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ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

quote:

VG: You know I genuinely thought Persona 5 Strikers was a football spinoff.
It's not? Oh, I get it, it's a basketball spinoff.

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haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
It’s actually a bowling spinoff

anakha
Sep 16, 2009


VideoGames posted:



26. PERSONA 5 ROYAL
(Atlus)
75 points, listed 12 times, #1 1 time


I guess it was almost Persona 5 Strikers…

VG: You know I genuinely thought Persona 5 Strikers was a football spinoff.

Time to jam out.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Mix. posted:

Literally the game I never thought would happen.

Darke GBF posted:

Can't believe this even got made.

Mysticblade posted:

The music's rad and it went up on Spotify pretty quick.

Schir posted:

The music is as impeccable as ever.

dreamless posted:

They've preserved the style and music.

The Black Stones posted:

The game oozes style in everything it does.

Oxxidation posted:

Give it up, give it up, give it up.

Darkoni posted:

These kids talk like real loving teenagers to the point where I just want to strangle them and shout at their dumb faces "it's just a girl you literally just met in a death game she wasn't into you get loving over itdbiFGAIUBFGOAUIAYBFCOefg8ofgegjflkjchipughvahfiu".



25. NEO: THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU
(Square Enix)
77 points, listed 13 times, #1 2 times


You don’t understand Darkoni WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL :cry:

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

TWEWY!

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
this was a good year for unexpected sequels

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Looper posted:

this was a good year for unexpected sequels

For sure. I had like three of them on my list

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Control was so, so, so good, I hope they do a sequel and not as long as it took for Alan Wake!

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Looper posted:

The pinnacle.

JollyBoyJohn posted:

It’s a massively rewarding game.

Jolo posted:

It felt so good to gradually progress through this game.

fridge corn posted:

Winning is a testament to the players skill.

DemoneeHo posted:

I was forced to git gud.

ShallNoiseUpon posted:

A game that tries to crush your soul, and asks you to face it on even terms.

VideoGames posted:

Every person has, at one point, felt themselves the equivalent of a god.

Jay Rust posted:

I cheated myself and failed to grow/learn.



24. SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
(FromSoft)
77 points, listed 10 times, #1 3 times


Sorry Jay, we have no choice but to take away your gamer card

VG: Rarity must have done this on purpose. Getting to post my #2?! The greatest FromSoftware game ever?! Oh, my. I will post immediately, after all: Hesitation is defeat.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007
the sanctioned action is to Cut

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Another FromSoft post for VG? Something doesn't add up here :thunkher:

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

I wrote a research paper about this game last year

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
SEKIROOOOOO

Cowman
Feb 14, 2006

Beware the Cow





Regy Rusty posted:

I wrote a research paper about this game last year

how?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Reminder that Sekiro is beautiful

https://twitter.com/SunhiLegend/status/1166486029966172166

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice

presumably with a computer and a word processor of some kind, though I can't rule out a typewriter or writing it by hand

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010


Well I'm oversimplifying but basically it was on the topic of difficulty in video games and I used the famous "cheated not only the game but yourself" post as a jumping off point

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003
Sekiro was one of the greatest games and responsible for boosting my confidence in gaming over the moon. I stopped choosing easy in games after beating it (TLOU1 and 2 on hard as examples)

Sekiro is just incredible. I need to write many words about it for the great gushing about games thread :)

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer
Sekiro is so loving rad oh my god I love it so much

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

VideoGames posted:

Sekiro was one of the greatest games and responsible for boosting my confidence in gaming over the moon. I stopped choosing easy in games after beating it (TLOU1 and 2 on hard as examples)

Sekiro is just incredible. I need to write many words about it for the great gushing about games thread :)

It broke you down and forged you anew. :hai:

Cowman
Feb 14, 2006

Beware the Cow





Regy Rusty posted:

Well I'm oversimplifying but basically it was on the topic of difficulty in video games and I used the famous "cheated not only the game but yourself" post as a jumping off point

nice! Sekiro is on my list for this year.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Oh boy, you can really start to feel the tension ramping up now, can’t you friends? We are inside the top 25 now and racing through at a nonstop pace. It won’t be much longer before the answers you seek can be revealed! But until then let’s console ourselves with your #23…

Regy Rusty posted:

One of the most unique ideas for a game I’ve ever played.

