thedaveeyres wrote:Wow, some controversial opinions there! (About games I haven't played, so I can't/won't comment) |
The "Not the GOTY 2018" Thread • Page 2
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docrob 1,795 posts
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Gruff 3,940 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI think I have found my gaming exact opposite .gif)
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Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI not as big a fan as The Last of Us as most people are but to call it one of the worst games ever would suggest some kind of bias/mental instability. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@Decks Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of it (particularly the PS3 version, with its horrible input lag), but I could name a lot of games that were a lot worse without even having to think hard.
Though it did feed into my general theory that Naughty Dog would be happier making middling-budget Netflix Originals shows than games. -
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Registered 13 years agoDecks wrote:
I thought it was well established that he has suffered severe brain damage from too much Dancing Monster?
I not as big a fan as The Last of Us as most people are but to call it one of the worst games ever would suggest some kind of bias/mental instability. -
Nice Surprise: getting 60fps gameplay in Nintendo Switch's handheld mode in Pinball FX2.
Most Disappointing: Subnautica. It looks lovely but I found it extremely dull. Closely followed by the borefest spreadsheet that is Rimworld.
Worst: Resident Evil on the Switch. A terrible, terrible game. Not my type of game at all. Im sure I'm very much in the minority with this point of view, but there you go. Too bad I didn't get a physical version as then I could smash or burn it.
Feels: Mario Odyssey's 2d sections in New Donk City. -
thedaveeyres 13,925 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm not trolling. I bought into the good reviews of GoW rather than trusting my natural aversion to that style of set piece faux open world 'spectacular', more fool me, but rest assured that's my genuine opinion. -
StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agoNice Surprise of the Year: Mutant Year Zero. Didn't know anything about it before it turned up. One of the games of the year.
Disappointment of the Year: Fallout 76. It was always going to be a bit shit, but I still somehow came away disappointed.
Under-rated Game of the Year: Battletech. Seriously, people. This is superb.
Over-rated Game of the Year: Read Dead Redemption 2. Good lord it's dull.
Guilty Pleasure of the Year: Immortal: Unchained. It's low budget, a bit shonky throughout, but is also a pretty nifty "Dark Souls with guns" attempt.
Worst Game of the Year: I realise how edgy this sounds, but RDR2. I just cannot be bothered to load it up.
OMG The Feels of the Year: I have no feelings.
Controller Smasher of the Year: Ashen. Every time I enter a cave.
Older-game Find of the Year: Kerbal Space Program. I'm amazed it took me so long to try this. -
thedaveeyres 13,925 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDoomBrigade wrote:
Absolutely. Perhaps you should too.
GoW, Spiderman, TLoU...some of the worst games you've ever played?
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Registered 16 years ago@StarchildHypocrethes Yay, more love for BattleTech. Amazed they haven't announced console ports yet. It's become a bit of a cult favorite on PC and the success of the XCom games on consoles shows there's a market for that kind of thing. -
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Registered 18 years agorice_sandwich wrote:
Good call! That and the Williams licensing were pretty big.
Nice Surprise: getting 60fps gameplay in Nintendo Switch's handheld mode in Pinball FX2.
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Malek86 12,331 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI kept this to 2018 games, except for the last one.
Nice Surprise of the Year: Astro Bot, which I really wasn't expecting much from (more like I wasn't expecting anything at all, given I bought it on a whim) but it turned out a very interesting and experimental platformer instead.
Disappointment of the Year: Forza Horizon 4... this is a bit of a stretch, because the the game was good really, in fact I even put it in fifth place in my GOTY list this year. But given the universal praise FH3 received, I was hoping for something better. They were a bit too focused on multiplayer for this one.
Under-rated Game of the Year: kuso, which didn't receive a lot of attention, but is a pretty good retro platformer for speed runners. The Switch version contains the old Love+ levels as well. For the meager asking price, it's certainly worth a punt.
Over-rated Game of the Year: Tetris Effect. Ok, I don't like Tetris much in the first place, but.... in the end, this is just Tetris with a 40 euro price tag strapped on. You can get all the acid tripping backgrounds you want, but Tetris is Tetris. Even the story mode seems to be just basic Tetris. The fact that I found it for 10 euro just a month after release should make people think.
Guilty Pleasure of the Year: Destiny 2 Forsaken, which objectively is just a grindfest. But usually, a grindfest is all I need.
Worst Game of the Year: I'm pretty picky when it comes to buying games at full price, so I didn't buy anything from 2018 that I felt I wouldn't at least like enough (except maybe Tetris, but I can still appreciate a quick game or two). I'd rather not say anything then.
