Games Played in 2023 Ranked

I guess Ill rank em as I go. Dont take the specific rankings too seriously, especially those at the top but not in the top 3 and those at the bottom, theyre pretty interchangeable and I could change my mind retroactively

Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Really enjoyed it, very clever
Star Fetchers
Star Fetchers
Pretty cool but jesus christ if I am required to wall jump one more time I will uninstall the game when it comes out
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Charming and funny, but gets old real fast and this is a long ass game. 10 hours was enough for me, thanks
Mythic Ocean
Mythic Ocean
Its fine... Basically an adventure game/vn set in a sort of choose your own adventure creation myth underwater. Its alright
Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 Royal
For all my gripes I still enjoy this game too much to put it any lower
The Surge 2
The Surge 2
Meh, cant be assed to play more than an hour. No souls like has impressed me thus far (other than actual souls obviously)
Mutazione
Mutazione
So far my favourite pentiment inspiration game. A cool story about a found family which combines mundane interpersonal drama with supernatural magic stuff
Trailmakers
Trailmakers
im too impatient for this shit
GreedFall
GreedFall
Greedfall is a game that is almost good, its a damn crime they wasted such a cool setting on such a mid game, its just a witcher 3/dragon age/falloutNV done with a much smaller budget and not as interestingly.
A Short Hike
A Short Hike
Lovely
Sapphire Lung
Sapphire Lung
Interactive Fiction piece about fictional disease in industrial environment
The Archipelago
The Archipelago
Just Boring honestly
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds
Cool but utterly draining
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
A very fun, tonal mess of a disaster sim
Sagebrush
Sagebrush
Adventure Game/Walk Sim about a cult, gripping
SharpShooter3D
SharpShooter3D
meh, mediocre doom clone. You get to punch neonazis and cops though
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning
get fucked
Lumines Remastered
Lumines Remastered
Kicks Ass
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Really cool existential beat em up, very bold design decisions, which is to say 50/50 on whether or not youll enjoy or despise this game
How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness
How to Cope with Boredom and Loneliness
bleh
Star Explorers
Star Explorers
Its a budget No Man's Sky, harmless if not too amazing
Prey
Prey
Idk man in theory I like it but in practice I find the combat kinda annoying
Shio
Shio
Left a sour taste in my mouth, could have been good
The Citizen Kane of Video Games
The Citizen Kane of Video Games
Alas, most of this game's innovations were really taken from German Expressionist game design
The Sexy Brutale
The Sexy Brutale
Middling
4ever Transit Authority
4ever Transit Authority
Stare out da window
Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods
Played it cause Jsawyer cited as the main inspiration for Pentiment but man I do not vibe with this at all. Unlikeable protagonist, awful dialogue and If I wanted to experience what it was like to be a fuckup returning home after dropping out to a town full of people whom I despise but cannot escape from, well the punchline is that that is already my life!
Abzu
Abzu
Idk, felt flat to me
River Bones
River Bones
Cool
TrackMania Turbo
TrackMania Turbo
Good speedrunning stuff but makes me too angry to keep playing
Vesp: a History of Sapphic Scaphism
Vesp: a History of Sapphic Scaphism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwdu0GKb8A
Oxenfree
Oxenfree
As we say in Spain : "pasó sin pena ni gloria"
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
One day I will make "naturalistic" dialogue illegal
A Good Gardener
A Good Gardener
Bleh
Istanbul, Texas
Istanbul, Texas
Yeah, trash that record store!
Little Party
Little Party
Outcast 1.1
Outcast 1.1
Admittedly only played for 2 hours but man, too much jank and not enough charm to help me get over that. It flopped on release and I am not surprised
This War of Mine
This War of Mine
Its okay, but its length and almost hobbesian view of humanity just didnt sit right for me. It just feels closer to a zombie apocalypse and human suffering for its own sake rather than how wars of this kind actually go. idk
Fucker Gamer Scum Get Stabbed
Fucker Gamer Scum Get Stabbed
What were they thinking?!
Lovely Planet
Lovely Planet
I saw a review describe Neon White as "Lovely Planet but worse and with anime stuff". I can now say that Lovely Planet is just Neon White but 300% more infuriating
Strider
Strider
At odds with itself
4-Lung Boy
4-Lung Boy
Golden Boy, Born To Love and Live For Joy, I'm a Golden Boy
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
Charming and cozy
Thirty Flights of Loving
Thirty Flights of Loving
Ok I guess
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Great stuff
Vanquish
Vanquish
Couldnt stick the landing unfortunately
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
I simultaneously respect Kane And Lynch for what its trying to do, kinda, whilst also never wanting to put myself through 3 hours of dull cover shooting
Dark Void
Dark Void
Starts out as a mediocre uncharted clone with some verticality, then it starts to get sort of good but I despise the dogfighting controls and those are apparently the highlight of this game so fuck that
Darkest of Days
Darkest of Days
Somehow, mowing down confederate soldiers with futuristic weaponry just isnt enough to compensate for the tedium and shittiness
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls
Replay. Every time I play demon souls I love it and hate it even more than last time
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
A game too good for its own...good
Torus Trooper
Torus Trooper
Good vibes
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Look, I'll probably play it again at some point, cause I quite liked the first few hours I played, but its so fucking buggy man. Like my ass got trapped at the explosion on the warehouse mission cause a door just wouldnt let me go through even though it was open? There was no way through, it showed a locked icon but the door was open and there were npcs shooting at me. Idk that just really soured me, and I didnt want to start that generally annoying mission all over again
Shenmue
Shenmue
Pretty cool, but kind of a mixed bag
Imperialism
Imperialism
I love Imperialism!
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris & Dr. Mario
no
Solaris
Solaris
This is absolutely insanely ambitious for Atari 2600 and disproves my intuition that no 2600 would be all that complex to require a guide. Insane. Also dope cover art
Deus Ex Machina
Deus Ex Machina
Like when I watched Eraserhead : How boring for such a weird thing
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong
An Impressive attempt at a port, but I would much rather just play the arcade
Asteroids
Asteroids
Controls have a learning curve, but classic
Freeway
Freeway
Lame, honestly
Defender
Defender
Very ambitious, I think its the first game to have horizontal scrolling? Whatever the case it was definitely the one to popularize the concept
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Good stuff
Breakout
Breakout
Timeless classic cooked up by Apple's own Steve Wozniak

2 Comments


1 year ago

Found this list by accident and just wishlisted a bunch of stuff, thanks. =P

1 year ago

@CDX Glad to help


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