We Fix Game of The Year 2019 - Kinda Funny Gamescast

Summary

Kinda Funny Gamescast: “We Fix Game of The Year 2019”

Date: October 3, 2025
Hosts: Blessing Adeoye Jr., “Snowbike” Mike, Andy Cortez, Barrett
Theme: Re-examining and revising the Kinda Funny Game of the Year (GotY) list for 2019, reflecting on how tastes, votes, and the show have changed, and collaboratively building a new consensus top 10.

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into Kinda Funny’s 2019 Game of the Year process—what felt “off,” how the roster, voting, and approach have evolved, and what the hosts now believe should represent a true 2019 top 10. The crew shares their own rankings, negotiations, and compromises, ultimately delivering a new, more inclusive GotY 2019 list and unpacking why each game stands out in retrospect.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reflecting on 2019’s Original List and Voting Process

• 2019’s Voting Context:
  • Only core Gamescast hosts (Tim, Greg, Fran, Imran, and Blessing) had votes; smaller, less diverse pool.
  • The process was informal—everyone submitted a top five, aggregated into a quasi-top-10, with ties and weird placements.
  • “It was more, let’s just go round by round and talk about our top five games of the year, and then we had this fun, weird little list at the end.” —Barrett [09:22]
• Old Top 10 Recap:
  1. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  2. Control
  3. Resident Evil 2 Remake
  4. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  5. Borderlands 3 / Death Stranding / Apex Legends
  6. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  7. Devil May Cry 5 / Life is Strange 2
  8. Gears 5
  9. Link’s Awakening / Katana Zero

2. Why “Fix” 2019?

• The crew feels that the current staff’s tastes are broader and more developed; the old list missed games that, in hindsight, stand out (e.g., Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds).
• Expansion and change: The lineup of voters now includes hosts with diverse perspectives and gaming backgrounds.
• “I look back at my list and I’m like, my list is invalid now. And I look at the kind of funny list...oh, man, let me tell you, this company has grown.” —Blessing [07:54]

3. How the New Voting Works

• Aim: Achieve consensus through open conversation, rather than rigid point allocation.
• Consideration for depth and passion—games are debated for inclusion based on enthusiastic endorsement rather than mere presence.
• New rules: Each host can list their top 15. Points get distributed more generously across the wider array of games, reflecting the “stacked” years.

4. Debating the New Top 10: Games Discussed

The Consensus "Heavy Hitters":

• Outer Wilds
  • “It is one of those experiences that needs to be experienced by everybody.” —Andy [20:55]
  • Praised for innovative design, emotional resonance, and the feeling of player authorship.
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • “That’s what I want out of an action game... that feeling.” —Blessing [23:27]
  • Celebrated for its unrivaled combat, boss design, and teaching-through-action approach.
• Apex Legends
  • “Apex Legends dropped and changed the mother [expletive] globe, bro.” —Mike [15:35]
  • Revolutionized Battle Royale with ping systems and movement; a “formative” game.
• Control
  • “What a video game that showed me how cool and weird art direction could get in a game that's still very combat heavy.” —Andy [81:19]
  • Noted for its atmosphere, storytelling, and world.
• Disco Elysium
  • “I think Disco Elysium belongs on the list. I’m just gonna write that down.” —Blessing [14:22]
  • Hailed as a genre-defining RPG; highlighted, though not everyone played it at launch.

The Next Tier:

• Resident Evil 2 Remake
  • “It’s a top five for me... That’s top five and that’s just a personal thing and I know that I’m wrong there.” —Andy [36:22]
  • Recognized for reinvention and quality, even amidst debates about “remake” status.
• Death Stranding
  • “Death stranding would probably be in my top five.” —Blessing [64:19]
  • Sparks debate on its divisiveness, but makes the upper half of the list.

Indie Darlings and Fan-Favorites:

• Katana Zero
  • “That's my number three.” —Barrett [63:15]
  • Loved for style, action, and narrative twist; both Barrett and Andy are passionate advocates.
• Astral Chain
  • “Astral Chain is like one of my most underrated games that I wish more people played.” —Andy [34:45]
  • Platinum’s stylish action lauded, especially by Andy and Blessing.
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • “Still my game of the year, but Katana Zero...” —Barrett [65:55]
  • Universally liked, but newer passions and experiences push it down the list.

Games Considered or Honorable Mentions:

• Fire Emblem Three Houses (passionate audience, but lack of firsthand experience leads it to be honorary/pandered)
• Luigi’s Mansion 3, Mario Maker 2, Outer Worlds, Devil May Cry 5, Tetris 99, Mordhau, Slay the Spire, Ape Out, Plague Tale: Innocence, Link’s Awakening, Borderlands 3, among others—many discussed, some cut in the tough deliberation.

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The Final “Fixed” Kinda Funny Gamescast 2019 Top 10

1. Outer Wilds
2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
3. Apex Legends
4. Control
5. Resident Evil 2 Remake
6. Disco Elysium
7. Katana Zero
8. Death Stranding
9. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
10. Astral Chain

“To recap, our fixed 2019 game of the year list brought to you by Fire Emblem Three Houses looks like this…” —Blessing [81:47]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On List Regret & Evolution:
  “It’s one of those years that I’ve always looked back at with just a violent disdain.” —Andy [06:21]
• On Apex’s Impact:
  “Apex Legends dropped and changed the mother [expletive] globe, bro.” —Mike [15:35]
• On Outer Wilds:
  “It is one of those experiences that needs to be experienced by everybody ... made me feel in ways where it’s every emotion at once.” —Andy [20:07]
• On Sekiro:
  “The parry, the counter, the bosses... It was just so good.” —Mike [24:08]
• Comic Relief:
  Ongoing jokes about “pandering” to the Nintendo audience and Mike’s supposed insincerity (“You'd be a great politician.” —Andy [57:54])
• Deep Cuts:
  Honoring Brian “Nobishin” (RIP), who had Kingdom Hearts 3 as his GotY for 2019. [26:20]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [05:24] Start of “fixing” GotY 2019 discussion
• [11:29] Reading and evaluating the original 2019 list
• [13:35] Determining what belongs in the new top 10
• [15:35] Apex Legends’ big moment & cultural impact
• [20:07] Passionate Outer Wilds discussion
• [23:27] Sekiro’s enduring design and difficulty
• [34:39] Astral Chain appreciation
• [36:22] Resident Evil 2 Remake’s place in history
• [58:12] Cutting down and debating the final 10
• [64:01] Death Stranding evaluation
• [67:14] Top 6 ordering and the Outer Wilds vs. Sekiro debate
• [81:47] The final fixed top 10 list revealed

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Tone and Podcast Style

Loose, humorous, a bit irreverent but passionate about games and the integrity of the lists. The hosts frequently roast each other, lean into bits (especially Mike’s pretend “pandering”), and invite the chat/audience into the decision-making via running jokes and super chat shoutouts.

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Super Chat Highlights

• Numerous shoutouts for games like Kingdom Hearts 3, Fire Emblem, Control, Untitled Goose Game, and more.
• Some lamentations (“how did Outer Worlds get a GotY nom over Outer Wilds?”) and cheers for games that didn’t make the cut.
• Sentimental nods to former community contributors (notably the late Nobishin).

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Episode Takeaways

• Game of the Year lists aren’t static; opinions and tastes shift as time passes and crews rotate.
• 2019 in retrospect is seen as a year of rich, weird, and deeply varied games.
• Collaborative, conversational ranking—especially among hosts with strong (and at times conflicting) tastes—makes for a robust, more inclusive list.
• The new Kinda Funny 2019 GotY reflects elevated tastes, a bigger crew, and deeper appreciation for singular, transformative game experiences like Outer Wilds and Sekiro.

Memorable Closing Bit:
“To recap, our fixed 2019 game of the year list brought to you by Fire Emblem Three Houses looks like this...” —Blessing [81:47]
[The running Fire Emblem joke punctuates the episode’s self-aware, community-joking style.]

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Summary prepared for listeners seeking to catch up on the substance and spirit of the episode without the time commitment—enjoy the new canon for 2019!

Transcript

[A]

Yo, what's up? Welcome to the Kind of Funny Games cast for Friday, October 3, 2025, when your host, Blessing Addie Oye Jr. Joining me is the master of hype, Snowback, Mike.

[B]

What up, Bless?

[A]

What up? How's it going, Mike?

[B]

I got a Jamba Juice.

[A]

You got a Jamba Juice? Whoa. Look at this guy.

[B]

Pretty delicious.

[A]

A different type of sugar. What type of flavor?

[B]

I like Aloha. Pineapple was my favorite. Oh, sometimes I'll go a little strawberry banana on them. Maybe a peach passion.

[C]

I feel like strawberry banana. Very overdone in this. In the smoothie world, it's the go to smoothie.

[D]

It's the PB and J.

[C]

You can't go wrong with it. But I like. I hear the word pineapple, I get excited.

[A]

Dude, I love pineapple. You ever been to Fogo de Cho and got, like, the roasted pineapple?

[C]

No, No. I haven't seen a Fogo de chow since I lived in Austin.

[B]

He went to Fogo de Chao last week.

[A]

Yeah. During Magicon, went to Fogo de Cho. We have a Fogo de Chow here, which is.

[B]

I don't want to take.

[A]

That's my own bad.

[B]

Actually wouldn't go.

[A]

We were. So there's one here. Yeah, there's a Fog of Chow.

[D]

We went for Imran's bachelor party.

[A]

There's that. And then there's an Espetus, which is another Brazilian steakhouse. But like, my friend. So imagine my friends were like, yo, you know, oh, we've been starving. We skipped lunch because we're locked in on playing the ticketed magic events. And so we're like, all right, where do we want to go for food? And I was like, okay, let's go to, like, somewhere.

[C]

Atlanta.

[A]

Let's get something that's like, you know, a local, really good establishment. And my friends were like, let's go to Fogo de Chao. And I was like, we got Fogo de Chao at home. And in fact, I was like, Fogo de Chao. A month ago for my birthday, like, I don't know if I want to run back Fogo de Chao.

[B]

But you couldn't run back Fogo de Chao.

[A]

I. I didn't fight hard enough. And so we went to Fogo de Chao, and let me tell you, I was happy with the Fogo de Chao. I forgot that Fogo de Chao was really, really good. So, yeah, had the roasted pineapple, had the cheese where they put the honey on it. Had the parmesan pork and like, oh, God, parmesan. I think Parmesan steak. It was Parmesan meat.

[C]

Get me all worked up right now.

[A]

Oh, dude, in that buffet, too much.

[C]

To me right now, man.

[A]

Let's all go to Fogo de Chow.

[C]

I didn't know there was one here. I'm so down.

[A]

Mike, next time you get choma juice, I need you to hit me up. Okay. I'm. Add me to the order.

[B]

Oh, you're a white gummy bear type of guy. What? What. What you go to.

[C]

They got Gummy Bear. Yeah.

[B]

You haven't heard the white gummy bear flavors.

[C]

Are they, like. Are they just not trying to do healthy stuff? Really?

[B]

Yeah. There's a line sometimes.

[A]

I'll take the.

[C]

Co and candy and bubble gum.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

I like to. I like to explore the menu. I'm a menu explorer.

[B]

I like that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

At. You know, at Jamba Juice, you should menu explore.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

To try all the smoothies, because they.

[A]

Got, like, random names for things.

[B]

Get a little vitamin C boost.

[A]

I was gonna say. I usually get the vitamin C boost.

[B]

You ever get the. You ever get the grass? The wheat grass? I heavy with the grass.

[C]

No.

[B]

There was a time where I was buying two grass shots a day.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Oh, the little bottle shots.

