20(19) Games You Should Have Played
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- 2019 was a bumper crop for fantastic games, but that's had the unfortunate side-effect of meaning that a bunch of otherwise great or interesting games have been overshadowed by AAA giants. The Architect considers this to be a grave miscarriage of justice, and so - for the third time - is attempting to wrap up the year by telling you all about the games you should've played, but probably didn't.
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The Complete List:
- Katana Zero
- Untitled Goose Game
- Steamworld Quest
-Ape Out
-Trailmakers
- Pathologic 2
- A Short Hike
- Dicey Dungeons
- Crying Suns
- My Friend Pedro
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Descenders
- Supraland
- Heaven's Vault
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- Forager
- Frog Detective 2
- BABA IS YOU
- Outer Wilds
- Disco Elysium
You Also Saw:
Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)
Sekiro (2019)
Nier Automata ( 2017)
Cube World (2019)
Slay The Spire (2019)
Unrailed (Early Access)
Dreamquest (2014)
Into The Breach (2018)
Hollow Knight (2017)
Antichamber (2013)
Halo: Reach (2010)
I just wanted to say that Outer wilds is god damn amazing, easily one of the best games I have ever played. It is just really fun exploring the solar system on your own and finding clues yourself. If you're going to play it, DO NOT watch anything about the game. The less you know about it, the better the game is. It is just a fantastic game.
Totally agree. It's crazy what they pulled off; a story told in almost completely random order for each play through, depending on the order you visit or stumble upon new places.
Unfortunately I never beat the game, but I had no choice but to look up how to get past the sleeping things and to reach the depths.
This list actually feels sincere and curated, as opposed to the hundreds of videos listing the same 10 games over and over
Untitled Goose Game is basically child friendly wholesome Hitman.
Outer Wilds is easily my favorite game in years. Wish I could experience it again for the first time.
I just played it and am planning on sending some kind of letter to the team telling them how impactful it was to me
Baba Is You is so good that the music creeps over to the other titles. You know that's how good it is!
Its too hard for me, i felt like an idiot trying to solve it
@@bimasetyaputra8381 : You can use the website "Baba Is Spoiler" to look up hints. I had to look up hints for about 5 levels and the solution for 2-3, and I consider myself extremely good at puzzle games. Sometimes it just takes time to figure them out. Try moving around stuff and experimenting. You never know when it will click in your brain as new patterns emerge.
@@bimasetyaputra8381 i thought "quit and rest , answer will reveal" is fake, but it happen a few time , dont even have to think when you quit it
No horror games... has Pathologic 2 on the list.
:)
Maybe it's a drama instead?
@@Mewseeker It's that, but it's also definitely a psychological horror masterpiece.
Laughed hard when I heard him say that. I'd argue Pathologic 2 is the most dread-inducing game I have ever played. If that doesn't count as horror I don't know what does
it's so much a horror game, that I actually feel anxiety before booting it up, every single time
I doubt that Untitled Goose Game needs any more exposure given how massive it was
*HØÑK*
@Headhunter_FRANK Just play it on switch
Also disco elysium and outer worlds and baba is you.
Donald Baird it’s also on PS4 and Xbox gamepass now.
Pathologic 2 needs more support holy shit it is a masterpiece and it isnt even fully completed yet
Just because I like games doesn’t mean I want to play 2019 games in 5 days
Weak
H20wizard
I could never play that many games in just 5 days.
😆
challenge accepted
you all probably dont give a shit but does anyone know of a way to get back into an instagram account??
I stupidly lost my login password. I would love any tips you can offer me.
i really likes outer wilds a lot, it's up there with the RE2 remake for game of the year for me. but anyone reading this and is interested in playing, DO NOT LOOK UP ANY WALKTHROUTHS!!! i only did at the end after i explored all i thought there was to explore and even tho that was only like 3-5% of the game that was left over, i still regret not trying more to find the stuff i needed to know in-game
While I mostly agree, there is no way I would have ever figured out the final puzzle on Ash. I would have never finished it without help, the answer seemed so out of left field for me personally.
