POLL is YOU: Thirteenth Coint and Plick results (best games of 2019)

that's an interesting idea, though. the outer worlds, but you have to start at the beginning every 2 to 3 hours

confession time i still haven't opened my copy of ring fit. apparently it's reselling for hundreds of dollars now too because the ring manufacturer got COVID'd...

i was having a great time with it until i threw out my back (unrelated) 6 weeks ago.

i came so close to buying one before they sold out everywhere, regrets

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28 - Grindstone - 24 points / 3 Votes
iOS

this si apple arcade only i think? means i won't ever get to play it but it looks cool! i like capybara!

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27 - Mortal Kombat 11 - 25 points / 1 Vote
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows

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25 - Antimatter Dimensions - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
Android, Browser

I voted for Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds. Outer Worlds is the first Fallout game I've liked, basically.

i just bought friends of ringo on your say so right now!

antimatter is another one of those fucking clicker games isn't it

grindstone is fun enough that when i got to level 97 and my game glitched and erased, i just started over and am still playing a few levels before bed every night

If I hadn’t failed to vote I would have thrown a ton of points at “Outer Worlds” an absolute joy to play, legitimately very very funny, visually stunning, and (I’m sure people complained about this) not excessively long.

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25 - Void Bastards - 25 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems

hey this game is great. off-beat sci-fi premise - roguelike w/ "permadeath" where subsequent convicts continue the scavenging for critical parts, ammo, food, fuel, etc fun AND funny i just wish bigger?

steam says i played 15 hours that sounds about right, probably a little shorter i did some of the optional post-game quests but it really is v fun and worth a play

If Void ever comes to Sony I will play it a lot I think

https://i.imgur.com/yPUY6nu.png
24 - Wargroove - 28 points / 2 Votes
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems

Antimatter dimensions is an idle game, yes. Not a lot of clicking though. The mobile version released last year made a lot of changes, including making the "idle game" (having the app closed) stronger.

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23 - Sayonara Wild Hearts - 29 points / 2 Votes
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, tvOS (Xbox One in 2020)

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22 - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - 30 points / 2 Votes
Windows (2019), Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One (2018)

i haven't played anything since outer worlds and even that i barely played -- anyone?

next one i know a bunch of you have played tho

i haven't either! i know wargroove is the faux advance wars game and sayonara wild hearts is inexplicably narrated by queen latifah

https://i.imgur.com/ZKwsktu.png
21 - Tetris 99 - 30 points / 4 Votes
Nintendo Switch

it's like tetris, but 99

i got 99 tetrises but this aint one

a great idea that i found it hard to care about after tetris effect climbed in my brain and never left

and now for the most initially confusing "when did this come out anyway" result on the list

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20 - Cook Serve Delicious 2 - 30 points / 0.33 First-place votes / 1 Vote
Nintendo Switch, Xbox One (2019), PlayStation 4 (2018), Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems (2017)

i was one of the monster boy votes. it's a great classic platformer with a charming world and some puzzle, metroidvania, and rpg-lite elements

four left today! our last result today will have over 30 points, meaning everything tomorrow will have had to have had at least two voters

i cannot wrap my head around the fact that i wrote "will have had to have had". i know it can't be correct but i can't figure out why

this language

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18 - Mutazione - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
PlayStation 4, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems

"everything tomorrow will have at least two voters"

Cursed Kingdom was my #2. Around my 6th favorite Metroidvania -- below Hollow Knight but above most Castlevanias. The big downside is that there's no post-game content -- once it's done, it's done.

https://i.imgur.com/xHRuXP6.png
18 - Super Mega Baseball 2 - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
Nintendo Switch (2019), Windows, Xbox One, Playstation 4 (2018)

decent replacement for real baseball

Wargroove! IIRC Advanced Wars was less hard -- for me, I haven't even gotten very far in the Wargroove single-player campaign, but the characters are really fun.

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17 - Dicey Dungeons - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux (Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android in 2020)

I'll post disappointments of the year tomorrow because it mentions a lot of names that haven't come up yet -- challopsy! high-rated games being disappointments! -- but here are the non-2019 games of 2019...

TWO VOTES FOR NON-2019 GAME OF THE YEAR:
Cinco Paus
Yakuza 0

One vote each:
Donut County
The Last of Us
Celeste
Grim Fandango
Planescape: Torment
Ace Attorney Trilogy
Chess
Hearthstone
Life is Strange: Before the Storm

also there is zero overlap on the disappointments of 2019 wow!

oops, add one non-2019 to that list, i forgot about forks --

Nioh

chess, lol but also ✓

Dicey dungeons is a great game - roguelike elements deck building with so many unique mechanics and variations on those mechanics it’s sorta dizzying how much game there is here despite what first appears to be v basic structure and design

Chess my vote lol

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16 - Return of the Obra Dinn - 32 points / 2 Votes
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2019), Microsoft Windows, macOS (2018)

oh, cincopaus

that's the last one for today!

chess, lol but also ✓

― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:34 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

you gave it an echec mark

i'll see myself out

Played it more than any other game last year really still among humanity’s most wonderful innovations of perfect design and complexity emerging out of simple principles every game packed with emergent themes and ideas and stories told entirely out of a grid board and some basic rules