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Slant Magazine: The 25 Best Video Games of 2018
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Speaking of only story, I think it's probably the best representation of Spider-Man/Peter Parker out there, story-wise, coming from someone that always had a connection to the character. You can have a point about gameplay, and definitely open world, I think the story and web-slinging were just top-tier than can help overlook those flaws.
I agree with you, but I was more engaged and had more fun with Spidey. Not finished with RDR2 yet.
GOTY. Or worst game ever made. Both opinions are equally valid and deeply personal to the person (or artifical intelligence/inanimate object) that holds them.
In terms of gameplay and traversal, it absolutely is.
I can't believe people actually willingly did those puzzles, I skipped them every single time.
Not having Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom makes their list suck. I know it just came out in December but they also shouldn't be making year lists before everything's out anyway.
If it had my favorites as number 1, you'd feel the same. I'm not gonna dogpile, I just don't agree with it lol
Forgotton Anne is pretty good. If a playable B-version of Spirited Away sounds like your shit, then go for it. I think the devs are working on getting a Japanese dub, but it hasn't come out yet, so you're stuck with the (decent) English VO.
I think so. It's some of the most intelligently designed games I've played. You really need to analyze almost every detail in the scene of death to determine how these specific people on a East India Trading Company ship met their fates. It's one of the best "brainstorm" games I've played.
Yes I am curious because I saw a Japanese release coming out soon.
I think it is.
For a mystery / detective game it gives the player a ton of freedom, it's gameplay is entirely unique and it's incredibly satisfying. It's the only game that I lost track of time playing this year.
Edit: also really glad to see The Missing on the list too.
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Lucas Pope matched the quality of his previous work, Papers, Please, despite the fact that he created a game that is completely different in its scope and mechanics. So yeah, I'd say it's that good.
Yup, that's me! Heterotopias did a great writeup on us. AV Club has us in their GOTY list too. Personally I rated us a B on my GOTY list (which just ranks everything I finished lol) because we didn't have any shotguns.
Absolutely. Not just arguably the best detective game ever made, but also one of the best puzzle games
It's also on Mac, which ran surprisingly alright on my 2009 Mac. Granted I got it to run better when I put the settings on sharp to make the window of the game smaller, but I was shocked it ran fairly well on my old machine.
I mean, literally no one plays Hitman for story and cinematics.
Honestly I wouldnt even care if they took out that portion for good.
The mainline story, sure, but I think people really underestimate how much narrative chop (modern) Hitman really has. I'm around 70+ hours into H2 and I'm still finding new dialogue, new locations, and learning more about the marks and many characters that surround them. The writers at IO clearly had a lot of fun dreaming up a conspiracy that takes all sorts of Black Mirror-esque locations and future tech, and then finding ways to get a bunch of shady characters to cross paths along the way.
That said, the person you were quoting was just so offbase calling Hitman 2 a "rushjob." Hitman 2 may not have the CG cutscenes, but it has clearly put its budget where it matters, finding good to great VO for their diverse locations, and bringing new mechanics and upgrades across both Season 1 and 2.
Yeah, there's a lot of narrative within the level itself, everything surrounding the assassination target. IO does a really great job at that.
Well I guess I wasnt being specific enough in my original post. Meant to say the overarching narrative, with the cutscenes after each mission. I doubt many people even care about that.
The gameplay is better in Spider-Man yet you willingly turned off one of its gameplay mechanics? The fact you can even turn them off speaks about that.
I enjoyed Spider-Man and I do get your point. The swinging and combat was great but there isn't a universe that exists where it's a better game than red dead 2.
I mean, it was just puzzles lmao, not exactly a highlight of the game, should be obvious what I'm referring to here in regards to finding Spider-Man's gameplay more enjoyable than RDR2's. But since you brought it up, I sure wish RDR2 had something similar at times...
For you, that is the case. For me, not so much. It's called an opinion.
There is even a universe where Sea of Theievs is better than RDR2 for someone, it's time to accept opinions.
Different opinions, obviously.
Spider-Man doesn't deserve 2nd place. Also, placing Guacamelee and Hitman and Subnautica above RDR2 is just fishing for controversy. "Look at us, we're different!" Doesn't matter that it makes zero sense, as long as it's different :P
Ah yes, the unfathomably completely nonsensical possibility that people find those games more enjoyable/impressive/memorable and/or resonant and impactful than [insert popular AAA game]. Trying to be controversial is the only logical conclusion
Your guess is as good as mine. Unless you can somehow prove they actually enjoyed those games more in exactly that order (and it better be measurable), your belief in making that list in good faith has exactly the same weight as my belief they fish for controversy.
Opinions, man.
Maybe. But if someone's going to make a thread about this list, then you'd expect them to spell it right, especially when it's the very fist line of the OP. Slant Magazine did spell it right, after all.
People spelling it wrong are expected. There's still people misspelling Soul CalibEr, 20 years down the line.
It's not a guess. It's the inherent nature of what these lists are, further shown by the writers literally telling you why the games resonanted with them
Your belief is flawed and weightless the instant you baselessly jump to agenda and controversy when countless individual and publication rankings, and this very list, have shown these are a matter of subjective personal tastes
Is this only a games thing for you? Or are Best Of movies lists that put indie and such films ahead of popular blockbusters also just trying to be controversial?
I actually don't care that much, I don't need external validation of my taste.
I just think this list is silly, but I don't dig too much into their motivation, if this is how they enjoyed the games, more power to them. It's baffling to me how anyone can value Hitman 2 more than RDR2, but sure, people are different.
Same reason I value Upgrade and Overlord more than Infinity War?
I'm baffled that you're baffled that people value things differently for different reasons
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