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Sgt Sphynx's Favorite Games Played in the Year of Plague, 2020 (GOTY 2020)

by sgtsphynx

Hello all,

This year has sucked major balls. Multiple trips that I was really looking forward to got cancelled due to COVID and a ton of people ignoring COVID.

While I have beaten 14 games released this year and could make a list that consisted only of games released this year, I am instead going to make a list of my favorite games I played this year regardless of release date. The only restriction I am giving myself is if a game has already been on one of my GotY lists before, it cannot be on this one.

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Hades

1. Hades

Supergiant knocked it out of the park with this game. The characters are great, the interactions and plot are wonderful, and the music. Everything about this game is tuned perfectly. Every run feels like I have accomplished something and I get a little bit more of the story. I have beaten several runs but not gotten all of the plot just yet, looking forward to more in the next year.

Sayonara Wild Hearts

2. Sayonara Wild Hearts

I love this game, I am terrible at this game.

Beacon

3. Beacon

I discovered this from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. I quite enjoyed it.

Half-Life: Alyx

4. Half-Life: Alyx

It is a shame that most people won't be able to play this game, while the VR is really good and the game would lose something, I still think this could be played outside of VR without too much lost.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

5. Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Gorgeous game. Not sure which I prefer, this or the first game, I think I like this one better.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

I uninstalled this game from my Switch in August. It was the first, and only, Animal Crossing game I have played. It got me through the beginning of the lockdown, but I had to remove it when the daily check in got stressful. Also, it refused to give me Audie in my campsite.

Doom Eternal

7. Doom Eternal

I have beaten this game seven times, once on Ultra Nightmare somehow. I am not sure how much I like the game though. The gameplay is still excellent, and I really want to see what they do with the implications of the story. That said, I fucking hate the marauders and some of the enemies are just annoying. DOOM 2016 is a better game.

Final Fantasy VII Remake

8. Final Fantasy VII Remake

I can understand why this game ends where it does, but I do not know how they are going to get the rest of the game remade and how they will break it up.

Sludge Life

9. Sludge Life

Fun game, has a great ending.

Ghost of Tsushima

10. Ghost of Tsushima

Incredibly pretty and well playing game. When you nail those parries and initial stand offs, it is a great feeling.

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