My Favorite Games of... 2020?
40As a perpetually late gamer, I'm not the best person to tell you what my favorite games of the most recent year were. I don't play enough new games on time to have an informed opinion and I wait literal years for things to go on sale. So... this one's for us!
Here are some 2020 games I obsessed over during quarantine — and then some I've been impressed by in the years since. Happy New Year!
Intro (and Honorable Mentions): 0:00 - 2:36
#6 - An Island at War: 2:37 - 5:52
#5 - iHeartGPU: 5:53 - 7:07
#4 - Off the Beaten Path: 7:08 - 10:03
#3 - Home in the Hand: 10:04 - 13:09
#2 - Atlas Can Rest his Weary Bones: 13:10 - 15:32
#1 - My Game of the Year 2020: 15:33 - 21:59
A Retrospective on 2024: 22:00 - 24:39
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BEHIND THE SCENES:
-- I meant to finish this in December so... even my video about being late is late. Never say I can't commit to the bit.
-- If you want a full Top Ten, my #10 pick would be Spider-Man Miles Morales. I felt I didn't have a lot to say about it other than that I had a great time playing it, I loved the final cutscene, and I preferred Miles's moveset over Peter's from Spider-Man (2018). That said, the game felt more iterative than anything else... and I was let down by how the antagonist's story ended.