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A list of every JRPG coming out/potentially coming out for 2020 that I could find

Hello y'all. I was looking up the jrpg releases for 2020 last week and holy hell this year is a juggernaut for jrpgs. I have compiled a list with dates of release or TBA, a video link, and a brief description of what they are if I know anything about the game. Given how long this will be, I'm not going to be editing it for grammar so apologies in advance. Now, let's get on with this shall we.
January: Well, we are already mid way thru Jan and a few titles have already dropped but lets just list them out right now.
  1. Super Robot War X (Jan. 10) (Switch/PC) (SRPG). Visually its not very impressive but the series has always had solid gameplay, not inferior to FE imo on that particular aspect. Its basically a gundam mashup, tho this one has lelouch and guren lagunn in it as well. Basically its what happens if all those gundams and gundam pilots from all those gundam animes got put into one game with some original characters and a original story. And somehow, the series have always made it work. I haven;t played this one yet, but from previous experience you dont really need to know the original anime of these characters and the series can be played standalone with each game as its own.
Original Gematsu JP announcement trailer from 2 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlW-hAwJ9ZE
2) Atelier Dust Trilogy (PC/Switch/PS4). So this one doesn't require much explanation. It's atelier dusk. It's already out I believe. Some people would argue that it is the best or second best trilogy of the series. Cute characters doing cute stuff. Pretty intense time/resource simulator if you are trying to go above and beyond but if you just want to do as much as you need/want and pass the game then it can be a casual but enjoyable experience. Light hearted story as all ateliers are mostly (cough cough iris), tho this trilogy does have a slightly gloomier setting/story. Nice place to start if you are new to the series.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hWacAkAAA
3) Orangeblood (PC) (Jan.14). So this is a game that almost no one has heard about lol. Seems like a japanese INDIE. Retro styled turn base. Seems really interesting. I've tried looking up the devs grayfax software but I haven't really found anything substantial. It seems like this might actually be a one man job or at least that of a very small team tho I can't be sure.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNhaaJgPCD8
4) Ephemeral Tale (Jan. 14) (EARLY ACCESS). Honestly, I know nothing about this one. Its a retro style turn base game for sure, but it's just entered early access so who knows how it will turn out.
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1204320/Ephemeral_Tale/
5) Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls (PC) (Jan 15). This is a straight up dungeon crawler, the classic kind. Nothing groundbreaking but if you want a classic styled relatively difficult dungeon crawler this may be for you. Developed by Acquire and localized by Xseed. Funny enough, gamespot had a review which said that this game lacked an automap feature. They were wrong lol. That being said, it needs to be unlocked first. The process can require some effort so I can see how they may have missed it if they were just rushing thru it for a review. Thus, some pen and paper may be necessary. Like I said, this is of that old school design choice. Just one word of advice, make sure you pay attention where you are going, its super easy to get turned around in this game.
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xKt_M8zGQ
6) The Alliance Alive HD Remaster (PC) (Jan 16). This is honestly a good game. It started out as a 3ds title and it definitely shows in the visuals. The super oversimplified version of the story is, the world is fucked, lets try and fix it. I know, I know, but honestly its a good story, with good characters. The battle system is interesting. Rather than focusing on getting levels for the characters, you get levels for your skills, and some skills are tied to your weapon usage. There's other stuff too like awakening talents. You basically have to do character building manually. It can be a bit jarring at first and the game can get difficult in the 2nd half but if you put in the time to learn the system there can be a lot of fun to be had.
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSx2nEKCrQE
7) Tokyo Mirage Session FE Encore. (Switch) (Jan 17). I don't know much about this game except its a FE x SMT with a slice of persona? Honestly, you are better off asking some other redditor than me, but I do plan on getting it cause from what I've been told the gameplay is actually good and the story is satisfactory.
8) Utwarerumono Trilogy (Jan 23 and TBA) (PC): This is a very, very dialogue heavy series. Did I mention it was very dialogue heavy? Its basically a visual novel, but every chapter ends on a srpg combat map. There's also free battles. The battles aren't really that hard, and you can always grind it out on the free maps but my experience is that in the hard maps you can definitely strategize it. It's definitely a story focused, story first type of game. It has a interconnected story, politics, romance, war, some really interesting mix of fantasy and a little bit of scifi. Utawarerumono, mask of deception, and mask of truth will be ported to PC on Jan. 23, tho they have already been available in the west on ps4 for a couple of years. the two games are direct sequels of each other. Deception moves at a fairly slow pace, with a lot more slice of life moments than truth. It definitely has its high pace moments, but for the most part the game establishes the characters and the empire which the game takes place in. Truth, the sequel, builds off the set up from the first game, and goes full force. It also has more combat maps than deception, if memory serves. Is it anime as fuck, hell yeah. Is it epic as hell if you like anime and are okay with a slow paced, slice of life set up? hell yeah. Now, this a trilogy, and the two mask games are actually the 2nd and 3rd games. The first game will be releasing in the west for the first time in a remake called the Utawarerumono: Prelude to the fallen. It has a mid 2000 anime adaptation as well, if anyone's interested. This will be released for ps4 and pc. The release date is TBA but it's likely to be in early to mid 2020. There is also a full fan made eng patch for the original on pc. Prelude to the fallen happens in a different kingdom, under a different protagonist. But in game timeline wise it is contemporary to the mask games, and there is a direct relation to them. You can play the two mask w/o doing to prelude, there's no issue with that if you just want the two mask game's MC's story. Despite the amount of cute girls in the game its actually not a harem lol. You have a main female interest, and other female characters get matched off with with other male characters. Whether that's good or bad will depend on your tastes lol. Personally, I love the chemistry in the relationships whether they be friends or lovers.
Mask of Deception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tv8qY9wAI8
9) Arc of Alchemist (Jan 30) (PS4/Switch). I don't know how I feel about this game. It sounds like it could be interesting, but that gameplay has me hesitant. Its a post apocalyptic setting, action jrpg. The western release is a expanded version with a bunch of new playable characters, a better UI, and more stuff in your base camp. I think those are there to help you get exp faster? Its not exactly something I'm hyped about but who knows, it might have a unique charm that you have to play to feel for certain people. I'm keeping my eyes on it, maybe during a sale.
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFS1zz1bWQ
Well, that's it for January. Now, the next few months don't have a lot of confirmed releases, so we'll get thru them pretty quickly. After that tho, we will get to the TBA category, which is going to be a LOT of titles. Some of them are more than likely to release in 2020, some are mere rumors, and others, nothing more than a glimmer of hope (cough cough SMT V), but I've included them regardless.
February
  1. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (Feb 4th) (PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PC). Some of you might remember this as that random srpg reveal in e3 2019. Well, we got a release date. The jury is still out on this one. It could be a solid srpg or it could just be a cheap imitation of a storied genre. I didn't find much detail on it overall.
E3 2019 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx48r-xqVg4
2) Yakuza Remastered Collection (Feb 11) (PS4). Yes, I know. Me putting this here is asking for a jrpg genre debate once more. That being said, I'm trying to be inclusive as possible and I've seen people on this thread arguing that yakuza series are all jrpgs. This brings yakuza 3-5 remastered to the ps4, with all the cut content that were not available for the original ps3 releases in the west. They are not full remakes tho, so the games definitely show their age compared to the kiwami stuff.
Yakuza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6lT28S9zM8&t=9s
3) Kingdom hearts 3 DLC (Jan for ps4 and feb for xbox). Well, here we are again. From what i've read its more of a full expansion than a dlc. 13 bosses, a full story that occurs sometime before the final battle? extra episodes and some UI adjustments? also more difficulty mods? and new playable characters. Apparently kairi will be playable at least.
March
  1. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Switch) (March 6). Its pokemon.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9lNsUB4yY
2) Langrisser I & II (ps4/switch/pc). (March 10). Oh I'm hyped for this. I think this will be the first time langrisser 1 is getting a western release too. There was a fan patch attempt that never fully materialized. You can switch between the older and new artstyle.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahzjI9NeLTc
3) Nioh 2 (ps4) (March 14). It's Nioh. With character creation, and a few more gameplay additions. There was a demo. Its not open anymore but here's some footage.
demo clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A13OHXzK38
4) Fairy Tail (PC/PS4/Switch) (March 19-20). Honestly, for an anime game, this looks like it has actual effort put into it. It actually looks good. Shudders in tokyo ghoul tie in game, oh the horror. Any way, it seems to start at around the time skip in the original story, and has a few arcs from the anime plus an original story.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9TpEohmt7E
5) Persona 5 royale (March 31). Self explanatory.
April
  1. FF7 remake - Self explanatory
  2. Trials of Mana (PC/PS4/Switch) (April 24) - i think this is also another case of an old game being localized for the first time. I quite like what i saw from the trailer. Seems like a good action jrpg.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLjUkBlmKNs
May
  1. Sword Art Online: Alicilization lycoris (May 22) (ps4/xbox one/switch/pc): All your waifus belong to me - kirito 2020. But honestly, again, the trailer actually looks kinda good. I am so on the fence for this. I didnt like hollow delux and fatal bullet but i had some mindless fun with holy song or whatever that one's called. I'm going to wait for a deep, deep steam sale, a few years from now.
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJR_FJk1twc
TBA - I'm just going to do a list here, definitely missed some titles, but the major projects in dev should be on here.
Phantasy star online 2, Cold steel 3 switch and likely pc port, Cold steel 4 (ha i wish lol), SMT V (one should not lose hope after all), Sakura Wars, Azure lane Crosswave, rune factory 4 special, crystal chronicles remaster, banner of the maid, bravely default II, Cris Tales, CrossCode port to the consoles, Digimon Survive, Genshin Impact (not sure if this counts as a jrpg), is it wrong to pick up a girl in a dungeon - infinite combate, some more KH and yakuza ports to the xbone, tales of arise, tales of crestoria (mobile), xenoblade chronicle definitive edition, gran blue fantasy relink, rune factory 5, Unsung story (could be a sleeper hit or a mess, started by the creator of ff tactics and vagrant story, but it seemed to have had development issues), edge of eternity (an indie in early access but has constant updates and improves and have decent to good reviews in their later builds).
Edit: Utawarerumono Prelude to the fallen is for PS4, PC and vita, not yet ps5
Edit: Yakuza 7 TBA
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My "End of Year" recap for 2019 + my 12in12 list for 2020

