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My favorite game of all time
2018
This review contains spoilers
One of my favorite games of all time. I remember playing this game right after it launched and while I enjoyed it, I didn't think it would be something that stuck with me for years and years. About a year later, I came back and decided to start casually speedrunning the game. I was never all that serious about it, but I enjoyed watching my time get lower and lower for the runs I attempted. Then another year or two later, I picked up the game again and decided to try a complete playthrough. At this point, I hadn't even played The Core or any post-game content at all. It took me a bit, but I finally beat all the B-sides, C-sides, and The Farewell. It was a feeling unlike anything I had ever experienced in a game. I still come back once or twice a year and just do a quick playthrough because I love it so much. As someone who never replays games, Celeste is truly something special to me.
2016
Absolutely adore this game. The puzzles are all so creative and fun to try and figure out. The late-game content is also something truly special.
Besides the fact that I absolutely adore this game's story and gameplay, The Last of Us Part 2 will always be special to me for another reason. I remember when this game first launched at the start of covid, my dad happened to be in the room with me. He wanted to see what this game that I had been talking about for months was like. I showed him a recap video for the first game and he sat and watched the first couple of hours of this. After, he asked me to not play any further unless he was watching. So for the next week, he would sit in the living room with all the blinds shut and just watch me play for a few hours a day until I beat the game. We were both incredibly engrossed in this game. Now that we are removed from the peak of covid and I no longer live near my dad, this is a memory I think back to often. These are the types of moments that I hope I will one day get to have with my own children. I will forever be grateful that this game exists.
Truly such a special game. For an entire month after this came out, my best friend and I would just play this game while on voice chat and talk about how incredible it was.
2021
One of my favorite mobile games. I have been playing this off and on for the past year and a half, but I always find a reason to come back. The gameplay is addictive, the updates are consistent, and it never falls into the mobile game monetization problems
Absolutely gorgeous and incredibly fun to play.
Takes what worked in the first game and just improves on it. So much fun
2017
One of the few games that I have played through multiple times. Adore everything about this. Some of my favorite 2D level design in games that I've played
2010
I really wished they included this in the Mario Switch collection because I would have definitely replayed this.
One of the first games that I played through when I originally bought my ps4 back in 2018. Such fun gameplay and a really enjoyable story overall.
2018
This game probably almost slips into my top 5 of all time. Impeccable gameplay and tons of content to sink your teeth into for many many hours
The absolute best the Shovel Knight games have to offer. Never got to play the final campaign for this series, but Specter of Torment takes the best from base Shovel Knight and adds an incredible 2d movement system that makes the game so much fun to play.
2017
This game constantly kept surprising me as I played through it. One of the few games which I've truly completed to 100%
Can't believe that this came out over a decade ago. Very important game for me growing up