Pentiment was such a fantastic experience, it really shows how much an excellent art direction and awesome writing can elevate a game despite its low budget.
Really great video. You are able to objectively summarize pros and cons of games in a matter of minutes, but also deep dive into description of each. Congratulations.
I honestly was not expecting #1 (and your review definitely influenced my purchase on it) and I also immensely enjoyed it. Great video! Great channel too :D
Just wanted to say , Mortismal. I discovered your channel yesterday , when i was looking for games to play during my vacations after i completed wartales and underrail. And after listening to a few reviews , i instantly subbed. I also wanted to thank you. You, sir, are a living encyclopedia of every games i enjoy playing and because , you , basically exist , you just saved me alot of time in figuring the next game i would play. I settled on Weird west , followed by Rome Expedition. Thank you.
i am honestly more amazed by the fact that you managed to play 61 games in one year, especially since some of them are pretty long. Eden Ring alone took me i thin 1-2 months to finish,
I got E:Rome on sale recently because of how much you've gushed over it. Surprised to see it at the top of your list. Very excited to get around to it.
I found your channel completely randomly when searching for an oldie game that you seemed to have reviewed (I don't remember the name exactly) and to which not a lot of videos existed. It truly was the greatest find of the year for me, I first was impressed by the level of dedication (100% a game is still really impressive to me) and the level of granularity in the reviews. You have been working hard and it shows, congrats on this year! I have a few questions however, if you feel like answering, otherwise I wish you a happy holidays and great things to come! Here are my questions (hopefully you haven't answered them before) * how do you manage to fight boredom while playing? Things that are repetitive in a game tend to disengage me really fast * when playing a CRPG or TRPG for the first time, do you get in, thinking about what game you played had a similar gameplay and build on that or do you try as much as possible to get in with a clear slate of game mechanics lexicon and learn what the game can offer? * and last but not least, do you play one game at a time or do you have several you switch to, until completion? Thank you again for your time and dedication, love the videos love the channel, take care!
I just realized I've watched all of these videos already, but I haven't liked and commented on all of them (for algorithm). Gonna do that now. Thanks Mortim! Have a good holidays & new year.
Just found your channel, how I've not seen it before amazes me. Top content, love the way you approach your reviews and this year in review was fantastic. Given me a few extra games to try in 2023 for sure.
As someone who played the original Gothic Games when they first released, it's cool to see them gaining interest again. So wonky, but once you get used to the controls, so very good.
Wow, really surprised at the top few spots. But much like a lot of the other commenters, I'm mostly here to say how impressed I am by the amount of content you've managed to put out this year. It's a stunning accomplishment. I can't wait to see what else you've got in the pipeline. Overall, my takeaway is that 2022 was actually a little better for RPG gaming than a lot of people give it credit for. Even going from worst to best, the list got into what I'd consider the "good stuff" fairly quickly! (My own list would probably see Tactics Ogre take the top spot, with Hard West 2 a close second.)
if you're ever low on games to review, try to check out sacrifice. i'm not sure if it can run on modern systems. but it's a quirky strategy game where you control a wizard dude, giving orders to your units.
What I love is that you don't set on the top 10 games all other channels sit on an milk it till there's a new batch of AAA, you actually seek to find good games despite of anything, and for that, here's my award of best gaming channel of 2022 : 🏆
Kinda blown away, in a good way, about your number 1 pick. I had wanted to check it out, and this was the impetus I needed to pick it up on the steam sale. Show this comment to companies to get review copies, lol.
Great list! Expeditions Rome also took my top spot. Wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did but the combat, story, art direction and quality of voice acting and music - just all really really good.
One hell of a year for this channel. You're really impressive in your ability to communicate and, honestly, play through so many games! I don't have the fortitude, but I did buy some of these after watching your reviews.
