[DoctorEldritch]

Hello Legion gamers!

Here is a bit of trivia: last week, Eurogamer celebrated its 25th birthday. While Game Informer, sadly, closed down shop, Eurogamer seems to be doing well.

To mark the occasion, they presented a list of the "100 best video games to play right now". According to them. And using "1: must be legitimately obtainable on current-generation hardware and 2: have to currently be brilliant" as deciding criteria. This was what they came up with:



Here is a proper link to the list with a better zoom 😅

This made me want to compare how many games from this list I have played and how many are on my list. Here is the result:

Have played:
14: Citizen Sleeper
26: Sea of Thieves
29: Hollow Knight
31: FTL: Faster Than Light
34: Hades
35: Stardew Valley
45: Fortnite (Game Nights!)
51: Batman: Arkham Collection
57: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
62: Inscryption
64: Invisible Inc.
65: Titanfall 2 (worked on localizing that one)
67: Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
71: Into the Breach
75: Psychonauts 2
76: Dishonored 2
77: Portal 2
81: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
90: Yakuza 0
94: Might & Magic Clash of Heroes
96: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Currently playing: Cyberpunk 2077

On my list to play:
3: Outer Wilds
6: Baldur's Gate 3
8: Elden Ring
32: Returnal
48: The Sims 4
54: Disco Elysium
58: Hitman 3
97: Alan Wake 2

21-22%, with potentially rising to 30%. So about fith is done now. Probably not too bad, wonder how everyone else is doing. @GoLLuM13, you like nomination lists, how about this one? And @ZaidH, good to see Yakuza made it out there, but I want to say there were better parts than 0...

So many games from Eurogamer's list have you played?

[GoLLuM13]

@DoctorEldritch I know this kind of list is subjective but how can they mention HSR and not Genshin Impact? And not a single mention to God of War, Ori, A plague tale or Sonic 3 & Knuckles? 👀

[DoctorEldritch]

@GoLLuM13 It is rather odd in that regard, I have my own set of qualms with it, like not a single Lucasfilm Games title? Grim Fandango, come on...

So yeah, not fully on board with choices there, but it could still be interesting to see how many games in their subjective list made it on my own and everyone else's as well...

[ZaidH]

Aight let's see..

Games played:

95: The last of us Part II
90: Yakuza 0 (YAY!)
88: Doom
77: Portal 2
76: Dishonored 2
67: Mass Effect Legendary Edition
66: Grow Home
65: Titanfall 2
60: Grand Theft Auto Online
54: Disco Elysium
51: Batman Arkham Collection
50: Resident Evil 4
45: Fortnite
44: Shadow of the Colossus
40: Burnout Paradise
34: Hades
33: Cocoon
29: Hollow Knight
27: Bloodborne (GOAT)
24: Cyberpunk
18: What remains of Edith Finch
8: Elden Ring
5: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Wanna play:

97: Alan Wake 2
96: Stanley Parable
93: Diablo 4
75: Psychonauts 2
74: Undertale
63: Metroid Prime Remastered
53: Hitman 3
43: FF7 Rebirth
37: Flight Simulator
36: Animal Well
32: Returnal
20: Half Life Alyx (Someone lend me a VR headset 😭)
15: FF14 Realm reborn
12: Tunic
6: Baldur's Gate 3
3: Outer Wilds
@DoctorEldritch I've a feeling that you'll really like Disco Elysium. Games like this aren't my cup of tea, but holy moly DE is a masterpiece.

[DoctorEldritch]

@ZaidH Ah, I can see we are somewhat aligned in this. Sadly, I do not have a PS system, so even though I would want to try, for example, Shadow of the Colossus or Bloodborne, I can't 🥲

I've heard good things about DE, yeah. Usually, isometric RPGs do not work for me, it breaks the immersion for some reason (turn-based or real-time strategies like XCOM or Commandos are fine, though). I could not even play Pathfinder because of this strange affliction. The last game I managed to play in that style was Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, and that was almost half a century ago (yikes!)

But I am willing to make an exception for DE, given how acclaimed it is. Maybe it will help me to shake this strange glitch in preference. Honestly, I want to play and be able to enjoy more isometric games...

[DoctorEldritch]

@ZaidH And I just realised: you played more games on the list than I did! Impressive!

[ZaidH]

@DoctorEldritch Haha, Covid was a blessing in disguise for catching up on backlogs 😅

As for Bloodborne, it won’t be locked behind PlayStation systems anymore, since some die-hard fans have taken on the heroic task of unofficially porting it to PC. The results are looking great!

I feel like I could've written that bit about isometric RPGs myself. Aside from Age of Mythology (and Commandos—so glad to see another fan here!), I just couldn’t get into those games. Enter Disco Elysium. At first, I dropped it and regretted spending money on it. But when I gave it a second shot and pushed past the two-hour mark, it turned out to be the best decision ever! It felt like reading an amazing book but with interactive elements 😁

You can grab it on sale for cheap, but since the original visionaries behind the game were kicked out of the company (if you want a behind-the-scenes look at a company shooting itself in the foot, check out ZA/UM), you might wanna consider sailing the high seas for this one if your moral compass allows it 😅

[DoctorEldritch]

@ZaidH To an extent, but I still did not catch up enough 😅

I read about that, I think the software is called shadPS4. There are some promising videos on how it is looking right now, here is one. But I will give it some time yet, they say that even though there is progress enough to be able to actually finish the game, there are still bugs to iron out. Still, I am hopeful. I am still waiting for an emulator to play Fable 2 someday...

Originally Posted by ZaidH

I feel like I could've written that bit about isometric RPGs myself. Aside from Age of Mythology (and Commandos—so glad to see another fan here!), I just couldn’t get into those games.

Do you look forward to Commandos: Origins then?

I will give Disco Elysium a go eventually, but I have much to go through before that. As for morals, there are still faint glimpses of civilisation giving us hope: just last week, Absurd Ventures studio took on board developers fired from Ascendant Studios. Disco Elysium was very impressive, I read, so chances are someone will give its developers a new home.

That being said, my

[Kubert]

Uhm lets see, what i have played:
99. No man's sky
95. The last of us
93. Diablo IV
92. Cities skyline
88. Doom
86. Age Of Empires II
85. HALO
81. Assasin creed Odyssey
77. Gran Torismo 7
72. Super Mario World
70. Forza Horizon 5
60. GTA
58. Hitman III
48. The Sims 4
47. Pokemon GO
46. Tony Hawks pro skater
45. Fortnite
40. Burnout Paradise
38. Counter strike
37. Microsoft Flight Simulator
35. Stardew Valley
28. Minecraft
26. Sea of Thieves
24. CyberPunk
20. Half-Life Alyx
8. Elden Ring
7. Animal Crossing
6. Baldurs Gate III


What can i say , im a gamer , im a nerd 😎
if i could, i would love to work fulltime as a streamer playing games 🤣

[ZaidH]

@DoctorEldritch That bloodborne video you shared looks so much better than expected! That sweet sweet 60fps 😤 The lighting is still wonky but here's hoping they'll fix it soon.

OH MY GOD Commandos: Origins looks insane! Thank you so much for sharing this. So many memories came flooding back during that boat scene. For the young me, the bois riding on the boat was the best thing ever!

Just happy to see Disco Elysium on your list 😁 Big ups to Dan Houser! Have you listened to the podcast eps that Absurd Ventures has been putting out?

@Kubert Now that's an impressive list and a time well spent!

"i would love to work fulltime as a streamer playing games 🤣"

This is what my dreams consists of 😆