HIGH Baghdad was both an excellent and inspired pick for a new Assassin’s Creed setting.
LOW They went from too long to too short.
WTF Every reviewer who writes “Back to the series’ roots” should be tarred & feathered.
HIGH Baghdad was both an excellent and inspired pick for a new Assassin’s Creed setting.
LOW They went from too long to too short.
WTF Every reviewer who writes “Back to the series’ roots” should be tarred & feathered.
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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