Rence Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 Ranked all the 2023 games I played (including non-Switch games cause I can’t be bothered to find that flop PS base thread) 1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 2. Baldur’s Gate 3 3. Metroid Prime Remastered 4. Pikmin 4 5. Super Mario Bros. Wonder 6. Spider-Man 2 7. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed 8. Final Fantasy XVI 9. Super Mario RPG . . . 10. Pokemon Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero 11. Hogwarts Legacy 12. Fire Emblem Engage Also ranked the non-2023 games I played this year Spoiler 1. Elden Ring 2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3. Persona 5 Royal 4. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 5. Midnight Suns 6. Spider-Man 2018 7. God of War 2018 8. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 9. Horizon Zero Dawn 10. No Man’s Sky 11. Spider-Man: Miles Morales 12. Horizon Forbidden West 13. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword What a great year for gaming 2
Spark Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Rence said: I was doing my ranking of 2023 games and I almost forgot that Fire Emblem Engage existed I wish Intelligent Systems made an effort to write story and characters with depth cause the gameplay is amazing (the best in modern FE imo), then I remember they also made FE Fates (great gameplay, awful story) I really hope they do a big postmortem on Engage. Going from selling 4m copies to 1.6m with only one entry is a massive drop off and is concerning considering nearly every other franchise is constantly growing on Switch. The whole game was poorly planned from reveal to release to even post-content. Let alone the issues with story (and characters). I keep on seeing FE stans saying Engage was never going to be as big as Three Houses cause it was the second entry on Switch, but Splatoon 3 will outsell Splatoon 2 and Fates outsold Awakening. I kinda think the ceiling for a tactics RPG like FE is around 5m considering 3H is the best selling game in that genre, but even so I think Engage should have been able to reach 3M copies... 1
ebaby Posted January 2 Posted January 2 I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time on switch.... I always heard good things but how did I sleep on this series for this long it's so good so far
TaggedGalaxy Posted January 2 Posted January 2 1 hour ago, ebaby said: I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time on switch.... I always heard good things but how did I sleep on this series for this long it's so good so far The girls with taste stan Sharla
Katamari Posted January 2 Posted January 2 Is engage a whole new entry because it kind of looks like a greatest hits kind of thing ot: the new Layton game is going to be a huge collapse that talking electric Rodent and his twink won’t know what hit him
ebaby Posted January 2 Posted January 2 1 hour ago, TaggedGalaxy said: The girls with taste stan Sharla I literally just got to meeting her in the game and she's such a queen omg mother alert
ebaby Posted January 2 Posted January 2 27 minutes ago, Katamari said: Is engage a whole new entry because it kind of looks like a greatest hits kind of thing both it is their greatest hits game and it's a self contained story as well (though it's not good )
ATRL Moderator feelslikeadream Posted January 3 Author ATRL Moderator Posted January 3 9 hours ago, ebaby said: I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time on switch.... I always heard good things but how did I sleep on this series for this long it's so good so far Stan You're gonna get XC2 next? It's even better than the first game (and pretty different!) You can skip XC3 If they port XCX to the Switch (or Switch 2), you should look into that one though! 1
znake Posted January 3 Posted January 3 5 hours ago, Eóghan said: I just realized we're in the year of the Switch II Hope they delay Switch till 2025
Katamari Posted January 3 Posted January 3 7 hours ago, ebaby said: both it is their greatest hits game and it's a self contained story as well (though it's not good ) so no wonder it flopped
Magickarp Posted January 3 Posted January 3 The way every Switch sequel / follow-up disappointed me XC2 → XC3 BOTW → TOTK FE3H → Engage (the worst offender) Octopath 1 → Octopath 2 The only one that improved was Pokemon, but going from diarrhoea to **** isn't something to brag about Legends Arceus stomps tho. Triangle Strategy is my true FE3H sequel 2 1
ATRL Moderator feelslikeadream Posted January 3 Author ATRL Moderator Posted January 3 18 hours ago, Magickarp said: Triangle Strategy is my true FE3H sequel You just reminded me I still need to play this If Nintendo continues their strategy of only releasing 1-2 games per quarter, maybe now is the time to finally check it out. (The only problem is that I'm halfway through a playthrough of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, so I probably don't want to play tactical RPGs back-to-back )
Ponzi Posted January 3 Posted January 3 So I started playing Skyrim for Switch on New Year's Eve and it's so so so good that I can't deal with what I'd been missing lol. Now I get why people say BotW and TotK feel Empty. And that's my fave video game series!
Eóghan Posted January 4 Posted January 4 12 hours ago, Ponzi said: So I started playing Skyrim for Switch on New Year's Eve and it's so so so good that I can't deal with what I'd been missing lol. Now I get why people say BotW and TotK feel Empty. And that's my fave video game series! Skyrim is one of my favorite game of all time since it came out in 2011, and i think it aged rather well because you can still do some wacky stuff, abuse game mechanics, create drastically different builds on outer edges of spectrum and still don't lose anything, play your own way, without any level requirements for missions, at you own chosen time because questlines don't interfere. it's really kind of sandboxy but let's be real the combat and mechanics are absolute TRASH and were already outdated/boring when the game came out 1
aeult Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Happy Switch 2 year I just know the Mario launch title is going to eat hard 1
Ponzi Posted January 4 Posted January 4 8 hours ago, Eóghan said: Skyrim is one of my favorite game of all time since it came out in 2011, and i think it aged rather well because you can still do some wacky stuff, abuse game mechanics, create drastically different builds on outer edges of spectrum and still don't lose anything, play your own way, without any level requirements for missions, at you own chosen time because questlines don't interfere. it's really kind of sandboxy but let's be real the combat and mechanics are absolute TRASH and were already outdated/boring when the game came out Oh absolutely. Bow is especially frustrating. I'm sticking with swords. I just love that there's so much going on. I have wacky/exciting stuff happening to me with each play.
Gourgeist Posted January 5 Posted January 5 I need a new Animal Crossing game on Switch 2 launch, NH was not it remove the crafting system and bring back the rude villagers! 1
Puttanesca Posted January 6 Posted January 6 41 minutes ago, Gourgeist said: I need a new Animal Crossing game on Switch 2 launch, NH was not it remove the crafting system and bring back the rude villagers! They should make a seperate game for the little crafters and keep the mainline series for the girls who actually want to play a relaxing village sim. I'm afraid Nintendo won't have a pandemic to inflate sales this time! 1 1
Mouni9248 Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Has anyone played Hogwarts Legacy on the switch? If yes, is it good?
Spark Posted January 6 Posted January 6 No offence, but some of the Little Villagers should go back and play New Leaf some time. I played the other week and was shocked how much worse it was to New Horizons. New Horizon's biggest mistake was not having a comprehensive road map for post-launch support.
ebaby Posted January 7 Posted January 7 On 1/5/2024 at 6:52 PM, Gourgeist said: I need a new Animal Crossing game on Switch 2 launch, NH was not it remove the crafting system and bring back the rude villagers! crafting ruined the series honestly
znake Posted January 7 Posted January 7 On 1/5/2024 at 7:34 PM, Puttanesca said: They should make a seperate game for the little crafters and keep the mainline series for the girls who actually want to play a relaxing village sim. I'm afraid Nintendo won't have a pandemic to inflate sales this time! Watch Animal Crossing to debut at #1 another 30 million seller me fears
Puttanesca Posted January 7 Posted January 7 2 hours ago, znake said: Watch Animal Crossing to debut at #1 another 30 million seller me fears No Gracie and Brewster no sales me fears.
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