[B]

No, no. Yeah. Well, no, but, like, he puts it in shot glass. Because I was going there.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

He was taking the grass, pressing it through, and I was chugging it right.

[C]

There in the spot because I liked the pressed shots. The press shots, like, they sell the little tiny little baby bottle, and it'll be like, one of them is called, I don't know, reawaken or some bullshit.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And it's got, like, the craziest flavor profile. It stings your throat. It's a cayenne pepper and lemon and all this sort of stuff. You take that, it's like, oh, my gosh. And then you feel like a new person.

[A]

I love that.

[C]

And you're also, like, $8, you know, poorer because they're very expensive.

[A]

I like places that pretend to be healthy, but really, like, they just aren't good for you. Because I'm pretty sure Java juice is one of those where you order this thing being like, oh, vitamin C. That sounds like it's good. It's just all sugar.

[C]

Yeah, it's all sugar.

[B]

Yeah. Over here, talking about all the different immunity blends you can put in the vitamin C, the protein. I'm so glad the Sphinx brought that up. Like, you're so right. We should dive deeper into the menu.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Of Jamba Juice.

[A]

Actually. That could be an episode let's do it. But for here, for now, we don't talk about Jamba J. We talk about video games. Because remember, this is the kind of Funny Games cast. Each and every week we get together and talk about the biggest reviews, previews and topics in video games live on YouTube, Twitch and on podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, support us with a Kind of Funny membership on Patreon, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts to get all of our shows ad free. Watch and support them live and get a daily exclusive show for a chance to be a part of the show. Some of your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats as we go. Some housekeeping for you. KFCD 2000 is happening Monday. Tune in. Remember we're an 11 person business all about live talk shows. KFD was about ads coming to Xbox Cloud gaming. After this is Game Showdown kind of feud's return, then the stream is Lego party with a whole crew. If you're a Kind of Funny member, today's Greg Way is coming from Mike. Mike, do you know what that's about yet?

[B]

Life.

[C]

Life.

[A]

Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining. Today we're brought to you by Kind of Funny Games Daily Episode 2000 and our new merch, but we'll tell you about that later. For now, let's start with topic of the show. We finally fix 2019. No, no, no, not the COVID We're fixing Game of the year 2019. Andy, this is something that me and you, I feel like you've been talking about for a while.

[C]

For the longest.

[A]

For the longest time.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

What's up with 2019?

[C]

2019 was your first year kind of funny.

[A]

2020 was my first year kind of funny.

[C]

But 2019, why were you on this podcast then? Well, because we do game of the Year in January. Yes, that makes a lot of sense. I. It was your first year, so it was your first time voting? My first time voting as an official member of Kind of Funny Games Cast. It's also, I don't know when I joined permanently as a games cast sort of, you know, co host or whatever you want to call it. But like I did, I certainly didn't have a vote, even though I'd be gaming.

[A]

You know, you do be gaming.

[C]

There's a lot of gaming happening.

[A]

Barry. Be gaming. Barry, did you have a vote?

[C]

No.

[D]

My first year voting was the year that we like really opened it up in 2021.

[C]

So that.

[D]

That was the first year I started Voting.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Because. Yeah. Before that, it was just the Gamescast votes, which that year for 2019 was Tim. Bless Fran, Imran and Greg.

[C]

It's one of those years that I've always looked back at with just a violent disdain.

[A]

Yeah. For our order. Ordering of games.

[C]

And you said a special word because I see Jedi fallen order at number one.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I go, it's a good game, Tim Gettys. That's a good game.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Nothing wrong with that one, Tim. It's a good one. Just like Metroid Dread. Two good games.

[A]

Two good games. You keep using that good word.

[C]

What is your shit with Metroid Dread? They're good games. They're good. There's nothing wrong.

[A]

Adventure Dread is a great game. Are they great?

[C]

I mean, they're. They're, you know, they're good games. Nothing wrong with them.

[A]

Yeah. You know, like, he's not like me during the Ghost of Yoti review.

[C]

These are good video games. Right. But we can go better. There were other offerings that year, and I look at that year and I'm like, you know, especially now since we have reawakened, which is the name of the pressed shot juice that I take. I don't even think that's what it's called. But we've reawakened as gamers. We have Mike on the crew now who brings in a totally different taste. And I feel like even me in 2019 to now, completely different taste in games.

[A]

Evolved taste, which is honestly same for me. 2019 was such an interesting year because every since 2019, I have periodically played games like late that came out in 2019 and go, wow, this is one of the best things I've ever. I've ever played, like, you know, pretty consistently. Even this year, I played a game that came out in 2019, Outer Wilds, and was like, that was this year. Yeah.

[C]

You play that?

[A]

I played that in, like, February.

[C]

Yeah, that's true.

[A]

And I was like, damn, that was a transformative experience right there. And so, like, I look back at 2019, I look back at my list and I'm like, my list is invalid now. And I look at the kind of funny list, which we'll get into a second, and I'm like, oh, man, let me tell you, this company has grown.

[C]

Right.

[A]

I think that's the. I think that's the thing to talk about is like, you know, dei.

[C]

They.

[A]

Pulled the DEI lover. They brought in me, Andy and Mike.

[C]

And that brings in different life experiences. Yeah, you were there at the vote back then.

[A]

Exactly. But Mike we pulled the DI lever and we brought in Mike.

[C]

That's the important.

[A]

Mike really brings in the diversity here.

[C]

And at that time, you know, the crew was. The crew. It was Tim Gettysburg, Greg Miller, Imran Khan, and Fran Mirabella iii. And they were the voters of the Gamescast at that time. The. The permanent crew at the time. So, you know, the ver. I would say the variety coming from Imran's side was probably the deepest in terms of, you know, throwing in random games into honorable mentions and bringing up titles. You're like, oh, shit, that's right. That was that year that video game came out. But on the flip side, I feel like a very predictable kind of funny list. Yes, at the time.

[A]

But like, I look at this list.

[C]

So let's shake things up.

[D]

And also just at the time, just naturally smaller voter voting pool is Right.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And it was a top fiver as well. Right.

[D]

Well, that's an interesting one. Blush. Should I break it down now? Just like how it works back then.

[A]

Break it down.

[D]

And so I think I helped with kind of funniest Game of the year 2018 as well, because I started January 2020 19, and then I think we did it the same year for Game of the year 2019 is everybody on the Gamescast would give me their top five games of the year, and then I would tabulate all of that and put it into a list. So the top 10, or whatever you call it, the Game of the Year list for that year, for 2019 is kind of a weird one because it was. That was less of the focus of Game of the Year back then. It was more. So like, let's go round by round and just talk about our top five games of the year. And then we had like, this fun, weird little list at the end of it. Right. And so there's like, a bunch of ties. There's not even, like, officially, like 10, like, slots on that list. Like, it was very, like, we weren't really thinking about it in. In that way in terms of like a top 10 list officially. Right. So I don't think we really started really doing that until 2020. And so, yeah, they would give me their top five. And it's a very interesting amalgamation of games.

[A]

I want to read this list. Also, Chad is saying that there's some background noise, I think, on your microphone, Barrett.

[D]

Yeah, that's the AC unit that won't shut the up.

[A]

Yeah, Kevin actually warned us about that. Yeah. So there's an AC unit in the control room that's loud. That's going to be fixed.

[C]

It's trying to keep. It's trying to keep Barrett nice and cool.

[A]

Yeah. To read through the 2019 top nine that kind of funny had at the time, at number nine, we had Link's Awakening, a Katana Zero. At number eight, you got Gears 5. At number seven, Devil May Cry 5 and Life is Strange 2. At number six, Fire Emblem 3, Houses. At number five, Borderlands 3, Death Stranding and Apex Legends. At number four, Sekiro at number three, Resident Evil 2 Remake. At number two, Control. And at number one, Star Wars Jedi, Fallen Order. That was kind of funny's game of the year 2019 list. How do you guys feel about that?

[C]

Mike?

[B]

It sounds about kind of funny in 2019 for sure.

[C]

Yeah, it's what I would expect.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I, you know, we also did the scoring will always kind of be the way we do things that kind of funny where if there's a, if there's a tie, we don't do the, you know, there's two six places in the 1 8th. We just kind of like we do it the way we do it. So yeah, you know, we just celebrate more games. Yeah. Number nine wasn't even an official number nine. It was just there were. There was one vote for Katan zero and one vote for. I forgot. What else was that?

[A]

Number nine, Link's Awakening.

[C]

Yeah, Link's Awakening. So, yeah, a different way of doing things and then, you know, this year will also be different in terms of how we're doing the vote. Don't do that. So, you know, are you ready to announce it now? Yeah, yeah. Top 50. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Oh, we're doing the top. No, no, it's still, it's still a.

[C]

Collective top 10, but we all give our. Our top 15 games and then. Oh, because you know, what if you have something at 2 that you really, really want some points? Yeah, yeah. And what if I have that at number 14? Well, don't you want my, my points of 14? So, so, so 1 through 5 would get 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, and then the rest of them would get 10 through 1. You can give me 15 games.

[D]

I'll only mark the top 10, though.

[C]

No, that's fine. That's fine. Yeah, but like the points, you know, Everybody, everybody's giving 15 games and we all have our different points.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Yeah, cuz there, there's just too many games this year. Yeah, there's a lot of games this year. So just like Greg Miller's reviewing Pokemon Z to A, you'll produce the entire Game. The game of the year. I'll do it. I'll do it. Don't dare me. I'll do it. Quick math. I'll do it.

[A]

I got a super chat question for those watching listening live. What are your picks for gimme the year 2019 and why? As we get into this so making our top 10, I figured we can have this be a free flowing conversation. Didn't do votes. I want to see if me, Andy, Mike and Beard on the ones and twos can come together and agree on what the 2019 Game of the Year top 10 looks like.

[C]

I love this.

[A]

Where do we start here?

[C]

I mean do we want to start at the bottom of the top 10?

[A]

I mean I think we just start naming like I think we start at the top.

[B]

Let's start off with the big three.

[A]

Is there a big.

[B]

Maybe the big five. There's a strong lineup here.

[C]

There's a strong lineup.

[B]

We all can agree. There's like, there's like five titles here that are making the list no matter what.

[C]

You're. You're absolutely right about something. Well, real quick, I do want to say that I. I would love to. I'm excited to re rank 2019 in four years when I finally play Disco Elysium.

[A]

Wait, no wait. Disco Elysium was 2019 on there? Shit.

[C]

Okay. Yeah.

[A]

That changes everything.

[C]

That really throws a lot of that.

[A]

I forgot that was 2019.

[C]

Ol wrench. Yeah.

[A]

Okay. I'm starting off with Disco Elysium.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

I'm not saying it's my number one. It's definitely top. Top five. I'll say. Okay. I think Disco Elites and belongs on the list. I'm just gonna write that down. We'll come back around to it.

[C]

I wouldn't disagree. Just based off everybody's opinions.

[B]

Like just give it a 5 through 10 spot.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because I haven't played it.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

And so like it's not mine of course, like everybody talking about it. That's why it gets a 5 through 10 spot. It's like that's an honorable mention from Snowbike Mike.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

For other people loving it. But it's not on mine.

[A]

I also am looking at it through I think a little bit of roasted because I played the like Definitive Edition, the director's cut whenever they added voice acting is what I played. Which definitely kind of like added to the experience for me. And so for going off of the raw 2019 Disco Elysium version that maybe that changes things. But we can get into that.

[C]

Mike, hit us with the. I mean Hit us with your number.

[A]

What do you think are the top five?

[B]

Let me, let me give you a couple of big five.

[C]

Let's hear it here.

[B]

In the summer of 2019, EA hosted.

