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My top games of the year are: 1. Star Wars Jedi Survivor Can't praise this game enough. My absolute favorite title of the year. Great characters, and story that adds onto the previous game and grows the returning characters and world. Adds so much to the Star Wars universe, and the quality reaches and even surpasses the movies in many ways. This isn't just Star Wars dressing, it thoughtfully improves the universe and at no time feels like fan service. Channels the best of Star Wars, and improves upon it in ways that Lucas Films under Disney has been unable to do. Respawn has crafted a very approachable and player friendly metroidvania like world as well. 2. Super Mario Wonder Shigeru Miyamoto has always claimed that Mario was based on things he saw in nature when growing up, with some not so subtle hints to drug use. Mario Wonder goes full mask off on the drug use. Such a wonderful fun and outrageous game that blows my expectations away on what a Mario platformer can be. Takes everything best about Mario, and amplifies it 10 fold. 3. Final Fantasy XVI FINAL FANTASY IS BACK! I was very nervous about this one. The series has gone downhill so hard over the last few console generations, except for Final Fantasy XIV. But between this, and Final Fantasy VII Remake, we are eating well as fans. The soundtrack, characters, graphics, world, and story. All of it is perfect. Was worried about the game being only a party of 1, but that ended up not being an issue at all. The combat, based on Devil May Cry, was perfect, and felt amazing. At no point did I ever get bored. 4. Forspoken Under appreciated gem. The marketing for Forspoken was SO loving TERRIBLE. It did this game absolutely no favors, and it was unfair to the devs who made this gem. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but what Forspoken focuses on doing, it does really well. Modest open world, and thoughtful story that the marketing failed to convey and set the game up for failure. Very approachable, with industry defining accessibility, fun characters, and straight forward story that doesn't try to do anything crazy or overwhelm the player. 5. the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom I don't think too much needs to be said here. Tears of the Kingdom creates such an incredible, fun to explore, and rich open world. Really not even just one open world, BUT THREE, and does it on a Nintendo Switch, a console that is using mobile Nvidia hardware from 2015. One of Nintendo's most ambitious video games they have ever created. An absolute masterpiece filled with so much thoughtful content. Everything matters, everything is carefully placed, and the game lets you engage with as much or as little of it as you want, making it one of the most approachable and accessible Nintendo games to date as well. 6. Armored Core 6 My new favorite FROM Software game. I love me some big robots, and this is by far the best Armored Core game to date. Immersive world, and just incredibly responsive combat that feels fair but challenging. Perfectly balanced difficulty. Every encounter feels like a puzzle that you can approach in so many different ways. Lots of freedom to craft your mech however you want. 7. Cyberpunk 2077: Phatom Liberty Cyberpunk 2077 at release was my dream come true open world sci-fi RPG. I was so disappointed though at how broken and buggy the whole experience was. CDPR though has redeemed themselves here. Listening to feedback, and then doubling down and fixing drat near every single player complaint, and adding tons and tons of new content and activities. Not only is a smaller section of night city added, but the rest of night city is added onto as well, with an overwhelming amount of new missions, and side activities to do, all of it feeling really fun to take part in. The world feels alive, and the new endings added, address some of the issues with the main story and V as a character. Its a fantastic finale to this 200+ hour long RPG. 8. Lies of P This was an absolute surprise hit, and ranks among my favorite souls-likes. Another victim of bad marketing, and the premise just seeming not very interesting, but it actually takes the premise of a well known fairy tale story, and turns it into a meaningfully well done and fleshed out dark and oppressive world. Lies of P does not necessarily do anything interesting with the combat, its competent and works really well. The world design is perfect as well, at no point did I get lost, something I feel like a lot of souls-likes have a problem with, is over designing their levels and being too confusing, I find the most challenging thing of souls-likes is knowing exactly where you're suppose to go! The ending credits to Lies of P, sets up the next game and I couldn't be more excited for it. 9. Spider-Man 2 Takes everything Sony has made over the last 10 years, along with everything great about Spider-Man, and Miles Morales, and combines them to make one of Sony's best games to date. Massive open world that feels perfectly designed for the premise of being Spider-Man, with a thoughtful story that perfectly captures the comic books. Peter, and Miles, are two characters that always have internal conflicts, and how do you tell their stories with that main premise, and still do it in a way that is unique, thoughtful, and feels approachable to newer fans, or those unfamiliar with the source material? Spider-Man 2 does that. 10. Dead Space I am not even really a fan of horror, even in the sci-fi space. But the original Dead Space was so approachable, fun, and intense. I loved it a lot, and it stood out to me as a really good action sci-fi horror game that was up there with Resident Evil. The Remake addresses the few glaring issues with the original, namely the graphics, and makes it an incredible looking game that feels brand new and unique. Perfect length that does not overstay its welcome, Dead Space is what I expect from remakes now in 2023 and going forward. 