List of Games You've Beaten 2023

I've skipped on this thread in previous years but what the hell might as well give it a shot. Played several seriously good games so far this year.

Started on it last year but finished it in 2023. As the score shows I loved it though honestly maybe not as much as I expected. I have to say I prefer the 2018’s more concentrated story and the character development in that one, but this was still an excellent title.

Infinite was somehow both better and worse than I remembered it. Some really weird limitations like no manual save and the ending goes down best if you don't think about too hard, but the gameplay is leagues above its predecessors and the characters are still very compelling.

I think I can officially say at this point Persona is one of my top 4 favorite game series (along with Tales of, Zelda and Smash). The biggest compliment I can give Persona 4 is to call it a slightly worse version of Persona 5 (no seriously that’s high praise).

I wrote my thoughs on this game as a comment to the VgChartz review. In short it was a fun time but I did have some issues with it.

Going into this game I expected to like it about as much as the first (which I would probably give an 8) but my god, they really went above and beyond for this sequel. They basically changed the combat completely, which was the one thing holding back the original imo, and the ending is also just incredible.

Basicly the Dark Souls II of Pikmin. Or I guess Dark Souls II is the Pikmin 2 of Dark Souls, since Pikmin came first. It’s brutal and can honestly feel BS at times, but it still had me coming back for more even after I’d beaten the main story.

mZuzek wasn’t kidding, this is a seriously good game with some grade A writing. I wouldn’t place it that far behind Marvel’s Spider-Man and that’s in my top 50 of all-time.

Not at all what I expected but incredible. Who knew that Earthbound and horror would mix so well? I’m giving it 9 as a whole, but honestly the last 3 or 4 hours of it are pretty much a 10. Might have to write a full review on it at some point.

It’s been about 10 years since I played the original, but it was great to get another taste of the world of Psychonauts. The combat and some elements of the story do leave a bit to be desired imo, but still a very charming and fun game.

Essentially what dragged this game down significantly for me was one little detail: the formations. Not being able to turn off formations when just wanting to move a group of varied units from A to B makes the game feel like it has terrible pathing even though that probably isn’t really the case.

Actually, Corruption was the first Prime game I experienced, but I got stuck pretty early back in the day so this is my first time beating it. And, well, I’d have to say it’s my least favorite of the trilogy (though not by a huge margin, controversially I’d probably give the first two a 7.5). I did love some elements like the nunchuck whip and how fast you can traverse to different sections of the game (different planets in this case) thanks to your ship.

A big step up from 2, but still doesn’t quite capture the charm of the original even if it's mechanics are a lot more fleshed out. It’s a super creative game though with many fun surprising little elements.

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