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20. sea of thieves v good sandbox for trolling your friends and telling vairous game mechanics they should be belayed. also the water looks great  19. prodigal a decent zelda clone thaht has enough of its own ideas to be fun. also a weird dating sim tho  18. new world had no interest in this until i saw the actual gameplay, insane decision for amazon to make an mmo thats so bizarrely old school but i had a lot of fun with it even with theh bugs. also v pretty   17. deedlit in wonder labyrinth ikaruga castlevania. short but very fun. incredible pixel art  16. dyson sphere program a blend of factorio and satisfactory but with a planetary scale. borrows a lot from the "two kings" but the gimmick is extremely cool. still in ea otherwise this probably couldve been higher  15. avorion a space sim where you build your own ships out of various blocks and pieces, with a focus on bosses and loot progression. really enjoyed the latter part but just couldnt get into the ship building and wished there were prebuilt hulls that werent progen nonsense. also the industry/empire stuff was way behidn a certain other game...  14. wattam a stupid baby game about being nice and making friends, luckily im a moron so i really enjoyed this. a "STRand type " game.  13. wreckfest https://i.imgur.com/BbwN0J1.mp4 12. x4 a more Full Fat space sim. huge industry and empire focus, big autonomous universe sandbox. everything from small ship dogfighting to capital ship sieges, alongside a ton of different factional storylines and choices that can get them fighting or helping each other. big mod scene that will probably get me many more hours of playtime in the next few years.   11. unbeatable its ridiculous that one of the best rhythm games of the last few years is free, theres no reason not to play thsi if you like the genre at all. good songs and really fun mapping, cant wait for the full game. please enjoy my s rank of the worost track int he entire game i promise the others arent dubstpe the chart is just very fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uUEY0E8Lzk 10. e.y.e divine cybermancy   somehow never got into this game before. absolutely bizzare world to explore, mechanics and systems designed by a lunatic, dialog thats completely unhinged, locations that will be etched in my brain forever and a true ending that i did not get becausue im not playing it four times in a row right now sorry     9. loop hero  ahhhhhh a roguelite with challenge ohhhhh the mechanics... the Gameplay.... the tile interactions... the depth of stratedgyu.... Options... Upgrades... boss that will destroy you... no fail ctuscenes with interminable npcs voicing wooden lines.... ohhhhhhhhh what bounty.... yes!!! Gaming.  8. old school runescape if u had asked me about mmos before this year i wouldve said that i just wasnt into them anymore and that i had moved on; the last one i had played was ff14 heavensward and i barely made it into that expansion before quitting. it turns out it isnt me actually, its thaht modern mmos are complete garbage that have forgone any notion of player lead gameplay in favor of insipid action bar combatting thru tedious quests to get to a monotonous endgame. i held no nostalgia for this game, it was not a part of my childhood, but it drew me in anyway. there is such freedom for you to play and build how you want, so much content layered on top of each other to the point of redundancy that you can really do just about anything with your character. every stupid niche you could want is catered for thanks to the lack of culling of older parts of the game, and new contentbeing added only if the community votes it in through a supermajority ensures powercreep is kept in check. the gold standard. probably the best mmo ever made. rs3 sucks dont play it.  7. world of horror   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVADSbJJVYMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7v-OmYooz4 1/2bit junji ito/lovecraft mystery solving roguelite withh rpg mechanics. say s it all really. also the soundtrack owns and the dev is back after a year of having disappeared mysteriously so, perfect time to jump in. gets all my 5 epic golden manbabies for making the concept land so well and not using jump scares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI9-2BXDUcwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXfVnnSB944   6. monster hunter rise/generations ultimate   here lies monster hunter world. on the one hand we have rise, the new installment. the gameplay has been improved immeasurably, theres new combat styles and customisation that deepens the pool for what you can do and gives you more options on how to play. alongside that the decoration grind has been removed and replaced with crafting and the much less impactful charm lottery, which makes building out your gear rewarding and fufilling and not a diceroll. on the other we have generations ultimate which does all the same things... ahhhh turnns out world just removed all of the combat stuff and created an insane deco grind for no reason lol. rise is the perfect streamlining of the older games, world now feels behind in that regard, and being on the RE engine has done so much for ti. it may be less technically demanding but the game looks much better than world overall, the weirdness of worlds engine is gone, everything is cleaner and sharper and more colorful. the wirebugs are amazing and make the levels feel far bigger than before now that you can climb all over them. everything about the game is a step up that makes world completely redundant. theres only one aspect it really falls behind in due to it being more recent and a whole dlc behind and thats absolute content and thankfully for that mhgu exists. i had expected this to be a step down from world in mechanics but its not, absolutely no idea why all these combat options are missing from world, and on top of that gu is the king of pure content, theres 1300 quests and 129 monsters to hunt across 20 something locations making world seem small in comparison. im probably going to play it forever. the qol stuff is missing but its not the end of the "World"  https://i.imgur.com/qhQIA4x.mp4 for points this entry counts as monster hunter rise. 5. fatum betula      walking... looking... thinking... sometimes touching... the primal gaming instincts... a small space to utilize these skills within... little places, with creatures to talk to, and see whats going on. why not spend some time there.      