2cf32f No.15880448
So 2019 is right around the corner. It's high time for anons to discuss what their favorite game of 2018 was. Everyone gets two nominations, a main choice an a runner up. Only games that came out in 2018 allowed, no DLC or updates.
My best pick - The Messenger
Starts out as a ninja gaiden 8-bit style tribute, but boy does it have tricks up it's sleeve. First thing it switches from a 8-bit Tribute to a 16-bit one And when the game seems to be won, the game really begins and you get from a linear ninja gaiden homage to a legit exploration-heavy metroidvania that uses the transition between 8 and 16 bit as portals that change the stages**. Not to mention the writing is full of humor and creativity.
My runner up-Super Daryl Deluxe
Another comedic game, but with a more newgrounds approach to game design. It works, but it's imbalanced as shit, with some skills being wholly useless and others OP as shit. The world is still expansive, creative, and funny enough to be well worth the try against any AAA crap this year churned out.
acea46 No.15880455
The writing is shit and I'd rather have a Ninja Gaiden clone which was pretty much faster Castlevania with cutscenes than another fucking "metroidvania"
d9f57e No.15880464
Alliance Alive
Valkyria Chronicles 4
AA might have come out in 2017 in Japan, I don't remember but I'm counting it anyway.
4a9f6a No.15880468
I haven't played any game that has been released in the past 2 years. I was looking forward to trying AC7, but it was delayed, twice.
f935b4 No.15880475
Kingdom Come Deliverance. I think that and Thief Simulator are the only games I've played from this year. Unless we count the DMC HD collection for PC.
7d1b9d No.15880490
yakuza kiwami 2 and valkyria chronicles 4 are my best picks of 2018, in the grand scheme of things I think 2018 is the year I picked up the fewest amount of new games, It was a really slow year
37db74 No.15880502
I'm not sure if I've actually played anything that came out in 2018. I guess I'll nominate Atelier Rorona DX since it came out on steam this month.
a40b68 No.15880506
>>15880464
I've been wanting to try VC4 and maybe pay for it too but I try not to buy denovo on principle.
What do you think chances are that it will be removed? dishonored 2 removing cancer gave me a bit of hope.
30a30b No.15880507
>>15880448
>the messenger
That's the one that cucked to game journos right?
f935b4 No.15880508
>>15880506
It seems Japs are even more paranoid and concerned with PC piracy than Western devs. Also I thought it was Doom that removed Denuvo.
7d1b9d No.15880512
>>15880506
I was really really impressed with it myself, and very disheartened that it didn't seem to sell very well but that might be more thanks to segas abysmal marketing and denuvo. I got a console copy though for the collectors edition because I put all my chips on it being as enjoyable as VC1 and it was better
a00fc5 No.15880514
I just checked and Paratropic is the only 2018 game I played and finished, so it's my only real choice.
Tangiers never ever
d9f57e No.15880524
>>15880512
Jap consumers don't care about denuvo and it sold like shit on every other platform too, I think it's more to do with it's release date being in the same timeframe as RDR2 and AC odyssey.
a40b68 No.15880526
>>15880512
There is a new class, right? is it fun
have they introduced any girls better than jane or marina?
>>15880508
pic
7d1b9d No.15880535
>>15880526
the new class is grenadier which is fun and scout rushing is very nerfed since almost everything has interception fire now, the story is pretty strong save for maybe one arc that sorta fell flat.
>jane and marina
good taste, the best new girl is vancey in my opinion
16ae72 No.15880547
>>15880475
this, KCD was the only game I enjoyed this year
cab26d No.15880556
I didn't play any games made this year
The TitS games were the best I played this year
d9f57e No.15880560
>>15880535
Shame her negative potential is fucking terrible until you get her mission.
I'm kind of annoyed there isn't a nameless DLC; I want more Imca and the nameless literally did missions in Imperial territory during VC3 so there's plenty of excuses for it, but nah we get fucking Edy again.
7d1b9d No.15880565
>>15880560
>Shame her negative potential is fucking terrible until you get her mission.
makes it all the more worth it
484c66 No.15880582
>>15880507
If you're talking about that 2.5 or whatever you call it game with the guy running on the rooftops while it's raining, no.
30a30b No.15880585
abff6b No.15880594
Only played Yakuza stuff this year - 6, Kiwami 2 and, to a certain extent, FotNS - and I've a fair share of reservations about each of them so I can't say I have a GOTY this year. Y6 severely lacks in content, Kiwami 2 fixes a lot of the issues Y6 had but shits the bed hard in other things making it just a alternate take on Y2 instead of its definitive version and, lastly, FotNS could have a been a short fun game but because devs felt like they needed to deliver a game where a completionist would sink 100+ hours, it's a grindy mess that wears its welcome fast and the leveling system will end up punishing the player for playing the game as anyone who plays Yakuza games does.
That said, for the sake of the topic, my GOTY is Yakuza 6. A disappointing year when the previous one had so many good titles. I honestly thought we were making some freakin' progress but here we are with the shadow of corporate censorship promising to take a explosive diarrhea all over gaming next year.
7d1b9d No.15880603
>>15880594
>and the leveling system will end up punishing the player for playing the game as anyone who plays Yakuza games does.
the pacing was so fucking weird too, you don't get to run around freely for several hours and then the side content isn't nearly as good as yakuza side content and then you hit these weird bumps in the road where a mission will just be driving to a point on the map, watching a cutscene, then driving back which is just padding plain and simple. The combat was really neato though and it did make me think it could be interesting if that studio made a linear action game to stretch their legs with deepening fighting mechanics
c6f751 No.15880604
>2019
You're in for a ride, half of this board hasn't even made it halfway through the year.
t. time traveler
484984 No.15880606
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>>15880448
>Super Daryl Deluxe
Super Daryl Deluxe was a bit simplistic and imbalanced but it more than makes up for it in sheer style.
And that theme, goddamn.
