Games I played in 2022 ranked

New year, same old set up with new games and looser restrictions. Only requirement is that I have to have a good feel for them and see what the primary gameplay loop is about.

Love You to Bits
Love You to Bits
I don’t believe it. All the others games I played this year…lost to an app.

Seriously though, Love You To Bits is just one of the most charming games I ever played. Even after picking it up after so long it still makes me smile ear to ear. Sure some of the puzzles can make my blood boil a bit, but when a game is having me laugh at just how much of an adorable dork Kosmo is and making me feel smart for solving these puzzles while making me marvel at just how much you can interact in a point and click game without saying any words, I think the game has more than earned a 10/10.

1

Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Yeah, I played it again. Still a banger.

2

Cuphead
Cuphead
This game has no right to be this game 5 years later. The best boss rush type of game I have played with some of the smoothest controls and best animations I have ever seen.

3

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Definitely a bit shorter than the original Cuphead, but damn if it isn't just as fun! If I packaged Cuphead with it's DLC, it definitely would be a bit higher up on my favorite games of all time's list!

4

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
The fact that none of the other Rocket Slime games made it overseas is a shame.

5

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
The Rabbids can talk with text boxes and voice acting now. Everyone take cover...which is easier to do with the gameplay change from the first game being superior—leading to an even more fun and creative game.

6

Pac-Man World Re-Pac
Pac-Man World Re-Pac
They just watched NitroRad's video and fixed all his critiques; there's no other possible explanation.

7

Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
As soon as I heard that intro song I knew I was in for a fun time.

8

Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
More like Legends ArceSUS!!!

It's actually pretty damn fun, better than the original style, don't @ me.

9

Portal 2
Portal 2
Honestly had more fun with the sequel than the original. A more challenging puzzle game, a funnier game, and a more rewarding time.

Also, Want You Gone is better than Still Alive.

10

Bad End Theater
Bad End Theater
What a nice story with nice characters. I hope the developer of the game isn't involved in any controversies that would make talking about this game hard to do...

11

Pac-Man World 2
Pac-Man World 2
Absolute childhood classic from a very good series that needs to have the remaster for the next two games ready!

12

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
The fact that this idea works as well as it does is amazing.

13

Splatoon 3
Splatoon 3
Splatoon 2.5. I somewhat kid, but it's still a fun game, with a pretty good story mode that beats the story modes of the last two games. Octoling Expansion still edges this game's story out a bit, but it's still worth the bu-

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14

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The best in the series, with the most unique characters, the largest and most funtrack selection, and a proper battle mode.

15

Friday Night Funkin' Indie Cross
Friday Night Funkin' Indie Cross
Just like the actual games they come from, Cuphead's songs were an absolute bop, Sans's songs were half middles and half very highs, and Bendy's songs were utter trash with only one good song that was revealed to us in the demo, meaning we didn't need to play the game for anything better from Bendy.

16

Tinykin
Tinykin
Tiny Build, don't rely on the Hello Neighbor franchise. You're so much better when you're doing your own thing.

17

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Thank you Nintendo for giving this game away for free for a week with NSO membership. The game is actually pretty fun, even if annoying with some of the bonus objectives.

18

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
The lore and characters in this game are this game's strongest suit. If this game can expand without Mike Z, I would love to see comics and TV shows about these characters. Peacock deserves her own Black and White cartoon show.

19

Just Shapes & Beats
Just Shapes & Beats
Holy shit FNF corruption real

20

Does not Commute
Does not Commute
The superior Mini Motorways, topped off with each character in the game having a unique and insane plot with a overarching theme about time travel.

21

Adventures With Anxiety!
Adventures With Anxiety!
A realistic portrayal of anxiety shows that just because it's annoying most of the time, it is trying to help you and wants to be tamed.

22

Monument Valley
Monument Valley
A monument to an actually pretty good phone game.

23

Bloons TD 6
Bloons TD 6
Definitely the peak of tower defense games. I'm not a big fan of how they block off abilities until you use towers enough times, but I can see that being an interesting design choice to incentivize people into trying out different towers.