Welcome to my 2019 "End of Year" recap and awards post. Like last year, this is going to be a huge post. I'll be recapping my gaming experiences in 2019, I will give out a bunch of awards and then talk about my plans for the next year. I do hope you enjoy reading through this and maybe I will manage to inspire you to try some of these games out. Let's get to it then!
Table of Contents
  1. End of Year Stats / A look back at 2019
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End of Year Stats / A look back on 2019's 12in12 list
How fast another year has gone by. 2019 was a somewhat successful year for me. I've had a few months where I barely played any games at all (April-June; August-September; December) and therefore finished the fewest games in a year since I've started tracking back in 2016. Here are a few stats on the year, with the numbers in brackets representing my stats at the end of 2018.

This number grew a bit, as I re-added 29 games that I had removed from my backlog in the previous year or two. Still better than in 2017, where I purchased/acquired 100+ games. Also, a lot of games were given away for free this year.

This is obviously a big improvement. Two reasons for that.
  1. I counted Madden NFL 19 last year (80 €) because I played through that games story mode. I purchased Madden NFL 20 this year but didn't add it to the total because there is not a real singleplayer component this time around that I could play and beat.
  2. I purchased newly released games last year (e.g. Red Dead Redemption 2), which is something I haven't done in 2019. The release of games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and The Last of Us 2 (and a better financial situation towards the end of 2020) will undoubtedly lead to me paying a lot of money for games next year.

Not really a number that anyone cares about I'm sure but it's actually quite amazing I feel like. Consider this: I added Yakuza 0, Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Tyranny, Diablo III, Doom, Uncharted 4, Detroit: Become Human, Celeste, Darksiders III, Pokémon Sword, Marvel's Spider-Man and The Outer Worlds to my backlog. Most of these thanks to PS Plus (my brother subscribes to that), Xbox Game Pass, Twitch Prime, Epic and Humble Monthly. Crazy times we live in. And even if you remove the 27 games I've "re-added", the number is still at 1.36 €.

Much better number but that's mostly due to the fact that I haven't started as many games as last year.

This number has decreased a lot because I didn't really spend much time on gaming for about half the year. I do hope to have more time in the coming year but we'll see.

That's an average of 12.29 hours per game, which is actually quite a lot. Adds another reason why my completion amount was a bit lower, as the average last year was only 10.67 hours. But that would probably only add up to be a couple more completions, so yeah. Still interesting to compare.

Still below 100, which is good I guess. Yet I didn't expect the number to jump as much as it did.

Original 12in12 List for 2019 (5/12 completed)

Well this was unsuccessful. Only 5 of 12 completions is pretty poor. And all of these games are either sequels to series I enjoy or critically acclaimed, so I don't understand why I didn't play these.

Other Goals for 2019
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2. Interesting (or maybe not so interesting) Facts
- Devil May Cry
- Diablo
- Doom
- Mass Effect
- Shadow Warrior
- Yakuza
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  1. Top 5 Best Games
Here we go. The best games out of a grand total of... 29 games. Not a whole lot, but I feel like the games listed here could be enjoyed by many of you, so I'll try to do them justice by recapping what left me so impressed by these games.
Honorable mentions go out to Battle Chef Brigade, Deltarune, Doom, Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle and Shadow Warrior.
Also, I had written something before presenting last year's top 10. Chuckled a bit when I re-read that.
I’m also currently playing Red Dead Redemption II and Yakuza Kiwami. Those games would’ve made the list but I haven’t yet beaten them, so next year it is.
Sometimes you just know that you're playing something special. Anyway, here we go!

As someone who had not played a Devil May Cry prior to playing this reboot, I might have a "false" opinion on this game for some fans but on its own, DmC: Devil May Cry impressed on just about every level. I'm not supposed to like the new-look (or by now the "old-look" again) Dante because that's not how he looks like. I'm not supposed to like the gameplay because it's easier.
I don't care about what I'm supposed or not supposed to do, though and this game offered great, fast-paced action, a surprisingly fine story (and one gruesome scene that I still remember to this day), a superb soundtrack and just a fun time, pure and simple.
That said, I still look forward to playing the other games in the series and I hope everyone is right by saying the other games are much better (except for DmC2).

I'd been interested in this game for years before finally deciding to check it out once it was offered as one of the PS Plus games.
I guess most of you have seen gameplay or played a game in this series yourself, so I won't delve into describing it. What I can say though is that the game does a tremendous job balancing the serious story sequences with all the over the top ridiculous side stories. I love it when games don't take themselves too seriously and this game is a perfect example of that being executed very well.
One unique thing about this series that I really appreciate is how small the world it plays in is. The devs went "uno-reverse card" on all the other "open world" games by giving the players a small map with a ton of content everywhere you go instead of putting little content into a world that is kilometers wide. Good decision, better execution.

Going into this with all the hype surrounding this game, I was worried. Mostly because of the hype but also because I'm not really much into these kinds of platformers. What I really appreciated about Celeste in terms of gameplay was the fact that the difficulty was absolutely perfect, at least to me. Every new obstacle turned out to be a challenge, which is how it is supposed to be. I died ridiculous amounts of times, which is also how it is supposed to be. And after all those deaths, I always managed to beat a level or get past that one annoying obstacle. That's a sign of great level design in my opinion, when you start getting used to the controls of a game and improve in order to beat a level. The controls are tight and the game never cheats you. If you die, it's because you, the player, messed up.
The soundtrack is great and the characters you meet along the way work well within what the game is about and what message the game tries to convey with those characters. I'm guessing the topics of depression and anxiety really struck a chord with some players, though I personally didn't really "feel" anything when those scenes and dialogues took place. It did give me good insight into how people who suffer from depression and/or anxiety might feel, so I gotta give credit to the game for dealing with the topic in a sensitive manner and portraying those feelings well.
The game was given away for free twice on the Epic Store this year, so if you managed to grab it, definitely give it a try.

I guess it would only be right to start this off by saying that I love the Fallout series. [SKIP THIS PART IF YOU'D LIKE, AS I WILL TALK ABOUT FALLOUT 3, 4 and NV] While the games aren't nowhere near 10/10 status, the Fallout series is (was) unique and offers (offered) a gaming experience unlike anything else. Fallout 3 was my first time experiencing an open world game that would just drop you off somewhere and allow you to just experience this huge open world with all its mysteries (these weren't games I played when I was younger). Fallout New Vegas offered just about the same experience, though I may have played that too soon after 3, so the same effects of awe weren't there. Still, it improved immensely on giving players freedom of choice by introducing a lot of different factions with different goals and multiple routes to play and beat the game.
Fallout 4, in my opinion, was a huge step backwards for the series, as the dialogue ended up being easily the worst part of the game, with the dialogue tree of "Yes, No, Question, Sarcasm" becoming a meme all-round. The game rather focused on settlement building and repetitive quests to "allow" players to engage with never-ending gameplay features. The gun play was much improved, the companions were a fun addition and yeah, settlement building wasn't all that bad but I feel like Bethesda had their priorities in the wrong places, which has since worsened with the release of Fallout 76. With that, I thought, the chance of playing another Fallout game like F3 or F:NV was close to zero.
That's where The Outer Worlds comes in. Developed by the creators of the original Fallout games, The Outer Worlds reminded me of Fallout throughout, while being unique enough to stand on its own. The Outer Worlds offers solid shooting combat, in-depth character development options, a ton of interesting main and side quests, unique companions (especially Parvati) and most importantly, incredible dialogue. The soundtrack very much reminded me of Fallout New Vegas (anyone else??), but again, was unique enough to stand on its own.
No single world within the game felt like filler to me, every mission and location had its purpose within the story of the game. Can't wait for a sequel.

