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Hi everyone! It's April, so you know what that means: time for your most favourite and most tardy year-end list, Coint and Plick!
We managed to get 22 ballots this year, up from 16 last year, so that thread about people leaving ILX is bullshit and we are up to year-on-year growth and this site will basically be google by 3017. You're welcome!
I've got the top 77 here (yes, it worked out perfectly) and I'll go up to 50 today, with 49-21 tomorrow and 20-1 on Friday ideally. Don't get mad if I don't enter them consistently, I am at work and am also very forgetful. Enjoy!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
awesome! the last ilx poll that matters!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
w00t
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7HPWNo5.jpg77 - Dead Cells - Computer - 4 points / 1 Votes
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
also i supremely fucked up on how long the images would take me this year and i actually haven't even finished the ones for 50-1 so lol i've got my work ahead of me tonight
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
well, looking good so far, thanks for doing that
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
As the kids say, “hype”
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4rJ4vlv.jpg72 - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp - 5 points / 1 Votes
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
what system is that on?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
also for these 1 vote games if the voter could explain whether this is actually must-play or just tossing votes to enjoyable but not amazing games that would be awesome :p
Phones xp
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
safe to assume if someone only threw a game 5 points they're not losing their minds over it but i could be wrong!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cZTupGX.jpg72 - Assassin's Creed Origins - 5 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
i've heard good things about that and will def play it when it's either $5 or free on PS+
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
just caught the "1 votes" on the other ones, sorry
https://i.imgur.com/bMJR6db.jpg72 - Steamworld Dig 2 - 5 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yIBkzzI.jpg72 - Hob - 5 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
oh fuck lol am i literally going h2h with the smashing pumpkins poll this could get dire
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
these should never be apart
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
haha nice
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
ok last one before i try to find food
https://i.imgur.com/q2raHHN.jpg72 - Monster Slayers - 5 points / 1 Vote
if you would add what system the games are on it would be great but I'll understand if you don't wanna look it up
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
what are these last two? hob and monster slayers?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
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― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
monster slayers is a great/fast/fun deck building game that presumably i voted for!
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
tons of well designed and differentiated character types to choose from and v fun card-based gameplay with some cool combo elements to explore
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
i forgot to vote for age of rivals but that was a fun card-based game too w/ combos. if it doesn't place ppl should check it out.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
i mean even if it does place but if it doesn't place still do so
i played both a lot and rivals just dropped off the bottom of my list. really had too many things to vote for this year. disappointed i couldn't give this more than 5. looking up my list just now there are def several things i would change
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sJ3pTuH.jpg71 - Robo Recall - 6 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
^ i voted for this, it is for "VR" i don't know how that works. i played it on an oculus?
anyway it blew my mind, i "got" the point of vr. it felt intuitive to the point where i was doing advanced things before the game taught me, e.g. grabbing and throwing enemies that jumped at me by instinct.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
a VR game apparently. i'm waiting to jump into VR for when an actual must play game comes out. it seems like a lot of tech exercises still?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
here's a lil tag i made that you can use for the VR games in the countdown
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/742046565129461760/uIrFl3L3_normal.jpg
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
like when a VR game is in this poll's top 5 i'll be inclined to get whatever the ps4 VR hardware is called. nb i think it'll probably give me motion sickness.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/gELxUdN.jpg69 - Thimbleweed Park - 6 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, and Nintendo Switch
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
nice
i'm the 1 point vote. it was the 10th on my ballot and i used the recommended values posted in that thread so it only got one. happy to see it place tho it's a good throwback game with some decent puzzles that gets really unwieldy and sprawling midway through with like half a dozen active characters.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
for what it is (a throwback to SCUMM) it's much more innovative and interesting than it had to be. somehow tho not quite as charming or funny as real SCUMM games, or maybe that kind of humor worked better when i was 12yo.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
ok i put the platforms on all of the games for today's releases idk if i'll have time for toorrow's but i wil ltry
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
Animal Crossing was my fault, it's not quite "i'm just throwing points out", I guess it's my MPQ of the year, I bloody hate it at this stage but I've put so much time into it that I felt like I couldn't' justify not giving it any points. The pic you've used makes it look a LOT better than it is. It's got maybe 20% of the charm of a real animal crossing game, and maybe 15% of the gameplay variety, and it's really just a reskinned cookie clicker or something but it's sucked me in and I can't get out.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/tR4xYdl.jpg69 - Resident Evil 7 - 6 points / 2 VotesWindows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
> i'm waiting to jump into VR for when an actual must play game comes out
The Wipeout VR update came out this week and it will likely end up being my highest scoring P&C2018 game, you should totally jump in.
(oh yeah and RE7 too xp)
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
i find scary games much scarier than scary movies is it bc they require more active participation?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
you can't lose a movie
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QPkbdtO.jpg65 - Calculator: The Game - 7 points / 1 VoteiOS and Android
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
i didn't vote for this. i played it a little bit but it didn't really stick with me. i guess it's charming and if that's your kind of puzzle it's fun? felt a little too math homework for me. unless it gets crazy after like 20 levels or something.
https://i.imgur.com/bgL3fYI.jpg65 - Cube Escape: The Cave - 7 points / 1 VoteBrowser, iOS, Android
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
^ free i think too
https://i.imgur.com/nH0KdlU.jpg65 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 7 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/tor7CcG.jpg65 - Mass Effect Andromeda - 7 points / 1 VoteWindows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
my vote, also my disappointment. i sitll finished it and played a LOT of the content but i was ptretty unsatisfied. and i know it's very "food is bad and such small portions" but i am REALLY disappointed we never got DLC from it, i feel like some good bespoke dlc would've been real nice for a game that felt like it was just so largely paint-by-numbers with a few very memorable and satisfying missions sprinkled in here and there.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
this series has been pretty boring to me for quite a while. i couldn't even finish vol 3.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cvAROGr.jpg63 - The Norwood Suite - 8 points / 1 VotePC
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
would love to hear more about the above game
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
also -- at the end of today i'll post the disappointments of 2017, end of tomorrow: non-2017 games of 2017, and end of friday - the platforms poll
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
yeah that norwood suite game looks cool
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ddgaMTy.jpg63 - Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen - 8 points / 1 VotePS4 & Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
My vote, game is neat maybe hasn't aged well though. Enjoyed the combat and the pawn/ai system is kinda inspired but the lack of fast travel wore me out before i got anywhere near finishing it.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1QX65dx.jpg61 - Hidden Folks - 8 points / 2 VotesiOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
Where's Waldo: The Game?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ASSDZ3q.jpg61 - Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment - 8 points / 2 VotesA million consoles
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
voted for Dead Cells, it's a pretty great rogue-like platformer, though it's still in development. very fast-paced combat and a wide variety of weapons
also played through most of Dragon's Dogma last year and it was alright but a bit clunky and the combat wasn't particularly engaging (though many have said it's the main draw idk?). the pawn system is interesting but there was way too much inventory management involving useless junk, and lack of direction with the world/mission design - a lot of areas you can just stumble across only to find they're completely pointless to explore if you haven't activated a relevant quest for the area etc.