24

All of You
All of You
Yet another grand game from Alike Game Studios; this studio just has a nice solid track record for phone games.

25

We Become What We Behold
We Become What We Behold
A very deep cut about how news focuses on the negative aspects of humanity, and it does so shamelessly and effectively.

26

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
If you played the original, this is still worth checking out. But it isn't going to light the world up again like the original.

27

New Super Lucky's Tale
New Super Lucky's Tale
One of the easiest 3D platformers I played, but also one of the most charming.

28

The Looker
The Looker
I'm jealous of this game's dedication to making a joke at the Witness's expense.

29

Pac-Man Museum+
Pac-Man Museum+
Yeah, I got Pac-Man fever! PAC! MAN! FEVER!

Bring back the world games, you cowards!

Edit: Oh, well I'll be damned.

30

Bring You Home
Bring You Home
Goddamn Alike Studios is so underrated it isn't funny.

31

Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon
Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon
It can be quite annoying at times, but there is something good here that keeps me coming back. Black Knight and the freeze axe is OP.

32

Dan the Man
Dan the Man
A nice little tribute to the fighting side-scrolling games of the past.

33

Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie
A fun game, this Banjo-Kazooie, but rate it too high up, it can't be! Sure I love the Monster Mansion and Freezy Peak, but there is more here that I managed to seek. With Rusty Buckets and the Cavern of Clanker, makes me curse out and my feelings feel danker. Add in a camera that makes aiming a chore, and I can't see just why this game is so widely adored. Nice to see Banjo and his friend make it to smash, but another go on this game so soon is one I'll pass.

Still a solid 7/10, just wanted to voice some criticisms that I never saw for this game.

34

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Great gameplay with music than can feel repetitive with amusing characters for a good story that doesn't stay too long. If I was more into hack and slash games and this game had a better camera, it could probably be an easy 8/10.

35

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Combining abilities was fun. Trying to figure out what abilities I needed for 100% was not.

36

Portal
Portal
A nice quick little puzzle game that is easy to breeze through in an afternoon.

37

MultiVersus
MultiVersus
The superior Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. The inferior Smash game. The worst in-game shop.

38

Super Fantasy Zone
Super Fantasy Zone
Dang, that was actually a pretty fun shooter! Wonder if there are others I could check out...

39

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Beaten in the Reverie collection. Definitely a cute and charming game, albeit one with controls that just feel a bit too slippery for me. And that wind bullet keeps feeling a bit too short and unreliable at times.

40

Cult of the Lamb
Cult of the Lamb
Showed me just how fun town building can be, especially if the roguelite element of the game is rather lackluster.

41

Scratchin' Melodii
Scratchin' Melodii
This game popped up right the heck out of nowhere with its charm and music. If you like Parappa, you'll like this as well.

42

Donut Dodo
Donut Dodo
The superior game about donuts.

43

Rocket League
Rocket League
Fun game for the moment, but it really doesn't have much to it to incentivize replays.

44

No Time to Explain: Remastered
No Time to Explain: Remastered
A very cheesy and fun platformer with one terrible shoot 'em up level.

45

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
I have gained a newfound respect for people who master Puyo Puyo-type games.

46

Untitled Goose Game
Untitled Goose Game
It's a cute game in the village, and you play as a horrible goose. Your day won't be ruined if you play this.

47

Kirby's Dream Buffet
Kirby's Dream Buffet
Now, this is the kind of game that can benefit from Nintendo's post-launch add-ons while still not being that bad on its own for $15.

48

Among Us
Among Us
Almost impossible to not see it as a meme game at this point, but hey at least it's still fun.

49

Donut County
Donut County
I ordered a donut and all I got was a lousy hole. Took about 90 minutes to breeze through; not really a lot of replay value, if any, but still fun for a go around or two.