[C]

EA play Take Me Back.

[B]

And a week later, a bunch of streamers went down and they played a game that no one knew about summer. And then two days later, brother, it was February. Apex Legends dropped and changed the mother glow, bro. Apex Legends.

[C]

It was an early summer, so we.

[B]

Started really in a lot of people's opinions, summer starts in February.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Not my opinion, I'll tell you. Yeah, a lot of people got the calendar.

[A]

Can I tell you, Apex Legends was my number one that year. Like in 2019, Apex Legends was my number one.

[C]

I don't think that's too.

[B]

I don't think it's crazy. I have it as my number one.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I made a top ten and I put Apex Legends as number one.

[C]

I like that.

[B]

I think Apex Legends is a top fiver of 2019 for us.

[C]

Apex Legends was, I think without a doubt my number one played game that year.

[A]

Damn.

[C]

You know, I had on. On my PS4, you know, adding so many friends destroyed my game and it was still so high up there where my game would crash every two matches. I would have to restart the game all the time. But it was so formative and so new and fresh. And I always think like, you know, Nintendo's fucking patenting all these like, you know, Pokemon catching. I was like, man, I. If I would go, if I were them and I could go back in time, I'd pan it. Patent the ping system, the contextual pink. I need ammo for a Mozambique. I need ammo for an R99 or.

[A]

Whatever you would, you would like ping an item and yeah, like Lifeline is saying an entire paragraph about the context. Like, yo, I need this ammo right now because there's two people over there and they're running at me and I'm. I got three health and like four ammo right now. And so if you can get me that, like she like. The ping system was so well done and so expansive.

[C]

Almost made voice chat not needed legitimately. Yeah, Insane is super easy to communicate with people. I definitely played that game so much. PS4, PS4 Pro. Shout out to Tucker and Bushy who were my. My squad, the respawn beacons. We had like, oh my gosh, just so many amazing. The sliding so many nights, all the movement.

[A]

The world design of or the map design of Apex Legends at launch especially was so good. King's Canyon. You know, you look down. I forget the names of the areas now, but, like, whether it is like the big skeleton of like, whatever creature or like, you look over there.

[C]

Boneyard.

[A]

Boneyard. Or like industrial, you know, like, I. I think that was such a memorable and iconic map that they have had at launch. And my. I remember my first time playing that game. It almost felt like I was exploring an open world. You know what I mean? Like, battle royale maps. I think oftentimes can feel like, okay, this is just a gigantic multiplayer map. There's something about Apex Legends at launch where I would uncover, like, another area. And I might as well have had, like. I think they had this in the game, right? The title of the area pop up as you enter like you're exploring an open world video game. Like, I think they really nailed that.

[C]

Mozambique. Yeah.

[A]

And the cast of characters is so good too, man.

[B]

Give us a top five, Randy.

[C]

A top fiver for me, I mean, it's my top oner. The Outer Wild. Outer Wilds we got.

[A]

We got to write that down with.

[C]

The V. Outer Wilds was one of those games that I didn't play in 2019. I think I played it during the pandemic 2020, 2021, around there. And it was one of those transformative type of, you know, really change what you think games can be and how games can be designed and how imaginative they can be and how they could just kind of how they can make you feel without direct cutscenes telling you why this character is sad or why this character is crying or why, you know, it's. You know, when I think of getting emotional in games, it's always usually watching a cut scene. I'm usually watching. I'm usually performing what you do in a game as you would perform while you're watching a movie. You are absorbing information. You are absorbing with your eyes and ears what's happening in this scene and that makes you feel a certain way. Outer Wild just totally sort of flips all of that on its head. And I. I was so blown away by the physics and the puzzles and the way the. The science worked in this game. It always felt much larger than what it really was. And it was just such a special experience to. To see that. And I think it's also kind of several years after Interstellar comes out. And that blew my mind. And I'm like, oh, my God, this is the Interstellar of games. Like the. When I left the Interstellar movie theater thinking, like, fuck, like, none of, like all of this, just this whole I feel so. Everything feels so inconsequential.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Something about the Outer Wild game made me feel in ways where I like. It's every emotion at once kind of all hitting me and I'm like grateful to exist on this tiny blue dot in a mass of everything. But it's also taken away relationships and take. And being okay with the inevitability of death. Like, it's like, oh, my gosh. It just. It is one of those experiences that needs to be experienced by everybody. And we're listening to the podcast and on the way in, I was listening a bit back to the 2019 game of the year and hearing Greg say how he dropped off of it pretty quickly. I feel like he would really, really with it. If he went back, thinking back to it stuff, doing all the investigate, I think it would really hit him in a different way now.

[A]

Yeah. Having finally played through Outer Wilds to the in full for the first time this year, I was in the Greg situation before. I had tried Outer Wilds legitimately like six or seven times, and I'll drop off each time, but I'll always go back because the things people would say about Outer Wilds of why it hit it for them, why it's special, whatever resonate with what I like out of video games. And so every time I dropped off, I'll come back and I'm like, all right, I'm gonna try it again because I gotta know, I gotta understand. I'm gonna force myself to beat this video game. Right. And, you know, this last time of playing it, I finally hit that stride about halfway through where I started to understand how to play the video game and how to get the most out of it. And to echo the points that you're making, Andy.

[B]

Right.

[A]

It is such a masterclass in, I think, evoking emotion and strong feeling through not just story. Right. It does that through its story as well, but it does it also through mechanics and it does it all through also through its systems and its music and its, you know, reveals and its exploration. Every single thing in Outer Wilds kind of works together to create something that can one only exist as a video game, but then also is something that represents what's special about video games. You know what I mean? Like, it kind of gives me the belief of, damn, like I can only. You can only experience like the emotions of this. Yeah. Through this medium. It's such a good fucking game.

[C]

I also just re. I've said it often on different games cast, but my. What some of my favorite feelings in video games are feeling the authorship of the developer as I'm going through it and going like, oh. Like it's to try to put yourself in their headspace of how they are kind of without being too obvious. Doing the, the player like in the way they're designing stuff in, in hopes that you discover things in certain ways.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And also feeling like God damn you are smart whoever you are on the other side of this screen. Who made this? You like this is some of the smartest shit. And then you figure out some puzzle and you go what? That's how this connects. That's some of those genius shit I've ever experienced.

[A]

So I think talking about my number one for this list, right. I'm glad you mentioned Outer Wilds because it's, you know, I, it's. I have not figured out which one I'll put above the other. I think Outer Wilds might inch it out. But the other one that would be in contention for me and I'm sure maybe for you is Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. That's another one I'm putting on the list here. That's like, that's a, that's a good ass video game. That's what I want out of an action game. You know what I mean? Like the Perry system. The fast pace of it, the rhythm of it, the feeling of it. Like if I pick up a controller, I want a game to make me feel the way that Sekiro Shadows Die Twice makes me feel. And that's another one we're post playing. That's when I played a little bit late. I played that And I think 2021, beginning of 2021, that's another one where after I played it I was like oh yeah, there's another one that would, would have been on my game of the year. Maybe probably my number one at the moment I played it.

[C]

Where does Sekiro live for you, Mike?

[B]

It's part of the big three.

[C]

Yeah, it's a big three.

[B]

Very good.

[C]

Are you holding back your secrets?

[B]

I mean I, I'll wait till the final moment for us to lock in but like Sekiro was definitely part of the top five. It's got to be in the conversation.

[C]

The Perry, it's in my top five.

[B]

The counter. Yeah, the, the bosses. It was just so good.

[C]

I'm not willing to reveal my, my sources or reveal my hand until the time is needed. It's up there.

[A]

What other games you got to add here?

[B]

Let me give me another big five. Ready for this one? I'm ready for the nerds out there. Oh, Fire Emblem three houses for the nerds out there.

[A]

Wait, did you play fire. Oh, you just played Fire Emblem three Houses.

[B]

Played a little bit of it. Okay, well, is that nerds out there?

[D]

But is that a kind of funny us list?

[C]

You know, it was. It was a team. Honorable mention.

[B]

Where are the people playing Nintendo? Where they at?

[C]

Where are they? Someone find them.

[A]

They're out there somewhere.

[C]

I think it definitely.

[B]

It'll be a big five.

[C]

Yeah, it's on a lot of people's lists.

[B]

It'll be a big five.

[C]

I don't think it lands on this list. And that's mainly because Bless hasn't played it. Tim played a little. Or Tim beat it, I believe. I don't think Bear played it. Yeah, but Mike played it.

[A]

It was on the original, right? It was the number. I forget where we put it. Number six on the original.

[C]

Oh, really? Okay, so probably because of Imran, could be five. That's got to be an Imran and a Tim thing.

[A]

Listen, I'm, I've written it down.

[B]

You add Mike to the list. Big five.

[C]

You would put it in your top five even though you haven't beaten it for everyone.

[B]

The don't honor him.

[A]

Every now and then, Andy calls Mike a fraud, in which e with each day I understand.

[B]

Someone's gotta do it.

[C]

You gotta do it.

[B]

Someone's gotta do it.

[A]

Alec Bobco does write in with a super chat and says Fire Emblem Three Houses is my game of the year for 2019. Great season story and gameplay with a ton of replayability and the different houses. That's a game that I wish I played. That's a game that like I. I want to fix my sins, but I figure it's easier to just play the next Fire Emblem that's coming out in a year. You know what I mean? Like, I plan to play that, but the more I hear about Fire Emblem three Houses, the more I'm like, damn, that seems like it would have been my gateway into strategy role playing.

[C]

I. I went back and listened to not only the OG podcast, but then I went back to listen to the privated video that had a post show back when we would do like the Patreon post.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[C]

So it was like, you know, an extra six or eight minutes longer than the. Than the OG episode and got a little misty out on the drive in. There's a little mention from the homie Brian Nobishin, who had written in Brian's game of the year, Rest in peace, Brian. We Love you. We miss you. Uh, was Kingdom Hearts 3. Wow. As his 2019 game of the year?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I wonder when. When is Mike going to play Kingdom Hearts 3?

[B]

Yeah. When am I gonna be ready to open up my heart?

[C]

Yeah. Because when are you gonna face your fears? It's got to be in the lead up to four, Right. Like, that's, that's the most logical thing for you.

[B]

When's Jeff Keighley gonna announce 4?

[C]

It's in his hands.

[A]

You think Jeff Keeley's gonna announce.

[B]

Oh, it's in his hands.

[C]

I think you befriend him. You go to a beach or whatever. Whatever you've been wanting to do with Jeff Keighley for a long time. Go to a beach, hang out with him.

[A]

I think that, I think four is because he's already announced. Right. But I think you get whatever next trailer on, like, almost the most random square enix YouTube page.

[C]

No, I think it'll be TGS next year.

[A]

TGS, like Tokyo game Show?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, I could see that a year.

[C]

From now, pretty much.

[A]

Like, it's going to be at a place where it's like, you're bigger than this. Like, it's going to be one of the ones where it's like, why do you appear here? You could have done this at, like.

[C]

The biggest event or whatever. Yeah.

[B]

You ready for a hot take?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Let me hear this one. This is one that, like, people aren't going to be happy about, but it's the truth now with the people that we have, it would make the top five. Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2019, the reset and a new beginning for Call of Duty.

[A]

Microna fixed the 2019 game.

[B]

I'm just letting you know, if you look at the people in this office, if you remember back to what Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, 2019 was and did for the franchise, it would be on this list.

[D]

And the only other person I feel like who would is. Would vote for it would be Roger.

[C]

Mike.

[B]

Roger and Andy would vote for this.

[A]

I, I, brother, we don't even got into control yet.

[B]

I'm just letting you know it would make the list.

