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Thank you! Which ones caught your attention? Unicorn Overlord has gotten a lot of praise in just this comment section alone! Definitely will have to check it out!

Thanks! I just try my best to let people know, especially since I'm just very briefly going over each of these games!

@ well you do a fantastic job. Your channel is truly something else

Haha I hope she thinks that!

It really is!

It's so good!! I hope you enjoy it! And yeah honestly playing new AND old is the true big brain move!

Granblue was such a treat. And yeah, I'm in love with Ys now!

Wait…Fuu…. Fujin, huh neat!

Yup! I have a feeling that influenced the Fuu character!

Oh yeah, it was so good! I was also worried tbh when I first looked at trailers but they killed it! Ys is fantastic. I'd highly recommend playing either Ys 1&2 Chronicles like I did or the original Ys Books 1&2 for the TurboGrafx CD. Don't bother with the DS versions of Ys 1&2

I've heard nothing but good things about those games! Marvel Rivals is killing it right now

@@humblemudgames It's super fun! I really like how the support/healing characters play. :)

those are certainly words!

It is!! A lot of great ones!

The Mega Man GC Collection is pretty good! If I remember correctly, they mapped the controls backwards for some reason (?) but hopefully that doesn't bother you. That may have been the MMX collection though, I'm not sure. Enslaved is really good, but there are some narrative hang-ups in certain places. Characters acting in a way that doesn't make a lot of sense considering the danger around them; that sort of thing. And the ending is VERY divisive. But overall I enjoyed it, and I really want to try the DLC because I've heard it's super fun!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm going to check out some of these games you mentioned! I'm glad you were able to have a bunch of firsts, I'm sure beating BotW was a big accomplishment! I also got the PW Trilogy, I might try to get into that for the first time this year. Never got to play the original releases. And YES, I hope you loved the GameBoy Color Dragon Quest, that's my favorite version of the game (unless the HD-2D version coming out this year smokes it of course, we'll see).

Thank you, and that's a ton of great games! I haven't played a lot of these other than Vampire Survivors. Going to check these out!

The one on the GameCube, that was remastered for the current gen consoles? I'll look into it. A lot of people tell me RE4 remake was really good too. The original RE4 was the only mainline one I've played all the way through.

@humblemudgames Exactly, the one on GameCube. I bought it on Steam, but it's available on the current gen consoles as well. That game is fantastic and I seriously recommend it if you want to try other horror classics.

@joseortizreflects I'll look into it for sure! I'm a little weary about the tank controls/fixed camera angles but hopefully I can get over that

Finding 3 months randomly like that is crazy lucky and wonky lol

@Tamed_Delirium Lol I genuinely have no idea where it came from. It was in a box of my own stuff in a storage unit for years. But I've literally not had an Xbox since the 360 in high school, which I no longer have and haven't for a long time. And I didn't get an Xbox One until 2024. My fiance isn't really a gamer, and the two other people who I let share the storage unit with me don't have Xboxes. So I truly have no idea.

@@humblemudgames greatest mystery of the century lol

Thanks so much! I was really proud (and very nostalgic) looking back at all these games. I kept catching myself thinking, "Wow, 2024 was a good year for gaming for me!" Astro Bot is a delight, I think you'll have a blast!

Of course! It's a fantastic game!

I keep hearing so much about it, glad to hear you liked it too!!

Eve is such a fantastic game, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I was the very first person upon the game's release to get the Fast Savior achievement, still proud of that. :) Part of what worked for me was trading certain exports to get the boat quickly. I also have ADORED Romancing SaGa so far, I just haven't had the time to commit to it. I've been more on an arcade/retro game kick lately. I played a fair bit of Fire Emblem The Blazing Blade on GBA this year! I should go back to it at some point. What's Pokemon Pathways about?

That's absolutely true! Definitely the case for Granblue.

Do you mean Phantasy Star on the Master System? If so, yes in fact I have! I played the Sega Ages port on the Switch in 2023. It gives you more XP, increases walking speed, and gives you a mini-map. Honestly it's one of the best RPGs I've ever played. Really ahead of its time and I'd say it was better than the first Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy! I really want to play the other 3 games too

It's a GREAT story, I think you'd be impressed. The puzzles are pretty cryptic sometimes but they're all doable. Thank you!

Haha no, I could never! 27 is actually my highest ever so far. I'm very much an ADHD gamer, I've always jumped around from game to game to game. Sometimes just getting the vibe for a few hours is enough for me, you know? In the past I'd be lucky to beat more than five games. I'm working on it though and gradually doing more and more (AND having fun doing it, which is the most important part!) 34 is definitely an accomplishment, wow!

