Right, I mentioned I'd do a recap of my full list, so here goes.
4 new games made it into my top 50 this year: Final Fantasy XVI, Control, Monster Hunter World, and Horizon Forbidden West.
This meant that the following games fell off: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Kingdom Hearts II, Ni No Kuni, and Grandia
Otherwise there was relatively little movement on my list, with one exception. The biggest jump up was just two spots, by Uncharted 2, and most other changes were also within five spots from last year's list, but the biggest drop was quite drastic. Dark Souls II fell by a total of 15 spots, as it unfortunately didn't quite hold up as well as I remembered after I replayed it last year.
# of games by platform:
Each game is listed under the first platform I played it on.
PS1: 6
- Suikoden II (#45)
- Grandia (#27)
- Final Fantasy VII (#19)
- Final Fantasy VIII (#15)
- The Legend of Dragoon (#2)
- Final Fantasy IX (#1)
PS2: 4
- Okami (#43)
- Persona 4 (#28)
- Final Fantasy X (#9)
- Shadow of the Colossus (#6)
PS3: 9
- Uncharted 2 (#47)
- Journey (#38)
- Dark Souls II (#33)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (#26)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (#23)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (#21)
- The Last of Us (#13)
- Valkyria Chronicles (#5)
- Dark Souls (#4)
PS4: 18
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (#50)
- God of War 2018 (#48)
- Spiritfarer (#39)
- Control (#37)
- Monster Hunter World (#35)
- Tales of Berseria (#34)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (#32)
- The Last of Us Part II (#31)
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 (#30)
- Yakuza 0 (#29)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (#25)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (#24)
- Nier: Automata (#20)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (#18)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (#14)
- Dark Souls III (#12)
- Elden Ring (#10)
- Bloodborne (#8)
PS5: 2
- Final Fantasy XVI (#46)
- Horizon Forbidden West (#16)
NES: 1
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (#41)
SNES: 1
- Final Fantasy VI (#17)
Switch: 1
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (#42)
Xbox 360: 1
- Lost Odyssey (#44)
PC: 7
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd (#49)
- Total Annihilation (#40)
- Stardew Valley (#36)
- Hollow Knight (#22)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (#11)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (#7)
- Freespace 2 (#3)
Developers with multiple games:
Square Enix/Squaresoft: 7 games
Nihon Falcom: 7 games
FromSoftware: 5 games
Naughty Dog: 4 games
Nintendo: 2 games
Sega/Media.Vision: 2 games
Guerrilla Games: 2 games
Most represented years: (going by EU release dates)
2017: 7 games (Trails in the Sky the 3rd, Breath of the Wild, Tales of Berseria, Yakuza 0, Hollow Knight, Nier: Automata, Horizon Zero Dawn)
2016: 5 games (Stardew Valley, Trails of Cold Steel, Trails of Cold Steel II, Uncharted 4, Dark Souls III)
2020: 4 games (Spiritfarer, The Last of Us Part II, Final Fantasy VII remake, Trails of Cold Steel IV)
2018: 3 games (God of War, Monster Hunter World, Valkyria Chronicles 4)
2019: 3 games (A Plague Tale: Innocence, Control, Trails of Cold Steel III)
There were also 10 different years with 2 games on the list.
# of games by decade:
1990s: 6 games
2000s: 11 games
2010s: 26 games
2020s: 7 games
That's all I can think to write about right now.
You can find my full top 50 and links to each individual write-up here.
Last edited by Darashiva - on 02 January 2024