Mate I was so confused as to what your number 1 game would be the further we went. I COMPLETELY forgot about rome, 100% my favorite T/CRPG so far. Great video again
You might not see this as a compliment, but I watched this video without looking at the title and I couldn't tell that it was an older video until you mentioned Callisto Protocol releasing "a few weeks ago." Like I said, you might not see that as a compliment, but the reason I subscribed to this channel was because of your great reviews of games regardless of release date.
Solid year of gaming and amazing that you 100% these games the way you do. I'd like to put out the suggestion for Roadwarden on steam, especially if you can get it on sale. It's almost entirely text based, but it fits into your seeming fondness for choice mattering and many different ways to get things done. It's been a big hit for me in the last few weeks.
I realy need to say: That you as a youtuber are as good as it can get. So much information and more or less the same interest of games is amazing. By the way: play Gothic the night of the Raven - my Top Game beside of Vampire the Masquerade. The German Voice Acting is great, but i know that this is not the case for the English version - But still Gothic DNDR gonna be one of the best games you have ever played.
Favorite reviewer on the platform! I love the depth and experience you put into each review you make. Especially with crpgs. Keep up the top shelf content 💯
I played 19 games this year and that's less than 1/3 of what you are played and reviewed this year. I really want to thank you for all this efforts and also for not putting Elden Eing or Gow on the top of your list like everyone else :) Finally someone that have some taste and not one that copy paste the opinions of others, only because these are mainstream.
The crazy thing is 61 games reviewed annually is averaging over one game per week, or 5 games per month. It takes me over a month to 100% a single CRPG. lol Then he mentions yet more games he 100% completed that he hasn't done videos for. Don't burn out, Mortismal! You're one of the best on TH-cam because you 100% the game BEFORE speaking about how good/bad its qualities are. As a 100% gamer, I appreciate that. It is hard to know what is quality with fanboys and shills flooding TH-cam and social media.
Cool to see Fallout 1 make it as high as it did on your list. It remains one of my favorite games of all time, I just love how it's packed with interesting places/people and the options you have to complete stuff your way. I still prefer it to Fallout 2 Elden Ring is my goty, I played the heck out of that game and am still highly entertained by it.
Awesome list man! Makin me think about giving Andromeda another shot (my original file corrupted 🙄). Also *checks size of ranking list* how are you still breathing 😂😂 i dont know anybody creating content like this. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Oh man I had the Temple of Elemental Evil module when I was a kid, I never played it, just read through the campaign, so happy to see its a video game now
By the way: does anyone know if there's some kind of hack to disable camera panning when the cursor reaches the screen border? It's infuriating on a Steam Deck!
*** Top Ten videos I’d like to see from Mortismal *** I love your channel (even have a $5/mo membership) - but the “Top X games” videos are getting pretty samey (I say this with love!). In case you need some brainstorming help, here’s a few ideas for other videos! 1: Favorite innovations / most novel design choices in CRPG mechanics 2: Strategies for Crusader mode in Wraith of the Righteous 3: Kingdom management tips in Wraith of the Righteous 4: How to learn RPG systems 5: Your personal top table top RPG influences / favorites / etc 6: Smash ups of funny edits / clips from when you’re reviewing games 7: Top game design features you dislike. (For example, I personally hate it when spells are only represented by icons and you have to mouse over them to see what they are) 8: Retrospectives on historical periods in RPGs (e.g., RPGs of the 2000-2005) 9: Difference between narrative / trpg / CRPG (in your opinion) 10: Most broken builds you’ve made in CRPGs / amusing exploits Merry Christmas!!
Great ranking. I need to have a look at Expeditions: Rome soon. I appreciate you including Jade Empire and also all Mass Effect titles. To me the Mass Effect trilogy is one of the best RPGs in the century. Especially with how the game decisions from earlier parts have an impact on the later parts. Sure, not all consequences are so heavy, but for me a few decisions did influence the way I felt and decided later. I feel sorry for the Krogan, but if I hadn't done this mistake in part 2, I would have made a different decision in part 3... (I could have decided differently, but...) Aaanyway, great video. Keep up the great work! Thank you, Mortim, and have a nice X-Mas!
