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Neon White

1. Neon White

This game feels incredible the whole way through, I felt like the jump was a little too floaty in the beginning but the later levels and side quest levels really need the floaty jump. I also enjoyed the story and writing, it was not like super unique in premise but the characters were written well and they were the main focus so it worked pretty well.

Vampire Survivors

2. Vampire Survivors

Great game already, can't wait to see what else they add. The upgrade system already feels great which is very promising for the future, each upgrade feels noticeable while still being well considered.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

3. Kena: Bridge of Spirits

really enjoyed this game for the first like two-thirds, basically until I had unlocked all of the abilities, after that the collection aspect got annoying cause it was giving me nothing for completing all of it. Also really really hated the final boss in, but that first two thirds was probably some of the most fun I have had with a game in a long while

The Forgotten City

4. The Forgotten City

Really well designed time loop game, the quests make it much easier to keep up with, it also helps that it ends up being quite short. The dialogue and story design are really well done. The only thing that I didn't like was getting locked out of dialogue with a person if you say the wrong thing and having to start the loop over to make that work. The other endings felt somewhat unnecessary though.

Forza Horizon 5

5. Forza Horizon 5

I think this is the best one yet in a lot of ways, with a lot of caveats. The showcase events were interesting set pieces, but they had been done better in 3 and 4. There was an insane variety of events, and honestly too many to the point where it made it difficult to know how to progress which just ends up being do anything. It was a little buggy for me, to the point where I was not able to complete certain events. They also just hand out cars and currency in this one like nobody's business, which is nice, but it also makes it feel like there is no progression throughout the whole game cause you can pretty much buy and car you want at any time.

Sunset Overdrive

6. Sunset Overdrive

I think this might have some of the best movement and flow to traversal of any game that I can remember, it would have been nice if they gave some of the abilities a little earlier but overall one of the best games. The weapons were goofy in a very insomniac way which was nice as well. Also a lot of very clear influence on Marvel's spiderman comes from this game in mission design and traversal and certain sequences too. Also the writing grew on me and became very enjoyable by the end.

God of War Ragnarök

7. God of War Ragnarök

Story was way more interesting than the previous one, also the characters were great. Having more than 2 characters in the story helps a lot. I really loved the whole cast, all of the performances were great and really added a lot to the characters, it felt like they were having actual conversations rather than just talking at each other like it was in the previous game. The puzzles and side quests were also great, the side quests in particular felt like they added a lot to the game. my biggest drawback though was the combat, it didn't really improve on the combat of the last game, they basically just added an additional weapon to the previous ones, and the enemy/combat design still felt like it was missing something. It still has all the same problems as the last game with there not being any invincibility on the dodge and parry not feeling great, and the special moves just lock you into an animation that enemies can still do big damage to you during. But all of the normal enemies were fine, the boss fights during the main story were pretty fun, but all the post game fights kinda sucked they were either too easy to stun lock the enemy and just destroy them or they were just way to fast to react to like a boss zooming across the stage and doing an unlockable attack or grab to one shot you kind of sucks a lot.

Genshin Impact

8. Genshin Impact

I fall off of it sometimes but they always manage to pull me back in with all the story and characters each update and the exploration and map is so good. The voice acting is also really good and that really makes the characters feel real like they have an actual life and personality when I am not seeing them. Also every time I get bored a new character to build or team to make happens in the next update and it pulls me right back in. update 12/23: The story and new areas this year were so good, and there were some great new characters released. also a lot of the new events felt great and brought a variety of new things to do that kept it feeling fresh

PowerWash Simulator

9. PowerWash Simulator

wonderful chill out game, I think some of the levels are a bit too long taking multiple hours to complete. Also the completion on a object felt weird sometimes it was too lenient and other times it was to harsh on completing, I wish there was a way to tune that relative to the size of the object or just giving me a slider to make it complete at a lower percentage would have helped

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

10. Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Just a fun time the whole way through, the post game was a fun challenge with a condensed version of the main game levels so that was fun too. The game looks and feels great too, there was a couple of times that I noticed some frame drops though.

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