What I Bought:
Dicey Dungeons
Grindstone
Super Meat Boy Forever
Hades
Carrion
Mr. Driller DrillLand
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Fuser
Immortals: Fenyx Rising
Auto Chess
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Ghost Runner
Supraland
Ghost of Tsushima
Spelunky 2
Streets of Rage 4
Doom Eternal
The Last of Us 2
Nioh 2
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Hyrule Warrios: Age of Calamity
Prinny: Exploded and Reloaded
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Paradise Killer
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
La Mulana 1 and 2
Spirit Farer
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Heroes of Hammerwatch
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Recently Spotted:
*crickets*
3. Hades
This indie darling from the creators of Bastion, Transistor and Pyre deserves every last word of praise you've heard about it! Coulda been a contender for number one, if not for the other two games on this list!
2. The Last of Us 2
Being who I am, I have to acknowledge the inclusiveness this game brings to the table. With a story thats both as heart-warming and heart-wrenching as the gameplay is gut-wrenching, you would think it was a shoe-in for my game of the year. Any other year, it probably would have been so, if not for two-things: One, my number one game and Two, I have to admit there's a despair fatigue that sets in after you play this game for so many hours. 2020 certainly didn't need any more than it already had!
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Which leaves...
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1. Ghost of Tsushima
Utterly gripping. That's what comes to mind when I think of my experience with Ghost. I set this baby on Hard, started playing and never looked back. I explored every last shrine, saved every last village, lit every last lighthouse, completed every last Bamboo challenge, finished every last Tale. It's a beautiful game, it's an insanely playable game. It truly is one of the last, best games for PS4! I put 90 hours plus into it already and WILL return to it to play Legends mode once I find the time and the people to play it with. Just what I needed to get me through the fall this year! Outstanding, Sucker Punch!!
...and a special "FUCK YOU" award goes out to these two Turd-Bombs!
...and the award for "Why didn't I play these (more)?" goes to:
...the "definition of pick up and play" award goes to:
...the award for "Was it always this HARD or have I gotten OLD?" goes to:
...the "How could they not have known?" award goes to:
*gross!
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...the "Most Zen game of 2020" award goes to:
Now that I have sufficiently pushed my number 1 and 2 games off the front page of the site, I bring my 2020 GOTY Awards to a close!
Love and hugs, Miss you all!
-Leo!
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