Thanks for all your info! Have you ever thought about doing full recorded playthroughs of games? I would love to see you do 100% or completionist style runs on some of these CRPGs because you know so much. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
Nice list. I noticed you like story-based or DnD or TRPG or CRPG games. May I suggest that can you try city builder games, life simulator games, driving games, aircraft with dogfight games and rythm games? A faster paced from a normal paced like the games you like.
This man does not stop pumping out quality content
Easily become one of my favorite channels. The quality AND quantity he puts out is insane
Love it honestly. His channel is a breath of fresh air
Makes one worry that he will burn himself out.
I play a lot of games, even if it was my full time job I don't see how he gets time
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Hardest working gamer on here
61 games at 100% in a year is insane
And it’s not even close!
100%ing and reviewing 61 games in a year is insane. Props to you, worked hard to live the life most gamers wish they could
61 video game deep dives is amazing. Great channel, don't feel guilty if you decide to pace yourself in 2023!👍
The amount of work accomplished is astonishing. Congratulations truly, and wish for all the success you deserve.
Mortym was truly the christmas gift of the year. Thanks for the consistent great content dude!
I agree! He definitely effected my Christmas in such a positive way!
Pentiment was such a fantastic experience, it really shows how much an excellent art direction and awesome writing can elevate a game despite its low budget.
@Derek Gregg Obsidian is a AA studio and the development only expanded to twenty people at its peak.
"Evil West feels like early God of War." I was on the fence, but now I'm sold.
Really great video. You are able to objectively summarize pros and cons of games in a matter of minutes, but also deep dive into description of each. Congratulations.
Love your videos dude, please make them 20 min+ really enjoy listening to them while I'm doing stuff
Man your video output is insane!
I'm thankful for all the content and crazy work ethic. I just hope you're able to take care of yourself find some time to relax here and there.
Oh wow... We're number one?? I don't know what to say. Thank you, man. Hope our next game will not disappoint you either. :D
I honestly was not expecting #1 (and your review definitely influenced my purchase on it) and I also immensely enjoyed it. Great video! Great channel too :D
Merry Christmas mate. Hope you have an amazing day. Can't wait to see what next year brings for your channel. Hope you continue to grow!
Happy Holidays and I look forward for all the content you'll put out next year!
Just wanted to say , Mortismal. I discovered your channel yesterday , when i was looking for games to play during my vacations after i completed wartales and underrail. And after listening to a few reviews , i instantly subbed. I also wanted to thank you. You, sir, are a living encyclopedia of every games i enjoy playing and because , you , basically exist , you just saved me alot of time in figuring the next game i would play. I settled on Weird west , followed by Rome Expedition. Thank you.
I still can’t believe he put out his “After 100%” review within the short review embargo for Callisto Protocol…absolute legend.
Thank you for this year! It was awesome finding your channel. You deserve this and much more mah dude! :-)
Happy 2023!
Thank you! Happy New Years!
i am honestly more amazed by the fact that you managed to play 61 games in one year, especially since some of them are pretty long. Eden Ring alone took me i thin 1-2 months to finish,
@@Mordarim From my understanding, he skips a lot of the cutscenes/story elements.
@@lycanwarrior2137 how do you know ?
@@luluna5228 He said so in one of his videos.
@@aligmal5031 nah fck outta here with that "gotta read all the dialogues and watch all cutscenes to be 100%" cringe opinion
You are awesome! Thank you for the awesome content this year.
Stay warm!!
My 2022 new favourite TH-camr of the year!
One of the best game review channels on TH-cam! Look forward to more next year!
I got E:Rome on sale recently because of how much you've gushed over it. Surprised to see it at the top of your list. Very excited to get around to it.
I found your channel completely randomly when searching for an oldie game that you seemed to have reviewed (I don't remember the name exactly) and to which not a lot of videos existed.