[C]

When I look at. When I look at my list, though, because here's the thing. It really wasn't until War Zone, though, Mike.

[B]

War Zone was War zone.

[C]

War zone 20. But. But call duty nine or two thousand and nineteen, I think.

[B]

Don't forget about Farah.

[C]

I think, yeah, shout out to Farah. That is one of the. I think that's the start of me enjoying their campaigns because you know, I don't know who Valkar was there. I don't know who. What's his face. I don't even. Turd McGann. What's. Yeah, you call him Turd McGavin. Yeah.

[A]

I don't know what to say.

[C]

I was gonna say Turd Ferguson, but yeah, like I didn't really fuck with a whole lot. A lot of those campaigns. They just really. I wasn't gaming a whole lot when those games were out. So 2019 was like, whoa, this is a really cool big budget game, but multiplayer. I just wasn't vibing with like that. It wasn't until 2020 that war zone in the fold kind of brought everything all together for me. So I don't know if it would make. I don't think it's my top 10. Mike.

[A]

I'll write it down and then, you know, we're going to organize this list and figure it out. But code. You said Modern Warfare.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right. Can I throw out a few? Yes, please.

[D]

Katana Zero.

[A]

Yes. We need to have on there Connoisseur. I agree.

[D]

One of the hottest indie games of that year.

[A]

Just a consideration.

[D]

It doesn't need to be on the list, but I want to shout it out.

[A]

Ape Out. Oh, I loved Ape Out. Ape Out.

[D]

Fucks.

[B]

I don't think.

[D]

Not enough people talk about Ape Out.

[A]

Ape Out's a good game and it.

[D]

Doesn'T have to be game of the year. It doesn't have to be in the top three or top five or whatever. But it's still my game of the year is Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.

[A]

I think I will revisit it because I think Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order probably still.

[D]

I think it deserves a spot. It's all.

[A]

That's a good video game right there.

[D]

I look at my number two though, is Sekiro now.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order falls at number 10 on my list.

[A]

It's. It's probably in my top 10.

[C]

But I got another video game.

[A]

I got another game that I think multiple of us will still have in our top 10.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

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[A]

Mike, how many of the things that come out of your mouth do you actually believe?

[B]

I believe in fire emblem. Everybody in the chat rise up with you. If you love fire emblems, what office.

[A]

Are you running for? Dude, you gotta start calling out the pandering. All right.

[C]

The Nintendo commenters. Oh, Mike is so based. Oh, man, like we need a Mike pander Emote.

[A]

You know, Mike really is a politician to the audience. And the crazy thing is that it works. Like, I need to start doing what Mike does. Yeah, I'll start being such a big fan for games. I don't give a.

[B]

About Trials of the Sky 3. And I said, okay, cool, I'll get it.

[A]

Trails in the Sky.

[C]

Trails in the Sky. First chapter.

[A]

You're such an asshat. All I'm saying is that from now on, my game of the year 2025, Kingdom come deliverance to you guys. Y' all gotta play it.

[B]

No, that's not. They don't.

[A]

Kingdom Come Deliverance too. Like, we. Y' all gotta play it.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It's the most influential game. It's the most influential game.

[B]

The one that they're gonna say that they like this year the most.

[C]

This year.

[A]

I think it is.

[C]

It's Kingdom.

[B]

That's not our audience. There's a small. There's a small group that says it's not. That's not it. It's. Expedition 33 is game of the year.

[A]

Yeah, but we say that authentically.

[B]

Yeah, but they'll ride for that one.

[A]

Well, of course. You know what? You're right.

[B]

You're right. Whatever they ride for.

[A]

Because I say it and I mean it. Mike says it because he knows people get on his side.

[C]

Bear without a. I don't want anybody to check Slack right now. Don't look at Slack.

[A]

I'm not.

[C]

But can you bring up the link that I posted in Assets and just play it? Because this makes my top 10 easily for 2019.

[B]

Makes it top. No, you're in top five.

[A]

Astral chain. Oh, nail density. Yeah. No, we gotta write that down.

[C]

Man. Oh, this game, dude.

[A]

Such a good game.

[C]

Put it on.

[A]

Hey, I'm surprised I still recognize the soundtrack.

[C]

What I look go into, hey, open up that fucking executable or whatever you do in your game development.

[A]

Open up that file.

[C]

I'm sure it's on a Google Drive somewhere. Open it up and just hit the little dial that says unlock frame rate. Yeah, get that shit rocking on Switch too, dude, because this game rocks so hard. I love Astral Chain so much. Platinum Games fucking killed it with this. It is a game that has just like so much fun action and the really cool mechanic of. You know, you're a dude who has like a kind of a Pokemon Summon, you know, creature teammate, whatever you want to call it on your squad.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And you're like tied by a little chain or whatever by a. It's like almost like on a leash almost. And you, you sort of wrap it around the enemy with the, with the leash and then it like stuns them and you go in. The action is so sick. The world is so cool. It's got such a weird ass story. This is. Azul Chain is like one of my most underrated games that I wish more people played. And I'm super happy that I played it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And it's in my top 100 list, I'll tell you that. Wow. That much.

[A]

I forget if it's in my top 100.

[C]

But you know, think about it now.

[A]

Now it's like, man, think about it. The one that I teased before the break. Control. Control's got to be there. Come on.

[C]

Come on.

[A]

We don't talk about 2019 enough in video games because there's a lot of good 2019 actually kind of reminds me of 2025 in the sense that there are so many quality video games, but also like weird and like very specific video games. You know what I mean like I look at this year and it's you know, expedition and it's fucking death raining. Which funny enough came out this year as well. Right.

[C]

But like. Right.

[A]

Or came out that 2019 as well. But you know, a lot of blueprints, a lot of the games that are coming out this year that are game of the year contenders are games that are, you know, they don't serve like.

[D]

Mass appeal in like the ways that we think about game of the year.

[A]

Yeah. You know, there is not a bunch of ghostly yotes. And I'm saying that even I think goes Yoti's great game. I like that game.

[C]

That's why we're putting it's a good game. Just like Metroid Dread.

[A]

I would say it's a great game. Yeah, great game goes the yote. You know what I mean? Like I don't have many complaints about it all but like, you know, I, I think you look at that and it's like, well a lot of years you're, you're filled with the ghost of yotes. 20, 2025 and 2019 are both like very varied as far as like the kinds of games that you're getting a lot of quality out of.

[C]

Yeah. There's so much variety and that's why we're doing 15 games equal to a top 10. Of course again you got to send.

[D]

In 15, but you got.

[C]

So count it the way I'll count it.

[A]

Resident evil remake two. Sorry. Resident evil two remake.

[C]

I have. That's my number 15. Wow. Good ass video game.

[A]

That's top five for me.

[B]

Top five.

[C]

Just too scary. That's top five and that's just a personal thing and I know that I'm wrong there. You know, I think it's so funny listening. I was again listening back to the discussions happening in 2019. I believe the. I believe they were talking about maybe Keely's game game award show and Tim was like, yeah, but I think it being a remake hurts it. And to think that Resident Evil 4 remake made a top six and was a game of the year candidate on the game awards and that being way more of a one to one than resident like Resident Evil 2 remake is as far as you can go to like that's a true remake.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Not only are you remaking every asset, but you're totally changing the whole way the video game plays. And it's just so funny to think like yeah, but it's a remake. It probably won't make the list or whatever. And, and yeah, now this is Like a totally different way that we're thinking.

[A]

I remember back in 2019 having that conversation with people who are like, you know, it's not. It's a remake. I don't know if it deserves, yada yada. And I'm like, get the fuck out of here. That game did so much new. Resident Evil 2 was such a ground up, like reimagined, really fully fleshed out game. It's nothing like the Original Resident Evil 2 because the original Resident Evil 2 was like a PS1 game, you know, I mean, like, this game is new, this game is fresh. This game is like, you know, I don't know. I feel like it's practically a new game for what it is, even though it's based off of the original. Resident Evil 2 was smash. Ultimate 2019. No, that was 2018. That was in 2018.

[B]

You are thinking of another Nintendo game though.

[A]

Which one?

[B]

Someone that had the courage to drop on a date. That we don't get enough good drops on Halloween. Oh, October 31st, a man in green showed up to a mansion and he had one goal.

[C]

To kill the CEO.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

You can't make that joke.

[B]

Luigi's Mansion 3 top five.

[A]

Did you play Luigi's Mansion 3?

[C]

I did, yeah. He did it recently. Oh, he did play recently.

[B]

I played Final Fantasy 10 this year too.

[C]

It's a big one.

[A]

That's a great game, that game. I know you really enjoy.

[B]

Great game, that game.

[A]

I believe you love Final Fantasy 10.

[B]

Great game.

[A]

I'm typing now. Luigi's Mansion 3.

[B]

Luigi's Mansion 3 for the Nintendo Nerd.

[A]

Yeah. I was still like, we got so many strong games. We'll talk about it.

[B]

That's a five through ten window.

[A]

We'll talk about it.

[B]

Five through ten window now. I would if it was kind of funny today. Luigi's Mansion 3 would be a 5 through 10 window, I think.

[C]

Yeah. I think Tim and Greg would give that a lot of points as well. Probably Barrett. I haven't played it, but I know how loved it is. Yeah. Did you play that Bliss?

[A]

No, I'm not. I'm not a Luigi's main person. I don't really care about Luigi's Mansion.

[C]

I'm kind of the same.

[D]

I think it was like, because it didn't make the original list and I remember Tim playing it.

[C]

It's not even in the 1 through 9.

[D]

Yeah, it's not in that. In in that list. I don't know if the rest of us would rock with it.

[A]

I think once we start Talking about ordering. I don't know who Luigi's Mansion makes it.

[B]

I know. Because there's Devil May Cry.

[A]

Devil May Cry. Thank you.

[C]

Damn. That's what I gotta play.

[A]

Oh, I know.

[C]

Hey, you would like bomb fantasy 16. What are we playing at the same time on one stream, both screens, volume, full music, battling, just clashing with each other. Yeah. That's one I've always wanted to play. I. I did. I remember doing a party mode for it way back in the day. And that would make cry. Yeah. For DMC5. Oh, wow. And it wasn't even a. It was when we were like, hey, what if we also did like some unedited party modes to like kind of ease the workload off. So it was just like a. Let's sit down and play. I'll play it. And, you know, Nick and Tim were kind of hanging out with me and I see the vision. I understand it. Beautiful looking game. Holy. Visually, it looks amazing and it's got all the action that you want. I just. I. I never was able to get back to it that year.

[A]

I played like 70% of this game, maybe like 80% of this game. And for whatever reason, I just didn't finish it. Really, really enjoyed it, but wasn't like a this is like my favorite game ever sort of thing. And that's always been my case with Devil May Cry. I've always really enjoyed them, but they've never. I've never been obsessive over Devil May Cry like that though. All the ingredients that are there. I. With heavy. The style, the character design moments, the hype moments, the music, the devils. Like all of it. I. With all of it. Yeah, it's all my. But for some, for whatever reason, it's like, you know, they've never been like the most. Like, oh, man, this is my whole personality sort of thing.

[B]

One. Another hot take.

[A]

What's that?

[B]

Another hot take. You ready for this? Gears 5 would not make the top 10.

[A]

Would they make your top 10?

[B]

Gears 5 would probably make the back half of my top 10 and have a strong conversation of being booted out to the 11 through 15 win.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Currently sitting at eight on my list. And I could have a conversation of it not being on the list. I noticed that we have it on our kind of funny 2019 list, but hot take it wouldn't make it.

[A]

Now what I want to throw out there. Outer Worlds.

[C]

Outer Worlds lands at my 16. Wow. Underneath Resident Evil 2 remake.

