Best games played in 2021

Because half my GOTY list is Deltarune and the other half is Guilty Gear Strive

Feelings on which games I like the most may change in time, but this list and similar ones will not be edited after their end of year draft in order to reflect my thoughts at the time of publication

I still get nightmares about those fucking [REDACTED] in [REDACTED]
Some pieces of art are so good they are maddening, making you think "How the actual hell did they make something so good?".
Obsidian achieved the impossible and created one of the best games ever despite everything working against them, ultimately paying the price of a game that, in retrospect, was set up for failure.

Veronica ily (platonically) so much
Dusa is best Supergiant girl, fite me
I know it's on my GOTY already but fuck it, it's great and I will keep preaching to choir because I bloody love this stuff
Games shouldn't be allowed to be so unabashedly bold. Hell, some crazy dev could go crazy and we might get another Half-Life 2!
I will bring the game's final explicit message with me for as long as I live
Niko is best boy, he deserves peace
I may or may not have bought this solely because the soundtrack came included for free
Now there's a pretty meme! Exquisite!

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"The road to hell is paved with our best intentions"
-overused quote I pulld out my ass beacuse I am tired and need to get off my machine to get some fucking sleep for uni tomorrow
Green iz bezt! Vote Wurrzag fur WAAAGH!lord or he'll turn youze into a zogging squig!
I remember a Noah-Caldwell Gervais review (planescape torment?) which mentioned a short story featuring a videogame with a main character who has to sacrifice parts of their gear and abilities in order to progress. While I would have to track down the story in order to effectively talk about it, I am glad Pyre gave us the closest thing to it, an absolute masterpiece of design, presentation, music and art.

Also canonically a game where nearly every character is literally BALLIN'
Look mum I'm a hacker haha
proceeds to splatter his face on the pavement falling from a skysraper
ASCII people deserve love, too
These songs are so good wtf
Almost made me cry
If there's something Yeo excels at, other than writing, is the incredibly immersive atmosphere of his stories. Turns out this Japanese high school delinquent tale penned by a Russian hits really hard
When this is your sophomore game, you know you got some good shit in you
THAT'S IT LADS, ROCK 'N' STONE!
Holy crap, do I actually love photography? Brb, gonna find a nice camera and some lenses
Midway realised DOOM could be really scary and went all the way. Good for them honestly
Read The TFoRI entry but change the setting to Hard-Boiled Hong-Kong Action French Noir

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