It's been about 5 and a half years since I did my last Top 100 list. Due to my OCD and compulsion to constantly create lists in my head I think it's time for an all new Top 100.
My first thought was to reevaluate the old top 100, but fuck it, it's easier to pick 100 new games that I didn't have on the list last time. In the past 5 and a half years I've played more than I usually have, largely due to COVID. And in that time I've played a lot of new great games.
Plus, when I made the last list, I avoided adding multiple games from the same franchises. So I can dip back into the Dragon Quest pool and a few others.
Anyway stay tuned. Starting tomorrow we're doing this shit again.
My first thought was to reevaluate the old top 100, but fuck it, it's easier to pick 100 new games that I didn't have on the list last time. In the past 5 and a half years I've played more than I usually have, largely due to COVID. And in that time I've played a lot of new great games.
Plus, when I made the last list, I avoided adding multiple games from the same franchises. So I can dip back into the Dragon Quest pool and a few others.
Anyway stay tuned. Starting tomorrow we're doing this shit again.
Recently Spotted:
*crickets*
The Art Style series of games on the Wii and the DSi were quietly some of the most interesting games on Nintendo consoles at the time. Much like the Bit.Trip series, they took simple concepts and basic graphics and found a way to turn them on their head just a bit. Sadly they didn't quite have the same success as the Bit.Trip games, but they mostly were just as good.
BOXLIFE in particular was a favorite of mine. However, it is one of those games that when I tell people about they think I'm an idiot. Or possibly 5 years old. Or maybe just a really slow 8-year-old. Here it is in a nutshell. You're given a sheet of segmented paper, and you have to trace out segments that could be folded up into a box, creating as little waste as possible. You do this for 14 levels, and for some reason it is insanely fun. Oh, and you get a reward too. When you clear a segment, you get new papercraft figures for your home that you grow from an empty field to a farm to a house to a giant building.
I could try and explain it further, but it's just one of those things that doesn't make sense until you actually play it yourself. And even then, if you're not really a fan of puzzle games, or making boxes, I suppose, you still might not think it's worth a damn. But I will say that when I first started it, I was immediately addicted and I pretty much played straight through until I had completed every level. It's a real shame that it's essentially locked away on the closed DSi and 3DS shops.