[A]

I think Outer Worlds would be in my top 10. Probably in the 5 through 10. Range.

[C]

I still really enjoy the video game. I think it's like it has some awesome story beats in it. Like some truly cool happening with, you know, choosing that faction over the other and then how those stories kind of clash and I, I really enjoyed a lot of it. I just wish it was there gameplay wise. I wish the gameplay was more enjoyable.

[A]

One of the ones I'll throw out there in the indie conversation alongside Katana Zero and Ape Out. Sign Our Wild Hearts.

[B]

I have that as my number 11.

[A]

Sign our wild Hearts. Maybe that doesn't make the top 10 list, but I just want to give it a shout out. I love that game.

[C]

I A game very, very high on my list. It's very important to me in my life and it was a big key factor in my, in my growth of my own sort of side streaming stuff. Super Mario Maker 2.

[A]

No way. That was 2019, I think. Holy.

[D]

I have that as my number nine on my list.

[C]

This is number, this is number six on my list. It, I mean, just so much variety and creativity and as somebody who wasn't really around For Mario Maker 1 Just because I didn't have a Wii U. Well, I did, but the ex girlfriend kept it in the breakup, you know. So fortunate. Yeah. I was like, man, I mean that's an odd choice. I pay for this. Not happy about that. But I just think it was such a, a cool communal moment to also make friends with in, you know, with other content creators that I was, you know, big fans of. You know, talking about Ross o', Donovan, formerly of Game Grumps and just an awesome animator and to have him post his levels up and then me decide to play those levels because I'm a fan of his and then him to see that I was streaming them and go like, hey, go watch this streamer. He's like crashing out. Well, they weren't using the. We were using the word crashing out in that way. Yeah, I meant to sleep. I still use crash on to sleep. That's, that's unk status.

[A]

But yeah, that's super status.

[C]

It's like I still, you know, I'm.

[B]

Going to crash out. Yeah, I'm going to go take a nap.

[C]

Yeah, I'm going to go sleep real quick. Anyway, the. To have him be like, hey, this guy's like, you know, losing his shit, playing my levels. Go watch him. And then to kind of form a friendship there I was like, it was awesome for me. It was just like, it felt like a really cool come up for me to kind of expand my audience and even outside of like people from kind of funny just going like, oh, that's, you know, I like this dude, you know, raging and losing his over Mario Maker levels. Really awesome game. And the creativity in it was just tons of fun.

[A]

I'm gonna type down desk training one. Yeah, that's in my top five.

[C]

That's my number seven, right below Super Mario Maker two.

[A]

A couple games. Here's the thing about 2019. Like I mentioned, over the years, I play more and more games from that year specifically that end up becoming some of my favorite games. A couple that I still need to get to that I'm kind of sad aren't making it for me in this conversation at least are Return of the Obra Dinn. I have that in my actual backlog. Like, I really want to play Return of the Obra Din. And I feel like it would probably make my list if I had played it.

[C]

I'm pretty sure that's like polygons 2019 Game of the year, dude. Think.

[A]

Yeah, I'm sure it's in the conversation.

[C]

Maybe it was Sekiro.

[A]

It's like one. It's like another, like, Outer Wild situation was 2018. Oh, was it?

[D]

Yeah, because I remember being at IGN.

[C]

When that came out in 2019.

[A]

I think it got ported in 2019 because I'm looking at EuroGamers top 50. So. Yeah, it says console here. Yeah, you're right.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, then I say I'm saved because.

[C]

I saw Red Dead 2. Unless I was like, what? I was like, oh, the PC version of Red Dead is on that list.

[A]

You know what? That's true. Because Divinity Original Sin 2 is also on here. But that's specifically for Switch. Okay.

[B]

Said. Okay. How about Tom Clancy's the Division 2?

[C]

That.

[D]

That was a moment for us.

[C]

That is far out. That's like, so outside of my top 10. It's number 11.

[B]

So it could make the top 10.

[D]

Especially with Greg there. Mike. Yeah, myself as well.

[C]

My 11. My 11. Number 10 vote. Giving it.

[A]

Can't believe we're not voting for Greg and Tim. This is our. We're. We're fixing 2019. We're molding it in our image. You know what I mean?

[D]

But like three of us here with it, though.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

I mean, I do like Division as well, but not. But I, you know, I fuck with a little division.

[C]

She's awesome. Like, I mean, one of those games that I just. Outside of Destiny, probably the only other game at that time that I just really, really got addicted to doing the dailies. You know, playing with your friends. And it wasn't just a. I think. I think if people went back and replayed the Division 2 in its entirety and experienced it with like fresh eyes of today would be way more impressed by it now with what it's doing story wise and what it's doing with setting the scenes in some of these levels. Like it is way more than just a. Yeah, that game's fun to play with friends. It is so much more than that. Like I think the game does so much to impress you on a like it just feels like a single player game in some ways that they are building these levels out. And the way I never forget one of the missions chasing after this like dude and you hear reports about some guy kind of going crazy in some spot and you show up there and you like walk into the room and the lights go off and you hear like noise. You're like Whoa, what the is happening here? Like they do so many cool things with environmental storytelling but also levels. Yeah, like they do. They. They rocked and they kicked ass so hard in making the Division 2 that I think we look back at it as just thinking at games as a service fun to play with friends. I think it's so much more than that.

[A]

Now is it time to actually like start ranking these and reordering?

[B]

I have one for the Steam sickos out there.

[C]

Oh that's okay.

[B]

You know I'm always. I got my finger on the pole.

[C]

You do.

[B]

Comes to fun games like that and the Steam sickos would rise up for more dow more. Now first and third person medieval night game. Up to 64 players. You're going to be in a lobby with voice chat. There's going to be some unhinged things.

[D]

Yeah, I thought you were going to go mute it. I thought you were going to go slay the spire.

[B]

Oh see?

[A]

Play the Spire. I've tried. That's a game. If I played it today I'll be obsessed with. I think I played it too early. I played it before my card game Obsession.

[C]

Right.

[A]

I played it pre inscription. If I played Slay the Spire today, I probably would be a different person.

[C]

Thinking of Mordhau Mike. It reminds me of how every three months or so there is one of those Steam games that shocks the world and has 130 concurrence and you're like where the fuck? What game is this? Who made this a team of 12 people? What the fuck? And it just kind of stuns and becomes the. The game of the moment. Mord, how was that Before I even think we realized games had those moments, you know? Like, now I think of how Mega bunk has sold 1 million titles or copies on Steam in like, two weeks or whatever.

[B]

Schedule one this year.

[C]

Yeah. Schedule one.

[D]

That was this year.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Jesus.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. Repo Morehow was one of those games at the time that I, like, definitely took over, but we just weren't Steam gaming in that way.

[B]

That megabong game is good.

[C]

It's really fun.

[B]

You play megabonk?

[A]

No.

[C]

Oh, bless you guys.

[A]

Is that like the vampire survivors 3D?

[C]

3D.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

It's real good right now.

[A]

Right now. What's on my brain right now is what if I. What if after this, I start playing Slay the Spire?

[C]

I. I bought Slay the Spire when the. When Part two was announced.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And just never got around to it. And I'm glad because I do think I would have been sucked in, and I think that would have been less time for other games of that ilk. Like the King is watching, which will definitely be in my.

[A]

Because the thing. The thing here is that on the way to Pax West, I sat next to a girl on a plane. On the plane who was playing Slate Aspire on her phone. And that's usually how I play Magic Arena. It's just like, on my phone, on the treadmill. Like, I'm just going crazy on Magic arena now. What if that's late Inspire. Okay. What's that?

[B]

Feed your card addiction? Maybe you play one of the hit games of this year that we didn't talk about enough. Monster Train 2.

[A]

We didn't talk about you.

[B]

And I interviewed the dev. The game came out to very positive reviews.

[C]

Very.

[B]

And we never looked at it again. Maybe that.

[A]

Maybe.

[C]

Mike, think about it. How much I. I'd like to kind of do under the table, backroom deal with you.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Lay down me because we're cheating.

[B]

What do you need me to move?

[C]

It's one of these. Like, how much do I have to hang out with you outside of work?

[B]

Know a lot.

[C]

In order for you to put the King is Watching on your top 10 this year. Yeah. Wow.

[A]

I think I'm gonna try and get him to play Liza P. Overture.

[B]

Put some more time in the King Sumo wrestling event. Coming to town where you can watch sumo wrestling at the same time.

[A]

He told me about this too.

[C]

I don't care that much.

[B]

Okay, here's another one. You ready for this?

[C]

Yeah. Over here.

[B]

Scott the Woz is coming to town.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

You and I, we go meet Scott the Wall.

[C]

I Like Scott the Wise. I don't watch him enough, but I.

[B]

Think we dap him up.

[C]

Yeah. Where is that? When is that?

[B]

Palace of Fine Arts, November.

[C]

Oh, Turnstiles is Sunday. Barrett.

[B]

Maybe we should go to Turnstile.

[C]

But I got. You know, we got Ben's birthday on Saturday.

[B]

Yeah. But turn style, you get. Do you see them right now? They're having a moment.

[C]

They're having a moment.

[B]

Having a really big moment.

[C]

Yeah. Big moment.

[B]

This is like when me and Chris Senka saw Chapel Roan where she was having her moment. But, like, after this, her next moments will be so big that you'll be up in the nosebleeds.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like right now, turns out Church House already bring you up on the stage.

[A]

No, they're. They're.

[D]

They're playing at a venue where that's not happening anymore.

[C]

Yeah. Well, no, but when you go on stage, people just rush the stage and they crowd. They crowd surf. Anyway.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I would in the future love to have a very serious discussion about our game of the year and how we. How we do things, because I'm very much the type that if I'm allowed to put Shadow of the Earth Tree in my top 10 because it's DLC, that's. People have a problem with that. But I'm like. But I'm allowed to do it, so I don't give a. Like.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

If I'm given the rule that I can't do it, then totally fine leaving it off because DLC or whatever. But, like, I'm not gonna not recognize it as being an amazing experience. Same with Liza P. Overture and kind of same with. I'm feeling the same way about Early Access because I think about how Tim. I think maybe was the only one who put Hades 2 on his.

[D]

Hades 2 made our top 10 last year.

[C]

Oh, that's so weird. Yeah.

[D]

And I'm definitely called it out specifically as Hades 2. Early access.

[C]

Yeah. And like, it's one of those where it's like.

[D]

I think you had it on your list as well.

[C]

I can. I can check and I think. Yeah, I don't know. It's. It is one of those weird things where it's like, because I'm allowed, I guess I'll do it.

[D]

But it feels weird for it to.

[C]

Be in our top 10 two years in a row. Yeah, it's kind of. Is kind of weird.

[D]

That's why I actively decided to not vote for it, because it didn't feel right.

[C]

I'm pretty sure I actively decided not vote for it either. Maybe I did 2024.

[A]

I.

[D]

You had it at your number three ass.

[A]

I'm very much like, yo, if the game doesn't have an ending and is missing assets, like, I'm not putting it in my top 10. Even if. And that's the thing is, like, the game is good and it was obvious in early access, which is why it has those things. But I'm kind of like, well, if it was a completed game and they're missing assets for these characters, then, like, I would. That would be a huge problem.

[C]

I think my thought process was like, I don't want the Hades dude to be sent out there to die because Tim's gonna be only one voting for it. I think that's where I was with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

I mean, it was always gonna moment, you know.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

One last one just to bring us back to 2019 that I want to shout out. You don't have to write it down, but shout out to Trials Rising.

[C]

I.

[D]

With Trials so much, that was my first Trials entry. I don't know if it's technically a great game, but finally, like, understanding, like, oh, this isn't just a motor racing game. It's like more of a physics puzzle platformer, like, experience. Like, I put so much time into Trials.

