Thread 719227356

So, Clair Obscur, Elden Ring Nightreign, and Donkey Kong are the only good games so far this year? That's fucking bleak.

>>719227356 (OP)
those three are mid to bad

KCD2 is GOTY.

>>719227463
Even more bleak if that's the case.

>>719227356 (OP)
time to play some indie games
let the mainstream have their shitty game shows
indies = superior

>>719227356 (OP)
>[CURRENT YEAR] HAS NO GOOD GAMES
Ok? Play good games from the last 40 years then?

>>719227356 (OP)
Still better than GT
Great turd

>>719227649
The point is that very few people can make good games now.

Mecha Break

That's more than usual

>>719227356 (OP)
The big cheese: Kangdom Cum 2, Split Fiction, Blue Prince
Knower-tier: Abiotic Factor, Skin Deep, Rune Factory Azuma, Survivalist Invisible Strain
Might be good, see on release: Silksong, Ninja Gaiden 4, Tormented Souls 2, Nikita Buyanov's genre defining cult classic Escape From Tarkov

Another disappointing Bejitabro post... we must do better.

>>719227356 (OP)
Sounds like you just have bad taste.

>>719227356 (OP)
The only new release I've enjoyed this year is Abiotic Factor, and I wouldn't say it's a 10/10.

>>719228297
>Rune Factory Azuma
It was actually good? I sorta kept an eye on it for a while since I adored RF3 back on the DS, but I stopped when Fantasy Life I came out since it scratches similar itches for me and the prospect of a new entry even half as good as the first had me salivating. (was disappointed once I had my hands on it, but it was still fun even if i'd only give it a 5.5/10.)

>>719232950
It alright but not as good as Sandrock in my opinion and the things outside of the socializing and farming is not as interesting as Fantasy Life

>>719227767
okay? and how does this affect me? just stop playing fotm and play good games instead.

>>719227767
Yeah, no shit. Industry's been creatively bankrupt for a while now. Half the devs are chasing live service scraps, the other half are burning millions trying to recapture PS2-era magic with bloated cinematic slogs. If anyone still gives a fuck, they're usually stuck making indie games out of a garage with three dudes and a cat. Good games exist, they're just buried under all the noise.

>>719235884
Zeeks are for sex.

>>719227356 (OP)
If all you look at is the heavily marketed games, then yes, you're only going to find 2 or 3 good games a year.
Dig into lower budget or more niche titles and see what's out there. Even these large devs are telling people to look at that stuff until AAA either collapses or sorts itself out.

>>719227356 (OP)
don't worry, silksong will be goty

>>719232950
It's good, but in like a 6/10 way. It's budget so it focuses on the things it wants to do and neglects the other aspects, which includes the farming despite the series.
It certainly has issues, but what it does offer was fun enough that it was pretty well received in the threads for it. Criticisms started getting discussed once people settled into the late- or post-game, but even then, they kept playing anyway.
If you already like RF then you'll probably enjoy it.

>>719238080
Kekroflmao

>>719238080
>kodakaka "i have no money, trust me" slop

>>719227356 (OP)
Avowed and SNAILSHOCK are my favourites from this year.

>>719227356 (OP)
There's no way MP4 and Kirby Air Riders aren't great

>>719228297
>Rune Factory Azuma
Fantasy Life i too

I played the Hell is Us demo and thought it was okay

>>719227356 (OP)
The later 2 are pushing the definition of "good".

>>719227356 (OP)
It's fine to admit you didn't play anything else

>>719239763
The Metroid Prime team have all left Retro. Most of the team making MP4 haven't made an original Prime game, they were given prime 1 remaster to get experience on

>>719227356 (OP)
Aren't you forgetting somegame?

Everhood 2 and Cyber Knights Flashpoint released this year, I think they're pretty neat.

>>719227356 (OP)
you forgot the best game this year
blue prince

>>719241392
It's technically in early access

>>719228297
>>719232950
Played both as a newcomer to the franchise, I think overall Fantasy Life I is better. Azuma is quite enjoyable, but I think a lot of the extra stuff like farming and village building, barely mattered. Increasing the rank of each villages is pretty easy too. I finished the story around Summer, now I barely have anything left to do with the game. Although, I can totally see people not jiving with Life I's grind. Especially late game. They've made it a bit easier, but it still depends on RNG.

>>719228297
>Nikita Buyanov's genre defining cult classic Escape From Tarkov
Is this shit finally "releasing"? (let's not pretend it wasn't a full product in the minds of the majority of people)

>>719242242
If you have the means I really reccomend playing the original FL with it's DLC. It's environmental and dungeon design are both far better. It's job system feels far more robust in both the early and late game. The story is both far better written, and far better suited to the game's tone.

In a bit more detail regarding the life system, there's no skill tree and you can't switch jobs on the fly. You can however use skills you've unlocked in other lives with reduced effectiveness and there's a knife weapon type that any life can use if you don't take a combat life at all. Crafting stations are limited to their specific respective type of crafting, but it makes the recipe lists far more readable and makes the life buildings into places you go to for more than just ranking up. Yes, a lot of this detracts from "quality of life" but in doing so it uplifts the experience of the game and it's loops as a whole. It's damn shameful they traded it out for skilltreeslop.

>>719243414
Is it emulatable? I don't have a 3DS but I do use Citra to play some of the DS games.

>>719227767
i wish you were wrong

>>719227356 (OP)
I'm afraid it's worse, Beyond Citadel is the only good game this year

>>719227356 (OP)
Nightreign sucked and this is coming from someone who loves Elden Ring.

>>719227356 (OP)
>Elden Ring Nightreign
FROMSLOPPER RETARD COULDNT BE MORE OBVIOUS