2018 games
A year in review of the games I've played.
Next up, we have games. Whew, there were some really good releases in this year in addition to all the older games I finally made it around to playing (and sometimes even finishing!).
Disgaea 5 is hands down my favorite entry in the series now, at least from a mechanical standpoint. The story and characters.. well, they’ve grown on me. I did complete basically all of it other than the Baal fight, so I’m counting it as complete.
I played and dropped a lot of idle/mobile games this year. They were fun until they weren’t, and I just didn’t keep up with them after that.
Monster Hunter World could be the subject of its own blog post. It’s simultaneously my most and least favorite game in the series. Capcom did a great reinvention of a lot of core mechanics, but the early game content just.. isn’t there, especially in contrast to Generations or even 4 Ultimate. I would love to see the armor system get translated to a more traditional Monster Hunter game, along with the automatic crafting, better set management, and.. well, most of the other quality of life changes. Generations, with the scrap system and scaled damage numbers, has a lot that World could learn from as well.
Smash Bros is Smash. The soundtrack is magical.
Kenshi is probably my standout weird indie game that I picked up. It’s something to the tune of Morrowind where your characters (!) aren’t special. You can build up a town, it’s heavily moddable, and it’s just really enjoyable. Your characters also physically change in appearance based on their stats, which is fascinating. Of course, there have been people who have modded that to only be disabled for women (ugh) but it’s a really neat feature.
- disgaea 5
- a girl adrift
- love nikki
- idle poring
- wayward
- dungeons and dragons 2e
- warhammer quest
- final fantasy xv
- lost sphear demo
- final fantasy xii zodiac age
- mario kart 8
- crypt of the necrodancer
- creeper world 3: arc eternal
- kirby star allies
- monster hunter world
- monster hunter 4 ultimate
- monster hunter generations
- factorio
- dwarf fortress
- hyrule warriors definitive edition
- machiavillain
- dark souls remastered
- misadventures of tron bonne
- splatoon 2
- diablo 3 eternal collection
- evo search for eden
- link to the past: randomizer
- captain toad treasure tracker
- octopath traveler
- pokemon go
- harvest seasons
- overcooked 2
- pokemon heartgold
- little dragon’s cafe
- rocket robot on wheels
- mystical ninja starring goemon
- monster hunter world (pc)
- monster hunter generations ultimate
- infinitode
- holes.io
- magic the gathering arena
- smash brothers ultimate
- kenshi
- pokemon let’s go eevee