Did Divinity and Wasteland get in the NPD top 10?
The list just smacks of someone trying to get overertly cool.
The New Yorker: The Best Video Games of 2015
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Did Divinity and Wasteland get in the NPD top 10?
The list just smacks of someone trying to get overertly cool.
A popular culture magazine. Focuses a lot on literature, but is pretty wel respected for its reporting, accuracy and content in general.
OrbitalBeard
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You "smack" of someone who can't respect the opinions and preferences of others.
Plague Doctor
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A Sunless Sea mention? I love this list.
Magic Mushroom
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Parkin is doing excellent work for years now. He doesn't deserve to be dismissed like that.
CarlieCaplin
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Some people just are tired of AAA gaming and prefer indies. None of those games aren't deserving of making a top 10 list.
Nah, I respect them, I just don't agree!.
nice list. I like seeing these non-gaming site lists, most of them have Splatoon as the best Nintendo title released this year which is correct. I feel like the gaming outlets are giving the nod to Super Mario Maker, which kind of makes sense considering the context but Splatoon is in another league imo.
haha, I noticed the same thing
haha, I noticed the same thing
Hipster gonna hipster, amiright????? *fist bump*
Led_Zeppelin
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I really don't get people or the mainstream market.
thestopsign
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One of the best literary magazines in the world.
Nice list. I am looking into getting Her Story soon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker
Best magazine out there. And Simon Parkin is an excellent writer.
BennyBlanco
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I like this guy's list because it seems to be coming from a genuine place even if I don't agree.
Is Sunless Sea really that good?
Is Sunless Sea really that good?
Icyflamez96
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Because indies can't be "truly excellent"
I get the impression that gaming sites, with their gaming focused fanbases, are in a better position to get a lot out of Mario Maker because they can play fans' levels, have their levels get played and get feedback, etc. Non-gaming sites just have to use the tools that came with Mario Maker, which weren't that great when it launched.
That's my thought anyway.
Cool, thanks I'll educate myself.
I think it's more there are some gamers now who view indies the same as AAAs, and this guy is one of them. Just one person putting their opinions out to the world yeah?
Yes, we all know the random indie games generate a huge amount of clicks.
Yeah I've noticed that too. Feels like a lot of those focus more on "AAA" games and just throw in Mario Maker as their token Nintendo nominee because it has Mario in the title
Confused Cheeseburger
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Wait, Simon Parkin? Like ex-eurogamer?
I'm not even mad, Fallout isn't here. I respect the hell out of eurogamer writers. Will read this list.
I'm not even mad, Fallout isn't here. I respect the hell out of eurogamer writers. Will read this list.
and on the flip side I feel like gaming sites would be more critical of the minor gripes with Splatoon vs. a non-gaming site whose opinion might be more like "the game's awesome, who cares?"
Yeah, it's an interesting point of thought.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
MGSV getting one step closer to that top spot!
Splatoon and Xenoblade X!
No mention of that trash Witcher 3!
Splatoon and Xenoblade X!
No mention of that trash Witcher 3!
Magic Mushroom
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OniBarubary
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This is a REALLY solid fucking list.
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This is a REALLY solid fucking list.
Instead of digging into this I'll just put a positive spin on it and say that I'm over the moon that smaller titles are being recognized from all the major outlets.
Her Story, Sunless Sea, Life Is Strange, Undertale, Prune and more aren't just getting token nods here and there, they're getting multiple mentions from LOTS of outlets.
What a fantastic time to be a gamer.
He still writes for Eurogamer from time to time. He seems to be more of a freelancer now who writes mainly for The New Yorker website and Eurogamer(?). He got a monthly column in The Guardian very recently too.
MGSV getting one step closer to that top spot!
Splatoon and Xenoblade X!
No mention of that trash Witcher 3!
LoL
Confused Cheeseburger
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Oh, I see. No Fallout makes sense, because I'm pretty sure I saw his byline for the guardian. By Hell yes, Bloodborne.
OrbitalBeard
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It's not wrong on any level. Not every big game resonates with every player.
Definitely confused by his number 2 since he says "It is, at times, a tonal mélange, and clearly the game has been affected by publisher politics: it ends abruptly and incompletely. Nevertheless, this is the final and full realization of a vision...."
I mean if it were the final and full realization, wouldn't it NOT be clear that the game was affected by publisher politics? I don't know, maybe I'm just biased against MGSV, but it seems like he had all the same criticisms that I did, so who knows what the deal is. I just see that game as being VERY far from ANY kind of realization, let alone a "final and full" one.
I mean if it were the final and full realization, wouldn't it NOT be clear that the game was affected by publisher politics? I don't know, maybe I'm just biased against MGSV, but it seems like he had all the same criticisms that I did, so who knows what the deal is. I just see that game as being VERY far from ANY kind of realization, let alone a "final and full" one.
Plague Doctor
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I'd love to see the Fallen London setting get another game that shows off the environment, and lore (preferably more visually immersive and character building). It's really a compelling and awesome setting.
Amen to all of this.
Amen to all of this.
The writing certainly is. Outside of Pillars of Eternity I can't think of better writing and general world lore in 2015.
Unfortunately for me it's also a rouge-like and I SUCK at the genre so I ran into a bit of a wall with the game.
Iva Demilcol
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Splatoon > Bloodborne confirmed.
entremet
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This is where language gets corrupted.
Are smaller indie games going to drive clicks?