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Super Magbot

1. Super Magbot

Manifold Garden

2. Manifold Garden

Finally got around to playing this and really enjoyed it. The repeating level architecture is very cool and makes exploring feel awesome while not letting you get too lost.

Tinykin

3. Tinykin

Boy I really loved this platformer, chewed through it over a couple late nights. Love the "tiny character, big world" aesthetic - combine that with a 3d platformer that is snappy and fun to play plus Pikmin influence and that checks a lot of boxes for me. Doesn't feel padded at all either, you progress through the levels pretty quickly but also have a lot of leeway to explore.

A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build

4. A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build

"cool" puzzle game, finished all the puzzles pretty quickly

Scorn

5. Scorn

There's some neat stuff about this game (particularly the gross art style), but there were some design choices that kinda turned me off, I feel like it could use a couple big design tweaks. The levels were easy to get lost in, and the combat is not all that fun - they don't really ease you into it either, you are given a weapon but only use it as a sort of tool for a while which is a little confusing to the player. I also wish some of the puzzles were more creative - a lot of times it felt like basic stuff but all the mechanisms just happened to be covered in a patina of flesh.

Strangeland

6. Strangeland

Sort of middle of the road out of the Wadjet Eye games I have played.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4

7. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4

I don't know nothin' bout One Piece but there sure seems to be a lot of ridiculous characters as part of said world. This was actually one of the better Musous I have played, combat-wise.

Sonic Unleashed

8. Sonic Unleashed

Boy when I started this, I was like "hey, this is pretty good, why are people always dunking on it?" But my enjoyment was a pretty constant downward slope from there - the final level is a gauntlet that took me like 90 minutes to finish following by a extremely frustrating last boss.

A Plague Tale: Requiem

9. A Plague Tale: Requiem

I thought this was even better than the first game, which I adored. Just really fantastic all around, from the visuals and gameplay and music, to the performances and writing. I thought the character arcs in this game were very satisfying, and I was full on weeping by the end.

The Case of the Golden Idol

10. The Case of the Golden Idol

This came out of nowhere to land in my top 10 games of the year; it's a very satisfying murder mystery deduction game that really forces you to piece things together yourself. I wasn't initially sold on the art style, but it looks cool in motion, with each level being a weird little GIF, and it grew on me by the end.

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