Year in Videogames: 2020
INSERT GENERIC STATEMENT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD IN 2020, however videogames helped me get through it. Thankfully, my kids are usually asleep by 8PM and I had a few months of less than fulltime employment to make it one of my bigger years in gaming.
EDITORS NOTE: I play games until I am done with them, which
is not always when I finish them. If I
don’t have enough of an opinion for a review it is left off this list. Also it’s a 2020 game if I play it in 2020,
release dates are not factored in.
YAY OF THE YEAR. Microsoft
Gamepass.
NAY OF THE YEAR. Launch
line ups and stock availability of new consoles.
2020 Games of the Year:
2. Steamworld Dig 2
3. Gears Tactics
4. INSIDE
5. Death Stranding
SteamWorld Dig 2
2D exploration game. Loved
the first one, loved the second one
9/10
INSIDE
Played this on a lark and really enjoyed it. Has a beautiful black and white art style,
simple mechanics and a 3 hour playtime which is perfect for me. It explains nothing which I enjoyed putting
my own story on it.
9/10
Death Stranding
If I would have stuck with this one it would have been my
game of the year. Very fitting play for
pandemic times and just my kind of weird.
I only stopped playing because I was sick of sitting in front of my PC
for that long and it is not on Xbox.
8/10
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Command and Conquer
Remastered
Remember these games?
They shined them up a bit.
8/10
Cyberpunk 2077
It does not run great on base consoles, played 6 hours streaming
on Stadia, 20 hours on Xbox One X and 20 hours on Xbox Series X. The game is buggier than a Fallout game, but
the gunplay and story make up for it. I
am having a really good time however I understood this thing would be bug
city. I am actually seeking out side
quests which I never do. I have high
confidence that the game will be patched for the next year, I am not offended
if you wait until then to play it.
8/10
Gears 5
I did the campaign last year but have been doing horde mode
as it shows off my Xbox Series X nicely.
I am having a great time with it and would love it if I could get the gang
back together like I did for Gears 4 (through purchasing everyone the game who
was in my wedding).
8/10
Tetris® Effect: Connected
Great version of Tetris Effect which is a trippy version of
tetris. It has a really fun coop version
of Tetris online as well.
8/10
Gears Tactics - Base Game
This was great. A simpler
XCom and a really good use of the Gears of War license. It should have had a multiplayer or horde
mode. Other than that I can’t complain.
8/10
Battletoads and Streets of Rage 4
Two belated sequels to 90’s classics. Loved the art style and jokes in Battletoads,
loved the faithfulness to the source material in Streets of Rage 4.
8/10
Animal Crossing and Pokemon Go!
These are my #2 and 3 most played games of the year, the
turnip game hooked me. What unhooked me are
the quality-of-life omissions that made the game feel like having a second job
instead of a second life. I am leaving these
off my list as it really was a routine instead of a gaming experience.
7/10
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™
In a game rut I went back to this one and really enjoyed
it. I would like more Splinter Cell games
in this action oriented style.
7/10
Injustice™ 2
I like buying these fighting games with a story once they
hit $10. Rushed through it on easy but
still it took 4-5 hours. I wish all
fighting games handled single player in this fashion. Garbage at videogames so multiplayer will
never be touched.
7/10
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
This was the best 3 week game I’ve ever played. They need more courses and shorter load
times.
7/10
Yakuza 0
First Yakuza game and possibly the only one. Japan, story and characters were awesome
while the fighting was tolerable. I
would like these games to be under 20 hours and have an English dub option but
I really enjoyed what was there.
7/10
Hotshot Racing
Well done arcade throwback racer. I would have liked it better if it would have
went for a Daytona USA look rather than a Virtua Racing look.
7/10
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
It’s more PvZ shooting, I would like a world where this was as
popular as Overwatch because it has a similar feel. Not much has changed, did not play as much
due to lack of time and other games available.
6/10
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
It’s well done but too slow for me. Rise of Skywalker really hurt my interest in Star
Wars.
6/10
Battlefield™ V
I did not get into this as much as I thought I would. I enjoyed the single player of Battlefield 1
but this didn’t grab me.
5/10
Haven
Interesting indie game, the battle system was basic and the
art style was interesting.
5/10
Watch Dogs: Legion
Possibly disappointment of the year as I really enjoyed the
first 2. You can play as anyone in this
game but all it seems to do is reduce the story to fill in the blank
nothingness. This leaves the gameplay
which did not seem to evolve since the first game. London is not an interesting location to me
and the Brexit references were kind of on the nose.
4/10
The Touryst and Untitled Goose Game
Cute indie/puzzle games, not for me.
6/10
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan
Tell Me Why
Putting these both together as they hit similar
functions. Man od Medan has actual
actors and a decent budget but it’s a horror movie that doesn’t let you stray
too far off the path. Tell me Why is a
coming of age story in videogame form, low budget but it lets you explore and
get weird with it. I want more of these
games that can be completed quickly, tell their story and get out of the
way. Gamepass is perfect for this type
of game.
6/10
Control
The controls in this game were a bit “loose” for my liking
and I ended up only getting 70% through it.
I may go back as the story and style were interesting.
6/10
DOOM Eternal
I was excited for this one as I loved DOOM 2016 however it
quickly handed me my butt on easy mode. They
need a mode that’s easy but makes you feel like a BA. The game looked, ran and felt great though.
5/10
Wasteland 3 (Xbox One)
Turnbased strategy style game was up my alley but the small
fonts and characters kept me from immersing myself in it. My whole party got wrecked in a mission
because I couldn’t see the map clearly and after that I uninstalled.
I bet it is great on PC but I’m not interested.
5/10
Darksiders Genesis and Minecraft Dungeons
Cheap Diablo clones
4/10
Two Point Hospital™
Great hospital management sim in the vein of Theme
Park. Writing is hilarious.
8/10
Marvel's Avengers and Wolfenstein: Youngblood
If they wouldn’t have tried to graft a Destiny loot style
game on to this it would have been good.
I recommend watching the story cutscenes on YouTube instead of playing.
4/10
Borderlands 3
I thought I wanted more of this but was wrong.
4/10
Grounded - Game Preview
Honey I Shrunk the Minecraft…. Not for me.
3/10
Rock Band 4
Enjoyed bringing my 300 songs over from previous rock bands
(bought it on sale during the last week you could export your songs) however
instruments are impossible to get without paying a massive upcharge to it sits
unplayed.
0/10
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