Outer wilds or Star Wars?
@@jaysonagli6210 I wrote a long reply explaining why i thought that the puzzle wasn't that bad (even though I did end up needing a hint to figure it out), but I did a little digging and found out that the devs patched the game recently to make that particular puzzle a little less obtuse to figure out. Just thought I'd mention that in case anyone is turned off by the idea of a bad puzzle so near the end of the game.
@@lamentz27 that's great news! I'll have to check it out.
Bro I just realized Untitled Goose Game playability is similar to Hitman wtf
This is probably one of the first respectable list of games I've seen on youtube in like 10 years. Its always 10 games I've already heard of, and half of them are up for game of the year and they're all $40-$60. Yeah, I've heard of them all, I don't need a sweaty boy to tell me about them again.
But your list is so pleasant. :D I loved a few of them, overlooked many, and need to play some more of them!
i'm glad frog detective is getting some recognition, all the hard work frog has done solving cases deserves it
jokes aside though, the games are super short (1 hour each) and super simple but also really charming and heartwarming, if you are feeling kinda down they will cheer you up (: totally recommended if you want a short and sweet, feel-good experience.
People saying that 2019 wasn't a good year for games obviously don't play indie games
InsertHere on switch indie games have dried up
@@gasternecross what abt touryst?
@@gasternecross at least half the games on this list are on it
@Fart Party Plus You should read the news more often, if that's the dumbest thing you've ever heard. Prepare to have your mind blown.
Nobody is saying that
"you will regret it, and thats kinda the point" reminds me kinda of playing "this war of mine" and a description someone said of reading "there will come soft rains"
Noita was one of the nicest games I've played this year, the gameplay is so damn fun, I strongly recommend that hidden gem.
yeah definitely
its still early access & i dont think early access games are counted as being released this year
Pathologic 2 and disco elysium are a must
Never heard of pathologic before today. Saw it in a random UA-cam comment on another video, now I'm seeing it listed in this video. I think it's a sign I should check it out.
@@Denkart watch mandalore's video about it if you want more info, even if you don't, mandalore is to me, the best review channel on youtube, even if you're not interested in the game the review is still entertaining and you can find lots of obscure games on his channel. (and some mods as well if they're good enough.) he also has a list of requested reviews on his pinned comment so you can know if the game you want him to review is already on the list.
check out hbomberguy's lovely tribute to pathologic, its 2h and afterwards you'll still think you could listen to it some more
Those two and Outer Wilds are the three released this year I haven't gotten around to yet and I absolutely need to play at some point. Also Sekiro once I start feeling like raging at a game for a change...
Played Disco Elysium and while it had some really really high highs when it was good, I feel the game has been way too uneven to be compared to the quality of a game such as Baba Is You. It's a great game, but there are parts of the game that are a real slog. I also think people who liked Disco Elysium should *really* get into Adventure games because this is literally just a good Adventure game only with some RPG mechanics like skills and randomness mixed in. Adventure games deserve a comeback. People have forgotten just how great they really are. It's sad. But it's also the fault of developers' lack of vision and writing capabilities. I just really miss Adventure games and in its best moments Disco Elysium reminded me of that.
Outer Worlds is my game of year, nothing could even compare to the amount of feels it gave me.
One of my goals for the next year is to try out Baba Is You.
Wilds?
"Anthem"
the viewers, the people behind disco elysium and adam himself: "no wait"
Crying Suns, Dark Devotion and Hades are the games I had the most fun with this year.
Crying Suns for its unique take on the FTL formula, FTL being perhaps my most favourite game of all times
Dark Devotion for an interesting take on the side-scrolling action RPG genre, with many interesting mechanics and really fun progression
Hades for being the best damn game I've played this year simply because of its story, characters and narration. The outstanding gameplay is just a cherry on the top, really.
I love Hades, but apparently it released December 2018
Supergiant Games never fail us
@@voices0000 Hades is expected to launch in 2020, it has been in early access for a while now.
Another good one I recommend is Bug Fables.
