Unplayed GOTY contenders?

nentindo · Oct 30, 2017

trying to make a top 10 but i'm running low, here's my list so far:

1) NieR: Automata
2) Cuphead
3) Super Mario Odyssey
4) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
5) Persona 5
6) Sonic Mania
7) Resident Evil 7 biohazard

i've played a lot of other games but ended up dropping them because they were too long. anyone have any recommendations for short, quality games that came out this year? A Hat in Time is the only one on my list right now.

spam musubi · Oct 30, 2017

The Evil Within 2 is just phenomenal. If you haven't played it yet, I recommend it. Best horror game in forever, for me.

Edit: I don't know how long or short you want the recommendations to be.

Nauro · Oct 30, 2017

If you git gud enough you can beat Nioh in 3 minutes like I did

Thunderpants · Oct 30, 2017

It'll get lost near the likes of Zelda and Mario, but Yakuza 0 was incredible. I adored that game, and it's currently only being edged out by Mario for me.

Indy in the Fridge · Oct 30, 2017

I envy Nintendo owners right now. Not so much for Zelda, but for how bonkers and fun the new Mario looks. I've actually never owned a Nintendo console in my life.

Anyway, Odyssey looks like GOTY material to me.

Servbot24 · Oct 30, 2017

Nioh
Cuphead
Wolfenstein 2
The Evil Within 2
Resident Evil 7
A Night in the Woods
Destiny 2
Golf Story
Steamworld Dig 2

Can't think of anything else I want to play but have not.

coryschmitz · Oct 30, 2017

Statik Institute of Retention (if you have PSVR), Little Nightmares, KAMIKO, & Everything are great short ones from this year. If you can make time for one long game, I'd pick Nioh for sure!!

This is my first post on Era, btw. Hi.

NinjaCoachZ · Oct 30, 2017

Definitely give Kamiko a look. It has three characters to play the game with and finishing with one of them takes only about an hour. The game is really cheap too, only $5, but it's such a nice ride.

CloudWolf · Oct 30, 2017

Hollow Knight and Little Nightmares are great games

Deleted member 5086 · Oct 30, 2017

Horizon and NieR. I don't think I will get a chance to play Horizon this year, but NieR is high on my priority list.

Zukkoyaki · Oct 30, 2017

Wolf 2 for sure. I gave up on making time for Nier.

xmassteps · Oct 30, 2017

Really want to get round to Prey at some point. Been very glossed over but everyone who's played it says it's terrific.

Slev · Oct 30, 2017

They are not very short but

Hollow Knight
Divinity Original Sin 2
Yakuza 0

traveler · Oct 30, 2017

I'll be picking up Horizon with the DLC in December. (Already ordered it as part of the target sale) I also need to finish Wolfenstein 1 so I can play 2. I should probably put more time into PUBG to give it it's fair shake. Don't think I'll get around to TEW2 and I was going to wait on VR for RE7.

Terraforce · Oct 30, 2017

Ever Oasis is definitely overlooked due to being on 3DS post-Switch but it's one of the best games I played all year.

Monster Hunter Stories got a little more hype than Ever Oasis, but it looks like the type that would be overlooked for GOTY as well.

Officer Beefsteak · Oct 30, 2017

Thunderpants said:
It'll get lost near the likes of Zelda and Mario, but Yakuza 0 was incredible. I adored that game, and it's currently only being edged out by Mario for me.

If it wasn't for Mario and Zelda, Yakuza 0 would most likely be my GOTY. Everyone needs to play this game, it's an amazing intro to the series (it was my first yakuza game).

hotcyder · Oct 30, 2017

Well unless someone wants to buy me a PS4, I'll never play Persona 5 or Yakuza 0

Linkin112 · Oct 30, 2017

Basically anything exclusive to PS4 and Switch. It's a blessing in disguise sometimes though as I definitely wouldn't have the time to play everything if I had all three consoles anyway, but I'd be extremely tempted.

SupraDarky · Oct 30, 2017

Hollow Knight without hesitation. An incredible game.

Maxximo · Oct 30, 2017

For now my favorite games of 2017 are Hollow Knight and Prey.

zoodoo · Oct 30, 2017

NinjaCoachZ said:
Definitely give Kamiko a look. It has three characters to play the game with and finishing with one of them takes only about an hour. The game is really cheap too, only $5, but it's such a nice ride.