OMG The Feels of the Year: 428, because... well, that would be a spoiler. Suffice it to say that, at the end, you can't not be moved at least a little bit.
Controller Smasher of the Year: I have generally avoided hard games this year, except for Hollow Knight, and even then I mostly stuck to the basic route so I never met any of the more punishing bosses. I suppose Super Chariot for the Switch could count, given that the joycons make an already hard game a little bit harder.
Older-game Find of the Year: Kamaitachi no Yoru (PS1 Edition - 1999), one of the most famous visual novels ever made, yet I avoided for a long time because I'm not one for murder mysteries. But this game is much more than that, and I'm glad I listened to my friend's advice for once.
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uiruki 5,975 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIt’s been a funny year this year.
Nice Surprise of the Year:
Yoku’s Island Express. This came out of nowhere and it’s so fun and happy!
Disappointment of the Year:
Mario Tennis Aces. What the hell happened with that story mode? Second place is Trails of Cold Steel 4 - not the ending I wanted for a four game arc, especially when they promised resolution for something else and then brushed it off in a few sentences. Keep the scope under control next time guys.
Under-rated Game of the Year:
Fighting EX Layer. People have been quiet on it but I really think that Arika completely succeeded in what they tried to do.
Over-rated Game of the Year:
God of War - very, very good but I don’t think that five hours or so of it sagging in the first half can be completely overlooked. That and the “fast travel” system.
Guilty Pleasure of the Year:
Fate Grand Order. It’s a fan service filled gacha fest but dammit if I wasn’t delighted when a certain character made their triumphant return at the end of the first Lostbelt. The third Lostbelt also had some fantastic character writing; it’s right up there in terms of plot with “proper” games and I don’t feel guilty at all kicking them the odd 10,000 yen iTunes voucher when I’m consistently getting 20+ hours a month out of it with lots of new stuff to do, even if it is a bit variable.
Worst Game of the Year:
Recore didn’t come out this year did it? That was the worst game I played this year for sure. Failing that, probably Grip. What a disaster.
OMG The Feels of the Year:
That bit at the end of Lostbelt 1 in Fate Grand Order. They’d been building up to it for about a year and it paid off.
Controller Smasher of the Year:
Dark Souls Remastered. Not generally in that frustrated fashion (though the camera and physics system sometimes actively conspire against you) but in that super tense way which makes finishing off a big boss or area with the tiniest amount of health left so satisfying. Killed a boss with the last hit going either way last night and it was fantastic.
Older-game Find of the Year:
Nioh. It’s the game that has finally managed to get me to understand the appeal of Souls-type games, even though I’d played them since Demon’s Souls back when it originally came out in Japan. I think Bloodborne is better but I wouldn’t have gone through that without Nioh.
And my own category - Most Graphics:
I was thinking Red Dead but in the end I played through Forza Horizon 4 in 21:9 ultrawide at (up to) 120fps. That’s a lot of graphics and no mistake. Also Edinburgh reminded me of PGR2 and I really liked the game so I wanted to mention it even though it doesn’t really fit into any other category. -
Zomoniac 10,628 posts
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I'd have FH4 in second and RDR2 in third, but the winner for most graphics for me has to be Detroit. It just looks insane. The best HDR tech demo I've come across, and the best skin textures and facial animations I've seen. Granted it's easier when the game is just a motion-captured CGI film though.
And my own category - Most Graphics:
I was thinking Red Dead but in the end I played through Forza Horizon 4 in 21:9 ultrawide at (up to) 120fps. That’s a lot of graphics and no mistake. Also Edinburgh reminded me of PGR2 and I really liked the game so I wanted to mention it even though it doesn’t really fit into any other category. -
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Registered 9 years agoRDR2 and Forza Horizon 4 are pretty much the only 2018 games I played this year, and neither grabbed me enough to put it in any of those categories. But after a sneaky look at the 52 games thread (which, ahem, I hadn't had a reason to update since *April*), I can at least do this one:
Older-game Find of the Year: Toss up between Grow Up, which delighted me and my kids in equal measure, and Sunset Overdrive, which had the best feeling traversal in any game since SSX Tricky and was a joy to roam around in.
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uiruki 5,975 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI found Sunset Overdrive quite relaxing to play when just going around the city once I got the hang of how it all worked. You don’t go mega fast or anything but there’s just the sense that nothing can really stop you. The PC version not having the usual bells and whistles for my fancy monitor was genuinely disappointing. I’ll probably still buy it again next time I have a few days off or a long weekend or something. -
rice_sandwich wrote:
Which one is that?