Thanks so much for the kind words! So thankful I finally played the original Mega Man games. And I've watched a lot of the original SH2 now, but I want to also experience that one for myself sooner rather than later. I played Mario Wonder and Mario RPG pretty much back to back last year. Wonder is my favorite 2D Mario since World & SMB3, and Mario RPG was one of my all-time favorites. I had the original on a cartridge back in the day -- honestly? I think the remake might be better. I really like a lot of little decisions and additions that they made. One of my good friends plays a lot of Roboquest. Rogue Legacy was the first roguelike game I've ever played! It's a classic. Really want to try Dredge one day. Nine Sols sounds really interesting! I'm actually one of the like, 3 people who isn't a huge huge fan of Hollow Knight. I think I just have a hard time connecting with metroidvanias I guess, I'm not sure. I put about 8 hours into it and then fell off for whatever reason. But I know that's a me problem -- everyone else seems to love it! A metroidvania I really want to go back to is Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. I was really really enjoying that one. And Metroid Dread, of course.

​@humblemudgames i fully understand metroidvanias not clicking with you. Ive always wanted to get into stellaris or civ, its supposed to be like risk kinda but with upgrades! Sounds like my kinda thing, but every time i try rts games i just dont get it. But i look at reviews and people have like 4000 hrs in civ and wonder what im doing wrong lol. I know i could enjoy them but i just havent yet.

@daowdedoe2034 Yeah, I don't hate them, but I rarely beat them. I'm playing Arkham Asylum right now which I am really enjoying though, and it is technically a metroidvania. I also really want to finally try Symphony of the Night. Maybe things will change! Yeah, RTSes can be kind of tough. I don't have a ton of experience with them. I played Goblin Commander a lot back in the day on my GameCube, haha. But I'm no expert.

Thanks so much! I might get into BG3 -- I actually have it! I just know it's a game I'd need to set aside a lot of time for and I'm not sure if I'm ready haha 😅 Alien Isolation and Silent Hill 2 are probably my all-time favorite horror games so far. Just played and beat the original Until Dawn recently and enjoyed that one too.

Pikachu's not concerned with candy. Pikachu wants THAT BAG haha

I've not heard of many of these! Lots for me to check out. Dragons Dogma is a classic. I actually revisited Ocarina of Time via the 3DS and Link to the Past around the same time I first played Breath of the Wild. I think OOT is still my favorite, but it's fascinating how strong all these games are for different reasons. They have a lot in common but a lot of differences too (even between OoT and LttP). Yeah, honestly my favorite Paper Mario game is Super Paper Mario. It has a lot of gameplay differences but it's got the best story in my opinion!!

That's lovely. I wonder what the speedrunning of Astro Bot is and will become, if anything. That game seems like it'd have high replayability to me.

I think retro collections that DON'T include rewinds or save states are shooting themselves in the foot nowadays. It absolutely helps modern gamers get into them easier. Yes, you run the risk of overusing rewind, but when you've got a busy life you just can't spend that much time trying to learn every little thing about the challenges presented to you. I actually found it to be a really efficient way for me to learn boss patterns and such and use it less and less with each playthrough! I've heard the Castlevania collections have features like this too. Alien Isolation was SO good! I remember the first time it got me in an area I thought I was safe and being so shocked, haha. The Synthetics don't get enough love -- they were also very scary imo. Helldivers 2 is the only online game I played this year so I'm in the same boat there. Fantastic. And yeah, I'd highly recommend the remake! It's not as fast paced as the original. The puzzles and dungeons are several times larger than what they were in the original. That might turn you away a little bit, but the detail and exploration of the town is amazing! I've heard so much good about Balatro, I just don't play a lot of card games so I'm not sure if it's for me. Dragon Quest is one of my favorites, definitely need to pick up the remake one day. I haven't played Death Stranding myself but it's one of my good friend's favorite games! Definitely seems inventive in the way that they use the controller from a gameplay perspective.

Aw I hope the rest of your day gets better! Glad I was able to help

Thank you! I totally get why Survive is divisive, but I really really liked it! I've never felt so bad for Terriermon 😭 Psychonauts really blew me away, it absolutely holds up. I have zero nostalgia for it yet fell in love.

@@humblemudgames It's actually Lopmon and not Terriermon, but they do look super similar! haha and yea I'm in the same boat as you with Psychonauts. I played it as an adult and loved it to my core

@Trouzrschnauzer I looked it up and got them mixed up, but I was even thinking "Terriermon does NOT sound right", haha.

You always recommend such good games yourself, so I'll be sure to dig into this list! Glad you found Halls of Torment! I had to include footage of it in this video because I still really love that game too. It was just so hard to rank games from the 80s to today. I mean, Mega Man 2 alone is probably one of the greatest games of all-time. I had so much fun and got so nostalgic making this list though. Thanks for watching!

@ I also did a playthrough of Dishonored! I played it back in 2012. It was actually a time in my life where I quit playing games and it brought me back in a big way. I played the whole thing on my Steam deck. So glad you tried this one out this year. One of my all time favorites in terms of world building

@VinylMorpheus I can see how that one would resurrect your love for games. It's seriously SO good, and going back to get footage I was thinking, wow this is still one of the best looking games I played all year! It has a really good balance between realism and stylization that I think will ensure it holds up graphically for a long, long time. The world-building is so fantastic -- when you finally get into the city at night and it's raining... man. it's so good.