[C]

Right.

[A]

We gotta put respect on Trials as a serious series.

[D]

100. And we haven't seen it since.

[C]

Mike.

[B]

Well, it's dead now.

[A]

I love Trials up.

[B]

Ubisoft is lost.

[C]

Another game I'd like to throw up. Another game I'd like to shout out just as a. I know it won't make the list and it didn't even make my top 10, but it's close. Plague Tale Innocence.

[A]

Oh, yeah. I was gonna shout out Plaguetail. Innocence.

[C]

Plaguetail. I think that's a really fun video game. I think it's super dark and amicia. Just the. The whole experience of it was depressing as hell and very dark. But I still think it was very worthy in terms of what it was doing. Puzzles wise and carrying the torch and all that. I think it just was a really cool, innovative little video game that I think shot above its weight class in terms of what they were doing with the budget. You know, shout out.

[A]

Baba is you.

[C]

Yeah, that's another one.

[A]

Baba is you is another great, great. It was one of those puzzle games that's so good, but also it defeated me as a puzzle poppy. It was so difficult. That game beat my ass. I was like, man, I don't know. This is a puzzle game for geniuses. If you beat Baba is you without a guide. Like, I need y' all to get on finding cures for diseases.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Because that's your level of intellect.

[C]

If you beat that game, Link's Awakening remake. That's in my top 10.

[A]

Oh, nice.

[C]

I love Link's Awakening so much. Just a game that meant so much to me as a kid and having all that nostalgia and all that love and magic pouring back as if I was, you know, into this remake. And even though it didn't always run great, but shout out to the devs who they went into the console and they unlocked that little frame rate button because, you know, it ran at 60 frames per second at about maybe 17% of the time.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then it would drop to 30 and 20 and, you know, more heavier areas. But it's just such an amazing soundtrack. And the visual style, I think, is what really opened up. Obviously, having Echoes of Wisdom coming out last year. And it's like that grezzo having the opportunity to reimagine these video games in this 3D style with that beautiful tilt shift. And it's so adorable. It's so cute. And it just kind of also opens up so many possibilities for me. Whenever we get into one of these Nintendo directs, I'm like, oh, my God, if we could get Link to the Past remake in that style, or if we could get Oracle of Ages or Seasons in that style, like there's. It just kind of opens up so much that makes me excited about the future of that style of games. Especially when we talk about there's always going to be the big Zelda game coming out. How's Nintendo gonna fill those gaps? Yeah. And, you know, hopefully we get more of those.

[B]

There's one we didn't call out. Ace Combat 7.

[A]

Okay, we gotta get into the top 10. Nobody. We can't keep calling. Obviously. Not in the top 10.

[D]

Last one.

[A]

Last one. For real.

[D]

Pokemon Sword, Sword and Shield.

[A]

Yeah, shout out Pokemon Sword and Shield. Also another one's not in the top 10. But shout out Borderlands 3 and then shout out. Actually, I think that. Oh, Tetris 99 as well.

[D]

Oh, that was 2019.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

That's gotta be top 10. I mean, does it Tetris 99.

[B]

Tetris 99.

[D]

One of the best versions of Tetris.

[A]

I'm gonna write. I'm gonna write it down.

[D]

You and 98 other players go into head to head in Tetris, sending Rose to other people to.

[C]

With them in the middle of their flow.

[A]

Should I delete Katana Zero for it. That's where the conversation is going to be.

[C]

No, because Katana zero is my number five.

[A]

That's where the conversation. Three.

[D]

No, it's not.

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

Bless.

[A]

Well, I would cut out Ape out.

[D]

First for Tetris 99.

[A]

Well, that's the thing is, like, we have 19 games written down. Okay, so we're going to start right here.

[B]

Let's start cutting.

[A]

Okay, ready?

[B]

Read, read. The 19. We have to cut nine.

[A]

Okay. The 19 we have are Outer Wilds, Sekiro, Apex Disco elysium, Fire Emblem 3. Houses COD. Modern Warfare.

[B]

Cut.

[C]

Fire Emblem. I love you, Mike. You've played two hours of it.

[B]

You heard it.

[C]

Audience, here's the thing. Nintendo audience, I have your back. I'm like, if Andy does it, I ride for you.

[A]

I. I don't know if it should be the first cut is all. You know what?

[C]

My Nintendo Switch was missing for four years.

[A]

I'm not saying let's not cut it, but I'm. I'm. Have any of us played more than.

[D]

Three hours of this?

[A]

I feel like Mike should get a pandering thing.

[B]

We're gonna cut it.

[A]

I'm pro one. Mike Pandering. Don't say they.

[C]

Again. You'd be a great politician.

[B]

First cut. That's crazy.

[C]

Anyways, I honestly believe that Mike probably bought another Nintendo Switch because he'd lost his first one. Or it just had so much dust in it in the closet. That's in Tahoe somewhere.

[A]

All right, I'm deleting. I'm deleting. I feel bad about deleting Fire Emblem because I was gonna make the thing of like, yo, Mike, I'll give you one pandering pick, and that's all.

[B]

People would love that. People would have loved that.

[A]

Control Resident Evil 2. Remake. Astral chain. Outer Worlds.

[B]

Astral Chain has to go.

[A]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I think that might be number 10.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

I think it might be number 10. Okay, we can come back to it.

[B]

I'm not.

[A]

I'm not afraid to cut Outer Worlds one, which maybe we could cut.

[C]

I think me and Blessing are far too passionate about Astral Chain.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. I think it's like. It's one of those where if we voted on it, it would make the top 10, because we would have it, like, in the middle of our list.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, it would get points. It would be recognized.

[A]

Devil may cry 5, Katana 0. Ape out. I think we cut Ape. You can cut Ape out. Star Wars, Jedi, Fallen Order, Luigi's Mansion three, Mario Maker.

[C]

Two, you probably cut Mario Maker too. It means so much to me. But I don't know.

[A]

I mean, I with Mario Maker too, but I don't know if I with it that much. Death stranding Mordhau and Tetris 99.

[B]

Mordaus out.

[A]

Mordhouse cut. Okay.

[B]

Call of Duty. Since it's only me riding for that, you can cut Call of Duty.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And then there was an Outer World stack. Could be cut.

[A]

Hold on. Before we cut out of Worlds, I'm trying to look at whatever. What else? Because, like, out of Worlds, I feel like me and Andy both with Outer Worlds.

[C]

I do. But it did land outside of my top 10. Like. Like, I have my top 17 games that I was just kind of, like, going through. I should have wrote my top in order.

[A]

Okay, I'm cutting. I'm cutting Outer Worlds. I feel kind of bad about it, but I'm cutting it.

[C]

Outer worlds is number 16, and that it. It fell below Borderlands 3 for me. It fell below Resident Evil 2 remake, which is a game that I was very, very scared by, but I recognize the quality and the amazing artistry behind it.

[A]

Okay, so we're down to 13 games now.

[D]

Where's Luigi's Mansion on your. On your list here, realistically, Mikey six.

[B]

It could be cut.

[C]

Is it making anybody? It's not making mine.

[A]

It's not making mine.

[C]

And it technically is already out of the top 10.

[A]

Yeah. Because I have it sitting here, number 11.

[C]

But I don't even know if, like, if this there wasn't really.

[A]

It was, like, a little bit of an order to it, but not really in order to it.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Did you play Barrett?

[B]

Well, hold up. Astral Chain over Luigi's Mansion?

[D]

There's way more passion for Astral Chain.

[B]

The nerds will come for you.

[A]

I mean, you're right. But again, are we making this list for them or for us?

[B]

That's true. Then I will bow out of Luigi's Mansion and what they took from you.

[A]

I hate you so much.

[C]

He loves doing that.

[A]

Have a backbone.

[C]

He loves doing that.

[B]

It's always.

[C]

It's always blame him.

[A]

Damn. That's crazy that y' all would do that. It's not our list.

[C]

The shift blame is insane. We didn't play it. Now, hold on. No, no.

[B]

To be honest, to be real.

[C]

To be real.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

If you had Luigi's Mansion at your number one, then I go, maybe in my mind, maybe that would have gotten enough points to have it on the top 10. Yeah, but it's your number five. And nobody here else played it.

[B]

And I'm all right with that.

[A]

What's the. Well, here. What's the.

[C]

Ted. Remember this? Nintendo fans. I ride for you.

[A]

I tried. I tried, you guys. I made the argument.

[C]

Trials of the Sky.

[A]

That's on them. I loved Trials of the Sky.

[C]

Name three Fire Emblem characters.

[A]

Yeah, name one Fire Emblem character. Mars. Oh, I meant three Houses.

[C]

Yeah, name a character from three houses.

[A]

From Three Houses, the game that you're Ride or die for. Fraud.

[B]

He's the fraud.

[C]

God.

[A]

Jesus. Okay, before we cut Luigi's man, because here's the thing. I think you're right about, like, wow, Luigi's Mansion 3 over Astro or under Astral Chain, Because I think that is popular consensus or whatever.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So before we do it, I want to make sure that, like, there's nothing else that we're like, oh, that's an easy cut. So, like, Tetris 99. Are we still, like, that's a top 10 looking at.

[B]

I like Tetris.

[A]

I.

[D]

With Tetras.

[B]

I'm in on that.

[C]

It's one of those where I go. If it makes a list, I can't be sour about it. I didn't put a whole lot of time into it at all. But I understand it's one of the best games of all time. And it's the Battle Royale version. Yeah. What a cool recipe.

[A]

See, I was still basking in the. The. Just the. The energy of Tetris effects, because that came out, like, the year before it did. So by the time Tetris 99 came around, I liked it a lot, but I was also like, yeah, but, man, they.

[D]

They served two different, you know, aspects of what Tetris can be, though.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And those are, like, my number one and two versions of Tetris.

[C]

Thank you, Creed. In the chat, who says they're not saying Fire. Fire Emblem Three Houses isn't good. It's just none of them have played it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

One person on the set is really fighting for it, and he put two hours into it, but he can't name a character. He can name the Smash Bros Character.

[A]

Okay. I'm trying to look at what else this. Are we gonna fight for Katana zero on this list? I might. I, I.

[D]

That's my number three.

[C]

It's your three. It's my five.

[A]

Okay. I think that's gonna stay Devil May Cry five. I feel like that could. I'm not gonna fight for it.

[B]

You could cut it.

[A]

Yeah. Okay, we're cutting Devil May Cry 5.

[B]

I won't fight hard.

[C]

Was it in your 10?

[B]

It's in my 10.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. What was it in your 10? Bless.

[A]

I didn't. I didn't make a 10.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[A]

But Devil May Cry 5 probably wouldn't have been in my 10. Is there anything. Our top. Our top six is Outer Wild, Sekiro, Apex Legends, Disco Elysium, Control, RE2. Is there any of those that were like, oh, let's cut it. I'm fine for all of those.

[C]

I'm fine for all of these as well.

[A]

So we gotta cut two. It sounds like.

[C]

Now we are gonna reorder as well, right?

[A]

We're gonna be ordering.

[C]

Okay. Okay, we're gonna reorder.

[B]

All right, let's get. Let's. Let's rewind to death stranding. Let's get real for a second. Yeah, I'm looking at the 7 through 12 spot. Just so everybody knows in the chat right now, let's talk about death stranding.

[C]

That's Training was number seven on my list.

[A]

Death straining would probably be in my top five. I would put Destiny, like. Oh, man, that's a strong top.

[C]

It's a really packed, like top seven or six.

[A]

Oh, I put personally, that's Training would be toe to toe with Control. Okay. That's where I'm. That's like where I have it.

