GOTY 2022
In no particular order, in fact alphabetical just to ensure we don't get into the minutia of ranking.
9 Games
Feel like a genius. Expand your mind. Move names into boxes.
Hear me out: it's the best and most accessible shump I've played in years. Why then does its name rhyme with anus? I wish I could tell you.
This has been discussed by everyone else in the universe. It's very good. I won't belabor the point any further.
I honestly hated the story, but that music and game play is phenomenal.
Padded? Yes. Too much game for what it is. Rough edges? Plenty. It does something really great for more and delivers on the core themes that my nostalgia-bait fav, Xenogears, didn't stick the landing on.
