I edited it into my list right before the deadline after I played it, so I tried at least!
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ResetEra Games of the Year Awards 2019
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That list really just hits home how many incredible games were released this year. We all ate well, friends.
It's the first Good single player Star Wars in... ten years? More? That's all it needed.
Outside of 'Disco Elysium', which I believe is coming to consoles sometime this year, you could just happily own both a PlayStation 4 and Switch if the top twenty is anything to go by.
They offer the best of both worlds.
My personal Game of the Year pick is ... *scrolls down even further* ... in 107th place!
Likewise.
Much prefer the original PSone version... visuals asides, obviously!
At least it ain't one of those lists where it's somehow higher than Sekiro...
#4 is a good result, as is it getting the most #1 votes. But yea, the discourse around it made it clear that it was never going to win lol
I'm surprised FE beat it tho
I've heard good things about SaGa's combat system, maybe I'll try it one day
Good pick Era. Capgods are all in with these big budget Resident Evil games and i fucking love them!
Great job on this to all involved.
Resi 2 coming in first surprised me. I know people love that game but I really thought it would come down to Sekiro or 3 Houses.
Shenmue III didn't get on anything.. :(
I wish SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions didn't come out in the middle of December. I feel like that game would have placed a lot higher if it had a sale or two and more people had the chance to experience it.
I was the only person to vote for Planetarian :( :( :( More people really need to experience that one, it's the most affecting visual novel I've ever played/read. 3 Houses would've been a slam dunk for my GOTY if it weren't for Yumemi.
Resi 2 coming in first surprised me. I know people love that game but I really thought it would come down to Sekiro or 3 Houses.
Shenmue III didn't get on anything.. :(
I wish SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions didn't come out in the middle of December. I feel like that game would have placed a lot higher if it had a sale or two and more people had the chance to experience it.
I was the only person to vote for Planetarian :( :( :( More people really need to experience that one, it's the most affecting visual novel I've ever played/read. 3 Houses would've been a slam dunk for my GOTY if it weren't for Yumemi.
I guess X gave it to a lot of people, including myself. It's a shame A Plague Tale didn't make it higher, more people should give that game a try. Hopefully now that it's on Game Pass, it will get more exposure.
I knew that this list would be totally different from my list, so I'm just checking in to see if I was indeed the only voter on PBA Pro Bowling...
...three points, no honorable mentions. Yep, I was.
...three points, no honorable mentions. Yep, I was.
Glad to see RE2 win.
I wish more people here played Plague Tale, at least it made the top 10 for adventure games.
I wish more people here played Plague Tale, at least it made the top 10 for adventure games.
Era didn't let me down. Well deserved.
Lovely gif.
Good pick Era. Capgods are all in with these big budget Resident Evil games and i fucking love them!
Lovely gif.
I'm surprised that Baba made the list and it beat Untitled Goose Game. I thought the former would have been forgotten and the latter would have been placed higher.
Hey now, that was my game of the year, though my vote for it ended up being glitchy for some reason of it not counting. I'm not sure if it was fixed in time or not.
Outer Wilds cracking the Top Ten warms my heart.
If you add a column for number of ballots that a game appeared on and then average points per ballot, it's interesting to see that excluding games with only a couple votes, that Disco Elysium and FFXIV: Shadowbringers are the only games to have an average points per ballot above 3. So most people that played them put them in the 1-3 range.
(Here's a copy of the sheet with that column added) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JThmmU_nxo0aKRsECIZa4IQyZ3INWAqhUFfhJIreQqo/edit?usp=sharing
If you add a column for number of ballots that a game appeared on and then average points per ballot, it's interesting to see that excluding games with only a couple votes, that Disco Elysium and FFXIV: Shadowbringers are the only games to have an average points per ballot above 3. So most people that played them put them in the 1-3 range.
(Here's a copy of the sheet with that column added) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JThmmU_nxo0aKRsECIZa4IQyZ3INWAqhUFfhJIreQqo/edit?usp=sharing
Always sad seeing multiplayer games getting shafted time and time again. No complaints about the top two though.
Ha, yeah. I didn't play a single game from that top 20 overall list.
Haven't played Dead Cells (rogue likes are no-no) but it's nowhere near as good as HK and S&S. It's still pretty good though.
Truly, honestly. It's hella ridiculous how snubbed Apex was while it absolutely made incredibly huge waves ever since its launch.
I wonder if there were others like me who just eventually buckled under the weight of its battle royale trappings, I had to stop and consider that my 100 plus hours of playtime contained a lot more meandering than shootbanging.
No I will not gitgud!
On the other hand I wonder how many writeups even so much as whispered the name "Byleth" during their adoration.
Same, I thought MK11 would do way better. Fighting games that aren't Smash don't typically chart that well here though :(
FE makes sense for #3. It's far and away the most liked Nintendo game this year, so switch owners could rally around that. Had the second most #1 votes, the passion was there even it was more niche then a BotW or Mario Odyssey so it couldn't break into GOTY.
Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, Slay The Spire and Baba is You making the Top 20. I'll take that.
Congrats to RE2. Pretty crazy for a remake to take the top spot, and kinda cements how weak a year it's been for traditional AAA games.
Congrats to RE2. Pretty crazy for a remake to take the top spot, and kinda cements how weak a year it's been for traditional AAA games.
Congrats to RE2, didn't expect it to win with this distance but it's a great game. Buut to me #2 deserves it way more, Sekiro is one of From's best.
I always look for the greatest game that was forgotten and for me that was Hypnospace Outlaw, #47... ouch. I hope it releases on more platforms so more people will play it.
I always look for the greatest game that was forgotten and for me that was Hypnospace Outlaw, #47... ouch. I hope it releases on more platforms so more people will play it.
BRisms + the forced jolly cooperation doesn't help I'm sure, yeah. Though even then it still tops the chart for MP, over games like MW, Borderlands, etc. which are all huge in their own right.
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