The Best Games of 2018 (that you might not have played)
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- 2018 has been another good year for games, with lot of big releases... that I didn't play. Here are some smaller, less well known games that make up my favourite games released this year.
#GoTY #BestGamesof2018 #top10list
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Kingdom Two Crowns
2:07 - Two Point Hospital
3:25 - The Hex
4:33 - Frost Punk
6:00 - Unavowed
7:23 - Vampyr
8:48 - Return of the Obra Din
Intro artwork, logo and banner by: @theMagdalenRose
"Cantina Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Leave it to Pam to talk me into 7 games I didn't know existed but now really want to play.
#7 at 0:41 - Kingdom Two Crowns
#6 at 2:07 - Two Point Hospital
#5 at 3:25 - The Hex
#4 at 4:33 - Frost Punk
#3 at 6:00 - Unavowed
#2 at 7:23 - Vampyr
#1 at 8:48 - Return of the Obra Din
Return of the Obra Dinn is really a very unique game which everyone should experience. That soundtrack alone still gives me the chills...
The soundtrack is so good! I love it every time you open up a new scene.
This channel is extremely underrated. I love that you recommended games out of the norm. People recommend the same thing over and over. Not a bad thing, but this is refreshing. Thanks for the suggestions.
No problem, glad you enjoyed.
Thank you for giving attention to smaller games like this. The attention you give to mostly unknown games is why I subscribed to you.
Also you're a cutie patootie. ALSO, you listen to ASMR. You're amazing. Thank you for what you do.
You're welcome!
....I absolutely LOVE that you highlight lowkey games. You even got me wanting to dabble in some.
Specifically The Hex.
Great video- as usual. :)
Thank you! I think you'd like The Hex. It also has an amazing soundtrack that I didn't mention in the video.
Return of the Obra Din was also the highlight of my 2018. I loved The Hex and Unavowed (which I beta tested), but I only took a passing glance at Two Point Hospital and Kingdom Two Crowns.
I think I might check them out now. Thank you Pam.
Favorite Pam quotations in this video are "and then it gets weird" along with "no sexy times." Great video and congrats on the lovely new apartment.
Thank you!
Thanks for cluing me into some stuff I was oblivious to! Wow... the music playing during the Kingdom: Two Crowns segment is ridiculously relaxing. I've been waiting for a good deal on a physical copy of Vampyr since it launched, but it's been maddeningly undiscounted to this point.
That's strange, I assumed Vampyr didn't sell that well, I would have thought it would be much cheaper by now.
Nice list. I have so much love for Return of the Obra Dinn. I played it super late in the year and it claimed an easy spot on my top five games of the year.
I find a lot of good releases tend to sneak in at the very end of the year. I also played the Hex super late (finished it at the start of January '19) and had to put it on the list.
Hey Pam. Good to see you back.
I've only played Kingdom New Crowns. Man... the music is just so relaxing. And just about then the monsters start attacking.
I've tried many management strategy games, but few have a tutorial and learning curve as smooth as Two Point Hospital.
Also, do check Megaquerium. It's an aquarium building Sim made mostly by one guy.
Hex and Obra Dinn are high on my to-play list.
One more 2018 game I would suggest is Speed Brawl. It's a apocalyptic beat-em-up/runner game with some great artwork and animation.
A couple people now have mentioned Megaquarium, it looks cool. I will check it out once I've finished all the hospitals in Two Point.
Nice selection! A few I have seen and a few I haven't. Thanks Pam. 👍
Great list! Can't wait to check these out :)
This video blew me away ...very well done, very professional. I'm glad I subscribe.
Thanks so much :)
very interesting list! will definitely check some out, thanks for bringing this to my attention
Good to see you back
Two point hospital and Kingdoms are both great games, very fun. Good video.
This is why I have always enjoyed your channel and its simply because you go against the grain. I know its not intentional. Its just who you are. You open my mind to different titles that I may enjoy. Also your unapologetic approach about not always liking the most popular games makes me laugh.
Thanks, I’m always happy to introduce people to titles that are new to them.
great video as always Pam.
Hey Pam, awesome video! I really love your taste in games, and I think this is my favourite "top games of 2018" video I've seen thus far. I don't usually play brand new games, so I'm still working through a bunch of old stuff, but all of these titles are games I'm very interested in. Keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Love the channel, refreshing content!
Thanks!
I appreciated the list. Especially since you're the only person I've heard talk positively about Vampyr. I might need to investigate further.
Frostpunk and Unavowed are both on my "I must try this" list :D
I've heard a couple people talk about Vampyr positively, but mostly it seems people just don't talk about it at all :(
NEVER EVER HEARD OF THESE BUT THX TO U PAM ILL GIVE THE NOT SO POPULAR A TRY. ALSO I ENJOY WATCHING YOUR CHANNEL SO KEEP UP THE HARD WORK SWEETS!
