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THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE. ANYWAY I THINK SOTE IS JUST SO OVER THE TOP WITH THE MASOCORE FROMSOFT BOSS BULLSHIT THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES DETRACT FROM THE EXPERIENCE. THAT SAID, GOOD LORD THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE DLC THAT BUILDS UPON THE WORLD AND THEMES OF ELDEN RING IN A FANTASTIC AND SATISFACTORY MANNER, AND CALLING THE DLC WORLD'S SIZE SIMILAR TO LIMGRAVE MIGHT BE THE ONE OF BIGGEST UNDERSTATEMENTS IN VIDEO GAMES. SOTE IS THE GRAND CULMINATION OF FROMSOFT'S SOULS ARC, IMO, AND BASICALLY FEELS LIKE THE PEAK OF WHAT THIS GAMEPLAY STYLE CAN BE. I HOPE THEY CAN GET A FRESH START AGAIN ONE DAY, BUT THIS IS A GREAT PIECE TO END ON...IF IT WASN'T FOR THE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NIGHTREIGN SO LET'S JUST SEE
THERE WERE TWO CULT GAMES THAT TOOK A DECADE OR SO AND A REAL ROLLERCOASTER OF A DEV CYCLE DUE TO EXTRANEOUS EVENTS TO RELEASE THEIR SEQUELS COMING OUT THIS YEAR: STALKER AND DRAGON'S DOGMA. IMO, STALKER 2 IS THE BETTER OF THEM, EVEN IF I'M ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THAT THIS GAME WAS PARTLY DEVELOPED IN A LITERAL FUCKING WARZONE. STALKER 2 MANAGES TO CAPTURE SO MUCH OF THE FEEL OF THE OLD GAMES DESPITE SO MANY PEOPLE DOUBTING IT WOULD DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE USUAL BOOGEYMAN OF MODERN GAME TROPES, AND YES, I'M FACTORING IN ALL THE BUGS AND THE CURRENT VERSION OF STALKER'S A-LIFE FEATURE WHICH I DO HONESTLY THINK IS PRETTY OVERRATED AS A CONCEPT. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS GAME IS HOW THE IDEA OF STALKER ITSELF IS FETISHIZED BY ITS FANBASE MUCH LIKE HOW IN UNIVERSE THE ZONE ITSELF IS FETISHIZED BY THE STALKERS THAT RESIDE IN IT; IT'S A FASCINATING ONION FOR SOCIOLOGISTS. ALSO GAME IS VERY GOOD, WARTS AND ALL. I'M EXCITED FOR IT TO GET EVEN BETTER OVER TIME THANKS TO CONTINUING SUPPORT AND MODS
THIS MIGHT COME SECOND TO STALKER 2 BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG, DD2 IS STILL A HELL OF A GAME AND AN UNCOMPROMISING VISION OF WHAT ITSUNO AND TEAM INTENDED WHEN PORTRAYING A SIMULATIONIST FANTASY ADVENTURE. GIANT MONSTER BRAWLS AND USING PHYSICS TO SCREW OVER IDIOTS OWNS SO MUCH. THAT SAID YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT DESPITE EVERYTHING THEY STILL WANTED MORE TIME TO WORK ON IT, SO HERE'S HOPING THAT WITH ITSUNO'S DEPARTURE CAPCOM IS STILL INTERESTED IN PUSHING OUT A DARK ARISEN-ESQUE DLC FOR IT
TRIUMPH SURE EARNED THEIR NAME WITH THIS GAME, WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVING ONGOING SUPPORT REGARDING ITS SYSTEMS AND DOING SO WELL WITH RETENTION THAT IN A SERIES FIRST, IT IS GETTING A SECOND WAVE OF DLC. AOW4 STILL OWNS AND IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STRATEGY GAMES EVER
VICTORIA 3 FINALLY GOT A BIG OVERHAUL THIS YEAR AND IMO IS NOW WORTHY OF A PROPER PLACE IN A GOTY LIST. ONCE AGAIN, VICKY IS ONE OF THE MOST NICHE GAMES IN THE STRATEGY SPACE, EMPHASIZING INTERNAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER OUT AND OUT WARFARE, AND THE UPDATES THIS YEAR HAVE DONE A LOT TOWARDS FLESHING OUT THE WHOLE IMPERIAL BASTARD DOMINATION THING OF THE ERA. IT IS SO TUNED TO MY INTERESTS THAT I PLAYED THREE GAMES OF IT IN A ROW, AND CONSIDERING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FINISH A GAME OF VICKY 3, THAT IS CRAZY
THIS ISN'T THE GAME I WANTED, I WANTED PATH OF ACHRA. PLEASE STEP IT UP GIANT BOMB WIKI. ANYWAY, PATH OF ACHRA IS A ROGUELIKE GAME SET IN A FANTASY BRONZE -> IRON AGE, LEANING HEAVILY INTO RELIGIOUS MYTHS. IT'S GOT VIBES OUT THE WAZOO, BUT MORE IMPORTANT IT IS A ROGUELIKE YOU CAN FINISH IN LIKE 30 MINS BUT ALSO GIVES YOU ENOUGH CONTENT AND SYNERGISTIC OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY GET ALL STRATEGIC ABOUT. IT IS BASICALLY AN OP BUILD SIMULATOR, AND IS RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP FOR WHAT IT IS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
THIS GAME IS THE ONLY FPS I'VE SEEN ACTUALLY MAKE ME SWEAT AND GET ALL LOCKED-IN POST DOOM ETERNAL. FOR THAT, ROBOQUEST DESERVES A SPOT ON THIS LIST. YEAH IT'S CUTESY FOR AN FPS GAME BUT IT IS LEGIT HIGH SPEED, LOW DRAG, AND SKILL-BASED AS FUCK. GAME OWNS
THERE'S ONE GAME I CONSIDER AS A PROPER COMPETITOR TO DWARF FORTRESS IN TERMS OF SIMULATIONIST COLONY SIMS, AND THIS IS IT. AND I DARESAY IT'S HONESTLY A BETTER GAME BECAUSE DF IS MORE ABOUT MAKING THE WORLD AND SIMULATION WORK, THE GAME IS BASICALLY A BONUS. ANYWAY SONGS OF SYX IS A CITY-STATE SIMULATOR AND IS REMARKABLE FOR THE WAY YOU SCALE UP FROM A DOZEN DIRT FARMERS TO A CITY OF THOUSANDS HOLDING SWAY OVER AN EMPIRE, AND HOW THE GAME ACCOMMODATES THIS WONDERFULLY EVEN WITH SOME UI ISSUES. NO OTHER GAME REALLY DOES THIS LEVEL OF GRANULARITY, AND FOR ANY FAN OF CITY BUILDINGS YOU REALLY GOTTA TRY THIS SHIT
GAME STILL OWNS. IT HELPS THAT THREE OF THE SIX DLC LORDS THIS YEAR WERE ONES I WAS INTERESTED IN SO I ENDED UP PLAYING A LOT OF WH3
ON A WHIM I DECIDED TO DO AN XCOM2 AGAIN AND YOU KNOW WHAT: STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACKS FOR A CULT SERIES EVER. WITH HOW THE MOD SCENE HAS MATURED OVER NEARLY A DECADE, I WAS ABLE TO SET UP A MOD LIST THAT BASICALLY DID NEAR EVERYTHING I WANTED AND HAD A REAL FUN ROMP ALL OVER AGAIN. IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T PLAYED XCOM2 AND EXPACK BY NOW...DAMN. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY
