Ken Levine's Top 10 Games of 2013
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Not really
Don't. Fallen enchantress is still a deeply flawed game and has already been replaced by Legendary Heroes (the next standalone expac). That one finally fixes most of the egregious economy exploits and smooths out the hero gameplay signiciantly.
yeah really.
Granted, it might not a top 3 choice for many but to me those who dismiss it from a top 10 list are basically clowns who just like to be different from others.
But opinions.
I'm at 97% Synchronization and haven't had any serious bugs
It's in my top 10, but I can completely see how some people might not like it. So yeah, opinions.
eot
Banned
Umm, no, it's quite possible to not like something you loved.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
While I really enjoyed TLoU it won't be in my top 10 of the year, either. And nah, we're not clowns. Just people with different tastes.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I can't dictate other people's decisions but its my belief that every gamer should own a 3DS.
EU4, BNW, Starbound, Papers Please, nba2k14, Monaco, Spelunky, GTAV, dragon commander, smtIV.
Easily done to create a list of arguably superior gamed to TLOU. Its a good game ...but not ss2/deus ex/x-com groundbreaking. It was a polished entry conforming heavily to a well travelled genre.
not really.
Granted, it might not be a top 10 choice for many but to me those who want to force their opinions on others are basically clowns who just like to be different from others.
But opinions.
Yikes.
It's hard not to sour on The Last of Us when shit like this appears in every Game of the Year thread.
lolDid you not play Unity of Command?
Do people not grasp that perhaps a guy who has a rigorous full time job that isn't a video game reviewer didn't get a chance to play your particular favorite game yet? I mean 3 of his 10 games were from last year.
Or shock, he just didn't like it as much compared to those other ten games? Sorry, it can happen.
I believe he was on an episode of Three Moves Ahead a couple years ago and said he just couldn't get into the Paradox games.
Fallen Enchantress is a better game anyway!
Fallen Enchantress is way to easy to exploit economically to be considered in the same breath as EU4. Are you sure you aren't referring to Legendary Heroes?
Are we ready to call him a hipster attention whore like some people did with Rock Paper Shotgun? Or does he has no excuse because he refused to see the greatness of The Last of Us a game so amazing that the creator of Breaking Bad OBVIOUSLY decided to reference that masterpiece in his show?.
Can you even play Fallen Enchantress without the Legendary Heroes expansion? I'm confused as to how that all rolled out because I was one of the assholes who bought into the Elemental beta and have gotten everything since for free!
But yes, I am referring to the game as it currently exists.
Fallen Enchantress is now 75% off is anyone is interested:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/228260/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/228260/
Have You even played half of the stuff from that list?
Alex
Member
People who make those types of posts should be forced to supply account information and show proof of play when calling out these games that they clearly have so much experience with! It'd be nice to have one non-standard GOTY list that isn't drowned in tears by resident fanthings questioning what the person in mention does or does not own.
Why is Ken Levine snubbing my $100,000,000 cinematic corridor game. Why doesn't Ken Levine like Nintendo. Why doesn't Ken Levine quit his job and play all the latest games. Fuck you Ken Levine, you hipster jerk, playin' games no ones ever heard of.
I especially sympathize with him including older titles. I'm so backlogged on legitimately interesting fare (Steam sales and PS+ do not help...) that I could probably stop purchasing any games for several years and be fine, and this would just be playing the good content that speaks to me, not the silly stuff I've racked up but have no legitimate interest in.
cut it out with that nonsense, please. not everyone has to love it for fuck's sake and they aren't trying to be edgy or different because they didn't happen to think something was a top 10 videogame of the year. who knows, it could have been #11, it could have been #30, maybe he didn't fucking play it.
vagabondarts
Member
**looks up Unity of Command**
"Oh! Oh my!" :3
"Oh! Oh my!" :3
I can't abide by that! It takes Irrational long enough to make games as is, I can't imagine how long it will take if you have Ken getting into EU IV. ;-)
Seriously though, I love how into strategy games Ken is. I'm also really happy he played Dishonored. I hope it will inspire him to think back to his Looking Glass roots, and reconsider what it is that made those games good because Bioshock Infinite really dialed back the immersive qualities of those early games. Dishonored meanwhile proved that you can have a great art style and accessible gameplay without sacrificing too much immersion.
CheesecakeRecipe
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Fallen Enchantress is overall a smoother experience without a doubt but EUIV is their best refinement of the formula yet. A few years ago he was probably looking at Hearts of Iron and Vicky 2 and god damn those are some dense ass games.
I didn't think of it that way... but... it's so good!
Not weird at all, that was deliberate:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3774/postmortem_2k_boston2k_.php
Captain Tuttle
Member
What is it about Naughty Dog games that makes people think that making a post like this is a good idea?
Felix Lighter
Member
Insufferable.
Oh god. Naughty Dog broke GAF confirmed.
It's probably worse than the way people compare Dark Souls to fucking everything. RPGs, fighting games, dating sims, whatever.
It was pretty obvious that this is what happened, especially after comparing the finished product to earlier videos and interviews. It's crazy that they were so candid with the confirmation though.
GAF, System Shock 2 and Thief 1 and 2 might be the best games ever made. Let's pool our money and resurrect Looking Glass.
I'd be willing to give an unreasonable amount of money to see that happen.
IcyRhythms
Member
Man lol
Levine not putting TLoU on his list has put a real mind fuck on some of you. Seek help. The guy either didn't play it or it simply didn't make this list. The need some of you have for everyone to play the same games as yourself or share the same opinions could make anyone want to puke.
Levine not putting TLoU on his list has put a real mind fuck on some of you. Seek help. The guy either didn't play it or it simply didn't make this list. The need some of you have for everyone to play the same games as yourself or share the same opinions could make anyone want to puke.
Some people don't think that highly of your favourite game. Shocking, I know!
IcyRhythms
Member
Why is it that people can't stand it when eveyone doesn't agree with their opinion...as if their opinion is actually some form of fact
Uno Venova
Banned
If ken has a gaf account he can pm me and I'll send him a copy of tlou.
Yikes.
People like having their opinions "validated" by professionals, I guess.
The funny thing about System Shock 2 is it had all that stat-heavy RPG elements because it was using the Thief engine (the original System Shock didn't have many RPG mechanics), which was lousy at being a shooter (engine was designed around being able to shoot an arrow from a bow every 10 seconds or so, and populate the world with lots of objects, and so it wasn't optimized for doing something like firing a machine gun). So all that RPG stuff that a lot of people love was kind of an accident born out of necessity and inventiveness.
IcyRhythms
Member
A lot of us here aren't professionals. They can't take it from other everyday gamers either. But I feel what you're as well...
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I bet he played it. Mind blown?
To Far Away Times
Member
Maybe there are 10 games that are better than a big budget AAA game that aims to be a lesser version of a movie?
Uno Venova
Banned
Who plays TLOU and doesn't place it in their top 10? No man. No man at all.
Ken, get at me, no one should go through life without touching this game.
lol holy shit.
Were there comments like these for other popular GOTY games?
Stop with this "SonyGAF" bullshit. TLOU is obviously right up there with GTA5 when people talk about GOTY games. If Microsoft released a GOTY worthy game in the last 3 years, then people would act the same way. Would that make the people who loved the game MicrosoftGAF?
