GOTY 2018
flame on.
non 2018: rabi-ribi astonishingly good. tokyo xanadu ex+ a worse, direct action version of cold steel. god of war ascension merely surprisingly good. yakuza kiwami fairly boring. valkyria revolution extremely bad. la mulana ex v. good.
2018: chasm had good loot and good magic. mothergunship I wish was much more than tower of guns, but it wasn't. vc4 has merit but it's no vc2. darksiders 3 still doesn't deliver on the ds1 ending and its dark souls isn't as good as 1's zelda/2's openworld+loot. nnk2 v. boring. dead cells abysmal (aggressive scaling/weapon balance+flat unlock structure). dq11 mostly boring. som 2018 is an amazing remake to a kind of bad game (6+ takes of "The king is waiting for you in the throne room").
2019: utawarerumono T_T. 13 sentinels a. sekiro could be good maybe.