the latest Shovel Knight expansion was great like the others
― ufo, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sOdauMu.jpg60 - Statik - 9 points / 1 VotePS4 / PS VR
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
jesus i'm going to have to forget i ever saw hidden folks. that looks terrible but prob extremely addictive
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
is shovel knight on switch? i haven't played it yet and haven't determined the best system to play it on.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
the game was initially released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in June 2014. The game was ported to OS X and Linux in September 2014, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One in April 2015, Amazon Fire TV in September 2015, and Nintendo Switch in March 2017.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/z9VXaUi.jpg55 - Little Nightmares - 10 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
Statik is my vote, it's a lovely little vr puzzle game. Your hands are trapped inside a box, the sticks and triggers and buttons on the dual shock all control various buttons/dials/sliders on that box, you have to work out the right sequence to free yourself. Presentation is a little too sub-portal but aside from that I'd hugely recommend it.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/arlAw74.jpg55 - Accounting+ - 10 points / 1 VoteVR
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
what is little nightmares!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
Didn't vote for accounting+ but I'm sure it would've been on my list if I'd got around to playing it, love those guys.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/iCoQ2fr.jpg55 - Picross S - 10 points / 1 VoteSwitch
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Statik looks interesting, is it as short as that sounds?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/0YIbB1A.jpg55 - NBA Playgrounds - 10 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4rLRQWA.jpg55 - Meshi Quest - 10 points / 1 VoteiOS, Android
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
five to go today!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
that's gotta be a diner dash game right?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe the person who voted for it will explain?
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fhOlD6t.jpg54 - Everything - 10 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7zhWFXH.jpg51 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 11 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
i'm less than halfway into this so far and ended up throwing it some last minute points (it's good to be the guy who runs the dang thing because i don't get mad at myself for changing my ballot lol). i LOVE danganronpa 1+2 and it took me a while to get around to 3, but chapter 1 was in and of itself a complete shockah to the point where i figured "yeah, this is gonna be another good one." i really want to find more games like this and like the nonary games (which were re-released last year and i would've voted for if i hadn't played the old ones in other years). any tips are highly appreciated.
honestly considering how much i loved DGR1, this might've ended up at the top of my list (or close to) had i finished it in time for this. i'll report back!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
I voted for MeshiQuest ; it’s a squeenix food game. Is that diner dash style? Dunno. You have to cook things fast as the orders came in. I like its Japanese takes on food.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/x9VZLQw.jpg51 - Tekken 7 - 11 points / 2 VotesArcade game, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
Oh, I didn't explain the bit where when you get out of the box, you move to the next level and they put you in a new one. Not sure how many there are total, 10 or 15 maybe? I think it's still fairly short but not THAT short.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
I really wanted to like Everything, loved the idea but the execution was so disappointing. Soon as I got inside a goat and the goat started flipping head over heels around the landscape instead of, you know, walking like goats walk, I was out really. The appeal of "you can be any object in the world" goes out of the window if they then fail to act anything like those objects should.
― JimD, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/adAuS3u.jpg51 - Nioh - 11 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
Whoa, I haven’t played Nioh but I thought a lot of people loved it?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
@KM You like me may be mixing up Nier and Nioh
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1EDNxAI.jpg50 - Gran Turismo Sport - 12 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4
aaaaaaaaaaand that's a ball game for Wednesday!
DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2017 - no repeats this year. Here are the games some of you loved to hate.
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (1)Fallout 4 VR (1)Marvel Puzzle Quest (1)Mass Effect Andromeda (1)Animal Crossing Pocket Camp (1)Marvel Puzzle Quest (1)Fire Emblem Heroes (1)Everything (1)
TOMORROW: 28 more games (ranks 48 (tie) to 22)Non-2017 games of 2017 results
FRIDAY: 21 last games!Platforms of 2017 results
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
50 - Gran Turismo Sport - 12 points / 1 Vote51 - Nioh - 11 points / 2 Votes51 - Tekken 7 - 11 points / 2 Votes51 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 11 points / 2 Votes54 - Everything - 10 points / 2 Votes55 - Meshi Quest - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - NBA Playgrounds - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Picross S - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Accounting+ - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Little Nightmares - 10 points / 1 Vote60 - Statik - 9 points / 1 Vote61 - Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment - 8 points / 2 Votes61 - Hidden Folks - 8 points / 2 Votes63 - Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen - 8 points / 1 Vote63 - The Norwood Suite - 8 points / 1 Vote65 - Mass Effect Andromeda - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Cube Escape: The Cave - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Calculator: The Game - 7 points / 1 Vote69 - Resident Evil 7 - 6 points / 2 Votes69 - Thimbleweed Park - 6 points / 2 Votes71 - Robo Recall - 6 points / 1 Vote72 - Monster Slayers - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Hob - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Steamworld Dig 2 - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Assassin's Creed Origins - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp - 5 points / 1 Vote77 - Dead Cells - 4 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
side note, i think the rankings this year are suuuuuper satisfying in a way i didn't feel in previous years!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
I’m glad to see there’s still a bunch of one-off votes for stuff I’ve never heard of.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
@KM You like me may be mixing up Nier and NiohNier is awesome and is on my ballot. But Nioh is the action-y samurai game who different stances which is sort of souls-like and made my team ninja (ninja gaiden), right? It’s supposed to be really good, I think it made a lot of year-end lists
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
I just had an iPhone autocorrect meltdown, sorry. Kept changing ninja gaiden to ninja Caiden and ninja garden
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
I put in a vote for Nioh as one of the few games I played, even though I bailed on it without getting very far. The combat is deep and there are some cool mechanics, but getting overloaded with different versions of identical weapons/armor and picking through them felt like spreadsheet work, and then I couldn't find my way out of a level where every quadrant of it looked copy/pasted, and I just went back to Dark Souls 3.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
Would play Ninja Garden.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
@KM You like me may be mixing up Nier and NiohNier is awesome and is on my ballot.
Nier is awesome and is on my ballot.
ah my bad! i said that because i kept fucking them up all year. haven't played either of them, but i really wanna play nier, and i think i almost accidentally bought nioh when i saw it on sale.
not quite the same, but this year, while doing the rankings (mild spoiler both of these games are ranked) i kept fucking up "Prey" and "Pyre" even though I definitely played one and not the other; wonder if any voters were as dumb as me lol
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
I completely know what you mean, I also mixed them up all last year! Also they were both in that zone of being a new franchise/sorta big budget but not action platformers
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
Bigger budget than a Celeste’s kind of indie game, I mean
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
This fucking iPhone is going down the toilet
51 - Tekken 7 - 11 points / 2 Votes
This was one of mine - illicitly acquired out of curiousity, but still a fine fighting game. It is freaking enormous though, because they've figured out (and play off) the fact that Tekken is also a soap opera, so you can earn coins to unlock every single cut scene from every single Tekken game.
