10 different escapes from a disastrous year : A Giantbomb user’s top game list of 2020
2020 is a year that makes me long for different ways to escape. There are two different journeys through the world after death, whether it’s a godly prince’s war path or a mortal girl’s peaceful and helpful way. There are two different rebuild narrative, one about more than a dozen young souls figuring out as they go along and another about half a dozen young souls restoring glory of the old days. And there is also a quite uplifting cosmic horror tale among some purer forms of escapism.
Forced to stay home more often, I turned on my 5 years old PS4 more frequently. Thus for the first time, my list covered all major platforms of the big three, Microsoft’s Windows PC, Sony’s PS4 and Nintendo’s Switch.The 2 listed PS4 games are from Sony’s old rival, SEGA of all places. And despite my best effort, there is a cluster composed of late April releases. Without further delay, here are my top games of 2020.