This game is universally praised but I feel like I read more negative things about this game on Reddit than positive. While I do understand the criticism (slow pace, bad and repetitive mission design), I personally really didn't mind. Is it slow paced? Yes, but I wanted to take my time with the game. The animations are clean and realistic and added to the type of immersive experience I wanted. Seeing this as a "waste of time" is fair, if you're not looking for these things in your gaming experience but if you then play a walking simulator or an online game that expects you to spend hours to unlock a single item, is that criticism warranted?
One part of my inital review I feel like captures the type of immersion I am talking about.
I don't really want to touch on the story too much, so that you can go into it as blind as possible but it really was amazing. Every single character is unique and so well written. You learn more and more about them as the story progresses and build up relationships with each of them. Some you will like, some you will hate. You all live in camps together. Whenever you return to the camp, you'll be able to listen to conversations between the characters. Characters will approach you and talk to you, reacting to recent events. Sometimes you'll have parties together. You can talk while playing poker together. You can have little talk sessions with the women, where Arthur just lets out what is bothering him. There is hours and hours and hours of this side content where you can just learn more about Arthur and the other gang members.
The amount of these world and character-building set pieces are sheer incredible. The attention to detail is really fascinating, which is why I cringe whenever I read "the game is really in love with itself." In my opinion, it just shows how much love the developers put into this game. Did they overdo it here and there? You be the judge. To me, these small details really added up to having me engaged and connected to the game and its characters throughout.
Arthur Morgan as a character immediately clicked with me, way more than the character of John Marston even, and his story was one that will stick with me for years and years to come. The characters of Dutch van der Linde, Micah Bell and Sadie Adler were really well written and developed as well, whether it was through main story missions or just those little conversations that I mentioned.
There are set pieces in this game that will blow you away. A gigantic open world to explore, which, while not crammed with content everywhere, is just so well created that I found myself riding my horse aimlessly just to soak the atmosphere in. This game can easily take 100+ hours, if you do every single thing this game has to offer and it's one I can't recommend enough to anyone who wants to immerse and lose himself in a game, for which there aren't many options out there as detailed and lovingly crafted as Red Dead Redemption 2.
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4. Top 3 Worst Games
This year, I had a goal of not wasting my time with games I didn't enjoy. This means that there aren't as many "Worst Game of the Year" contenders as in previous years. Yet, a few games distinguished themselves from the rest, so here are the Top 3 Worst Games I've played in 2019.

I really only finished two games I would call bad enough to be worthy of being in this Top 3 list. Which is why my #3 is a game I have not actually beaten. Thinking back on playing this game, I remember very well what I didn't like about it.
Humor is subjective of course. Which is why my criticism of this game should probably be taken with a grain of salt. I found Thimbleweed Park to easily be the "unfunniest game that tried to be funny" I have ever played. Some of you who have read my progress reports before maybe know that I love humorous games. South Park, Deponia, Broforce (every game's humor might not align with yours either) are some of the games I really like, South Park and Broforce are especially hilarious in my opinion. Thimbleweed Park had potential for this very reason but I quickly realized that I had grown way past this kind of humor.
Watch a walkthrough of the beginning stages and tell me if this is funny to you: The story is about two detectives investigating a murder. Nothing unusual there. While investigating, you meet a police officer. His unique trait is that he adds "a-reno" to a lot of words he says. "I apologize-a-reno...", just to give you an example. That's not really my humor but OK, cool, there seem to be weird characters in this game. Maybe the next guy will be funnier. So you meet a scientist, who looks JUST LIKE the police officer. That's funny, because he looks like him but he always adds "a-who" at the end of a word. "I'm happy to explain-a-who". This is one of the many times the game tried to be funny in the two hours I've played this. I just don't know what's supposed to be funny about this but hey, everyone has their own sense of humor. Anyway, this was hard to bear, especially since nothing else about the game excited me either, so I had to abandon this game rather quickly.

I don't like Hazelight Studios games. I've tried but both this game and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons now found themselves on my "Worst Game of the Year" lists. And it's not like I would say "hey, I get why others enjoy this" because I really don't. :D It might sound like I'm petty or whatever because both games were highly regarded by players and critics alike but really, I like Josef Fares (the dev) from what I've seen about him. He genuinely seems to care about developing good games and I can't fault that. Yet, when I read all those positive reviews, I can't help but think "Did I play a different game than all these people?"
Because whenever I read that the cinematics in A Way Out where amazing, that the story is good enough for this game to be a movie and that the characters are amazing, I really don't understand at all. It feels very much like a game in that "cinematics" look very cringy because of weird movement animations and facial expressions by the characters. You see the main characters for example take a weapon out of an enemies hands and it just looks so slow and weird and funny that I can't help but laugh. I've played this in coop with my brother and we can make fun of everything, so this worsened the effects.
Another example. The two main characters needed to exit the prison through a door. The problem: The door is locked and there are two guards nearby. So if they try to kick the door open, the guards will hear that and they will be caught. Leo Caruso, one of the characters, comes up with a brilliant idea. There is a blizzard going on, so let's try to kick the door open every time we hear a lightning strike, so the guards don't hear us. I mean, yeah, that might work, but how is that logical or even remotely clever?
Here's another example. It's not much of a spoiler but just making sure: Once you escape the prison, Leo Caruso wants to go home to see his wife. Isn't this the first place police would expect you at, should you escape a prison? So you go this home. Police actually just arrived and talk to Leo's wife and tell her to let them know, should Leo show up. AND THEN THEY LEAVE. I MEAN, WHAT?? That makes no sense. And then Leo shows up and of course his wife won't tell the police. Why don't they watch the house 24/7? And you might ask: "So what if not everything makes sense?" But these kinds of things happen all the time. It's ridiculous how illogical the story is at times. Then there is this pacing issue where you need to escape some place because police will show up in a matter of minutes but the guys find a mini game, so they play around for as long as you want. Minigames are nice, sure, but it doesn't work within the context of the game's story. And also, the characters have ZERO chemistry from beginning to end. All those talks in the helicopter feel contrived and the relationship feels forced on the player, which I expected everyone to see right through. My brother and I don't always have the same opinions on these things but we looked at each other and had the same thought on all of these issues.
Then again, I find The Walking Dead Telltale Games to be just as bad, so maybe don't read too much into my thoughts. One positive thought: The cinematics during the hospital scene were actually fantastic and one of the very few highlights of this game. Also, Leo Caruso can sometimes be absolutely hilarious, especially when he talks to some random NPC and just roasts them for no reason.

Another disappointing coop game. I've started this with my brother back in 2018 and it took us 7 months to play through this, so my memory really isn't that fresh in order to give you many details about this game.
Chris and Sheva are the two main characters and they're easily some of the worst characters I've ever had the displeasure to use in a game. Chris is your bog-standard, wannabe badass soldier who uses one-liners all the time to make you cringe uncontrollably. And then Sheva has to save his ass because he is close to death by being shot once. Then he gets up, shoots a guy, triggers a cutscene and saves the day. He personifies everything I dislike about a character in a game but at least his antics where hilarious, so my brother and I had a lot of fun with that. Did you see the gif where he punches a boulder that is blocking his way? Who even thinks of something like that?
Sheva is just as bog-standard. She's just there as eye-candy, doesn't contribute anything to the story and most of the time is the character that acts clueless and surprised about everything. These two as a pair made for one of the dumbest hero pairings of all time. How they manage to survive even the first hour of this game is beyond me.
The boss fights are absolutely ridiculous, the QTEs are cheap and kill you unnecessarily most of the time and some enemies are just bullet sponges. The very core Resident Evil gameplay works, yes but everything else about this game really doesn't.
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5. Award Ceremony
So far, the two "winners" are Red Dead Redemption 2 as my GOTY and Resident Evil 5 as the Worst Game of the Year. Here are the winners of all the other awards.

[Previous Winner: God of War: Kratos v Baldur]
Almost none of the boss battles I've encountered this year were noteworthy. Nonetheless, that doesn't change the fact that the Phantom in Mario+Rabbids is really nicely done. In this game, there is a Rabbid that got his hands on a device that can combine multiple items with each other and create a totally new one. He combined another Rabbid with a phonograph and created an opera singer. Before the boss fight, the rabbid performs easily the funniest bit in the entire game, a song created for the purpose of roasting the hell out of Mario. Beautiful!
The fight itself is nothing worth talking about but this sequence was hilarious.
RUNNER UP: Doom: Hell Guards

[Previous Winner: Deponia: Rufus]
As I've mentioned in the "Top 5 Games" section, Arthur Morgan resonated with me almost immediately. His cool, calm demeanor and take no bullshit attitude coupled with his smarts to know which of Dutch's ideas are stupid and which aren't. His loyalty. And his ability to get shit done. All great traits.
At the same time, his character's dilemma throughout the game about whether he's a good or a bad guy is fascinating. I love how his character is developed not only through the main storyline but also through stranger missions and random encounters and how those allow the player to really decide which way his character arc will go.
I'm pretty bad at describing his character, so I won't say much more but the time spent with him still sticks with me to this day, definitely one of the best video game characters I eve r played.
RUNNER UP: The Outer Worlds: Parvati

[Previous Loser: The Darkness II: Jackie Estacado]
I already talked about these two in the "Top 3 Worst Games" section but yeah, this "award" belongs to both of them because these two idiots come in one package. It's obvious that Resident Evil 5 was supposed to be a cash grab after the success of RE4 and the evidence can be found in the design of these two characters. These two characters lack any kind of personality, purpose and unique trait. They're bland, boring and annoying. As vanilla as the game itself.
RUNNER UP: Mortal Kombat XL: Johnny Cage

