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[Explosive Zombie]

If you're like me and kinda tired of the endless threads speculating on things that haven't happened yet this is a nice way to get away from that... I at least think so... here's mine...

Not as long as my 2019 list, I played less games from 2018. Stuff like Black Ops only makes it because of my level of investment in its zombies mode. The top three still argue it's a strong year, to me at least.

 

[MrS]

1. Dark Souls Remastered
2. God of War
3. Hollow Knight (PS4)
4. Tetris Effect
5. RDR2
6. Moonlighter
7. Onrush

 

[Birdo]

Forza Horizon 4
Shadow of The Colossus
Sonic Mania

 

[Guilty_AI]

Crosscode and Wreckfest for me i guess. I also liked Forza Horizon 4 but i didn't start it until the next year, as well as Distance but it was pretty much a finished game ever since its early access phase. I rarely play stuff at the time it releases, in fact i still have stuff from 2018 in my backlog such as Subnautica and Lobotomy Corporation, as well as a bunch of stuff i didn't even bought yet.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

GoW, don't recall playing anything other than that from 2019 ;o

 

[SpiceRacz]

1. Into The Breach

2. Dead Cells

3. Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom

4. Celeste

5. The Messenger

 

[Danjin44]

For me:

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I'm only just now getting into RDR2 but I'd include that in my list of favorites. I had a lot of other favorites from that year. 2018 was excellent:

- Octopath Traveller
- Dragon Ball Fighter Z
- Sushi Strikers
- Wreckfest
- Black Bird
- Valkyria Chronicles 4
- Million Arthur: Arcana Blood
- Monster Hunter World
- Ketsui Deathtiny
- Detective Pikachu
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
- Ion Fury
- Banner Saga Trilogy (Banner Saga 3)

There are quite a few others that I still want to sink time into like Celeste, Dusk, Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Into The Breach, Donut County, etc.

 

[Danjin44]

- Valkyria Chronicles 4

There too many people ignoring this game, it was such a fun game.

 

[Explosive Zombie]

There too many people ignoring this game, it was such a fun game.

BUT I DIDN'T PLAY THE FIRST 3!

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

There too many people ignoring this game, it was such a fun game.

Yep I think it is the best in the franchise (thank goodness it wasn't a dud). I hate to pull the JRPG excuse but it is kind of slow in the first 10 hours. Once you start unlocking more of the tech-tree branches and evolving your Unit classes, the battles feel so much more alive and interesting. I really hate how they have to re-introduce you to all the same mechanics all over again in each entry, but I guess that goes w the territory.

 

[Danjin44]

BUT I DIDN'T PLAY THE FIRST 3!

You don’t need to play the pervious games to understand VC4. This game is loosely based on WWII and as such there are different battles take place all over the world and VC4 takes place same timeline as original game but in different battlefield.

 

[Roberts]

1. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - People shit on it, but I loved every minute of it. Kassandra rocks.
2. Sea of Thieves - It came into its own later and clearly in 2018 it didn't deserve to be this high. Despite that, an amazing experience.
3. God of War - Probably the only PS4 exclusive that I truly loved
4. Forza Horizon 4 - Not as good as 3, but still one of the best games around
5. Yoku’s Island Express - Favorite Metroidvania of 2018
6. Ashen - Perhaps I'm putting it too high, but this Souls rip-off was a lot of fun, especially in co-op with strangers
7. Red Dead Redemption 2 - Hated it the first time I tried, then gave it another chance by approaching it with a differnet mindset. It worked.
8. Farcry 5 - I wish it had the balls to be more political, but the game itself was an improvement over 4
9. Dead Cells - Other than SoT, This is the only game on the list I still play occasionally.
10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance - I would totally replay it if they update it for Xbox Series X

 

[hariseldon]

Kingdom Come Deliverance. Quite simply a staggering game, it was a privilege to play.

 

[EverydayBeast]

2018 had a couple of great games Assassins Creed Odyssey, DB Fighter Z, Spider-Man etc. gamers will mention that year in years to come

 

[marcincz]

God of War
RDR 2
Spiderman

 

[MastAndo]

God of War
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Spider-Man
Forza Horizon 4
Red Dead Redemption 2

...pretty great year for games, I must say. Admittedly, I did't play FH4 and ACO until 2019 and 2020 though.

 

[GymWolf]

Gow, rdr2 and mhw were all my goty for 2018.

 

[JonnyMP3]

God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 were my most looked forward to games of that year.
I loved the original trilogy and RDR1. Yet 1 is my game of the year and the other is my biggest let down...
So my top 3 of 2018 are:
God of War
Spider-Man
Battlefield V

 

[M1chl]

Forza Horizon 4