by totalpatoot
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[Switch] Got convinced to buy this, and I'm happy I was. However, I did not finish it as it isn't the most *engaging* game of those I've played this year. But, it's cute and unique.
[Switch] This game blew me away initially as something of a medieval spiritual successor to Advance Wars. It's got a ton of flavor and likable characters, as well as tons of variety in maps and unit combinations. Sometimes it feels like a giant chess game that I've lost 10-15 turns before actually losing, which can be frustrating, but that's something inherent to this type of game, I think. Just like a Starcraft or Warcraft, if your units are caught out and you lose a bunch of resources, it's hard to recover. Overall, I love this game, and I love playing by correspondence with friends. We use the pointing finger emoji 👉 to convey when we're done with our turns, and it works well enough. Would be great if they built it into the game somehow, but not sure how they'd do this cross-platform. Also this game is cross-platform! Which is a really nice, as I do play with someone on PC.
[Switch] I am not good at Tetris, but this is so unique and fun with the little time I've spent with it. Glad it exists.
[PC] I think Apex caught a LOT of people by surprise, and I'm no exception. I never played Titanfall 2, but now I know I need to if it feels anything like playing Apex Legends. This game has taken the spot that Overwatch held for a solid 3 years as the multiplayer shooter I'd always come back to when I wanted to play a fun shooter. I already liked battle royale games like PUBG and I'd played a bit of Fortnite, but Apex stole their thunder with ease. This is definitely my favorite shooter of the year and my favorite of the battle royale games out there right now.
[PC] Earlier this year I visited Iron Galaxy in downtown Chicago, and where I had played games like Divekick and some of their ports in the past, I never got around to Videoball. Where I haven't had the pleasure of playing against a human opponent, I thoroughly enjoyed a couple hours of the single player this year. It's another game that has intuitive mechanics that make it easy to jump in quickly, but they also go deep enough that I can see high-level play getting really interesting. I'd be happy to play a round of this against anyone, any time.
[PS3] I didn't even know they made a PS3 version of this game until early this year and bought this on a whim. I've only played a few hours, but intend to get back in and play soon to experience this game to the fullest. It's got so much style and simply oozes character.
[PS3] DANG. What a weird, beautiful thing this game is. Like, can you believe they basically lifted the mechanics of Risk of Rain, a 2D game, and just made a 3D game that feels almost exactly the same and completely different at the same time? I mean, it's wild. I haven't spent much time with this outside the couple dozen runs I did with a friend early on, but I plan to play lots more.
[PC] I've continued playing this since December 2018. It's been almost a year since they released in Early Access on the Epic Games Store and they have continued to deliver super interesting, game-changing updates regularly throughout 2019. I look forward to each update. I "beat" the game at each stage of development as they went on adding new zones and bosses. They now have it to where you can escape Hades (the core mission in the story), and I have yet to do so, but I'm kinda glad I'm still banging my head against this game. It's good enough and plays well enough that I'll happily lose again and again to experience a new way to play each time (this is a roguelike, of course). Can't wait til the 1.0 release so some of my friends can jump in and experience how great the fourth entry from Supergiant Games is.
[Switch] Despite the load times, it's a lovingly crafted remaster of a game I grew up playing with a particular group of family friends. I'll always cherish this game and I love how little they've touched it aside from adding a few optional things here and there. I'll look forward to playing more online with my dad in the months and years to come.
