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The 30 Best Games of 2022 - Paste Magazine
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yes it kind of reminded me of some pitchfork list (music "journalism" site)
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
This person seems to value "creativity" more than production value so probably for their taste it wasn't in it...but then again Horizon is on the list, which is a bit insane over gow.
Topher
Gold Member
Norco is Paste Magazine’s Game of the Year, ignoring God of War: Ragnarok
Naturally many will discuss it, hopefully not too harshly, also because those who don’t usually play indies will know very few of the works on the list."
They should have just let the list speak for itself rather than pat themselves on the back for being so "courageous". And they are needlessly highlighting the fact that they left out God of War: R. They just turned their "courage" into click bait.
Fucking journalists....
Ignore this. It is from an entirely different site. Got my wires crossed when googling.
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Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Great game!
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
If this is true, then society is sad/pretentious.
Bragr
Banned
There is more creativity in some triple-A game systems than entire games on this list though.
I find it a lot more interesting to try out SIFU's combat system or GhostWire Tokoy's magic combat than anything you will find in Citizen Sleeper, Tunic, or Signalis, which frankly, are not very creative with their gameplay at all.
And I am not trying to bash these games, but they are just not as innovative and creative as people claim. An indie game can have a different art style and people will hail it as the second coming of Michelangelo's Sistine chapel.
tommib
Member
You missed an adjective there. It’s fixed.
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
Man, I forgot Metal Hellsinger and Prodeus. My list is definitely still evolving up until the end of December.Well....I don't have a problem with the list really, but this.....
Norco is Paste Magazine’s Game of the Year, ignoring God of War: Ragnarok
"As readable, it is a courageous ranking, drawn up outside the logic of marketing, which therefore did not necessarily favor the most advertised or best-selling games, but expressed a precise point of view from the editorial staff. The more commercial games, such as Elden Ring, Stray or Horizon Forbidden West, are not lacking, but that’s not the point.
Naturally many will discuss it, hopefully not too harshly, also because those who don’t usually play indies will know very few of the works on the list."
They should have just let the list speak for itself rather than pat themselves on the back for being so "courageous". And they are needlessly highlighting the fact that they left out God of War: R. They just turned their "courage" into click bait.
Fucking journalists....
And yeah, the hype article has a clickbait headline. Oh well I guess.
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Ghost of Caelid
Banned
How many of these did you play to definitively say the top 5 games don't deserve it? I think elden ring is the greatest game ever made...I can understand how someone with a specific taste/style would prefer immortality over it. I was debating after 50 hours of vampire survivor if I enjoy that more. Just because a game is massively popular doesn't make it better. The kind of person who says an MCU movie should be nominated for an oscar because of how popular it is.
Topher
Gold Member
Punished Miku
Gold Member
At some point it will hopefully dawn on you that your opinion is not the only possible interpretation of truth. For example, I also rank Citizen Sleeper very highly. I've played Sifu and got the Platinum on it. It's on my list but Citizen Sleeper was one of the most memorable games I've played all year due to excellence in writing, story, music, artwork, and game design.
If you want to put Sifu over Citizen Sleeper, that's fine with me. It's a great game. It's all subjective. None of this stuff even matters. It's supposed to just be a fun way to talk about games.
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Bragr
Banned
Of course, it's opinions, but you can make arguments that go beyond opinions too.
I mean, if the list would have a top 3 of Gungrave, Matchpoint Tennis, and MX Vs. ATV, would you really just go "oh, it's subjective"?
It's subjective to a point.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Thank you for that. I so glad to see Weird West was included. It IS weird as hell, but very unique and fun.
Interfectum
Member
I'd say that's a fair statement. We can argue about placement but most of the games on that top 30 are fucking fantastic. I really need to play Xenoblade 3 it seems.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Sure, but it's not like people are picking total trash. Lots of people are into these games.
Sifu has a totally forgettable story with basically no dialogue. The game design actively inhibits enjoyment at times with the roguelike structure. But it's got one of the best 3D combat systems of all time, mostly an evolution from Arkham style combat but refined and perfected. Then Citizen Sleeper is one of the best stories of the year with emotional depth enhanced by my personal OST of the year and great artwork. What do you pick? Story or 3D combat? One isn't inherently better than the other. It's pretty much just up to you what you like to play. You can make an argument for what you like! Getting into the details about what you enjoyed is the fun part of these threads.
Bonfires Down
Member
Despite me being very much into story heavy games, I must admit that neither Norco nor Citizen Sleeper did much for me. But I’m in the minority, at least among that niche. I didn’t find the writing as impressive as others did, and the lack of voice acting detracts from the presentation. Granted, I didn’t finish either game.
GhostOfTsu
Banned
13 people worldwide is playing their GOTY
Darlingcognito
Member
Great list I've played like half of them.
