@dmcmaster And then it ends up being Glover 2.

@tokeeffe9 Please stop posting these.

I'm joking about that, but I do refuse to even play the ones I'm interested in, because I want their storefront to fail when it is so vastly inferior to Steam. Plus, I never asked for another storefront in the first place. Plus, they're being assholes and buying exclusives like with what happened with Metro. I know competition is good, but please burn to the ground Epic Games Store. Fortnite is cool. Stick to that.

@dmcmaster Please be Scalebound. Please be Scalebound. Please be Scalebound.

@axel Nah, it is fine for him to be let down. I'm let down certain things I was hoping to get updates on didn't pan out. Nintendo didn't talk about improving their online at all, didn't announce the SNES games we all know exist anyways, still certain things just MIA, but I'm just also more happy about the surprises we did get to the point where I'm able to push away how let down I am over the rest.

Rune Factory 5 is a miracle, Super Mario Maker 2 looks solid so far and isn't that far away, they sort of implied there's more significant updates coming to Smash Ultimate than just balance changes and things involving the Fighter Pass, Dragon Quest XI S kind of has something similar to the cool feature the 3DS game had, fun little Crafted World demo to hold me til March, Daemon X Machina demo to get a taste of that too, new game by Platinum that looks nuts, and a Zelda remake with a fun style that suits it.

Gonna be a bummer waiting even longer for solid info on Animal Crossing Switch and the release date for that and Crystal Chronicles, probably going to have to wait til E3 even, and sure it is totally worth the trade for all that cool unexpected stuff we got. Still let down though. Just the nature of being excited for things.

I just want to point out that this is a pretty huge deal. After Rune Factory 4 the studio went bankrupt and the amazing team got shattered apart. The future of the Rune Factory franchise looked very grim. There were whisperings of things happening for awhile now, but it has also been dark for quite some time. Not only are they bringing back Rune Factory 4 for Switch with some new tidbits, but this team is getting to make a full blown sequel. Please buy these games. They're amazing. If you are lamenting the place Harvest Moon is in right now and already got everything you can squeeze out of Stardew Valley, turn your gaze towards Rune Factory. You will not be disappointed.

@bam541 Love me some rapid Q&A

@el-shmiablo We need someone to interview them and find out how they did it, so we can save countless others going forward.

@axel said:

4 points: Onrush, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

I'm responsible for 3/4 of those Onrush points lol I wonder who else besides DIPSET and I voted for Bloodstained. I still can't believe that scored so low.

3 points: Sea of Thieves

Yooooo someone else voted Sea of Thieves? Potentially TWO others? (๑>ᴗ<๑)

1 point: Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

One of those tough cuts. Glad someone recognized it.

Now time for the intense battle for GOTY 2019 between Yoshi's Crafted World and Biomutant!

You joke, but if Crafted World is as good as it looks from event previews, expect it on my list at the end of the year. Haven't been keeping up with Biomutant, but that looked pretty cool too aside from the noticeable jank.

Since nobody voted for it, one last 2018 shoutout to Save me Mr Tako. Never got around to playing it, but looks like a really fun Kirby-like indie title that I believe I heard was made by one person.

@bam541 Breaks my immersion when games do the "camera floats over to objective during an active firefight you become invincible for the period of". At least imply time stopped and don't have the shooting noises blaring during it.

Edit: That gameplay footage appeared so edited, that I'm not even sure if the thing I was talking about is part of the actual game or not.