[Previous Winner: Cuphead]
A damn shame but out of the coop games I've played (A Way Out, Resident Evil 5 and Borderlands 2) none emerged as a game I'd feel comfortable giving this award to. Which means there is no winner this year. I hope to play way better coop games in 2020.
RUNNER UP: /

This song is just amazing. The horse ride where this song plays is just as amazing as the first ride in Mexico in the original game. Considering everything that happens in the story when this music plays in RDR2, this was very emotional and excellently timed. Have listened to this long after beating the game. Gotta give an honorable mention to the Runner Up though, because listening to that song during that battle in Hellblade was such an epic and badass moment.
RUNNER UP: Passarella Death Squad: Just Like Sleep / Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

[Previous Loser: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]
I love GTA V, GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City. San Andreas is probably more nostalgia than anything, while Vice City actually held up when I replayed it back in 2016. GTA III sucked because I've played it in 2016 for the first time and there was no nostalgia attached to it.
But because GTA V was so good and GTA IV introduced a lot of the features found in V, I was looking forward to the game, having never played it before. At the end, the uninteresting characters (Niko is meh, everyone else is forgettable), the horrible driving mechanics and repetitive and poor mission design led to me quitting the game after 23 hours. 23 hours! Can't say I didn't try with this game but it never really got better in my opinion. Very disappointing!
RUNNER UP: A Way Out

[Previous Winner: God of War]
This game didn't really have any competition (as mentioned, I only played two games that were released in 2019) but as already explained in the "Top 5 Games" section, there probably weren't many games that could have beaten The Outer Worlds as my favorite game in 2019. Amazing game, definitely scratched that Fallout itch (and then some) and got me hyped for a potential sequel.
RUNNER UP: Guildmaster Story

[Previous Winner: Cuphead]
RDR2, Celeste and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice all deserve this spot but RDR2's sound design and amazing soundtrack ultimately wins this award.
RUNNER UP: Celeste

[Previous Winner: Steins;Gate]
The fact that Mass Effect might surprise you just as much as this game surprised me. Let me explain.
I first played Mass Effect in 2016 on my PC. While I didn't hate it, the shooting mechanics, the horrible Mako controls and ultimately a bug that made my character turn completely dark made me uninstall it after 10 hours or so. I got myself the Xbox Game Pass and tried this out on my Xbox One that was otherwise collecting dust and surprisingly, not only did I finish this game, but I actually really enjoyed it this time around. This is an amazing world that Bioware has created and I definitely can't wait to delve deeper into the lore with ME2 and ME3. Shame that Andromeda was received so poorly but maybe they'll get back on track with a possible sequel in the next few years.
RUNNER UP: Diablo III

[Previous Winner: God of War]
No surprise here. As I've mentioned, not only is the main storyline in this game amazing but also the stranger missions, random encounters and all those small conversations that you can have with everyone in your group. The attention to detail, writing and character development were all on point in this one.
RUNNER UP: The Outer Worlds

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6. 12in12 List for 2019 + Other Goals
I did a really poor job with my 12in12 list in 2019, which is something I plan to correct for 2020. So here goes my list.
A bunch of games from my original list reappear for this year. I've added Blair Witch, Half-Life 2, Detroit: Become Human and Pokémon Sword, because these are all games I'm currently playing. I also added Mass Effect 2 because that is another sequel that I want to check out in 2020. All in all, I'm pretty happy with this list and will definitely prioritize it this time around.

Some other goals:
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That's it! I hope you enjoyed reading through this long post and will give a few games I've talked positively about a try some time. Keep your own Year in Review posts coming because I loved reading every single one so far and happy new year, everyone! Best of luck to you all for 2020! :)
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EVERYTHING FROM X019 INSIDE XBOX INCL. VOD LINKS! (Thu. Nov. 14, 2019)

EVERYTHING FROM X019 INSIDE XBOX INCL. VOD LINKS! (Thu. Nov. 14, 2019)

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If you missed out the "X019 Inside Xbox"-event that Cohh watched with JP Thursday Nov. 14th, here are VODs and all trailers linked in PRODUCTION ORDER:
Cohh Twitch VOD (Starts at 01:27:10): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/508272419?t=1h27m11s Xbox Twitch VOD (Starts at 00:21:57): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/508301101?t=0h21m57s Xbox Youtube VOD (Starts at 00:34:57): https://youtu.be/VTveV4Yfh2I?t=2097
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New Games Coming to Xbox Game Pass:
  • Available NOW: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC) - Rage 2 (Console + PC) - Remnant: From the Ashes (Console) - Hearts of Iron IV (PC) - Lego: The Ninjago Movie (Console) - The Talos Principle (Console + PC) - Tracks: The Train Set Game (Console + PC) - Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Console)
  • Coming THIS HOLIDAY: Darksiders 3 (Console + PC) - Life is Strange 2 (Console) - The Red Strings Club (PC) - Vambrace Cold Soul (Console + PC) - The Escapists 2 (Console + PC) - Halo Reach (Console + PC) - My Friend Pedro (Console + PC) - The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt (Console)
  • Coming 2020: Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Console + PC) - Minecraft Dungeons (Console + PC) - Tell Me Why (Console + PC) - Grounded (Console + PC) -Bleeding Edge (Console + PC) - Wasteland 3 (Console + PC) - Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC) - Final Fantasy VII (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy IX (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy X HD Remaster (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy XIII (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Console + PC) - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Console + PC) - Final Fantasy XV (Console + PC) - Yakuza Zero (Console + PC) - Yakuza Kiwami (Console + PC) - Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Console + PC) - Tekken 7 (Console) - Carrion (Console + PC) - Cyber Shadow (Console + PC) - Double Kick Heroes (Console + PC) - Haven (Console + PC) - Level Head (Console + PC) - Phogs! (Console + PC) - She Dreams Elsewhere (Console + PC) - SkateBIRD (Console + PC) - Streets of Rage 4 (Console + PC) - Touhou Luna Nights (Console + PC) - The Red Lantern (Console) - Supraland (Console)
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My huge 2018 Recap + 12in12 list for 2019

