You know all the games we talked about potentially existing? that Was it this year when Geoff Keighley was preparing to take the stage at The Game Awards with his best smile in the company?
They can all go and do one.
Well, except maybe Balatro, because everyone loves Balatro.
But I’m not here to digress and write about Balatro. No matter how much time it robs us all of. I’m here to write about my personal game of the year. Because I’m an indecisive bastard, I have three.
Like a dragon: infinite wealth. Fallout: London. I’m glad you’re here.
The three games were created in different ways and for different reasons.
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Let’s start with unlimited wealth like 2024. Dropped in January (by far the best month since it’s the month I was born) Like A Dragon 8 faced a tough task. It had to surpass its critically acclaimed predecessor, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and give iconic series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu a better ending than Like a Dragon: The Man Who Cleared His Name. You know, the ending that had our Yakuza bosses crying like babies just a few months ago.
In my estimation, it did a better job than could have been done with both. It’s really two games. One is a love letter to how far a long-undefeated but mentally scarred boxer has come before he goes out to fight what he believes could be his last fight, a fight where the inevitable timed uppercut will knock him out. Lately, he’s pierced the canvas through his opponent’s gloves. The other is the next chapter in the story of someone who approaches things in a way that Kiryu never could: relying on others to fight for you.
It could be argued that RGG bringing back Kiryu, his third attempt at a retirement tour, hinders Ichiban Kasuga’s part of the story. ) Just do that. For me, the inclusion of Kiryu gives me a much more balanced overall package in the story it’s trying to tell. It’s ‘do it yourself’ versus ‘do it with help’, and (spoiler alert) it ends with the person representing the former finally accepting the help they need.
Fallout: London is set on the Isle of Sorrows, which is much less beautiful than Hawaii. While Shadow of the Erdtree has us all debating whether DLC qualifies for GOTY consideration, I think the FOLON team’s massive production makes a pretty good case for it. If DLC is allowed, mods should be allowed too.
That a large, volunteer-led project like this got across the release finish line in any semblance of the way it actually did is an incredible achievement in itself, and it’s kind of a tragedy that the initial release build was so buggy. . If you can get over it, this mod isn’t just a cool little expansion for Fallout 4. This is exactly the kind of expansive and interesting attempt to take the Fallout series beyond its North American roots. This is a studio with significant support from publishers.
Even with the fixes, I’m not sure it would surpass New Vegas on my list of the best Fallout games, but as someone who simply didn’t enjoy the first series of the Amazon Fallout TV show as much as others, it does. It doesn’t really have the ability to provide the diverse and unique take on the world of the series that I’m looking for. I’m so glad London did that.
Lastly, Thank Godness You’re Here from indie studio Coal Supper is the kind of game that once you show it to someone, you don’t need to explain why you like it. I may be from somewhere slightly north of Yorkshire, but these photos of this unique and quirky English village will speak to you wherever in our country you happened to grow up. A butler and pony called Giles are available.
It’s a funny love letter to working class people living working class lives. And in a year when more and more soulless garbage has been poured onto our plates, including the AI ​​garbage that is clogging up society, the simple and human is worth celebrating. .
great. You can now get all your other games back.
