They shopped until they dropped

Slightly unfair to say, though. Hogwarts Legacy got a multiplatform release. TOTK only released on Switch.

Counter-point for fairness, It’s impressive that TOTK got that many sales on it’s own while being stuck on one platform!

Either way, 2023 was a good year for gaming. Lots of fun stuff got released and I hope we can keep this trend going.

Yeah… I already wasn’t a fan of where the series was going story and gameplay-wise, now I’m just gonna have to call it here. I think im gonna be taking a looooong break from Like a Dragon/Yakuza. I’m not gonna back this shitty behavior with my money. Even If this turns out to be a fun game, they’re saying “Oh, the STORY is 100 hours by itself!” No way in HELL that is all forward progress and gripping tales. These games have fluff and filler in their normal ~20 hour stories. I’d just end up losing track of things and burning out well before any the end of the game.

This is awful, I love it

Huh, didn’t realize we already made it to the era of SHODAN

Oh they totally don’t lol. I adore their campiness.

JC2 is my baby XD

My main reason is the different biomes of 2. A desert, a massive city, snowy mountains, an island archipelago. I love seeing it all sprawl out in the distance and knowing that it’s all mine to explore and do whatever.

I guess the reason I bring this up is because Just Cause feels uniquely, gloriously pointless to me.

I love 'em. Just Cause 3 practically has Gmod in it’s DNA. But at the same time, I’m strangely aware of the loop.

BOTW’s is not my favorite of the series, but damn is it perfect for the game it’s in. The music pairs BEAUTIFULLY with the world.

Gonna have to say this in no specific order because it’s too hard to pick true favorites:

-Assassin’s Creed 2

-Xenoblade Chronicles

-Pizza Tower

-Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword (or… any Zelda game but damn Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess are so damn memorable)

-Metal Slug 5

-Yakuza 0

And a lot more that I’m spacing right now.

Edit: BLASPHEMOUS!! That game has a beautiful, haunting soundtrack.

I remember seeing that you get a few days early access if you pre-order. Dear lord, playing a PRE-day one Bethesda RPG? Forget buggy, it’ll be a pile of writhing polygons on the floor.

Very true! For some reason, Lego Batman really clicks with me even more so than others for some reason. I never did figure out why, nor does it bother me. I’m just happy to play silly lego gaem :)

Lego Batman, the first one. God, I love that game. I just feel so cozy when I play it.

Quick-time events but SPECIFICALLY the ones that give you way too little time to react. Like, I never mind them too much, especially the ones in the Yakuza series, but I remember there was this game on the Wii called Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings that would throw these inputs WAYY too fast at you.