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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Buska You of course boss.
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| ![Go down](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | | Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| SUBMISSIONS CLOSEDThank you so much everyone who took part! In total we had 13 sets of votes, which I think is up there with the maximum we've ever had! (Lockdown makes people spend more time on videogame websites, who knew...) The first result probably won't go out today. Instead I'm going to start making a buffer of results posts, so that hopefully when I get going I'm going to be able to reel them one off after another with no breaks. Thanks for your patience, and check back... probably tomorrow. ![Smile](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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| who will win the prestigious cannibal of the year award |
| ![Go down](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | | Dusty Knackers Bandana Waddle Dee
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| the award everyone is hungry for |
| ![Go down](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | | masofdas The Next Aonuma
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| I'm chomping at the bit to find out |
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| They say you are what you eat and I'm 100% human flesh so I think I have this one in the bag. |
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| Braindead audiences celebrating lifeless performances? You'll want the National Soap Awards next door. |
| ![Go down](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | | Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Sad though I am to interrupt such crack(l)ing puns: it’s time. In this, the 35th year of Mario: THE GNAMER FORUM AWARDS 2020 THE WARIOWARE DOG REPORTER AWARD FOR TOPIC OF THE YEAR(8 sets of votes)Like Jay last year, I'm holding back some of the big guns, but which of our topics were big guns for you this year? - Third Place:
The Big Gaming in the 2010s Discussion Thread (5 points, 2 votes, 1 first) You say:"Not a 2020 thread per se, but Cappa picked it up and ran with it. There have been some classy discussion points and I’ve really enjoyed them." "Whilst this thread technically launched in 2019, it was Cappa's revival of this thread in 2020 with little conversation starters that really made it shine in my eyes. I think there was something to be said for looking back at happier times in a year when focusing on the present was a bit much for most to handle at points." I say: Yep! Some belting discussion to be had here. In what might have been considered a slow year across the board, not to mention what was going on outside ![Pale](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_pale.gif) , looking back was a thoroughly enjoyable exercise. Speaking of which:
- Second Place:
Last Retro Game You Finished And Your Thoughts (7 points, 3 votes, 1 first) You say:"Reading everybody's classic game reviews has proven to be an unexpected delight logging on to the forum this year. Whether it was Cappa's N64 reviews or other folks chiming in with their NES/SNES Online offerings, the little mini-reviews that adorned this thread were great reads." "I enjoyed reading Cappa’s N64 reviews here and as someone that is less abreast of current-gen gaming, I’d often check this thread." I say: While I'm not quite as much of a retro gamer as some, I can definitely see the appeal. Same as above, right? Look back in nostalgia and remember simpler, friendlier, less infected times. Once again, Cappa providing some good chats.
- And The Winner Is...:
Official(?) Nintendo Consoles Music Thread v2.0 (11 points, 4 votes, 3 firsts) You say:"Specifically the 31-Day Music Challenge" "Specifically when we did the 31-day challenge. It was great to see so many people get stuck in and to listen to everyone's choices (and to piss off Balla by having the nerve to choose a game before he did - until Jay did the same to me. I wanted Cornered!)" "I don’t think there’s any question that this thread brought a lot of joy and had me dedicating whole afternoons to hear what everybody’s recommendations were like. " "I always enjoy this topic but the music challenge really got me in to it properly and helped me realise how much I love videogame music." I say: Yes! Couldn't have asked for a better start to the awards. ![Grin](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png) Obviously I'm a big fan of videogame music, and it felt like the Music Challenge brought almost everyone here together to celebrate that. I had a whale of a time: I'm glad at least four others did too. ![DAMN YOU!](/users/4111/31/13/97/smiles/2011583824.gif) at Rum and his thieving shenanigans.