Only games missing are the movie type slow walking no danger climbing ones
Only games missing are the movie type slow walking no danger climbing ones
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MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
13 people worldwide is playing their GOTY
Popular ≠ good.
Only games missing are the movie type slow walking no danger climbing ones
The favourite type of games of the most vocal ones on this forum, that's for sure.
graywolf323
Member
it's on my wishlist but that's kinda selection bias, it has <1k reviews on Steam and the people who have played it most likely are the ones that would like itFor everyone shitting on NORCO, this is the reception it has on STEAM:
What a bunch of sad/pretentious STEAM users, right? All for vanity points. Maybe, just maybe there's a world beyond your industrial graphical powerhouse built by 1000 worldwide devs.
I'm sure I'd be very positive on it too, but Paste magazine is still pretentious hipster bullshit
as someone else posted they patted themselves on the back for not including Ragnaraok on their top 30 so they know they're being 'edgy'
tommib
Member
What’s the relation between aroged and paste? Honest question. I don’t know these people.Well....I don't have a problem with the list really, but this.....
Norco is Paste Magazine’s Game of the Year, ignoring God of War: Ragnarok
"As readable, it is a courageous ranking, drawn up outside the logic of marketing, which therefore did not necessarily favor the most advertised or best-selling games, but expressed a precise point of view from the editorial staff. The more commercial games, such as Elden Ring, Stray or Horizon Forbidden West, are not lacking, but that’s not the point.
Naturally many will discuss it, hopefully not too harshly, also because those who don’t usually play indies will know very few of the works on the list."
They should have just let the list speak for itself rather than pat themselves on the back for being so "courageous". And they are needlessly highlighting the fact that they left out God of War: R. They just turned their "courage" into click bait.
Fucking journalists....
Topher
Gold Member
There is none. I screwed up. I was googling and I thought that was a link to paste. I'll update my post.
tommib
Member
They didn’t pat themselves. They’re just an alternative magazine who, yes, prefer the offbeat path. And that’s fine.
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Topher
Gold Member
Nah, they didn't. I thought I was still on paste but somehow was on aroged, whatever that is.
tommib
Member
I was wondering what my man Topher has been reading these days.
Paste seems to be quite wholesome from their Wikipedia.
Raven117
Member
Totally agree. Writing, music and story just created a vibe that was....man....just truly excellent. Alone at the end of the universe...this melancholic vibe was truly truly great.
(I also played this after Elden Ring so I was ready for something like this).
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
I can no longer ignore Norco, downloading it right now. A metacritic score of 89 out of 29 reviews was already a very good indicator for me, and now this... I will start playing it directly without watching anything related to it's gameplay or story.
Fuz
Banned
Raven117
Member
Yeah man....just go for it.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Lists like this are so much better than the copy/paste casual AAA lists all the mainstream sources use.
I love learning about new games to check out. The top picks are very well received on Steam.
I love learning about new games to check out. The top picks are very well received on Steam.
Imru’ al-Qays
Member
Glad lists like this exist, a bunch of these games look intriguing and I wouldn't have heard about them otherwise
remember_spinal
Banned
the list is doing its job in getting people to talk about it
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
For an old man with kids, I've done pretty well out of that list so far. It is refreshing to not see a list choc full FPS e.g. Fortnite, Apex, COD etc.
Green = played/playing
Red = NOT played, no plans to play
Gold = WANT to play soon
Looking at that list I see heaps on there that I'm playing through Gamepass and day one. Insane value for money.
Green = played/playing
Red = NOT played, no plans to play
Gold = WANT to play soon
Looking at that list I see heaps on there that I'm playing through Gamepass and day one. Insane value for money.
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ReBurn
Gold Member
That's what makes it so good.
Imru’ al-Qays
Member
This list has finally given me a use for my Steam Deck, just grabbed Signalis, Citizen Sleeper, and Norco. Signalis is fucking awesome so far.
anothertech
Member
Laughable.
I guess if you like mobile games lol. Not a single vr game on there.
I guess if you like mobile games lol. Not a single vr game on there.
Topher
Gold Member
Holy shit. I didn't realize it is was on Game Pass.
Norco Available Now with Game Pass on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC - Xbox Wire
Hello! I’m Yuts, a member of the game development collaborative Geography of Robots. We released our first game Norco in March and are now bringing it to consoles with the help of our publisher, Raw Fury. The game’s a first-person point-and-click adventure in the style of classics like Snatcher...
news.xbox.com
bender
What time is it?
Holy shit. I didn't realize it is was on Game Pass.
Norco Available Now with Game Pass on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC - Xbox Wire
Hello! I’m Yuts, a member of the game development collaborative Geography of Robots. We released our first game Norco in March and are now bringing it to consoles with the help of our publisher, Raw Fury. The game’s a first-person point-and-click adventure in the style of classics like Snatcher...
It's GOTY Time!
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