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OpenCritic's 2020 Hall of Fame

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with the year almost being over, let's look back at the 12 highest-scoring [new] games of 2020 according to opencritic:

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please note that they don't include ports, remasters, enhanced/expanded re-releases, expansions or DLC in their yearly hall of fame.

here's the top 20 including all releases:
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last year's hall of fame:
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OpenCritic's 2019 Hall of Fame

with the year almost being over, let's look back at the 12 highest-scoring games of 2019 according to opencritic: please note that they don't include ports, enhanced/expanded re-releases, expansions or DLC in their yearly hall of fame. EDIT: the list was updated on january 13th. EDIT: here's...
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I was looking at this just earlier today lol. I check this out every so often throughout the year to see if anything should be on my radar. Still pleasantly surprised Hades ended up at the top (well if we ignore actual GOTY Persona 5 Royal).
 
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Review wise, Dreams is probably the most snubbed game for all these year end GOTY lists.
 
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Persona 5 Royal deserves to be front and center on that Hall of Fame. Even if it is a re-release. Worth every damn hour.
 
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Please also note that Hades average score is based on 109 reviews, TLoU Part II on 188 reviews.
 
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Very happy to see Crusader Kings III on a GOTY list. Best game Paradox Interactive has made and in my opinion is the rpg of year even though it's a grand strategy game.
 

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pswii60 said:
Hades launched in early access December 2018. Still appearing on a lot of GotY lists though.
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I think part of it is because Hades launched on Switch this year, which gave it a ton of attention and a new audience, whereas Dreams didn't launch on a new platform. Also, I just don't think Dreams resonated with all that many people, despite reviewing incredibly well and genuinely being a revolutionary creation tool. I guess most people just don't want something like it, unfortunately.
 
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This has been a really good year of gaming for me. I still can't believe we got a new Half-Life game and it turned out really good. I remember people talking about how so and so talent left Valve and they probably couldn't make a good sp game anymore. I almost fell for it.
 
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2020 is only the second time that an indie game takes the top spot (since 2013 when opencritic started), the first being undertale in 2015.

Yossarian said:
...or this year has been going on for about 12 years.
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well, that too

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Hades launched in early access December 2018. Still appearing on a lot of GotY lists though.
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i just meant that might be a reason why it feels like it's been out longer.
tbh hades EA was on EGS, it only blew up with the 1.0 release in september of this year.
 
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Demon's Souls being eligible for the Hall of Fame but Tony Hawk's being excluded seems kinda silly. What's the difference?
 
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Bushido said:
Demon's Souls being eligible for the Hall of Fame but Tony Hawk's being excluded seems kinda silly. What's the difference?
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it doesn't make much sense to me either, since they're both on the same level when it comes to remasters. THPS was on there for a while but was later removed. demon's wasn't there for a while after release, but was added after fans insisted.




Cyberia said:
Please also note that Hades average score is based on 109 reviews, TLoU Part II on 188 reviews.
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mazi said:
it doesn't make much sense to me either, since they're both on the same level when it comes to remasters. THPS was on there for a while but was later removed. demon's wasn't there for a while after release, but was added after fans insisted.

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lmao
PlayStation fans + Souls fans

That's like a deadly combo

In all seriousness, both Demon's and Tony Hawk should be there.
 
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You know, people look down their nose at aggregate review scores... but that is a very nice looking list of games that rose to the top for the year.
 
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I loved Hades but its like 5th for me this year. Its got the best aesthetic but I almost wish it wasn't a roguelite I hate luck of the draw builds.
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If you give nectar to the gods they'll give you a keepsake that if equipped will make the next boon you encounter be from them. And since you can change your keepsake in every region that way you have good chances of having a build close to what you want.
 
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NediarPT88 said:
If you give nectar to the gods they'll give you a keepsake that if equipped will make the next boon you encounter be from them. And since you can change your keepsake in every region that way you have good chances of having a build close to what you want.
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I know I have like a million hours in the game you still have a luck of the draw for what the God's will have. Its not even a major gripe just the drawback, for me, other than that easily among the best games I played this year.
 
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Cyberia said:
Please also note that Hades average score is based on 109 reviews, TLoU Part II on 188 reviews.
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Veiled attempt at start stirring shit in the thread.

mazi said:
it doesn't make much sense to me either, since they're both on the same level when it comes to remasters. THPS was on there for a while but was later removed. demon's wasn't there for a while after release, but was added after fans insisted.





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"Passionate feedback". Embarrassing.
 
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Bushido said:
Demon's Souls being eligible for the Hall of Fame but Tony Hawk's being excluded seems kinda silly. What's the difference?
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Yeah this is weird. The way THPS 1+2 controls is a lot different compared to the originals. It's more like a heavier THUG. Isn't Demons Souls just a prettier game while keeping gameplay mostly identical to the original?
 
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Fuck yeah Hades. And overall another great year for gaming, that top 10 is incredibly diverse. There's rogue-lite, flight sim, grand strategy, VR fps, 3ps, fps, action-rpg, metroidvania, game creation system and casual social sim.
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Please also note that Hades average score is based on 109 reviews, TLoU Part II on 188 reviews.
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You're right, way too many people ignored Hades. Should be the other way around.
 
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I'm not sure why you would choose a number of entries that could enter instead of just allowing all video games above a certain score in. Sports hall of fames are already criticized and I guess they didn't learn anything from it.

Like, the lowest scored game there is an 88. Just allow everything 88 above in or something.
 
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That is a great list! My top 10 will mostly consist of games in this top 20, only with cyberpunk added to my list.
 
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I'm not sure why you would choose a number of entries that could enter instead of just allowing all video games above a certain score in. Sports hall of fames are already criticized and I guess they didn't learn anything from it.

Like, the lowest scored game there is an 88. Just allow everything 88 above in or something.
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I mean, that's just as arbitrary cut off point? Possibly even more so.
 
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Persona 5 Royal review thread is so much fun, especially for the final MC & OC score it got.

Compare it to some users who doubted the scores it'll get based on Japanese hands-on on this site & some comments on the early pages of that review thread.

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I had fun posting the amazing review scores for Royal in the review thread.
 

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The remake policy for this list is quite odd to be honest. They allow Demon's Souls yet they don't allow Xenoblade Chronicles DE. While obviously the visual difference is bigger in case of DS it is close to an 1:1 remake of the original.
Xenoblade while visually not so different also got a new engine and all characters and some places got new textures, the music was rearranged, new QoL features were implemented and a 10-20 hours long extra story was added (Future Connected).

I honestly would put only remakes to this list that touch the gameplay also heavily like FF VII or RE2. Either only those or everything.
 
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Budi said:
Fuck yeah Hades. And overall another great year for gaming, that top 10 is incredibly diverse. There's rogue-lite, flight sim, grand strategy, VR fps, 3ps, fps, action-rpg, metroidvania, game creation system and casual social sim.
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yeah, the diversity is really amazing in the top 12.
 
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