- Missed the cut:
Multiple Votes:Name That Game Picture Edition (4 / 2 / 1) "Look: forum games are great. That’s all there is to it. I don’t think I’ve had as much fun anywhere on here this year as I have guessing games from punny images." Animal Crossing We wanted a Horizon as well (3 / 2 / 0) "The game this year needed and for a long while it was the most happening place in the forum, was great to feel so involved in a game discussion." "I think some of the best moments on the forum are where we're all playing through a game at the same time, sharing thoughts and stories on our experiences. There's no better game for that idea to work with than AC:NH. Hearing about how everyone's islands were flourishing really enhanced the social aspect of that game and made for some great times in early 2020." Jackbox Party Pack Fallout (2 / 2 / 0) "I love Jackbox, if I could I'd have it at every party. Playing it at stages this year has been really fun so being able to look back on some of the best moments is a lot of fun." "Faceless Joe Biden or Just a Face Joe Biden?" One Vote Each:GNamer Fantasy Games League (3): "Alphanumberic!" Among Us (2): "Nice to see folks getting involved and enjoying this one." Last Game You Finished And Your Four-ghts (2): "Old faithful innit? I like reading everyone's opinions on games, particularly those that I've played, but also games that I haven't! And then to JUDGE people on their wrong opinions. (I absolutely regret giving GRIS a 7. In fact, that's largely why I stopped rating games when I wrote reviews up. It's more deserving of a 4 or 5.)" Gracklecast Episode Ten - Versus Mode: Treesmurf (1): "It was tremendous, hearing Smurf and Jay talk games and NES urination stories at the start of this year. The dialogue felt unforced and entertaining, due to Smurf’s laid-back style and Jay’s qualities as a host. I’d love some more GNamer Podcasts/Versus Mode in 2021, but even among the others I think this was a top episode." Your actual top 10/20/25/50/100/200 games - have you ever? (1): I enjoyed seeing Balla and Mas’ lists and determining if there were any patterns or themes across two very different tastes. And Finally:https://www.gnamer.com/t1655-buy-a-next-gen-console-and-whisper-no-vember (3) - "Great chat, great times" https://www.gnamer.com/t1654-mario-kart-in-the-living-room-s-all-good-fun-until-something-gets-kn-october (2) - "Can you believe the yucks we had in this one?!" https://www.gnamer.com/t1630-omg-shulk-is-that-a-whopper-red-sword-on-your-back-or-are-you-just-pleased-to-see-may (1) - "Who remembers this one? Stone cold classic." I say: A top selection of topics and silliness there. My personal first place went to Mas' picture quiz, but I concede that I like making bad puns more than the average person. ![Shifty](/users/4111/31/13/97/smiles/1386941100.gif) Then we had some lovely heart-warming Crossing chat, some Jackbox pictures that were on my shortlist so I'm glad two people voted for that thread, and much more! My main takeaway from the last three is that there were no new topics at all between the October and November Mas threads.
A great start, I feel! Let's hope the next award doesn't shit the bed and sour the mood... |
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| I'm going to bring a 5 star rating system in and break it like Meltzer by giving GRIS 7 out 5 stars right away.
Ohh more serious note good see forum games/events do well and thanks for the votes for release threads. |
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| Oh I forgot the music thing happened! I'd probably have voted for that. |
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| I'd have voted for the music thread too if I'd remembered about it. That was a good thing for the forum, it got folk logging on regularly at a time when there was little else going on in gaming.
I appreciate a few of the comments mentioning me there. For the retro thread I enjoyed playing through all those N64 games and it's nice that even a couple of folk paid attention to my write-ups.
Being honest, I forgot about that Big Gaming in the 2010s thread until it was too late. I had all sorts of topics lined up for us to discuss. Ah well, maybe they can become their own threads someday. |
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| Bugger, I'd totally forgotten about the music thread challenge too. I'd also have voted for that had I remembered. ![Laughing](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_lol.gif) |
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| Bloody hell, that’s a lot of forgetting! Aw well, hopefully our next award will be more memorab- oh. Oh dear. THE PARAKARRY AWARD FOR POST OF THE YEAR(6 sets of votes)Okay, full disclosure: this one was a stinker. We had six people with three votes (one only cast two) voting for 15 posts and one set of posts. Those of you who like numbers will note that that means 15 posts/post sets got one vote each. So we had one clear winner, and then a bunch of posts with one vote each. It didn't feel right to do a podium on that basis, so we'll just have the one winner here methinks. - And The Winner Is...:
GJones Ranks the Machines (5 points, 2 votes, 1 first) You say:"gjones' in-depth ranking of all the consoles was bangin'. Much more insightful and well-written than I'd be capable of (or willing to try)." "Great read that one." I say: Well-deserved! A huge amount of effort went into this one, that's obvious. Here it reaps the spoils.
