Coint & Plick 2018 - ILX's best games of the year - NOMINATIONS (Deadline: March 11, noon Eastern)

dang i was gonna nominate golf story but it was 2017! and nominated in 2017 too. 0 votes though. ah well! it's a fun game

it's fun but it missed my ballot last year, too many good games

Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)

Oops, didn't play any new games last year. Just Dark Souls 3 and Dark Souls Remastered. Again.

This will be my first time ever participating so I'm excited to shout "TOO HIGH" at GOW.

shiit i didn't realize Golf Story was last year either. would've gone on my ballot

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS4, XB1, PC)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Switch)
Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4, XB1, PC) -- yup, this was January

Slay the Spire (PC, Mac)
Florence (Mobile)
Battletech (PC, Mac)
Cuphead (Mac)

Reigns: GoT (Mobile)
Fight List (Mobile)
Pocket City (Mobile)
Hole.io (Mobile)

The Guides Axiom (android/ios, 2017, significantly updated in 2018)
System Syzygy (Windows/mac/linux, 2018) https://mdsteele.games/syzygy/
Pro Office Calculator (Windows/mac/linux, 2018) https://proofficecalculator.com
The Room: Old Sins (ios/android, 2018)
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle (PC/ios/android/switch, 2018)
Adventure Communist (android/ios, 2016, significantly updated in 2018)
NGU Idle (website, 2018) https://www.kongregate.com/games/somethingggg/ngu-idle
Dragon Quest XI (PS4/PC, 2017, english release in 2018)

one note is New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe that was nominated above is actually a 2019 release

La-Mulana 2 (PC)
Lucah: Born of a Dream (PC)
The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories (PC/PS4/NS/XOne)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (PC/PS4/XOne)
Iconoclasts (PC/Mac/Linux/PS4/Vita/NS)

are we nominating board games ? not that hat I’m going to nom any or vote for any but interested to see if any of them place

i haven't played any 2018 released board games and I'm prob one of the bigger board gamers here

board games being more about longer term replayability i don't rush out to get new ones like video games, instead wait a couple years to see which ones stick

Lumines Remastered (NS/Xone/PS4/PC)

Bad North (NS/Xone/PS4/PC/Mac)

Holedown (mobile)

Little less than two weeks for noms, so I'll post what we have so far in convenient alphabetical order for all of you!

If something is missing, nominate it; if the platform(s) is(are) wrong, please correct me :) keep in mind that it should only be the consoles it was released on in 2018, and if you're voting, you're voting for it on THAT console. I lvoe Stardew Valley too, but it should only be nominated/voted for by someone who discovered it on PS Vita in 2018 (yes, that's real, and it blows my mind too. Vita is still putting out games???)

428: Shibuya Scramble (PS4, Win)
A Way Out (PS4, XOne, Win)
Adventure Communist (mobile)
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (PS4, XOne)
Atelier Lydie & Suelle (Win, PS4, NS)
Bad North (NS, Xone, PS4, Win, Mac)
Battletech (Win, Mac)
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle (Win, PS4, NS)
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PS4, XOne, Win)
Celeste (PS4, NS, XOne, Win, Linux, Mac)
CrossCode (Win)
Cultist Simulator (Win, Mac)
Cuphead (Mac)
Dead Cells (PS4, NS)
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition (Win, PS4, XOne)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (NS)
Donut County (Win, Mac, NS, PS4, XOne)
Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4, XOne, Win)
Dragon Quest Builders (NS)
Dragon Quest XI (PS4, Win)
Far Cry 5 (PS4, XOne, Windows)
Fight List (Mobile)
Florence (Mobile)
Forza Horizon 4 (Win, XOne)
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle (Win, mobile, NS)
Genital Jousting (Win)
God of War (PS4)
Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
Gris (Win, NS)
Heartbeat (Win)
Hole.io (Mobile)
Holedown (mobile)
Hollow Knight (NS)
Iconoclasts (Win, Mac, Linux, PS4, Vita, NS)
Into the Breach (Win, Mac)
La-Mulana 2 (Win)
Lucah: Born of a Dream (Win)
Lumines Remastered (NS, Xone, PS4, Win)
Minit (Win, Mac, NS, PS4, XOne)
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (PS4, XOne, Win)
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (PS4, XOne, NS, Win)
NGU Idle (browser)
Northgard (Win, Mac)
Octopath Traveler (NS)
Parkitect (Win, Mac)
Pocket City (Mobile)
Pro Office Calculator (Win, Mac, Linux)
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (3DS)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4, XOne)
Reigns: GoT (Mobile)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Win, Mac)
Slay the Spire (Win, Mac)
Spider-Man (PS4)
Subnautica (Mac, Win)
Super Mega Baseball 2 (PS4, XOne)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (NS)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (NS)
Swarmlake (Win)
System Syzygy (Win, mac, linux)
Tetris Effect (PS4, PSVR)
The Guides Axiom (mobile)
The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories (Win, PS4, NS, XOne)
The Room: Old Sins (mobile)
Two Point Hospital (Win, Mac)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (PS4, XOne, NS, Windows)
Waku Waku Sweets (mobile)
Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team (tabletop)
Wordament (mobile)
Yakuza 0 (Win)
YAKUZA 6: The Song of Life (PS4)
YAKUZA KIWAMI 2 (PS4)
Yoku's Island Express (Win, PS4, NS, XOne)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Win, PS4, NS, Vita)

semper games

Hollow Knight is on PS4, too.