50

Balan Wonderworld
Balan Wonderworld
Yeah, I put Balan Wonderworld above Crumble. I genuinely like this game. It's definitely a victim of being rushed out with some parts needing to be better implemented, but it's still a fun time in my opinion. The art, music, and even the gameplay with the costumes still put a smile on my face.

51

Mappy
Mappy
Now this is a certified childhood classic.

52

Mini Motorways
Mini Motorways
TAKE THE HIGHWAY YOU STUPID CARS!

53

Overwatch
Overwatch
You did not deserve to go out like that.

54

Snipperclips Plus: Cut It Out, Together!
Snipperclips Plus: Cut It Out, Together!
If they were humans this game would have been 10 times more horrifying.

55

Paper Mario
Paper Mario
The combat really isn't my cup of tea, nor is the badge system. I would take permanent upgrades and level everything up at once over those annoying badge points and leveling only one stat at a time any day of the week.

Edit: Bumping this up to 7/10 because of the Toad that cheated on his girlfriend.

56

Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Way more complex than an arcade machine was thought to be at the time.

57

Mario Strikers: Battle League
Mario Strikers: Battle League
Still has the same problems the other sports game have, but also has its own unique strengths to make up for it. One step forward, one step back. Still better than the two steps back Tennis and Golf got, and the step into the wood chipper Switch Sports got.

58

Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy
One of the more unique and fun platformers of the olden days of console wars.

59

Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3
Well, at least I can say I finally played through the whole game instead of just using the warp whistles.

60

Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers
"Undefeatable" is overrated. Boom. Send Tweet.

61

Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon
I'm more of a Crash Bandicoot guy.

62

Fall Guys
Fall Guys
What was once a fun and enjoyable paid experience has been reduced to a Free To Play game with a terrible in-game shop that makes Fortnite's shop look charitable in comparison.

63

Nefarious
Nefarious
Just stick the comic, and check this out if it's on sale and you like the comic.

64

Crossy Road Castle
Crossy Road Castle
Better than the road version, but can still wear out its welcome if you try to play it all at once.

65

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
I really wish I was a Metroidvania fan. I remember beating it twice; getting the bad ending than the good ending, and just thinking it was a 7/10. Replaying it now, it was a 7 or 8 out of 10 till I got to the Deepnest, when it became a 6/10. The Deepnest changes a person.

66

Disney Dreamlight Valley
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Where.

The fuck.

IS RAPUNZEL?!?

67

Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Not as stunning as the original, and the shortcomings of the original are a bit more prominent here, but it's still a charming game worth at least one trip.

68

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
I like Super Paper Mario. That is my response to the question of why this is so low.

69

Halo Infinite
Halo Infinite
The multiplayer really is the true highlight of these games.

70

Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077
The anime that saved the video game...is way better. 9/10. Watch that instead of this game and watch the final boss of the anime get killed on youtube.

71

Runbow
Runbow
Definitely a bit better when I didn't try to do it all at once. Still repetitive. Definitely more focused on the multiplayer aspect.

72

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
This made me realize I like the Layton-style puzzles and that I wasn't a Phoenix Wright fan.

73

Crumble
Crumble
Step 1: Slingshot yourself with your tongue.
Step 2: Go fast.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: PROFIT!

74

The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian
Unique presentation that gives way to unique puzzles.

75

Kirby's Pinball Land
Kirby's Pinball Land
ANON GET OUT!

76

The Unfinished Swan
The Unfinished Swan
What remains of "What Remains Of Edith Finch".

77

Stray
Stray
"B-BUT YOU PLAY AS A CAT! THAT MAKES IT A 10/10!" A good game is a 7/10. A charming idea with good gameplay behind it is a 10/10. A charming idea with nothing supporting making it just playable is a 6/10.

78

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Can't beat the classics, sorry...expect for the games above this game, but SHHHHHHHHHHHH

79

Arms
Arms
A better game was just in arms reach, but alas...

80

Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
The superior Death Stranding.

81

LEGO The Incredibles
LEGO The Incredibles
Oh, so THIS is what mid is; completely fine, but with no incentive to come back and try to get better at the game.