- And the rest...:
Jas replaces Mas with a Duramboros: "In the words of Buska: “That was a good one-two punch, I got a decent chuckle from it.”" GJones' killer analogy: "I like to think that the reason Abort or A Port finished where it did, was that we all knew nobody could follow up this GJones post with anything better." Buska indicts capitalism: "In a year where UbiSoft showed their true colours and nobody, it seems, did a damn thing about it, I have to give some appreciation to this. It’s not as funny as my other picks for this award, but it might be the most important to read." Jim reviews Captain Blood: ""However. It was absolutely fucking impossible, and the only thing I ever did as a kid was talk to the first alien, who requested you take him to another planet, take him to the planet, which he then decided was the wrong planet and promptly died of some kind of brain failure." This post pops into my head every once in a while because I love the build up of the sentence so much. Gold." Balla's list of every game picked in the Music Challenge: "The one where Balla compiled the music choices was really helpful in that thread, and I imagine took a lot of unnecessary effort. " Muss did a console list too: "Muss did a lengthy list/breakdown of his favourite videogame systems (which inspired a stupidly lengthy response from myself) but was really interesting." JayMoyles’ CUBE Magazine DVD #19 retrospectiveCappa passes judgement on ECW Hardcore RevolutionGJones' Super Play Guide to SNES OnlineBuskalilly Urges Caution When GrazingHORATIO THE EXCITING ROCKAnd finally, this lot go together: https://www.gnamer.com/t1648-marvel-at-these-september-games - "A classic post" https://www.gnamer.com/t1622-march-in-which-your-debt-to-nook-will-be-eternal - "A controvesial pick, but I think it's a banger" https://www.gnamer.com/t1667-hitmanuary-and-there-is-nothing-else - "A latecomer, but one I'm sure we'll remember for years" All of Mas’ gaming release breakdowns: "I can’t really pinpoint one post in particular, but when Mas sets up a thread listing all the new game/movie releases. I don’t think I’ve ever thanked him for them, as they are something I always read and appreciate (a bit like the modern equivalent of N64 Magazine’s “Ultra Release Schedule” thing)." I say: So this was a shambles. Somebody who didn't submit any votes remarked how the Posts Appreciation Thread being sparse this year didn't lend itself to a good vote, and I agree. That said, it was still nice for some posts where a bit more effort went in to get some recognition, and I do appreciate the (sincere) acknowledgement of the service that Mas provides to us all. Anyway, back to the drawing board on this one next year, I think!
That was slightly disappointing, wasn't it? Fret not though, because we have a SURPRISE AWARD to dull the pain: - SURPRISE:
THE PEACH’S LETTER AWARD FOR SIGNATURE OF THE YEAR(2 votes)Yes indeed! Despite it being taken off the list, I'm pleased to say that we had two votes for the finest signature anyway! The joint winners of this award that doesn't exist, therefore, are: - masofdas wrote:
- September name ideas guys?
PSN, NNID, Gamertag, Steam, Stadia, Twitter, Tumbler, Twitch, YouTube: masofdas, New 3DS FC 3110-7071-6098 Check out my Backloggery! Updated regularly. "September tagline suggestions are always great." - Rum wrote:
- 5th funniest forumite, NGamer Forum Awards 2008
6th funniest forumite, NGamer Forum Awards 2009 Dishonourable mention, NGamer Forum Awards 2012 President of GNamer, 2014 Mr Consistency, The masofdas 20K Super GNamer Pub Quiz, 2020
![The GNamer Forum Awards 2020 (THANKS FOR PLAYING!) - Page 2 Sig](https://2img.net/h/backloggery.com/rumrapture/sig.gif) Well done both!
Up next: an award that people were actually looking forward to that didn't go horribly wrong! ![Thumbs Up!](/users/4111/31/13/97/smiles/2924871582.gif) |
| ![Go down](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | | masofdas The Next Aonuma
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| I didn't vote in that award, as all great all the time and thanks for the release nod here as well. |
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| name and shame the tory donors who voted for those signatures |
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| I am gonna make more of an effort to use the post appreciation thread this year, I always struggle after a long ol' year to try and remember specific posts so I need to start taking notes. I personally thing all posts are worthy of the award because you're all so great. |
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| I am getting old. I remember nothing from the year 2020, including those two posts of mine that were voted for.
In response to my call-out to capitalism, I keep meaning to write something more substantial but it ultimately always boils down to the last line of that post: It's about seeing what you can do and at least doing that much.
