E33, Hades 2, and Silksong are all very very close for me. I’d probably pick E33 as it’s the one whose story resonated the most but at the end of the day I’d be happy with any of them getting the recognition.

Hades 2 is tough cause after having played early access for so long I’m almost not that excited about it anymore which hurts it a tiny bit, but that shouldn’t take away from the things it did well.

I picked up Vampire Survivors, played one round, and was like yeah I think I’m done here.

Yesss that was so good lol.

It’s possible I’m thinking of another game entirely on the other thing. Haha

“You can change the difficulty at any time in the settings screen” during loading screens after dying always gets me.

The segment in Ultra Deluxe where the narrator reads mean Steam reviews is so good lol.

I would have swore there was a moment in Disco Elysium where a character makes fun of you for talking like you are trying to exhaust all the options in a dialog tree. But now I can’t find it. Anyone know?

Hollow Knight Silksong.

I’ve been bouncing back and forth between Silksong and Hades II. The struggle is real.

Ahh this sounds so much better. I’ll have to make time to replay the end myself.

Aaah well, that’s too funny. Guess that shows how disconnected I am from the community haha. 🤣

Never heard of this game but it looks neat! I appreciate good construction and those player boards with the inset tiles look really slick.

If the multiplayer “KatamariBall” mode had local split-screen support this would be a no-brainer for me. What I’m reading online suggests this isn’t an option.

My kid and I played tons of local multiplayer in Katamari Reroll together, it was a blast.

People of a certain age like myself likely recall a time when games actually recognized that split screen was a thing. 😞

This was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the Tie Fighter mention. Though OP mentioned not having a joystick and I don’t have direct experience playing on controller so YYMV.

The single player campaign is short but fun and very nostalgic for enjoyers of the X-Wing/Tie Fighter era of games!

The online (if anyone even still plays) is anything but casual so I don’t necessarily recommend that unless you are super invested in it.

This is so exciting! I definitely did not expect any more content out of this game so it’s a huge surprise. Will be awesome to jump back in.

I just hope that the challenge level of the new fights feels appropriate eg level 99.

As a plot and gameplay device i love when games with party mechanics remove the Main Protagonist from the party for a bit and have you control someone else.

Same! These moments always feel special. I also really love how Wall Market is depicted in this chapter.

Oh no!

Well dang, that is shitty to hear. I had hoped to play this one. At least I found out now before giving them any money.

Nice!! Not that this news is terribly surprising, after all, and the article is scant on details… I’ll still allow myself to do a little happy fist pump for this. 🙂

You can go explore and get a whole lot of stuff, but a lot of it seems totally useless?

Oh yeah I totally feel this. I’ll complete a quest or some fiddly pogo area only to see the reward and go “huh?”

Still liking the game a lot, to be fair.

Easily my game of the year.