Welcome to my 2018 "Game Awards" Post. This is going to be very detailed and extensive, so I hope you enjoy.
Table of Contents
1. End of Year Stats / Look Back on Last Years Goals
Another year has passed, filled to the brim with great games to increase one's backlog. I personally had a solid gaming year and would like to use this opportunity to look back on what has happened and which were some of my favorite highlights. I actually did this for the last two years, so if you want to check those out, here you go.
Before I talk in detail about how my year was like, let's look at my 12in12 challenge results. The numbers in brackets are my results from last year.
  • Games purchased/acquired: 39 (129)
  • Total price paid: 229 € (235 €)
  • Avg. price paid per game: 5.87 € (1.82 €)
  • Games removed/abandoned: 64 (34)
  • Games beaten: 46 (85)
  • Total time spent on beaten games: 491 (unknown)
  • Current unfinished games total: 55
Original 12in12 List:
  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Abandoned
  • Assassin's Creed Origins - Abandoned
  • Batman Arkham Asylum - Beaten on May 23rd
  • Cuphead - Beaten on Jan 15th
  • Darksiders - Abandoned
  • Infamous: Second Son - Beaten on Jan 2nd
  • Prey - Removed
  • Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne - Marked as beaten on Feb 3rd
  • South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Beaten on Feb 1st
  • Super Mario Odyssey - Beaten on Jan 1st
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Marked as beaten on Sep 8th
  • The Wolf Among Us - Beaten on May 9th
As you can see, it's been a busy year. Not as busy as last year though, when I'd beaten twice as many games as this year. I've managed to beat 8 games on my original 12in12 list. Well, SMT III: Nocturne and Breath of the Wild are the only games this year that I've marked as beaten without actually finishing them. I’ve spent so much time with those games, which warranted marking them as beat in my opinion.
2. Interesting Facts
  • The first game I've finished this year was Super Mario Odyssey right around midnight on New Year's Eve
  • Beaten Game #25 was Far Cry 3 on April 29th
  • I also reached the 200 game and 225 game total mark by beating Batman: The Telltale Series on Feb 3rd and Steins;Gate on Jul 24th
  • I've only played and finished 3 games that came out this year. The free The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, the awful single player campaign to Madden NFL 19, Longshot: Homecoming and the brilliant God of War. I'm currently also playing Red Dead Redemption 2 but didn't manage to beat it this year
  • The oldest game I've finished is Metal Gear Solid II: Sons of Liberty, with an initial release on Nov 13, 2001
  • I've beaten 34 games in the first half of the year and only 12 of those in the final 6 months. Among those 12 are 4 games that took 5 or less hours to beat
  • I've given out an average rating of 6.8/10. That's ok, right?
  • Talking of ratings, I've given out four 10/10 ratings this year. Check the Top 10 list to see which games I’m talking about
  • I didn't beat a single game on my Xbox One S this year, which I've bought near the end of 2017. In hindsight, I think there's no need to buy one, if you own a capable PC. Backwards compatibility is nice and the Game Pass is good value but I don't use those features, so I'll probably sell my Xbox soon
  • I have a total of 288 games (not including the abandoned games) in my backlog, 233 of those beaten
  • I've realized that visual novels aren't actually all that bad
  • Gaming franchises that I've developed an interest in: Steamworld Dig, Danganronpa, Ratchet & Clank, Batman Arkham, Tomb Raider, Deponia and Alien (well, only played Isolation but also watched the original movie for the first time)
3. Top 10 Best Games
And now it's time for my Top 10 games of the year. I've played some great games this year and some of them didn’t even end up making the list. Honorable mentions go out to Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, SMT: Nocturne, Dead Space, Ratchet & Clank (2016) and Tomb Raider (2013).
I’m also currently playing Red Dead Redemption II and Yakuza Kiwami. Those games would’ve made the list but I haven’t yet beaten them, so next year it is. Well, let’s get started with my Top 10 of the Year.
  • 10.
  • Game: Orwell
  • Platform: PC
  • Rating: 8/10
  • Date Finished: March 17th
  • Playtime: 6 hours
  • Interesting Fact: If you didn’t know, George Orwell is a real person and is the author of a book called 1984, a book about a province ruled by a party called “The Police”, trying to minimize individualism as much as possible through tight government surveillance. I didn’t know that before my playthrough because I’m dumb apparently but it’s a book I’ll definitely be reading. Anyway, the game is based on that, if you haven’t figured it out by now.
Orwell manages to provoke one specific emotion in the player. Disgust. Disgust of one’s own actions. After a mysterious bombing that occurred in a public plaza, the Orwell program comes to life and it’s your job to find the culprit. To do that, you look for any info you can get, no matter how private. Phone calls, online chats, social media profiles, phone data, anything that helps you identify the subject.
Through these mediums, the game manages to build a realistic world. A world we might soon, or already, be living in. The major events are presented in a way that they managed to get under my skin. Whenever something bad happens, you hear a terrifying sound announcing the bad news. So of course, on the one hand you try to find the one who is responsible. On the other hand, you question these methods. And the mix of emotions provoked here make Orwell one of the more enjoyable games of the year to me.
I have a spare key for the game. So if you don't own it and are interested in trying it out, PM me and I can gift you the key.
  • 9.
  • Game: Infamous: Second Son
  • Platform: Playstation 4
  • Rating: 8/10
  • Date Finished: Jan 2nd
  • Playtime: 15 hours
  • Interesting Fact: This is the only game this year that I've 100 %ed (not trophies but in game completion %).
This is probably the most typical "open world busy work" game that came out in the recent years but that's exactly why I enjoyed this. There are a bunch of side activities to do. You can do these activities a few times in each of the districts and it's basically always the same but I found the joy in the routine. The spraying "mini game" was so simple but fun and that's what I could say about the whole game probably. The story is simple but enjoyable. Delsin Rowe just is a fun character and I think the antagonist was pretty cool, too, because the game gave you enough reasons to hate the shit out of her. Not just because she's "evil" and you're just meant to fight her but because you were directly affected by her actions. She did some baaad things and due to that I enjoyed every scene where Delsin confronted her. Overall the game just has a great, fun tone and thanks to a fun main character in Delsin, I very much enjoyed this.
  • 8.
  • Game: Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Platform: PC
  • Rating: 8/10
  • Date Finished: May 23rd
  • Playtime: 8.5 hours
  • Interesting Fact: I started this game for the first time back in 2016. I don't understand why I waited so long to start the game up for a second time. Ever felt that way before?
This was great. Easily the best comic game I've played so far. Joker was portrayed so well in this game and delivered one of the best anti-hero performances in games ever in my opinion.
The game starts off with Batman carrying Joker to the Asylum. Joker manages to escape and within seconds, he has control over the whole Asylum. While trying to get to Joker, you have to travel through the entire Asylum, which looks extremely good by the way and fight characters such as Bane, Killer Croc, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and the Scarecrow, all of whom are greatly presented. The combat system should be known to everyone, it's the same as in the Shadow of MordoWar games. The upgrades aren't too great and also the game was very unforgiving in some areas but I loved it nevertheless.
  • 7.
  • Game: South Park: The Fractured But Whole
  • Platform: PC
  • Rating: 8/10
  • Date Finished: Feb 1st
  • Playtime: 22 hours
  • Interesting Fact: This was the most anticipated game of the year for me, as the original is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. Also, if you've never heard of it, check out "Nosulus Rift" on Youtube. Hilarious stuff.
Man was I hyped for this. Stick of Truth was not only the funniest game I ever played but also had great turnbased combat elements. It wasn't all that difficult but it was still very satisfying. Some of the special attacks of the characters were downright hilarious and definitely responsible for a few laughs.
Going into The Fractured But Whole, one of a few games in the past couple of years that I developed a lot of hype for, the expectations were high. They were met mostly, the combat was way better, thanks to time and space playing a factor now. A lot of scripted set pieces were added to the fights as well and made them even better. So from a combat perspective, I loved this. The humor was very hit and miss though, due to the fact that a lot of jokes were either reused from the first one or overused to death. Fart jokes are funny and all but if everyone treats you like you're the god of farts and reminds you of it every minute, it gets stale fast. The story wasn't as good as in the first one either, though I did like the characters and their special attacks for sure.
  • 6.
  • Game: Deponia 2: Chaos on Deponia/ Deponia 3: Goodbye Deponia
  • Platform: PC
  • Rating: 8/10 - 8/10
  • Date Finished: Sep 1st / Oct 7th
  • Playtime: 26 hours total
  • Interesting Fact: It's not really a "fact" but rather a funny easter egg. In Deponia 3, when you try to throw money into a trash can, the game thanks you for purchasing microtransactions.
If you enjoy point and click adventures, definitely try this series out. Rufus has become one of my favorite characters in video games. Any time he interacts with someone, you know it'll end up with something stupid. That's not only due to Rufus but all the other funny and unique side characters the devs created. The story is nothing too special but the dialogue is funny at all times, which, if you haven't realized yet, is one of the best ways to make me enjoy a game. The puzzles are easy enough to be solved without a walkthrough but difficult enough to force the player to think a bit. Perfect balance, great game.
  • 5.
  • Game: Steins;Gate
  • Platform: Playstation Vita
  • Rating: 9/10
  • Date Finished: Jul 24th
  • Playtime: 30 hours
  • Interesting Fact: In 2019, a Steins;Gate 8bit game and a Steins;Gate game with animated cutscenes called Steins;Gate Elite will be released. Also Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram, which is a spinoff to Steins;Gate. So a good year to be a Steins;Gate fan.
I enjoyed Danganronpa and Doki Doki Literature Club but Steins;Gate is the first visual novel that I properly loved. It's beloved among VN fans and I can see why. Okabe Rintaro, the main character, is such a multi-faceted personality, that it was fascinating to see him evolve as a person throughout the 30 hours I've played this game. He starts off as a kind of annoying but funny character, having fun within his science lab with two friends, Mayuri and Daru. He accidentally develops a time machine though and what starts off as a fun discovery ends up in some of the most eventful weeks in Okabes life. The whole story felt fresh and unpredictable with enough twists throughout to always keep the pace up. If you enjoy visual novels, you have to try this out.
  • 4.
  • Game: Bioshock
  • Platform: PC
  • Rating: 10/10
  • Date Finished: Mar 31st
  • Playtime: 11 hours
  • Interesting Fact: I've played Bioshock 2 all the way back in 2014. Great game.
I really have been missiing out on something, huh? All you've heard about this game is so true. This is such a great game. Rapture is maybe the most immersive and interesting world in gaming. Seriously, just listening to the splicers talking to themselves makes you realize how much detail there is. Incredibly atmospheric, incredibly fun and, of course, that one point in the story was so well done, I really didn't see that coming. Must play for everyone.
  • 3.
  • Game: Cuphead
  • Platform: PC
  • Rating: 10/10
  • Date Finished: Jan 15th
  • Playtime: 15 hours
  • Interesting Fact: You might have heard it before but this game was created by THREE people. I think that is incredible, that three people can create a game this enjoyable. Makes you think about how many games of high quality we would have, if AAA devs wouldn’t mass produce games on a yearly basisLuckily there are exceptions to that. Rockstar, CPDR, Santa Monica Studios are among the publishers/development studios that prove that taking your time with a game can produce great results.
I felt like a kid while playing this. The art style and the soundtrack reminded me of all the cartoons I watched as a kid. The devs were clearly inspired by those very cartoons but the real art is in being able to make a game worth playing out of it. On that front, the devs did a hell of a job because the gameplay was just so much fun that I’m hoping that we will see Cuphead 2 sooner rather than later. I can’t think of one boss that I didn’t like. All of them were so well designed and always a fun challenge to go up against. The games’ difficulty level was perfect and the way the game is designed, whenever you die, you just restart immediately, which to me is the perfect way to do it. It just kept the tension high at all times and defeating a boss just felt so satisfying every time. I can’t recommend this enough.
  • 2.
  • Game: Super Mario Odyssey
  • Platform: Nintendo Switch
  • Rating: 10/10
  • Date Finished: Jan 1st
  • Playtime: 14 hours
  • Interesting Fact: This was my first time playing a Super Mario game in more than 10 years. Last Super Mario game I’ve played was on the SNES.
I felt very nostalgic while playing this. Seeing the jump from the last Mario games I’ve played to Super Mario Odyssey really showed me how far games have come. The last Mario game I’ve played was Super Mario World as far as I can recall, so I was just enjoying myself here. The soundtrack was a joy to listen to and the level design was just fantastic. I didn’t really use my Switch often last year but I really should check this game out again.
  • 1.
  • Game: God of War
  • Platform: Playstation 4
  • Rating: 10/10
  • Date Finished: Oct 27th
  • Playtime: 30 hours
  • Interesting Fact: God of War is the 3rd winner of my yearly GOTY “award”. Previous winners are South Park: The Stick of Truth in 2016 and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt in 2017.
I could’ve put any of the 4 games with a 10/10 rating in here actually but God of War is just that little bit more special. All these games have great characters. Great gameplay. Great level design. Incredible attention to detail. God of War puts all that together, adds a great story and probably has some of the best character development in video games. The voice acting is perfect. The game is brutal, dramatic and epic. It’s such a big game and is almost bug free. Really impressive all around, filled with a ton of memorable story moments and boss fights.
4.Top 5 Worst Games
Not all is fun of course. For every God of War, there is a 1979 Revolution: Black Friday. For every Bioshock there is a Metal Gear Survive. So let’s take a look at some of the not so pleasant experiences I had this year. I’m also counting games that I didn’t finish. (If you're reading this: I've noted that I've an Orwell key to give out to you. I have a bunch of keys actually, so if you don't own some of these and really would like trying them out, PM me.)
  • 5.
  • Game: Madden NFL 19: Longshot - Homecoming
  • Platform: Playstation 4
  • Playtime: 3 hours
  • Interesting Fact: I told this story before, but in the Ultimate Team section of this game, there is a level system. For reaching level 50, you unlock a Legendary pack .. for which you need to spend $20. That's some reward, EA.
Yeah, this was bad. I mean, the story mode in Madden NFL 18 was solid and could've been built on, so I actually hoped to have a few enjoyable hours out of this at least. For some reason, this failed completely. The pacing in this was all kind of messed up and there were stories that I just couldn't give two shits about. Colt Cruise was trying to get into the NFL last year and now he has to take care of his half sister that he didn't know existed until that point. He's also helping out his old high school team and a lot of uninteresting stuff happens in between. At some point, the game remembers that there is a Devin Wade, Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys/Houston Texans and the story shifts to him. Then it all culminates in Devin and Colt raising money near the end, Antonio Brown getting traded to the Texans and a deaf student playing quarterback for the high school team. If you didn't get any of that, it's probably because you don't care about this game and/or American Football. And that's fine, the story mode isn't worth knowing about anyway.
  • 4.
  • Game: Outlast 2
  • Platform: PC
  • Playtime: 6 hours
  • Interesting Fact: Outlast and Outlast: Whistleblower are actually two games that I did end up enjoying. Two of the better horror games I’ve played so far.
Outlast 2 wasn’t the fourth worst rated game of the year for me but it has to be one of the most boring experiences. Madden NFL 19’s story mode was rated lower but at least it was merciful enough to end the story after 3 hours. For those 3 hours, the game tried to switch things up gameplay wise. The story was shit, sure, but the core gameplay of the Madden games is solid at least. Outlast 2 was atmospheric enough to look interesting on screenshots and the enemy design was scary enough as well. The game had a lot of scary things to look at but playing it was such a chore. First off, you have no idea where to go most of the time. The plan was to lead the player to a specific point through auditory clues, which didn’t work a lot of the time because you had an enemy breathing down on your neck while trying to find your destination. The enemies would also spot you from the most impossible angles. One enemy was behind a corner of a building and on top of that, I was hiding in the bush. The first fact should make it impossible to spot me; the second should make it difficult from afar. Yet, I was spotted, the enemy ran towards me and I died. Pretty bad game design overall and as I said, a chore to play.
  • 3.
  • Game: Destiny 2
  • Platform: Playstation 4
  • Playtime: 1 hour
  • Interesting Fact: Out of all the games I've started up this year, this is one of three games that I've quit before the one hour mark, along with Anachronox and Super House of Dead Ninjas.
