by ginormous76
Keeping a ranked list of the games that came out in 2021 that I played in order to have a GOTY ranking ready to go at the end of the year.
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Wow! This was basically everything I could hope for. Distinct sections of the world. Different bosses. Fun puzzles. I loved this so much, I got the platinum on both PS5 & PS4.
Square Enix needs to hire a new marketing firm. They did a 20+ minute presentation on this game, and it looked so... freaking... boring. Mad props to my friend, artist Skititlez for pushing me to pick this up on Black Friday. It's fantastic. Halfway through the first chapter, I was fully hooked. This game makes you care about the characters, and it is also hilarious. I do not know how Square messed up advertising this.
It looks really nice and runs really smooth. Obviously great just for having ME1 (2 & 3 are pretty good as well). Including this for 2021 purposes, but not for the decade due to this being a remaster and not a remake.
Wow, these games are so much more fun to play on a tv than on a handheld. These are some fun Castlevania titles and getting four games for $20, there's not much more that will give you a better hours of fun to dollars spent ratio (except holding out for a sale).
This the best of the Anthology so far. A compelling story, choices that feel like they matter, QTEs that failing is the best option. The main downfall of this game is Ashley Tisdale. She's awful. There is a moment where people act really dumb as well, but this was great. I may actually replay it.
This game is a lot of fun. Does involve a stalker scenario, but it gives me a perspective I never had before. I have never enjoyed using daggers in games before, but the dagger here was great. The scythe was OP and great to use. I do wish there were more clear options about just being friends with some of the characters.
Specifically, the Intergrade/Yuffie DLC. This was a lot of fun, and Yuffie was a great character to play with. Being able to be melee and range in the same battle was fantastic. Her elemental ninjitsu also made the game a lot of fun. I actually enjoyed Fort Condor (I would always do the bare minimum in the originally FF7).
This is actually Bowser's Fury, as it was a new game in 2021. I played this game co-op with my wife (she was Mario, I was Bowser Jr.). It was a lot of fun! I'm not sure if I want Mario games to always be like this, been I have really enjoyed the co-op options of this and Odyssey. More clever and fun co-op in Mario games is hugely desired.
I feel like Metroid Dread is a handful of tweaks/changes away from being spectacular. I think it falls short in a few categories. Overall, I enjoyed a good deal of the experience. Some of the boss fights were fun, some were just annoying. Some of the powers were cool, and some were just ok. I ended up finishing the game according to the in-game clock around 8.5 hours with 47% of items, but my Switch says I had the game open for 15 hours or more. I was ready to be done with the game maybe an hour or two before I finished it.
I had fun with this game, but it's definitely at it's best when it's being weird and during boss fights. It's been awhile since I played the first two games, but I do remember having to do mini games to earn enough money to fight the boss. Getting to just do fights against random enemies is a nice upgrade. I thought the #1 ranked boss fight's second stage was weirdly boring. There was a lot of fun and clever design up until that point, but then it went off the rails. The final boss redeemed things though.