Round Five says:
Which of the listed games are among the best of 2023 and why?
Which of the listed games are among the best of 2023 and why?
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14Saltsea Chronicles0%0Samba de Amigo: Party Central0%0Scars Above0%0Sea of Stars0%0Season: A Letter to the Future0%0The Settlers: New Allies0%0Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew0%0Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened0%0Showgunners0%0Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out0%0Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence0%0Skull Island: Rise of Kong0%0Slay the Princess0%0Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengeance of the Slayer0%0Soccer Manager 20240%0Song of Nunu0%0Sonic Dream Team0%0Sonic Superstars7.14%1Sonic Prime Dash0%0A Space for the Unbound0%0Spells & Secrets0%0Spider-Man 214.29%2SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake0%0Star Trek: Infinite0%0Star Trek: Resurgence0%0Star Wars Jedi: Survivor0%0Starfield7.14%1SteamWorld Build0%0Steer Madness0%0Storyteller0%0Stranded: Alien Dawn0%0Stray Blade0%0Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical0%0Street Fighter VI28.57%4Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon0%0Super Mario Bros. Wonder64.29%9Super Mario RPG7.14%1System Shock: Remake7.14%1Takt Op0%0The Talos Principle 20%0The Tartarus Key0%0Tchia0%0Telenet Shooting Collection0%0Terra Nil0%0Teslagrad 20%0The Texas Chainsaw Massacre0%0Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line7.14%1Thirsty Suitors0%0Tomb Raider Reloaded0%0Too Hot to Handle 20%0Total War: Pharaoh0%0Town of Salem 20%0Trepang 20%0Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy0%0Tron: Identity0%0Under the Waves0%0Undertale Yellow0%0Undying0%0Venba0%0 -
When it comes down to it my vote'll be for SF6, but I also chose Wonder here because that is also very bloody good.
I also played/enjoyed from this list:
Season: A Letter to the Future
Super Mario RPG
A Space for the Unbound
Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line
Venba
Also still to play:
Samba de Amigo: Party Central
Slay the Princess
Sea of Stars
Thirsty Suitors
Talos Principle 2 (still to play 1 though...)​ -
At the beginning of the year, I full expected Starfield to at least be among the GOTY contenders, if not the winner outright. As the year comes to an end, it's ultimately been outshined by lots of games, not least SF6 and Wonder here, which turned out to be a late surprise. I've voted for both here, because they're both excellent, but I think SF6 probably comes out on top.Comment
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Mario Wonder on this one for me, it throws just enough new out there to win me over for the round. Starfield, I did enjoy even if it's a very simple run through the Bethesda blueprint rather than anything outstanding. The only other games of note I've played are Spider-Man 2 (which really is quite DLCish, though solid) and SF6 (which controversially I don't quite get the adoration for. I enjoyed it more than SF5 but it also largely felt like 'more' rather than anything that made an impression and the adventure mode did little for me either).Comment
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Starfield was an enjoyable enough game, it certainly doesn't deserve to be getting the overwhelming negative reviews on Steam it has (and certainly not be placed in Jim Sterling's Worst Games of 2023, if you couldn't find a worse game to include, you weren't trying very hard) - but it's no Skyrim, a game I still go back to, so I couldn't pick it as GOTY contender when BG3 exists.Comment
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Yeah it's missing that accessibility that makes Skyrim great. It's a very different game due to the whole planetry exploration... I loved it in the end but it did sag for me in the middle and I didn't fully appreciate it until ng+ kicks in and everything is revealed.
It's a solid 8/10 for me but I do wonder if it'll steadily improve over time with the DLC and mods because there's huge scope for what can be done in that (huge) universe.Comment
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