Also science honor student best waifu.
feels kinda weird that the Janitor mentions how you didn't save a single person, neither the brainwashed honor students nor the school professors, and the game conveniently includes a way to time travel into the past yet never allows you to do anything differently. Way to make me feel unfulfilled with the ending.
abff6b No.15880628
>>15880603
Yeah, you only had access to everything by Ch8 (of 11) and only by Ch6 or 7 can you play the freakin' arcade games, something every Yakuza game lets you do right off the bat. Game also takes ages to let you off the leash especially considering how short it is. A lot of chapters are also absurdly short, Ch9 is literally just the boss fight.
Again, could have been a really fun 30-40h game you'd feel like replaying but if you want to do shit like fighting Amon, the game is legit draining. Shame because the core combat is really fun, just needed a few more moves to make up for the lack of weapons and the small amount of Heat actions but the leveling system shits all over it, I quickly found myself several levels above the chapter enemies which affects how quickly you can put them into shock, I had to hold back in boss fights just to have a bit of fun. If they reworked grinding and leveling and put 2 or 3 chapters more and fully-powered Raoh as a epilogue final boss, the game could easily be a 9/10.
The game left me burned out and I'm wondering if I'll get Judgment.
7d1b9d No.15880635
>>15880628
>The game left me burned out and I'm wondering if I'll get Judgment.
I won't let one little black sheep ruin a series I've adored since I picked up yakuza 1 and 2 in a bargain bin, Judgement should be interesting for sure, the only complaint I have in terms of what I've seen is that some of the heat action animations in it seem really long, this isn't an issue since if you've played these games you'll know how to fight without spamming them but it just seems a bit strange how long some of the animations I've seen are, I think I saw one that was upward of 40 seconds long so i hope the activation for it isn't too simple
70dfa8 No.15880640
>not a single fucking game I played all year actually came out in 2018
The latest I've got is Q4 2017, unfortunately. I feel kinda bad, especially since I've been playing nonstop.
89f823 No.15880645
Best game of 2018 coming through.
e0fdc6 No.15880648
I've been playing so many games on my backlog that I didn't have time to play games out this year.
I would probably give it to cross code for what little I've played of it.
abff6b No.15880649
>>15880635
>black sheep
That's the thing that hurts, there's a really good game there but Sega felt they had to guarantee the player would see three digits on the menu's play time count by any means necessary.
>Judgment
I know it's out in Japan but haven't looked up any info. I'm wondering if it's like the Yakuza games in terms of irreverent content given it came out in a rather unfortunate time.
9ffd0b No.15880651
What else but Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Bonus point to Ancestor's Legacy too.
e96150 No.15880656
>>15880651
>What else but Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
i'm gonna wait till 2020 to play that game in a PC that can actually run it, i've seen it's pretty taxing
a181b2 No.15880663
Main shoutout goes out to Overload, which is easily the best FPS of the decade, and Exapunks for really making me feel like a master hacker.
ead0fb No.15880669
>>15880640
tell me about itEDF 4.1 and Sword of the Samurai 4 are still my to go choices whenever i want to play something
0ac191 No.15880672
>>15880663
is system shock remake worth playing over the original for a first time playthrough?
4c8fdd No.15880675
>>15880547
KCD was the only fun game I enjoyed this year. I even got to learn some interesting accurate history about Bohemia along with it too.
Everything else was too political.
70dfa8 No.15880679
>>15880669
I'm gonna take the chance to shill Cook, Serve, Delicious 2 anyway. It's a quaint little restuarant sim that focuses mainly on running the kitchen. In practice, you're just memorizing keystrokes and executing them quicker and quicker, but the game has a very natural difficulty progression that ensures you won't get too over your head for too long. My only real problem with the game is that everyone is fucking ugly. My restaurant is full of literal goddamn hobos, yet I serve sushi and creme brulee.
c7953c No.15880681
>>15880448
>Best Pick
Literally nothing. If we stretch it back to 2017, Oriental Empires is pretty fun. Nothing this year, though.
>Runner Up
Also nothing.
4c4252 No.15880682
>>15880672
If you can't take the original controls and hate DOSbox like most people, absolutely. Its a sourceport and not a remake.
0c9397 No.15880684
>>15880663
Gal metal was a localization, wasn't it?
30a30b No.15880686
>>15880679
What's with the random katakana?
70dfa8 No.15880687
>>15880686
I dunno, it feels Iron Chef inspired or something.
484984 No.15880689
>>15880682
>System Shock sourceport without the shit controls
sounds dope.
73602f No.15880691
>>15880448
Nothing from 2018 was that good to make any sort of favorites list, that goes for media across the board aswell.
70dfa8 No.15880696
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>>15880686
A video can explain the game much better than I ever could.
633ba3 No.15880701
>>15880448
Does it count if the game was originally from 2017 but localized this year? If so, my only vote is for DJMAX respect
e16df6 No.15880706
Return of the Obra Dinn. Didn't play much that came out this year but that had a pretty great soundtrack and was a bit of fun completing it. Shame I can't really do it again since no replayability at all
63cba8 No.15880708
Top choice is La-Mulana 2; a cut below its predecessor and my favorite game is still a cut above the rest of the games I played this year, and I had a wonderful time on my first playthrough. Honorable mention to Exapunks for its creative campaign and addictive sandbox. I look forward to naming another Zachtronics game as my GOTY contender next year, just like I did this year and the last three years.
>>15880663
Any opinions on BallisticNG? It quietly came out of early access a few days ago. I'm aware people don't like the dev but I've heard it's otherwise good.
a181b2 No.15880715
>>15880684
It got released the same year the Japanese version did, so it's fair game
>>15880708
Looks pretty cool. Racing games aren't really my thing, though.
