
Adding to that the game was shadowed by controversy surrounding potential white-washing, as well as some headline grabbing views held by it’s lead developer in regards to GamerGate. What turned me off however, were clunky controls, slow pacing, glitchy AI, and a terribly implemented save system.

It comes in with a high amount of praise in it’s attempt to deliver(ance) a hyper realistic simulation of medieval life. In the end though, my Biggest Disappointment needs to go to Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It definitely kept me invested to see the challenge through to the end credits.īiggest Disappointment: Kingdom Come: Deliverance I guess it looks niceīattle for Azeroth could have been the obvious choice here, and for good reasons.

However in addition to that, I was also smacked across the face with a surprisingly poignant tale of dealing with mental health and overcoming inner demons. I picked this up early expecting a fun, albeit difficult platformer in the Super Meat Boy lineage. While there were a few solid options that this could have arguably gone to, Celeste takes it home by sheer fact that it was just so… unexpected. I hope you like weird Japanese shit as much as seem to have. I missed out on potential GOTY candidates such as Spider Boy, God of Boy, Red Boy Redemption, and even Super WaLuigi Bros Ultimate. If that wasn’t enough, being primarily a card carrying member of the PC Master Race my experience will be decidedly different from most of the rest of the Fuchsia crew, and I think my choices will bear that out. Hell, I’m not even sure if I have 10 games released this calendar year to give a fair shake to, in order to make this list and am fairly sure that cheating will be involved. Choosing instead to dive headlong into the deep end of some adventures that really chewed up the hours.

Rather than play a wide swath of what the gaming scene had to offer – dipping my toes into the pool of whatever hot new thing seemed to be trending on any given day – I spent most of my time playing just a few select titles a lot. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSĢ018 was a weird year for me, gaming wise.