It's an RPG very reminiscent of Paper Mario TTYD with a bunch of unique mechanics that makes the whole experience both fresh and nostalgic
katana Zero:
"there is also a followup SLASH sequal on the way"
I see what you did there
seeing this made me realize that i've been following you since the 2017 games you should have played video. cheers for 2 years, adam :)
I think it might be stockholm syndrome at this stage
4:55 "The game is about playing as a doctor in a spooky russian steppe town haunted by *Bird headed cultists."*
*Hmm sounds like theres a* *_Lunatic Cultist_* *in that game.*
I was really hoping Risk of Rain 2 was going to be on this list. Man that game is really good.
The Outer Wilds is probably my GOTY.
Outer wilds over Star Wars??????
@@jasondp3546 star wars was shit
where did you get it? on steam it doesn't have a launch date yet
@@axe.d1 epic games store
@@teli4181 ty
When you realize Apex was THIS YEAR, not like 2 or 3 years ago...
Merc at Arms It really feels like that, even though i play it all the time
Wait !! You sure about that !!
Its an interesting list of games which are very different from one another... None of them appear to be AAA titles, but all of them seem to have something unique to offer. It's refreshing to find a list that isn't common with other video-game lists. Great compilation.
Thanks for this great list of recommendations! People keep complaining about the decline of gaming, not realizing that it's only AAA games that are hurting. But each year there are more and better indie games like this than ever before.
Great video, I think MO: Astray deserves to be on the list, if you haven't play it I highly recommend it.
I can't see snippets of Pathologic 2 without hearing the pillar men theme in my head..
Great video. Really stands out from other best of 2019 lists I’ve seen.
Nice to see Heavens Vault grab a mention in at least one game of the year video. Really fantastic piece of work, the writing is superb and the central mechanic is very interesting. You can tell it was a real labour of love for the developers.
Heck yeah, Disco Elysium!
It's a masterpiece for sure. The use of heavy internal dialogue lets them make the protagonist more memorable and interesting than the most memorable and interesting NPCs of the best other games, when normally they're who RPGs have to turn to for character and colour since the protagonist is often a blank slate with boring, "safe" dialogue picks and very little else in the way of personality. Yet, because Disco Elysium's inner voices are skill-based, you can give different weighting to the ones you want to focus on, and produce a different personality of your own design even before you make the choices that are presented to you... choices that can be far more compelling, because they're informed by your internal soliloquy.
The result is lots of fun to handle, and it doesn't end there. The first time I played through I made one interpretation of the main character that I really liked, and the game told me a beautiful story that will stay with me forever. The second time, I made the protagonist into a very different sort of man, and made a fair few different calls, and while the overall structure of the game was fairly similar in its broad strokes, I found things that had worked before for one reason, still worked and produced their own resonances for entirely different reasons. In particular, both of my characters picked up on a sense of fellowship with the murder victim, but what elements of themselves they saw in him were entirely different each time. A character that had played on my first character's sympathies to great effect in that run through, played on the intellectual curiosity of my second guy... to great effect in both cases, and a completely different outcome which had knock-on effects through the rest of the story.
Another thing that Disco Elysium did amazingly well was fail-forwards. Blowing a skill check, or a series of skill checks, could produce laugh-out-loud moments, incredibly poignant scenes, secure additional information and advantage (possibly at the cost of some embarrassment) or breadcumb me down into a significant side-area of the game with added motivation. One of the big emotional climaxes in my first playthrough was when I botched a certain check and my character painfully bared his soul in a public venue only to be left hanging dead in a stunned silence afterwards, and start to lose it, yelling into the void. It sure beats the hell out of save-scumming.
Even the thing that the game did sparingly and arguably half-heartedly, combat, played to its advantage. Rather than knowing you were going in a fight and being able to prebuff and set up a grenade throw or whatever, you could enter a tense situation with the same interface as dialogue, never knowing when the bullets were going to start flying, or even after they did, whether you'd really reached the point of no return and needed to take action, or could still get through to somebody and keep on trying to talk them down. It was incredibly tense and effective.