I haven't actually read GJones' winning post yet as it looked one to sit down with when I have some time . . . which I never do. |
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| Thanks for the votes! "Best Post" is a tough one as there are posts constantly being added every day, I know I had to rack my brains for memorable ones. But I'm glad something I wrote went down well ![Smile](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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| I'd forgotten about that Post of the Year as well, despite only commenting on it less than two months ago ![Aww!](/users/4111/31/13/97/smiles/1508216586.gif) |
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| As mentioned in the comments, the Post Appreciation Thread is the normally the best way to jog memories... but not so much this year. ![Sad](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_sad.gif) Anyway: the worst is behind us now, chaps! THE HOTEL MARIO AWARD FOR NONTENDO GAME OF THE YEAR(10 sets of votes)In a launch year for new machines and a glorious hurrah for old machines, what were our favourite games outside the Switch? - Fifth Place:
Cyberpunk 2077(8 points, 3 votes, 0 firsts) You say:"Sigh, what a shame. I was so hyped for this game when they showed off that 45 minute demo and highlighted how the game was going to work. It looked incredible. What we actually got was that game hidden under a mountain of bugs. When CP2077 works, it's amazing. The quests and characters and the story are all engaging. It's so easy to get immersed in Night City through the different quests and the cast of colourful characters. But the game just won't let that happen. Crashes, visual bugs, quest scripting errors, performance issues... this game is a mess. I honestly think CDPR needed to scrap current gen versions, bite the bullet and go next gen only alongside another delay. Of course, shareholders wouldn't let that happen and it's really hurt what could have been a masterpiece." "I played this on the Series X so obvious caveats that I played a version that mostly worked, but this world is fantastic, the stories are great, the characters interesting and the gameplay is just good fun. Great." "Good game, slightly overstays its welcome." I say: Obviously I'm going to struggle to say much about most of these games. Cyberpunk 2077 is not one of them, so mired in hell has its year been - but in the interest of relative optimism, I'll keep this brief. I'm actually quite glad it placed: we'll get onto why later.
- Fourth Place:
Ghost of Tsushima (10 points, 3 votes, 1 first) You say:"Not a game I was expecting too much from, but a wonderful trip around Japan in a refined classic Assassin's Creed experience. Good stuff." "An excellent open-world adventure that I ended up platinum-ing. Quite a lot of collectable nonsense, but the story and the world itself was brilliantly conceived and the combat, in particular, was a breath of fresh air." I say: One of the few games I'm rather envious of missing out on this year. It'd probably have been too hard for me, but it looked pretty swish!
- Third Place:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (13 points, 5 votes, 1 first) You say:"Took the world by storm for a short while, a simple concept that anyone can pick up and instantly lose themselves in for one game or ten. One of those online games it's easy to return to for a long while and still have fun." "I remember seeing a preview for this a long while ago, and thinking "that almost looks good, if they can do it right and get everyone on board". And oh boy did they! Putting it on PS+ was a great idea. Just silly enough to be entertaining - I had a load of genuine LOLs for this, and it also managed to be a spectator sport as well - but not quite infuriating that you wouldn't blame things on your own mistakes (mostly)" "A bit of an AC:NH scenario with this one in my eyes. It was great to play this when it first launched and it came at a perfect time too. It was so easy to pick up and play and really made battle royale style games fun again in my book. Again, it didn't have the legs to be something I'd keep going back to, but for that brief month, it worked brilliantly." "I think it's super rare to have a multiplayer focused game that you can just laugh at no matter what, even though there might be shouting and swearing along the way it's hard to stay mad for too long with how ridiculous every is. One of the best party games in long long time." "Good, clean fun." I say: The game I'm envious of missing out on this year. I'm not a big online gamer, but this! It's so cute! Look at the beans! Look at the adorable beans! Thoroughly justified in my clueless eyes.
- Second Place:
The Last Of Us 2 (15 points, 3 votes, 2 firsts) You say:"Made some bold decisions which for me knocked it out of the park, you feel the story is gonna go one way and by the end of it you're questioning every little bit about this and the previous game. Gameplay feels very satisfying, could have done with being a little shorter and scenarios can sometimes be a little rinse and repeat but ultimately this is a must play for any PS4 owner." "Not an exciting choice but it really was a phenomenal game. Gameplay leaps and bounds ahead of the previous game and the story was a truely brilliant experience. Wonderful." I say: Here we are at the other end of the scale. Unrelenting grimness, or so I've heard. I've got no interest in going anywhere near this myself, but it sounds like it's a great game for those who have room for something a bit bleaker in their lives right now.
