Hard to pick just three, but I’ll go with the following today:
Final Fantasy VI
There’s a roughly 4 hour stretch in this game of tension-despair-catharsis that absolutely blew my mind. I’m still trying to chase that feeling playing video games almost 30 years later. Plenty to like about the rest of the game, too.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
One of those very rare games that clicked for me in every single aspect of the game: script, plot, visuals, gameplay, music and more. Going to revisit this one soon with the next-gen update.
Freespace 2
The one that’s likely aged the most poorly out of the three, but once upon a time this game was unrivaled in making you feel like you were in the thick of a slugfest flying around in a fighter craft. Surprisingly interesting setting and story, too. I keep hoping we get more like this some day.
I hope to the gaming gods that Squadron 42 can recapture the feelings that the old Freespace games did. The desperation, the feeling like you are part of something… nobody else has even TRIED to do anything like that since.
It’d be nice, although Chris Roberts hasn’t released a full game in 20 years (and I did rather enjoy Freelancer).
I was hoping Starfield was going to be a big hit to at least make the setting more attractive, but in this stacked year, I’m not even sure how many GotY nominations it’s going to get.
Hard to pick just three, but I’ll go with the following today:
There’s a roughly 4 hour stretch in this game of tension-despair-catharsis that absolutely blew my mind. I’m still trying to chase that feeling playing video games almost 30 years later. Plenty to like about the rest of the game, too.
One of those very rare games that clicked for me in every single aspect of the game: script, plot, visuals, gameplay, music and more. Going to revisit this one soon with the next-gen update.
The one that’s likely aged the most poorly out of the three, but once upon a time this game was unrivaled in making you feel like you were in the thick of a slugfest flying around in a fighter craft. Surprisingly interesting setting and story, too. I keep hoping we get more like this some day.
I hope to the gaming gods that Squadron 42 can recapture the feelings that the old Freespace games did. The desperation, the feeling like you are part of something… nobody else has even TRIED to do anything like that since.
It’d be nice, although Chris Roberts hasn’t released a full game in 20 years (and I did rather enjoy Freelancer).
I was hoping Starfield was going to be a big hit to at least make the setting more attractive, but in this stacked year, I’m not even sure how many GotY nominations it’s going to get.
Fs2 hasn’t aged at all, fire up Knossos and load yourself some war in heaven, if you dare.