What are your top 10 games of 2023?

[JAHGamer]

Since the year is pretty much over and all of the big releases are out, what are your top 10 games that you've played/beaten this year? They don't all have to be 2023 releases.

Mine are:

1. Alan Wake 2
2. Final Fantasy XVI
3. Spider-Man 2
4. Baldur's Gate 3
5. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
6. Assassin's Creed Mirage
7. Sea of Stars
8. HiFi Rush
9. Eternights
10. Convergence: A League of Legends Story

2023 games on my backlog that I've yet to get to, Jedi Survivor, Armored Core 6, Zelda TOTK, Persona 5 Tactica, and I'm 10 hours in to Hogwarts Legacy and plan to return to it soon.

 

[Vertigo]

Out of games I’ve actually played this year

1. Remnant 2
2. Cyberpunk 2077
3. Death Stranding Director’s Cut
4. Lightfall
5. Crysis 2
6. Ghosts n Goblins resurrection
7. The crew Motorsport
8. Ghosts of Tsushima
9. Zelda: Rehash of the Wild
10. Full throttle remastered
11. Grid Legends
12. SF6
13. Battlefield 2042
14. Crysis remastered
15. Ff16
16. Calisto Protocol
17. Ghost Runner

I wasn’t even aware I played more than 5 games this year. Ragnarok didn’t feel that long ago…

 

[Edmund]

1. Baldurs Gate
2. Street Fighter 6
3. Alan Wake 2
4. Spiderman 2
5. Jagged Alliance 3
6. Final Fantasy 16

 

[EightC]

1. Final Fantasy XVI (PS5)
2. Returnal (PC)
3. Hogwarts Legacy (PC)
4. Vampire Survivors Tides of the Foscari DLC (PC/Xbox)
5. The Legend of Zelda TOTK (Switch)
6. Forspoken (PC)
7. Spiderman 2 (PS5)
8. Star Ocean Second Story R (PS5)
9. Starfield (Xbox)
10. Destiny 2 Lightfall (PC)

 

[JAHGamer]

1. Final Fantasy XVI (PS5)
2. Returnal (PC)
3. Hogwarts Legacy (PC)
4. Vampire Survivors Tides of the Foscari DLC (PC/Xbox)
5. The Legend of Zelda TOTK (Switch)
6. Forspoken (PC)
7. Spiderman 2 (PS5)
8. Star Ocean Second Story R (PS5)
9. Starfield (Xbox)
10. Destiny 2 Lightfall (PC)

Why didn't you play Starfield on PC?? That game for me was unplayable for me without the HDR and Neutral luts mod, that hideous piss/greenish filter made the game a poor experience. Adding the mod made it a 100x more enjoyable experience, even tho the game is still mid. I can't imagine going back to the default settings, no idea what Bethesda was thinking, space is supposed to be black, not green/yellow. And willingly playing at 30fps?

 

[Zzero]

As in just enjoyment?

Civ III
Rise of the Third Power
Tears of the Kingdom
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Xenoblade 2: Torna (stand alone, beat X2 years ago)
Xenoblade Chronicles: DE (and Future Connect)
Pokemon Scarlet
My Time on Frog Island
Jenny Le Clue Detectivu
Picross S: LotN

And for fun, since I don't usually play brand new games, here are the release years: 2001, 2022, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2022, 2019, 2019

 

[JAHGamer]

As in just enjoyment?

Civ III
Rise of the Third Power
Tears of the Kingdom
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Xenoblade 2: Torna (stand alone, beat X2 years ago)
Xenoblade Chronicles: DE (and Future Connect)
Pokemon Scarlet
My Time on Frog Island
Jenny Le Clue Detectivu
Picross S: LotN

And for fun, since I don't usually play brand new games, here are the release years: 2001, 2022, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2022, 2019, 2019

looked into Jenny LeClue Detectivu because I like detective games and its on sale on steam for only $5 but a lot of the reviews say it ended badly on a cliffhanger and there wont be a 2nd game. Is it even worth playing?