Destiny 2 tries to be like a Marvel movie. Epic scenes, a lot of shooting, explosions and chaos, some sci-fi stuff happening, characters saying things that don't matter at all ... that's how my only hour with this game ended up looking like. It felt extremely cringy to play this because the game tries so hard to be good that it just ends up looking fake. Boring. Ungenuine. Uninspired. It might get better? I don't really care though, the game just didn't grab me.
  • 2
  • Game: Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
  • Platform: PC
  • Playtime: 8 hours
  • Interesting Fact: This game had the longest QTE filled scene I've ever seen. It honestly took me about 5 minutes to get through. Basically, every item in the main characters apartment flew at his face and I had to dodge all of them. So dumb.
A game that started off so promisingly ended up in a disaster. Lucas Kane kills an innocent man because he became possessed. Hiding from the police, he tries to uncover the truth. While he does, he periodically suffers from hallucination. He sees giant bug-like creatures in one of those, while working, and has to run away from them. This happens via, you guessed it, a ton of QTEs. So now Lucas contacts a medium and tries to really get ahead of this thing that is haunting him. By then, the game turns into a Matrix like sci-fi fest, with Lucas being able to dodge bullets like they're flying in slow motion. The story gets absolutely ridiculous, highlighted by just about every interaction between Carla and Lucas. Carla is a detective, trying to catch Lucas. Things happen and as their stories conclude, you think to yourself, is this game kidding me? Also, Tyler is just a terrible detective.
  • 1
  • Game: The Darkness II
  • Platform: PC
  • Playtime: 5 hours
  • Interesting Fact: The Darkness II is the third "worst game of the year". Previous "winners/losers" are Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons in 2016 and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday in 2017.
The Darkness II is actually a pretty unspectacular #1 this year. I just couldn't enjoy any part of this game at all. The main character's motivations were just so uninteresting to me. The whole Darkness part about him (two monstreous tendrils coming out of his body) was ok but to me, it just was boring as hell. The combat ended up being so shallow, I just didn't enjoy it at all. There was a part where I had two bullets left and had to fight about 10 guys. Some of them were standing in the light; the darkness doesn't work there of course, so I had to try to get past everyone with two bullets and two semi-useful tendrils, which took about 20 minutes because of all the retries I had. At the end of it, Jenny was pissing me off as well. Jackie, the main character and Jenny are two characters that I couldn't sympathize with in the slightest. So pushing myself through a combat system which I found to be frustrating and boring, while going into this game thinking "meh, this looks like a game, where I can just relax and turn my brain off", ended up in one of the most dissatisfactory gaming experiences to me. I might be one of the few thinking this way, based on the games' reception but I truly disliked playing this. The worst part might be that I forced myself to finish this.
5. Yearly Awards
Two "winners" have been announced. God of War is my game of the year and The Darkness II is the worst game of the year. There are a few more awards, good and bad, to give out, so let's crack on.
  • NEW - Best Boss Fight - God of War: Kratos vs Baldur
There are so many bad boss fights. Unspectacular, unoriginal, too easy, too similar to any other boss fight in the game or worst of all, boring. I think, the few properly epic boss fights in games deserve some recognition.
Super Mario Odyssey's boss fights were fun. South Park's were funny and creative. Bioshock's had big story implications. Cuphead's were very difficult but unique.
Kratos fighting Baldur was all of these combined and more. The build up is what made this great. The story implications gave the many boss fights between the two (yep, not just one) a meaning. Baldur being who he is, the fights were unrealistically brutal but in a way, in this games world, all of it made sense. Thanks to the amount of brutality, the graphical effects, the chaos that ensued, Kratos fighting Baldur will remain memorable for years to come. The final fight was just perfect. I can't talk about the story part of it but the scripted set pieces where just added at the perfect times. While the fights were great in a "movie type" perspective thanks to those set pieces, the combat was still a big part of it, so you still felt like you were the one in control over what was happening. You didn't feel like you were in a cutscene pretending to be a boss fight.
The first time Baldur is introduced even is just perfectly done. You might've seen that, it happens right at the beginning of the game. I won't say anything but that was really surprising and a great starting point for what ended up being a great game. During their fights, you could just feel (and hear) the impact of every fist that connected on Kratos' or Baldur's face. Baldur getting thrown into huge rocks looked brutal. Atreus' part in those fights were also critical imo and added another element to the whole affair. Just so many angles to these fights, they're so well thought out and were a joy to experience.
RUNNER UP: Cuphead: Sally Stageplay
  • NEW - Best Character - Deponia: Rufus
If your game is bad but funny, I'll still have an enjoyable time. Humor is just something that is always a plus in a game to me. If your game is good AND funny, even better. The game doesn't have to based on humor, like the South Park games but if I would name you 5 of my favorite games, they would all have some element of it. The Witcher 3, God of War even, the Persona series.
Making a funny game is difficult enough but creating a funny character is veery much so. GlaDOS of the Portal series is funny and would've probably won it for me last year. Sans in Undertale is hilarious as well. If a character is meant to be funny, like a lot, there is a high chance that the character will annoy you to death at some point. Either the jokes are too cheesy or too forced or just way too frequent. When that's the case, you jokes don't end up being funny and you start to think that the game just doesn't have more to offer.
Rufus is the main character in the Deponia series. Almost every line he says is supposed to be funny, so he really should be a pain in the ass ... and he is. Anything he touches turns into something bad (the entire Deponia 2 intro scene is based on that). He has the worst of ideas all the time, he annoys everyone he talks to, he will rob you blind, make your life miserable, put everyone in danger and will always do the opposite of what you tell him to do. At some point, that's just what you expect from Rufus. He just gets more and more creative with his ridiculousness as time passes and really is genuinely funny. Thanks to a great supporting cast of over the top characters, Rufus doesn't feel out of place in a screwed up world of Deponia. He just is the worst of them all. His biggest enemy looks exactly like him as well and as you move on in the trilogy, you uncover the whole truth to who Rufus really is.
He acts like the super hero in a movie that is playing in his mind. He doesn't understand the concept of reality and doesn't know what the term "impossible" means. Yet, he manages to solve problems, even though he is the one who created them in the first place. To do that, he creates a ton of other problems but who cares about that, right? That's the whole concept of his character and the trilogy really gets the best out of him. I've yet to play Deponia Doomsday but that's a game I can't wait to play next year.
RUNNER UP: Steamworld Dig 2: Fen
  • NEW - Worst Character - The Darkness II: Jackie Estacado
Jackie was just a depressing, annoying and unimpressive character. After a game sequence, you'd have a short cutscene with him in a dark room sitting on a chair, talking and trying to convey his motivations. To be honest, by now I just remember that I hated what came out of his mouth but I didn't have any specific quote, so I googled some. "Jenny, you were the only good in my life." Oh shut up. That’s such a cliché and overused statement and it doesn’t sound believable coming out of his mouth. "Have you ever loved someone who was so beautiful and pure, you couldn't bear to show them your own darkness?" What? That is so bad. I just couldn't relate to anything this guy said and quotes like these just are so bad to me. Seriously, if I had to choose which video game character I could talk to in real life, Jackie Estacado would be veeeery far down the list. Just so unrelatable to me.
RUNNER UP: Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy: Tyler Miles
  • Best Coop Game - Cuphead [Previous Winner: Portal 2]
Cuphead didn't really have any competition this year but even if it did, it wouldn't have mattered. To be fair, my brother rage quit the game after a few hours but I gotta say, this game is perfect for coop and I'd gladly replay it in coop, if my brother does decide to try this again.
RUNNER UP: /
  • Most Disappointing Game - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Previous "Winner": Red Dead Redemption]
I've never played a LoZ game before, so when I read all the reviews, I thought that this was going to be a special ride. I soon realized that I'm not someone who this game was made for. I don't dislike sandbox games but I'm not very fond of them. I did enjoy Minecraft back in the day but these days, I lack the creativity needed to make your own fun of these games. Just Cause is another series that I just can't get into for example. The thing about Breath of the Wild is that it felt empty. A big open world with a lot of empty space. A lot of bokblin (or what they are called) camps just thrown in here and there, which really didn't get me excited or anything. I didn't feel all the nostalgic elements in this game, so I guess that's another reason why all these environments, the sounds, animations and characters/enemies didn't really do anything for me. The main story could've gone somewhere but I wasn't invested enough to care for it. The weapon breaking mechanic is also just terrible. Weapons would break after 10 hits and I'd be left with nothing at some point. Maybe I should've found a ton of good weapons at the 15 hour mark, where having no weapons left made me quit the game but I really can't be asked to fix the games issues by googling where the best weapons can be found. I'm not saying the game is bad generally, it just wasn't my thing at all.
RUNNER UP: Outlast 2
  • Most Played Game - Red Dead Redemption 2 [Previous Winner: The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt]
I should specify that all these awards are for single player only. On multiplayer, I easily spent hundreds of hours on FIFA with friends.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game I haven’t beaten yet. I still put 50+ hours into it and because I didn’t play any long RPGs this year, this wins the award. Even though the competition wasn’t very stiff, I think this speaks for the amount of content in this game. I’m only halfway through the main story. I did so many side missions, found so many interesting areas to explore, had a lot of memorable random encounters, played Poker, read newspapers and I got a lot more to uncover. So much content but so far, nothing really seemed like filler to me.
RUNNER UP: Danganronpa 2, God of War, Steins;Gate (all about 30 hours)
  • Best Game Released in 2018 - God of War [Previous Winner: Doki Doki Literature Club]
This is the third award for God of War today. There isn’t really much to say here, my game of the year overall is also the best of all games that came out in 2018 (of all the ones I’ve played: 3 total). Even if I would’ve played every game that came out this past year, I think there is a very good chance that the end result would’ve been the same.
RUNNER UP: The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
  • Best Soundtrack - Cuphead [Previous Winner: Hotline Miami 2]
So many of the games I’ve played had such good soundtracks, sound effects and sound design. I really liked some of the songs in Steamworld Dig 2. The sound effects in Alien Isolation are great, especially if you’ve watched the movies. All of these things are done excellently in Cuphead. The music and the sound effects just mash perfectly with the gameplay and art design. As with the art design, all the songs are in accordance with cartoons and it’s always a joy to listen to. Also, the clicking sound that you hear every time you click the attack button is oh so satisfying. Just a fantastic job done.
RUNNER UP: Steamworld Dig 2
  • Most Surprising Game - Steins;Gate [Previous Winner: Wolfenstein – New Order]
As someone who has disliked VNs very much before this year, Steins;Gate and the runner up for this award, Danganronpa, have changed my mind. I’ve said a lot about Steins;Gate already but if I learnt anything, it’s that I only like VNs with a specific story. I always love a good time travel story and Danganronpa’s premise is pretty unique as well. Steins;Gate in particular has a great cast and I can 100 % recommend it to you all.
RUNNER UP: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
  • NEW - Best Storytelling - God of War
This is an easy choice. God of War, to me, perfected storytelling in video games. It managed to do so without putting gameplay behind cut scenes and managed to combine both elements perfectly. The relationship between Kratos and Atreus is the main story arc here and while it can’t challenge the best movies out there, it did a hell of a job for a video game title. An epic tale that I won’t forget for some time.
RUNNER UP: Bioshock
6. 2019 Wishlist
This will probably not be of much interest to most of you. The following games are my most anticipated games to purchase next year. They don’t necessarily have to be released in 2019, it’s rather a list of games which I have my eyes on and will undoubtedly purchase next year. It’s just fun to look back on this at the end of next year and see what my goals were and compare them to the end results. So here goes.
#1 - Ef – The First Tale * Genre: Visual novel * Platform: PC * Release Date: 27.07.2012
This is a two-game series that was reviewed on here by OdaNova. His excellently written and thorough review of the games got me intrigued. Due to the games’ high price, I have been reluctant and while it was on sale, I had no disposable money to spend on this game. Thankfully that’s not going to be something that will limit me from now on, so I will definitely look out for another sale on this game. Hopefully it’s going to be as good of a read as advertised. :D If so, I’ll look out for the second part.
#2 - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus * Genre: First-Person Shooter * Platform: PC/Playstation 4 * Release Date: 27.07.2017
The original was the winner of my “Most Surprising Game of The Year 2017” award. What really drew me to the game was the great story. I got burnt so often by single player FPS games, just because it’s always the same mission structure. Go to Area 1, get a bland objective, kill everyone and do the same thing over and over again. Wolfenstein was so much more than that and thanks to stealth elements added in, you can always switch things up between a stealthy and a run and gun approach. I’m hoping that Wolfenstein II is able to build on the narrative success of the original.
#3 - Yakuza 0 * Platform: Playstation 4 * Genre: Action-Adventure * Release Date: 24.01.2017
I’m currently playing Yakuza Kiwami and I can already tell that I’ll have a lot of fun with this franchise. Yakuza 0 is a must buy for next year.
#4 - Celeste * Genre: Platformer * Platform: Nintendo Switch * Release Date: 25.01.2018
I haven’t seen much of this game yet; all I know is that it was one of the best games of this past year and that it’s on the Switch. I haven’t used mine a lot lately, so Celeste will give me a reason to use it again. An indie game that ended up being a nominee for GOTY at the VGA should be good, right?
#5 - The Outer Worlds // Cyberpunk 2077 // The Last of Us: Part 2 * Genre: RPG // RPG // Survival Horror * Platform: PC // PC // Playstation 4 * Release Date: 2019?
These are the games that might come out in 2019. The Outer Worlds trailer specifically says 2019 but there are no specific dates for these games. I’m optimistic and if any of these do come out, they’ll most likely be day one purchases, especially Cyberpunk and The Last of Us. The Outer Worlds looks like it should be fantastic but I will wait on reviews for that one.
  • 7. 12in12 List for 2019 + Other Goals
I was thinking about buying a PSVR to try out some new stuff but I decided against it at the end. Unfortunately there just aren’t enough games to really make this a worthy purchase. I’d love to try out Resident Evil 7, Beat Saber, Astrobot and a couple others but that’s not nearly enough and considering that the move controllers cost an extra price, I think I’ll wait a few more years for now. Enough rambling, here is my 12in12 list for 2019.
  • Batman Arkham City
  • Beyond Good & Evil
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Deponia Doomsday
  • DmC: Devil May Cry
  • Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
  • Persona 5
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Resident Evil 5
  • SOMA
  • The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
  • Yakuza Kiwami
Yep, there it is. A lot of sequels to some of my favorite games, which I’m very excited about. I’m already a few palaces deep into Persona 5, so that’s what I’ll tackle after I beat Red Dead Redemption 2 and Yakuza Kiwami. I’ve got open world games, a JRPG, an RPG, action-adventures, a simulation game (Orwell), a point and click adventure, and survival horror games in a list of 12 games. A nice mix of genres.
Some other goals:
  • Beat 24 games total
  • Finish more games than I buy and stick to a game budget of 250€
  • If it’s at a reasonable price, buy a used Nintendo 3DS XL
Yep, that’s it. I hope you’ve enjoyed having a look through the more than 7000 words I’ve written here. I had a ton of fun writing it. It took me about two weeks to write this, so I’m glad to have posted it now. My 2019 will be very interesting and hopefully much better than 2018. In terms of gaming 2018 was great but I have a lot of personal goals for 2019 that I hope to achieve. My apprenticeship, which I’ve started back in 2016, will end in June. I’m planning to go to a university after I’m done, so a lot of busy work is ahead of me. I have a lot of great games to look forward to, so in terms of gaming I don’t think I’ll be disappointed.
If you have anything to add to my ramblings, I’d love to read your comments and engage in some discussions. Hope to read your yearly roundup posts as well in the coming weeks. (Y)
Happy holidays to you all and have a great 2019.
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Finally back [March, April, May Report '19]