11. Theatrhythm Final Bar Line 12. Fire Emblem Engage 13. Quake 2 Remaster 14. Wo Long Fallen Dynasty 15. Like a Dragon Gaiden: the Man Who Erased His Name 16. Assassin's Creed Mirage *VG just shave off everything after 10! Action/Adventure: Star Wars Jedi Survivor - Runner Ups: the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Assassin's Creed Mirage Story Drive Action: Like a Dragon Gaiden: the Man Who Erased His Name Platformer: Super Mario Wonder Role Playing: Final Fantasy XVI Runner Ups: Baldur's Gate 3, Super Mario RPG, Octopath Traveler 2, Star Ocean Second Story R Open World RPG: Forspoken Runner Up: Starfield Strategy RPG: Fire Emblem Engage - Runner Ups: Disgaea 7 Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat 1 Racing: Forza Motorsport Sports: MLB the Show 23 Action: Armored Core 6 DLC: Cyberpunk 2077: Phatom Liberty Retro Game: Quake 2 Remaster Adventure Game: the Expanse Visual Adventure: Goodbye Volcano High Open World Action: Spider-Man 2 - Runner Ups: the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom First Person Shooter: Quake 2 Remaster - Runner Up: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Remaster: Quake 2 - Runner Up: Persona 3 Portable Best Soundtrack: Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - Runner Up: Goodbye Volcano High Best Rhythm: Theatrhythm Final Bar Line Most Disappointing: Diablo IV - Runner Up: Starfield, Splatoon 3 Remake: Dead Space - Runner Up: Star Ocean Second Story R Souls-like: Lies of P - Runner Up: Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Sequel: Star Wars Jedi Survivor - Runner Up: Kirby's Return to Dreamland, the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Armored Core 6 Story: Star Wars Jedi Survivor Immersive Open World: the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Voice Acting: Star Wars Jedi Survivor Accessibility: Forza Motorsport Difficulty & Approach ability: Forza Motorsport Graphics: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Best Game of the Year: Star Wars Jedi Survivor All games completed as of December 3, 2023 (end credits were reached on January 1, 2023 or later): Witcher 3 Forspoken Dead Space Remake Homeworld Homeworld 2 Fire Emblem Engage Returnal Theatrhythm Final Bar Line Aliens FireTeam Elite Octopath Traveler II Edge of Eternity Sakura Wars Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Syndicate (2012) Like a Dragon: Ishin! Phantom Brigade Uncharted 4 Catherine Full Body Hogwarts Legacy Terminator Resistance Kirby's Return to Dreamland Starfox 64 3DS Fire Emblem Fates - Birthright Fire Emblem Awakening Gotham Knights Fire Emblem Fates - Conquest Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Greedfall Panzer Dragoon Zwei Resident Evil 2 Remake - Claire Everspace 2 Persona 3 Portable Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 Yakuza 0 Granblue Fantasy Versus Redfall Daemon X Machina Marvel's Midnight Suns Star Wars Jedi Survivor Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed Final Fantasy II Grand Theft Auto V Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy IV Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun the Last of Us Part 2 Prodeus Diablo IV We Heart Katamari The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Final Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy V Front Mission 1st: Remake Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Grimaces Birthday Orcs Must Die! 3 Exoprimal Armored Core World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Sacred 3 Baldur's Gate 3 Tomb Raider (1996) Quake 2 Quake II 64 South Park 64 Quake (Saturn) MLB the Show 23 A Short Hike Armored Core VI Starfield Mega Man X Dive Offline Mortal Kombat 1 Lies of P Blazing Star Goodbye Volcano High King of Fighters 95 Metal Slug Shock Troopers 2 Nam-1975 Aero Fighters 2 Die Hard Arcade (MAME) Metal Slug 2 Metal Slug 3 Time Crisis the Expanse Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty ToeJam & Earl Sonic Adventures DX Disgaea 7 Assassin's Creed Mirage Forza Motorsport (2023) Spider-Man 2 Left Alive Super Mario Wonder Star Ocean Second Story R RoboCop Rogue City Aliens: Dark Descent Like a Dragon Gaiden: the Man Who Erased His Name Achilles Legends Untold Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 3 I said come in! fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Dec 4, 2023 |
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Jay Rust posted:tbh... the rules aren't SUPER clear, they're really wordy. Some bold might help? The rules for lists for example, was put in later. That wasnt there when I last looked at the OP. But regardless I intend to update my original post further (with more lists) (im kidding, will write something).
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VG, I updated my top 10 list with some words for each.
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VG posted:??? The rules have not changed. They are copied from the 2022 GOTY and I even originally forgot to change the 2022 to 2023. That is my bad then for completely overlooking that originally! I have corrected my mistake in my original post.
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