It's not rocket science, people!
...but here are a couple of notes anyways. Although I may not have played all of these to completion, I've played enough to know my opinion on them. Also note that there will be a couple of "runoff" games from my 2013 list that might merit a mention on this list for end-of-the-year award goodness. I'm also going to try to include award nomination ideas for games for perusal at the end of the year.
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This really deserves a mention here as I've played more of it in the early parts of 2014. See my 2013 list for more throughts, ut it's growing on me. I still don't see it beating anything I've chosen for my 2013 list, but with a couple of grace runes, it gets better. Nom. - Most Addicting Game
I'm including this and The Wolf Among Us in the hopes that both will see completion in 2014. Perhaps that's a bit in vain. Nom. - Best Story (if further chapters hold up) Nom. - Best Art Design
Nom. - Best Story (if further chapters hold up) Nom. - Best Art Design
Devil May Cry is a terrific actioner/platformer. It's not anything complex, but what's here is super polished and a whole lot of fun. I do sorta wish there were more upgrades of a passive nature, but that's simply because I'm awful at combos. It's a shame the score and soundtrack are so freakin' terrible. There's only so much death metal I can take. It's worse than goddamn country. Nom. - Best Art Design Nom. - Worst Score
In trying to knock down my Steam to-be-played list, I'm trying to pick off games that've been in my collection for some time without having actually played them. Tropico 4 is made by the same guys who impressed me so much last year in the kinda-bad-kinda-great Omerta. Unfortunately, this isn't quite as newbie-friendly as that hidden gem, and there are some awful UI decisions (seriously, where the fuck is my money displayed?). But overall, I like the basics. This probably won't make my top ten list at the end of the year, but damned if it isn't a little bit of fun on the way.
I'm of two minds about this game. On the one hand, it's a hell of a lot of fun and it has that sweet, sweet magic of the two R & C Future games. On the other hand, this game lacks the amount of content of those other two for roughly the same price as you can get BOTH of those games. Since I own both of those games, this is still a great game for me, but if you didn't own the other two, go with them first. Oh, and the score? Really terrific stuff. Just a gorgeous, gorgeous score. Nom. - Best Score
This specifically refers to the Telltale games, which were unfortunately bland. I only have the briefest history with the show, but this doesn't feel like something that anyone would find greatly amusing. The puzzles are too obtuse for children and act too much as a filler to allow a fun story. It's not as straight-up awful as Jurassic Park, but it's definitely not Telltale's finest effort.