65 - Cube Escape: The Cave - 7 points / 1 Vote
This is a fine, minor game from Rusty Lake - their 2018 game is currently waiting for challengers to take some of its 30 points off (which probably won't happen, because I'm really bad at playing current-year games).
65 - Calculator: The Game - 7 points / 1 Vote
Yeah no this is exactly what it seems, it gives you a bunch of buttons like "21->12" and "add 3 to the end" then it's up to you to get from one number to another in a fixed number of moves. It services my kink well and I'm not shocked I'm the only voter.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
only played Shovel Knight from the list so far. Thimbleweed Park is for sure on my must-play-someday list because I grew up on the Monkey Island 1/2 and Indy graphic adventures.
Nioh looks very cool and im intrigued. i hear it's one of the better attempts at doing a Dark Souls style game. wonder how the level design is...
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
72 - Hob - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Steamworld Dig 2 - 5 points / 1 Vote
Steamworld Dig 2 is a very polished metroid-style platformer with really satisfying upgrades. one of the really worthwhile indie 'metroidvanias' i've played in what's become an overpopulated space. You don't have to play the first game first and in fact this one pretty much just obsoletes it by being the same but better in every way.
Hob is a top-down metroid/zelda-ish adventure game with an amazing set-piece world design gimmick that unfortunately seems to have flopped pretty hard and put Runic Games out of business. the best way i can describe it is that it's the metroid gameplay loop except that instead of upgrading yourself to progress, you're upgrading the entire game world.
51 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 11 points / 2 Votes
The premier (only?) series for horny anime teens brutally murdering each other. These games are like Ace Attorney with all the dials turned up, plus a Lost-style meta-mystery layered on top. Everyone has a different opinion about which of the 3 is the best but you have to play them in order anyway so it doesn't really matter.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
ciderpress do u have a "blog"
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
nope, ilx is my blog
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:00 (five years ago) link
plz blog more
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
i havent played any of the other games from today's list besides Thimbleweed Park which i thought started really promising and then went badly off the rails. i suspect i'll have some jrpgs to ramble about tomorrow though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
I think I voted for all the games I played this year except one: Mass Effect Andromeda, which I got bored of extremely quick. Mass Effect 3 had a surprisingly fun co-op horde mode that I played a lot of, but this game's multiplayer was a big step back. The main story felt like more of the same ... pretty good but not my thing.
I'm playing Steamworld Dig 1 at the moment since it was a free ps plus game at some point. I figured I should "dig" into it before spending money on 2. It's somewhat fun but I'm not very far along. The art style is less ornate-looking than 2's.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
I was one of the Tekken 7 votes - played it for a few hours at a local meet-up. Pretty good, maybe I'll pick it up when the complete edition with Noctis, Geese Howard and company are all in it together. Got overshadowed by the other major fighting games that came out this year though...
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 5 April 2018 03:23 (five years ago) link
i didn't vote for DRV3 but it's the best of the series imo. the ending is completely bonkers in the best way possible.
Nioh was alright but not really on the level of Dark Souls etc. despite all the comparisons. The combat system is excellent - it plays sort of like a more technical/complex Bloodborne, but the biggest issue is the real lack of enemy variety - you fight the same types over and over again. The level design is fine but not quite as tight as the best of the Souls games.
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
oh and as Jordan mentioned the random loot system in Nioh just made for a ton of inventory management busywork more than anything interesting unfortunately.
― ufo, Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:13 (five years ago) link
I voted for GT Sport, it's the first Gran Turismo I've played in about 20 years (GT3 was the last) and I'd forgotten how much I like these games. In hdr 4k it's by far the best looking game I've ever played, and after playing (and boucning off) a few of the more hardcore forzas and dirts and things in the last few years, it's nice to go back to a game which does everything it can to pretend it's a hyper realistic driving sim, but which actually still cheats just enough in the handling model to keep it fun and playable without needing months of practice. Single player content was pretty slim at launch but they're regularly adding more in their frequent free updates, and tbh limited content suits me fine given my limited gaming time these days, means I still get to feel like I'm making some kind of progress.
― JimD, Thursday, 5 April 2018 09:52 (five years ago) link
Y'ALL KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rbZg33s.jpg48 - Superflight - 13 points / 1 Vote
heh I've played this for like 20 mins it's chill
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 13:28 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Wr3CZou.jpg48 - Lone Echo - 13 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
^ this is another one i know v little about, hope to hear more
https://i.imgur.com/vUWoPEM.jpg46 - Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - 14 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
(sorry the spacing on these is all wack, i am in and out of meetings and people are using my machine to make stuff haha)
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/A3YUvuB.jpg46 - Monument Valley 2 - 14 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
(can you go back to including platform info plz?)
― JimD, Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
oh god right oik
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/NiEUYP4.jpg42 - Sonic Mania - 15 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Not my vote but I enjoyed my time with Sonic Mania ok. Hit a wall though which is the least fun experience in gaming. Not sure if I’ll try again.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
when you say "hit a wall" do you mean sonic was going really fast but then bumped into a wall and oyu lost all that speed because if so that very specific feeling IS one of the worst in gaming (i have not played this game but i def played green hill zone a few times on my cousin's genesis)
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
More metaphorically in that I can’t beat the boss of Oil Ocean act 2 and it’s too irritating
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/lsie2AH.jpg42 - Tales of Berseria - 15 points / 1 VotePlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
That’s quite a shirt.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Xj8IaC3.jpg42 - Splatoon 2 - 15 points / 1 VoteNintendo Switch
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
not surprised that I'm the only voter for Tales of Berseria, am surprised I'm the only voter for Splat2n
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GvqxOiE.jpg42 - Through the Ages - 15 points / 1 VoteAndroid, iPad, iPhone
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/TWgnGZx.jpg40 - Wolfenstein II - 15 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nRViWd8.jpg40 - Doki Doki Literature Club - 15 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
i'm a doki voter. it's a free visual novel and it's weird af.
― Mordy, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
Berseria is a really good JRPG with fun button mashy brawler combat and the best character writing in the genre. got a bit unfairly overshadowed due to the tidal wave of good rpgs last year
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
also doki voter! shit gets way wilder than it has any right to
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
ok this one and then i am going to go get some food
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/icDp5Kv.jpg39 - Puyo Puyo Tetris - 16 points / 1 VoteNintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
^ have not played but i would DEFFO get hooked if i did i am sure. i mean fuck it's puyo puyo and tetris
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
when you say "hit a wall" do you mean sonic was going really fast but then bumped into a wall and you lost all that speed
lol I was also staring at this wondering the same thing
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Voted for this, amazing tetris. Imported it a few years ago when it didn't seem like it was ever get a western release and been playing it since. Lots of odd modes and when you get a tetris the game does a great job of feeling as excited as you are.
