I was able to play a bunch of games this year, and I enjoyed my time with most of them!
January
Super Castlevania IV 9/10
Castlevania Bloodlines 8.5/10
Castlevania Rondo of Blood 9.5/10
Castlevania Symphony of the Night 6/10
Titanfall 2 8/10
Nioh don’t like it/10
February
Tokyo Mirage Sessions 10/10
Uncharted 1 6.5/10
Uncharted 2 8.5/10
Uncharted 3 8/10
March
Murder by Numbers 8/10
Kero Blaster 9/10
Animal Crossing New Horizon 7/10
Picross s3 hell yeah/10
OG DOOM 9/10
April
Luigi’s Mansion 2 5/10 (beat first castle, stopped playing)
Persona 5 Royal 10/10
May
Henry Hatsworth 8/10
Persona 5 Dancing 9/10
Xenoblade Chronicles (played 12 hours, got bored) 5/10
June
God of War 9/10
July
Shin Megami Tensei IV 9/10
Catherine Full Body 9/10
Ape Out 9/10
Gato Roboto 8/10
Pikuniku 7.5/10
August
Persona 4 8/10
Environmental Station Alpha 9/10
A Short Hike 9/10
Momodora 8.5/10
Risk of Rain 2 6.5/10
Odallus The Dark Call 9.5/10
September
Rivals of Aether I’m bad/10
Bloodborne (beat 5 bosses, last one being amelia, looped around back to central yharnam and was done playing) 8/10
Mario 64 8/10
Sayanara Wild Hearts 10/10
October
SMT Devil Survivor 9.5/10
Persona 4 Dancing 6.5/10
Mario Sunshine 9/10
Mario Galaxy 10/10
Inside 8/10
November
SMT Strange Journey Redux 10/10
Crash Nsane Trilogy 8.5/10 (feel about the same about every game in the trilogy)
December
Sonic Mania 9/10
PixelJunk Eden 2 8/10
Spyro 1 6.5/10
Dicey Dungeons 10/10
Gris 9.5/10
Her Story 9/10
Overall a great year in gaming for me. I found out how satisfying old Castlevania is in its combat and level design. I discovered my love for the MegaTen franchise. Realized Naughty Dog has made some pretty fun games in the past and I can see why Crash was so popular. I now know that I'm not interested in playing Souls-likes. I finally found a rogue-lite that I truly love in Dicey Dungeons. Reconfirmed that Mario games are sweet and that Mario Galaxy is one of the best games ever made. And I continued to find extremely unique and memorable games from indie developers.
Let me know if you want any explanations on how I feel about these games, or let me know your own thoughts on them!