10 Games That Probably Suck
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I haven't had as much fun with any single game this year quite like Jazzpunk. It might only be amazing in one run, but that 2 hour stretch of time was the best thing I've experienced all year.
Take two parts Ultima 7, one part Lands of Lore, and throw in a pinch of humor and you've got the best RPG of this year. The encounters and creativity of everything in the game makes it a strong contender for GOTY. It's also probably the best RPG in the last five years, if I'm being honest.
Fun from top to bottom. It's incredibly stupid for 90% of the game and the other 10% is really ham-handed melodrama, but this is an amazing game nonetheless.
This would be higher had I actually finished it this year. As with many of these tile-based blobbers I hesitate to call it an RPG and would rather lump it in with a puzzle game with adventure elements. And y'know what? It's really, really good.
Despite a plethora of issues - mostly relating to PvP balance - I think Dark Souls II deserves a little recognition here for sapping 100+ hours of my life this year.
It's XCOM. I love XCOM, and though this has some serious longevity issues after around 20 hours into your campaigns, I can't get enough friggin' XCOM.
I hate putting an Early Access game here, but I've honestly enjoyed every second of this game that I've put in. I'll forever miss the headless shadow, though.
Another RPG that could have been absolute trash, but thankfully came out pretty okay. The recycled assets are totally fine in the context of a very fun world to explore. I wish the encounter design wasn't just middling...
It has a deathly, weighty atmosphere that I generally don't like in my games, but This War of Mine is also one of the most compelling sim-likes that I've ever played. If I finished it before the year was out it might make it higher on my list.
This at least deserves a mention, I think. In part it's because I haven't played that many new games this year. It's not very good, and that makes me sad, but Wasteland 2 definitely makes a few strong attempts with good flavor text and decent encounters. Sadly, literally everything else ranges from just okay to quite unbearable.