I enjoyed Kamiko but it's far from GOTY contender. Elliot's quest just released last week on the eshop and is a better game.

middlegray · Oct 30, 2017

Pyre and What Remains of Edith Finch are short, cheap-ish, and incredible. These are the games you're looking for, OP.

Sabrina Rei · Oct 30, 2017

1. Divinity Original Sin 2
2. Evil Within 2
3. Persona 5

is my personal to do list. Not sure what I've played that OP hasn't.

jimboton · Oct 30, 2017

Hollow Knight, Thimbleweed Park and Divinity: Original Sin 2 (none of those is short, sorry)

nentindo · Oct 30, 2017

nynt9 said:
The Evil Within 2 is just phenomenal. If you haven't played it yet, I recommend it. Best horror game in forever, for me.

Edit: I don't know how long or short you want the recommendations to be.

15-20 hours is do-able

Thunderpants said:
It'll get lost near the likes of Zelda and Mario, but Yakuza 0 was incredible. I adored that game, and it's currently only being edged out by Mario for me.

that's one i ended up dropping to get to all the other ones but i'll probably pick it up again

Rosur · Oct 30, 2017

Yakuza 0, Horizon: Zero Dawn

Slythe · Oct 30, 2017

I have yet to play:

Super Mario Odyssey
Prey
The Evil Within 2
Nier: Automata
Persona 5
Cuphead
Nioh
Destiny 2
Resident Evil 7
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Yakuza 0

I picked a bad year to have less time to play games. Luckily I'll have D2 and Mario this week. From there I am prioritizing Prey and Nier: Automata.

iceblade · Oct 30, 2017

Pretty much anything aside from Horizon or Persona 5 would be in this list - I haven't played any of them thanks to lack of funds, so will wait till black Friday or alternatively next year and beyond to get to them. The ones I want to play most are Yakuza 0 and BoTW.

nentindo · Oct 30, 2017

tylergray said:
Pyre and What Remains of Edith Finch are short, cheap-ish, and incredible. These are the games you're looking for, OP.

Edith Finch was this year? shit, better get on that

erd · Oct 30, 2017

Hollow Knight is incredible. One of the best metroidvanias ever made, if not the best. A bit long (25 to 30 ish hours) but well worth it.
Nex Machina is a great, astonishingly well designed twin stick shooter arcade game. A single play through is very short.
Opus Magnum is one of the best puzzle games from one of the best puzzle game designers.
Pyre is great. Great writing and music, with really interesting gameplay.
Prey is great, and not too long
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is among the very best CRPGs ever made, and not terribly long either.

That's just of the top of my head.

Potterson · Oct 30, 2017

Definitely check out Pyre - it's one of the best indie games this year. Second best after Hollow Knight in my opinion. It's also not very long (8 hours) and has veeeeery unusual gameplay.

Also Night in the Woods if you like adventure games but not really point'n'clicks - it has really great artstyle, nice charm, cool story and characters.

FHIZ · Oct 30, 2017

Right now for me it's Mario. Had to save something for Christmas list, and that was the only physical game to pick from.

Boy it hurts.

spam musubi · Oct 30, 2017

nentindo said:
15-20 hours is do-able

that's one i ended up dropping to get to all the other ones but i'll probably pick it up again

Then I'll double down on TEW2 because it's amazing. Feels like Twin Peaks meets Silent Hill meets TLOU meets RE4. The open-ish world lets you tackle the game the way you want and gives it a very cool "horror vignette" vibe of you tracking down these oddities and experiencing the game on your own terms. It's also a perfect blend of Japanese and western design.

dralla · Oct 30, 2017

Horizon. It's been on my shelf for months. I'm probably gonna jump into it after I finish Mario.
Persona 5. Not gonna get to it this year, too big of a commitment.
Divinity II. My laptop is trash so I'll have to wait for the console version (which is inevitably coming).
Ni-Oh. Picked it up on sale but not sure I want to play it, honestly.
Wolfenstein 2. Not sure I'll have the time for this. I'll look for it on sale during Black Friday.
Cuphead. Not sure I'd like a game that's predominantly bosses so I'm gonna wait for a sale on this one.
Hollow Knight. Waiting for console versions.

