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@axel I can ask Jones to promote this voting on next week's Cup of Jones if you don't mind.

@yoshi Can I nominate my turtle? I've enjoyed playing with it a lot last year.

@yoshi Yes, but we are voting for different category here: Game of the year. Look at this thread's title if you don't believe me.

@yoshi I don't think "new content" is a good marker for eligibility. Should GotY editions that includes DLCs get separate nominations? What about patches that adds tiny bit of content (like radios to Portal) – do they make game eligible again? What about on-going games like Fortnite – should they be constantly eligible?

@yoshi It's just a port with a bit of new content, so it's not eligible. We've already established that such games doesn't count when we discussed Persona 4 Golden.

It feels like 2020 was a year when everyone has their own GotY and runner ups, so any community ranking will produce a random result (replace several participant and outcome will be different). So, this time I see no point in strategic voting and my top 8 is simply my top 8. I’m certain that at least half of my nominees will not receive any votes from others. I can even see all of them not making into top 25. I don’t care. I still love the games I’ve picked and if I’m alone in this, it makes them even more special.

P.S. Sorry @Axel for forcing you to add a few useless lines into your table.

I also thought that gameplay looks rough. There wasn’t fluidity when you chain traversal moves, which looks especially jarring for Sunset Overdrive developer. And enemies felt like they were just doing their routine instead of reacting to the player (some enemies didn't even try to attack).

Visuals are hard to judge via stream, but they don’t look particularly impressive, especially when compared to PC games. Story doesn't look intriguing enough to play just for it. And other technical aspects aren't something I'm excited about.

Basically, for me it's an unremarkable game that can be worth playing, but only for free. So, I'll be waiting until it appears on PS Plus, or until Sony finally introduce PlayStation Game Pass.

P.S. There was too much "haptic feedback" talk during presentation. I get that there's no other way to pass this information, but still...

Cyberpunk 2077

“Name’s V, I’m a Solo. My farther caught a stray bullet when I was six, and my mother was hit by a car when I was nine. Grown up on the street, I quickly learned my way around firearms, which saved my life more than once. One night, when I was fifteen, I tried to rob a drunk Corp and got hit by a gang who had the same idea. When I’ve flatlined them, dumb Corp thought that I’ve came to save him and offered me to do it full time. Becoming a suit seemed better than what I had, so I said yes. For the next 11 years I was doing dirty work for my boss and enjoyed benefits that came with it. Then he went against wrong people and I’ve lost my job, my home, and all my savings. At least, they weren’t interested in learning how many men is needed to zero me, and I’m not interested in giving them a reason to reconsider by trying to get it all back. If anything, I’ve learned that it’s better to be just another name in fixer’s phonebook, than to be just another name in Night City’s Columbarium.”

I don't think that there are/will be very influential games, because we are now much more focused on diversifying gaming experiences. Sure, some games will keep taking pages from some previous games, but I doubt we will see everyone copying something. Battle Royale became the biggest new thing a few years ago and numerous competitive games are still released without this mode.

@jdincinerator I, personally, almost always see limited time events as a desperation move. I think that if a game is strong enough, it doesn't need this kind of artificial attention creation to be talked about. Sometimes it's reasonable (some event to showcase indie-games for example), but when this is done for some AAA franchise, I immediately start to suspect that something is wrong with its newest entry.

Probably my take isn't a common one and it's makes sense for publishers to lose customers like me to get those who always lean towards new hotness.

The fact that you have only a short time window and only a limited time within the game is a complete bullshit. Capcom basically tells me: "Look, man, we are the most important thing in your life! Build your schedule around our game, tell your family that you have more important things to do, if they’ll need you while you are playing our demo. And even if the stars align and nothing urgent distract you while playing, we still want you to be anxious about time limit instead of simply enjoying playing our game”.

I must admit, this was a good demo that would sell me on the game otherwise, but when someone who doesn’t know me tells me how to live my life, I have zero interest in anything this someone is offering me.

@phbz The only difference of playing solo, probably, is that you will not get a chance to be revived, so if you go down, it's a restart. There were several encounters, where I've died 10 times before succeeding, but I always felt like I can do it without lowering the difficulty. I did all side quests, but I think that I still would be fine even if I didn't.

Finished the game. I think final revelations take a bit too much time and therefore aren't as interesting as they could be, but overall it's a good action RPG. Played entire game alone on default difficulty and I've never had to stop my progress for grinding, which is excellent. The post-game combat challenges are clearly designed for multiplayer grinding, which is not my cup of tea. But, as far as I can tell, it's solid too.

In short, Outriders isn't a GotY material, but a strong contender for my personal top 10 of the year.

Get ready for PS5 price raise, guys and girls! Sony sneakily added $40 to the price tag for both versions of PS5 in Russia. The currency conversion course hasn't changed since Sep 2020, so it's not like they are adjusting local price to match global price. They just raised global price.

To make things worse, Sony also cancelled previously placed pre-orders in their official store (including those that were made even before PS5 launch) because they "can't fulfill them". So those, who were waiting for months to get their console will not just have to pay more, they will have to return to the start of the waiting line.

@bam541 Interesting. I've played Outriders for 25 hours already and none of its dialogs sounded bad in any way. In fact, solid script and performances made me care about multiple key characters. Yes, it's not The Last of Us Part II level of performance, but it's on par with your typical RPG.

Full disclosure: I'm playing localized version and haven't tried original, but in 99% of cases Russian dub isn't better than English VO.

Pop-Tart: Deathloop
With Dishonored 1 & 2 Arkane proved that they know how to make stealth games that don't feel too slow at times, so I have full confidence that Deathloop will be extremely fun to play. Keeping fingers crossed for it being on Game Pass for PC day 1.

Toaster Strudel: Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
No matter what BioWare do, there will be some fans thinking that they updated it too much and some fans thinking that they didn't update it enough. Personally, I'm disappointed that Mass Effect 3 will not have its original ending, which I love deeply and dearly.

Made a little video to celebrate Easy Allies’ 5th anniversary:

Youtube Video

@brannox I support Hall of Fame idea. Mods?

And this is my list:

1. Dragon Age: Origins
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
3. Brütal Legend
4. Flower
5. Batman: Arkham Asylum
6. Assassin's Creed II
7. Trine
8. Borderlands

The only game that didn’t make into top 20 is Trine. Can’t say much about it, and I haven’t returned to the series after 2, but I remember liking it.

Oh, wow, I’ve voted for both of these games. Well…

Batman: Arkham Asylum is my #5. I’m not a big Batman fan, so Batman: Arkham Asylum was just another 3rd-person action adventure for me. I think I even played its demo, got bored, and dismissed it. Then I’ve bought both it and Batman Arkham City dirt-cheap in 2012. It was OK, but one moment was exceptional (spoilers):

when I thought I’ve lost all my progress due to a glitch I’ve immediately powered down my PC to avoid rewriting auto-save. Considering that even horror games, like Outlast, usually fail to scary me, I can say only one thing: well done, Scarecrow.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is my #2. At that time, I was very impressed with its trailers – marketing a game as a blockbuster movie was completely new for me. And I was equally impressed with game’s set-pieces, particularly the train sequence. It’s a quality entertainment from start to finish. Most likely it will not impress me in 2021, but a decade ago there weren’t anything better.