2019
half a year after playing and this game seriously hasn’t left my head. i havent thought about cyberpunk for a second since i put it down just over i think a week ago and i think about outer wilds at least once every other day. in hindsight, i was really, really salty that i spoiled myself on the biggest puzzles, and still am, but the overall unique and impactful experience this game gave me was next level. in hindsight Outer Wilds is an exceptionally well designed game where the gameplay and narrative are so tightly woven that they are inseparable. it uses it’s mechanics to slowly, subtly, and deeply sit its themes into your your experience, making it all the more immersive and thought provoking. it’s so well designed that it’s honestly mind-blowing. it utilizes its medium to its maximum potential, giving me similar feelings to undertale, hollow knight, and omori. think if i wasnt spoiled on the base game’s reveals it may be a possible 10
seriously convinced me that FICTION IS REAL BECAUSE OF HOW IT CHANGES YOU AS A PERSON idc what anybody says this game is fucking incredible the best main cast of any DR and the best overall story
2017
Probably the most well written story in gaming. Both Nier games have the ability to make me feel a very palpable despair that I have not experienced in media otherwise.
super duper fun the game is a collection of great boss fights with some awesome progression until you get to like alatreon. still have to fight fatalis
Originally watched berleezy play this and then played it with friends, us all voice acting the characters. Though it was fun both times, this game seriously pales in comparison to its sequels.
2010
such a crazy amount of fun when I was a kid. Beat the story on every difficulty multiple times, at least a few hundred hours in forge, exhausted firefight for everything it was worth, and made some serious memories in both online and local multiplayer. Just an incredible AAA game on all fronts, with so much FUN content that it's insane by today's standards. They simply don't make em like this anymore.
2013
though i think the single player here is lackluster, i got into smogon competitive with this game and it was so damn fun
There was a two and a half year stretch when I would have told you that melee was my favorite game of all time. It seriously consumed my entire life, from practicing to competing to enjoying it as a spectator and even watching the podcast of my favorite commentators. I wrote my college essays on melee. I viewed my favorite players as idols, and my least favorites as the devil. Some of my favorite memories in high school are tied to melee. I don't even remember much of my junior year, which should have been the most stressful, because melee was such a big part of my life. I loved the scene so much that when I saw it changing in a direction i didn't like I couldn't bring myself to continue following it. I know I was being a baby, but it genuinely broke my heart to see leffen hbox armada be the best players in the world. I damn near quit melee cold turkey, and now I'm so far removed from the scene that I can't even re-enter it.
2024
fun fighting game! What I'm realizing is that being into a fighting game casually is impossible nowadays, and that keeps me from playing this much.
My personal favorite and most nostalgic Pokemon game. At a time, my favorite game of all time as well. To this day I believe the Gen 3 hoenn games had the greatest sense of adventure and balance between player agency and handholding.
2024
A little over halfway through this one and it's really good I just don't like tartarus and that's making it difficult for me to finish it. Solid story so far with well executed themes, just need to finish it.
DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR end ending E is probably the best ending to any video game ever?
My favorite AAA game of all time. What astounds me about Skyrim is ever since I played it in 2013, it has stuck in my mind ever since, and I play it even more nowadays than I did back then. As I've grown older, I've become much more critical of the game's flaws, but something about this game keeps me crawling back. Been into the modding scene for Skyrim for a few years now, and it's been some of the most fun I've had in gaming.
2011
best progression system in any game ever. endlessly fun it surprises me more games aren't inspired by terraria, or maybe they are just they don't do what terraria does as well as terraria.
2016
My first real foray into fromsoft. Some of my favorite level design ever, and I seriously mean that because many of the areas are burned into the back of my mind.