[B]

Barrett.

[D]

I didn't really jive with Death Stranding.

[C]

1.

[B]

Okay, let's delete Luigi's Mansion. 3.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Remember, chat, remember, that's what they remember.

[A]

What they took from.

[C]

This is what they're doing.

[B]

If I'm being real right now, because we. We have to cut one more.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

If we were to cut Astral chain, you have 10.

[A]

I. I think the cut is between astral chain, katana zero. Tetris 99. Unless. Is it. Is it Fallen Order.

[C]

Fallen Order is my number 10, my.

[D]

Game of the year.

[A]

I thank you.

[D]

Cut Tetra.

[A]

Fallen Order would also be in my top 10. It would be low on my top 10, but it would be in there.

[C]

Yeah. And if we're thinking about imaginary points, Barrett, having a number one would have it way up there.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

If I'm visualizing the imaginary points, I.

[A]

Feel like Tetris 99.

[B]

It goes between Tetris 99. Astral chain.

[C]

I think you cut Tetris 99.

[D]

Yeah, it hurts.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

I think from there, astro chain, number 10.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Katana Zero, number nine.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

I would put.

[D]

Just thinking about us and our shared interests, like I with Star wars that I fall in order. Heavy. That is still My game of the year, But Katana zero.

[A]

I would put Katana over.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, interesting.

[C]

I would.

[D]

As a group, I could see us putting Katana zero above Star Wars.

[B]

I put Jedi Fallen Order literally right in front of it. Eight.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I like that eight, nine combo, but I could ride for y'. All.

[C]

I have Katan zero. I have Katana zero over Death stranding on my list.

[A]

You have it number four, Star Wars.

[C]

I have it over. Star wars is number 10 for me.

[A]

Okay, so I'm putting Star wars number nine, then, because most of us have Katana Zero over it, and then we can still work our way up.

[C]

So.

[A]

And you said you have Katana zero over death training.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

I assume Bear would have that too. Yeah.

[D]

I don't. Death stranding's not on my list.

[A]

I would probably have. I'd probably have Death training over Katana zero. But also they're not far, though. Like, they're kind of in that equal realm for me.

[B]

I have Death stranding over Katana zero, but because that bear does not have Death stranding at all, I would put Katana zero over this.

[A]

Okay, so that moves. That's raining down to number eight.

[C]

God, I can't wait for that dlc. That's gonna be so nasty. It's got to be a sequel. No, no. Katana zero. Yeah. Like, it can't just be DLC anymore.

[A]

That.

[D]

It's been six years.

[C]

You think it'll be the Silk Song? If I had.

[D]

I hope so.

[C]

That'd be awesome.

[A]

So long. So I don't think a ton of zero is cracking the top six, because then we're talking about RE2 Control, Disco, Apex, Sekiro, and Outer Wilds.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Is anybody who want to be. Make the argument.

[B]

For Katama Zero?

[A]

Yeah. No.

[C]

Katana Zero is over RE2 remake for me. But that's.

[D]

Yeah, that point's personal taste. But, like, I. I don't feel passionate about fighting for it to be higher.

[A]

I'm definitely already over Katana.

[C]

Okay, so I see any list that has Re 2 over Katan 0. I'm like, yeah, that's. Yeah, it makes sense to me. Yeah.

[A]

All right, so in our top six, what are we moving here again? Number one, Outer Wilds. Number two, Sekiro. Number three, Apex. Number four, Disco. Number five, Control. Number six, RE2.

[D]

I think Disco should probably move down because even though you with it heavy, Bless the. The rest of the rest of you.

[A]

Guys haven't played it.

[D]

You haven't played it.

[B]

We have to be real.

[A]

I can probably put it at number six even though it's a top five game. But you know, we can, you know, I don't have to dwell on it's an honorable man chat. Remember what they took from you.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Remember what they took from you?

[C]

It's another one.

[D]

It doesn't have to end up at six. But I'm just saying like where it was was like three or four or whatever.

[C]

It's another one of those things where I'm like, you know, a bunch of commies, you know.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

No, it's when I see it on any list that it's very, very high. Like I understand that it's one of the best RPGs ever. The first time I also tried to play it though, it didn't have the voice acting same.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And it was like just not a good time for me to start a game. And I was also like never forget. I was like playing on. I think it was a game pass game maybe. And I was just playing like on my Xbox when my bed was still in that room. It was just like a weird situation. Not a great time for me to start a very, very deep RPG at like 2pm on a Saturday. It just wasn't the right vibe.

[D]

Yeah, I think.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

I'll just put in bid for number one early. It should be Sekiro.

[A]

Sekiro and Outer Wilds are top two for sure.

[C]

I, I, I if Sekiro beats Outer Wilds, I will beat off on the stand. If it beats Outer Wilds, I totally understand. I It's personally not my number one.

[A]

But is it your number two?

[C]

It's my number two.

[D]

Yeah, it's my number two as well.

[C]

It's too goated.

[A]

Sekiro bear is your number two. Yeah, that's my number two between Outer Wilds and Sekiro.

[C]

Where's Sekiro on your list, Mike? Number two as well.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Where's Outer Wilds on your list?

[B]

One not on there.

[C]

We gotta get you eat some gummies. This place no matter what.

[A]

Yeah. Outer Wilds might be my number one. I don't I They're tied. Sacro and Outer Wilds are just tied for me. I think that's where I'm at.

[C]

Well, we can't do that.

[A]

No, I gotta choose one.

[C]

Not a lot of blessings. So here's a, here's my argument for having Outer Wilds over Sekiro.

[A]

Huh?

[C]

I and we're gonna get into the space where it's like it's gonna sound like I gotta do whatever I can to trash my Number two game.

[A]

Yeah. You're gonna start talking.

[C]

Yeah. We've had. I think it's a really. I think Sekiro is like. I think it's a good game.

[A]

It's all a good game. It's a good game. It's a good game.

[C]

Sekiro's not bad. All right. It's not a bad game.

[A]

No.

[C]

I think. I think it is easily the best action of FromSoftware's catalog.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

However, lore and story wise, that's where I'm not like it really was super strong in those spots and a lot of that is because it at one point was a Tenshu game and like now they're trying to like turn it into. It's sort of trying to find a new identity for it. But it's like it's the gold standard for combat and we've seen everybody try and replicate that since and we've had some people get pretty damn close. I've just never had another gaming experience like the like Outer Wilds. I think nothing has really resonated with me on that level where I. It just like changed the way I look at game design as a whole.

[A]

I think if I was to. If I were to put review scores to these games and this is going to probably solidify this for me is I would give outer wilds a 10 second row. I'd probably give like a 9.5. I think there's a 0.5 I could see there for like story and lore and stuff of like not and not.

[C]

It rounds up to a 9.99. It's a good game. Chat.

[A]

Yeah, it's a good game. It's a good game. It's a good 9.5. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But I think there's that little missing like. Okay, well he didn't really engage me to the, you know, maximum degree on the story level. Even though I still like the story and world and stuff of Sekiro.

[B]

Bro.

[C]

The fact that most of us, that all of us here played it and the fact that all of us still.

[D]

Have all of our number twos, I think and all.

[C]

Yeah, all of us for the most part had another game on top of it. But again me and Blessing are the only ones who play Outer Wilds. So it's like stuff that's tough.

[A]

All right. So Resident Evil 2 remake number one.

[C]

We're not doing another Ratchet year. Bless. I think just with. I don't know, it's tough to say if two people have Outer Wild number one and nobody else if y' all.

[D]

Are super passionate about it, you know, because we're having, like, a fun little back and forth, which is, you know, how, like, other podcasts usually do it and not how we do it with, like, just the voting and points and, like, I could. I would concede and let y' all have outer wild number one.

[A]

Yeah. If we don't put our wilds number one.

[B]

I think y' all are forgetting that on the table. Okay. Climbing up to the tippy top, fighting Genichiro again. Okay, Y' all are forgetting about under the moonlight in the thick grass, taking him on one more time. Oh, I think y' all forgetting about when you cut that monkey's head off and it rose up from the ashes. Why are you talking again? You know, I'm just putting a little respect over here. I just. I noticed you have forgotten the moment.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

Everything I just said. Mike's right.

[C]

It should be number one.

[B]

Jumping off of the castle wall into a giant field. And a man on a horse shows up and he says, you. I guess we gotta fight, right? Like, I'm just. I'm noticing.

[C]

Yeah, Those are big moments. Those are big moments.

[A]

I think. I think the way in terms church. Did you attend?

[C]

I'm dying today.

[B]

Pro killed me in me dying right now.

[C]

Why is Shannon Sharp on the set right now? Why is Michael Irvin up here?

[D]

The way that game teaches you how to play the game, I think it's so expertly done compared to even what the rest of Fromsoft does. And that is purely because it is. You just gotta learn the fight.

[C]

Mike just pandered Barrett. He's a master.

[B]

Yeah, he just pandered me. I also think the mic was looking.

[C]

At chat and people were getting mad at him, so he decided to go.

[B]

What the hell is going on here?

[A]

Can I get an amen? Can I get an amen? Mike, what's your number one? One?

[B]

Apex Legends.

[A]

Okay, so that feels right at number three, then. Yeah, number one.

[D]

Mine was Star wars. So, you know, and I'll just. Because with the group, I. I can see that being number nine.

[C]

What about.

[A]

What are our number threes, then?

[D]

Katana?

[C]

Number three is control for me.

[B]

I would be Resident Evil 2.

[A]

Mine would probably also be Resident Evil 2.

[D]

Where's control for you?

[A]

Oh, actually, no, I probably have. I probably have Apex above resident evil 2. I'd probably have my number 3B. Oh, you said control. Oh, hold on. Let me think. I guess disregarding Disco Elysium and stuff, because Disco Elysium is probably actually my number three, but If I'm. If I'm ordering the ones we have remaining, I'd probably go apex, re 2, then control.

[B]

I'd go re 2, then apex. I'll give you control at 3.

[C]

I have outer wild, Sekiro Control.

[B]

Apex is how you went 1 through 5 there.

[A]

That's also how I did it 1 through 4.

[C]

Outer Wild, Sekiro Control, Apex, Katana Zero, out of Wilds, Sekiro Control, Apex Legends, Katana Zero.

[A]

I think we all have very different lists.

[B]

That's why, like, 2019, Katana Zero is at six.

[C]

Well, I'm giving you my top five.

[A]

This is just. That's what you want?

[B]

No. Now you gotta stick with us.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Okay, let's reset.

[B]

Now we're back.

[C]

I thought you were just asking for my personal time.

[A]

Looking at if we're gonna stick with outer wilds. Number one, secular number two. Let's look at that three through five, because I think now that's like kind of what we have left.

[D]

It sounds like Apex number three, because Mike has it as his number one. Blessing is also very high on it. Yeah, that was something that was also very high on Andes.

[B]

Or are you gonna go Control?

[D]

I think you keep it as is.

[A]

Control number four. I think you keep it as is as well.

[D]

I have to remember how badly Control launched.

[C]

Think about it. Like, here's where I'm at.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

If we looked at our number one and two, which is out of Wildness, Heiro, and if we looked at our number three and four, Apex, Legends and Control, if we took those two groups and hit randomize, I would be totally fine with number one or with Control being number three or whatever.

[A]

Like, I see what you're saying.

[C]

You know what I mean? Like, if our one and two were just randomized. And I do think it makes sense that in my mind I'm being very hypocritical. I've been trying to, like, look at the imaginary points up there that don't exist. And then Gilbert made a great point of, like, Sekiro's on everybody's list of number two. Why isn't it number one? I think he. I think that makes a lot of sense.

[D]

Makes a lot of sense.

