6 months into 2021.. What’s your GOTY so far?

[Rockets]

What y'all got? Mine is Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. Such a beautiful game and really fun levels. FF7R Intergrade is a close runner up though (I know it came out last year but the 60fps patch and the intermission made it feel new for me)

 

[Lotus]

It Takes Two most likely

 

[Zalman]

New Pokémon Snap. It's the game I wanted for 20 years.

 

[skillzilla81]

Guilty Gear Strive. My favorite fighter in at least 10 years.

 

[Affrogamer]

R&C: RA

 

[Ralph]

Returnal easily, R&C was great too but just didn't find it as hooking as Returnal.

 

[Bing147]

Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Ys IX is second. Then probably Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart

 

[Santos]

Guilty Gear Strive, but also hoping that Total Warhammer III ends up being awesome.

 

[N.47H.4N]

1. Disco Elysium Final Cut 9.5
2. Resident Evil Village 9
3. Hitman 3 8.5

Not a great year for me

 

[DJwest]

Resident Evil Village and Guilty Gear Strive

 

[GraphicViolets]

so far its SNKRX. I wanted people to take the features of autochess and do something interesting with it and this is it. its a roguelike snake game with classes and synergies and abilities. its only 3$ too

One that could surpass it for me but i'm still early on is Wildermyth. Its a ttrpg like rpg with lots of random events that make each character gain a life of their own. Its like if a game like FTL or XCOM leaned into the random events that influence things.

 

[VyechnayaSlava]

Monster Hunter Rise by a mile

 

[Indelible]

Probably Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart but I have mostly been playing older games on Game Pass.

 

[Rzarekta]

Returnal is hands down GOTY. R&C Rift Apart is also amazing (and absolutely king of graphics at the moment), but Returnal is something special.

 

[Jazar]

I would say Returnal. Very surprising game. I hope to beat it someday. :)

 

[SlimeKnight]

Between Hitman 3 and Monster Hunter Rise for me. 3D World + Bowser's Fury as well if ports count. I'm almost finished with Ratchet and don't see it coming close to my top three.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

Little Nightmares 2. I still have to play It Takes Two though.

 

[Deleted member 12833]

RE Village.

 

[Plinkerton]

It Takes Two for sure. And then probably Ratchet.

But I'm not counting stuff like Mario 3D World and Mass Effect Trilogy.

 

[DailyCalmSpirit]

Honestly a tie between Returnal and Resident Evil Village

 

[sbenji]

Yakuza 7 and 0. If new only, Returnal.

 

[Danielsan]

Returnal, easily.

 

[Trace]

Guilty Gear Strive, followed by Returnal.

 

[VermillionA]

Returnal

 

[ArchAngel]

Returnal ... best Housemarque game and it had such an addicting gameplay loop to me!

 

[Qwark]

Ratchet and Clank, but I haven't played Returnal yet and I think that might be my jam as well.

Otherwise kind of meh for me so far.

 

[Uiki]

Monster Hunter Rise or Astalon, can't decide.

 

[Mbolibombo]

It Takes Two and Monster Hunter Rise I'd say

Bowsers Fury was awesome as well, but it was a 2 hour experience so I cant really count that one :P

 

[bottledfox]

Hitman 3 for sure. Probably will still be in my top 3 when the year is over.

 

[Ahti]

Hitman 3 or Resident Evil Village.

 

[lightning16]

Ender Lilies. Absolutely fantastic metroidvania. Might be my 2nd-favorite now after Hollow Knight. Fantastic soundtrack by Mili. Great art. Tons of versatility in combat due to lots of weapons and sub-weapons you unlock over the course of the game. Loved exploring and trying to find everything in the game.

 

[relik]

Returnal, by a long way.

 

[nekkid]

SoT in general just keeps delivering. A Pirate's Life has so much love and detail - the replication of the ride is fantastic.

 

[EvilBoris]

Hitman 3

 

[astro]

RE8 or Rise.

 

[Diarrhea Day-Lewis]

Returnal, RE8 and Ratchet (wow three R names) for me, tho Rise (omg) was really good too

 

[IDreamOfHime]

Village, it's a masterpiece.

 

[Mocha Joe]

RE Village

 

[RecRoulette]

RE Village, Disco Elysium will probably top it if I can ever get back to my second playthrough.

 

[AzorAhai]

1. Returnal
2. It Takes Two

Nothing else memorable for now.

 

[Deleted member 85465]

Genesis Noir, an abstract, beautiful game.

It has a Knack easter egg too.

 

[Blindy]

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Ghosts N Goblins: Resurrection maybe 2nd for me

(Not counting remasters or ports, just purely new 2021 games)

 

[Tavernade]

Famicom Detective Club

Other than MH Rise it's been a very slow 2021 for me, though it's going to heat up pretty quick over the next few months. I'll probably grab Resident Evil whenever I get a PS5 and love it, but that'll be awhile away.

 

[Disco Infernal]

160 hours later, I say Returnal. It's my GOTY for sure but until they add a save mechanism, I hope it wins zero awards.

 

[Mashing]

For me? Probably Wildermyth. Nothing like it out there.

 

[Hellshadow]

Returnal

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Resident Evil Village

 

[defaltoption]

It Takes Two but I haven't finished Ratchet yet so I'll reconsider once I'm done.

If it wasn't a remaster it'd be Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

 

[Ramala]

Returnal is looking good right now. Rift Apart was fantastic but essentially more of the same. If we get to count PS5 patches then maybe Ghost of Tsushima? Outriders is finally in good enough to shape to be a contender in my book.

I haven't played RE8 yet as I refuse to play it till its in VR.

 

[Pyro]

I just realized how few new games I've played. I guess Nier: Replicant since that's the only notable new release I've actually put time into.