97e6fc No.15880716
895310 No.15880767
CrossCode
can't think of any other game from 2018 that I liked
2f93d5 No.15880770
Fighting EX Layer, it was the only proper fighting game released this year where the devs actively cared about the game and their customers. Also from a gameplay perspective it does everything I love in fighting games.
and
La-Mulana 2, it was almost everything I wanted out of a La-Mulana sequel that didn't completely spit on the face of the original
997846 No.15880873
>>15880468
I'm the same. Only touched CS:GO briefly last year. I'm considering a new laptop then maybe later an Xxbox1x for Cod4 Rm, DS1 Rm, and Halo1 Rm. I feel so out of touch having no interest in the current crop of games.
96dd82 No.15880879
I can't even remember a game that came out this year besides toby fox's latest furry shota hgame
>>15880767
But that's not a video game!
3e282c No.15880886
Has anyone played Monster Boy? Is it shit?
d0cc9d No.15880917
>>15880585
I was already apprehensive because it's an (((indie))) game but now I'll skip it entirely, thanks.
Mega Man 11 and Bullet Girls Phantasia were the only games I enjoyed this year, the latter being a shit game that was more of a guilty pleasure. What a fucking worthless year.
f88345 No.15880951
Lethal League Blaze, no runner up because that's the only game from 2018 that I've played.
578876 No.15881001
>>15880879
>owo wad's dis, an opportunity to post my fetish xDD
fuck off
5d77bf No.15881029
DQXI. I didn't play many games this year but this was probably the best one. Want to look for some games for Christmas but nothing really is attracting me atm.
b4e0e1 No.15881044
Either Ashes 2063 or Distance. The former's just a rinky-dirk total conversion, but they're both about as short, so fuck it.
5d77bf No.15881059
>>15881051
200X wants its memes back.
3ebe2c No.15881064
941fbb No.15881069
my GOTY is certainly CrossCode.
83178b No.15881079
Best games of 2018, liking anything else makes you a faggot plebbitor
>Nier: Automata
>Smash "not a real fighting game" bros ultimate
>DQ11
acea46 No.15881086
>>15881079
>Near a Tomato
>2018
7845ab No.15881096
>>15881069
my nigga
this is literally the best game i've played since God Hand, and God Hand is my number one game of all time
83178b No.15881105
>>15881086
it's the best game every year forever, now pray to 2butts faggot
7d1b9d No.15881111
>>15881105
>it's the best game every year forever
it's a head and shoulders above average game and a must play but probably not even GOTY of 2017
f38a84 No.15881114
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I seem to recall Hakinowa Explorer Plus was pretty fun. I wouldn't watch very much of the embedded video if you're interested in what you see in the first minute. A lot of its appeal is in how unusual the writing and how arbitrary the encounters are. Also, the music is catchy.
5d77bf No.15881125
>>15881111
Yea that's because 2017's GOTY was Divinity: Original Sin 2 not some random Japanese game that people bought to look at some robot's ass for 5 hours.
7d1b9d No.15881130
>>15881125
we all know what 2017s GOTY was
e2b81c No.15881133
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>>15881001
That’s not fetish.
THIS is fetish. And also videogames
abff6b No.15881135
>>15881130
Was mine for sure.
5d77bf No.15881139
>>15881130
\*Yawn\* this argument is so petty.
It's an opinion, it's not really something you argue.
cab26d No.15881142
>>15881139
You're a colossal faggot so your shitty opinion can safely be disregarded without any significant losses
7d1b9d No.15881154
>>15881139
we weren't even having an argument
ea932a No.15881156
I'm pretty poor so the only new game I played is Project Warlock. It's a fun FPS that seems to be an homage to Wolfenstein and DOOM and the like. You use a combination of magic and upgradable guns and shoot through a bunch of different time periods. There's medieval,an arctic area heavily based on The Thing, Egypt, and a futuristic area, and hell. I haven't played since the latest update (because I finished it before) but I guess they rebalanced some of the more ridiculous weapon upgrades and fixed the lighting and stuff like that. When I do play again I'll definitely be trying out different upgrades for my guns (each gun can be upgraded one of two ways)
78ee11 No.15881191
>>15881133
That's not REAL vidya!
32e6db No.15881430
>>15880448
>The Messenger
Fucking kill yourself you fucking leaf loving tranny dick suck faggot.
1aa610 No.15881455
>>15880448
>the messenger
terrible ninja gaiden clone especially if it tries to ape ninja gaiden 1 when it's more of the latter games
now the best 2018 game is fucking bloodstained: curse of the moon, absolute best castlevania 3 clone,
then i would throw in zeroranger and infinos gaiden
1bf525 No.15881532
>15880879
>15881116
>15881133
>15881191
Boys, can we simmer down?
2720d8 No.15881569
>KCD
shame its still a buggy mess
>Subnautica
despite the stupid developers and huge drop off late game, the initial exploration and atmosphere i haven't experienced a long while
c7e1b5 No.15881570
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 and Forza Horizon 4, I guess. FH4 isn't nearly as good as FH3, but it's still one of the better arcade racing game series out there right now as sad as that is. The devs seem to still have a lot of fun making it, and it shows in the game, which is surprising at the rate they've been pumping them out. They're gonna have to do something drastic with the formula or take a break though - because that open world shit is wearing dangerously thin.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a contender, but partly the same criticism - it's formula is getting stale and I've been binging on the new releases since I missed out on the PS2 and PS3 originals.
>>15880651
>What else but Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
That game was a broken fucking mess on release, and I lost 60 hours in to a completely fucked main questline that wouldn't trigger properly. It might be fun now, I'll think about going back to it, but that disqualifies it.
>>15881455
>now the best 2018 game is fucking bloodstained: curse of the moon
Way too easy to be a contender, for what it's trying to ape. Nice idea, but it's really just a super-casual friendly advertisement for the main release.
f79266 No.15881580
Quake Champions would be mine. It's Quake Live with a new coat of paint, and yeah, it's a grind/lootbox fest, but still fun and you don't need lootboxes to enjoy it. I still miss the hell out of Quake Live, though.
