Game of the Year 2024 Top 5

2024 turned out to be a hell of a year for my personal gaming in general. Yes, there were some old safe classics I played and they made the list, but the new games were bangers as you'll see in the top 5 here. 

Game of the Year 2024 Numbers 16-6

Another year, another batch of games I've played. Since I'm not a huge IGN sized blog, I generally only have about 20 games I've played for the year. So I try to give each game at least a sentence. 

This was an interesting year. I found myself reaching for the Switch less and less as the year went on. The PlayStation 5 went through spurts of abandonment. The Series S got relegated to the basement room. It was the year of the Steam Deck. 

So here we are, games 16-6 of 2024. 

Top Games of 2022

It has been an incredible year for games. 

Elden Ring feels like a shift in how adventure games will be built for the next 10 years.

Vampire Survivors has imprisoned people world wide in a loop of, "One more run." 

And arcade beat-em-ups return in a big way with Ninja Turtles.

I can't remember the last time I was this excited to play everything I touched. It had to be close to one of those Mass Effect or Skyrim years when it comes to pure fun. 

I played a lot of games this year. I'll rank them all. Remember, these are games I played this year, not necessarily games that came out in 2022. 

Top 10 of 2019

I spent nearly half this year traveling, so Switch was king. I'm starting to associate the Switch with traveling, more than a videogame machine. My PS4 is a relaxation machine, associated with a rare weekend at home with a hot cup of coffee.

This is a list of not just games that came out in 2019, but games I played in 2019. (AKA There may be some games that came out in 2018)

There's also a glaring game missing in Pokemon Shield, which was my second most played game this year under Assassin's Creed. Pokemon Shield did not make the cut. The collecting aspect is still fun, but I found too many mechanics annoying. (dialog prompts taking too long, annoying AI using the wrong attacks when teamed up with you and healing potions prolonging fights they will not win)

This is probably a damning testament to how I choose to spend my time.

But anyway... onto the games!