It truly was the greatest find of the year for me, I first was impressed by the level of dedication (100% a game is still really impressive to me) and the level of granularity in the reviews.
You have been working hard and it shows, congrats on this year!
I have a few questions however, if you feel like answering, otherwise I wish you a happy holidays and great things to come!
Here are my questions (hopefully you haven't answered them before)
* how do you manage to fight boredom while playing? Things that are repetitive in a game tend to disengage me really fast
* when playing a CRPG or TRPG for the first time, do you get in, thinking about what game you played had a similar gameplay and build on that or do you try as much as possible to get in with a clear slate of game mechanics lexicon and learn what the game can offer?
* and last but not least, do you play one game at a time or do you have several you switch to, until completion?
Thank you again for your time and dedication, love the videos love the channel, take care!
I just realized I've watched all of these videos already, but I haven't liked and commented on all of them (for algorithm). Gonna do that now.
Thanks Mortim! Have a good holidays & new year.
Happy Christmas Eve Mortym! Wow, nearly 40 minutes of awesomeness. I'm here for it.
Great wrap up brother ! Hope you have an outstanding Holiday and here's to another great year in 2023 !!
Just found your channel, how I've not seen it before amazes me. Top content, love the way you approach your reviews and this year in review was fantastic. Given me a few extra games to try in 2023 for sure.
This one of the few videos I've seen from you but DAMN you have played every game I was curious about, I did not expect that.
Good year man. Appreciate all of the high quality content. Wish you even more success in 2023!
Your dedication to the channel is crazy. Huge respect for hitting those hundred percents and pumping out actually good content consistently
I don’t understand how you able to release videos every day
But keep it up 🙏🏻
Thanks for all the effort man. Glad I found your vids this year !
Watching on New Year's. An excellent trip down memory lane from someone who is old enough to have played the Gold Box editions in his youth.
As someone who played the original Gothic Games when they first released, it's cool to see them gaining interest again. So wonky, but once you get used to the controls, so very good.
big and good year this year mortismal - i hope you have an even better year next year - loved this vid from beginning to end
This man pumps out quality content like a gasp pump pumps out gas!
Days Gone was a blast, Oregon is amazing, riding around in a kickass soundtrack, the game is underrated
Great review of all your videos. You are my go to for game reviewers. The quality is absolutely top notch. Happy Holidays!
Always good to see someone who prefers Fallout 1 over 2
I generaly prefer F2 ( if simply because there is just more to do ), but there is just charming simplicity in world of F1.
why tho? 2 is just better :D
tho i can get behind f1>f2, its fine. but to say atom rpg is better than f2 is heresy :(
Great video!
Easily my favorite reviewer on Yawtawb. Thanks for another year of great content man.
Wow, really surprised at the top few spots. But much like a lot of the other commenters, I'm mostly here to say how impressed I am by the amount of content you've managed to put out this year. It's a stunning accomplishment. I can't wait to see what else you've got in the pipeline.
Overall, my takeaway is that 2022 was actually a little better for RPG gaming than a lot of people give it credit for. Even going from worst to best, the list got into what I'd consider the "good stuff" fairly quickly!
(My own list would probably see Tactics Ogre take the top spot, with Hard West 2 a close second.)
Just found you a few months ago and you’re already in my top game commentator lists
This channel is such a gem!
if you're ever low on games to review, try to check out sacrifice. i'm not sure if it can run on modern systems. but it's a quirky strategy game where you control a wizard dude, giving orders to your units.
Love your videos! Happy Holidays
Merry christmans and happy new year mortim
Weird West was really surprisingly fun! The story started to grab me!
Merry Christmas my friend!
Awesome ranking, thank you for the recommendations!
best channel on youtube when it comes to gaming....stopped watching other channels since i've discover this one!
