GOTY 2023 thread

FFXVI is definitely my goty. The only game I really wanted to play ever since it was announced.
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I can’t deny the horrendous pacing issues, but the high points make up for the low points for me. No game this year has gotten me genuinely hyped up as much as the Eikon fights. That’s extremely rare.
It kills me that it only on the PS5 of all things. I kind of want to try it out but I'm not buying a new console to do so. Why can't they just hurry up with the PC version already.
 
Fire Emblem Engaged
Forespoken
Hi-Fi Rush
Pizza Tower
Dead Space Remake
Metroid Prime Remastered
Hogwarts Legacy
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Wild Hearts
the shitty Tales of Symphonia remake
Atomic Heart
Yakuza: Ishin
PSVR with Horizon CotM
Company of Heroes 3
Sons of the Forest
Octopath 2 (oh, shit, I guess there is to compare something to Live A Live)
Kirby RTD remake
Kerbal 2 in early access
Wo Long
Dead Cells: RtC
Fatal Frame:MotLE
Trails to Azure translated to English
Bayonetta Origins
RE4 Remake
Ryza 3
Minecraft Legends
Advance Wars 1 and 2 remakes
Dead Island 2
Hongkai Starrail
Jedi: Survivor
Redfall
Darkest Dungeon 2
Tears of the Kingdom a game which only colossal fucking faggots dislike
Humanity
Gollum
System Shock remake
Street Fighter 6
Diablo 4
Amnesia: The Bunker
Goodbye Volcano High
CCrash Team Rumble
Final Fantasy 16
Dave the Diver
Everybody 1+2 Switch
Trails into Reverie (in English)
Oxenfree 2
Atelier Marie remake
Exoprimal
Pikmin 4
Remnant 2
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Turbo Overkill
Immortals of Aveum
Armored Core VI
Sea of Stars
Starfield
F-Zero 99
Baiten Kaitos 1 and 2 remakes
Mortal Kombat 1
Lies of P
Payday 3
Cyberpunk: PL
Infinity Strash
Disgaea 7
AC: Mirage
Detective Pikachu Returns
Lords of the Fallen (remakee)
Sonic Superstars
Super Mario Wonder
Cities: Skylines 2
MGS cheap and shitty collection
Alan Wake 2

See, even the cringe is good cringe.
On the topic of collossal faggots disliking TOTK, its fucking amazing how many former soy shills seem to hate it, and yet they can do absolutely NOTHING to affect its sales. Its so fucking enjoyable watching pathetic kikes like Antboy and the others kvetch at Nintendo for being AnTi-CoNsUmEr!!121!!! Go kill yourself soyfags.
 
Why are people complaining about me putting non-western games in my list? I haven't said shit about just listing western games.
 
Starfield once they add FSR3 and mod support.
Dead Island 2. That game is all about having fun in a semi-open world. No globohomo shit, just kill zombies with random shit and meet typical Hollywood individuals. DI2 was so much better than Dying Light 2 that Techland has been bringing features from that game into Dying Light.

Dead Island 2 is trash
Wrong.
 
Why are people complaining about me putting non-western games in my list? I haven't said shit about just listing western games.
When you say " the west has been firing on all cylinders this year." we expect you to give examples of Western games, not Japanese games.

Aw, someone finally likes Forspoken! ❤️ Every bread has its cheese.

More like every Chris-Chan has its mother.
 
Whilst I think something like Baldur's Gate 3 probably deserves it for scale and overall quality, I really enjoyed Robocop Rogue City, and have high hopes for the Rogue Trader CRPG by Owlcat. I can't imagine on what merits Starfield would deserve GOTY.
 
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It's a little early to pronounce my favorite game. Does it have to have released in 2023, or just be something I played in 2023? I only play old games I buy on great sales. I think Ace Combat 7 was probably the gold standard of quality - highest highs with consistent quality, intense enjoyment - I played. I think Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey was probably the most interesting game I played.
What the fuck was I thinking, there's tons of shit I played that was more important than AC7.

GOTY 2023: We Happy Few (left early access in 2018)
2nd place: Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (2019)
3rd place: Prey (2017)

Honorable mentions:
Chivalry 2: Medieval Warfare (2021)
Ace Combat 7 (2019)
Far Cry Primal (2016)

Do we see a theme here? All these badass games (but one) were released in the Trump years. Well, that's part of why they were cheap and so wound up in my selection, but still. Gaming was totally fagged up and dead yet.

There's other stuff I liked, but those are six of the games I played that made my head fill with butterflies. I may have missed some but every one on this list is very UNIQUE and also executed very well in at least one major area.
 
Final Fantasy 16 - not western, woke trash and a generic DMC clone
How is FFXVI woke? The only thing that could really be considered woke is maybe the gay kiss, but even then Dion being gay wasn’t really focused on. Unlike most western games which make a character being gay their entire personality. At that point, you could call Nier woke because your party has both Kaine who is a hermaphrodite, and Emil who’s gay.
 
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AC 6 is the GOTY for me, but totk and BG3 are probably going to win everything everywhere.

Pretty much my exact sentiment.

Even if AC6 isn't THE GOTY, it's MY GOTY. AC5 was mid (if not a bit ambitious in its multiplayer), Verdict Day was a marginal improvement but it was still just AC5. That being said, I kinda hope AC6 gets an "expansion sequel" like 4 and 5 did. Give it a goofy name based around the numerology like Armored Core: Six Sentinels and use it to actually flesh out the lore they laid out in the base game. Add some news parts and bring back AC4's tuning system and it would print money.

I enjoyed BG3, but I think I owe a lot of that to playing a campaign with friends. Some of the characters are a bit Reddit-tier and stuff like the bear sex are definitely... different, but the game's actual mechanics and ability to play your own way are something I'd definitely like to see in other RPGs going forward. Even if BG3 doesn't get GOTY, it'll hopefully light a fire under some of these other company's asses who have grown too comfy resting on their laurels (CDPR, Bethesda, etc).

As for TotK, I got bored of it pretty quick. I didn't care for Breath of the Wild much either. I guess I'm a boomer for liking Zelda games with a bit of structure to them. I played the shit out of Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Minnish Cap over the years, other titles not so much. Recently finished Windwaker, which I thought was enjoyable. Definitely not a 10/10, but it was a cozy game.
 
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How is FFXVII woke? The only thing that could really be considered woke is maybe the black trans kids' kiss, but even then ze/zem being trans wasn’t really focused on.
Good point.

Seriously though, on top of that it was also censored in woke ways:


I'm sure there's more, but that's enough for me to wash my hands of it.
 
On the topic of collossal faggots disliking TOTK, its fucking amazing how many former soy shills seem to hate it, and yet they can do absolutely NOTHING to affect its sales. Its so fucking enjoyable watching pathetic kikes like Antboy and the others kvetch at Nintendo for being AnTi-CoNsUmEr!!121!!! Go kill yourself soyfags.
It's Nintendo. Pokemon games notorious shit and they still sell double digit millions. Calm down lol
 
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