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My unexpected game of the year, I have never considered myself a big fan of the Metroid games only playing a few games in the series like Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion, I found myself addicted to the tight controls and fast gameplay of the new title. As of writing this list I have played through the game 4-5 times, each time getting faster times and getting better at performing the various tricks to make each play through feel unique each time. Possibly a modern classic that I can see myself revisiting like I do with other games I love like Super Mario World, Earthbound, and Zelda: A Link to the Past.
The Highly anticipated sequel to the cult classic psychonauts. I was pleasantly surprised to see double fine once again making a great video game. Psychonauts 2 is everything that a sequel should be, expanding on the concepts of the first game, getting more into the sordid past of the main cast of characters, improving on the gameplay, and weaving a fastastic tale about healing the mental wounds of the past. Psychonauts 2 is everything that I wanted it to be.
The Final Cut, the definitive edition of what could be the best written game of all time, with a grip of new content, and full voice acting performed by professionals instead of a cadre of leftist podcasters, the new version is sometime I can see myself revisiting over and over. Looking forward to my fascist and moralist play-throughs in 2022. I still spend a lot of my time away from the game thinking about the world and characters.
Picked up Shining Pearl on a whim after my girlfriend picked up Brilliant Diamond for her switch, and I have been running my poor lite's battery down to death playing it on the bus and during breaks at work since then. After not playing a Pokemon game in what feels like a decade since the original Black and White versions on the DS, catching monsters is just as fun as ever, with a lot of smart changes like being able to access your Pokémon boxes almost anywhere, it's online features just being a button away, auto-saving, and no longer having to keep a water and flying type on your team at all times just to use Surf and Fly respectively it is definitely one of the most pain free Pokemon games to date.
Part 2 of Toby Fox's Magnum Opus, while it is not a complete game, playing chapter 2 still sticks out as one of the best games that I have played this year. With a sharp sense of humor, memorable characters, challenging bosses, and a overarching story that includes mysterious actors at the edges that get me imagining where the plot could possibly go, I cannot wait to see the rest of Deltarune.