Worst: Resident Evil on the Switch. A terrible, terrible game. Not my type of game at all. Im sure I'm very much in the minority with this point of view, but there you go. Too bad I didn't get a physical version as then I could smash or burn it. . -
I played TLOU for the first time this year. I'd agree that it's overrated a bit. The story is pretty good but the game itself is bang average.
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Registered 10 years agoYou all suck. Here are the right answers.
Nice Surprise of the Year: Spider-Man. Because it was a Spider-man game that didn't suck.
Disappointment of the Year: The sad state of Tell Tale Games. At one time it seemed like Tell Tale were the guys who'd bring back the point and click adventure genre. But you can place just about any of their 2018 games, or the state of the company as a whole in this category as far as I'm concerned.
Under-rated Game of the Year: Astro Bot/Moss. Great games that due to the high point of entry no on is really talking about.
Over-rated Game of the Year: Fortnite. Everyone's playing it due to the low point of entry, and can't for the life of me figure out why.
Guilty Pleasure of the Year: Pokemon Go - Community Day edition. It's easily the most hours I've plunged into a game, and yet try to describe to anyone why I play it, and I just get confused looks.
Worst Game of the Year: The Stranger Things VR experience. Just because it's free doesn't mean you get to be shit.
OMG The Feels of the Year: Shadow of the Colossus remake. Yes it's the same feeling I had in 2005 but to be honest I wasn't really moved by any genuinely new games this year.
Controller Smasher of the Year: Cuphead. That giant robot level is god damned impossible.
Older-game Find of the Year: Witcher 3 DLC. Intentionally left a gap between this and the main game so I could allow it to digest first. And then played these this year and it was like getting a whole new game out of it. -
ilmaestro 32,932 posts
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Registered 18 years agoNice Surprise of the Year: Destiny 1. I hadn't played Rise of Iron despite buying it at the time, and with everything in terms of cosmetics and additional playable content playing back through the whole of Destiny was infinitely more addictive than I expected. Not only that but the lore has been so superbly curated by fans now that with a tiny bit of effort it feel like a fun, typically Bungie universe that you're playing in. The physical release of the Grimoire is the cherry on top of that.
Disappointment of the Year: Still no matchmaking for some of the older Destiny content, raids, Challenge of Elders, etc.
Under-rated Game of the Year: Destiny is a 10/10 game now imo.
Over-rated Game of the Year: Obviously RDR2.
Guilty Pleasure of the Year: Grinding Gunsmith rep in Destiny despite there being no real immediate point to it.
Worst Game of the Year: Don't really like this category.
OMG The Feels of the Year: Reading the Books of Sorrow, the stories of Dr. Shim, Shin Malphur and Dredgen Yor, Jolder's sacrifice and myriad other little details in Destiny.
Controller Smasher of the Year: Spawning and defeating Taken Champions solo in Destiny.
Older-game Find of the Year: I dunno probably FFXIII on back compat.
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ilmaestro 32,932 posts
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Registered 18 years agoStarchildHypocrethes wrote:
OMG The Feels of the Year: I have no feelings.
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Cappy 14,393 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI didn't play a single 2018 release so I'll just mention an older game.
Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground
A bit of a cross between Dungeon Keeper, the Sims and a dungeon crawler. Rather than just crawl pre-made dungeons the premise works entirely backward. You create dungeon layouts with specific features to attract certain monsters, then don armour and enter your dungeon to harvest the monsters you've managed to attract for sweet loot which you use to upgrade your gear and your dungeon.
It can get repetitive sometimes when you're trying to figure what will trigger an NPC to give you whatever you need to progress and add another floor. The deeper into the Earth you go the more likely it is that high level monsters will move in, there's an incredible amount of learning and adjustment to go through as you demolish and rebuild to get things just so for certain fussy monsters.
They want certain rooms, decor and facilities, some are posh monsters who are too good for mud and stone floors. They want to know if there are local schools high on the GCSE league tables. It's all for the the sweet, sweet loot. Upgrade equipment. Improve dungeon. Attract monsters of a better class. Kill and loot them. Rinse and repeat. -
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Registered 18 years agoIs that the PSP one? I enjoyed the loop on that. -
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Cappy 14,393 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@uiruki
Yes, that's it. The sequel isn't bad either, but it falls a bit short of the original.
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTo be honest, the "old" Resi games (i.e. those before Resi4) have aged pretty badly, even when given visual facelifts. The overall style of the game, including the inventory management and save system, just hasn't aged all that well.
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rice_sandwich wrote:
I'm assuming it's one of the revelations games. Because 0, 1 and 4 are great.
@Jyzzy-Z
I have no idea. I have tried to forget.
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