Ready Player Seventy-Seven: It's the top games of 2017! Eleventh Coint & Plick RESULTS

it's a 25 and a 6, apparently.

too bad, 30 & 1 would've been p hilarious

Injustice 2 is definitely fun to watch; it’s fairly slow and legible compared to many other fighters. xxxxps

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14 - Gorogoa - 32 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes
Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows

alright im gonna get the next three out in fairly rapid pace, and then go offline for a little bit, come back in an hour or two for the top 10

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13 - Doom - 33 points / 3 Votes
Nintendo Switch (2017), other consoles in 2016

didn't vote for it this year but Doom is masterpiece

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12 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 40 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes
Ask a punk

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11 - Dark Souls III The Ringed City - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

And I'm done - Gorogoa was my other #1, a perfect new mechanism, serious but not too heavy subject matter, and doesn't outstay its welcome.

This was obv my number one, since it's pretty much the only game I play and the invasion meta-game is still very fun and interesting for me.

The DLC itself is great too, the last two bosses were good old-school challenges in terms of really having to learn their movesets & tells.

No one else voted for Cinco Paus?!?

you all don’t know what you’re missing out on. Pay $5 and play 50 hours, all on your toilet. It’s the bargain of the 21st century

The Ringed City was a bit weaker than the Dark Souls 1/2 & Bloodborne DLC but was still pretty enjoyable, great end to the series

never heard of Cinco Paus but it sounds quite interesting

I'M BACK

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10 - Prey - 45 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

well i've downloaded Doki Doki Literature Club so thread has achieved its purpose

this is the first game where i have ever seen my full-ass name on a character and it wasn't pretty

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12 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 40 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes

lol @ 0.5 first-place votes, lol @ MPQ, lol @ me

damn, congrats on your big break will

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9 - Yakuza 0 - 62 points / 5 Votes
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

I loved the Dark Souls III DLC, both of them, but especially The Ringed City. It seemed to have more variety than ever as well as more unique enemies. The opening area with the tumbling castles is great and seeing one of the DS2 levels collapsed on its side was such a treat. Then there is that vast swamp navigating windy tree branches and horizontal castle towers. Then the cool sun dappled titular city which really feels like a Lost City. At the bottom of it all is another swamp, buildings sinking in the mud, patrolled by giant sorcerers, infested with bizarre insectoid goblins. And so much more! All in a single DLC that I played for at least 10 hours. Next to DS2’s (IMO the underground city was the only worthwhile bit) and DS1’s, I like DSIII’s most of all. Though Artorias will always be one of the best boss fights...

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8 - Stardew Valley - 63 points / 6 Votes
Nintendo Switch (2017), other platforms before

i'd be more mad about last year's #4 taking a spot in the top ten this year but i'm pretty sure a majority of this year's votes actually did discover/play it on the switch, so at least there's that!

i did!

anyways, chrono trigger and mpq are the cultural viruses that long ago destroyed the annual integrity of c+p

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7 - Cuphead - 70 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes
Microsoft Windows, Xbox One

yakuza 0 is so god damn good

i finally got around to playing cuphead a few weeks ago, co-op with a friend. my hot take was that if you think you'll like it, you'll probably like it, and if you think you won't, you probably won't. it is exactly what it looks like. it's very punishing but very rewarding if you're into that. couldn't imagine doing it alone though. couch co-op was a blast.

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6 - Hollow Knight - 76 points / 1 First-place vote / 4 Votes
Microsoft windows, MacOS, Linux

getting close! i'm gonna post #5 next, then #4 in a bit, then the results to the Best Platform of 2017 poll, then 3-2-1 in one shot!

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5 - Horizon Zero Dawn - 83 points / 7 Votes
PlayStation 4

Love Hollow Knight, would definitely recommend it to people who like Metroidvania's and the music and art manages to communicate a lot of that Dark Souls eerieness.

In the middle of Horizon at the moment, it's fun but i'm doing a terrible job of keeping up with story.

Big points jump here... who barely missed the podium in 2017? It's...

