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BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Aidan_702 posted:

Quoted 5 times hell yeah my shivvy opinions live on

ftfy

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Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer
Outer Wilds is one of the best games ever and EotE would be one of the best DLC bits ever were it not for the insanely horrible darkness/stealth bits!!!!!!!

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

tildes posted:

Super impressed.

ShakeZula posted:

Turns out the buzz was right.

Papes posted:

I loved absoultely everything about the game.

Deformed Church posted:

All that good stuff is fed at exactly the right place.

Soul Glo posted:

A good rear end game with lots of style.

MMF Freeway posted:

Incredibly confident in both its style and structure.

Extortionist posted:

The gameplay, both in mobility and in combat, is perfect.

Jerusalem posted:

You weren't punished for experimenting, you were rewarded.

MikeRabsitch posted:

A great mash-up of stealth, shooting, puzzling that just oozes style.

Khanstant posted:

A building-hopping, blink-spamming, action ninja.

Erwin the German posted:

What if the game forced me to not save scum and let me play Dishonored without worrying about bad boy points?

xoFcitcrA posted:

No dogs, but some people dress like them.





14. DEATHLOOP
(Arkane)
123 points, listed 21 times, #1 2 times


Oof, one of the big AAA releases of 2021 doesn’t even make the top 10. What a shocker! Perhaps it can loop into a do-over?

VG: Sounds like it needs to invade some posting lists next year and take out all those above it! Go go go, Colt!

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Kirby FPS...

ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

I just replayed Outer Wilds in the last couple of days. Can confirm, it's still very good.

Haven't tried the DLC.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Nooooo there's only one game left on my list, and it isn't FFXIV :negative:

Deathloop was really, really fun! Just look at how much fun the Kirbys are having in those Oskirbs!

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

Loving the Kirby awards :3:

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice
watch out kirby has a gun

YoshiOfYellow
Aug 21, 2015

Voted #1 Babysitter in Mushroom Kingdom

These Kirby awards are very good.

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:

cheetah7071 posted:

watch out kirby has a gun

Dont worry, cats are safe

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

cheetah7071 posted:

watch out kirby has a gun

Actually he has a star.



And they were so much fun to make!

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK




FUUUUUUUUUCK

Deformed Church
May 12, 2012

5'5", IQ 81


gently caress, you quoted my typo and now what I wrote doesn't make any sense.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

2021, the year where “best time loop game” is an appropriate award

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Closer, ever closer, we get to finding out which game has reached that coveted #1 position and still there are so many great games in the hunt. We haven’t seen any sight of Shin Megami Tensei V yet and just where will Deltarune wind up placing? Do they or anyone have a chance of stopping Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker? The picture’s about to get just a little bit clearer as we find out who finished at #13!

veni veni veni posted:

The combat is so insanely good.

morallyobjected posted:

The combat in this game was fantastic.

Dewgy posted:

Amazing particle effects and fluid sims.

BabyRyoga posted:

The challenge level is appropriate, and the atmosphere is great.

Real hurthling! posted:

Never had such a rush of adrenaline.

haveblue posted:

One of those games that hates you to a degree that winning feels like you actually defeated it.

Gay Rat Wedding posted:

I especially love its unashamedly surreal story filled with references to mythology that I'm entirely too dumb to understand.

ShoogaSlim posted:

The world building and macabre narrative are really expertly crafted.

bop bop perano posted:

This is a labyrinthian and dense narrative about grief, denial and acceptance.

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

A near-perfect melding of gaming’s future with gaming’s past.

Ineffiable posted:

What it should be commended for is getting the roguelike into a triple AAA space.

Escobarbarian posted:

If things were fair, this would be known as a system-seller. But I guess that depends on there being consoles to sell, am I right? HYUK HYUK.



13. RETURNAL
(Housemarque)
141 points, listed 23 times, #1 4 times


By the sounds of it you’ll be returning to Returnal for years to come!

…I’m sorry.

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Deformed Church posted:

gently caress, you quoted my typo and now what I wrote doesn't make any sense.

lmao

ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

Real surprised to see Returnal rank so high. Sounds like it made an impression on a lot of people.

Did the 2.0 update change the game a lot?