@ I completely agree. I’d take a stylized artstyle over photorealistic look for most games. It gives you this more exaggerated look that feels like an oil painting or something. Also the game went so unnecessarily hard on the voice cast haha they’re all so good. It’s a weirdly cozy game to me. Dunwall is undoubtedly nightmare fuel but I just love being in that world. Where you have like Nikola Tesla looking tech but also weird Lovecraftian whale monsters and also supernatural DemiGod entities that all somehow make sense in the same world. Definitely check out Prey (2017) in the future. If you haven’t already. Another game by mostly the same developer team before Arkane leadership sort of left the company. It’s not Dishonored level for me but it’s pretty darn good too. I’d really be interested to hear what you think of that one. Some day. I know you probably have tons of other games you’d want to play.

@@VinylMorpheus It was hard to catch because it only shows for as second in this video, but I actually downloaded Prey as part of my 3 month Game Pass challenge! I unfortunately didn't get to it - of the 12 games I downloaded as my goal, I finished 8 of them, ended up dropping one halfway through because it just wasn't doing it for me (Warhammer Boltgun), and finished about half of Tales of Arise. But I never got to Titanfall 2 or Prey. BUT, I have physical copies of the PS4 versions of those now. I got Prey because I learned about the Arkane connection you were mentioning. I did also purchase Tales of Arise as well so I can continue that on my Xbox. :)

I'm partially grateful I was sick and late on the release of this video, because it gave me a lot of time to consider where to place what. And even once I thought I was done, I realized I forgot Naruto Rise of a Ninja, beating Ys Chronicles II knocked it up a few pegs, and CODE Bunny made me rethink some things too. It was tough, and I'm sure even week to week these rankings would likely change. Truth is, every game shown in this video (even for the b-roll in the beginning) I love. I'm sure most RPGs owe something to the classics like Ultima. It's like how you can draw every FPS back to something like Wolfenstein, I guess. Even Elder Scrolls, like Daggerfall and Morrowind you "swing" at an opponent, sure, but there are dice rolls going on in the background that actually determine if you hit. Any time you bump an enemy in Ys, you WILL either do damage or take damage from what I can tell. The main determining factor is you want to hit them from the side or the back. And once your stats get stronger, you basically battering-ram the enemy into oblivion. It's very good at giving you a sense of progression that way. I've heard so many good things about the newer Final Fantasies, more and more positive words around the community over time. It's nice to see. I still need to explore mainline FF in general so it may be a while before I try the new ones, but I'm glad they're still doing well. Slay the Princess is on my watchlist, and I intend to try Power Rangers one day too.

I just realized I never responded to your piece about Alien! Yeah, I don't know what it is with me and why I can do it, man... I think a big contributor honestly is besides loving horror movies, I was kind of trained to deal with the anxiety in these types of games. I have a very distinct memory of the time when Slender Man The Eight Pages came out and how that game became a bit of a phenomenon. I had a pretty good speaker system at my home back then and my friends would have me play the game with that and with all the lights off. They'd huddle around me and my monitor and watch me play. They said they always made me do it because my reactions were the best, but I learned THIS YEAR actually (over a decade later), that they had me do it because most of them would get too scared to do it on their own. But playing that game so much conditioned me to be pretty calm for the most part. I screamed exactly one time in Silent Hill 2 Remake and a few times in Alien Isolation lol. But that's because my trigger is hearing something run up behind me and getting the jump on me. Obviously the Alien is *very* good at that, and a mannequin really caught me off-guard in one of the late game levels of SH2R, haha. I found Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water on Wii U and Silent Hill Shattered Memories on the Wii kind of scary at times specifically because the extra sound coming out of your controller really adds to the immersion.

I didn't know his Sonic Boom was green in the newest one! The word 'midori' itself actually means 'green'. Fun fact.

Thanks so much!!

It's a fantastic song, I had to

Ah, thanks! Spoiler alert, I have a top 10 games I played in 2034 video coming out this week and Golden Sun may make an appearance there too! 😉

I'll likely do a follow up video on this. the video I made prior to this Green Wind video had 300 views at the time I released this one, so as you could imagine I had no idea it would blow up the way that it did. just making and editing this alone took a lot of time and I didn't think anyone would care so I stopped there. but I'll revisit the topic here soon

@@humblemudgames good to hear!

Thanks for mentioning that, I was hoping someone would bring that part up! And yeah, I totally agree. A modern updated version with some QoL features would go a long long way. Many of my favorite games ever would benefit from that too, so it's not necessarily a bad thing

I'm aware, Farfetch'd is my favorite Pokémon. I just put in Sirfetch'd because he's a little more green, haha. You're the very first person to point this out after almost 100k views. Maybe you're the only one who noticed I snuck in that graphic, lol.

indeed!

I went on a big Mega Man kick in 2024. I grew up with Legends and Battle Network but never played the OGs. I got the Legacy Collection for a nice deal and ended up beating 1, 2, 3, and a good bit of 4 in the fall of last year! I had to include my Blue Bomber.

@@humblemudgames freaking awesome!!