― devvvine, Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CH56721.jpg38 - Pinball FX3 - 16 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/V3jwj9N.jpg37 - Superhot VR - 17 points / 1 VoteVR
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/sWKQbDs.jpg34 - Yooka-Laylee - 17 points / 2 VotesLinux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZkNh6oA.jpg34 - West of Loathing - 17 points / 2 VotesLinux, macOS, Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
damn i'm disappointed that despite my feeble attempts to boost it, no one else got on the Through the Ages train. such a fantastic strategy game and perfectly implemented for mobile, with an AI that is way better than i've come to expect from similar games. the rare mobile game where i played it on the train and kept playing it when i got home. and even tried to play it on the walk in between.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/T18JtLi.jpg34 - The Sexy Brutale - 17 points / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
i always found TTA way too long and fiddly for a tabletop game, makes sense that it would work better as an app
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/23Da0bI.jpg33 - Mario Kart 8 DX - 17 points / 3 VotesNintendo Switch
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
sexy brutale so good, surprised it hasn't been more popular round here. is the switch version still borked?
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
it got a performance patch at some point but i heard it's still iffy. it's on my to-play list but my steam queue is quite a lot longer than my switch queue
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3aTfe59.jpg32 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 20 points / 1 VoteWindows, Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
despite never playing this one, i almost voted for it solely from enjoying wathcing others play it on youtube, which would've made it the first time i ever voted a game based on that criteria
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
it was a lot more fun to watch than to play in my experience. i think i logged like 5 hours before giving up on it as Not For Me
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/DnLM8xB.jpg30 - Northgard - 20 points / 2 VotesWindows, Mac
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
TTA is a fantastic tabletop game. i'm sure the mobile version is super good if it's anything close to that (which it seems to be)
i thought splatoon 2 would be top ten, given the number of switch owners here and the popularity of the game.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
I'm the one who voted for both Lone Echo and Superhot VR. Kinda hoping there'd be more VR representation this year.
Lone Echo is a first person adventure game set in space, with you playing a robot. As most of the action takes place inside a weightless space station, they've solved the VR locomotion problem the same way actual astronauts have solved it, by grabbing onto walls and flinging yourself wherever you want to go. It's very intuitive and very fun and doesn't get old even when the activities it makes you do are fairly straightforward. The game looks amazing; the first time I spacewalked was brainexplode.gif. And there's something about VR NPCs, especially one acted so well as there is here, that does create a weird sort of emotional bond that I haven't really felt in the same way in flat games. Brains are easily tricked.
Saying all that, VR is definitely still not ready. You need an actual gaming PC to run it (okay PSVR, but that's kinda different), it takes up a lot of room and there's faff setting it up. Most games on the platform are either ill-fitting or paper-thin; it doesn't help that VR is still a niche-within-a-niche so doesn't get as much press as it could. Not to mention you've gotta be kinda techy to set it up and my days fucking about with autoexec.bat and config.sys stand me in good stead. But oh, when VR works, it's still unlike any other gaming experience.
― Closed Beta (NotEnough), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JYNnKGJ.jpg30 - Universal Paperclips - 20 points / 2 VotesBrowser
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
lol nice
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
xp re: vr yes when it works it truly is a thing of beauty, and boy howdy i was a SKEPTIC going in too. i hope to build a rig that can handle it in the next year or two (it's $$$ tho!) and maybe shop around for a more comfortable headset... the oculus didn't fit over my glasses super well? maybe i could've fiddled with it a bit more. i was so sad when i tried without my glasses (after all ,the screen's right there, i should see perfectly right?) only for it to be blurry (no stupid, you're still trying to focus far away).
re: universal paperclips, y'all wild for this one, it's like... fine? not anywhere near as good as the potato one from last year.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
Never played PUBG but I enjoy watching Aculite's videos. It seems like it requires a lot of practice before it starts getting fun.
― jmm, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
i didn't see universal paperclips on the noms list, whoops! i would have thrown it a few points. if you've never played a clicking game, just run away, get away from me satan. but if you have ever lost a night to one of those kinds of games, you will almost certainly 'enjoy' universal paperclips.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
man i was at work and started, but then when it was time to go home i stayed another hour, then i realized so i just locked my machine, and when i came back the next day, omg i was in driftwar hell. my drones were down to zero bc they sucked so bad. had to rebuild like 1000 by hand
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
Ah Northgard, I was one of the two voters for this one. I really love it, I believe it's recently developed a single player campaign story which I've yet to look into - I play it multiplayer usually.
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JoveDXX.jpg28 - Rec-Room - 21 points / 2 VotesVR
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
vr has shown up a significant amount. def trending up
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
Catching up on my pity votes from yesterday:
54 - Everything - 10 points / 2 VotesI think I gave this one point but figured it was worth a shout out. Sort of ambitious and lazy at the same time, which I can relate to. Probably works better as a screensaver, so just put it on auto-play and leave it running while you fold laundry or raise your kids or whatever.
61 - Hidden Folks - 8 points / 2 VotesWhere’s Waldo but you need to tap around to find/reveal dozens of tiny little characters. Very charming illustrations and all sound effects are made by one guy using just his voice. Playing it on an iPhone 6 probably ruined my eyes once and for all.
65 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 7 points / 1 VoteI liked that this was pretty short and efficient, especially after the padded length of the last Uncharted game. Also liked two women as the protagonists. Remember nothing else about it.
72 - Assassin's Creed Origins - 5 points / 1 VoteBoring characters, story, quests, especially here in our post-Witcher society but wandering around Ancient Egypt (and a little Ancient Rome) was novel enough to keep me playing to the end. Riding a camel through oases and climbing pyramids and fighting hippos was a nice change of pace from beige post-apocalyptic rubble or, worse, LA (where I live).
― orifex, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nvDwZSe.jpg28 - Metroid: Samus Returns - 21 points / 2 VotesNintendo 3DS
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
northgard looks great, i never even heard of it
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
i was so sad when i tried without my glasses (after all ,the screen's right there, i should see perfectly right?) only for it to be blurry (no stupid, you're still trying to focus far away).
Whoa
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4A5elpV.jpg27 - World of Warcraft: Legion - 21 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 VoteWindows, Mac
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
stand tall, one ilxor who still plays wow
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nOT1HZl.jpg26 - Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy - 22 points / 2 VotesWindows, Mac, iOS
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/s7E42lH.jpg25 - Civilization 6 - 24 points / 4 VotesWindows, Mac, Linux, iOS
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
^ this was a 2016 release, dunno how this one squeaked by me, but i'm rather cross with all of you, because also i voted for it (but just a few pts and in retrospect i wish i had thrown them to endless space 2 instead)
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
'Getting Over It' has generated Youtube videos that have definitely brightened my days
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QIzf8UZ.jpg24 - Earth Defense Force 5 - 25 points / 1 VotePlayStation 4
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
highest write in as far as i can remember and boy i haven't thought about EDF for a v long time
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
Forgot that came out
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/OPr8A23.jpg23 - Pyre - 26 points / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
Civ 6 came out on iOS this year & we usually allow new ports no?
I forget if I voted for it, but it'll be a standby for me in 2018.