"Mac" is the wrong platform for Cuphead
Into the Breach is on Switch
Smash Ultimate on there twice

We need more noms, that's only 74 games!

Not that I can think of any offhand.

i can add a few more things i guess but they're not likely to make my ballot

Timespinner (Win, PS4, Vita)

Wizard of Legend (Win, NS, PS4, XOne)

Mac is not the wrong platform for Cuphead

added ps4 to hollow knight! (and xone, since that was also 2018). didn't add win/mac/linux since those were 2017.

Cuphead was Win + Xone in 2017, and Mac in 2018

I knocked one of the smashes off the list and defended the edge to make sure it didn't come back. Fixed Into the Breach.

aaaand added cider's two new ones! yay

wait cuphead is on mac? am I just an idiot who doesn't know things?

whaddaya know

Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion (NS)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country (NS)

these are both standalone dlc campaigns which i assume is kosher? i havent played either of em yet but here they are in the interest of getting past 77 noms

some more haven't played but maybe someone else did:

WarioWare Gold (3DS)
Detective Pikachu (3DS)

Waku Waku Sweets (mobile)

Is wrong, it’s only on switch

standalone DLC is ok! even not-standalone DLC is ok!

will be voting for piranha plant in c&p 2019

Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (PS4, Win)

Soul Calibur VI (PS4, XOne, Win)

^^ Dr. Sex-gun approves.

Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee (NS)
Super Mario Party (NS)
Monster Hunter World (PS4, XOne, Win)

do we not have any monster hunters on this board? kinda surprising

guess we don't have any cod/battlefield types either though so cuts both ways

Fallout 76 (PS4, XOne, Win)
A Case of Distrust (Win, Mac, NS)

lol

one i haven't played, but everyone i talk to says it rules...

Sea of Thieves (Win, Xone)

Mario Tennis Aces (NS)

Deltarune (Win, Mac)

its just chapter 1 right? the full game doesnt exist yet?

The Messenger (Switch, Windows, Xbox One, PS4)
Frostpunk (Windows)

Life is Strange 2 (Win, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xone)

My PC gaming is as always dated, but I played some things on my phone:

Rusty Lake Paradise (PC, Mac, Mobile)
Returner 77 (PC, Mac, Mobile)
Push (PC, Mac, Linux, Mobile)
.projekt (PC, Mac, Mobile)
Cube Escape: Paradox (PC, Mac, Mobile)

NES Switch Online (Switch)
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker (Switch)

So the deadline is now passed technically and we are at 98 nominations. Unless anyone has any last minute ones, I am gonna start the other thread at some point today!

my ballot/body is ready

More suggestions, many of which I haven't played

11-11: Memories Retold (PS4, XBone, PC)
Artifact (PC, iOS)
Astro Bot Rescue Mission (PSVR)
Battlefield V (PS4, XBone, PC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PS4, XBone, PC)
Chasm (PS4, XBone, PC, Switch, Vita)
Chuchel (PC, iOS)
Darksiders III (PS4, XBone, PC, 8chan)
Detroit: Become Human (PS4)
Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4)
F1 2018 (PS4)
Firewall: Zero Hour (PSVR)
Fortnite Battle Royale (iOS, Switch)
Guacamelee! 2 (PS4)
Hitman 2 (PS4, XBone, PC)
Jurassic World Evolution (PS4, XBone, PC)
Just Cause 4 (PS4, XBone, PC)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (PS4, XBone, PC)
Mega Man 11 (PS4, XBone, PC, Switch)
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS4)
Moonlighter (PS4, XBone, Switch, PC)
Moss (PSVR, PC)
Nintendo Labo (Switch)
Onrush (PS4, XBone)
Overcooked 2 (PS4, XBone, PC, Switch)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS4, XBone, PC)
Surviving Mars (PS4, XBone, PC)
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (Switch)
The Forest (PC)
Unravel Two (PS4, XBone, PC)
Vampyr (PS4, XBone, Switch)
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (PS4, XBone, PC)

cool! added those, will make thread tomorrow because today was busy as fuck!

I for one can't wait to vote in this for the first time.

excited to once again be the only voter for my GotY

IT IS TIME

Coint & Plick 2018 - ILX's best video games of the year - CAMPAIGN and VOTE here!