For short(ish) games, I'd recommend Night in the Woods if you're into narrative driven games. It has some of the best writing in games and it seems to be getting overlooked by a lot of people. It out-does Undertale in a few ways.

I'd also recommend Uncharted Lost Legacy if you want the quality of a triple A studio on a smaller scale. It's the best Uncharted game since UC2.

nentindo · Oct 30, 2017

nynt9 said:
Then I'll double down on TEW2 because it's amazing. Feels like Twin Peaks meets Silent Hill meets TLOU meets RE4. The open-ish world lets you tackle the game the way you want and gives it a very cool "horror vignette" vibe of you tracking down these oddities and experiencing the game on your own terms. It's also a perfect blend of Japanese and western design.

do i need to know much about the first or can i go in cold?

texhnolyze · Oct 30, 2017

Super Mario Odyssey. It's not a matter of not yet played, but I just have no interest in Mario games.

Other than that, there are also some other games that I probably will never play, like Resident Evil 7, Prey, Wolfenstein 2, Cuphead, and Sonic Mania.

BlueBrand · Oct 30, 2017

If 20-30 hrs on the first run through is short to you, Hollow Knight is fantastic and is currently my goty.

sinonobu · Oct 30, 2017

Steam World Dig 2 takes about 4~6 hours tocear the game and it's really fantastic.

Deleted member 11413 · Oct 30, 2017

I still need to play Nier, Hollow Knight, Tales of Berseria, and Cuphead

Panic Freak · Oct 30, 2017

I only own an Xbox so....

spam musubi · Oct 30, 2017

nentindo said:
do i need to know much about the first or can i go in cold?

Go in cold. The first is kind of a jumble. You can read the wiki summary and get the idea. It's a completely separate sequel other than the initial setup for the premise of the game. Just know who Seb and Kidman are and what STEM is. It's an otherwise entirely new adventure.

Netto-kun · Oct 30, 2017

For me it's unfinished rather than unplayed. Games on my list so far are...

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Played around 35-40 hours. Got the Master Sword and even bought a house and built a village but uh...still haven't done any of the Divine Beasts.
Horizon: Zero Dawn: Played 10-15 hours. Not quite sure where I left off.
Yakuza Zero: Probably played around 10-15 hours and in chapter 4. Here I was planning to do stuffs but instead get disctracted by all these substories.

nentindo · Oct 30, 2017

nynt9 said:
Go in cold. The first is kind of a jumble. You can read the wiki summary and get the idea. It's a completely separate sequel other than the initial setup for the premise of the game. Just know who Seb and Kidman are and what STEM is. It's an otherwise entirely new adventure.

awesome, thanks!

MiguelBañón · Oct 30, 2017

Man you really haven't played the 4 bigger goty contenders and you even want more?

Oh well, I'd say Wolfenstein is a must play too. I really liked Wonderboy The Dragon's Trap too.

Thunderpants · Oct 30, 2017

nentindo said:
that's one i ended up dropping to get to all the other ones but i'll probably pick it up again

It's a bit on the longer side. I think I was around 40-50 hours when I beat it? It was well worth the effort.

Lord Brady · Oct 30, 2017

Zelda is my only one. I just bought a Switch and am playing Odyssey first but if people are right and Zelda is better than Odyssey, it will easily be my GOTY because Odyssey is currently the best game I've played this year. The other big games I played were Horizon Zero Dawn, Nioh, Uncharted, Destiny 2, and Crash Bandicoot.

Dubloon7 · Oct 30, 2017

Nauro said:
If you git gud enough you can beat Nioh in 3 minutes like I did

WHAT? This game took me 100 hours to get through NG. What did I do wrong, aside from working on the plat?

Bosh · Oct 30, 2017

I have yet to play:

Horizon Zero Dawn (Own it, just been busy with other games)
Cuphead (Need to buy it on PC)
Resident Evil 7 (Will play it in VR once i buy it).

Se_7_eN · Oct 30, 2017

Zelda BOTW
Mario Odyssey
Assassins Creed Origin
Persona 5
Nioh
Prey
Nier

Feels really bad...

ethomaz · Oct 30, 2017

I have two GOTY games on my list right now...

1. GTS
2. Destiny 2

Unplayable I can guess with the reception...

1. Zelda
2. Mario
3. Horizon
4. NiER

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