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4 - Persona 5 - 127 points / 3 First-place votes / 7 Votes
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

y'all will get the next post once i am done writing this effusive paragraph on Persona 5 fyi

i didn't spend as much time with horizon as i wanted before i had to return it to my brother but for as far as i got i was very into it and hope to pick up a (hopefully discounted) copy soon.

my game of the year, though, and i was pretty sure it would be before it even came out, was Persona 5. The last two iterations ended up existing in a weird space in my life where, for one reason or another, I was basically not doing anything for an extended amount of time (I think when I played Persona 3 Portable it was around xmas holidays in 2010, and I put in 70 hours in a week. Person 4 Golden, was around summer 2013, where I kinda had a dead-end job and no life and blasted through it on lunch breaks, after work etc.). This iteration was my Ultimate Form; I was unemployed, had enough money saved to basically do nothing for two weeks, which is exactly what I did. Persona games are perfect depression comfort food, in a way. When it's tough to feel much of anything, they're a rainbow spray of emotions for a hundred or so hours. The writing is a grab-bag of childish drivel and genuinely shockingly emotional moments. The "dungeoneering" aspect is by no means pioneering (although P5 may very well be the first of the three that IS), but it acts as excellent punctuation -- and counterpoint -- to a game that's pretty much about making friends, enduring hardship, and leaving your friends over a tumultuous year of school. During my extended unemployed stretch (during which I was newly single and newly without roommate for unrelated reasons, so, that is to say, INCREDIBLY ISOLATED) I powered through this and Mass Effect Andromeda. MEA left me feeling empty. Persona 5 left me wanting more.

ANYWAY, top 3 coming shortly! But first, here are your top platforms of the year. Yes I wrote consoles on the chart. No I will not be fixing it.

COINT + PLICK PLATFORMS OF 2017 RESULTS

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PS4 (incl. PS4 Pro): 22
Nintendo Switch: 18
Computer (incl. Mac, PC, Steam, etc): 11
VR (incl. PC VR, PS VR): 10
Mobile (incl. iOS, Android): 5
SNES Classic: 3
Retropie: 1
Xbox One: 0

lol, none of us have an Xbone i guess!

fun fact: the SNES classic, aka the reason we added this poll to C+P, had zero votes until the last possible minute

i mean i know other consoles got 0 votes -- 3DS, for example -- but it's more fun to dunk on the Xbone, right?

Without further ado, here we go: your top 3 games "released" in 2017. GREAT JOB EVERYONE. Way to miss the point of voting for the best game of 2017.

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3 - Final Fantasy IX - 128 points / 1 First-place vote / 11 Votes
PlayStation 4 (2017); iOS & Android (2016); Microsoft Windows (2016); PlayStation (2012, re-release); PlayStation (2000)

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2 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Remastered - 129 points / 2 First-place votes / 11 Votes
Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2017, standalone); Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2016, with Infinite Warfare); OSX (2011, PAL); Wii (2009); OSX (2008, NA); Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows (2007)

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1 - The Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past - 130 points / 3 First-place votes / 33 Votes
SNES Classic (2017); New Nintendo 3DS (2016, Virtual Console, worldwide); Wii U (2014, Virtual Console, Japan & North America); Wii U (2013, Virtual Console, PAL); Wii (2007, Virtual Console, North America & PAL); Game Boy Advance (2006, Players' Choice North America); Wii (2006, Virtual Console, Japan); Game Boy Advance (2003, Japan & PAL); Game Boy Advance (2002, North America); SNES (1998, Players' Choice PAL); SNES (1996, Players' Choice NA); SNES (1992, NA & PAL); SNES (1991, Japan)

do you know how fucking LONG i spent tracking down the year of release of every release/re-release of Link To The Past over the past 27 years took? i'd fucking excelsior me, best gag of 2018, fuiud

...yeah ok i'll post the real one now

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3 - Super Mario Odyssey - 145 points / 1 First-place vote / 10 Votes
Nintendo Switch

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2 - Nier: Automata - 155 points / 3.5 First-place votes / 7 Votes
PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows

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1 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 265 points / 5.5 First-place votes / 14 Votes
Nintendo Switch, Wii U

Thanks for following along, y'all. Here are all of the games to receive votes this year.

