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Best of 2018

Another good year for gaming, with lauded high points like Obra Dinn having to wait until 2019 for me. Roll on the new year!

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God of War

1. God of War

What a game. The most AAA game ever, with impeccable, incredible art and music, yet somehow at the heart of it a poignant, heartful story of a father and son, and with incredible combat mechanics to boot.

Hollow Knight

2. Hollow Knight

Calling it "the best Dark Souls game since Dark Souls" would be doing it a disservice, so I'll just say:"One of the best games ever, full stop".

Super Mario Odyssey

3. Super Mario Odyssey

Nintendo makes the happiest, most joyful games around. What a gem.

Monster Hunter: World

4. Monster Hunter: World

Beating a Nergigante with a group of friends by the skin of your teeth with nothing but your wits and a Charge Blade is a true gaming high.

Celeste

5. Celeste

After Towerfall I found myself wishing Matt Thorson and friends would make a single-player platformer with immaculate level designs. Wishes do come true!

Into the Breach

6. Into the Breach

What a game. Wish I'd put more time into mastering its intricate, clockwork mechanics.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

7. Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Never has a game Ubi'd as hard as AC Odyssey Ubi'd, with so much stuff to do. And as the best hero since Ezio, Kassanra made it all so damned fun.

Marvel's Spider-Man

8. Marvel's Spider-Man

The most Spider-Man game around.

Slay the Spire

9. Slay the Spire

So fun. Such terrible art.

Dead Cells

10. Dead Cells

Fantastic combat mechanics only slightly laid low by repetive levels that pale in comparison to the best of its genre.