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
general spirit of the law is you vote for it if you played that port this year. so theoretically all civ6 votes are for the ios port which i imagine isn't the case. that'll come up again tomrrow i'm sure.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Etk7UUl.jpg22 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 27 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch
I was the EDF voter, it's #2 in my ballot and had it been my first exposure to EDF it would definitely have been my GOTY. Being already a series convert, though, I saved my #1 for something else that will surely place in the top 10.
― chihuahuau, Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
OR WILL IT?
YOU'LL FIND OUT DURING OUR THRILLING CONCLUSION TOMORROW!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
So I'll also post now the NON-2017 GAMES OF 2017... only two came up more than once.
Dark Souls III (2)Stardew Valley (2)Hyper Light Drifter (1)Danganronpa 1+2 (1)Cook, Serve, Delicious! (1)Crashlands (1)The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1)Torchlight 2 (1)RimWorld (1)
Recap thru today...
22 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 27 points / 2 Votes23 - Pyre - 26 points / 2 Votes24 - Earth Defense Force 5 - 25 points / 1 Vote25 - Civilization 6 - 24 points / 4 Votes26 - Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy - 22 points / 2 Votes27 - World of Warcraft: Legion - 21 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote28 - Metroid: Samus Returns - 21 points / 2 Votes28 - Rec-Room - 21 points / 2 Votes30 - Universal Paperclips - 20 points / 2 Votes30 - Northgard - 20 points / 2 Votes32 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 20 points / 1 Vote33 - Mario Kart 8 DX - 17 points / 3 Votes34 - The Sexy Brutale - 17 points / 2 Votes34 - West of Loathing - 17 points / 2 Votes34 - Yooka-Laylee - 17 points / 2 Votes37 - Superhot VR - 17 points / 1 Vote38 - Pinball FX3 - 16 points / 2 Votes39 - Puyo Puyo Tetris - 16 points / 1 Vote40 - Doki Doki Literature Club - 15 points / 2 Votes40 - Wolfenstein II - 15 points / 2 Votes42 - Through the Ages - 15 points / 1 Vote42 - Splatoon 2 - 15 points / 1 Vote42 - Tales of Berseria - 15 points / 1 Vote42 - Sonic Mania - 15 points / 1 Vote46 - Monument Valley 2 - 14 points / 1 Vote46 - Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - 14 points / 1 Vote48 - Lone Echo - 13 points / 1 Vote48 - Superflight - 13 points / 1 Vote50 - Gran Turismo Sport - 12 points / 1 Vote51 - Nioh - 11 points / 2 Votes51 - Tekken 7 - 11 points / 2 Votes51 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 11 points / 2 Votes54 - Everything - 10 points / 2 Votes55 - Meshi Quest - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - NBA Playgrounds - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Picross S - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Accounting+ - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Little Nightmares - 10 points / 1 Vote60 - Statik - 9 points / 1 Vote61 - Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment - 8 points / 2 Votes61 - Hidden Folks - 8 points / 2 Votes63 - Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen - Console/PC - 8 points / 1 Vote63 - The Norwood Suite - 8 points / 1 Vote65 - Mass Effect Andromeda - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Cube Escape: The Cave - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Calculator: The Game - 7 points / 1 Vote69 - Resident Evil 7 - 6 points / 2 Votes69 - Thimbleweed Park - 6 points / 2 Votes71 - Robo Recall - 6 points / 1 Vote72 - Monster Slayers - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Hob - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Steamworld Dig 2 - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Assassin's Creed Origins - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp - 5 points / 1 Vote77 - Dead Cells - Computer - 4 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
Xenoblade 2 is a pretty special mess of a game... still thinking about it a lot months after i finished it
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
it also sold incredibly well for a jrpg so maybe Nintendo will give monolith more resources for the next one rather than taking them away - it came out after release that the game was made with a skeleton crew while half the studio helped Nintendo finish Zelda
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
I’m not even done with XC2. It’s delightful anime nonsense and my protag has so many wives
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
The combat is also super rhythmic and soothing, generally a success I think.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Thursday, 5 April 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
Can't remember if I voted for Pyre. I've barely touched it but it's pretty cool. Sort of like Banner Saga meets NBA Jam?
I voted for Universal Paperclips. Best 'Black Mirror' episode of the season.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 April 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
Dark Souls III (2)
there was the DLC that did come out in 2017, maybe those votes were for that instead.
fwiw it showed up near the top of my list. they really delivered with that final Souls content. i remember beating DSIII and getting to that last area with the breathtaking imagery of all the castles twisting together and folding in on themselves and really hoping they would do something w that. it was such a treat when they did but also threw in a level from DS2 for good measure (laid out on its side a crumbling into post-post-post-apocalyptic ash of course)
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 5 April 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
27 - World of Warcraft: Legion - 21 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 VoteHi Yeah this is me, I'm aware no-one else here is playing it but they've continued to build better mousetraps. I should have talked last year about what they did with the design in Legion, in 2017 they provided not-one-not-two-but-three great raids and two level-cap stories - along with a lot of extra daft things to enjoy. Also I got to raid competitively again, and stick my face into guild drama.
34 - Yooka-Laylee - 17 points / 2 Votes
This was good solid Banjo-Kazooie fun.
46 - Monument Valley 2 - 14 points / 1 Vote
This seemed as good as the first to me - maybe a little more muted in parts, but that's partly the point.
46 - Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - 14 points / 1 Vote
This is solidly in the Professor Layton tradition, the plot is quirky, but the game is all about the puzzles - there's 180 of various types in the game itself, then a new one daily for the next year.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 5 April 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
voted for Samus Returns, it was solid and very welcome after the last few dreadful Metroid games, but not really up there with the best of the series unfortunately or even other contemporary 'Metroidvanias'. the structure of the original Metroid 2 definitely limited the world design, but the environments were a little uninspired and it lacked enemy variety. on the positive, it had some of the better shooting and combat in a Metroid
― ufo, Friday, 6 April 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
Andrew, I still play wow! Mythic+ has been super fun. Especially for people that exclusively PUG (like me).
― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 6 April 2018 11:26 (five years ago) link
There's a separate section for "non-2017 games of 2017," separate from the DLC which also got votes (I think from those two people no less)
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
Sort of like Banner Saga meets NBA Jam?