4. s.t.a.l.k.e.r shadow of chernobyl/call of pripyat/anomaly + mods https://i.imgur.com/vyofryz.mp4 i never got into stalker at the time because i was a moron and i played a few of the alpha leaks and then when soc came out i was disappointed with the first 5 minutes because there wasnt a car to drive. truly stupid. gah!!! idiot!!! stupid stupid stupid!!!! ahh i always screw up!!! im such a jerk off! GOD!!! so sick of it. this world... if i had my one wish... id remake it... from scratch... the perfect world with no flaws... ahh but id mess even that up..... gah......... curse this body.............. feh... if this is how it has to be... then ill simply become the Demon they want.................... thank you to oddium for helping me to write this review. points to stalker anomaly.= thank you.       3. metroid dread https://i.imgur.com/Vh8785r.mp4 truly we are blessed to have this game arrive out of nowhere and release immediately, and to top it off its actually incredible. possibly the best controlling 2d game of all time, certianly the best controlling metroidvania. everything feels ultra fluid with the only mark against it being that the coward developers wont let me infinite wall climb. on top of thaht the location design is excellent, the bosses are incredible with the final boss especially being gamingi nirvana. i even like adam beucause of what they do with the idea!!!!! yes!!!!!! this doesnt knock hollow knight off my top metroidvanias ever but it easily slots in at number 2 as super metroids equal. looking forward ot replaying this over the years and learning some of the skips and tricks like i did with sm.     2. critters for sale https://i.imgur.com/xdqLWMn.mp4 gently caress you play thsi game, unless you are photosensitive. thats not hyperbole, dont watch the trailer if strobing is a concern. also dont click on the spoiler below if strobing is bad for you idk if the frame ra te is high enough but still. one of a kind game. just play it.           1. shin megami tensei 5       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYaAKD0TEBQ this game is, on all levels, absolutely beyond anything else. the combat is sublime, the press turn system is at its best and extremely refined at this point, and on hard the difficulty curve manages to stay on pace for the entire game. the world design is a joy, with each area having its own flavor and feel. this is genuinely the world as a dungeon, rather than pointless wide open spaces with nothing in them theyve created contorting areas that are fun to run and poke around in. it isnt an open world game in any sense, its just that the roof is gone. the soundtrack is unbelievable, its on a completely different level, it is without question the best soundtrack in any video game, an absolute masterclass. any worries about shoji meguros departure from atlus can be immediately put to rest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlWodTMqKG8 the next section is long, and spoilered. it contains various spoilers including some late game stuff. also plelase remember this is the goty thread and you are not allowed to argue with what im about to say. heed these words carefully. but its real strength, where it really shines and what brings it up to the level of nocturne, is the world and the story it tells. it works off of nocturne by completely inverting it. in nocturnes world the humans are the key players in the events going on, they hold the ability to create a new world and they are of limited number, and while they start their journey weak they become powerful in their own right with the backing of their sponsors. smt5 doesnt care for this. in 5s world the humans are merely a tool to be used and the real focus is on the myriad fallen deities and the power struggles between them. the humans are numerous, replaceable, and malleable. if they wont do what the gods want then they can be influenced and controlled. if nocturnes humanity led it to embrace philosophy then 5s divinity pushes it to throw itself full force into theology. the sheer amount of detail and world building packed into the game is astounding. it is so DENSE with information. there is so much care and attention placed onto the mythology of how all these various religious ideas enmesh in a world where christian theology has been made literal that i was just in awe. that isnt to say there is no humanity, but the game does play a little trick on the audience. it takes the expectations of the series and plays with them. we have our law and chaos heroes, and at the start they appear to be playing their parts, but it quickly becomes clear that the parts have changed. the instruments have been switched around. a narrative slight of hand takes place, and instead of being the leads theyre shunted down to second violin, and placed under their demonic counterparts. one is never anything more than this, because hes been that since before the game began. the other we watch it happen, and at the only moment where he takes a step away from this he is forced back. and the groundwork for this is all laid earlier with lahmu, who makes this absolutely explicit in his treatment of sahori, setting out the main dynamic between humans and demons in this world. but i did say there was still humanity; there is also a trio where the human is the center. our main character is one, with his relationship with aogami being inverted from the norm as aogami completely gives himself over to the MCs will. second is yakumo and his relationship with nuwa, again reversing what we see from the rest of 5s world. the last of the three, is miyazu and khonsu. the quest line involving them really plays this up and uses it to contrast with the earlier three, with khonsu rejecting his chance to become nahobino for the sake of the human holding his knowledge, her bravery in the face of terminal illness moving him. however the dynamic then arises in a different manner as he begins to prolong her life without her knowledge, culminating in him seeking to sacrifice himself to ascend her to godhood against her will in order to save her from death. but when he realises what she wants and what hes doing he remembers that her strength in the face of death was what he admired and stops, to let things play out as she wishes. to me the way these six key relationships between humans and their paired gods/demons play out define what the game is trying to get across. to say any of this is underwritten is, in my opinion, to grossly misunderstand the core of the narrative. thats a lot of words, and i havnt even touched on the mor e theological