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Here I was planning to skip black Friday, but I saw a bunch of Switch deals while playing Pokemon during thanksgiving and broke down. Everything here was on switch except one.

• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Steam)
• Valkyria Chronicles 1
• Turok 2
• Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered
• CTR Nitro-Fueled
• Lego Harry Potter collection
• Travis Strikes Again NMH

All told it was under $100 and this'll keep me busy for a long time.

you do you, but I've always found that selling the games myself is a much better value than going through gamestop or other used stores that do trade ins. Especially if you aren't in a hurry, using ebay or mercari or something else will get you some more money. Just some food for thought.

First episode was alright. Decent background for playing FF14. Not really big into Star Wars though, I care a lot more about the upcoming Marvel shows which is the main reason I subbed. That and the back catalog of shows and movies.

I picked Sobble because he needs to be protected at all costs

1. Control

2. The Outer Worlds

3. RE2

4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

5. MK11

6. Void Bastards

7. Bloodstained

8. Devil May Cry 5

9. Judgement

10. Apex Legends

Dark Horses:

• Luigi's Mansion 3
• Kingdom Hearts 3 (I think Jan might be able to get it to number 10)
• Mario Maker 2

it's a lot better, but we'll always have :whygod

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. I was hoping it’d have more staying power but playing it just feels like a grindy chore to me. The story mode was fun to run through at least though.

@redcream: It is but they've lifted those kinds of restrictions for GOTY after what happened with PUBG. I think RoR2 is worth mentioning in at least a few categories.

They'll complain that it was a weak year for games while downplaying or ignoring some of the best games that came out this year. It's fine though I still love 'em. Other than the ones already mentioned I think Risk of Rain 2 is going to fall by the wayside, but will probably be in my personal top ten.

I finished it last night and it's a delightful little romp through a well crafted world in a first person kinda gameplay loop. It isn't up there with New Vegas in terms of writing or scope, but the proof of concept is solid and they should make more and flesh out that world. Great companions, quests, and I enjoyed the build variety which allowed me to get a little creative in how I tackled stuff.

To weigh in on the great RPG debate of the year I started Disco Elysium today and after a few hours, the writing and choices are way better but I don't think it's fair to compare the two just because they came out in the same month.

Comparing Planescape: Torment to New Vegas, for example: two RPGs with the same head writer, but with vastly different gameplay mechanics. The writing in P:T is a lot stronger on the whole and it deals with heavier themes (while having shitty combat), while New Vegas has more of an even split between gameplay and writing. I'm only 5 hours or so into Disco Elysium but it's clear they don't care about combat AT ALL, while I'd say combat builds and gunplay are a part of the draw to Outer Worlds. I had a lot of fun just running around and doing quests while shooting monsters and marauders, something DE can't give me.

All I'm really saying is they're both very good games with different strengths. If DE sticks the landing it'll probably be my GOTY. From what other people are saying though I'm glad I finished Outer Worlds before starting DE, because bouncing between them sounds miserable. I try to avoid doing that with RPGs.