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1. Bloodborne

I'm going to be playing this game for the rest of my life and yes I did play it in 2022. I'm already playing it again right now in 2023. In fact, it's my most played game of 2023 so far.

While these top games on the list are all strong contenders in their own way, it's tough to rank them against each other because they all appeal for different reasons. Fates is one of my favorite strategy RPGs of all time. Etrian Odyssey games have the best character building and turn based battle mechanics. If I play an EO Game at some point in the year, it's probably going near the top of my list. Bloodborne has my favorite gameplay from an action perspective, but a big part of what I love about it also relates to what I love about other games. Character building, and RPG stuff. I think people who worry about Bloodborne (and other FromSoft games) being too hard really overlook the fundamental RPG mechanics, and usually make the game more punishing or difficult as a result.

The series used to have a reputation of "hard, but fair" which has over time mutated into this completely inaccurate "punishing difficulty" reputation. I think that's a result of an expanding player base who can usually only succeed at games when the game unfairly gives advantages to the player, so, to them, a "fair" game actually feels quite difficult. Even with that being said there are plenty of advantages the player can use, but you have to actually think a little bit about how to play the game properly in order to get the most out of them.

I played some really good games this year, but Bloodborne still feels like it is my favorite game. It has held this position for a long time, and so it's not that easy to dethrone it.

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