6 months into 2021.. What’s your GOTY so far?
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Returnal. The gameplay, 3D audio, and haptics all meshed to create an unforgettable experience for me.
Monster Hunter Rise is in a throne warming spot currently, I feel like it can be easily unseated since it's another iterative round of monster hunter, but it's a damn fine round that takes all the improvements of World and then manages to hit many of the sweet spots I found World to miss a bit on (notably new monster designs and battles, Rise has a strong lineup)
All the praise had me making plans for it takes two with a friend, but then it turned out his PS plus had expired, and now mine is also expired, this moves to me Xbox options and my friends on that side don't feel like as good a fit to put it bluntly, so it's stuck on limbo despite all the praise having me very intrigued.
All the praise had me making plans for it takes two with a friend, but then it turned out his PS plus had expired, and now mine is also expired, this moves to me Xbox options and my friends on that side don't feel like as good a fit to put it bluntly, so it's stuck on limbo despite all the praise having me very intrigued.
I'm actually struggling to think of a 2021 game I bought aside from Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Guilty Gear Strive and the SMT: Nocturne remaster. And I only got the last two yesterday.
So ME: LE it is then.
So ME: LE it is then.
Ratchet & Clank. RE8 I own but still need to play through and Returnal is dope but releasing it without a proper save system kicked it down a few notches for me.
I put the most time into Outriders (50 hours with friends) and had a blast but that game was such a buggy fucked up mess that I can't bring myself to add it to any GOTY list.
I put the most time into Outriders (50 hours with friends) and had a blast but that game was such a buggy fucked up mess that I can't bring myself to add it to any GOTY list.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Great version of my favorite game series.
If it has to be a new release and not a remaster/remake, I guess Outriders. Had a blast with the campaign and haven't played many new releases this year as few have interested me enough to pay launch/near launch prices.
If it has to be a new release and not a remaster/remake, I guess Outriders. Had a blast with the campaign and haven't played many new releases this year as few have interested me enough to pay launch/near launch prices.
Doing a disservice to your avatar man…
Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection for me.
Ratchet and Clank is kind of undisputed at this point. And judging by the rest of 2021 I don't see many other challengers on the horizon except for well.... Horizon.
Need to play the first Horizon before that one comes out though!
Need to play the first Horizon before that one comes out though!
People can be pedantic and say it doesn't count but meh, recently beat Disco Elysium Final Cut and it blew all the others I've played this year out of the water. If I really thought about it I'd probably give it a 10. It's one of the better stories in a game I've seen in a long time. The hype was justified.
That's not to say this year has been bad so far, far from it, but Disco was just that good.
That's not to say this year has been bad so far, far from it, but Disco was just that good.
this. while i doubted village would be up to the standards established in re7, i can happily say i was dead wrong - village delivered...
So far Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. I imagine it'll be high in my list at the end of the year, but not my GotY. Unless everything else I'm looking forward to disappoints.
Returnal. I honestly think that with time, this game has the potential to be looked upon as a classic.
Difficult, probably Resident Evil Village or R&C but I can't chose a winner.
Can I just say Ghost Recon Wildlands? Im playing that for the first time and can't put it down hah
Can I just say Ghost Recon Wildlands? Im playing that for the first time and can't put it down hah
Aside from still plugging away at Animal Crossing in the dim hope that some big update might be coming to the game soon, I've only played Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Wreckfest, RE Village, Ratchet & Clank and Yakuza: Like A Dragon., but I'd have to say….
…. Yakuza: Like A Dragon.
It feels like one of those games that was unique enough that it'll be one of the few games to really jump off the page when looking at the list of the games that came out in 2021 (or close to it) when looking back years from now.
…. Yakuza: Like A Dragon.
It feels like one of those games that was unique enough that it'll be one of the few games to really jump off the page when looking at the list of the games that came out in 2021 (or close to it) when looking back years from now.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Followed closely by Nioh 2 (complete edition).
Still need to play Subnautica Below Zero and, when they launch, System Shock and Deathloop, which are the only other 2021 GOTY contenders on the horizon for me.
Still need to play Subnautica Below Zero and, when they launch, System Shock and Deathloop, which are the only other 2021 GOTY contenders on the horizon for me.
Returnal is comfortably in that spot for me. Only Metroid Dread and SMTV have a shot at dethroning it for me this year looking at the upcoming release schedule.
I thought Ratchet would clinch it, but It Takes Two still reigns as my favorite of the year. One of my favorite gaming experiences in years, tbh.