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Slant Magazine: The 25 Best Video Games of 2018
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Exactly. I don't care for Slant, def don't agree with the list. But it's their list. Its just their opinion, holds no merit regardless. I don't understand the issue here.
Congrats to God of War and the others that made the list. Glad to see Obra Dinn doing as well as it is.
i bought Yoku's at launch and had a great time with it.
never played a Metroidvania pinball game before :-P
never played a Metroidvania pinball game before :-P
Nah, nothing deserve anything just because, they didn't even review FH4, it's likely they didn't play, if you have no opinion on something it's not making your GoTY list.
Now, you could argue these site should play all the big hitters (assuming they just haven't) of the year before making the list, which I'd agree with.
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Am I missing something with Iconoclasts? I guess it could just not be for me but the game seems just kinda...fine. A tier above something like Owlboy for me but definitely far below Celeste/The Messenger/Dead Cells for me. I about halfway through the game right now and nothing seems to really stick out a whole lot.
You've added a lot to the discussion. Thanks. Point being he didn't see why it got the praise it did. I told him why. He disagrees. Most people don't. End of story.
Are you daring him? Are you double-daring him?
Anyway, Forgotton Anne, Yoku's Island Express, Dandara and Octahedron all got a mention, so I'm happy with that at least...I think those are four really good games that are going to get overlooked by many both now and in retrospect sadly.
Doesn't have Unavowed but they've got most of my top picks otherwise.
Solid list, especially The Missing and Iconoclasts.
Solid list, especially The Missing and Iconoclasts.
Racing, Sports, and Fighting Games are hard pressed to move beyond genre awards, regardless of how good they are.
That it's not even making these top 10/15 lists is still kinda strange.
Lots of stuff on here I'd been eyeing but hadn't committed to yet.
That's a good 10 game recommendations for me to follow-up on, basically.
I love these lists from non-gaming outlets.
That's a good 10 game recommendations for me to follow-up on, basically.
I love these lists from non-gaming outlets.
If the order didn't matter they wouldn't be in a particular order.
I honestly think that this is the best Game of the Year list so far!
I love the diversity on display, the range of different genres, the quality of these games — be it big like Spider-Man and God of War or small like Donut Country and Guacamelee! 2 — as well as being a genuine surprise to go through compared to the predictability of other 'safe' lists.
The only thing I would personally disagree with with regards to this thread is to those whom say that this is somehow an 'awful' list...
I love the diversity on display, the range of different genres, the quality of these games — be it big like Spider-Man and God of War or small like Donut Country and Guacamelee! 2 — as well as being a genuine surprise to go through compared to the predictability of other 'safe' lists.
The only thing I would personally disagree with with regards to this thread is to those whom say that this is somehow an 'awful' list...
I think the critics of Slant would prefer if readers actually responded to their writing instead of nitpicking the order of the list. Putting them in order is just to entice people to click on the article. The real meat is in the write-ups.
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Slant Magazine has a whole section devoted to games and they review a bunch of releases every year.
I'm surprised RDR2 made the list at all, given how lukewarm the review was. But, as an outlet, they've shown how their critical reviews can be far removed from their year end lists (e.g. they put Wolfenstein 2 on the year-end list for 2017, and then later one of their reviewers gave the game a 3/10).
Happy to see how diverse their list is, though. Slant, RPS, Kotaku...outlets that are willing to accept that indies can match and exceed AAA development despite having small teams and smaller budgets. Those are the types of outlets I respect.
Yup there's no point in getting bent out of shape about it. God of war is a great game. Worthy of the top spot imo.
The fact that you had to specify that there's a "section" of Slant devoted to games tells you what distinction I'm making
Considering the web slinging is the most important aspect of the spiderman character, i'd say they focused on the right spots.
You're not technically wrong.
But the distinction I'm making is that Slant has never been a pure gaming outlet, and so has never had the culture of one, and we'll therefore see games rise to the top that you wouldn't see from a place like IGN.
GoW wouldn't be my no 1 (then again, mine's is probably Vampyr, so I realise I'm pretty much alone in that thinking), but between this list and Paste's, I've got a shitload of indies to be checking out sooner rather than later.
I see that distinction, I'm just going against it because there are plenty of sites that put more of a focus on indie developers, and many of them are focused solely on gaming. RPS, Kotaku, Killscreen (RIP), Cliqist, among many others. I will agree that A.V. Club, The Guardian, and the New Yorker tend to have really interesting lists too. We're on the same side.
Right, because Slant so clearly operates off of click-bait journalism. /s
I love how their opening is basically talking about the reactions in this thread.
It's a great list with a great selection of games of all kinds and sizes. Use this opportunity to try new things and expand your tastes, instead of dismissing them.
Can't wait to see this forum's reaction to the Giant Bomb top 10 list.
It's a great list with a great selection of games of all kinds and sizes. Use this opportunity to try new things and expand your tastes, instead of dismissing them.
Can't wait to see this forum's reaction to the Giant Bomb top 10 list.
Agreed with one and two, though I'd personally swap them. I simply enjoyed Spider-Man more from a pure entertainment perspective. God of War is incredible in its own rights, however.
I wouldn't go that far, but yeah—easily the weakest part of an otherwise incredible experience.
AGREED
I can't stand it..lol but I totally agree about the bold
