2023 First Time Plays Ranked

Alright. Thats it. Roll credits. Interesting year in life for me rebuilding myself into an adult man. Not so interesting in games. Katamari was the highlight fr fr. Started getting into some crpgs, game passed on a whim, more indie games which were often mid, and game passed around.

Heres about three sentences about every game i played for the first time this year. There are some games floating around that I started or continued this year that I didn't feel confident in writing on yet so those will show up in a future list. Have a good year folks!

Voice of the Killer
Voice of the Killer
I thought this was ok. Very straight forward man capitalism really sucks the soul out of you with an eldritch murder horror kinda thing. It's pleasant but it doesn't elevate me or anything.
WBSC eBaseball: Power Pros
WBSC eBaseball: Power Pros
Baseballs weakest soldier
We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie
We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie
So many of the excellent parts of katamari damage except with a focus on more content rather than the well scaled adventure of the first. Some parts with this change are fantastic, like the different princes you can collect and play as, though I just simply prefer the musings if the original. Still a true classic in its own right.
Wildfrost
Wildfrost
I think I love this game? Or I hate it? Sits in my mind rent free and makes we want to play through different builds and what not, buuuut it's also the most unsatisfactory run based game I've ever beaten. Moment to moment is great but as soon it's over I'm left feeling kinda empty. Hella ambivalent about this one
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Decidedly not for me. Not that team ninjas games don't appeal, I look forward to playing strangers of paradise and night, but the sort of personality less romance of the three kingdoms left me feeling vague and emotionless in my attempts to play this. Maybe if I become a three kingdoms buff this will appeal to me buy idk, I'll probably revisit it later in life.
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Ys: Memories of Celceta
An ys game where I want to avoid fights? There's a lot of ways you can slice this cake but at the end of the day it's pacing is messed up and there's too much back tracking. Combat can be fun but it also feels kinda pointless when you're fighting the same stuff over and over again.

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