Imagine if Xbox actually won an E3 year, he'd lose his mind with all the hyperbolic threads. I got scolded for pointing out the obvious regarding vasto and MS so not gonna do that again.

This is one of the most over hyperbolic thread titles I have ever read lol.

I think you should play it.

I had the original and never bothered with it for more than a few minutes. Then, I got the enhanced version and gave it a shot. Loved it. Once you learn the save mechanic and the gameplay nuances, I think it'll be one of your favorite games--if you're into "Metroidvania" games.

Quite a few games from once unknown studios have struck a chord with people. Its good that this one  got their big break with Microsoft.

Ori and the Blind Forest is indeed one of the greatest games of all time. It's in my top 10 for sure. I can't wait for Ori and he Will of the Wisps. I'm sure it will be a masterpiece as well.

I'm trying, the pc curse has targeted me again.

My Laptop's GT740m isn't working right anymore. Even in 960x540, with everything turned off in the NVidia control panel, still severe slowdown, not just fps, game logic as well with scratchy sound. It's not Ori specific, Spintires that used to run at 60fps, now runs at 10 to 30. Perhaps a bad driver or windows update. Switching to integrated graphics works better, in 720p Ori gets 20-30 fps, pretty blurry on a 1080p latop but at least the sound is intact. The cpu usage is less than 4%, why can't it use more of that!

I tried to install the Geforce Experience, runtime error, error running setup.exe, it wiped itself... Tried to install a newer version, failed. Shield streaming failed, but I don't want shield streaming anyway, it doesn't install. Second attempt, custom install, no option to skip shield streaming, tried clean install, eureka after a full system restart. Refreshing games list took forever, Ori is not in the list. I switched back to my gpu in the other NVidia control panel, new driver, OriDE.exe is no longer in the list, ugh. Tried it again with all fancy stuff turned off (like AA etc), set to maximum performence. Seems to run even worse after all that, the sound is scratchy in the menu already. Is there a way to revert to a 2 year old driver that works... Oh well 720p20 integrated graphics it is.

When do you get to save in Ori anyway, I'm quite tired of the opening sequence by now. I ran out of playtime anyway. Talk about bad first impressions! Consoles are so much less hassle! (and don't grind to a halt after a few years)

Different people will get emotional for different games. There's no one that's "best." I'm glad Ori brought out so much feeling in some, just as other games mentioned here. For me it was Last of Us.

I think you missed the reactions to The Last of Us 2.

Youtube video's are hardly good evidence of emotions.

You know who make it in youtube? People who react huge. What gets more views? Someone sitting there watching a conference in silence and taking it all in, or someone jumping up and down, screaming, crying, fangasming, ect during reveals.

Obviously number 2. Thus that is what you will find on youtube. Heck, watch some Metroid Prime 4 reactions. You have people going banana's when they see the Metroid Prime words pop up, yet until that point they are like "what is this?" A true Metroid fan would have recognized it way earlier. The music, the S in the space, and then the obvious 4 on top of them. Yet many of the huge reactions are people not getting it until the words Metroid show up. Or how about smash reactions. Lots of huge reactions and fangasming over reveals of like Shulk or some character that the person has never played the game before, they even say so. Yet they scream and cry like its the greatest thing ever.

I guess I got pretty emotional with the likes of TLOU, FF IX and X, HR and B2S... but ok if you think this is the strongest one, good for you.