Hey everyone! 2020 sucked ass but the games didn't. Just wanted to know what everyone's personal GOTY is and why. It can be a game released in 2020, or a game released whenever that captivated you this year, or both if you're feeling froggy.
Hades for sure
also got around to playing Outer Wilds, that was great too
minecraft
not because the game was good or anything but I play it
hades, spiritfarer, ckiii(preemptively for after i pirate all the inevitable dlc)
disco elysium and :big-honk: came out in 2019 but im counting them anyways
and caves of qud has had like a zillion updates so that ones worth looking at if you havent played it this year, super fun
heck yeah! i should get back into that one too, it first came out at like the same time as qud, so im sure theyve improved it a bunch as well
basic answer: animal crossing bc it came out like a month into covid lockdowns and everyone got obsessed at the same time and that was pretty fun
meme answer: dark souls bc 2020 is the dark souls of years (and also bc I recently started playing it for the first time woo)
real answer: enter the gungeon bc I 100%'d it this year, and it was the first game I've 100%'d since mario galaxy when I was 12
Dark souls is fantastic, definitely my favourite game series.
I was looking into joining the dev team but the don't allow people with "extremist ideologies"
Funny that, since the entire HoI4 community seems to think that dev team is full of radical communist SJWs
That doesn't say much considering the HoI4 community has loads of fascists and right wing nationalists in it.
I've heard someone here say "everyone who plays HOI4 is either a fascist or a communist, no inbetweens" and after playing it for around 2 months I'm inclined to agree
Classic and classic-styled FPS's are my games of the year, so that includes Dusk, Amid Evil, and Quake's map packs Arcane Dimensions, Epochs of Enmity, and Dwell. Quake's map packs in particular contain some of the best levels I've ever seen designed and they were made for free by modders.
FEAR is also a bucketload of fun, I've been replaying that game and its expansions all year and it never gets old. The AI is probably the best you'll ever see in an FPS in that they always switch up their tactics to try to take you down so it's never the same.
Dusk was AWESOME, did you get the chance to play Doom Eternal?
Nah I already bought too many games this year, I need to slow down.
You didn't say video game specifically so Imma say D&D because it got me through a lot of quarentine bullshit.
City Skylines. I purchased it last year, but since lockdowns I ended up purchasing all the DLC (at the time) and love it. Got mods that make populations more realistic and such and is an absolute blast. Kind of wish it I could pick certain builds aesthetic/architecture manually but otherwise dope af. I think I've logged a hundred hours into it in the last 12 months!
Desperadoes 3 - basically modernised Commandos except it's the wild west and you're sneaking around shanking bandits and Pinkertons and shit
Just really really well done even if it's kind of just a reskin of Shadow Tactics, but the pause mode to queue up actions is an absolute gamechanger for people like me with no motor skills
wasteland 3 is also a good third-in-series that came out in 2020 with gameplay thats good for the motor-skill deficient and a plot that stands on its own