by marblecmoney
Old games I loved this year:
Games I'm bummed I didn't get to (yet):
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Just a fantastic game. So creative. I loved the characters and the story and the atmosphere. I wouldn't say I'm a Remedy super fan (I never played the original Alan Wake for example) but as a big fan of Max Payne 1 & 2, this game played into my nostalgia for those in the best possible way. The way it ties into Control and the larger Remedy-verse is super fun as well.
This easily could have been my #1 game in any other year. The length of the game wound up taking a little bit of my enthusiasm for the early sections a bit, though. A few hours into act 3 fatigue set in and I was just ready to be done with the game. It didn't help that act 3 felt a bit less polished than the first two acts. Still a fantastic game overall, though. I really enjoyed my time with it.
This was actually my first time really playing one of the beat-em-up style Yakuza games. After really loving 7, and starting Judgement earlier this year I knew I had to give this one a real shot. I think the shorter length helped me avoid getting burned out on side content. I really loved the story in this one.
The Phantom Liberty DLC, specifically. It felt like a shorter, tighter version of all the things I liked about the main game.
Counter-Strike 2 is very similar to CS:GO, but its release was a catalyst for a bunch of my CS:GO playing friends to get back into the game. I've had a lot of fun playing with them again. I don't have much to say about the game really. Counter-Strike remains a great game.
A fantastic Star Wars game that was unfortunately weighed down by bad performance on PC for me. I put up with the frame rate stutters because I really liked the cast of characters, both returning and new (Turgle!!!). I'm a Star Wars dork. You give me a decent-to-good Star Wars game and I'm going to like it. The combat and exploration were pretty fun, too!
I don't really know what makes a good FIFA/EA FC game. I only play with friends, and we only play the online clubs mode. I put over 100 hours into this year's game, though. It's a great game to hop on while you chat with your friends.
I could have easily put Street Fighter 6 in this slot, too. That was another fighting game in the long line of fighting games I think could be "the one" that I really get into. Having just come out, Granblue is the current "one" of those. This game is fun! I like playing it with my friend! I hope I wind up playing more of it than I probably actually will.
This game is very new, and I don't know how long it will stay entertaining. For now, though, I'm having a lot of fun with it! Discovering how all the items work and how the monsters behave is very fun, and the proximity chat and overall sound design is so good!
I can't say I thought Remnant II was necessarily an outstanding game, but it was still pretty good. In co-op with two of my friends I had a lot of fun. I wish there were more games in this genre with full campaign co-op.