On an unrelated to 2018 note, has anyone done anything interesting lately with the q3arena engine that isn't Nexuiz or OpenArena?
f2dacd No.15881591
>>15881532
For a moment, you made me think the posts got deleted, but let's be honest, with Mark "I'm not a furry I swear" as the BO, it's not like any were in danger.
Also lrn2quote faggot.
Seriously if you fucks are the type to right click on the number to copy the link to a specific post: stop, reconsider your actions, and then realize that the 'No.' right next to the numbers does the same thing without prompting a quote when you open the link.
1fbaa6 No.15881602
This doesn't deserve a thread.
It's obvious Smash ultimate is the GOTY.
99f288 No.15881605
I've only played two or three games that came out this year. Soul Calibur VI is my favorite among them.
1fcd3a No.15881614
based kingdom come bros, but my goty is red dead 2 even tho i got burnt out on it quick im going to keep coming back to it for years. basically how i do every rockstar game.
subnautica, monhun world are great too. dyling light 2 is coming out soon
518da1 No.15881617
my favorite game was the game
I don't think I've played any games that came out specifically in 2018, it's actually kind of weird to me to think about it and recognizing how old most of my games are
1bf525 No.15881618
>15881591
It's almost like it was done on purpose to avoid feeding (You)s to lazy bait.
1aa610 No.15881629
>>15881570
>curse of the moon
>bad
it's going to be a better game than the main release
2d5510 No.15881635
I think the only game I played that actually came out this year was deltarune and that was just a demo so it doesn't really count.
1bf525 No.15881642
>>15881635
It's also pretty fucking bad. He just made Undertale again, but worse. Vaguely the same characters or literally, in the case of most of them but in a much shorter arc and slightly different gameplay. It's as thought he put more effort to hide the fact he was recycling the core concept than he did actually making a game.
f2dacd No.15881643
>>15881618
>doesn't want to give (You)s
>but does want to go out of his way to specify which posts he's addressing
That's retarded and you're retarded
Pic unrelated
518da1 No.15881651
>>15881642
>It's also pretty fucking bad. He just made Undertale again, but worse
Nigger it's free and it takes like half an hour to finish it. You could at least try.
2d5510 No.15881654
>>15881642
To be fair, he could still rework a lot of stuff and add in a lot of new content
I doubt that he will, since he knows that his audience will buy whatever he shits out no matter what
78ee11 No.15881659
>>15881642
I liked it, and so did enough people to get a good half-dozen threads out of it.
1bf525 No.15881665
>>15881651
Nigger, I played it the fucking hour it came out. I was one of those dumb cunts camped out on his twitter that morning. I beat everything in it that same day.
>>15881654
This is the problem really. The cult he has just sucking his dick over anything he puts out. I won't even lie, I loved Undertale (yeah I know, I'm a faggot). But Deltarune is just the same fucking game but squished down and with far less interesting characters. Hell, he couldn't even come up with an entirely new cast, he had to recycle a fuckton of Undertale characters and claim
>they're totally different guis I swear it's not connected
597952 No.15881667
>>15880679
>you're just memorizing keystrokes and executing them quicker and quicker
This. Gets out of hand. I call it Cook, Serve, Go Fuck Yourself. Wish I could spit in the food.
>>15880708
>EXAPUNKS
My absolute dude
Rimworld is pretty outstanding, too.
2cff21 No.15881669
c7e1b5 No.15881671
>>15881629
I didn't say it was bad. Mechanically, it's fine. It's just piss easy, because it's an advertisement.
597952 No.15881696
>>15881669
>reee about format less than a minute after I post
>(1)
Sperg.
f7cba0 No.15881722
Overload. It's the best Descent game ever made.
99f288 No.15881740
>>15881667
>pic
Is this supposed to be humorous?
e226fa No.15881749
Is this the designated shilling thread?
My GOTY is pic related, you really should go buy a copy right now.
49e291 No.15881768
It's the only game from this year I've actually played.
befa31 No.15881783
I can't even name a game that came out this year.
53e2de No.15881801
505b7b No.15881818
>>15881783
>>>/cuckchannel/ apparently has provided a list if you're interested but i must recommend >>>/suicide/ before thateither that or falling back on your backlog
>>15880663
49e291 No.15881823
>>15881801
shit nigger, it was 15$ and the devs put out an update every week almost
958577 No.15881825
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>Best game of the year
Dusk. I'm sure Overload would be here if my PC wasn't shit tier and could run it better. Anyways I feel such joy to be able to play a good FPS again, and this is getting there. It's not doom or blood, but it's getting there. Duskmare is a blast to play through and the jump in quality from Episode 1 to Episode 2 is astounding to be honest. The weapons are excellent and fun to use, the music when it shows itself is pretty fucking good. Occasionally when the game throws you in a big arena and fills it with enemies, it really shines instead of falters because it feels so good to dodge some of the projectiles the enemies throw at you, and your movement in general is pretty much flawless outside of a single move(the dive roll or whatever you call it)
>Runner Up
Distance. I'm too much of a sucker for Nitronic rush to not like it so much.
>Honrabu mentions(in descending order of best to worst)
Overload. Again I'm sure if my PC could run it better it would be on the top of this list. For once a remake of an existing game, an FPS no less, that completely improves upon it instead of fucking around with things already solved decades ago. The mere fact that this game is Descent without the vulcan drillers is cause enough for me to give it an outstanding recommendation.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Excellent game, but I wish it were harder.
Guacamelee 2. It's a great game with great music and artstyle with some of the best platforming challenges in a metriodvania, but it still has a few issues. First off it doesn't really add much to the existing game outside from a sling point upgrade and the chicken form upgrades, the latter of which I despise. Next, the combat is still ezmodo and it stems from how hitpause heavy it is, it doesn't really flow that well even if you do sick combos(or try to, the health bars on the enemy in this game are either way too long or way too short). There's also the memes and shitty writing getting in the way of gameplay, good god.