 

[Zzero]

looked into Jenny LeClue Detectivu because I like detective games and its on sale on steam for only $5 but a lot of the reviews say it ended badly on a cliffhanger and there wont be a 2nd game. Is it even worth playing?

It has practically zero gameplay or puzzles, just watch a longplay for the fun dialog and good voice acting.

 

[Zzero]

Also, the game's "mystery" goes off the rails incredibly early, it gets to the point where there's no point to not just saying "aliens did it" because fuck, they might as well have. I didn't mention it but I only played 11 games that year, one for only 30 minutes, and it came in 9th so what does that tell you. It was really disappointing in everything except atmosphere.

 

[historia]

My personal top 4:

Redfall
Starfield
Forza Motorsport
Gollum

 

[JAHGamer]

Also, the game's "mystery" goes off the rails incredibly early, it gets to the point where there's no point to not just saying "aliens did it" because fuck, they might as well have. I didn't mention it but I only played 11 games that year, one for only 30 minutes, and it came in 9th so what does that tell you. It was really disappointing in everything except atmosphere.

damn it looked like it'd be up my ally but now i wont even bother, thanks

 

[EightC]

Why didn't you play Starfield on PC?? That game for me was unplayable for me without the HDR and Neutral luts mod, that hideous piss/greenish filter made the game a poor experience. Adding the mod made it a 100x more enjoyable experience, even tho the game is still mid. I can't imagine going back to the default settings, no idea what Bethesda was thinking, space is supposed to be black, not green/yellow. And willingly playing at 30fps?

I did my initial play through on Xbox because to be honest I just wanted to sit on my couch and play through it. I'm not a huge Bethesda fan and usually don't go for many of their games but Starfield was interesting to me. I have however played a bunch on PC as well messing around with it but doubt I'll go through it again on PC plus my PC isn't really high end anymore to really push anything.

 

[BigMclargeHuge]

In no particular order
Ff16
Trails into reverie
Totk
Hogwarts legacy
Like a dragon ishin

Also games that didn't come out in 2023 but I played this year
Digimon survive
Slipstream
Atelier ryza 2
Trails into zero
Trails of cold steel 2

Still gotta play Spiderman 2 and others.

 

[JAHGamer]

In no particular order
Ff16
Trails into reverie
Totk
Hogwarts legacy
Like a dragon ishin

Also games that didn't come out in 2023 but I played this year
Digimon survive
Slipstream
Atelier ryza 2
Trails into zero
Trails of cold steel 2

Still gotta play Spiderman 2 and others.

I loved LAD Ishin as well, I would’ve listed it but didn’t want two games from the same series

 

[kuzon]

games ive played this year - FF16, SM2, Forspoken, SW Jedi survivor, advance war 1+2, totk, AC mirage, MGS master collection vol 1.

 

[Dick Jones]

My personal top 4:

Redfall
Starfield
Forza Motorsport
Gollum

You can thank me later

 

[BigMclargeHuge]

I loved LAD Ishin as well, I would’ve listed it but didn’t want two games from the same series

Forgot about the latest one that came out. Don't think I'll be able to get around to it till early next year though.

 

[Airbus]

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[KnittedKnight]

Spider-man 2
Jedi Survivor
Mario Wonders
RE4
Remnant 2
Diablo IV (Nado Druid Uber Lilith - plat achieved)
Lies of P
Edit: Wo Long
TMNT: Shredders Revenge
Forspoken

BG3/Alan Wake Digital Only PC Bullshit to avoid the physical tax gets the digital tax: Backlog at discount.

 

[Cool hand luke]

It's rare that I play and finish enough games in a year that came out in that year to make lists like these (and I'm still not there yet this year either) so here are my top 9:

Baldur's Gate 3
Spiderman 2
Final Fantasy XVI
Sea of Stars
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Hogwarts Legacy
Dead Space Remake
Monster Hunter Rise
Horizon: Call of the Mountain

Potential contenders that I own but have yet to play:
Alan Wake 2
Chants of Sennaar
Star Wars Jedi
Diablo 4

Yet to buy/DL:
Resident Evil 4
TMNT Shredder's Revenge
Octopath Traveler 2
Cyberpunk DLC
SF6
AC6