1 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 265 points / 5.5 First-place votes / 14 Votes
2 - Nier: Automata - 155 points / 3.5 First-place votes / 7 Votes
3 - Super Mario Odyssey - 145 points / 1 First-place vote / 10 Votes
4 - Persona 5 - 127 points / 3 First-place votes / 7 Votes
5 - Horizon Zero Dawn - 83 points / 7 Votes
6 - Hollow Knight - 76 points / 1 First-place vote / 4 Votes
7 - Cuphead - 70 points / 1 First-place vote / 5 Votes
8 - Stardew Valley - 63 points / 6 Votes
9 - Yakuza 0 - 62 points / 5 Votes
10 - Prey - 45 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes
11 - Dark Souls III: The Ringed City - 43 points / 1 First-place vote / 3 Votes
12 - Marvel Puzzle Quest - 40 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 2 Votes
13 - Doom - 33 points / 3 Votes
14 - Gorogoa - 32 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 3 Votes
15 - What Remains of Edith Finch - 31 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes
16 - Cinco Paus - 30 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote
17 - Injustice 2 - 30 points / 3 Votes
18 - ARMS - 30 points / 2 Votes
19 - Fire Emblem Heroes - 29 points / 1 Vote
20 - Destiny 2 - 27 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes
20 - Nex Machina - 27 points / 1 First-place vote / 2 Votes
22 - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 27 points / 2 Votes
23 - Pyre - 26 points / 2 Votes
24 - Earth Defense Force 5 - 25 points / 1 Vote
25 - Civilization 6 - 24 points / 4 Votes
26 - Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy - 22 points / 2 Votes
27 - World of Warcraft: Legion - 21 points / 0.5 First-place votes / 1 Vote
28 - Metroid: Samus Returns - 21 points / 2 Votes
28 - Rec-Room - 21 points / 2 Votes
30 - Universal Paperclips - 20 points / 2 Votes
30 - Northgard - 20 points / 2 Votes
32 - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 20 points / 1 Vote
33 - Mario Kart 8 DX - 17 points / 3 Votes
34 - The Sexy Brutale - 17 points / 2 Votes
34 - West of Loathing - 17 points / 2 Votes
34 - Yooka-Laylee - 17 points / 2 Votes
37 - Superhot VR - 17 points / 1 Vote
38 - Pinball FX3 - 16 points / 2 Votes
39 - Puyo Puyo Tetris - 16 points / 1 Vote
40 - Doki Doki Literature Club - 15 points / 2 Votes
40 - Wolfenstein II - 15 points / 2 Votes
42 - Through the Ages - 15 points / 1 Vote
42 - Splatoon 2 - 15 points / 1 Vote
42 - Tales of Berseria - 15 points / 1 Vote
42 - Sonic Mania - 15 points / 1 Vote
46 - Monument Valley 2 - 14 points / 1 Vote
46 - Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - 14 points / 1 Vote
48 - Lone Echo - 13 points / 1 Vote
48 - Superflight - 13 points / 1 Vote
50 - Gran Turismo Sport - 12 points / 1 Vote
51 - Nioh - 11 points / 2 Votes
51 - Tekken 7 - 11 points / 2 Votes
51 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 11 points / 2 Votes
54 - Everything - 10 points / 2 Votes
55 - Meshi Quest - 10 points / 1 Vote
55 - NBA Playgrounds - 10 points / 1 Vote
55 - Picross S - 10 points / 1 Vote
55 - Accounting+ - 10 points / 1 Vote
55 - Little Nightmares - 10 points / 1 Vote
60 - Statik - 9 points / 1 Vote
61 - Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment - 8 points / 2 Votes
61 - Hidden Folks - 8 points / 2 Votes
63 - Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen - 8 points / 1 Vote
63 - The Norwood Suite - 8 points / 1 Vote
65 - Mass Effect Andromeda - 7 points / 1 Vote
65 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - 7 points / 1 Vote
65 - Cube Escape: The Cave - 7 points / 1 Vote
65 - Calculator: The Game - 7 points / 1 Vote
69 - Resident Evil 7 - 6 points / 2 Votes
69 - Thimbleweed Park - 6 points / 2 Votes
71 - Robo Recall - 6 points / 1 Vote
72 - Monster Slayers - 5 points / 1 Vote
72 - Hob - 5 points / 1 Vote
72 - Steamworld Dig 2 - 5 points / 1 Vote
72 - Assassin's Creed Origins - 5 points / 1 Vote
72 - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp - 5 points / 1 Vote
77 - Dead Cells - 4 points / 1 Vote
78 - Paperback - 3 points / 1 Vote
78 - Splashy Dots - 3 points / 1 Vote
80 - Typeshift - 2 points / 1 Vote

thanks for running the poll Will!