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Half way through the year - which is you favourite acclaimed new release so far?

God of War 776 65.37%
 
Celeste 105 8.85%
 
Shadow of the Colossus 76 6.40%
 
Monster Hunter: World 103 8.68%
 
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire 28 2.36%
 
DJMax Respect 2 0.17%
 
Ni no Kuni II 73 6.15%
 
Full Metal Furies 2 0.17%
 
Super Mega Baseball 2 14 1.18%
 
Into the Breach 8 0.67%
 
Total:1,187
KazumaKiryu said:
ZODIARKrebirth said:
ni no kuni 2, jrpg's are always welcome

So true < 3 And the graphic/design is really beautiful. I think NNK2 or Dragon Quest Xi on PS4 in September will be JRPG of the Year. Will be exciting :) For the first half of 2018, Ni No Kuni 2 is my favorite game - but the god of war has maybe the biggest (impressive) games-experience, a difficult decision for me.

right, dragon quest XI will be the next big jrpg on ps4, god of war is for sure the big game of the year, but wouldn't forget spiderman, looks really great from what i have seen til now



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For me (and i think im the only one) the best game so far has been Sushi Striker.



Celeste is my favorite game this year so far by a lot, and probably a lock for my favorite 2018 game. I'm an older gamer who loves a stiff, 2D platforming challenge like what Celeste offers, and also happen to struggle with depression and anxiety myself, so I really connected to the game's story strongly.

I really appreciated the honesty of Madeline's path to recovery. Mental illness really does feel like climbing a mountain and it does feel like there's another person there with you sewing self-doubt a lot of the time. A lot of media portrays depression and anxiety that type of way, but pose simpler solutions than the more honest one Celeste conveys. Usually media portrays recovery as a simple matter of choosing to reject and abolish that fearful, self-doubting part of yourself. NOT how it works! It's not that easy! It's not even good for you. And there ARE relapses! Really bad ones. It's not just all upward momentum.

[SPOILERS!]I really appreciated that Madeline winds up having to reconcile with her alter-ego instead of having to destroy her or some simplistic solution like that. It really is about learning to love yourself so that you don't have to be so afraid all the time. I can't say I'm there, but this suggestion seems accurate to me. That's what it's about. I also liked how, in keeping with this theme, Madeline winds up reconciling with all of the "enemies" in the game, in fact. And I mean there are really only a couple at that. And that's something else I loved about Celeste: that it doesn't go the cheap route of just throwing progressively more enemies at you as you advance to up the challenge gradually in a way that's superficial. Rather, genuinely clever stage design consistently forms the basis of the challenge on offer, as it should in a platforming game, IMO. I mean very few games in this genre use no proper enemies at all! I really applaud the developers' decision to avoid recoursing to them entirely here. That was brave and it forced them to really design the stages well![/SPOILERS]

I also just have to say something about Celeste's wonderful soundtrack because it sets the mood flawlessly, consistently. It's gentle, atmospheric, and soothing. It doesn't feel like the usual second-rate pop type music that we tend to get in platforming games. And the way they gently placed the story bits into each stage in a way that feels absolutely natural, never forced...it just adds another layer of specialness. The retro vibes help get me into the experience as well, being someone more dependent on nostalgia than I think most people my age are. (It's about remembering times in my life when I was happy.)To that end, I really appreciated the little touches like the inclusion of tapes and the protagonist not having a smart phone or social media accounts.

The writing quality is some of the best in all of gaming to date. The characters all really come to life. And there's just something to be said as well for the natural-feeling way that they integrated the story bits into each stage. It never once feels forced, pretentious, or burdensome at all. Just a delight that strongly motivates you to keep playing!

On top of all that, you have the B-sides for extra challenge (which I want!) and, if feeling lazy (or just not skilled at these types of games, but still interested in the beautiful story), you have the option to basically cheat your way through too, alternatively. There's something here for every type of gamer and mood.

It's going to be tough for another game to top all that and I'm not aware of any game on the near-term (i.e. 2018) horizon that appears to have the potential to do so as yet. Not for my taste anyway.

Last edited by Jaicee - on 30 June 2018

xboxonefan said:
Dragon ball fighters has higher score than ni no kuni 2

I don't think you want to play the review score game with an 87MC, especially since we've had multiple 90+ titles this year.



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That is one terrible poll there. Where is Far Cry 5, Dragonball Fighterz and A Way Out?

You can replace those random games no one even knows about with these.



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Celeste for me.



I'm a no good useless jobless talentless sub human so I havent been able to get many new games this year along with having to waste the money I dont have to get a new controller and fix my laptop cause they decided to crap out. The only new game I got this year was detroit become human, and I have dragon quest 11 preordered. So I guess the only game I can say at the moment is Detroit.



God of war so far, apart from it being a masterpiece I've not found anything released this year to really push it. I have high hopes for Octopath though.



So far it's Frostpunk. Nothing else has come close. I'll be looking forward to JC4 though.



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Machina said:
fauzman said:
I think you had to know the result most people would go for before you did the thread. GOW of course. Its the most acclaimed game and most popular so far.

Oh of course. Half-way through the year is still a good time to run something like this. And the race for second place is interesting.

Ok 😊. I wanted to know the reason as it was pretty obvious which was going to win. I have to say i only know a very few of the games you have on the poll which is kind of sad. 



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