted for 60 times. Appeared #1 eleven times. Average of 7.4

FromSoftware appearing in the top three for their second year in a row! Can Shadows of the Erdtree catapault Elden Ring into the top three for 2024? I suspect they can...

Well two games to go and all of you know which two this is a struggle between. One of them highly anticipated and the other a full release.

Only one can be the GOTY, whereas the other is next up...

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:21

Escobarbarian: Jun 18, 2004; Grimey Drawer

HopperUK posted:

The only reason I've hesitated to get Cyberpunk is that what I've heard of the main story is really cynical and depressing and I much prefer 'the world sucks but people don't necessarily' stories about hope. If there's more of that than I thought then the game is definitely back on my list.

Yeah it is definitely that style of narrative. Most of the cynicism is just window dressing, but the human connections you make in the game are wonderful.

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Ibblebibble: Nov 12, 2013

So this is how far we could fly... on borrowed wings.

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Regy Rusty: Apr 26, 2010

I am still hesitant to try AC6 but I guess I have to sometime this year

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Infinitum: Jul 30, 2004

TotK 2
BG3 1

Lock it in Eddie

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:23

MikeC: Jul 19, 2004; BITCH ASS NARC

HopperUK posted:

The only reason I've hesitated to get Cyberpunk is that what I've heard of the main story is really cynical and depressing and I much prefer 'the world sucks but people don't necessarily' stories about hope. If there's more of that than I thought then the game is definitely back on my list.

I dunno, it is subjective but uh.....there are a lot of batshit crazy things NPCs do in that game when you solve quests....

There are some more hopeful storylines but there are also some very nihilistic ones.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:23

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

HopperUK posted:

The only reason I've hesitated to get Cyberpunk is that what I've heard of the main story is really cynical and depressing and I much prefer 'the world sucks but people don't necessarily' stories about hope. If there's more of that than I thought then the game is definitely back on my list.

I have good news for you then. World is gone poo poo in Cyberpunk, but not people. Well not all people.
The Cyberpunk RPG creator Mike Pondsmith said it best: "You can't save the world, but maybe you can save yourself."

Lot of cool people in the game.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:23

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

Jerusalem posted:

I enjoyed Cyberpunk well enough on release to put it into my Top Ten for that year, so I can't wait to play Phantom Liberty will all the improvements that have apparently been made. Hell yeah.

If you spec into reflexes the combat is now Cyberpunk Doom Eternal. It's so good.

HopperUK posted:

The only reason I've hesitated to get Cyberpunk is that what I've heard of the main story is really cynical and depressing and I much prefer 'the world sucks but people don't necessarily' stories about hope. If there's more of that than I thought then the game is definitely back on my list.

"The world sucks but people don't necessarily" is exactly how I'd describe Cyberpunk's story. There are good people in Night City and a lot of the game is about your relationship with them.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:23

Escobarbarian: Jun 18, 2004; Grimey Drawer

Armoured Core VI rules, dude. Such a blast to play. I�m so glad I decided to pick it up despite generally not being into mech games or liking what I�ve heard about the previous entries. I�m so glad it made it this high, I really didn�t think it would after the first few days of polls but then it just kept showing up!!!

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welcome: Jun 28, 2002; rail slut

Infinitum posted:

TotK 2
BG3 1

Lock it in Eddie

Brave.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:24

Phenotype: Jul 24, 2007; You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.

Infinitum posted:

TotK 2
BG3 1

Lock it in Eddie

Redfall hasn't placed yet though

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:24

Ibblebibble: Nov 12, 2013

Regy Rusty posted:

I am still hesitant to try AC6 but I guess I have to sometime this year

You will spend a good 20 hours in the customisation screen. Because that's what I did.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:24

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

Fantastic news about Cyberpunk. Back on the list. Thanks friends

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:24

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Hell yes Armored Core 6! It is such a great game, it is so much fun to play, and replay, and replay again and again and again. From don't miss.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:24

Orcs and Ostriches: Aug 26, 2010; The Great Twist

HopperUK posted:

The only reason I've hesitated to get Cyberpunk is that what I've heard of the main story is really cynical and depressing and I much prefer 'the world sucks but people don't necessarily' stories about hope. If there's more of that than I thought then the game is definitely back on my list.

To an extent it is. One of the core themes about Cyberpunk (Pondsmith's game, not necessarily in general) it that you're a small fry who can't make the world better. You can, and should, make a difference at a small scale - friends, family, and other loved ones. And those smaller relationships shine in CP2077.

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:24

DC Murderverse: Nov 10, 2016; "Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Phenotype posted:

Redfall hasn't placed yet though

It has -5 points because I�m the only person who mentioned it and I gave it a dishonorable mention

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:25

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

Orcs and Ostriches posted:

To an extent it is. One of the core themes about Cyberpunk (Pondsmith's game, not necessarily in general) it that you're a small fry who can't make the world better. You can, and should, make a difference at a small scale - friends, family, and other loved ones. And those smaller relationships shine in CP2077.

*perfect*

I'm going to get it and play it!

# ? Jan 13, 2024 19:25