well fuck you just sold one more copy
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
Heyy! Yeah, them turning their magpie eyes towards Diablo has definitely paid off.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 6 April 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vHn2F3i.jpg20 - Nex Machina - 27 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/T2Troe4.jpg20 - Destiny 2 - 27 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 VotesMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/S9NIvO6.jpg19 - Fire Emblem Heroes - 29 points / 1 VoteiOS, Android
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
yes this was all the way me
this game is 100% my new MPQ and it's so much... kinder? and the microtactics gameplay is surprisingly deep and just very very good. idk how easy it is to jump into now (actually probably fairly easy), just so worth it. it doesn't make you feel like ass for not paying money.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/A6i7jbA.jpg18 - ARMS - 30 points / 2 VotesNintendo Switch
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bS2El9L.jpg17 - Injustice 2 - 30 points / 3 VotesAndroid, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
ARMS is so good. Maybe I’ll say something smarter about it later but I have to go to work.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 6 April 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
both Arms and Injustice 2 were votes of mine. I hadn't played a real console fighting game since like SNES days so whoaaaa @ Injustice 2 & the hilarious hyper moves where you like fly your enemy into space then bash them with your spaceship and shoot them back to earth. it looks so gorgeous.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 6 April 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/lknPlce.jpg16 - Cinco Paus - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 VoteiOS
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
and that's the last 30-point game! everything from now on is guaranteed to have >1 vote
lol trying to decipher what that even is
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
it is the latest from michael brough, of 868-hack and imbroglio... if that's your kinda thing, as it is one of our voters, you'll probably love it!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qucXHKT.jpg15 - What Remains of Edith Finch - 31 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 VotesPlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
xp The iOS games thread has been going nuts for it.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 6 April 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Hah, is that a 30 and 1 ?
it's a 25 and a 6, apparently.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
too bad, 30 & 1 would've been p hilarious
Injustice 2 is definitely fun to watch; it’s fairly slow and legible compared to many other fighters. xxxxps
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/znG1OUl.jpg14 - Gorogoa - 32 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 VotesAndroid, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
alright im gonna get the next three out in fairly rapid pace, and then go offline for a little bit, come back in an hour or two for the top 10
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/K1phZE1.jpg13 - Doom - 33 points / 3 VotesNintendo Switch (2017), other consoles in 2016
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
didn't vote for it this year but Doom is masterpiece
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/boBfnkQ.jpg12 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 40 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 VotesAsk a punk
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SJ8RAP2.jpg11 - Dark Souls III The Ringed City - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 VotesMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
And I'm done - Gorogoa was my other #1, a perfect new mechanism, serious but not too heavy subject matter, and doesn't outstay its welcome.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 6 April 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
This was obv my number one, since it's pretty much the only game I play and the invasion meta-game is still very fun and interesting for me.
The DLC itself is great too, the last two bosses were good old-school challenges in terms of really having to learn their movesets & tells.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 6 April 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
No one else voted for Cinco Paus?!?you all don’t know what you’re missing out on. Pay $5 and play 50 hours, all on your toilet. It’s the bargain of the 21st century
― Karl Malone, Friday, 6 April 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
The Ringed City was a bit weaker than the Dark Souls 1/2 & Bloodborne DLC but was still pretty enjoyable, great end to the series
― ufo, Friday, 6 April 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
never heard of Cinco Paus but it sounds quite interesting
― ufo, Friday, 6 April 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
I'M BACK
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1D0Ni7y.jpg10 - Prey - 45 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 VotesMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
well i've downloaded Doki Doki Literature Club so thread has achieved its purpose
― vermicious kid (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
this is the first game where i have ever seen my full-ass name on a character and it wasn't pretty
https://i.imgur.com/DYbzsx6.jpg
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
12 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 40 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes
lol @ 0.5 first-place votes, lol @ MPQ, lol @ me
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
damn, congrats on your big break will
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 6 April 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jqRksg0.jpg9 - Yakuza 0 - 62 points / 5 VotesPlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
I loved the Dark Souls III DLC, both of them, but especially The Ringed City. It seemed to have more variety than ever as well as more unique enemies. The opening area with the tumbling castles is great and seeing one of the DS2 levels collapsed on its side was such a treat. Then there is that vast swamp navigating windy tree branches and horizontal castle towers. Then the cool sun dappled titular city which really feels like a Lost City. At the bottom of it all is another swamp, buildings sinking in the mud, patrolled by giant sorcerers, infested with bizarre insectoid goblins. And so much more! All in a single DLC that I played for at least 10 hours. Next to DS2’s (IMO the underground city was the only worthwhile bit) and DS1’s, I like DSIII’s most of all. Though Artorias will always be one of the best boss fights...
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JfwiZ53.jpg8 - Stardew Valley - 63 points / 6 VotesNintendo Switch (2017), other platforms before
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
i'd be more mad about last year's #4 taking a spot in the top ten this year but i'm pretty sure a majority of this year's votes actually did discover/play it on the switch, so at least there's that!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
i did!
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 6 April 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
anyways, chrono trigger and mpq are the cultural viruses that long ago destroyed the annual integrity of c+p
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 6 April 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/phRJvVS.jpg7 - Cuphead - 70 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 VotesMicrosoft Windows, Xbox One
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
yakuza 0 is so god damn good
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
i finally got around to playing cuphead a few weeks ago, co-op with a friend. my hot take was that if you think you'll like it, you'll probably like it, and if you think you won't, you probably won't. it is exactly what it looks like. it's very punishing but very rewarding if you're into that. couldn't imagine doing it alone though. couch co-op was a blast.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 6 April 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
http://www.thejimquisition.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/06-2.jpg
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/wFhB8a4.jpg6 - Hollow Knight - 76 points / 1 First-place vote / 4 VotesMicrosoft windows, MacOS, Linux
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
getting close! i'm gonna post #5 next, then #4 in a bit, then the results to the Best Platform of 2017 poll, then 3-2-1 in one shot!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fBxRI2q.jpg5 - Horizon Zero Dawn - 83 points / 7 VotesPlayStation 4
Love Hollow Knight, would definitely recommend it to people who like Metroidvania's and the music and art manages to communicate a lot of that Dark Souls eerieness.
In the middle of Horizon at the moment, it's fun but i'm doing a terrible job of keeping up with story.
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Big points jump here... who barely missed the podium in 2017? It's...
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/L6H4po9.jpg4 - Persona 5 - 127 points / 3 First-place votes / 7 VotesPlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
y'all will get the next post once i am done writing this effusive paragraph on Persona 5 fyi
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
i didn't spend as much time with horizon as i wanted before i had to return it to my brother but for as far as i got i was very into it and hope to pick up a (hopefully discounted) copy soon.
my game of the year, though, and i was pretty sure it would be before it even came out, was Persona 5. The last two iterations ended up existing in a weird space in my life where, for one reason or another, I was basically not doing anything for an extended amount of time (I think when I played Persona 3 Portable it was around xmas holidays in 2010, and I put in 70 hours in a week. Person 4 Golden, was around summer 2013, where I kinda had a dead-end job and no life and blasted through it on lunch breaks, after work etc.). This iteration was my Ultimate Form; I was unemployed, had enough money saved to basically do nothing for two weeks, which is exactly what I did. Persona games are perfect depression comfort food, in a way. When it's tough to feel much of anything, they're a rainbow spray of emotions for a hundred or so hours. The writing is a grab-bag of childish drivel and genuinely shockingly emotional moments. The "dungeoneering" aspect is by no means pioneering (although P5 may very well be the first of the three that IS), but it acts as excellent punctuation -- and counterpoint -- to a game that's pretty much about making friends, enduring hardship, and leaving your friends over a tumultuous year of school. During my extended unemployed stretch (during which I was newly single and newly without roommate for unrelated reasons, so, that is to say, INCREDIBLY ISOLATED) I powered through this and Mass Effect Andromeda. MEA left me feeling empty. Persona 5 left me wanting more.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
ANYWAY, top 3 coming shortly! But first, here are your top platforms of the year. Yes I wrote consoles on the chart. No I will not be fixing it.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
COINT + PLICK PLATFORMS OF 2017 RESULTS
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PS4 (incl. PS4 Pro): 22Nintendo Switch: 18Computer (incl. Mac, PC, Steam, etc): 11VR (incl. PC VR, PS VR): 10Mobile (incl. iOS, Android): 5SNES Classic: 3Retropie: 1Xbox One: 0
lol, none of us have an Xbone i guess!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 6 April 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
fun fact: the SNES classic, aka the reason we added this poll to C+P, had zero votes until the last possible minute
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
i mean i know other consoles got 0 votes -- 3DS, for example -- but it's more fun to dunk on the Xbone, right?
