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Originally published on 23rd December 2020. Brought forward because the list is complete. Is 2020 really the best year? It depends on how you look at it. Despite the very long year of a worldwide pandemic and the fallout from it, online events up the wazoo, and a struggling economy worldwide, video games as a whole seem to be doing just great...
For the full list of awesome 2020 games, head here. #1. Ghost Of Tsushima (PS4) https://www.youtube.com/embed/yMot-Xz9sCA Ghost Of Tsushima is the Assassin's Creed Japan game we've been waiting for all this time. It delivers on almost every aspect, from its satisfying combat and thrilling story, to its beautiful aesthetics ...
For more 2020 gaming goodness, head here. #4: Cyberpunk 2077 (PC, Xbox Series, PS5) CD Projekt Red's magnum opus CRPG of 2020 is obviously an undercooked broth that needs more time on the stove if December's many game-related headlines are of any indication. Heck, it's hard to excuse the fiasco the company has put itself into, what with the y...
For the rest of 2020's top gaming picks, head here. #5: Umurangi Generation Imagine Pokemon Snap, but in a cyberpunk world where everything's gone to hell in a handbasket with each passing day. That's Umurangi Generation in a nutshell; a small-time indie project that blends in photo-journalism gameplay and let its many sights and sounds tell ...
For more games of 2020, head here. #6: Ori and the Will of the Wisps https://youtu.be/iCm6FNDM-VY What makes a great follow-up to a cherished indie Metroidvania title? Simple: just make it bigger and better. Ori and the Will of the Wisps does exactly that: more options for combat and movement for little ol' Ori, a bigger map to explore ever...
For more of 2020's best games, head here. #7: Yakuza - Like A Dragon After years of plot continuity and lore coming to a head with Yakuza 6 comes a new Yakuza game that's now a turn-based RPG and a thinly-veiled Dragon Quest tribute. And I wholeheartedly would recommend this entry to anyone even slightly curious about the crime drama franchis...
For more games on our Best of 2020 list, head here. Game #8: Astro's Playroom Who knew a tech demo of a PS5 could bring so much joy to both old-school and newbie gamers? If anything, SIE Japan's Asobi Team hit it out of the ballpark with its 3D platformer that highlights the chief reason you want to fight tooth and nail to get a PS5: i...
2020 was a crappy year, but at least we had a ton of games to play and revel in. And the best part? 2020's video games had a ton of awesome plot reveals, story bits, and gameplay moments that made you glad you experienced it from start to finish. We are going to talk about them right now. Fair warning: there will be a TON of spoilers from her...
For the rest of 2020's best games, head here. #10: BPM Bullets Per Minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L36pPvuWfzg Much like this year's indie darling Hades, BPM Bullets Per Minute requires you to restart your roguelike run if you die. The kicker? BPM is a first-person shooter where you have to fire your gun(s) AND reload in sync to the...
Check out our collection of Best Of 2020 articles here. #11: Genshin Impact As far as Breath of the Wild clones go, this F2P offering from Mihoyo isn't half-bad. In fact, it's shaping up to be quite a long-term thrill ride. From its large map to its combat, there's a lot that clicks with Genshin Impact. Control a party of four characte...
For more 2020 gaming goodness, head here. #12: Gears Tactics Up until now, it's tough to find a strategy game as nail-biting, as in-depth, and as action-packed as XCOM and XCOM 2. But Splash Damage has done it with Gears Tactics. Staying on-brand with the Xbox franchise, you have to deal with a ton of Locusts and chest-high walls to hi...
For more 2020 best game pickings & musings, head here. #13. Carrion (PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) In Carrion, you get to relive your dreams of being an 80s sci-fi monster taking down those pesky humans trying to contain your existence. For 5 hours or so, you control the ever-growing biomass as it kills its way to freedom out of the unde...
For more 2020 best games content, head here. #14: Granblue Fantasy Versus (PS4, PC) It's slim pickings for fighting games this year, unless you count season passes for Tekken 7 and new expansions for Mortal Kombat 11 and Street Fighter 5. But our lone pick, Granblue Fantasy Versus, is impressive on its own merits. For casual players, you h...
Few things were worth looking back on in 2020, the year where everything could (and did) go wrong - but games were one bright spot that, dare I say, kept a lot of us sane. I’d always thought of myself as an introvert and thus, never fully realized how much I derived joy from interactions with friends...until the year 2020 hit. Games and D...
More 2020 Best Games feature work here. #18. No Straight Roads (PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One) https://www.youtube.com/embed/4H9AM7L1AGc No Straight Roads is a game that Malaysians can be proud of. It's probably the biggest fully made-in-Malaysia game ever made to date, and that's not just in terms of sales alone. The folks a...
#19. Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC) https://www.youtube.com/embed/8rtGxs42S98 While Assassin's Creed Valhalla didn't exactly reinvent or innovate the open-world genre, it's definitely the best out of the three The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt clones by Ubisoft so far (including 2017's Assassin's Creed Orig...
2020 is a pretty amazing year for gaming, with it being the current-gen console’s last hurrah and the arrival of next-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Needless to say, there has been a number of amazing games being launched this year as well as new content being added to existing games to keep the experience fresh. Without further ad...
Hades is a force to reckon with. From the addictive gameplay & story to the music which heightens the gaming experience. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack; here are the top 10 things I love about it. 1. Those Awesome Odd Meters https://youtu.be/SqFaCDvHxU4 "Out of Tartarus" brings me back to memories of me back in music s...
Here's the rest of 2020's best games so far. #21: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (PS4, Xbox One) Talk about a meta subtitle. It's really high time the bandicoot and his pals get another crack at 3D platforming. And developer Toys for Bob hit it out of the ballpark with Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. The game's controls are tight, ...
For more Best of 2020 stuff, head here. #22: Trials of Mana (PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch) Trials of Mana (2020) is a textbook example of a wemake remake done right, except within the constraints of a budget. Unlike another Square Enix remake that was highlighted by us previously, the folks at Xeen do not have that same luxury of making it more epic ...
