I can be pretty patient considering I still have to beat Octopath or at least beat someone's chapter 4 I'm so slow lol
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Monday, 15 April 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
holy shit there was a cliff Johnson style puzzle game released last year? Woooooow thx ilg!
― lumen (esby), Monday, April 15, 2019 4:43 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this is making me immediately interested as well
though it also made me realize that i've stopped getting the monthly emails from cliff's mailing list that i've been on for years and he stopped updating his site, hope he's okay
― ciderpress, Monday, 15 April 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link
Moved too fast! I haven't heard of like 90% of these!hole.io was fun.I loved Theme Hospital, flaws and all, Mordy. But I am a cheapskate who will wait for that game to go under $5 or be included in a bundle for pretty much any PC game.
― Nhex, Monday, 15 April 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
that's fair. i don't regret paying for it - it had a good amount of content and my 7yo loves playing it too.
― Mordy, Monday, 15 April 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
bad north reminds me of ftl a lot
― Mordy, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
None of my votes have shown up yet, but I played a bunch of NGU Idle after I saw it on the nominations thread. It's exactly what you'd expect an idle clicker thing to be in 2018 I guess? Both a parody of older idle clickers and a much more complex version of the same. It got it claws into me for a week or two but in retrospect I'd have been happier not picking it up in the first place.
― JimD, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
NGU Idle was my nom and vote. I played it more than any other game in 2018, which was enough for me to give it a few points. It starts out very fiddly with the active game being much better than the passive game -- but there comes a point where the best strategy is to play it once briefly every 24 hours to collect some powerful tree fruit, then rebirth.
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
xxp
bad north like ftl is the kind of game I'll play for years cos I'm easily sated!
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
although a criticism is the random generating islands delays can be way too slow.
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:44 (five years ago) link
i'm back and ready for more countdown! Let's start with a game that barely missed being tied for 44th with a microslice of a first-place vote!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
#43. Dragon Quest XI — 10 Points — 1 Vote — 0.1 First Place Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/62j30AO.png
No one else played Dragon Quest last year?!?!?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:05 (five years ago) link
no one that voted!
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
0.1 first place votes? hrm!i wanted to play this but it got buried under everything else coming out. and Spider-Man iirc
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:07 (five years ago) link
I will play it eventually but not at full price
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
i played it! it's perfectly fine but left me a bit cold
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
felt like playing a jrpg greatest hits collection, every story beat was recognizable and i didn't find any meaningful throughline to tie it all together
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:10 (five years ago) link
when someone ranks 10 games at 10 points each, i give them all 0.1 first place votes. it's fun! we get some weeeird decimals sometimes
anyway sorry im back i had to do a real work there for a minute
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
#42. Blazblue Cross Tag Battle — 10 Points — 2 Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/Vfbeunj.png
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:44 (five years ago) link
fighter?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
the only tag fighter i've ever gotten into
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
also deserves props for raising the profile of under night which is the best active fighting game right now as it turns out
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
It's fun! Wish I had time to play it beyond the demo, but it still made my list. There were SO many fighters this year.And yes, Under Night rules.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
yeah that demo weekend was so fun that it basically singlehandedly got me back into fighting games after like 10 years of ignoring them
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
Is that the first to get multiple votes? WE'VE CROSSED THE RUBICON.
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
#40. Lumines Remastered — 12 Points — 1 Votehttps://i.imgur.com/U3Rwgma.png
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
back to 1 vote! (sorry i spaced on this for a bit there!)
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
hi I played Lumines for the first time last year, guess what it's good
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
much like tropical freeze, i think this is possibly the best game ever of its genre but it's not really a 2018 game
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
yeah yeah :P
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
i'm fine with them being on the list i just play too many games so its a much needed point of disqualification for my own ballot
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
still think u should blog
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
#40. Northgard — 12 Points — 1 Votehttps://i.imgur.com/WiRgySe.png
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
ilx is my blog
i think i said that last time though, i don't have a new witty comeback sorry
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
that's my vote. northgard is an RTS but the way it's designed it's more slow and methodical. you can overextend and when winter comes it'll destroy you which means that strategic considerations for expansion are more importantly than inputs per second. it's v clever. i haven't played much multiplayer with it but the campaign is definitely worth playing through.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
veering into "someone really liked this" territory!
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
#39. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana — 15 Points — 1 Vote — 0.5 First Place Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/jKZtiWG.png
#38. Captain Toad Treasure Tracker — 15 Points — 2 Votes — 0.1 First Place Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/1yQdTG4.png
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
what kind of game is captain toad treasure tracker
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
two player puzzle diorama intended for children and mario nerds
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
#37. Holedown — 15 Points — 3 Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/YTaPqvw.png
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
i hope that screenshot is accurate because it looks goofy as hell
xp puzzle box dioramas
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
ys 8 is fantastic and nisa has finally cleaned up most of the mess they made with the western release so i can recommend it to ppl
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
#36. Octopath Traveler — 19 Points — 3 Voteshttps://i.imgur.com/e895f3G.png
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
i think i threw octopath a tiny number of points. i liked the idea of it more than the execution, i'm afraid. i didn't ever finish it tho, perhaps i'll go back at some point.
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
hold on to your butts! i got so many posts to do today :O
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
#35. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon — 20 Points — 1 Votehttps://i.imgur.com/01xfnzt.png
octopath has a good rpg system and some cool story beats but the structure just doesn't work out. i still threw it some points since i like the moment to moment gameplay and the music a ton
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
Holedown was 2018’s only real good mobile time waster that I glommed on to and I got to the end too fast
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link