We did a Game of The Year contest about 2 years ago, but it was a bit hard to manage and organize. That being said, I wanted to see what you all had in mind for game recommendations and memorable moments from this year.
So, discuss:
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What was the best platformer you played this year? Tell us about it! Is it on sale? What made it special?
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What was the absolute most pathetic corporate virtue signal this year? Was it the German soccer team's DIE display on it's aircraft? Was it when Epic removed police cars from Fortnite?
10 reasons you should watch The Witcher: Blood Origins
Do you have an archive link to the article?
https://twitter.com/Nerdrotics/status/1606672260168916992?s=20
Based on the people they interviewed I absolutely believe that one.
Gosh, 'most pathetic virtue signal' is like 'prettiest grain of sand'.
I checked out of new and "new" games years ago that I only play Stellaris, City of Heroes, sometimes Left 4 Dead 2 for a random match, Witcher 3, and once a year the non EE version of the Baldur's Gate "trilogy".
None of those are new games. I haven't bought any new games in years. The last thing I bought was a Stellaris species pack DLC [Necroids] last night that was 82% discounted.
City of Heroes isn't even a properly run game atm, it's a number of different private servers all run by players and
ninenone of them are monthly subs anymore so I don't even have to pay for my gaming hobby that much any more.Ediot: fixed a very unfortunate typo.
You have exquisite taste I see.
I found the sale page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1341520/Stellaris_Necroids_Species_Pack/
Same on GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/stellaris_necroids_species_pack
It was probably from this since a couple of the listed sites have the 80% deal
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/stellarisnecroidsspeciespack/info/
Yes it was the wingamingstore one. The DLC is now over 2 years old and I've bought the Megacorp and Federations DLCs from there too. None of the DLC are "needed" but some are strongly recommend by the player base and I have those ones already so I'm on no rush to get the others as they come out.
Plus brand new DLC are often buggy, broken messes.
Platformers is kind of a boring genre that hasn't changed or improved much since the 90s (Commander Keen and Abuse FTW) .
I played Butcher this year. Got bored after 15 minutes. Also played Carrion. Looks nice and the tentacle blob gimmick is neat for about an hour. Then the constant backtracking bored the hell out of me and I quit. The one constant in gaming is that I hate Legend of Zelda with the glowing passion of a thousand suns for making that retarded asshole mechanic popular where you have to unlock abilities and backtrack through the whole game over and over again to go places that you passed a million times but couldn't enter because you lacked some McGuffin.
Soccer in Germany is a neverending stream of virtue signals. The most hilariously delicious one was when they covered their mouths to protest FIFA's "no politics" stance ... and then promptly lost and got eliminated in the first round. So much Schadenfreude.
Controversial opinion, but it doesn't need to. What could they actually change? Short of just adding a shit ton of more content, there isn't much other than simply making sure the movement is fluid. And "more" was already controversial when DK64 did it generations ago.
In fact, trying to chase "modern updates" are why the genre has been mostly dead since the 90s. Because they keep trying to fix what already worked for the audience who enjoyed it.
That's more of a Metroid/Castlevania thing. In fact, its the entire definition of the Metroidvania genre. Most Zelda games, at least in the 3D realm, only require major backtracking if you are after 100%, unless you count "this is obviously a later dungeon I can't open yet" as egregious.
Why is platformer the genre chosen? I think someone just want to find a new platformer to play. haha
Because I'm going in the same order the last time we did it.
I can't nominate anything for best platformer, because I haven't played Ori yet.
The new 3D Kirby game is a lot of fun. There is incredible storytelling without the need to do constant videos. The level design and puzzles let you figure out the broken world visually.
It's also a great game when you have a less experienced player. You play the game and they beat up cute monsters.
I've enjoyed it, and can't think of a platformer that has been this well made in a long time.
I still think DK64 is one of the best platformers ever made, and I've replayed it almost every other year since release. The meme of how bad it is is bigger than its actual faults (of which there are many, but no game is without them). And now that that faggot Bomberguy did his stream you can't even talk about it without the trannies infiltrating it.
I'm going to go in a completely different direction and call out EA-BioWare's International Men's Day post, considering the parent company is filled with feminists. It's the very definition of a virtue signal, they have no desire to actually support men's issues.
It's just a cheap way to try and get more support for a company with very, very few genuine fans.
I'm shocked they even tried.
Also, I'm glad that Wrex is the first reply in your archive.