Exapunks. I like it but I'm too much of a brainlet to finish it and Shenzhen took it all out of me.
The Messenger. Wish it didn't turn into a metroidvania halfway through because then the game goes from a solid 7.5/10 to a shit tier 3/10 until you get to new areas. It's just a godawful drop in quality for what? A few music note collections? Not worth it.
>Played/Playing
Super Daryl Deluxe. It was fun, 6.5/10 until that 10/10 ending, but the fact that there are no extra modes, secrets, new game+ or even anything to let you play Super Deluxe for more than just the ending is disappointing. Also too much reliance on fetch quests, and the cooldown period between every skill means the 8 skill upgrade you get halfway through doesn't really add much since you still need to swap pages to have a skill go on cooldown, and swapping in itself has a bit of delay.
The Vagrant, a titty pretty game that I'm enjoying so far but I haven't gotten far into. It seems basic but well made so I'll see most of it through.
La Mulana 2. I didn't really like it as much as I did the first so I quit fairly early. I might give it a shot later.
Doorkickers Action Squad. Pretty meh. Would be fun with a co-op friend but I don't have anyone.
Into the Breach. I like the idea but I never really got far in the game before dropping it.
>Haven't played yet
Mega Man 11. I get the feeling it would just be alright but overrated because "it's not MN9!"
Copy Kitty, it keeps crashing on startup. I really need to upgrade this PC.
Kingdom Come/Hitman 2. At least I know from the get go my PC won't run either.
Frozen Synapse 2/Vigilantes. Haven't really bothered pirating either to see which is actually good. I remember Frozen Synapse 1 leaving a bad taste in my mouth with how random it is(with how you start out with unit placement) and not getting far into it, but the multiplayer was pretty good.
Override mecha something brawl, no idea if the singleplayer is worth it.
Crosscode, I heard it was incomplete on release so I'm waiting a year until hopefully every bit of content promised is there. I'm still waiting on Shovel Knight to this day, and I will plunder them on their release because fuck them.
Should I bother with Ys Memories in Celceta? I remember not really liking Seven all that much.
>>15881768
This looks interesting. I'll give it a shot when it's out of early access, thanks anon.
>>15881783
And whose fault is that, anon? Try something from this thread, you might like something.
d0c73c No.15881827
>Implying I played a single game made in the last 7 years
simply ebin
53e2de No.15881831
>>15881823
It looked good, but early access just puts me off. Being singleplayer didn't help either, though I get multiplayer implementation would probably just mean only one person gets to do half the stuff.
958577 No.15881880
a2bcd3 No.15881934
>>15881825
If you didn't like Seven then you certainly wouldn't like MoC, as it's only more of the same, with marginally changed gameplay using the same awful party system and an even worse story.
958577 No.15881947
>>15881934
What a damn shame. I assume the eighth game is the same?
830dea No.15881970
>>15880448
Metal Wolf Chaos was delayed (and doesn't count?) so I'll just recommend two runners up: Overload and Kingdom Come Deliverance.
Like absolutely nothing else is worth recommending that was released this year for the first time, even the AAA stuff people shitpost about was released within current year +2 or earlier earlier. Vermintide 2 maybe?
518da1 No.15881987
>>15880663
>vr meme tetris
1aa610 No.15882018
>>15882013
>mark is a furry
37ab2d No.15882044
>>15882013
He really is an Anon in all but name and power.
fbff89 No.15882078
>>15881614
Great outdoors hunting and fishing sim, never felt like cowboy through. The next one needs to be set back further back in time. Not this modern era bullshit. Rockstar needs to stop trying to be unique and just do a generic western. Maybe make an RPG for once instead of trying to explain away why the protag is killing thousands even though he doesn't like to.
52e841 No.15882084
>>15881669
wasn't the point here to separate paragraphs of different contexts?
3e42e4 No.15882087
Darksiders 3 even though its very flawed, only game that came out this year I actually enjoyed so that's an easy choice. The absolute state of vidya, doesnt help that if I want to find one good indie game I would have to go through mountains of propaganda filled crap or just regular good old RPGmaker garbage
5e259d No.15882104
>>15880663
Do I need to play XXL1 before I play the sequel? I'm not sure if the stories are connected.
49e291 No.15882135
>>15882078
Red Dead Redemption 1 was set in fucking 1911, at the dying of the Wild West and it managed to feel like a proper cowboy game. Nothing to do with the year, it's just the fact that Rockstar sucks shit nowadays.
d318f2 No.15882161
eca1a6 No.15882181
>>15882135
This, the most interesting westerns are set right at the end of the period
cca0c6 No.15882182
The Messenger is definitely one of the best games I've played in a while, but Subnautica technically released in 2018 and that's more my type of game, so I'll probably have to say Subnautica.
30a30b No.15882192
>>15882182
>two SJW trash games
Why don't you play something good instead, fag.
958577 No.15882193
>>15882182
Best track coming through.
cca0c6 No.15882199
>>15882192
Seeing that you didn't name any game in this thread, how about you start playing videogames again like you did when you were a kid.
958577 No.15882202
>Complain about guac2 not working a week ago in a thread
>it works out of the blue
>complain about Copy Kitty not working in this thread
>it suddenly works out of the blue
I'm glad and I don't care what changed.
3e42e4 No.15882214
>>15882202
Let me try and ill get back to you fags in a week
Couldnt get nier automata to work without it crashing all the time, couldnt get nioh to even start. Why is every jap pc port so shit, these arent even from small companies that wouldnt have the resources. Either do it properly or dont do it at all, maybe that way there would be some reason to ever buy a console but apparently the entire vidya industry has gone full retard.
4f796f No.15882227
>>15881133
>vore
>not pregnancy
it's shit
ef63af No.15882245
>>15880448
>>15882182
The Messenger cannot be GOTY with that absolutely awful open world section. It was a proper good game when it was pretending to be Ninja Gaiden, if a little limited, but then it decided to completely drop the ball with the player just going in circles with no feeling of purpose and, what's even worse, no bosses to fight.
