Ninth Coint & Plick: The ~60 best games of 2015 according to ILX

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#39 - Dropsy - Tendershoot, A Jolly Corpse
17 Points
2 Votes

I think Dropsy narrowly missed my ballot. I appreciated its sad lonely weirdness a lot. Adventure games are kind of killing it for storytelling these days, even though I'm not a huge fan of the genre and never have been. (but I'm more comfortable cheating w/ gameFAQs than i ever was before, and better at not spoiling the next step than i used to be, so i can still enjoy the unfolding)

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#37 - Helldivers - Arrowhead Game Studios
18 Points
2 Votes

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#37 - Super Mega Baseball - Metalhead Software
18 Points
2 Votes

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#36 - Ori and the Blind Forest - Moon Studios
19 Points
1 Vote
1 First-Place Vote

damn y'all, crickets

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#35 - Yo-kai Watch - Level-5
20 Points
1 Vote

i haven't even heard of so many of these games!

I haven't played any of these games but they look really cool.

virtually everything that's listed for console, apart from nintendo games, is on PS4

Right, but if go CRTL-F 'console'...

i'm sure there will be some sort of summary spreadsheet at the end, it'll be alright

I'll post a recap at the end and include that line

(I am aware that I've moved on from 'prickish' to 'whining' - feel free to ignore me, and thanks for running the poll!)

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#34 - Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger And The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist - Crows Crows Crows
20 Points
3 Votes

Wanted to play that purely based on its provenance but didn't get around to getting it. Any of the three voters want to rep for it? I note that although it got three votes none were very high, is that b/c it's short so not passion-worthy or b/c it's only ok?

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#33 - Until Dawn - Supermassive Games
21 Points
1 Vote

So Yo-Kai Watch (for the 3DS, though it's labeled mobile) is basically the coziest virtual representation of an urban Japanese landscape I've ever played. Compared to the Pokemon games the overworld is just gorgeous, full of detail, life, character. That particular drowsy atmosphere of a neighbourhood on the outskirts of a a Japanese metropol.

The gameplay itself consists of relatively passive battles (best thing is it works quite differently from Pokemon), but the characters, the Yokai, are super cute and with their own off-kilter stories. General gist is the Yokai, unbeknownst to humans, affect their moods. To get some angry, stressed-out dude back on track you have to find and befriend the Yokai responsible.

The only reason not to buy this is that the sequel, which improves on everything, in particular making the overworld even bigger, more detailed and charming (you can ride trains!), is probably soon out in localized form.

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#31 - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Andrew Crawshaw
21 Points
2 Votes

yeah sorry i realized i fucked that up (yo-kai as mobile) xp... there was bound ot be at least one given how bad my process is for maknig this images

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#31 - Hotline Miami 2 - Jonatan Söderström, Dennis Wedin
21 Points
2 Votes

applause for the until dawn screenshot.
i am not sure if MGSV or Bloodbourne will win this.

or marvel puzzle quest. it's possible!

The name + screenshot of 'Everybody's Gone' definitely make me curious - what's it like?

"Walking Simulators": Puzzle/Exploration games

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#30 - Broken Age - Double Fine Productions
23 Points
2 Votes

i love mpq but its continued existence on c+p makes me mad

"my favourite record of 2015 is kaleidoscope dream you have to let me vote for it again this year i keep lsitening to it"

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#29 - Grow Home - Ubisoft Reflections
23 Points
3 Votes

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#28 - Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut - Toxic Games
24 Points
1 Vote

whoa. is that the sequel to Intelligence Qube?! that was one of the games on the PS1 demo disc that came with the system, and it was a lot of fun.

i don't think they're related, that was a japanese-made, sony-produced exclusive and this is an american indie steam game

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#27 - Agar.io - Matheus Valadares
27 Points
3 Votes

i voted for Agar.io

there's nothing like spending half an hour slowly building up your giant blob until you're a massive crawling force of destruction that other players seem to willingly sacrifice themselves to, only to be suddenly annihilated by a player called penisbutt as you rashly split your forces in an attempt to capture someone who looks vulnerable

Q.U.B.E. was my vote. Imagine the Portal games stripped down to mostly just the puzzle elements and the visual style of the sterile testing environments. If that sounds appealing, I highly recommend it.

i woulda voted for agario if i had remembered it. lost many hours there!

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#26 - Trimps - GreenSatellite
28 Points
2 Votes

oh my god. i'm glad i never clicked on that link.

oo what is that?

another cow clicker

don't do it!

don't!!

we all know how this ends

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#25 - Neko Atsume - Hit-Point
29 Points
4 Votes

oh ok i thought maybe it was a sim or something. i'm burnt out on the clickers.

Don't get this kind of thing at all (re: clicker)

i was a neko atsume vote. this might belong on the good writing about videogames thread, but: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/magazine/why-am-i-obsessed-with-a-cellphone-game-about-collecting-cats.html

I forgot to say upthread, thanx to reddening for sending some of the screenshots used in this thread!!! (i apparently used a different one for until dawn but there are one or two more coming up that reddening supplied so thx) :)

is neko atsume still japanese(?) language only? no translation?

it's translated now

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#23 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - Capcom
30 Points
1 Vote
0.5 First-Place Votes

i never played Hotline Miami 2 but i loved the first game. it had an amazing presentation and addicted gameplay.

i voted for "Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell" bc i really enjoyed SRIV, it was an open world GTA with way more freedom to it. the super-powers made the most boring part of those games (driving to/from missions) a complete thrill as you flying, leap over buildings, run up the side of skyscrapers, etc. essentially you are superman. GOOH is more of the same but with a nice hellscape version of the city to play in. i feel like hell as a setting is oddly unexplored in video games and GOOH did a great job with the fire and brimstones of the popular depiction. adding the angel wings for flight was a no-brainer, and makes the whole thing even cooler. lots of fun and the perfect alternative if you ever tire of GTA's seriousness.

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#23 - We Know the Devil - Aevee Bee
30 Points
1 Vote
0.5 First-Place Votes