game of the decade

Submitted by devtesla in killallgames (edited )

it's Picross 3D: Round 2

runners up:

  1. Dark Souls
  2. Undertale
  3. Super Mario Odyssey
  4. Dragon Quest XI
  5. Hitman (2016)
  6. Disco Elysium
  7. Nuclear Throne
  8. Shovel Knight
  9. Ai: The Somnium Files
  10. Death Stranding
  11. Tetris Effect
  12. Baba Is You
  13. Nier: Automata
  14. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series
  15. Night in the Woods
  16. Shenzhen I/O
  17. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
  18. Firewatch
  19. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  20. Tales of Berseria
  21. Return of the Obra Dinn
  22. Dragon Quest Builders 2
  23. VVVVVV
  24. Fire Emblem Three Houses

(minecraft and spelunky left off the list because I played them before 2010)
(Outer Wilds is at 26)
(Rhythm Heaven Fever is at 27)
(Machinarium is at 28)
(Hollow Knight is at 29)
(Special award to The Yakuza Series)

Edit: Put in Baba Is You at 12, bumping off Machinarium. Rhythm Heaven Fever put into overflow.

Edit Edit: Went with my heart

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devtesla OP wrote

FUCK I thought Rhythm Heaven Fever was in the 00s, replace Machinarium with that. Sorry Amanita

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Dogmantra wrote

it's actually dawngate, but nice list

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voxpoplar wrote

I can't remember what I ate for lunch I don't know when the fuck anything was released

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oolong wrote

did picross 3d win last decade's best game?

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neku wrote

i played tales of berseria not so long ago and it honestly seemed pretty standard to me. i dont understand why people like it so much

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Moonside wrote

Replying to voxpoplar (#8,474)

Same, but honestly these best of the decade lists also show how out of the loop I am with arts and media. For example I'm currently playing through Fallout 2 (1998) and on the fourth season of King of the Hill (1999-2007). I don't regret it as it's fun to go back to old things that are out of the zeitgeist and see that they're good too, still.

I don't really know where to get introduced to good contemporary stuff in a way that doesn't bore or revolt me. Fannish hype of social media is a turn off, like I absolutely don't want to know anything Star Wars related unless Hbomberguy lands a video defending the prequels. I don't want to know about what MCU or Disney+ means for diversity/contemporary politics/whatever, not as a blanket dismissal of a topic, but I don't need to know about it. Criticism is an industry and has long been one, but now I can't be arsed to consume it.

I mostly post to unburden my mind of the things it's been bothered by, so let just this be the occasion to say out loud that I will ignore all podcast, streaming and TV recommendations next year and clear my to be read and watch later lists as well. I'll cultivate my Library of Stuff (because the decade taught me that physical media is occasionally very good) instead and go out to events more.

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devtesla OP wrote

Replying to neku (#8,478)

Tales games are about hanging out with cool animes and Berseria has the best cast and constantly gives you interesting and varied hangout moments. It also plays a trick where your actions can be seen as heroic or villainous depending on which perspective you take, and it's really impressive that it managed this while still having forward momentum. Good game

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emma wrote

vvvvvv always struck me as a "game of the previous decade" game, as it got leaked to every flash hosting site in 2009

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