Board 8 > What are your top 10 Games of 2019?

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colliding posted...

so board 8 just isn't playing death stranding or...?

The "...?" Option


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Top 10 lists extended to 12/15 due to last episode of Life is Strange 2
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bump
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man there's too many games I have yet that I need to play

I know I won't have time to get to Control, Outer Worlds, or Death Stranding, so might just try to just burn through as many indies as possible
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12/15 is the American way of noting 15th of December right?

1. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled
2. Dicey Dungeons
3. Kingdom Hearts III
4. World of Warcraft Classic
5. Death Stranding
6. Trials Rising
7. Super Mario Maker 2
8. The Outer Worlds
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1. Super Blood Hockey- PS4
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Does that even count? Super Blood Hockey came out a few years ago.

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No it doesnt
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My list:
1. um....uhh

Yep. Haven't played a thing from 2019, unless WoW Classic counts.
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1. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
2. Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!
3. Code Vein
4. Astral Chain
5. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
6. Touhou: Luna Nights
7. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Remake)
8. Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
9. Judgment
10. Death Stranding

Honourable mentions:
Touhou Makuka Sai: Fantastic Danmaku Festival part II
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
Hypnospace Outlaw
Daemon x Machina
Kill la Kill IF

pretty good year of gaming tbh imo
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10 days

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1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2. Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
3. Super Mario Maker 2
4. The Legend of Zelda: Cadence of Hyrule

Bug Fables is fantastic, but Three Houses is one of my top 5 games atm.

Cadence is too small a game to recommend to anyone whos trying to save money, but its very fun and unique. I did two playthroughs: one for co-op and one single-player.

1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2. Super Mario Maker 2
3. Pokemon Sword/Shield
4. Kingdom Hearts 3
5. Dragon Quest Builders 2
6. River City Girls

One note
World of Warcraft Classic is a no

As of today with 10 days left, 31 lists have been submitted here and across 4 discords.


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editing my list

1. Kingdom Hearts III
2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
3. Borderlands 3
4. Ape Out
5. Hypnospace Outlaw
6. Life is Strange 2
7. Pokemon Sword/Shield
8. Jackbox Party Pack 6
9. Afterparty
10. Untitled Goose Game

was really hoping to get to play more than this by the end of the year but looks like I've about run out of time

There's also a good choice Wattam will end up in my top 10 but that doesn't release until the 17th

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1. Control

not sure about the rest but I haven't loved a game this much for a long time

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ZenOfThunder posted...

1. Control

not sure about the rest but I haven't loved a game this much for a long time

@ZenOfThunder you got 9 days to figure out that puzzle

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ZenOfThunder posted...

1. Control

not sure about the rest but I haven't loved a game this much for a long time

This is the one game in the Game Awards nominations list I hadn't heard of. Was unsure if I should check it out, but the Zen Stamp of Approval has me sold.

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colliding posted...

1. Trails of Cold Steel 3
2. Death Stranding
3. Resident Evil 2 (2019)
4. Astral Chain
5. Kingdom Hearts III
6. Fire Embem: Three Houses
7. Goose Game
8. Wargroove

9 . Sekiro

I'm just too bad at the game to enjoy it as I should, but I recognize it's a good game.

One last (maybe) change.

1. Disco Elysium
2. Slay the Spire
3. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
4. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
5. The Outer Worlds
6. Hypnospace Outlaw
7. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
8. Romancing SaGa 3
9. AI: The Somnium Files
10. Raging Loop

Added RS3 at 8, moved AI and Raging Loop down 1 each, removed Katana Zero.

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1. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
2. Devil Engine
3. Pokemon Sword/Shield
4. Romancing SaGa 3
5. The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
6. Psyvariar Delta
7. Baba is You
8. Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!
9. SaGa: Scarlet Grace
10. Katana Zero

Wait is scarlett grace even remotely playable? I love saga but it looks like their games have a budget of twenty bucks

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SantaRPidgey posted...

Wait is scarlett grace even remotely playable? I love saga but it looks like their games have a budget of twenty bucks

its as playable but as deceptive as any of them

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Could you prehaps elaborate on that thought?

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SantaRPidgey posted...

Could you prehaps elaborate on that thought?

like Romancing Saga 2 and 3, and Saga Frontier 1. scarlet grace has those you can screw yourself over with impossible to come back from choice moments. I've been told by SaGa fans this is on purpose and a theme of the series.

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1. Death Stranding
2. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
3. Pokemon Shield
4. Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution
5. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
6. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
-58235. Mario Kart Tour


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MegamanX posted...

like Romancing Saga 2 and 3, and Saga Frontier 1. scarlet grace has those you can screw yourself over with impossible to come back from choice moments. I've been told by SaGa fans this is on purpose and a theme of the series.

yeah I mean that's all well and good

but like

is it actually fun to play

as in does it play better than a nes-level rpg with modern day slowdown

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It plays like a mobile game ported to consoles

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only played 3 this year

1. Death Stranding
2. Resident Evil 2
3. Bloodstained Ritual of the Night

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MegamanX posted...

It plays like a mobile game ported to consoles

Ok so it's very bad. Damn.

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Dragon Quest Builders 2
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Cadence of Hyrule
Warhammer Chaosbane
Metro Exodus
Mortal Kombat 11
Sekiro
Wargroove
Pokemon Sword/Shield
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order

Honorable mention to Luigi's Mansion 3 and Remnant From the Ashes.

Revision (first and last?)