After a long while, I'm finally back and it's good to be back.. I haven't been gaming a lot in the past few months for many reasons. The big one is that I've had my final exams a couple of weeks ago (went well thankfully), so I've been studying for those a lot. Other than that, work, family, friends and a bunch of other things kept me so occupied that I only managed to play games on a casual basis. That meant a lot of Football Manager, some mobile games and a little bit of Madden NFL.
With the exams done, I hope to get back into playing some more single player games, as my backlog has increased quite a lot (I'll get into the why shortly). So let's get into my progress over the past two months. A lot to report.
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Games I've Added - 54 (!)
Yep, read that right. Out of the first six, Mario+Rabbids is obviously the highlight. Started it already, reached World 2 and can definitely recommend it to Switch owners.
The 3 mobile games are Score! Hero, Bacon: The Game (yes, seriously) and Guildmaster Story. The last of which was recommended by another sub member and I am looking forward to talking about it in this post later on.
Now to the main event. Some of the 45 games are owned by my brother on Steam, which I have access to thanks to Steam Family Sharing. About a dozen of these games are from my Twitch Library, which I've decided to add to my backlog count, some games are from PS Plus (Game of Thrones TT, Bloodborne) and some are Deep Silver games, which I've previously removed due to Koch Media being a bunch of pricks. As that's an issue in the past and I can now think clearly on the matter, I've realized that not playing a bunch of games I already owned was pretty dumb. So yeah, that's how I ended up with a total of 54, just adding everything I own. I wouldn't know what to do when my backlog would reach 0 anyway...
..is what I tell myself to make myself feel better about this. :D
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Games I’ve Quit/Abandoned – 4
I've said it many times but Axiom Verge all but confirmed it. I don't like Metroidvanias. A damn shame. I guess I don't like old school Point and Click adventures either or it may be that Thimbleweed Park is just so unfunny, I don't know. Kona was alright but ultimately too much time spent driving around looking for small items you missed and The Division is a game with a forgettable story and repetitive gameplay that I couldn't bear to play any longer. Coop might have helped maybe but nah, didn't like the game.
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Games I've Beaten - 6
Beaten: March 3rd
Platform: Xbox One S
Playtime: 35 hours
A little backstory on my experience with Mass Effect. I played the game for the first time back in 2016 (on PC) and quit after about 10 hours of playing time. Back then, I liked reading through the codex to get myself immersed in the game's world, I've talked to everyone I could to see which characters I would like and despise and I'd do any side quest possible to experience as much about the game as I could.
Ultimately, the horrible driving sequences with the Mako, poor gunplay and a glitch in Noveria were some of the main reasons why I decided to call it quits early.
Fast forward 2+ years and I specifically purchased Xbox Game Pass to play Mass Effect on console. One of the better decisions I've made this year for sure. I've done the exact same thing as the first time, doing as many things as possible, getting immersed and all that. My approach didn't change. The results did. First, the bad:
My god, the FPS drops were ridiculous on console. Any time more than a couple enemies would show up, the FPS dropped to <20 FPS. The gunplay is still bad and a lot of the areas were just copied and pasted on each planet, which kind of felt cheap (but hey, this was released in 2007).
I won't be able to go into detail about my experience anymore, as I've played this two months ago now but I remember the time when the world map opened up for the first time and I realized that there was so much exploring I could do. And I did. I went to each planet, collected material, did some side quests, followed the main storyline and really enjoyed myself. The amount of detail that went into the lore of this game is impressive and the main draw to the game for me. Fighting enemies always ended up being bland, boring even but the bits of story at the end of those gun fights were always worth it.
I liked the amount of backstory to each character, I liked that your decisions made a difference, I liked the twists, the villains, the ending. After it was over, I had two thoughts pop into my mind: "Damn, this game is cringy as hell" and "Damn, I want to play Mass Effect 2!". Mass Effect is a sci-fi nerds dream come true! While I'm not into the setting usually, Mass Effect has done a great job of drawing me in. I hope Mass Effect 2 can build on the original while improving on the shooting elements a bit.
Rating: 7/10

