So it’s nearing the end of 2020 and I’m doing my annual look back at what I played. I’ve still yet to finish a few games over December.
I keep a running list of everything I play each year and make a note of their GX. G means ‘good’: I personally enjoyed the game a lot. X means ‘it came out this year’ just to see how much new and old I generally play. GX means both of the above. No ‘G’ means I found it meh or disliked it. This year I’ve got 56ish games which is about average for me and is a mix of things I played for the first time and have played for years.
Captain Love's 2020 GX list
Little Misfortune - G
Monster Prom - G
AI The Somnium Files
Star Wars Episode I Racer - G
Untitled Goose Game - G
Ring Fit Adventure - G
Indivisible - G
Blazblue: Central Fiction - G
Street Fighter V Championship Edition - X
Vanquish - G
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - X
Faith - G
The Longing - GX
Super Smash Bros. Melee - G
Nioh 2 - GX
Doom Eternal - GX
Control: The Foundation - GX
Infamous: First Light
Tabletop Simulator
Resident Evil 3 Remake - GX
Lethal League Blaze - G
Face - G
Final Fantasy 7 Remake - GX
RBG - GX
Panoramical - G
Hard Lads - GX
The Last of Us 2 - X
SinoAlice - X
Jet Lancer - GX
Shantae and the Seven Sirens - X
Sakura Wars - GX
Deadly Premonition 2 - GX
Carrion - GX
Ghost of Tsushima - GX
Fall Guys - X
Control AWE - GX
Ary and the Secret of the Seasons - X
No Straight Roads - X
Super Mario Bros - G
Headliner: Novinews - G
Beyond Blue - GX
Paradise Killer - GX
Cosmology of Kyoto - G
Among Us - G
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - GX
Granblue Fantasy Versus - GX
Sunset Overdrive
Footsies - X
DEFCON - G
Killer Instinct - G
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code - G
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - GX
Tekken 7 Season 4 - G
[These last few I haven’t played yet but am intending to sort through over Christmas and into new year]
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise
Collection of Saga Final Fantasy Legend
My top games that defined calendar year 2020
Ring Fit Adventure - It’s no exaggeration to say I think I would be suffering extremely poor mental health without this game.
Super Smash Bros. Melee - The first year I’ve seriously committed lots of time to properly learning the game. I am still a scrub but I love Ganon.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Absorbed me, but feels weird to say more without finishing it first.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - Biggest surprise of this year. Really wasn’t expecting to love this as much as I did. Excellent game and probably the most genuinely positive story I’ve seen from anything in forever.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake - I’ve never played original 7 but might soon. Ironically I enjoyed how fresh this felt as a world despite flaws with combat and linear setpieces.
Paradise Killer - Awkward mystery structuring but a really good worldbuild that sticks with you. Organising timelines is my new favourite game mechanic.
Cosmology of Kyoto - Happiness to all beings who live or will live.