1. Apex Legends
2. Control
3. GRID
4. Creature in the Well
5. Descenders
6. Outer Wilds
7. Demon's Tilt
8. Mario Kart Tour
9. Slay the Spire
10. Lonely Mountains: Downhill

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Revision now that I've finished Death Stranding and Control. Probably my final list.

1. DMC5
2. Iceborne
3. Judgment
4. Resident Evil 2
5. Control
6. Death Stranding
7. The Outer Worlds
8. Baba Is You
9. Link's Awakening
10. Code Vein

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SantaRPidgey posted...

I love saga but it looks like their games have a budget of twenty bucks

this is a weird point to make because the series has been on hiatus for 15 years and prior to this point had been primarily known for its elaborate art and music, while this new release received great care in its western release as square went out and hired 8-4 to translate it, a well-known gaming historian and saga fan to edit it, and voice actors to voice character battle cries.

MegamanX posted...

It plays like a mobile game ported to consoles

and this is a weird point to make because it's not that at all? it's a handheld game that's now received a wider release, and the structure of it is very similar to other small-scale jrpgs released when it originally came out. i would genuinely like to know which mobile games have as in-depth a battle system as this, because if this is common then there are untold hidden gems available on phones.

scarlet grace plays a bit like bravely default crossed with divinity: original sin, although this comparison is reductive and it really does need to be played to be understood. each round you have a budget of points to spend on your actions as you queue up your choices for each character. you can see on the timeline when you and enemies will attack and what type of attack it is. different attacks will happen at different points on the timeline so you can change your strategy to set up chain attacks. it's really fast, responsive and a lot of fun.

scarlet grace is one of the best saga games and if anyone considers themselves a fan of the series they owe it to themselves to check it out. it's out for everything and is super cheap so there's no reason not to.


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I mean we still got that saga-like for 3ds I believe. I guess I should say I love SaGa games but the all suffer from massive organization problems in such a way it's hard to know what you're even supposed to do in some of the games. Some games I'm able to power through, and some games I simply can't enjoy.

I guess I'll give this one a shot if it has iiicon endorsement

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SantaRPidgey posted...

I mean we still got that saga-like for 3ds I believe.

yeah there were two, legend of legacy and alliance alive. they were put out by a much smaller company than square but they did have some saga vets working on them. i wanted to like legend of legacy more than i did, but alliance alive was genuinely solid.

SantaRPidgey posted...

I guess I should say I love SaGa games but the all suffer from massive organization problems in such a way it's hard to know what you're even supposed to do in some of the games. Some games I'm able to power through, and some games I simply can't enjoy.

some are definitely more obtuse and demanding than others (hello unlimited saga!) but the ones we've got recently (scarlet grace, remakes of romancing saga 2 + 3) are more approachable.

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Looks like fight crab isn't leaving early access in time

4 days remain

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Unless what more I may play of both Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Afterparty changes my mind, I think this will be my final revision:

1. Apex Legends
2. Control
3. Creature in the Well
4. Descenders
5. Outer Wilds
6. Afterparty
7. GRID
8. Demon's Tilt
9. Mario Kart Tour
10. Lonely Mountains: Downhill

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I still have a couple more games to play to make a final top 10 list of the year, but that won't happen before this deadline, so I'll give a top 5:

1. Apex Legends
2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
3. The Outer Worlds
4. Kingdom Hearts 3
5. Super Mario Maker 2

Resident Evil 2 and Borderlands 3 will both be on the list but I haven't played enough of them myself to know their exact placement,

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I have some changes to make, but would prefer to wait as long as possible to make them. Hopefully I get them in before the deadline...
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1. Slay the Spire
2. Baba Is You
3. Cadence of Hyrule
4. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
5. Super Mario Maker 2
6. Jackbox Party Pack 6
7. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
8. Untitled Goose Game
9. Wargroove
10. Tetris 99

1. Dragon Quest XI S
2. Kingdom Hearts III
3. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
4. Yo-kai Watch 3
5. Pokemon Shield
6. Untitled Goose Game
7. SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

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I have still played zero 2019 games (since WoW classic was ruled out) but I did buy Disco Elysium last night.

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7pm est sunday is the cutoff, after which I'll tabulate then post the results the following day or middle of the night

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1. Teamfight Tactics
2. Control
3. Baba is You
4. Untitled Goose Game
5. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
6. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
7. Disco Elysium
8. Mortal Kombat 11
9. The Outer Worlds
10. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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bumpo

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This will not be anywhere close to the list I'll be posting in February, but here's what I have so far

1. Judgment
2. AI: The Somnium Files
3. Fate/Extella Link
4. Crystar
5. YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World
6. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
7. Team Sonic Racing
8. Apex Legends
9. Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal
10. Pic-a-Pix Classic

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1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
3. Disco Elysium
4. Cadence of Hyrule
5. Trails of Cold Steel III
6. Outer Wilds
7. The Outer Worlds
8. Touhou Luna Nights.
9. Fate/Extella: Link
10. Resident Evil 2

Not quite finished Disco Elysium yet, but I think I'm most of the way through.

Anyone know if they fixed the bugs with Jedi Fallen Order? I heard there were some gamebreaking ones in there.
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I was unexpectedly gifted a game from this year last night and have played quite a bit of it today, so this will be my final, final revision

1. Apex Legends
2. Control
3. Creature in the Well
4. A Short Hike
5. Descenders
6. Outer Wilds
7. Afterparty
8. GRID
9. Demon's Tilt
10. Lonely Mountains: Downhill

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