#35 Elden Ring Nightreign- I was surprised by how much the stories of the individual nightfarers grabbed me, and with the DLC, i've got two more! It isn't the best at the roguelike parts, it has a painful lack of variety. Plus I would KILL for plain and numerical descriptions of relic effects/skills

#34 Cryptmaster - Such a jolly time. One of those special titles that feels like the developers are personally inviting you in to have fun with their creation. Little personal fingerprints are all over the place, from the dry sense of humor to the voice acting to the delightfully quirky characters

#33 Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance - Weird subtitle for this redux, as the titular "vengeance" is very general and impersonal. So many little improvements over the original SMTV though, makes the whole game smoother, but it takes a little too long to *really* get into the new story content imo

#32 Demonschool- I love the nintendo DS and i get the feeling the developers of this game do too. There really needs to be a nice concise term for this budding subgenre of trpg focused on 'line em up, knock em down' type gameplay- domino tactics? If you are a STYLE APPRECIATOR this is a must play

This is the one from GSC that always gets me since you're not gonna hear more than the first 5 seconds unless you stay still

youtu.be/aP0m-PJozWo?...

No one is allowed in the cockpit if there’s something wrong with them. So if you’re here you must be fine.

It would want us to keep moving fast tho. Still listen to the machine girl soundtrack regularly

🎵😇AIM FOR THE HEAVENS😇🎵

#31 Sorry We're Closed- very impressed that a game can give me an always-available alternate vision mode and it doesn't spoil the whole thing. A++ character art and designs across the board, and a pleasantly surprising amount of zelda-y puzzles thrown into this queer survival horror cocktail

This is good because it means we could come up with funny names. Obviously the top would be DNF-Class

I'd agree with that assessment! Plus adding evil/hostile options means you have the valuable option as a role-player to refuse them. Choosing the good/peaceful options would mean less if you weren't also turning down an alternate path with its own rewards and content.

The Surge 2? I think? There are big unlockable shortcuts but no point to point warping. Though it skews closer to the ds2/bb style of world design with less interconnectivity than ds1

#30 Monster Train 2- CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKAA!! I am still working at the high covenant challenges but this is now my go-to favorite roguelike deckbuiler. The number of clan combinations provide for staggering variety, and they just patched in more bosses? which was like my ONE real complaint? love it

#29 Mouthwashing- this one kinda snuck up on me. not because it's some sleeper hit, it has a great reputation. But because for the next few days after playing, I kept turning it over in my head. Uncovering new layers to the horror, piecing together more events, this one will stick with you.