Top games of 2018: Twelfth Coint & Plick RESULTS

AND NOW... YOUR... FINAL... THREE... GAMES... OF... 2018........

#3. Guards Against Insanity — 200 Points — 13 Votes — 4.20 First Place Votes
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#2. Fallout '77 — 203 Points — 14 Votes — 6.9 First Place Votes
https://i.imgur.com/iIRGkXF.png

#1. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch — 304 Points — 15 Votes — 6.66 First Place Votes
https://i.imgur.com/4ecan8f.png

MAKES U THINK.

ilx coint and plick 2018: rly makin u think all over again

ok but for real now

#3. Dead Cells — 115 Points — 8 Votes — 0.6 First Place Votes
https://i.imgur.com/2MJrPla.png

#2. Hollow Knight — 181 Points — 9 Votes — 3.43 First Place Votes
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#1. Celeste — 241 Points — 11 Votes — 5.1 First Place Votes
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the points distance between 5 and 4, and 3 and 2, and 2 and 1... dang

#1. Celeste — 241 Points — 11 Votes — 5.1 First Place Votes
#2. Hollow Knight — 181 Points — 9 Votes — 3.43 First Place Votes
#3. Dead Cells — 115 Points — 8 Votes — 0.6 First Place Votes
#4. Into the Breach — 93 Points — 7 Votes — 0.33 First Place Votes
#5. Return of the Obra Dinn — 61 Points — 5 Votes
#6. Tetris Effect — 53 Points — 3 Votes — 0.5 First Place Votes
#7. Yoku's Island Express — 52 Points — 5 Votes — 0.1 First Place Votes
#8. Spider-Man — 50 Points — 4 Votes — 0.6 First Place Votes
#9. God of War — 46 Points — 4 Votes — 0.33 First Place Votes
#10. Super Smash Bros Ultimate — 37 Points — 3 Votes
#11. Minit — 33 Points — 3 Votes
#12. Red Dead Redemption 2 — 32 Points — 4 Votes
#13. NES Switch Online — 30 Points — 2 Votes — 0.3 First Place Votes
#14. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire — 30 Points — 1 Vote — 1 First Place Vote
#14. Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team — 30 Points — 1 Vote — 1 First Place Vote
#16. Florence — 29 Points — 2 Votes — 0.1 First Place Votes
#17. Yakuza 0 — 27 Points — 1 Vote — 1 First Place Vote
#18. YAKUZA 6: The Song of Life — 26 Points — 1 Vote — 1 First Place Vote
#19. Subnautica — 25 Points — 3 Votes — 1 First Place Vote
#20. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle — 25 Points — 3 Votes
#21. Fortnite Battle Royale — 25 Points — 2 Votes
#22. Dragon Ball FighterZ — 25 Points — 1 Vote — 0.5 First Place Votes
#23. Gravity Rush 2 — 25 Points — 1 Vote
#23. Pathfinder: Kingmaker — 25 Points — 1 Vote
#23. YAKUZA KIWAMI 2 — 25 Points — 1 Vote
#26. Donut County — 24 Points — 3 Votes — 0.1 First Place Votes
#27. Katamari Damacy Reroll — 22 Points — 1 Vote
#28. Slay the Spire — 21 Points — 2 Votes
#29. Gris — 20 Points — 2 Votes
#30. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey — 20 Points — 1 Vote — 0.5 First Place Votes
#31. Dragon Quest Builders — 20 Points — 1 Vote — 0.2 First Place Votes
#31. NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 — 20 Points — 1 Vote — 0.2 First Place Votes
#31. Waku Waku Sweets — 20 Points — 1 Vote — 0.2 First Place Votes
#31. Wordament — 20 Points — 1 Vote — 0.2 First Place Votes
#35. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon — 20 Points — 1 Vote
#36. Octopath Traveler — 19 Points — 3 Votes
#37. Holedown — 15 Points — 3 Votes
#38. Captain Toad Treasure Tracker — 15 Points — 2 Votes — 0.1 First Place Votes
#39. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana — 15 Points — 1 Vote — 0.5 First Place Votes
#40. Lumines Remastered — 12 Points — 1 Vote
#40. Northgard — 12 Points — 1 Vote
#42. Blazblue Cross Tag Battle — 10 Points — 2 Votes
#43. Dragon Quest XI — 10 Points — 1 Vote — 0.1 First Place Votes
#44. Atelier Lydie & Suelle — 10 Points — 1 Vote
#44. Battletech — 10 Points — 1 Vote
#44. Forza Horizon 4 — 10 Points — 1 Vote
#44. Genital Jousting — 10 Points — 1 Vote
#44. Swarmlake — 10 Points — 1 Vote
#44. System Syzygy — 10 Points — 1 Vote
#50. Two Point Hospital — 9 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Bad North — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. CrossCode — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Detroit: Become Human — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Heartbeat — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Iconoclasts — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Monster Hunter World — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Overcooked 2 — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. NGU Idle — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Pro Office Calculator — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. The Guides Axiom — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. The Room: Old Sins — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#51. Cuphead — 5 Points — 1 Vote
#64. Far Cry 5 — 4 Points — 1 Vote
#64. Hole.io — 4 Points — 1 Vote
#64. Valkyria Chronicles 4 — 4 Points — 1 Vote
#67. Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee — 2 Points — 1 Vote