- And The Winner Is...:
Final Fantasy VII Remake (17 points, 4 votes, 3 firsts) You say:"One of my favourite games of all time reimagined into a modern masterpiece. It plays with your memory and expectations perfectly to be both an homage to the original without being a direct remake. The combat and characters are beautifully modernised and the story goes to nuts places and i love it." "Managed to make me feel incredibly nostalgic even though I barely played the original game, that in turn helped make the more fleshed out story really enjoyable for me. Gameplay felt spot on and made battles both short and long feel engaging, music is outstanding." "I wouldn't even consider myself the biggest FFVII fan going, but there was still something wonderful about seeing these characters and the city of Midgar portrayed in non polygonal PS1 vision. FFVII really does have a brilliant cast and the Remake allowed for them to shine like they've never shone before. It was effortless falling in love again with this cast and I even found myself caring for side characters like Jessie and Wedge more than I thought I would. They did a great job with the combat system too, taking the somewhat flawed FFXV battling, marrying it with a bit of Kingdom Hearts and FFXIII to create a fun and engaging combat system. I'm also very much onboard with where they're taking the story in the Remake, even if others aren't. Top work, Squeenix." I say: Another one I've looked on at eagerly: not because I have any experience of playing the original, but because of what it apparently does to subvert expectations about the original. Throw in what looks like a really engaging battle system, and... worthy winner, I'd say. Although that said...
- ZEROTH PLACE SUPER CHAMPION:
Nothing (25 points, 8 votes, 3 firsts) You say:"I haven't played enough new ps4 games in 2020." "These were the only two new games I really played on PS4." "I think I might ignore this section this time round, I haven't really played much other than my Switch the past year!" I say: Look, I got enough comments on not having played many/any Nontendo games so I thought I'd add up the points. Even if you remove my fiver, it still comes out higher than any one game! Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing for other releases, or just me laughing at something nobody else thinks is funny. Probably that.
- Missed the cut:
Multiple Votes:Streets of Rage 4 (7 / 2 / 0) "I must admit, I was a bit dubious about this when it was first unveiled. The art style looked a bit iffy and I was concerned how they'd manage to recapture that arcadey goodness of the original games. But they nailed it. I blasted through this with Jas in a single sitting and had a whale of a time doing so. The visuals work well in motion and the brilliant soundtracks really ramps up the familiarity of the game. Great stuff." "Me and Jay battered through this in co-op and like THPS 1+2 it scratches that itch of great arcade fun." Assassins' Creed: Valhalla (7 / 2 / 0) "I’m not usually someone who loves massive open worlds (I tend to stay away for Ubisofts usual stuff) but Valhalla has really got its teeth into me. Trampling around England as dual axe wielding Viking is just fun. The sieges feel like Helms Deep everytime and its just enjoyable to murder a bunch of people after a long hard day of working a retail job…" "A surprise banger, I always enjoy AC but this one is one I'd recommend to non-fans. The story and characters are genuinely good and the world is not overcrowded and a joy to pick apart piece by piece." Football Manager 2021 (6 / 2 / 1) "Look, i know. But if we're all being honest here, There's a reason Football Manager still sells so well. As the pandemic interupted the football season, took the Euro's away from and even stopped me playing 7 A-Side on a monday night a few times, FM21 has been there, making sure i got my fix. It make look like Excel to some (Sold! - Balla), but to me, its the most immersive RPG ever made." "Genuinely the best FM game, this year's match engine is sublime" Spider-Man: Miles Morales (5 / 2 / 0) "Much like it's 2018 predecessor but with its own brand of web swinging that's more varied thanks to Miles' powers. Story is really enjoyable with some very good characters and nice messages behind a lot of their actions." "More Spider-Man is a good thing and Miles stepped into the spotlight in incredible fashion." One Vote Each: (starting with 5 points/first place and with each sub-section dropping a point) Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time: "A mixture of gaming styles that gels together very well. This isn’t the same Crash Bandicoot as it was in the late ‘90s - it's better." Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2: "Until Hades got it's teeth into me this was far and away my favourite game of 2020, it's just a fantastic remaster of the original playstation games that focuses on pure arcade fun which I feel like some games forget about these days." Jackbox Party Pack 7: "The best party pack: 4 belters, 1 dud." Mafia: Definitive Edition: "Yeah so 2020 is the year of the remakes it seems.... and heres anotehr good one. Graphically the game is stunning, the characters are all wonderfully acted and the setting is masterfully realised. It's a shorter game but i think this benefits the solid third person action without it overstaying its welcome." Pro Evolution Soccer 2021: "Was it the same as PES 2020? Probably. But it was a better-balanced game of football that fixed a bunch of annoying issues with the previous few titles (like blind referees and frog-like goalkeepers). It’s been a while since I’ve played it, but you can’t go wrong given the discounted price. " There Is No Game: "It’s actually funny! An actually funny game! Where the narrator isn't even speaking his first language. Took a bit of a weird turn at the end. And The Castle loved it apparently. So what do ya want? Give it a go, peeps." Crusader Kings 3: "It's really... ahh, none of you would get it." Delores - A Thimbleweed Park Adventure: "Not nearly as good as the proper version, but the end credits are left-y as all heck." Ori and the Will-o-the-WispsAstro's Playroom: "More than just a tech demo, a really fun platformer in its own right than I'd love to see fleshed out in to a bigger game. Does a cracking job of showing off what the Dualsense can do and it's filled with loads of fun references to PlayStation history." Empyrion: "Someone wants to be No Man's Sky I think - We built a big spaceship, did a quest about soda which the developers probably think is hillarious, then hit a difficulty spike, then my famously calm brother-in-law rage quit." Minecraft Dungeons: "If i'm being honest all of Gamepass could be my list but as for games that actually released this year Dungeons is one of my favourites. It's a simple game but sometimes thats what you need. I played this in Co Op with some buddies over a couple of nights and it was fun to chat and mindlessly crawl some dungeons. It won't be on many lists but i enjoyed it a fair bit" Doom EternalTell Me WhyI say: A nice range of games there, 23 in total (not including Nothing), but with a few standing out from the crowd. I have to admit, I was quite glad Cyberpunk 2077 placed and pushed ACV out of the top 5: CDPR are hardly saints, but they’re a lighter shade of murky grey than Ubi. The surprises for me are Astro's Playroom, Doom Eternal, and Tony Hawk ranking as low as they did. One thing to note is that JPP7, SoR4, and Ori 2 should all technically have been Nintendo games. Will that split any of their votes...?
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| As someone that mainly plays on Xbox, what's always drawn me to PlayStation is the exclusives and even here where we have some chat around them but never a huge lot, that's currently 4 of those 5 are "console" exclusive to PS4.
Which isn't surprising due to the quality ( The Last of Us Part II was robbed but get it's a bleak game not for everyone), just would maybe thought 3rd party games would done better than they did. |
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| Yep that top 5 with one exception is about as triple A as it gets.........clearly more of you need to play stuff like Streets of Rage 4 & THPS 1+2. |
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| I did play both of them and we actually talked about THPS on Twitter and even my review on here, it's a great remaster (remaster of the year?) and that to me isn't a new game. Then even though I can tell it's a great game, it isn't really what I want from games anymore. |
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| I totally forgot you could get the Jackbox games on Nintendo systems! That being said though, I wouldn't have got any playtime out of it as a Switch game because I'd have no means of streaming it.
Of the top 5, I'd like to play Ghosts of Tsushima at some point. Seeing those beans up there makes me want to give Fall Guys another blast too! |
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| - masofdas wrote:
- I did play both of them and we actually talked about THPS on Twitter and even my review on here, it's a great remaster (remaster of the year?) and that to me isn't a new game. Then even though I can tell it's a great game, it isn't really what I want from games anymore.
Yeh I do remember that & I realised a while ago we are the polar opposite to what we want from games. ![Laughing](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_lol.gif) Just a bit surprised that in a GNamer vote there wasn't less triple A picks is all. - Muss wrote:
- Seeing those beans up there makes me want to give Fall Guys another blast too!
I last played just before Christmas and the winter themed modes they had put in were great fun! Always up for a few games of Fall guys so just give us a shout on either twitter or discord. |
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