Maybe try finishing some shorter games first. Before and after I take on a 20+ hour game, I like to mix in some shorter games. I find that just finishing a new game feels rewarding. Which usually gives me enough confidence and motivation to move on to the next game. I think of a short game like a movie. Whether or not a movie is good, at least you only lost around 2 hours. Anyway, that's just my 2 cents. L&R.

Some good short games from 2019: Arise A Simple Story, Telling Lies, Sticks and Bones, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Pilgrims, Ape Out.

All-time greats: Inside, Limbo, What Remains of Edith Finch, Braid, Hotline Miami, Gone Home, Her Story, The Stanley Parable, Abzu, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

@scotty I got bad news for you.

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Amazing game from start to finish. Although, I did run into a few audio bugs playing on PC but besides that, this game is close to perfect. Moon Studios did an awesome job once again and I'm excited to play whatever they make next. Which is apparently going to be a new action RPG.

I'll be playing DOOM.

Even though the only Animal Crossing I played before is City Folk on the Wii. This new Animal Crossing just looks like more of the same to me. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Since that's what AC fans want. I just don't feel any motivation to play this type of game right now. But, maybe I will try New Horizons at some point.

Thanks to Jones for bringing back all those Hillsbrad Foothills memories I tried to forget.

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps - March 11, 2019.

I'm not a huge metroidvania fan but I absolutely loved Ori and the Blind Forest. So I'm really looking forward to playing this game.

Also Doom Eternal and Nioh 2 for me. The video games are finally back!

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Dreams Easy Allies Review and Brandon Jones joins Shane Satterfield to chat about Dreams.

All my votes made the list. I think that's a first for me. Resident Evil 2 is definitely a worthy winner. A few games just happened to resonate with me more than RE2 did.

These are the 49 2019 games I completed. Here are the results of my video game research.

1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2. The Outer Worlds
3. A Plague Tale: Innocence
4. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
5. Kingdom Hearts III
6. Control
7. Resident Evil 2
8. Metro Exodus
9. Gears 5
10. Pokémon Sword
11. Luigi's Mansion 3
12. Total War: Three Kingdoms
13. Borderlands 3
14. Telling Lies
15. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
16. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
17. Super Mario Maker 2
18. Trover Saves the Universe
19. Devil May Cry 5
20. Need for Speed Heat
21. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
22. Yoshi's Crafted World
23. Arise: A Simple Story
24. Lonely Mountains: Downhill
25. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
26. Devotion
27. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
28. Sticks And Bones
29. Observation
30. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
31. Sayonara Wild Hearts
32. SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
33. Void Bastards
34. Pilgrims
35. Wargroove
36. Katana Zero
37. Ape Out
38. Hotline Milwaukee
39. Crackdown 3
40. Erica
41. ISLANDERS
42. Darq
43. What the Golf?
44. Pikuniku
45. 198X
46. Anthem
47. She Sees Red
48. The Long Return
49. Rage 2

I don't play many multiplayer only games like Apex Legends and Tetris Effect. And I didn't play enough of any last year to put on my list.

Thanks again to @Axel for putting these together. I'll be there again for the next GOTY vote.

I was a huge fan of Bethesda and Bioware rpg's but I have been disappointed by their latest games. The Outer Worlds proved to me that these types of games can still exist and still be fun. So, Shout out to Obsidian for another excellent game.

Wow! 5 #1's and in the top 5. As a fan of the Fire Emblem series. It's been nice to finally see it receive some well deserved recognition with Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Even if it did get snubbed at The Game Awards for a best game nomination. I've seen this game getting a lot of love from different outlets and Its good that new people are enjoying Fire Emblem for the first time on Switch.

Three Houses is an incredible game that I completed in 70 hours and wanted to keep playing immediately after finishing my Blue Lions play through. I finished another run with the Black Eagles last month and had just as much fun. 2018 was close between God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 for me. This time it was Fire Emblem: Three Houses easily.

Hats off to Intelligent Systems and Nintendo. I can't wait to see where Fire Emblem goes next now that it's a triple A franchise.