>>15882087
Even then, it doesn't really deserve it. You're doing combat all game and combat is incredibly annoying from the get go. If they somehow unfucked the game, then maybe, but as it is, it's a game where you want to skip as much gameplay as possible.
958577 No.15882247
Copy kitty is sick so far. Guess a Duskmare run is going on the backburner for a while. I wish there would be an airdash though.
24c85f No.15882289
I really liked Kingdom Come: Deliverance though I hope they give a satisfying conclusion in the future.
Pls no bully, but despite its current faults I really like hitman 2 to the point where I have a top 20 leaderboards spot on every mission.
89f823 No.15882574
>>15880475
>>15881614
>>15881970
>>15882289
Is Kingdom Come: Deliverance playable yet? It was a buggy mess with a lot of potential and I couldn't get into it on release.
24c85f No.15882607
>>15882574
Its certainly improved significantly, though it leaves on a call to a much more exciting sounding adventure which left me a bit disappointed since I'm sure it will be a long time before the story continues.
0079fc No.15882649
>>15882574
it's better than release.
still loads that could be done that never will be and has the same big issue as before:
leveling up is a bad thing.
the game's fun until you're out of balance, then get to one-punch man tier and what remains is a walking simulator with a fuckton of fodder and wastes of time.
pick hardcore mode and the negative perk to level up slower. makes it better, but above issue persists.
village building dlc is shit, does nothing, only purpose is to spend excess money
capon's is ok
78e804 No.15882655
>>15881069
I played the demo which was decent. I might buy(gasp!) it sometime. The only game from 2018 I've really played much of this year was probably Smash Bros.
36fbd3 No.15882658
>>15882574
Not really playable yet. Maybe once they finish the game people paid for them to make.
80215a No.15882678
>>15882247
>Copy Kitty is out of EA
Fuck yeah, I'm on to that shit
dd6606 No.15882682
>>15882658
People paid them to attract private investors, not for a game (which is actually only a third of one).
e716ee No.15882855
Mostly MHW and Vermintide 2
Although I gave up on MH after trying to kill arch-arch tempered or whatever the fuck elder dragons because I kept getting one-shotted from chip damage
I would really like to try all the nu-oldschool shooters that came out this year though
Dusk, Project Warlock and Overload look pretty fun
24c85f No.15882876
>>15882855
If you can't handle that boy are you not going to like G-rank.
6741cb No.15882888
>>15882876
To be fair you weren't getting one shotted by chip dmg in any g-rank ever. Actual one shot usually happened with some signature attack like narga tail slam
a00fc5 No.15882893
>>15882018
So, this is the true power of autism.
299fc2 No.15882931
>>15882888
Properly geared as a blademaster you don't get oneshot at all in G rank. If you go in with negative fire resist armor against, say, G teostra or crimson fatalis, then it's possible.
That said, it doesn't happen with chip damage in worlds either. Worlds is complete dogshit, but we can stick to the actual reasons it is to shit on it.
8f5e36 No.15883007
I had a lot of fun with Kingdom Come. People said it had a lot of bugs, but I played it on release and it worked on my machine™ and the writing and quest design were awesome. I just wish they fixed the combat – archery is ridiculously OP unless you're a shitter who can't aim (although, granted, full helmets in late game did improve the balance significantly) and melee combat is a cakewalk after you level up enough. Still, I don't think there was a better game released this year, at least as far as I'm concerned.
5a6db6 No.15883126
6b1a9b No.15883389
6b1a9b No.15883394
>>15881069
This gay tumblr shit is actually any good?
ebf596 No.15883975
>>15881133
I'm not sure what you're trying to meme here but i know you're doing it wrong
>>15882013
Does anyone have a cap of the Totodile question?
b2e0e8 No.15884088
GOTY: Prey Mooncrash. I know it's a DLC, but it changes the game so radically that I think I have to count it as its own game, despite having similar mechanics. Gone is the slow, search every nook and cranny for secrets way of the base game (though that's good too), now you have to race the clock and use every mechanic at your disposal, because you have 5 different characters and they all have different strengths, weaknesses, and stories. I can't imagine a better use for the already-fun framework that Prey provided. Resourcefulness is always rewarded, and I love that.
Runner Up: Slap City. After the disappointment of Ultimate wore off, I remembered that is still have this wonderful game to fall back to. Fast, fluid, and fun, keeps the character roster tight and easy to balance, and the devs listen to their community, especially the pros. I'm still disappointed that they put in Asha instead of Iji though.
2cf32f No.15884099
df7727 No.15884267
df7727 No.15884269
>>15884262
How so fellow redditor?
e540de No.15884306
>>15882658
They're set to meet their stretchgoals in the next few months, right?
df7727 No.15884348
>>15884315
>Implying that's what I meant
037acb No.15884428
Is it just me or has 2018 been way longer than the previous few years? feels like it. I cant think of any games that came out this year though.
a769dc No.15884463
I really haven't purchased or Y'arred any games from this year. I have gotten more penny pinching with my games lately, but this year just hasn't given me many games that are worth thinking about.
If limited to the year only, I'd have to say my top game of the year was Vermintide II. I heavily enjoyed the first game and, mechanically speaking, the sequel improved on nearly every facet, except the atmosphere. It kind of had the L4D2 problem where the threat seems less daunting now since you can fight the hordes in the less claustrophobic feeling daytime. Ubersriek > any setting in VTII. VT OST > VTII OST.
WebM related: Even the AI was lucky and competent. Blame OBS for no sound.
Runner up for the year is Frostpunk. I like management sims, and this game's atmosphere was completely in tune with its setting. It's a shame that there was only three campaigns upon release. Had there had been more content, it'd easily be at the top.