My only concern about the legacy of the game is that adopting its greatest innovation, the internal dialogue, would seem to be very expensive in terms of word-count. Even at a million words, Disco Elysium is not a particularly long game. Is it possible to use some of its mechanics in future titles to elevate the genre, or is it simply not feasible without a five-year development cycle? Regardless, I'm very thankful that we have this title. Not just a top game of the year, but a serious contender for top game of all time- even though it has flaws, it can certainly stand on its many merits.
Just came here to say thank you for mentioning Katana Zero because I feel like I haven’t seen anybody else talking about it, yet it’s such a great game with an amazing art style, soundtrack, and obviously action.
Ape out is free today on epic launcher, and Celeste may be tomorrow
True, so for everyone that missed a time ago Celeste for free, second chance.
I really appreciate you putting the names of games in the description. I googled Adam Millard Descenders, because thats what I wanted to rewatch, and this video was the first result!
The way the title is worded makes it seem like your saying after 2019 we won’t be able to play em.
Aww man, shoulda played while I had the chance.
That Ladlow 8 days left, let’s gooooooo!
I found out about Disco Elysium because of this video, so thank you! The game is a masterpiece in terms of writing and soundtrack
I had this video playing in the background while doing schoolwork and I was immediately confused as to why I was hearing A Short Hike music behind Pathologic 2 at 4:45
Watching this video has inspired me to create a list of my own. This list will honor some of the most incredible indie games to release this past year. There will be no repeats of games featured in the video above and all of the games listed are my personal favorites. Additionally, the games listed below I personally believe are either underrated or underrepresented in the gaming community at large. I would love to hear input from the rest of the comment section as to what their favorite indie titles released this year are. With that being said, let the list begin:
1.) Blasphemous
2.) Valfaris
3.) MO: Astray
4.) Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
5.) Children of Morta
6.) Carrion
7.) Blacksad
8.) Superliminal
9.) Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
10.) Gato Roboto
11.) Moons of Madness
12.) Deliver Us the Moon
13.) Lost Ember
14.) Arise A Simple Story
15.) The Takeover
16.) Minoria
17.) Fallback
18.) Dark Devotion
19.) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
20.) Skybolt Jack
Honarable Mentions:
1.) Terminator Resistance
2.) Devil's Hunt
3.) Daymare 1998
4.) Showdown Bandit: Episode One
5.) Light Fairytale Episode One
6.) Cathedral
7.) Darksiders Genesis
8.) Oninaki
9.) The Caligula Effect: Overdose
10.) AI: The Somnium Files
11.) Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
12.) Apsulov: End of Gods
13.) Dry Drowning
14.) Sunless Skies
15.) Observation
Katana Zero was definetly my Game of the Year. So good. However, there are a few in your list that I have yet to try and will be happy to take a look at in the next year (I know, I'm a bit late, but hey, better late than never...?)
"Pretentious postman simulator"
Well... you're not wrong
I bought death stranding on day one, pumped about 7 hours into it. Couldn’t get over the annoyance and perceived pretentiousness the title is abundant in. I returned it a day later.
A week after that I had purchased it again as I couldn’t get certain elements out of my head.
I’m 60 hours in now, it’s something else. Slow burn for sure but I haven’t been this drawn into a game in this way ever before.
It isn’t the easiest game to want to pick up but it’s quickly become a very hard game to put down
LOL the little guy at 4:37 ejecting and then just standing there like, "I've been going about this all wrong."
im glad you made this channel and focus on indies too.
The triple A already gets so much money pumped into the ads compartment and then coverage by social media, it's a shame tbh, as it overrules the often better indie games
Superb, Adam. So glad that there are still crazy games being made. Gives me hope for my own!
Love that you mentioned A short hike! That game made me so feel so happy and relaxed when I played it. It's just, good, you know.
I love these kind of videos from UA-camrs that have the same taste in games as me.
Gonna pick up 3 or 4 games you recommended.
Glad to see someone else showing some love to Supraland
Hey suprafriend!
