are we basically doing bottom line style reviews for these because i am probably not the most clever person to write them but
XCOM but you play an overconfident cat burglar instead of a chronically-unlucky and overworked janitor
a game about figuring out how to play; games as awe-inspiring alien artifacts; the surprisingly-affecting emotional arc of solving your first jigsaw puzzle
tactile and aesthetically-perfect zelda 1, right down to the second quest most people don’t play
gonna add:
868-HACK: ultra-minimalist roguelike about greed
probability 0: hitting the skill cap took me four years
soundodger: rhythm games don’t all have to have the same mechanics you guys
a good snowman is hard to build: charming hangoutable and well-paced little sokoban variant
Wait, there’s a second quest in Hyper Light Drifter?
5+ shard doors, aka the post-game content that’s literally around half the game and which most people don’t end up trying to seek out because it’s a pain in the ass and there’s no substantial payoff for it
Yeah I dunno how I forgot to do a reviewino of Freedom Planet. Should be easy to get a little quote from the forums somewhere at least.
Is there a game called Muri, or do you mean Furi?
The original concept for Metal Gear Rising rises. Slice the entire world to pieces and regain your underwear.
A FMV game about the worst video file sorting system ever created.
…I don’t know that I like that last one.
When the technology catches up we’ll have a game about asking the right questions directly, but for now Her Story is a good simulation of interviewing to build a story.
edit-Won’t seem to load the link properly but yeah Muri is a DOS-styled Daniel Remar joint.
The Witness
wonder and hatred intertwine in this toddler game for grownups. match colours, shapes and patterns in a meditative brain workout in the saddest cardboard resort. learning languages has never been so calculatedly satisfying and lonely!
it’s Alright imo
fun enough but didn’t have staying power for me after 1 runthrough (do arcade games ever? idk)
Okay, good to know.
…Also, Furi is probably worth a recommendation as well. It was one of my favorite releases from last year.
I’m seconding those.
Also:
D: The Game (Apparently a classic! Just got it, need to check it out)
Path of Exile (there’s gonna be a new expansion this summer, yay!)
Shadowverse (there’s a thread for it here. “Anime Hearthstone”)
Transistor (selectbuttoners cheered when I got that)
Valkyria Chronicles (got it from a selectbutton friend. Still need to play more of it!)
seem like Selectbutton games that I have in my library
And I’d like to add Tekken 7
But I still need to think about text/reviews… Hopefully I’ll get to that in the next days
vanquish?
“It is possible this game is […] good.”
–Rock Paper Shotgun
awww i was trying to remember the name of this the other day 
This game makes me feel kind of motion-sick to play.
This can be an endorsement.
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES is puyo puyo with guns
Oh shite, didn’t think that we can add TSS and Wind Jammers D:
We are now somehow the only curator who recommends Magic Wand ( ; /\ ; )