by edder
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I still think about Nier: Automata. It’s comprised of so many different parts, yet they all work perfectly together. I love this game. Play it.
For better or worse, this is the game that changed gaming for the whole decade. Nothing more needs to be said.
The decade began with the Yakuza series’ future uncertain in the West. It ended with its future more bright than ever. Yakuza 0 encapsulates everything to love about the series complete with its most thrilling and touching story.
In translation hell since being released in 2010 before finally being fully released in English in 2017, there was almost a mythical quality to Wonderful Everyday/Subahibi for me as I waited and played through partial translations. The wait was worth it for one of the best stories I’ve experienced in any medium.
It’s hard to think of anything to write about the ubiquitous Undertale four years later. If you haven’t played it by now, you may as well.
This game was made entirely by one man who was simply dissatisfied with the lack of good Harvest Moon games.
Lovecraftian themes made for a great match with the gameplay of the Souls series which may have been perfected in Bloodborne. SPOILERS: To reach the true ending you must find and consume four umbilical cords which will allow you to fight a tentacle monster that descends from the Moon. Then you will be reborn as a slug.
If you have ever described Deadly Premonition as “so bad it’s good,” fuck you. Fuck you, and fuck the irony that’s become so pervasive this decade. Deadly Premonition is unironically great and has more soul and sincerity than something you’ll surely find on other Games of the Decade lists like G*ne H*me or L*fe Is Str*nge.
Maybe it’s not fair putting this here considering it’s technically a remake, but there are enough differences between HG/SS and the originals that they’re not only practically new games, but they are the best Pokémon games period.
It only took nearly a decade and years of delays, but Persona 4 got the follow-up it deserved. A lot of style and substance here.