Into The Breach is a very good game, but it's no FTL.

re: the console of the year vote, it was separate from the main thing, ppl picked their fave consoles overall for theyear. could include games they didn't even nom/vote. guess people spent more time on the ps4 this year!

Sure sure, and I get that - what I was clumsily trying to get at was, is it just that its exclusives of Spider-man and God of War (and Tetris Effect, which I forgot) were so good, or was it anything else that caused people to think of it fondly in its fifth year?

lol just read Mordy's xp post on Into The Breach, but honestly feel the same.

whoops i was at the grocery store

good list

and the yakuza games! and mlb the show! and detroit become human, lol. ni no kuni. those + your list = a wild exclusives list for 2018!

Additional disappointment of 2018 votes, all one point each:
- Destiny 2
- Marvel Puzzle Quest
- Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom
- Secret of Mana remake
- "not enough hours in the day"

re: PS4 i think it's just that it's a lot of people here's main platform for gaming and nintendo had a lower key year

xp (in addition to one vote each for God of War, Donut County, Far Cry 5, NES Switch Online, and five votes for Red Dead Redemption 2)

So I should play Celeste (and FTL), huh?

I tried to talk myself out of voting for Celeste #1 but it's definitely the one I enjoyed the most.

yeah celeste was just one of those self-evidently great and memorable games, couldn't really not vote it #1 though i gave it the tie with ys 8 which was a more emblematic favorite of what i was playing in 2018

celeste is undeniable

hollow knight was robbed!*

*I've not played celeste because it didn't go on sale yet

it's been on sale occasionally

No need for a separate ballot thread, yeah?

30 /// Celeste
12 /// Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
12 /// Lumines Remastered
12 /// Octopath Traveler
12 /// Into the Breach
12 /// Yoku's Island Express
 5 /// Bad North
 5 /// Holedown

nah post em here!

Not sure what games I've played I'd say are definitely better than Celeste

hollow knight was robbed!*

*I've not played celeste because it didn't go on sale yet

Cosign

30 /// Hollow Knight
25 /// Gravity Rush 2
2 /// Return of the Obra Dinn
3 /// Dead Cells
1 /// God of War

Definitely would've voted Yakuza 0 if nor for RULEZ.

here's mine

15 /// Subnautica
14 /// Celeste
13 /// Red Dead Redemption 2
12 /// Northgard
11 /// Slay the Spire
9 /// Two Point Hospital
8 /// Dead Cells
7 /// Into the Breach
6 /// Hollow Knight
5 /// Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

