HIGH A lavish production set in a well-formed universe…
LOW …Damn near ruined by the twerp I have to play as
WTF It somehow got made in the first place
HIGH A lavish production set in a well-formed universe…
LOW …Damn near ruined by the twerp I have to play as
WTF It somehow got made in the first place
HIGH Leon’s highly expanded moveset leads to tons of ways to approach each encounter
LOW It’s all so darn dour
WTF Am I the only one on Earth who actually likes well-done QTEs?
HIGH Eventually (I assume?) this will be a fine release.
LOW It sure as s*** ain’t right now.
WTF Putting the level cap to 99 in this game is the definition of arbitrary and capricious.
I thought this was a garbage year for new releases until… ::checks watch:: …like a month ago.
HIGH Shatter was dope, is dope, and always will be dope.
LOW “Deluxe” implies new content.
WTF What other old PSN games can we remaster? Trash Panic Remastered Deluxe, anyone?
I don’t know if 2021 (as a year) was better or worse than 2020 — they were both pretty rough! — but I find myself feeling a tad more optimistic than I did before. We could hem and haw about it until the cows come home, but I do believe that ’21 was a much better year for new releases in ’20, so I don’t feel the need to go overly snarky and make my list entirely out of remasters. This was a great year for games, and I want to recognize the wide variety of brand-new, original releases that captivated me throughout the year.
Last year I was feeling a bit snarky after what I thought was a pretty underwhelming year for new releases, so I populated my top 10 list with nothing but remakes and remasters. I still stand by this choice, as it allowed me to somehow award Dragon Quest XI my Game of the Year three times in a row. Thankfully, 2021 has proven to be a much stronger year. I’m also feeling less dour than I was at the end of 2020, so I wanted to do the inverse and focus this year’s GOTY list on only truly new releases.
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