skillzdadirecta Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Spoiler 20. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 19. Banishers Ghosts of New Eden 18. Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth 17. Persona 3 Reload 16. Elden Ring Shadow of the Erd Tree 15. Balatro 14. Animal Well 13. Enshrouded 12. Hades 2 11. Manor Lords 10. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 9. Nine Sols 8. Tekken 8 7. Palworld 6. Senua's Sacrifice: Hellblade 2 5. Helldivers 2 4. Pacific Drive 3. Stellar Blade 2. Rise of The Ronin 1. Dragon's Dogma 2 Based on the games I've played on this list, current count 5, this seems like a solid list. Second half of the year should shape up pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Never heard of Nine Sols. Looks rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Hellblade 2 at number 6 is laughable. It's a movie and an awful one at that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 Hellblade and Hellblade 2 are two of the best examples of "cinematic gaming" done to date. Much better than the dreck that people seem to drool all over in gaming, and I'm typically a gameplay first kind of guy. I really enjoyed both experiences. More so than I did with Alan Wake 2, the base game at least. I actually liked the dlc as short as it was 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 5 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Hellblade and Hellblade 2 are two of the best examples of "cinematic gaming" done to date. Much better than the dreck that people seem to drool all over in gaming, and I'm typically a gameplay first kind of guy. I really enjoyed both experiences. More so than I did with Alan Wake 2, the base game at least. I actually liked the dlc as short as it was It's just my opinion. I litteraly got physically ill playing Hellblade 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 5 minutes ago, Best said: I litteraly got physically ill playing Hellblade 2. Motion sickness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 5 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Motion sickness? No, severely claustrophobic and sick in my stomach with all the voices and darkness the game evokes. It's not a pleasant experience by any means which then you can say, the developer did a bang up job executing a horror experience. I respect the game for it being a one of a kind experience but imo, it's not enjoyable in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 1 minute ago, Best said: No, severely claustrophobic and sick in my stomach with all the voices and darkness the game evokes. It's not a pleasant experience by any means which then you can say, the developer did a bang up job executing a horror experience. I respect the game for it being a one of a kind experience but imo, it's not enjoyable in the slightest. Oh yeah I remember you mentioning that and thinking the same thing... there's a sequence early on where the I can totally see people who are claustrophobic being affected by that. I'm slightly claustrophobic and I could see myself being affected by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Those are indeed a lot of good games! I like seeing Stelar Blade so high 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 There’s not much I played this year but definitely would like to try some of those. I would’ve thought that no rest for the wicked would be there. Probably one of the best games I really want to play this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 This is OpenCritic's 2024 Hall of Fame so far: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siebzehn Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Helldivers 2 listed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 For how much people hold last year in high regard, the start of this year has been pretty stellar too. I’ve only tried a little bit of Prince of Persia, but beat FF7 Rebirth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 12 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: For how much people hold last year in high regard, the start of this year has been pretty stellar too. I’ve only tried a little bit of Prince of Persia, but beat FF6\7 Rebirth. Back half starting to fill in too. Maybe not 23 but certainly not the big downgrade some people tried to say it would be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Glad to see Stellar Blade up there! I really enjoyed it! FFVII at 10 is a crime though. That's *easily* number 1 for me and it will probably stay that way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Okay, how the fuck did Nine Sols slip under my radar? Yeah, that's going on the soon to play list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexterryu Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 22 hours ago, Best said: No, severely claustrophobic and sick in my stomach with all the voices and darkness the game evokes. It's not a pleasant experience by any means which then you can say, the developer did a bang up job executing a horror experience. I respect the game for it being a one of a kind experience but imo, it's not enjoyable in the slightest. While it's unfortunate that you have this phobia, the fact that the game invoked those feelings indicates that the developers nailed that aspect of it. Agree that Hellblade/Hellblade 2 are not everyone's cup of tea but they are very good at what they try to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Really pleased to see Animal Well on the list. That's a really great, unexpected game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Just now, GameDadGrant said: Really pleased to see Animal Well on the list. That's a really great, unexpected game. Yeah, I'm excited to play that one at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 41 minutes ago, Dexterryu said: While it's unfortunate that you have this phobia, the fact that the game invoked those feelings indicates that the developers nailed that aspect of it. That's EXACTLY what I said in the post you quoted lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 It’s kind of a strange path ninja theory has taken. I figured after heavenly sword they’d be heading towards continuing to craft a great action game. Instead they end up doing a psychotic mentally ill walking simulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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