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Rarity posted:

Closer, ever closer, we get to finding out which game has reached that coveted #1 position and still there are so many great games in the hunt. We haven’t seen any sight of Shin Megami Tensei V yet and just where will Deltarune wind up placing? Do they or anyone have a chance of stopping Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker? The picture’s about to get just a little bit clearer as we find out who finished at #13!

























13. RETURNAL
(Housemarque)
141 points, listed 23 times, #1 4 times


By the sounds of it you’ll be returning to Returnal for years to come!

…I’m sorry.

Curious, is Returnal not considered a 'timeloop' game?

Cowman
Feb 14, 2006

Beware the Cow





Another game on my 2022 must play list because Bloodborne has taught me I'm not bad at games. Returnal looks awesome and it's nice to know it is in fact pretty awesome.

Entenzahn
Nov 15, 2012

erm... quack-ward
A PS5 game??? Might as well be an EGS exclusive

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

PS5 has One Game

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer

Proven right in the saddest way possible :( justice for Returnal!

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer

ErrEff posted:

Real surprised to see Returnal rank so high. Sounds like it made an impression on a lot of people.

Did the 2.0 update change the game a lot?

No it’s just really really loving good

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



ErrEff posted:

Real surprised to see Returnal rank so high. Sounds like it made an impression on a lot of people.

Did the 2.0 update change the game a lot?

It mostly stabilized the game and allowed you to pause mid-run, but the fundamentals remain the same.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

Curious, is Returnal not considered a 'timeloop' game?

It's a roguelike

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Give me a PS5 and ill play it

BeanpolePeckerwood
May 4, 2004

I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK



Rarity posted:

It's a roguelike

It's not!

Runa
Feb 13, 2011

Regy Rusty posted:

Give me a PS5 and ill play it

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer

Rarity posted:

It's a roguelike

Yeah but the form that takes is that of a timeloop, as opposed to something like Hades

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Oxxidation posted:

This was inevitable, really.

Alxprit posted:

It feels very evolved and beyond its time.

FFXIV Porn posted:

A bold stride in its own direction.

Doggy posted:

Great character writing, fun expanded gameplay.

DMCrimson posted:

I don't understand how it only gets better.

Elephant Parade posted:

Its content is so continuously fresh.

McCracAttack posted:

I should be sick of this nonsense by now but somehow I'm not.

Torquemadras posted:

It basically dances circles around most games that think they're funny.

Electric Phantasm posted:

Game had me smiling throughout the whole playthrough.

Kay Kessler posted:

A character that is every negative stereotype of a gamer rolled up into one, and he's somehow my favorite character in the game.

Social Studies 3rd Period posted:

Now's your chance. Now's your chance.

Samael posted:

TOBY FOX LET ME GIVE YOU MY MONEY!



12. DELTARUNE: CHAPTER TWO
(Toby Fox)
152 points, listed 22 times, #1 3 times


It might not have cracked the top 10 this time but there’s like a hundred more chapters of this so this ain’t gonna be the last we see of Deltarune in our chart.

VG: One of these days I will finish Undertale, and then I will play this. :)
And with this post, Rarity shall be taking over the rest of the BIG HITTERS while I sit back and relax and :justpost: with you all. I hope you all dig the next 11 entries!

Runa
Feb 13, 2011

I'm glad I made it in time for the countdoooooown

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Escobarbarian posted:

Yeah but the form that takes is that of a timeloop, as opposed to something like Hades

...VG did the award, blame him!

Zomborgon
Feb 19, 2014

I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

Waffleman_ posted:

PS5 has One Game

And Ratchet and Clank was that game, yes

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTu-PIL9_vs

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



I feel like a timeloop game must reset back to the same exact worldstate where things would unfold exactly the same way save for the player's actions

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Am I gonna get 3 games into the top 10???

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Every game that lets you save and load is a timeloop game. Change my view

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer
I will play Deltarune when it’s all done and I can’t wait. I didn’t play Undertale until 2018-19 and it totally lived up to the insane hype.

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VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Rarity posted:

...VG did the award, blame him!

I never thought of it as a timeloop in the same way as the others. Like it was not the point of the game that time was looping. It is interesting to think about however. That is on me though.

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