037acb No.15884470
>>15884428
Wait i remembered a game, Fist of thee north star: lost paradise came out this year! GOTY 2018.
6b1a9b No.15886486
>>15884470
But the nips claimed it was terrible…
ef63af No.15886498
>>15884463
Frostpunk's got a new scenario, an ultra gritty hardcore mode only for true players like me and a couple of endless game sites. Worth "obtaining" a gog version.
add248 No.15886515
>>15882013
Imagine getting off to snouts
a35542 No.15886544
>>15882013
>mark is a furry
and just like that you lost that tiny bit of respect I still had for you. legit kill yourself, you waste of space.
726e12 No.15887023
>>15881069
I'll never be able to see that name and not think about the Solatorobo doujin
36bc7e No.15887032
>best game of 2018
Mega Man 11 > Dragon Quest 11 >>> Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night >>> Kirby Star Allies >>>>>>>>>>>>> Fist of the North Star
and an honorable mention to Monster Hunter: World
73b4f6 No.15887048
>15880645
>Indana Jones wanabe
>Feamle
No
c67eed No.15887051
The fact that Tetris Effect is the only one i can even remember bar Red Dead 2 which is boring map filling ubishit full of minibuys says enough.
c67eed No.15887055
>>15886515
Behead those who insult Tama Chan!
9f4209 No.15887080
I haven't played it yet, but I'd nominate Valkyria Chronicles 4, if only because it's the only game released in 2018 that I'm interested in.
If it weren't for Jewnuvo, I'd have bought it already, but Sega can go fuck themselves if this is how they want it to be.
>>15882013
I don't know where those caps are from.
I don't know if they are real.
But damn, do I believe them.
Mark has shown time and time again some supreme faggotry, so I wouldn't be surprised if it were true.
All that is left now for us is to find a medical report stating he has legitimate autism.
>>15880560
>no VC3 crew
Well, that's a shame.
>Edy again
Oh for fuck's sake.
a99fc4 No.15887441
>>15882013
MARK YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LIKE WHAT I LIKE
99413c No.15887459
Guys, keep it vidya. Also I'm not a furry.
>>15882044
I never really thought of myself as someone in power, I just see myself as just another use who takes care of things from time to time.
>>15886544
I'm not.
>>15884470
Combat was great, but the game as a whole was pretty empty. Shame really.
99413c No.15887477
>>15880448
This year was pretty lackluster with most of the highlights being PC or Switch ports. That said Megaman 11, Fighting EX Layer, Fist of the Yakuza, FighterZ, Smash Bros, Octopath Traveler, Sonic Mania Plus, Xenoblade Torna, Forza Horizon 4, Gal Metal Just Cause 4 and Soul Calibur VI were pretty solid. Although mostly everything was ports of older games.
aeff53 No.15887498
>>15887459
I call for a trial by peers
df7727 No.15887556
>>15887498
>Not trial by cake
aeff53 No.15887584
>>15887556
>people have died during the trial by cake
As long as the justice is served.
fde736 No.15888035
>>15880448
I purposely play games a year late because it's 100 times cheaper that way and i'm in no rush anyway. So i'll tell you my top 2018 games next year.
c7953c No.15888051
>>15888035
>paying money for games ever
Get a load of this goy.
f2dacd No.15888114
Alright fine, I'll play into the thread.
I played La-Mulana 2 for a week straight and only used a guide at like 4 points. Proud to say one of them wasn't the mistranslated clue. Got 100% in >Steam >achievements, and made the mistake of playing Hard Mode/One Finger on the hardest boss patch.
On the whole I'd say the game had a more cohesive feel than 1, if at the expense of puzzle complexity. I wish the Dark Lord's Footprints were as complex as they appeared in trailers, and the the apparent two junk symbols in them corresponded to something.
Music has less "classics" if it makes sense; there are better tracks in 1, but I like more tracks out of the whole from 2. Probably also helps that the sound doesn't have to be tangentially tied to the MSX sound chip.
Anxiously waiting for Hell Temple 2: Spring in the Sky Boogaloo.
Also played TWEWY for the first time and 100%ed it as Final Remix, which might have been a mistake. Still made me regret not playing it until then; I was planning on rationing out only Dark Souls for October until I heard the music and saw the gameplay. Still wanting to play the DS version for the better combat.
Now Mark: stop being ashamed of being a furry and deleting posts.
436551 No.15888497
First: Kingdom Come Deliverence
Runner Up: Spyro: The Reignited Trilogy
I love KCD as a real RPG and I don't care that Spyro is a rerelease. Spyro was a big part of my childhood and I like 3D platformers.
Games worth noting as well were Divinity II: Original Sin as a fun CRPG and Red Dead just because I like going around and feeling like a cowboy. Other than that immersive aspect as a game it is good but not great.
436551 No.15888505
>>15884088
Can someone tell me why Prey is considered a ""woke"" game? I got it on sale and I am enjoying it.
ef8759 No.15888565
Total Chaos and Stalker Anomaly Zone.
What the fuck happened to thread ?
d41b62 No.15889243
my favorite game this year was Xenoblade Chronicles 2 because it was by and large the only one I played. No I don't care that it came out in 2017.
7c62f4 No.15889920
c6d646 No.15890005
>>15880645
it's a shame that very, very few games require you to think and pay attention the way La Mulana does. 140 IQ required if you can beat them without spoilers.
d24c1d No.15890708
Mines probably MHW tbh either that or DBFZ
b490cf No.15890827
>>15884088
Update: after playing with Asha for a while, I have changed my mind, Asha is cool. I still want Iji in too though.
5d5a4b No.15892239
>>15890005
I still haven't beat the first game. The last thing I remember was brute-forcing the mantra puzzle and then I just dropped the game for some retarded reason. I think I'll just pick the game back up and restart from scratch. You really do need a notebook to beat the game don't you?
80215a No.15892250
>>15884088
>>15888505
>>15890827
Fuckoff with your Bisohock inspired System Shock ripoff filled with shitskins and poor game and enemy design.
