2023 Games of The Year

My list of games of the year, not ranked.
The ones that i played, not that launched this year.

Finished between 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023

List of Categories:
1. Game of The Year
2. Best Narrative
3. Best Story
4. Best Art Direction
5. Best Soundtrack
6. Best Indie
7. Best Action/Adventure
8. Best Visual Novel
9. Best RPG
10. Worst/Disappointing Game
11. Unexpected Game
12. Best Character
13. Most Anticipated 2024 Game

Game of The Year!!!
Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3!!!
No game this year made me feel like XC3. Amazing characters, deep story, spectacular OST, fun gameplay... There is no ending of how much i love this game, it become one of my Top 3 and i will remember him for my entire life. Future Redeemed finishes the trilogy with a golden key. One of the best chronicles i had the pleasure to play.
"If The World Holds Our Lives Back, I'll End It. It's As Simple As That."
Honorable Mentions:
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
- Elden Ring
- Alan Wake II
Best Narrative!!!
Winner: Alan Wake II!!!
No one does a narrative like Remedy, and that's why they are so special and unique. Alan Wake II brings together the gameplay with the live action scenes, and does a storytelling only Remedy can make. One of a kind.
Honorable Mentions:
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Hours
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Steins;Gate
- Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Best Story!!!
Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3!!!
Nothing prepares you for what XC3 brings. Chapter 5/6 is one of the most well written moments i played in my life, and even if it gets a little cold after it, it's still a closure of the trilogy, together with Future Redeemed, that not a lot of stories can achieve. Takahashi finished his masterpiece.
Honorable Mentions:
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin
- Steins;Gate
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
- Alan Wake
- Alan Wake II
- Persona 5 Tactica
Best Art Direction!!!
Winner: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony!!!
Another hard one. Hi-Fi Rush has a perfect art direction, but I liked Danganronpa V3 better. Every counter, every trial, every moment, beautiful. A hard win, but still a win.
Honorable Mentions:
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Hi-Fi Rush (The second place in my heart <3)
- The Messenger
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Elden Ring
- Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
- Hollow Knight
- Sea of Stars
- Alan Wake II
- Persona 5 Tactica
- Xenoblade Chronicles X
Best Soundtrack!!!
Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3!!!
Nothing could beat the flutes in this game from piercing my soul. The best OST from the year it launched, unquestionable. Moebius battle... Words that never reached you... Carrying the weight of life... so many amazing songs, and I am not even talking about THAT one from Future Redeemed. A perfect fusion of XC 1 and 2, creating the emotions you need to dive into this beautiful world.
Honorable Mentions:
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Zero Escape: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
- Hi-Fi Rush
- The Messenger
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin
- Steins;Gate
- Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Alan Wake II
- Persona 5 Tactica
Best Indie!!!
Winner: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut!!!
I didn't played a lot of indies this year, so this one was a whatever i liked more, lol. But still, Disco is an amazing game for those who want to dive into.
Honorable Mentions:
- The Messenger
- Hollow Knight
Best Action/Adventure!!!
Winner: Elden Ring!!!
From Software surprised me with how good Elden Ring is. I loved (almost) every second of my adventure. Get up Tarnished, let's die for Malenia again.
Honorable Mentions:
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Portal
- Portal 2
Best Visual Novel!!!
Winner: Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors!!!
This one was hard. I love Danganronpa 2 and 999, but i think i praise more how well rounded and complete 999 is. Both are amazing and the best VN i played, but to this award, 999 takes the prize.
Honorable Mentions:
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Steins;Gate
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Best RPG!!!
Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3!!!
Well, even if i did not have played a lot of RPGs this year, XC3 is definately the best one. Amazing combat, fun to change classes, and cool progression. The best game of the trilogy, and of course, the best RPG of them.
Honorable Mentions:
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Elden Ring
- Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Worst/Dissapointing Game!!!
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild!!!

Yeah Nintendo fanboys, throw the stones at me BRING IT ON. BOTW is not a bad game, and definately not the worst i played this year, but it's not even 10% of what people praise him for. Ubisoft has better open worlds... If it was not made by Nintendo, no one would remember him.

Honorable Mentions:
- Yakuza 4
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
- Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition
- Soul Hackers 2
- Sea of Stars
- Eternights (The real WORST game i played this year)
- Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Unexpected Game!!!
Winner: Alan Wake 2!!!

After playing Alan Wake and Control, and even if liked the lore i hate the game, so it was really a big surprise of how much i love Alan Wake 2, considering my low expectations. It's a masterpiece!

Honorable Mentions:
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
- Hi-Fi Rush
- The Messenger
- Portal
Best Character!!!

Winner: Kazuma Kiryu!

The year i played 7 Yakuzas could not end without him being my best character of the year. Kiryu is amazing, and please, play Yakuza. Gaiden was his peak for me, so here he is representing my boy.

Honorable Mentions:
- Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
- Shuichi Saihara (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
- Kaito Momota (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)
- Eunie (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
- Taion (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
- N (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
- Matthew (Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed)
- Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed)
- Giga Chad Rex (Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed)
- Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate)
- Ichiban Kasuga (Yakuza: Like A Dragon)
- Alan Wake (Alan Wake 2)

The Most Anticipated 2024 Game!!!

Winner: Persona 3 Reload!!!

Even though i want to see the next (and probably last) chapter in Kiryu's saga, i don't want to play the game lol, so P3 Reload wins!!!

Honorable Mentions:
- Like A Dragon Infinite Weath
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

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