What I love is that you don't set on the top 10 games all other channels sit on an milk it till there's a new batch of AAA, you actually seek to find good games despite of anything, and for that, here's my award of best gaming channel of 2022 : 🏆
Kinda blown away, in a good way, about your number 1 pick. I had wanted to check it out, and this was the impetus I needed to pick it up on the steam sale. Show this comment to companies to get review copies, lol.
Good show sir, God Jul!(merry christmas)🥳🎄
Merry Christmas!
Great list! Expeditions Rome also took my top spot. Wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did but the combat, story, art direction and quality of voice acting and music - just all really really good.
Dude, love the hustle and happy new year! Started following you this year, and you've been crushing it
You the actual goat of gaming reviews ❤
One hell of a year for this channel. You're really impressive in your ability to communicate and, honestly, play through so many games! I don't have the fortitude, but I did buy some of these after watching your reviews.
Mate I was so confused as to what your number 1 game would be the further we went. I COMPLETELY forgot about rome, 100% my favorite T/CRPG so far. Great video again
Really great channel. Thanks for all the work!
Could you review Vagrus The Riven Realms next year please? Thanks, love your channel. Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
since i started watching your channel, I never wasted any money anymore 🙏🏽
Respect for puthing Gothic so high, I'm looking foward to see your review about gothic 2 and Archolos
You might not see this as a compliment, but I watched this video without looking at the title and I couldn't tell that it was an older video until you mentioned Callisto Protocol releasing "a few weeks ago." Like I said, you might not see that as a compliment, but the reason I subscribed to this channel was because of your great reviews of games regardless of release date.
I didn't expect King Arthur to be so low in your ranking. I was very interested in purchasing it.
Solid year of gaming and amazing that you 100% these games the way you do. I'd like to put out the suggestion for Roadwarden on steam, especially if you can get it on sale. It's almost entirely text based, but it fits into your seeming fondness for choice mattering and many different ways to get things done. It's been a big hit for me in the last few weeks.
I realy need to say: That you as a youtuber are as good as it can get. So much information and more or less the same interest of games is amazing. By the way: play Gothic the night of the Raven - my Top Game beside of Vampire the Masquerade. The German Voice Acting is great, but i know that this is not the case for the English version - But still Gothic DNDR gonna be one of the best games you have ever played.
Favorite reviewer on the platform! I love the depth and experience you put into each review you make. Especially with crpgs. Keep up the top shelf content 💯
My favorite this year was expeditions Rome, as well. It was the only one I was waiting for, actually.
I played 19 games this year and that's less than 1/3 of what you are played and reviewed this year.
I really want to thank you for all this efforts and also for not putting Elden Eing or Gow on the top of your list like everyone else :)
Finally someone that have some taste and not one that copy paste the opinions of others, only because these are mainstream.
Keep on hustlin' brother, we all see the enormous work you put into this channel and we're eager to see reach 200k!
Here's to a great 2023! Cheers!
The crazy thing is 61 games reviewed annually is averaging over one game per week, or 5 games per month. It takes me over a month to 100% a single CRPG. lol Then he mentions yet more games he 100% completed that he hasn't done videos for. Don't burn out, Mortismal! You're one of the best on TH-cam because you 100% the game BEFORE speaking about how good/bad its qualities are. As a 100% gamer, I appreciate that. It is hard to know what is quality with fanboys and shills flooding TH-cam and social media.
Englysh is my second lenguage 65%, and I just prefer seen your reviews. So much quality!
Cool to see Fallout 1 make it as high as it did on your list. It remains one of my favorite games of all time, I just love how it's packed with interesting places/people and the options you have to complete stuff your way. I still prefer it to Fallout 2
Elden Ring is my goty, I played the heck out of that game and am still highly entertained by it.
What are your top 5 games?
@@luluna5228 in no particular order
Bloodborne
Fallout 1
Chrono Trigger/FF6 (tied)
Ninja Gaiden (Nes)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
@@luluna5228 oh, and Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen is a big one for me as well.
@@Jeffmetal42 cool!!! is fallout 1 with nostalgia though?