3ecfae No.15892355
>>15892239
I really wish that mantras weren’t as brute-forceable as they are maybe by requiring that you ‘prep’ the wedge by chanting in the boss room?
Especially because it’s a really neat puzzle that kind of bookends the game with the Holy Grail puzzle.
c6d646 No.15892469
>>15892239
i got through about 50% of both games without taking notes, and regretted it because then i had to backtrack and start taking notes on everything.
if your memory is really good, I think LM2 could be beaten without taking notes, but LM1 it's just impossible.
d05970 No.15892515
>>15892239
>You really do need a notebook to beat the game don't you?
You can get pretty far with what the game offers you in terms of recording, but having a notebook and writing down anything unusual or something to keep in mind later will cut back time spent backtracking.
96dd82 No.15892545
>>15887080
>>15887441
>>15886515
>>15886544
>the jew deleted them
>>15887459
(((You))) aren't fooling anyone
f2dacd No.15892594
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>>15892469
My notes on La-Mulana 2 mostly consist of Mantra combos that need used in specific places, figuring out the Corridor of Blood (which I did way too fucking early; I figured out the rotation shit and 'where' each field was before I went to Frost Giants), the Underworld gate icons, Brahma, and Dark Lord's Footprints. There's also some less important information about which children control which branch, and which number they are.
What could the Yuga Wheels possibly be used for? All they do is, if you put the weight down when the Yuga corresponds to the pictured item, hold off on the spikes until the Yuga 'ends.'
Embed related is the best field theme but like I said, all the tracks are quality
c6d646 No.15892655
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this was my favorite theme, even though it was kind of annoying how much I had to go through Valhalla to traverse the Bloody Corridor. the accordion melody at 40s still gets stuck in my head sometimes.
e5549c No.15892663
>>15892594
Wheels were clues for Brahma
57362f No.15892673
>>15892545
Please tell me someone capped them.
f2dacd No.15892687
>>15892663
But all of the Yuga names and associated metals are on separate tablets.
>>15892673
I still have a window with them open, give me a couple minutes
69800c No.15892748
I haven't played any game from 2018 and I don't plan changing that
57362f No.15892752
>>15892687
Fucking hell did Mark shadow ban this guy?!
f2dacd No.15892778
>>15892767
Oh goddammit, I thought I took care of spoilers. One moment.
>>15892752
Forgot to actually respond.
You know you can't forcibly delete a post from someone's browser without privacy-invading JavaScript, right?
f2dacd No.15892813
There. Deleting the original and reiterating:
Feel free to edit my faggy La-Mulana 2 post out; I felt like it was relevant to include.
96dd82 No.15892880
>>15892673
>>15892687
I'm the one that posted them in the first place, let's see how long they last this time.
96dd82 No.15892883
>>15892880
Huh, these two weren't included somehow even though I selected them.
f2dacd No.15892943
Maybe this one was "the Totodile question"
Also, have a freebie.
80215a No.15892957
>>15892943
>Discuck
Someone nuke this board already
bab838 No.15892994
>>15892943
>putting hair on a fucking shark
Goddamn furries. I bet she has the fucking stupid elf ears under that wig too.
acea46 No.15892996
Isn't Mark also into giantess stuff?
55b190 No.15893015
>>15892943
>I don't use discord guys, i'm your cool redpilled board owner
I can't count on both fingers how many times he has claimed he didn't use discord.
96dd82 No.15893036
>>15892943
>>15893016
Nice, I don't think I ever saw these ones.
>inb4 whole thread is nuked
ebf596 No.15893060
e68a71 No.15893065
>>15892994
I don't think it would look attractive without hair and it would still be furry with hair or not.
207684 No.15893116
>>15893100
This pic sums up the end of the thread.
Good luck next timo OP. Thats the curse of discussing vidya produced in CY+3 and will only get worse.
CONGRATULATIONS MARK
1aca84 No.15897896
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>>15892996
I see nothing wrong with giantess fetishim personally, even if it includes a little "climbing into orifice", as long as it doesn't escalate to full on vore.
Pic related, gets me jonks boligoling
b116ad No.15903990
>>15882192
w8, subnautica is SJW? I mean I suspected, what with the audio logs being one long "STRONG WOMYN" snorefest, but I wasn't aware there was anything surrounding it's development that was degenerate. enlighten me if you want.
649323 No.15904006
>>15897896
vore is the best part of giantess stuff
a99fc4 No.15904011
>>15903990
they fired their sound guy because he made tweets that were "far right".
649323 No.15904018
>>15904011
tbh that's fine because politics in games is cancer, and any devs that present their political stances should be put to the curb immediately
a99fc4 No.15904044
649323 No.15904051
>>15904044
if you come here to shitpost about your special snowflake ideology then fuck off back to twitter already cuckold
ee7cb2 No.15904098
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I have two picks for GOTY this time around, CrossCode and La-Mulana 2. Both are really fucking good.
Runner-ups would be Dusk and Overload. Hope Ion Maiden and Amid Evil turn out at least as good as those two. Also Kenshi and Rimworld.
Honorable mentions go to Lethal League Blaze, Acceleration of Suguri 2, Touhou Makuka Sai, Blazblue xtag and Return of the Obra Dinn.
Also, the soundtracks to Dusk, CrossCode, Lethal League and La-Mulana 2 are all great.
e21e05 No.15904296
>>15904011
>>15880585
>>15903990
Thanks, anons. I was tempted to pay for those games, but now I know better.
>>15880682
>System Shock sourceport
Sounds nice. Since it's (((Nightdive Studios))), though, I'll stick to the ol' Jolly Roger.
5d77bf No.15904345
Every thread I've read that discusses favorite games this year have ended up being lukewarm at best. Did any good games actually come out this year?
f2ae2c No.15904349
Frostpunk was my fav for me. It was immersive like I haven't felt before in a sim city type game.