@@DavidM1337 hello
Mindustry is also excellent for Factorio/Tower Defense fans
That game is getting on a little bit tho dont you think
Ape Out is free on Epic right now.
I'll buy it because they deserve it
no steam no buy
@@IronianKnight they get money if you get it free on Epic tho
no thanks
4:24 or you could, like Scrapman, build a haunted monorail that crashes your game and makes some weird-ass noises.
I'm a little disappointed that MO: Astray didn't make it onto the list, as it's probably one of my favorite platformers of the year, but seeing how crazy and off the wall some of these games are, I can't be too mad. Thanks for another great list!
Sadly I already knew all of these.. so I basically agree with your list and hence liked this video^^ Nice job:) as always:)
Merry christmas! Cheers!
One thing I will say about hypnospace is that, despite loving it, the visual style hit my asperger's in a certain way that made it incredibly energy draining to look at.
Of all of the end of the year list I've seen on YT, I think yours has the most interesting games.
Disco Elysium is easily one of the best game in YEARS !!!! AMAZING GAME !!!!!!!
Nope. Its trash.
@@okene there is no way this game could be spoiled... you have to live the story yourself. If you enjoy being a crying bitch so much, the game offers that too.
It's probably the best written game that ever saw the light of day.
@@Sunomis Planescape Torment and Sorcery! 1-4 are godly in terms of writing as well
@@arcanethink Yes, I remember Torment being amazingly well written. But stil I argue that DE is superior in this regard.
It's great to have this nice, calm and even profound (as I see it) take on released games and industry in general.
I think it may be a year now that I subscribed and I feel like at home with your channel.
Keep up great work Adam! Happy Christmas.
why is raid shadow legends not in the list ?
FUN FACT! Sayanora Wild Hearts Narrator was originally going to be silent. However it turns out that one of the developers knew a friend of a friend of Queen Latifah and asked if it was possible to get her to narrate the game as a joke. However the friend of a friend took this seriously and asked Queen Latifah and she said Yes! Funny how the world works but this game was freaking awesome, and Queen Latifah was like the beautiful cherry on top.
Oxygen Not Included
a great physic based sandbox resource management game.
you play around with crafting resources, automating big machines, and playing around with thermodynamics. the whole game is a big loop. almost nothing is gained from nothing, and almost nothing is lost forever. it's a big system where you have to recycle everything so you can survive and continue playing so you can make even bigger automation machines.
Games from 2019 on the list that interested me
1. A Short Hike
2. Outer Wilds
3:24 Ape Out is currently free today on epic games. But the deal won't last much longer, they gift you 12 free games over the next few days. Some were already gifted. It switches every day.
I have not played all of them,but Baba is you is a MASTERPIECE..If you like puzzle games like the portal game or the more classic block pushers maze games,this is 100% for you.Even if you are not a fan of these games,it can entertain you much...Its created in such a way that there are limited ways to complete a level but each one of them "breaks the game",because you manipulate the rules.
It's okay. You can rank Disco Elysium #1 for real. It deserves it. Best game in years.
By the way, Adam, thank you very much for making a subtitles for every video. English isn't my mother language but thanks to your subs I can easily enjoy all the stuff you are doing. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart from Ukraine :3
i subbed to you a long time ago. but now I've decided you're my new favourite teacher on zeh inturnetz. watching your videos among other youtubers makes me feel more enlightened than those spiritual gurus.
Also - Supraland was made by a single guy called David - Level (puzzle) design, Story, Programming, Artwork, sound design and music... ALL OF IT
Slay the spire has so much more depth and interesting decision space to explore than dicey dungeons. Dicey is fun to play through once and see all the little surprises and creative mechanics. But slay the spire is about how creative you can be in layering the mechanics together on the fly with what you are given. If you want a game to play through quickly once maybe dicey is more satisfying. But Sts is an absolute masterpiece of a game if you want to actually play a game to it's fullest.
Absolutely agree. Slay the spire was my game of the year
"Dicey Dungeons has an excellently paced difficulty curve"
Witch episode 4 wants to know your location
Supraland is such a good pick! Glad to see it here, the free demo had me hooked, with the line and sinker.