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Without further ado, here we go: your top 3 games "released" in 2017. GREAT JOB EVERYONE. Way to miss the point of voting for the best game of 2017.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ez5B9Wi.jpg3 - Final Fantasy IX - 128 points / 1 First-place vote / 11 VotesPlayStation 4 (2017); iOS & Android (2016); Microsoft Windows (2016); PlayStation (2012, re-release); PlayStation (2000)
https://i.imgur.com/3c4WCht.jpg2 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Remastered - 129 points / 2 First-place votes / 11 VotesWindows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2017, standalone); Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2016, with Infinite Warfare); OSX (2011, PAL); Wii (2009); OSX (2008, NA); Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows (2007)
https://i.imgur.com/YFUFQBA.jpg1 - The Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past - 130 points / 3 First-place votes / 33 VotesSNES Classic (2017); New Nintendo 3DS (2016, Virtual Console, worldwide); Wii U (2014, Virtual Console, Japan & North America); Wii U (2013, Virtual Console, PAL); Wii (2007, Virtual Console, North America & PAL); Game Boy Advance (2006, Players' Choice North America); Wii (2006, Virtual Console, Japan); Game Boy Advance (2003, Japan & PAL); Game Boy Advance (2002, North America); SNES (1998, Players' Choice PAL); SNES (1996, Players' Choice NA); SNES (1992, NA & PAL); SNES (1991, Japan)
do you know how fucking LONG i spent tracking down the year of release of every release/re-release of Link To The Past over the past 27 years took? i'd fucking excelsior me, best gag of 2018, fuiud
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
...yeah ok i'll post the real one now
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/b4ECWcH.jpg3 - Super Mario Odyssey - 145 points / 1 First-place vote / 10 VotesNintendo Switch
https://i.imgur.com/pTxJORl.jpg2 - Nier: Automata - 155 points / 3.5 First-place votes / 7 VotesPlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
https://i.imgur.com/lj03xNh.jpg1 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 265 points / 5.5 First-place votes / 14 VotesNintendo Switch, Wii U
Thanks for following along, y'all. Here are all of the games to receive votes this year.
1 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 265 points / 5.5 First-place votes / 14 Votes2 - Nier: Automata - 155 points / 3.5 First-place votes / 7 Votes3 - Super Mario Odyssey - 145 points / 1 First-place vote / 10 Votes4 - Persona 5 - 127 points / 3 First-place votes / 7 Votes5 - Horizon Zero Dawn - 83 points / 7 Votes6 - Hollow Knight - 76 points / 1 First-place vote / 4 Votes7 - Cuphead - 70 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes8 - Stardew Valley - 63 points / 6 Votes9 - Yakuza 0 - 62 points / 5 Votes10 - Prey - 45 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes11 - Dark Souls III: The Ringed City - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes12 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 40 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes13 - Doom - 33 points / 3 Votes14 - Gorogoa - 32 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes15 - What Remains of Edith Finch - 31 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes16 - Cinco Paus - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote17 - Injustice 2 - 30 points / 3 Votes18 - ARMS - 30 points / 2 Votes19 - Fire Emblem Heroes - 29 points / 1 Vote20 - Destiny 2 - 27 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes20 - Nex Machina - 27 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes22 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 27 points / 2 Votes23 - Pyre - 26 points / 2 Votes24 - Earth Defense Force 5 - 25 points / 1 Vote25 - Civilization 6 - 24 points / 4 Votes26 - Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy - 22 points / 2 Votes27 - World of Warcraft: Legion - 21 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote28 - Metroid: Samus Returns - 21 points / 2 Votes28 - Rec-Room - 21 points / 2 Votes30 - Universal Paperclips - 20 points / 2 Votes30 - Northgard - 20 points / 2 Votes32 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 20 points / 1 Vote33 - Mario Kart 8 DX - 17 points / 3 Votes34 - The Sexy Brutale - 17 points / 2 Votes34 - West of Loathing - 17 points / 2 Votes34 - Yooka-Laylee - 17 points / 2 Votes37 - Superhot VR - 17 points / 1 Vote38 - Pinball FX3 - 16 points / 2 Votes39 - Puyo Puyo Tetris - 16 points / 1 Vote40 - Doki Doki Literature Club - 15 points / 2 Votes40 - Wolfenstein II - 15 points / 2 Votes42 - Through the Ages - 15 points / 1 Vote42 - Splatoon 2 - 15 points / 1 Vote42 - Tales of Berseria - 15 points / 1 Vote42 - Sonic Mania - 15 points / 1 Vote46 - Monument Valley 2 - 14 points / 1 Vote46 - Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - 14 points / 1 Vote48 - Lone Echo - 13 points / 1 Vote48 - Superflight - 13 points / 1 Vote50 - Gran Turismo Sport - 12 points / 1 Vote51 - Nioh - 11 points / 2 Votes51 - Tekken 7 - 11 points / 2 Votes51 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 11 points / 2 Votes54 - Everything - 10 points / 2 Votes55 - Meshi Quest - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - NBA Playgrounds - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Picross S - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Accounting+ - 10 points / 1 Vote55 - Little Nightmares - 10 points / 1 Vote60 - Statik - 9 points / 1 Vote61 - Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment - 8 points / 2 Votes61 - Hidden Folks - 8 points / 2 Votes63 - Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen - 8 points / 1 Vote63 - The Norwood Suite - 8 points / 1 Vote65 - Mass Effect Andromeda - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Cube Escape: The Cave - 7 points / 1 Vote65 - Calculator: The Game - 7 points / 1 Vote69 - Resident Evil 7 - 6 points / 2 Votes69 - Thimbleweed Park - 6 points / 2 Votes71 - Robo Recall - 6 points / 1 Vote72 - Monster Slayers - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Hob - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Steamworld Dig 2 - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Assassin's Creed Origins - 5 points / 1 Vote72 - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp - 5 points / 1 Vote77 - Dead Cells - 4 points / 1 Vote78 - Paperback - 3 points / 1 Vote78 - Splashy Dots - 3 points / 1 Vote80 - Typeshift - 2 points / 1 Vote
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
thanks for running the poll Will!