AFancyQuestionMark posted:

There is nothing else like this game out there.

jimmydalad posted:

This needs to be on the list for ingenuity alone.

Help Im Alive posted:

I played it back in March and I've kept thinking about it all year.

Cruiserweight posted:

As of this writing, it is April 14th, 2021. I finished this game three days ago and I am still thinking about it.

homeless snail posted:

The worst idea that anyone's had since single player Mario Party.

Senerio posted:

I love Mafia, but I hate other people.

DemoneeHo posted:

What if Werewolf but in space? Then you get Among Us. Or this game.



23. GNOSIA
(Petit Depotto)
79 points, listed 14 times, #1 3 times


Always D1 Miller claim, iykyk

imhotep
Nov 16, 2009

REDBAR INTENSIFIES
I can’t think of a game that has combat that looks and sounds cooler than Sekiro’s, which is why I’ve played over 1,000 hours of it

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Regy Rusty posted:

It broke you down and forged you anew. :hai:

It truly did. Wow. I want to go back. Every day I think about it. More than Bloodborne or Demons or the Dark Souls. It is only Sekiro.

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

THERE it is! Wow Gnosia in the top 25 that's really something!

This is a great game follks!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Regy Rusty posted:

It broke you down and forged you anew. :hai:

The feeling is not entirely unpleasant....

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice
gnosia deserves to be this high, and probably would have been higher if there was any marketing for it besides casually mentioning it in a nitnendo direct one time

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
Well done.... Sekiro

jimmydalad
Sep 26, 2013

My face when others are unable to appreciate the :kazooieass:

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
I'm so happy Gnosia made it into the Top 25. It's such a unique game and the fact they made single-player mafia work is a cause worth celebrating.

EDIT: Day 1 meta is always shitpost meta. This includes Miller claims :colbert:

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

KonvexKonkav posted:

A very snappy experience.

anakha posted:

A grand adventure.

Dr. Fishopolis posted:

The perfect summer romp.

Roth posted:

A fun road trip story.

Cruiserweight posted:

The game never loses that feeling and vibe of this being a summer road trip.

Oxxidation posted:

A bouncy road trip through Japan’s major tourist attractions.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

A road trip that defied expectations.

DC Murderverse posted:

A unique feeling that I haven’t really seen any game attempt to tackle: the Last Summer.



22. PERSONA 5 STRIKERS
(Atlus)
80 points, listed 12 times, #1 1 time


Who doesn’t want to hit the road with Joker and the gang?

VG: Wait, wait, this really is not a football game?? Oh my...

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



VideoGames posted:



24. SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
(FromSoft)
77 points, listed 10 times, #1 3 times


Sorry Jay, we have no choice but to take away your gamer card

VG: Rarity must have done this on purpose. Getting to post my #2?! The greatest FromSoftware game ever?! Oh, my. I will post immediately, after all: Hesitation is defeat.







Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

I wish I could get into this game. I would very much like to play a sequel to Persona 5 but I just hate the gameplay.

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
My number 3 has evidently placed the highest out of my rankings

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008


man gently caress that stupid ghost ninja priest guy

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Hirsute posted:

A great protagonist.

Dewgy posted:

It sticks the landing on the ending really well.

ErrEff posted:

The story, setting, characters, art and gameplay are all excellent.

ShakeZula posted:

Delivered on so many of the things I've grown to love about the series.

Ineffiable posted:

I love how even more ridiculous they got.

Morphogenic96 posted:

Hitting the big chapter boss in the face with cake.

Ms Adequate posted:

I love all these middle aged men being dorks and collecting cans.

vogonity posted:

A “Massive Massage Machine.”



21. YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON
(Sega)
81 points, listed 12 times, #1 2 times


I’m listening, vogonity :frogon:

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
I love every enemy in sekiro and they are all.my friends

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Kerrzhe posted:

man gently caress that stupid ghost ninja priest guy

She’s easy :smug:

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

Jay Rust posted:

She’s easy :smug:

Pls dont slut shame itt

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Man I gotta play Yakuza 6 so I can finally move to Like a Dragon, it looks so much fun!

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Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

Man I gotta play Yakuza 6 so I can finally move to Like a Dragon, it looks so much fun!

You do need to do these things! Hop to it!

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