Beaten: March 8th
Platform: Android
Playtime: Unknown
Reading the review of this game on u/Pahlan's report, I knew I had to check it out. I can appreciate a game with a dumb and funny main character, Rufus in Deponia being one of my favorite characters of all the games I've played last year (I know, I'm a child).
To everyone who doesn't know about the game. you play the role of Ganyo, a spoiled brat, whose father's passed away. He inherits his dads company and things quickly go to shit. This is a Match 3 puzzle game with a total of 40 levels (tbc). In between every level, you'll be treated with hilarious interactions between Ganyo and the other characters in the game. I was well entertained during my daily commutes to work and am looking forward to future levels.
No more to say about this, check it out, it's free for iOS and Android.
Rating: 7/10
Beaten: March 10th
Platform: PC
Playtime: 10 hours
I had so much to say about this game, had I written this review, when I beat the game. Don't remember many details anymore though. Alas, here is a shorter review.
The game definitely aged well. I was immediately drawn in by the atmosphere, the characters, the music and the environments, which did look dated for sure, just had so much charm to them, that I definitely wanted to see this game through.
The story, in the end, was solid enough, nothing too exciting to make me fall off my chair. The characters didn't end up having the depth to them that I hoped for but were sympathetic enough, so that I could genuinely root for them. Jade is a cool main character at least.
Beyond Good and Evil was a cool experience overall, taking pictures of newly discovered creatures for extra money and of evidence to advance missions felt like a fresh experience and was definitely a nice idea. The game didn't get me majorly excited for the sequel yet and the fact that the sequel will be multiplayeonline only or whatever definitely puts me off from the game quite a bit, so I'll wait for the reviews once the game releases.
Rating: 7/10
Beaten: March 10th
Platform: Android
Playtime: Unknown
I don't have much to say about this game. You throw a piece of bacon on a bunch of things. On the Eiffel tower for example. Or on Mona Lisa. A plane. An open mouth. On Kevin Bacon. On tweets. In level 17, you literally throw it on the number 17. It's not my proudest waste of time but it was funny. For a bit. Don't judge me, ok? And fuck food pyramids.
Rating: 5/10
Beaten: March 15th
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Playtime: 3 1/2 hours
I didn't own many games on Switch, so I've added this game for free next to my purchase of Mario+Rabbids. Having played Undertale years ago, I was looking forward to a potential sequel since. Deltarune ended up being a spinoff but that's close enough.
I love games - just like any other media - that is funny and, to me, Toby Fox is hilarious. His humor really resonates with me and made for two very enjoyable games in Undertale and Deltarune. I also like how the game is designed. It's up to the player to kill or spare your enemies and depending on these choices, your experience will differ. It just works really well for me. I had a good time with the game and, while it might take a few years, I'm really looking forward to the second chapter to Deltarune.
Rating: 8/10
Beaten: May 19th
Platform: Android
Playtime: Countless hours
I've been playing this game on my phone casually for about two years. 463 levels in I had to stop unfortunately. The FPS drops got really bad at this point, which made it difficult to really enjoy this, even on a casual basis. If the game runs fluidly, it's actually a pretty fun and unique experience for the first few hundred levels out of a total 800 I believe.
Rating: 6/10
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What I'm Playing in June
With my playing time due to increase over the next few months, here are the games I'm planning on playing.
PC
Playstation 4
Nintendo Switch
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12in12 original list - Progress: (5/12)
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My Yearly Stats:
Adding all those games will all but ensure that I will end the year on a negative but as I've previously mentioned, not having a backlog isn't really the ultimate place to be in anyway (for me). I have a nice collection going on that will last me a few years on it's own, so I'm looking forward to delve back into the pile on a more regular basis now. Best of luck for the coming months. Stay tuned, we got a giveaway coming within the next month or so.
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