Favorite 2018 Release:
Yakuza 6. I honestly expect this to change to Smash Ultimate once that comes out. Part of why I'm hesitant to take part in these super early year end threads. There's a whole month left in the year. Anyway, Yakuza 6 is a fantastic game and does really well to end the Kiryu anthology.
Least Favorite 2018 Release:
Fallout 76. Everything about this game is just terrible. I bought a copy and I haven't opened it and am considering returning it, because yikes.
Favorite Game Played in 2018:
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice I had put off buying this game for so long, and then I had put off playing it for a while longer. This game is so damned fantastic that when they announced the physical release, I bought it for both PS4 and X1.
Least Favorite Game Played in 2018:
Mega Man X7. This one took some thinking because I played a lot of damned good games this year... then I remembered that I tried to play through the X collection. I gave up on X7 within minutes of starting the game.
Mega Man X5 gets honorable mention for also being a stinker.
Sleeper Hit of 2018: I want to say
Until Dawn because I was so hesitant to play this game and my wife made me play it and I rather enjoyed it. But if we are talking about games that came out this year, I'm gonna say
Dark Souls Remastered. I have played Dark Souls before and I remember the experience being okay, but this second time around of playing having the knowledge needed to get through the game, the game was absolutely fantastic and I've had such a hard time putting it down.
Favorite Gaming Moment in 2018: The many times that the games I played would tug at my heart strings.
Yakuza 6,
Yakuza 5,
Among the Sleep, and
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. All of these games had moments that were highly emotional, and the games were so good that I felt invested enough to feel.
Proudest Collection Accomplishment of 2018: I didn't do a lot of hunting this year at all, I think the one sale I did hit was this past weekend and was it a doozy. I'm gonna post about it in the December Collection thread... even though part of it was November 30th.
And as always I'm going to add some of my own categories
Proudest Gaming Accomplishment in 2018: I have to go with playing
Dark Souls Remastered. I went through 3 bosses back to back with no bonfires, because there were no bonfires between them, didn't die once. I was really expecting to die, but I managed to get through the 3 bosses back to back. I was pretty fucking proud of that, managed to not lose a shit ton of souls in the process.
Favorite Game Revisited in 2018: Again this award goes to
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. I play this game yearly attempting to work my way towards that platinum trophy, and I make a little progress each year. I love this game so damned much. Definitely in my top 5 games of all time.
Least Favorite Game beat in 2018:
Mega Man X5. This game is just plain terrible. Not as bad as X7 I suppose, but it definitely sucks an egg.
Top 10 Games played in 2018:
- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4)
- Yakuza 5 (PS3)
- Yakuza 0 (PS4)
- Yakuza 6 (PS4)
- Dark Souls Remastered (NS)
- Dragon Quest VII (3DS)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider (X1)
- Far Cry 5 (X1)
- Donut County (PS4)
- Steamworld Dig 2 (NS)
Ten worst games played in 2017- Mega Man X7 (PS4)
- Mega Man X5 (PS4)
- Dragon Quest VIII (3DS)
- Florence (Android)
- Opus: The Day We Found Earth (NS)
- Splatoon (Wii U)
- Borderlands 2 (X1)
- Mega Man X6 (PS4)
- Mega Man X4 (PS4)
- Gorogoa (NS)
