40. Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
Another new arrival on the list is this revival of an old franchise. The combination of bullet hell and hack and slash gameplay is a pairing not seen anywhere else and each section was worthy of its own game. The flying sections included enough challenge to whittle down health for the ground segments unless you were careful enough to avoid danger. The hidden and difficulty gated areas in the levels containing extra treasure add a lot of variety to playing through the levels. Ultimately, the best part of this game for me was the difficulty slider. No matter how much I played I was still able to push the difficulty up and find new challenges. The portrait piece challenges are generally well thought out and actually provide meaningful new game challenges instead of just forcing you to play more in order to unlock them.
Primarily an RPG player but have interest in any game that will make me think.
