This list feels like clickbait. Respect the Obra dinn pick but Florence #1?? its 45 minute cutscene. Interesting, but barely a game. Also this is the same website that said red dead 2's portrayal of Charles was "redface" and racist so of course it couldn't make their list. Good luck with that, paste...
Maybe, but then I'd have to question why it's titled as a game of the year list rather than a holiday shopping ideas list. And also if it's a holiday shopping list then having digital only indie games dominate the top spots is a little strange.The average customer looks at these lists to get an idea for what to buy for Christmas.
I'm not into this "best of the year" list in December thing (can you not wait to get your hits in January?)
I assume they have access to a review copy.
My laptop is old garbage tier but I still could play it. 20ish fps but still.I should thank them for alerting me of Gris, Florence, and Dandara.
I just wish I could play Obra Dinn. My pc just isn't up to snuff, currently.
Bad list confirmed.
My laptop is old garbage tier but I still could play it. 20ish fps but still.
Same specs lol, i5 with integratedHmm. For the price it's not too big a risk, I suppose. Okay. My old i5 laptop with intel integrated graphics will just have to find a way. lol
Yeah still need to get on WTWTLW. Obra Dinn so far isn't clicking with me sadly, singleplayer Clue is too much work and too little play.This is actually a pretty good list. Though I heard some bad things about NNK2. Will give it a shot around Christmas if it gets a good sale.
Have a long trainride today so I decided to buy Florence thanks to this list.
Edit: I'm also happy to see "Where the water tastes like wine". That game went under the radar hard but I really enjoyed my time with it.
I may not like God of War but I can't deny how much it's resonated with people so it not being in the top ten, let alone the top half is pretty baffling.
This is a really great post.What I like about Florence is that it's pretty much the game equivalent of a gentle romantic comedy rather than an overly-long action film that requires a big boss fight at the end and plenty of violence along the way. Nice to see something commenting on everyday stuff rather than treating relationships as a five minute sidequest in yet another fifty hour campaign that leaves hundreds dead. Maybe one day we'll get to the point where major publishers feel like they can also put money behind something that isn't fantasy combat and levelling up through getting better at it.
Oh absolutely. I love strategy games and a huge chunk of them are about efficiency in eliminating the opposition writ large rather than one-by-one, I also love RPGs and enjoy the atmosphere and scenic views of Skyrim as much as I do chastising restless dead lizards, but variety in game design is always refreshing, and I'd rather have had half a dozen truly different and terrifying dragon battles than 50+ that all used the same limited tactics as the first. By a third of the way through the game they are like flying vermin to you, a distraction from what you are otherwise trying to do, rather than the legendary threat matching the hushed tones as npcs discuss them. A smaller amount of combat requiring more thought, given gravity and treated as high points of emotion and threat, would also mean seeing each major victory as an accomplishment rather than the same as your fiftieth trip to the shops.This is a really great post.
I still play my fair share of shooters and violent games because I like the Gameplay and some of the stories they tell. But tbh I'm getting sick of all the killing and the focus on killing as the main aspect of most games. Maybe it's because I'm getting older but I would really like to see more developers focusing on different tasks.
Take Red Dead 2 as an example, the O'Driscolls alone had to be a gang thousands strong. It got pretty boring shooting hundreds of dudes. The best parts of red dead were the interactions with the world, soaking in the atmosphere of this vibrant and beautiful world. Why not focus on fewer but better shootouts with a clever AI?
This is a really great post.
I still play my fair share of shooters and violent games because I like the Gameplay and some of the stories they tell. But tbh I'm getting sick of all the killing and the focus on killing as the main aspect of most games. Maybe it's because I'm getting older but I would really like to see more developers focusing on different tasks.
Take Red Dead 2 as an example, the O'Driscolls alone had to be a gang thousands strong. It got pretty boring shooting hundreds of dudes. The best parts of red dead were the interactions with the world, soaking in the atmosphere of this vibrant and beautiful world. Why not focus on fewer but better shootouts with a clever AI?
Huh? In this sense every GOTY list is clickbait then.