82

Demon's Crest
Demon's Crest
Oh, so a perfectly ok game...THAT'S where Joshscorcher got his name "Firebrand" from!

83

Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2
How the heck is the online play worse than Splatoon 3? At least I didn't have to worry about DDoS attacks for a game that shouldn't even exist.

Edit: They finally got their shit together and now it's basically just Overwatch one with a worse marketplace. Yaaay...

84

Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
This game reminds me of a disappointing sequel to Star Wars!

6 points.

85

Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Yeah, still have no idea why Gadget got hitched to Zipper. Still a decently fun platformer.

86

Millipede
Millipede
A pretty good and solid arcade game.

87

Shovel Knight Dig
Shovel Knight Dig
I don't really dig it.

88

Mappy-Land
Mappy-Land
Mappy was always nostalgic for me in a way, being one of the first games I really played, so I can't help but smile at this cute little twist of the formula.

89

Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise
Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise
An interesting spin on the original Dig-Dug formula, and managing to get all the enemies to fall into the ocean is always a blast.

90

ToeJam & Earl
ToeJam & Earl
No, this game really isn't jamming, actually. Kind of boring.

91

Nintendo Switch Sports
Nintendo Switch Sports
I can see Nintendo's idea of keeping a game alive with free updates. Maybe if we didn't have two games that felt similar to one another, it could have worked better. Unfortunately, Wii Sports Resort is still the superior game.

92

Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
It's not FlingSmash, Geist, or Burnout Crash!.
Not Mario Party 6 or Ultra Smash.
Neither Clubhouse Games or Wii Fit Plus.
Nor Family Feud on SNE-us.
All the games I played, whether good or bad,
Have tropes in common. My favorite doo-dads!
They may be rushed or plain or flawed, but ain't RPGs.
Oh, thank god.

Are my tastes just bad?
Am I the one to blame?
Or is it RPGs that are
Dumb. And lame.

Why don't you play them?

They just take so damn long to complete.

Why don't you play them?

Sixty hours just to rinse and repeat.

But you can grind for years just to beat that boss, oooh-ooh

Why waste all this time on just one game?

Why don't you play them?

Turn-based battles and too much text.
I'd rather be out not having sex.
Menu clutter and useless stats.
And random encounters can kiss my ass!
No gameplay till hours in.
Combat ready! How did I win?
The same thing happens over again.
And then their fun part comes up when?
I missed one thing and now I'm lost.
That one inch of text really meant a lot?
There's some shop with items I can't afford.
So grind for money. You won't be bored!
I'm tired. I'm scared. I'm not having fun.
There's no other way this can be spun!
What do I do? What do I check?
It's an RPG. What did I expect?

Why don't you play them?

They're so good, though.
You can't have opinions!

Listen, guys.

Why don't you play them?

They're not my style!

Start a new file.

Why don't you- Why don't- Why- why- Why don't you-

93

Demon Turf
Demon Turf
At least Crash 4's rehased levels were optional...

94

Tunic
Tunic
I mean, I guess it's a passable Zelda-like game...but I'm not really a Zelda guy, so I really don't feel that much from it.

95

Loop Hero
Loop Hero
The world is undergoing a roundabout, and it feels just as repetitive as it sounds.

96

Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby!
Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby!
You say "HAHA funny kids' game why is it even recognizable online", then you get to Owl and he wrecks your entire day. Than Tigger...was honestly extremely easy for me, NGL. But then, the demon himself, Christopher Robin, awaits you. Do you dare have the strength to fight him and win?

97

Earthworm Jim 2
Earthworm Jim 2
Too overly ambitious and trying to do the "LOL RANDOM=FUNNY" thing for its own good.

98

Columns
Columns
Oh yeah, this game exists.

99

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning
Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning
You can tell this game was made to be reacted to and screamed at.

100

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1 year ago

good list bro I enjoyed reading some of your comments gonna check out love you to bits


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