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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
would love to hear more about the above game
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 17:56 (six 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 (six years ago) link
yeah that norwood suite game looks cool
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:02 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
Where's Waldo: The Game?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:22 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
what is little nightmares!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:49 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
Statik looks interesting, is it as short as that sounds?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:10 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
five to go today!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
that's gotta be a diner dash game right?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe the person who voted for it will explain?
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:41 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
Would play Ninja Garden.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:51 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
Bigger budget than a Celeste’s kind of indie game, I mean
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link