[B]

He made great points for outer wilds. Made you feel something.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Outside of a cutscene, there was puzzles, there was the sun. You got out of this.

[C]

But you're not thinking about sword stichting.

[B]

You're not thinking about the three monkeys.

[C]

On top of the palace, and you.

[B]

Gotta go chase them on the rooftop.

[C]

I mean, that was the Least cool part. Yeah.

[A]

But remember when you, like, go.

[D]

Back in time and fight what's her name?

[B]

Lady Butterfly.

[A]

Lady Butterfly.

[D]

That was crazy.

[B]

And your dad and.

[C]

And also it has Sekiro, easily has the best gimmick boss fight of any of the gimmick boss fights.

[B]

Which one?

[C]

The magical, mystical dragon. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, that was so cool.

[C]

We know that from software. Loves their gimmick fights. You get into a big boss fight, you're like, oh, wow, this is cool. And you go, oh, this is just a gimmick thing. And I have to use that one weapon to just hit the tail or whatever. And it's not like a real boss fight. This. That's definitely the best from software gimmick boss fight of all.

[B]

But what about Dark Souls 3? When you get the big wind sword and you hit the giant with it and he falls backwards. You know what I mean? Which one's that? When you're in the long hallway and it's a giant and you got a true shadow.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

Oh, Yorm.

[B]

Yeah, I like that.

[C]

Oh, when Siegmeyer.

[B]

Oh, that's just lit. That shit's lit, though.

[C]

It was lit. Yeah, that was. That was.

[B]

What about the giant skeleton that looks like he's out of the mummy? Now we're just talking dark.

[C]

Yeah, dark.

[B]

He's doing this. He got to beat up on his bracelet.

[A]

Yeah, I wrote down honorable mention, Fire Emblem three Houses.

[B]

Just because, like, that'll save you in the comments.

[A]

I'll do game of the year. Or give me the your list brought to you by Fire Emblem three houses.

[C]

Making the thumbnail.

[A]

Yes. Yeah, there we go. That's how you fix it. Okay, so are we keeping this or are we changing this? Because it's not. I can't tell if we're putting Sekiro number one or keeping Outer Wilds. I'm okay with either.

[B]

I'm fine with this. I think. I think I could see Control going over Apex Legends if you guys are that passionate about it.

[A]

I don't mean you guys, because I'm with you. I put Apex above Control as well. Sorry. Yes. I put Apex.

[C]

You have Apex against Above Control. You do as well, because you didn't.

[A]

Play Control on it.

[D]

Yeah, Barrett, I have neither on my list.

[C]

Okay. Yeah, I mean, I think it should be longer number three then, because it's like. It's number four for me. Controls number three, so.

[A]

But I'm with you. That if you hit a randomizer.

[C]

Yeah, whatever.

[A]

I don't care. If anything, I'd put re2 above control.

[C]

But also, also, no, hold on. Also, you know what, here's the thing.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

I think it's the biggest testament to getting a game like Sekiro to win the Keely Game Awards game of the year. It really kind of felt like if John Wick were to win the best picture at the Oscars, you know, like, yeah, it's, it's a very, it's, it's, it's a super action heavy game. It, that is what the game is, right? And usually like it. I feel like that was the biggest surprise and made a lot of people go, oh, wait, what, what one? Game of the year. What the fuck? And now all those people are believers now.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because they'd heard a ton about fromsoftware and how goaded they are. But it, I feel like Sekiro being put on the map in that way was such a big upset because people like, I think it's so wild to have a unanimous like for the games industry at large, the way the game industry votes on game of the year to vote for a game like Sekiro to win at the Keely Award.

[A]

What's funny is that I look at the nominations for Keely Awards that year and I go, of course it's Sekiro.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

No, in retrospect, yeah. Yeah. Because like the nominees were Sekiro, Resident Evil 2, death draining control, Super Smash, ultimate, and Outer World.

[D]

I would, I would love to go back to watch whatever predictions we made for that year and see like, how.

[C]

Wrong we all were.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Because I, I, my guess is that we probably were guessing Smash.

[A]

I think we're. Oh, I think we were guessing control.

[C]

Well, yeah, maybe.

[A]

Actually, I don't know if there was a consensus. I think Control, man, it might have been the popular prediction.

[C]

All I know is that like when you know the industry is singing the praise of Alan Wake too, I'm like, all right, but imagine if you could fly and use telekinesis.

[A]

Yeah, dude.

[C]

And the combat was cool and fun because that's control. And like, what a great. What an. What a video game that showed me how cool and weird art direction could get in a game that's still very combat heavy.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Like when we talk about how games stun you with our direction, it's always like, usually at that time I feel like normally the indie games are doing the weirder stuff. But talk about a game that was just so changes the way I think games work. When you walk into a new area, the font hits the front and it's like, oh, remedy. You Are do. Oh, this is. This is what I want every game to do from now on. Like control is just so special, dude.

[A]

So to recap, our fixed 2019 game of the year list brought to you by Fire Emblem. Three houses looks like this. At number 10, we got Astral Chain at number nine, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order at number eight, Death Stranding number seven, Katana Zero. At number six, Disco Elysium at number five, Resident Evil 2 Remake. At number four, Control. At number three, Apex Legends. At number two, Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. And at number one, we got Outer Wilds. Before we get out of here, I want to look at some super chats. Read them off for you. Banner SN writes in and says can't wait to finally see Kingdom Hearts 3 take home the win it deserves. Glad you all are finally correcting the record.

[C]

Thank you Bander.

[A]

Cognitive clip says game of the year 2019 is control. You can go home early. Charlie Reeves writes in and says Outer Worlds Fallen Order, Resi2Sekiro Control. We got all those in there for you.

[C]

Two dollar super chat from Jeffrey Kirby says Untitled Goose Game. That is right all.

[A]

Oh we didn't even mention Untitled Goose Game. That's a good one. Christopher writes in and says how did the outer worlds get a game of the year nom over outer wilds in 2019? I feel like I'm going crazy here. I think typos, you know. Yeah, people meant to write in Outer wilds and they kept riding into the outer worlds. Yeah yeah. Alec Bob goes.

[C]

Or any Outer Wilds votes. The keely voters. Like I guess they meant outer worlds.

[A]

It's what I do during kind of feudi when I'm compiling answers I'm like oh surely you meant this thing.

[B]

Close enough.

[A]

Alec Babco says Fire Emblem Three Houses is my game of the year for 2019. Great story and gameplay with a ton of replayability in the different houses. Dylan Hopkins says Control is definitely in my top three of 2019. Cozy Bear says Kingdom Hearts 3 isn't my favorite game of 2019, but it is easily my favorite game ending of 2019. Those final few hours were chef's kiss.

[C]

I have a super chat from no Ohm Bless which reminds me of your honorable mentions on that old games cast because Noah Ohm says Outer Wilds is my easy number one. But Ukulele in the Impossible Lair doesn't get enough love and that was one of your honorable mentions that year dude.

[A]

Ukulele in the Impossible Lair. You want to talk about criminally underrated like Most underrated games for me that's like. That's one that I feel like people are still sleeping on to this day. If I'm making a list of Top my top 10 2D platformers ukulele impossible there is probably on the list. I love that game. That's crazy. I forgot about it too. So I'm also underrating it. Oscar Navarro says Mike has has to play all the side games in the series before he even tries to play Kingdom Hearts 3. Otherwise he'll miss the lolly Lulay lore.

[C]

We can watch him.

[B]

I watch them. Yeah, I watched the last one. Chain of Memories. It is my favorite. Only the first half. I don't like the. I don't like doing the repeats.

[A]

Dylan says Mike is right. Modern Warfare 2019 was the best shooter in is one of the best shooters in this modern era of bad shooters. Battle royales have ruined shooters too. Co signing that.

[B]

I'm not co signing the second half. Co sign in the first half because you see it and you know it.

[C]

Remember that Chad. Remember that.

[B]

That would have made our top 10.

[A]

Soul Must Die says now's the time to put DMC5 on the list. Adam F writes in with a birthday tax. Happy birthday Adam F. They say life update. My fiance and I moved from Arkansas to Portland on the 1st thank you for the many years you all got me through in that miserable state. Jesus.

[C]

Nice. Wow.

[A]

The shots fired at that state. Damn. I guess I never been to Arkansas so I don't know if it's fire or not.

[C]

I've been there. It's pretty.

[B]

Yeah. Arkansas's got some beauty in it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Would you call it's got Walmart does Walmart hq.

[C]

Oh I see.

[A]

I thought you meant it just had a Walmart and I'm like because every.

[C]

State Alex frazier with a 10 super chat or five dollar super chat. Thank you. Alex says I never been able to get into control. It never clicked for me. What am I missing? I mean I don't think every game has to click with everybody. Maybe it's just not. Maybe it just doesn't hit for you in the taste category and that's totally fine. I just think I love the combat so much and I love how weird and creepy it is.

[A]

Yeah I love. I think for me it is just the world and the like the lore of like the freaky. You know they had a ban pencils because they were killing people. It's been a while so I don't know.

[C]

The coolest gun ever.

[A]

Oh yeah. The service weapon. The service was transform into different.

[C]

Oh man.

[A]

Just all the redacted like notes you would read of like crazy that goes on in that place.

[B]

You're putting it over the Halo Pistol, the gears Lancer.

[C]

Damn you really up there.

[B]

Get real.

[C]

Well because now I was thinking about hang them high 1v1.

[B]

Exactly. Think about that.

[C]

God damn.

[A]

Copy 97 says smash should have won at the game awards. Highest rated game out of all the nominees. Best selling fighting game in history. Ultimate celebration of games in Sakurai had had to be on an IV drip while making it.

[C]

That was one of those.

[D]

It was.

[A]

It was a game that came out.

[D]

You know a full year before the game awards though.

[A]

But it came on December so it was. It was eligible. It came out in the window.

[D]

No, I know but that's why it didn't win. It was like it was so long ago.

[C]

Old games. Old.

[A]

I mean among these nominees I'm voting Smash Ultimate. But I'm. I'm also just saying Smash is like one of my favorite things of all time. I don't talk about enough number one like for my like overall video games.

[C]

On this list for the.

[A]

For the game of the game awards nominees. Yes. I don't know if I'm. It's weird to compare Smash ultimate to outer wilds and so I'm not going to make that statement because you know I don't have but yeah, Smash ultimate among these six. I'm putting above everything. Yeah.

[C]

It would be like your number one in the year 2018.

[A]

Oh yes. In 2018 it's my number one and like my all time is probably my in my top 10 love smash.

[C]

Come on.

[A]

It's different. That's it for super chats and that is it for this episode of kind of funny Gamescast. That's our top 102019 games brought to you by Fire Emblem Three Houses. Thank you guys for joining me.

[C]

By Marth.

[B]

Shout out to Marth.

[A]

Name one more. One more character.

[B]

You ready for this one?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Esmeralda.

[C]

I thought you're gonna go with Roy. Roy's our boy.

[B]

I didn't know. I don't know that human being.

[A]

He could be lying. I don't know if Esmeralda is a real character or not. I'm trust you and say that it is.

[B]

Look it up in the Fire Emblem lore. I bet you there's an Esmeralda.

[C]

It's the number one mistake you made is I'm going to trust you. Mike.

[A]

Of course. This has been kind of Funny Gamescast. Each and every weekday we get together and talk about the biggest reviews, previews and topics in video games live on YouTube, Twitch and all podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, support us with a Kind of Funny membership on Patreon or YouTube to get all of our shows ad free. Watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show. Catch Today's KGD on YouTube or podcast services and know that until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.

[C]

There are no characters named Esmeralda in the mainstream Fire.