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

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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

I dig the Saints Row games despite their tenacious adherence to 6th gen aesthetics. Dumb and fun. I really need to screencap and share the hideous character I created for SR2 sometime.

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#22 - Marvel Puzzle Quest (PORT) - D3
30 Points
1 Vote
1 First-Place Vote

I might have bought and played and voted for this if it had been released, more logically, on the Vita rather than the PS3.

vote for it at the end of 2016 when it inevitably is so we can have it on the ballot for 4 stupid years

Will do!

(I am truly sorry for the pain you continue to endure.)

this year i made an active decision to not include an image of match-3 gameplay you're welcome ilx

last one for today... the thrilling finale is tomorrow! 20-1. But for today: a game that actually came out in 2015 (prepare to see me grumble next year when y'all vote for it since it's getting a disc re-release apparently?)

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#21 - Tales from the Borderlands - Telltale Games, Gearbox Software
30 Points
2 Votes

AND TODAY'S BONUS FEATURE: best non-2015 games of 2015

Mentioned on two ballots:
Marvel Puzzle Quest
Crusader Kings II

Mentioned on one ballot:
Crossy Road
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Desert Golfing
Far Cry 4
Hearthstone
Hexcells Infinite
Red Dead Redemption
The Last of Us HD
the longest journey
The Swapper
Valdis Story
Vanquish

hey whose the other cool cat who voted for ck2

Vanquish was my non-2015 game. One of the most thrilling games I've ever played, like being dropped in the middle of a futuristic sci-fi action movie. I need to play more of it to figure out how it does what it does in a way that differentiates itself from other games of its ilk. I've played lots of good PS3 games that flew under the radar, but this one seems to be as low under the radar as it gets.

Boo at only me voting for Monster Hunter, but I guess.. I'm the only one voting for 3ds games in general? Mostly PC / mobile stuff here. Anyway MH4 lacks the unfairly hated underwater claustrophia of MH3, but adds so much content you could conceivably play it forever. With each entry they get a bit better at introducing new players to MH, pay a little more attention to the single player story, charming side characters, etc. The real genius of 4 is the new dynamic level design with lots of vertical, agile movement, amazing battlegrounds in the mountains, in the jungle, in caves.