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
thank YOU (and everyone) for voting! lots o' ballots this year comparatively, feels good :)
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
I reckon my knackered old slow PC could handle Stardew Valley and I like the look of it.
― calzino, Friday, 6 April 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
will m's ballot:
Persona 5 - 30Fire Emblem Heroes - 29Horizon Zero Dawn - 10Mass Effect Andromeda - 7Doki Doki Literature Club - 6Civilization 6 - 6Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 6Robo Recall - 6
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Breath of the Wild - 20Puyo Puyo Teris - 16Hollow Knight - 16Persona 5 - 14Yakuza 0 - 12Horizon: Zero Dawn - 10Dragon's Dogma - 8Typeshift - 2Universal Paperclips - 2
Ocarina of Time was my old game of the year, pretty great it turns out!
― devvvine, Friday, 6 April 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
thanks will! as always, i look forward to revisiting this thread throughout the next couple years whenever i'm looking for something new to play.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 6 April 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
one day i will play a game in its year of release and have a ballot for this thing
anyway, always a good time
― vermicious kid (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
i might run another "console generation" poll this year -- first one was NES era, next was SNES era, so considering doing PS1 era! maybe in the autumn!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
Thanks for running this, Will!
My ballot:Nier: Automata - 30Ending E, nuff said
Earth Defense Force 5 - 25I was thinking of skipping this one until it got a localised release but I happened to get the EDF itch right around when it came out and impulse bought it. The series that keeps getting better. No, Insect Armageddon doesn't count, I don't care what it says on the box art, EDF = Sandlot.
Yakuza 0 - 24I got this on a whim and enjoyed it a lot more than anticipated. Any game that lets you beat up smug, gold suit-donning nouveau riche can't possibly be bad.
Persona 5 - 21More Persona, with all the good and bad it entails. Killer UI. SMT V might make me buy a switch.
― chihuahuau, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
one of the better fakeout endings, somehow almost believable for c+p. great stuff will, thanks for doing this
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
nier: automata way way more popular here than i realized, it seemed like only cider was repping it at the time. think this'll push me to finally pick it up
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
someone else here got me to buy it by describing it as a ps2 jrpg with platinum games combat i forget who
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
hope i can play p5 someday atlus are pretty much the last holdout on not bringing their games to pc
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
great list! count me as intrigued by Nier: Automata
im 3/4 temples done with BOTW now lol. just taking my sweet time. feel like this is the kind of game i could play off and on for years.
Super Mario Odyssey was such a fun ride but i feel like i OD'd on it when it came out just playing non-stop. crossing my fingers for Haunted House Kingdom DLC...
Stardew is indeed great and great fun. and it's made entirely by one person, which is both inspiring and super intimidating! like the music alone is a brilliant achievement, to think the same person also did artwork and also did ALL the programming will never not blow my mind.
Cuphead just rules so much. really captured that Metal Slug feeling of nonstop beautiful bullet hells. feel like there was an opportunity to cheat with the art and they refused and went ahead and did things the hard way, and it really comes across in the presentation. each boss is a level. making it to each new phase is like reaching a new area. the sound work is great as well, the intros to each stage always make me feel like i just dropped a quarter into a noisey arcade game. ahh <3
great games all around! love these video games
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 April 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
i;m thinking about thos games
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
definitely - it's an impressive achievement.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
lol ciderpress
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Friday, 6 April 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
ARMS was 2017, feels like so long ago
― Nhex, Friday, 6 April 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
showed list to my friend and his immediate response was "where's night in the woods" so i guess i gotta play that!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 6 April 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
if doesn't appear I'll be surprised! got hype, but then again so did Little Nightmares
― Nhex, Friday, 6 April 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
one thing i really liked about Mario was the camera system, it seemed like Mario was larger on the screen most of the time, but the background was still readable. with the nice and colorful art style it made it look very good, like a lunchbox illustration at times. the bits where you were running in the HD city and hitting ? blocks next to street lamps were so wonderfully rendered and fun to play; a real dream come true.
when presented with the problem of GTA-style realism in rendering tech, Nintendo opted - thankfully and as always - for an abstract, somewhat art deco, Buster Keaton/Charlie Chaplin/Singin' in the Rain stylism. add in the incredibly intuitive Mario moveset (with only two buttons needed to play! <3 this NES-level simplicity) and the options for vertical transveral across a vast cityscape of skyscrapers, plus the 30th anniversary tribute section which is another nostalgia dream come true. New Donk City is level of the year for me. well done Nintendo! we cannot possibly imagine the great games we have coming our way =)
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 April 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
wow yeah night in the woods is a pretty big snub - in any other year i might have tossed it a dozen points but it missed the cut this year
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 April 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
I even played that one a little, it's super cute and well-written, just not very game-y imo. Great if you like chill exploration/storytelling though.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 6 April 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
id approach it as a visual novel, if you're expecting a game there's not much of that
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 April 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
Hollow Knight was my #1, the best metroidvania/exploration platformer ever made. incredibly expansive, beautiful, and atmospheric. unlike most games in the genre which have a fairly strict core/intended path, Hollow Knight is a bit more open, allowing for many different routes/orders of exploring areas/obtaining abilities throughout the game which is a refreshing approach. the soul meter mechanic is really clever risk/reward too, combining the Dark Souls estus flask (relatively low health pool that can be healed at the cost of staying still) with the Hyper Light Drifter 'refill projectile ammo by doing melee damage' mechanic.
also voted for Mario, Zelda, Nier, Prey and Persona.
thanks for the poll!
― ufo, Saturday, 7 April 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
oh weird. my work time settings being off i think magically ported my messages several hours into the futureInjustice 2 was great btwZelda such an obvious winner, everyone should play that game for sureSo many cool looking indies that I'll probably forget about it immediately. so many past ones on the backlog
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 April 2018 07:30 (five years ago) link
Breath of the Wild is a world I'll come back to any time I want to explore. No other open world game has come CLOSE to the freedom I feel. Sketchy to describe it this way, but it mirrors several dreams of feeling free I've had, where I'll float over hills and under waterfalls and through forests and every little detail is a delight.
Love Odyssey in many ways, but I've concluded that I do prefer the more linear 3D Mario stylings of Galaxy, 3D land and 3D world, simply for the replayability. I want to play Mario primarily to do creative, surprising obstacle courses in colorful worlds. Not to explore for secrets. There' s some very lovely pure platforming in Odyssey, but getting back to it feels a bit more like work than in the 'course'-based 3D Marios. Still a solid top 10 place for me last year though.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 7 April 2018 08:01 (five years ago) link
I didnt vote but I'm glad BOTW won. It has straight up spoiled me for all the other open world games I still dip into. Why cant I climb evry mountain and paraglide over evry stream in Oblivion or whatever dammit.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Saturday, 7 April 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
Thanks Will.
Like Karl, I'll be checking out some of these games I've never seen before.
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
Just catching up on this now. Thanks for running the poll, Will!
― methanietanner, Saturday, 7 April 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Yes, thanks!
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 8 April 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link