@@luluna5228 nah, I didn't play any PC rpgs til like 10 years ago or so. I was very late to the PC rpg party.
You are my go to for reviews to see if I will enjoy a game. We pretty much have the same taste in games
Expeditions Rome was a huge surprise. Leaps and bounds ahead of Expeditions Vikings which I thought was abit meh. Good list!!
I loved Tower of Time sooo much. Such a hidden gem, liked the story and music so much!
It's absolutely amazing you can finish more games than there are weeks in a year.
Astonishing
Yeah every once in a while I check out games that take like 10-20 hours so I have those done in just a couple days usually
Would like to see you review Valkyria Chronicles and Resonance of Fate
Merry christmas mortismal 🎅
Awesome list man! Makin me think about giving Andromeda another shot (my original file corrupted 🙄). Also *checks size of ranking list* how are you still breathing 😂😂 i dont know anybody creating content like this. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Oh man I had the Temple of Elemental Evil module when I was a kid, I never played it, just read through the campaign, so happy to see its a video game now
Great video as always!!
Thanks, because with this video you made me discover a game I was completely unaware it existed: Troubleshooter. What an amazing game, instant buy!
By the way: does anyone know if there's some kind of hack to disable camera panning when the cursor reaches the screen border? It's infuriating on a Steam Deck!
*** Top Ten videos I’d like to see from Mortismal ***
I love your channel (even have a $5/mo membership) - but the “Top X games” videos are getting pretty samey (I say this with love!).
In case you need some brainstorming help, here’s a few ideas for other videos!
1: Favorite innovations / most novel design choices in CRPG mechanics
2: Strategies for Crusader mode in Wraith of the Righteous
3: Kingdom management tips in Wraith of the Righteous
4: How to learn RPG systems
5: Your personal top table top RPG influences / favorites / etc
6: Smash ups of funny edits / clips from when you’re reviewing games
7: Top game design features you dislike. (For example, I personally hate it when spells are only represented by icons and you have to mouse over them to see what they are)
8: Retrospectives on historical periods in RPGs (e.g., RPGs of the 2000-2005)
9: Difference between narrative / trpg / CRPG (in your opinion)
10: Most broken builds you’ve made in CRPGs / amusing exploits
Merry Christmas!!
Great ranking. I need to have a look at Expeditions: Rome soon. I appreciate you including Jade Empire and also all Mass Effect titles. To me the Mass Effect trilogy is one of the best RPGs in the century. Especially with how the game decisions from earlier parts have an impact on the later parts. Sure, not all consequences are so heavy, but for me a few decisions did influence the way I felt and decided later. I feel sorry for the Krogan, but if I hadn't done this mistake in part 2, I would have made a different decision in part 3... (I could have decided differently, but...) Aaanyway, great video. Keep up the great work! Thank you, Mortim, and have a nice X-Mas!
always great to see
Thanks for the reviews and great vid!
Thanks for all your info! Have you ever thought about doing full recorded playthroughs of games? I would love to see you do 100% or completionist style runs on some of these CRPGs because you know so much. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
Youre a great guy with great content.
Happy Festivus my friend.
Don’t think I’ve ever played through a CRPG but this list was still awesome and intriguing! Just subbed too 😊
This guy played more games in one year than I have in my lifetime. Can't say I'm not a bit jealous!
I recently found out your channel and it's pretty good and your reviews are actually different from the other creators.
61 games in a year is really impressive. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.
Woohoo! So glad that Neverwinter Nights 2 is in the Top 10! I love this game so much! Hope you have an amazing year man! :)
Nice list. I noticed you like story-based or DnD or TRPG or CRPG games. May I suggest that can you try city builder games, life simulator games, driving games, aircraft with dogfight games and rythm games? A faster paced from a normal paced like the games you like.
Agreed, Expeditions: Rome was really good, that playing the previous game felt lackluster
That was an amazing review. Wow