2021

A must play for puzzle fans, Lingo is a creative game, the kind that I was missing since The Witness. But where I have my gripes with The Witness, this game excels. It has the non euclidean world of Antichamber with the creative and challenging puzzles of The Witness. This game has me repeating words out loud until I finally have the brilliant ah-ha! moment where I finally figure it out.

This game has ignited my love for plastic guitar rhythm games, and I am forever saddened in the closing of ScoreSpy--the version of this game with leaderboards. However, this is very much like Guitar Hero 3 in terms of mechanics, and is a must play for rhythm game fans.

Oh boy, Arknights. The game where I think I drive my friends mad by talking about its music too much. Before I get into gameplay, the soundtrack--both in and out of game--is one of the best I've heard in a videogame. With a huge range of styles, Arknights has literally hundreds of amazing songs I listen to frequently.
It is a very fun tower defense, with pretty generous f2p mechanics for a gacha game. It is a gacha game, however, so I can't fully recommend it, but if you are okay with those kind of games check this one out.

BTD6 is a great time for Tower Defense fans. It has deep mechanics and a ton of towers and upgrades. I don't play it much anymore but I still love watching YouTubers play challenges and watching fun mods.

While The LEGO Movie Video Game is my favorite due to my personal history with the game, LEGO City Undercover is my favorite overall game in the wide LEGO series. It has a huge open world with tons of collectables--but once you get into it, going for 100% is less daunting than it appears. A great time for any LEGO fan.

I love Just Cause 3. Its a great game to return to after playing it years ago, and it offers so much in the way of destruction--both visually and mechanically. You can roll up to a town in a tank, shooting down chaos objects, or you can take a plane and crash it into a water tower.

I haven't played in a while, but I easily put hundreds of hours into this game. It's a phenomenon I can scarcely explain, and while I have run out of steam for this game, its an addictive cycle that you won't regret a second of.

Xenoblade 3's DLC, Future Redeemed, is an incredibly different style to the base game. Combat and exploration are both altered, in ways that make it incredibly fun to explore and fight. If you like the Xenoblade series, especially all three games, this is a must play.

The Origami King is not the return to form many Paper Mario fans desired. But what we got instead was a joyous world to explore with a hilarious cast of characters and an enjoyable story. The battle mechanics are not your traditional TTYD or PM64 badge and partner system, but the literal turn-based combat stays decently challenging the whole way through.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the quintessential Paper Mario. This game mastered the combat, and is incredibly fun to explore. However, it is held back by it's dated linear level design--where most areas feel like hallways. But, on a first playthrough or even your second, it stands out as having one of the most unique battle systems I've seen in an RPG.

You don't need me to tell you that this game is amazing just play it you'll find out soon enough