I never play enough games to vote in these polls (1-2 a year) but Hollow Knight was such a wonderful experience, glad to see it do so well

Best
Spider-Man (PS4)
Dragon Quest 11 (PS4)
Celeste (PS4)
Hollow Knight (Switch)
NES Switch Online (Switch)
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker (Switch)
Florence (iOS)
Donut Country (iOS)
Yoku’s Island Express (PS4)
Dead Cells (PS4)

30 Celeste
20 Hollow Knight
20 Dead Cells
10 Return of the Obra Dinn
5 Red Dead Redemption 2
5 Into the Breach
5 God of War
5 Cuphead

top 3 are all-timers for me, the rest of the year felt a little boring but i didn't really play that many different games. more like a handful of games a LOT

solid results! Thanks Will for running this. Here's my ballot

5 /// Monster Hunter World
5 /// Dead Cells
30 /// God of War
30 /// Hollow Knight
30 /// Into the Breach

Can't remember which order they were in but I basically voted for the top 4 + iconoclasts

Can't remember which order they were in but I basically voted for the top 4 + iconoclasts

27 /// Yakuza 0
22 /// Celeste
13 /// Minit
10 /// Genital Jousting
10 /// Swarmlake
10 /// Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
4 /// Subnautica
4 /// Donut County

I'm PC only these days so my Yakuza 0 vote was legitimate. Thanks for running the poll, Will.

25 /// Hollow Knight
15 /// Minit
10 /// System Syzygy
10 /// Yoku's Island Express
10 /// Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
10 /// Celeste
5 /// NGU Idle
5 /// Pro Office Calculator
5 /// The Guides Axiom
5 /// The Room: Old Sins

I haven't played Dead Cells, Obra Dinn or Into the Breath yet, but I look forward to playing them.

30 /// Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team
22 /// Katamari Damacy Reroll
18 /// Tetris Effect
15 /// Fortnite Battle Royale
10 /// Yoku's Island Express
5 /// Super Smash Bros Ultimate

If I'd played more games last year I might've added to the Obra Dinn votes - I had a few minor reservations but overall loved that game.

Yeah, my enthusiasm for Obra Dinn was only slightly dampened by some interface/navigation annoyances, but it’s one that I’ll be recommending for a long time.

And as good as Dead Cells is, there’s probably going to be another 20 games like it over the next few years. Obra Dinn, unless something very unexpected happens, is unlikely to be replicated anytime soon.

Is this for the first C+P where indies swept the top 5?

we're all getting old.

they're the only realm where everyone's on the same page

fuck, hollow knight finished... 6th last year? how did i let that one slide? i hope the voters were all new voters. if not i tsk at you. TSK TSK TSK
2 years ago was a near-sweep of the top for indies. inside, dark souls 3, witness, stardew, salt & sanctuary. indies always do very well here, if not for borderlands, marvel puzzle quest, dark souls, and a couple of other cult classics over here it'd almost always be all indies!

also i forgot to post my own ballot.

YAKUZA 6: The Song of Life - 26
YAKUZA KIWAMI 2 - 25
Tetris Effect - 15
Spider-Man - 10
Hole.io - 4
Far Cry 5 - 4
Valkyria Chronicles 4 - 4
Red Dead Redemption 2 - 4
Into the Breach - 4
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee - 2
Octopath Traveler - 2

ty 4 playing everyone! see you next year! (or sooner if i run a summer/fall generations poll!)

i did think something was off about Hollow Knight, it makes sense since it didn't come to consoles until 2018

yeah it had a bigger hype cycle when it came out on switch than when the original pc version came out the previous year

also PCs are for powerpoint

dark souls 3 is indie?

Last year, I played the intro section of Hollow Knight on PC and I may have given it some points. I played the rest of the game on PS4 this year.

2 years ago was a near-sweep of the top for indies. inside, dark souls 3, witness, stardew, salt & sanctuary.

got it