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For the “Best New Game that Feels Like an Old Game,” I think it’s also worth noting that Crow Country feels way different from those older survival horror games thanks to no fixed camera angles, it’s just the isometric look the whole time. I know not all those games did that camera style, but the big ones definitely did, and it feels weird to call it a love letter when it misses that huge appeal of the genre. UFO 50 also only has like 5 actually bad games (Divers, Grimstone, Porgy, Big Bell Race, and Block Koala), 10 decent ones, and the rest are good, great, or amazing. Even the ones I dislike are very much like the time they are replicating, which has its own charm as you all mentioned. Enjoyed this for the most part, but that one part made me mad. I know you all couldn’t play everything, but UFO 50 has both depth and width to a majority of the collection which is not what was portrayed here. If you take the time to learn each game for more than 10 minutes, you’ll know what I mean.

GOW Rag was worse than Star wars Outlaws...are you high Dan? lmao Loved this as always but sometimes I am like wait WHAT?!

only 5:44:00 in and you force a patreon read on me? greedy basterds

Hellblade 2 perfectly encompasses why Xbox failed. It's yet another Xbox console exclusive that was capped at 30fps, which is a joke in itself. But there's only one or two hours of actual gameplay. Just another miserable forgettable game, that was supposed to be a huge exclusive for xbox. They just can't compete against the fantastic games released by Nintendo and Sony.

The most important thing. About 21 minutes in, Dan says what the true game of the year is. Astro Bot is the game of the year, bar none.

BAMMER REFERENCE: 4:03:40

Game of the year is the Astro Bot, hands down.

Man, Mary really couldnt come up with an arguement why Crow Country is top 10, other than its her cup of tea. Dan and Mike really wanted to hear a compelling arguement but it wasnt there, kinda just talked about the story of the game which every game has a story.

The Elder Holes: Myrim. "I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an arrow in the butt"

that ranch story. what a good friend merrykish

So they’re just going to keep calling the Black pirates monkeys?!?

Great show! Appreciate how long it was especially when you're doing yard work. My only issue is Dan not letting go of something he doesn't like. It's really insufferable. Glad the others continued to intervene.

1:40:50 I think Mary deserves her own award for her savage takedown of Dan all throughout the ‘most up its own ass’ category. No notes. Chefs kiss.

when the drinks wear off...

i don't know anything about this. I know dan and mary from giant bomb and I know i can see marys cleavage . so i guess this is a good video.

Are you finishing the RE4 remake or nah

it's November...

I was like "Dan's hyping up Astro Bot too much, it can't be that good" and then I went and I watched Dunkey's video for it and was blown away. I NEED to play this game. It looks like pure joy.

Rough to watch people be wrong about Zelda for 6 hours.

It's like Christmas in November!

0:00 - Start 5:55 - Best Doey Game 23:15 - Most Thinky Game 35:05 - Most Talky Game 47:30 - Coziest Game 56:36 - Best Plane Game 1:10:15 - Worst Title of the Year 1:24:15 - Best New Game That Seems Like an Old Game 1:40:48 - Most Up Its Own Ass 1:50:08 - Best Mechanic 2:06:33 - Best Echo in Echoes of Wisdom 2:13:15 - Thing We Forgot Came Out This Year 2:23:24 - Best Balatro Joker 2:34:10 - Best PLay With Buds 2:52:30 - Dan-Ass Game of the Year 2:57:08 - Mary-Ass Game of the Year 3:00:30 - Mike-Ass Game of the Year 3:03:30 - Jake-Ass Game of the Year 3:06:03 - Best Remake/Rerelease/Remaster 3:14:27 - It's Not Poop / The Most Ok Game of the Year 3:19:10 - Best Game We Played That Didn't Come Out This Year 3:27:23 - Most Fucked Fucker 3:39:15 - Best Game to Look At 3:49:14 - Game That Is Actually Funny 3:56:27 - Top 10 Games of the Year 5:01:29 - Ranking The Top 10 5:04:14 - Mary suggests a funny joke 5:08:20 - Mary throws Mike under the bus Congratulations to Total War: Warhammer 3

I saw the pre show, Mike really let a giant fart rip, the camera shook.

I think it's so weird that everyone that is in the games review business hated plucky squire. But most normies all really enjoyed the game and I haven't met a person who didn't enjoy it...maybe they have lost the perspective with games..

Use to LOVE Giant Bombs GOTY discussions and hated that the old guard left. Now that I found this cast and learned they do an end of year debate, I am so happy!

"We are anit-long-winded" says the gentleman from the 6 hour Podcast. 😂

47:29 nice, strong, believable drink of your can, Mary <3

God, I love these folks. Always a pleasure. Keep up the good work yinz.

That analogy of "The Sopranos vs. The Wire" is pretty odd because the consensus argument is that "The Wire" is at its peak the single greatest show ever, but it saw a significant decline in its final season. "The Sopranos" is famed for its consistency

Rise of the ronin is the best game of the year, get good

LOL it was Mary who floated the idea for replacing Astro Bot with COD but MIKE WAS LAUGHING AND AGREED

I just don't get the Astro Bot hype. I like that people have a game to enjoy, but I played 30 minutes, was not interested, put it down and never thought about it again.

The dialogue in silent 2 remake is REALLY good. Like shockingly good.

FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR FIRE ESCAPE OVERLOOKS SLITTERHEAD DAMNIT I KNEW IT

The way Dan and Mike recoil in fear when Dan says he is going to cut her game in the final. It's everything.

I assumed "Honey, I Hate This Game: My ADHD Kicked In: What Was I Just Talking About?" was real. Disappointed!

Judge Jake is genius, essential, and I hope he enjoys 2025 gaming more than he did this year.

Looking forward to their reaction when FF7 Rebirth the most nominated game this year sweeps :)

RIP UFO 50 and 1000xRESIST fans. Never do GotY this early again.

Was not expecting it, but now i love this. December is always a weird "Game of the year" burnout from all the different publications. 😀

Mike drinking Hopalicsious makes me happy.

The argument against balatro in the thinky category is shallow. The fact that there is randomness introduces probability and planning ahead which will differentiate how far one gets and how often they win over multiple runs. From the math angle it's one of the most thinky games on the list.

Silent Hill 2 remake is also much more actiony then the original. SH2 OG you could really avoid most of the combat outside of a few scenarios, you can't really avoid most combat encounters in SH2 Remake, generally speaking. It's much more combat focused. It doesn't subverts things nearly as much as RE2 Remake, but it is definitely a much more robust game.

It's interesting to me that Dan bounces off of survival horror because they are typically both very doey and have puzzle solving.

Dan is wearing the same shirt as last year

There is almost never a time where you turn down taking Blueprint in Balatro. It probably should be a legendary level, rather than rare.

3:05:34 DOUBLE DEKKER?!

The Return of the Judge! A highlight every time Jake returns to the role.

1:16:03 "Keep my ReFantazio out of your f***ing mouth."

Completely renovated in 1984 😆

1000xResist's steam page uses a quote from Giant Bomb, and I don't remember anyone there ever talking about it. BECAUSE IT GOTY GUEST LIST!!! And they just credited it to "Giant Bomb"! That's just deceptive and sleazy.