You're a good pick, suprafriend!
Talking about games aside, I'm enjoying the jokes littered around your videos. It's keeping me entertained, but not too distracting to where it throws me off-track
Ape out is free on epic today
MythMaster who uses epic
Id really recommend everyone goes and checks out epic store christmas sale. I, like many overs, dont agree with epics exclusivity practices, but nabbing the free games isnt supporting them in any way, so you may as well do it.
@@totallywaffles_ "nabbing the free games" is supporting them indirectly, not agreeing with those depends on how strong you are against their practices
Thumbs up for pretentious postman simulator.
Thumbs down for pretentious postman simulator
I have no thumbs, please help
@@V_y-r_e I have no thumbs and I must play!
So glad Sayonara Wild Hearts appeared here. Simogo also managed to get Queen Latifah on board after securing Annapurna as their publisher, since Annapurna do a bunch of movie publishing too and have various acting agencies in their address book. Pretty sure they just pulled on some of their strings after the idea surfaced. 👍
Excellent Video. Love that you highlighted many smaller games. I tend to pay attention to the indie space, yet even some of these slipped under the radar.
I used to love Extra Credits "Games you might not have tried, " but their channel is unlistenable now so I'm very happy to find this video.
Don’t wanna shit on your list because it’s great but shout out to A Plague’s Tale Innocence. An amazing work of art.
it's fun seeing how many of these games I already own!
also, just picked up Forager! looks fun and thanks for these videos! really helps to find good games I otherwise would have missed!
Pathologic is so good, that hbomberguy made two hours long video about it, highly recommended.
Thanks for this! A fantastic video, there were quite a few games on this list I'd not heard of, and look right up my alley. I'm usually good at keeping up with most indie games, but I managed to miss several of these. So, thanks, for bringing them to my attention!
Supraland is such a great game. It even has a demo so you can get a sense of what it will be like.
I like how the title implies that once 2019 is over I may never play any of these games again.
I can't thank you enough for introducing me to Sayonara wild hearts this felt more like a dream than dreams I already have.
Hey, Deep Rock Galactic just recently came out of Early Access, could you possibly cover it in your top 20 games of 2020? Thanks!
For anyone interested in physics: check out Noita. For a game that could have gotten away with its gimmick of physics and killing things, it went the extra mile and has so many hidden deep systems that’ll make you go: “Oooh, clever!” and that’s why I believe it’s worth checking out.
Okay, I was already super intrigued by both Baba is You and Outer Wilds since Mark Brown did videos on these, aaaaaaand kinda forgot about'em, but now you too? That's one dirty move, I'll tell you that!
Guess I'll buy *sigh*
I'm really happy that you gave Trailmakers some more attention, because it really deserves it
Outer Wilds is simply amazing and one of the best games I've ever played. So glad to see it here receiving the praise it deserves :)
I’m not about this shade on Death Stranding, but I did enjoy the list. I can’t wait to check some of these out!
Sadly cringe jokes is all we've got about Death stranding.
Thank you for giving me interesting indie games instead of doing the generic "best games of the year" stuff.
It's refrshing to see many games that don't fall back on killing or combat on this list. I love some ultraviolent gorefests as much ad the next guy, but it's good that the gaming landscape is expanding to different tastes, and it's great to see nonviolent games like Untitled Goose Game, Outer Wilds or Baba is You among the best of the year
my heart jumped when you said Anthem was on the list. But nice twist :)
I swear to you Adam. I will add every game in this list to my steam library RIGHT NOW
just discovered this channel, and gotta say this is literally what i´ve been lookin for in the last months. great job dood
I want a VR port of Descenders with a 1st person mode so badddd
11:05
mechanic: a skilled worker who repairs and maintains vehicle engines and other machinery.
As you read the names at the end you sound like a principal calling students to his office.
Nonetheless, thank you very much, received many excellent recommendations and this had a lot of value.
Some of my favorite games of the year coupled with games on top of my whishlist and a good amount of new discoveries that I'll check out eventually. Thanks for sharing!