aspects. the way christian dogma is made real, the reactions from the other former deities. the interactions between oman and khonsu and the persian gods. the kunitsukami and amatsukami. how the chaos side explodes into pantheons from across the world. the minor touches such as the nahobino all having long flowing hair, or the cleverness with which amanozako is implemented into the narrative. the first boss you fight is a giant serpent you can put to sleep!!! and its all written with both an admiration for mythology and theology and a willingness to get creative in order to fit all the pieces together. i could write thousands of words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5dpkZtugn8 when i see other people say that this game is somehow the lesser of nocturne in world building, that there is a lack of plot, that hours go by with nothing happening, i feel like we have played two different games. i understand if the ideas of nocturne are more subjectively interesting to other people than what 5 focuses on, but to claim there is nothing here is pure insanity. this game is nocturnes mirror and its equal. they are a perfect pairing and stand alongside each other far beyond their contemporaries. the willingness to create narratives in the way these games create them is something to be treasured and i hope atlus continues down this path again now they are back on it. smt 3 and 5 are the best jrpgs ever made. smt 5 is goty. also let me take screenshots of the last parts oft he game cowards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8QsOt4ugvM       list: 10. e.y.e divine cybermancy 9. loop hero 8. old school runescape 7. world of horror 6. monster hunter rise 5. fatum betula 4. s.t.a.l.k.e.r. anomaly 3. metroid dread 2. critters for sale 1. shin megami tensei 5
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:Thank you, i felt like i was losing my god drat mind reading the reviews, especially from people who played nocturne. Technically i've finished this game but i'm saving my review for next year when i do a hard playthrough, finish true neutral and have more time to think about it. ive actually decided that next time i play smt 3 i will play it as smt 3, the pc version lets you play it without the nocturne additions for the first time ever in english. i think if you remove everything nocturne added they would be even more similar, so much of the direct story in nocturne is contained in that extra content/ending and ive also started thinking i might like the game even more without it
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Real hurthling! posted:Smtv thought it could get on my list and still sneak that bullshit wind puzzle stretch of the tower in there and it was wrong with prejudice it shouldve been more difficult, and twice as long.
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KidDynamite posted:I forgot to include SMTV and I guess that kinda says enough. wrong
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they were wrong, smt 5 has teh best ost of all time.
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Party Boat posted:This might be the year I get a Switch. My last console was a Wii so I've been PC only for a long long time swithc and pc is the gamers choice
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this ithread is now for talking about old school runescape. the pheonix pet in my post is a 1/5000 drop and i love it. what color should i make it:
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depending on what you want you might like rs3 more. my main problem is thsat xp is much easier to come by, theres daily things that throw xp lamps at you etc and everything levels faster anyway, which i found extremely unsatisfying in a number go up game. but also osrs might be too grindy for other people so maybe rs3 is better if you dont want that. probably give both a try and see which pace you prefer. oh also rs3 has mtx stuff whereas osrs' only monetization is if you get the sub/bond or not.
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ff14 is harry potter for video games. hey play another game 
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Entenzahn posted:Finally Anodyne 2 returns with a vengeance after being CHEATE§D out of its chart spot last year this
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Regy Rusty posted:I fell off Life is Strange after the first one's bad ending and haven't kept track since. But I guess this latest one is good huh? shoudlve done the good ending then
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Regy Rusty posted:Maybe they should've remembered to include one if u hate the good ending there is no saving you
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Jay Rust posted:Horizon zero out of ten
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jus t realising loop hero didnt get a full placement but death loop did whats wrong wtih you people
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fridge corn posted:None of us are you thats why everythings such a mess now of days
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hades isnt a roguelike. this list is a sham top to bottom.
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its a rogueLITE. and i lov e roguelites, however theyre two very different genres. as i said. a sham
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Rarity posted:Thanks for volunteering to run next year's thread lol ill do it. but you wont like it.
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read 👏 another 👏 book 👏
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Wittgen posted:I think it's very interesting that FFXIV was basically either not on your list or it was number one on your list. do a tally of how many ffxiv posts were less than 10 games vs how many non-ffxiv posts included multiple over the 10 bcos it was hard to choose. the results will be [dr evil finger] Interesitng (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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cheetah7071 posted:No statistically significant difference between the percentage of XIV voters who cast the full 10 votes compared to the percentages of non-XIV voters who cast the full 10 votes. interesting you had to change what i asked to come up with data to prove your bias. says it all really and proves that i was right
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Mordiceius posted:lol this is why the harry potter comaprison isnt a joke
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