With games I'm always at least one year late because they are usually much cheaper then. You made me excited about Unavowed with your Let's play of it and I really have to thank you for reminding me about wanting to try out Frostpunk and Vampyr as well. ;)
Great list, Pam. There’s definitely a few titles I hadn’t known about before. Curious that Hero-U didn’t make your list though.
I liked Hero-U, but not as much as these other ones.
Kingdom Two Crowns & Return of the Obra Din look great, Thanks for the tip!
No problem!
I've recently been playing more indie games recently because they're a little cheaper and don't require as much of a time investment. Great list
Thanks!
And with a scant day left of vacation, I'm off to play Return of the Obra Dinn. :)
Nice
Gave up both eating ‘and’ sleeping in 2018, and apparently, I STILL can’t keep up with all these games! Guess I’ll start drafting up my letter of resignation for work...
This is the first time I’ve seen “Kingdom: Two Crowns”. It looks (and sounds) beautiful. Really want to try it out.
Frozen wastelands, howling winds, hypothermia...Frost Punk sounds like just another Winter day out here. Looks cool though. Might save it for a Summer playthrough.
Probably the most exciting game I saw here was Return of the Obra Dinn. Heard great things about it, but Q4 was just too crazy with RDR2, Spider-Man, Smash and Pokémon Let’s Go, and I just couldn’t squeeze it in. Definitely a 2019 candidate.
Heading over to the CC Forums this afternoon to open up some threads on these. Thanks as always, Pam, for shedding some light on these lesser-voiced titles!
Kingdom Two Crowns is in Game Pass if you want to give it a try. Looking forward to discussing some of these some more in the forums.
I only tried Return of the Obra Dinn of the ones you listed but I couldn't get into it along with Papers, Please for more than a few hours before I felt like I grasped what the game was really about. I didn't think I'd be experiencing anything new beyond that point, with the gameplay in both boiling down to carefully inspecting text and photos to decipher clues with some mechanical quizzes to make sure you did. Instead of managing to make me feel like an investigator, it made me feel more like being a student again being given pop quizzes on the textbooks I read for a homework assignment.
That said, I'm admittedly a very tough one to immerse (the last game that really immersed me was Knights of the Chalice and that was many years ago), probably in part because I'm a game developer and tend to see through the mechanics and start analyzing the game's design very quickly if I'm bored at any given moment. I actually love the monochromatic visual style of Obra Dinn though.
The best murder mystery game I ever tried that really made me feel like a detective was actually The Scoop (1986) and somewhat Rise of the Dragon (1990).
Great list! Nice paintings in the back too, where are they from?
They are from an artist called Lora Zombie.
I've been overlooking Vampyr, but now I think I'm going to pick it up
Awesome!
Couple of these been on my radar for some time... and can't wait to finally play Vampyr! (which I had to postpone due to unforseen circumstances). Soon:)
Nice to see Wadjet Eye Games on your list, people often give them grief but as you say they are still developing for the Point and Click audience, trying out new mechanics and approaches.
I really want to try Return of the Obra Dinn but haven't had chance to pick it up yet.
I have played so much this year that I have really enjoyed so I'll pick 5 of my favourite games this year ( in no order )
Into The Breach / Megaquarium / Unforeseen Incidents / Russian Subway Dogs / Cultist Simulator/ All Walls Must Fall
Ok maybe 6 :P
Into the Breach was cool, but I was bad at it which made me not like it so much ><
I just heard of Megaquarium in the Rock Paper Shotgun video, it looks neat, I’d like to try it.
@@Cannotbetamed1 you should love it if you enjoy theme hospital and roller coaster tycoon
LOl hi i'm Dave and i'm ready to listen about video games!!! love your videos!!
Hi Dave!
Hey Pam! Love that you play a lot of non AAA games! You should do more Premiere or live streams!👍👍😎
I think I will do more premieres for some of my reviews or other scripted videos. They’re fun
That's a really interesting collection, me personally I liked Yakuza 6, Spiderman, Detroit, Megaman 11, and Warioware the most.
yeah most of 2018 in terms of games was "oh wow this looks like a good game that i don't give a shit about". the only "big" release i think i cared about was the spyro reignited trilogy but i don't have a modern console. return of the obra dinn was great though.
one surprise for me this year was "the shapeshifting detective". i don't know if you tried it but i do quite recommend it, i feel it may be something you'd enjoy.
Shapeshifting Detective is on my list of things to buy
Your picks are always refreshing and down my street, as the "AAA" stuff almost never captures my interest. Thank you and keep up your awesome channel.
:)
It's a pity more people aren't tuning in for your Unavowed playthroughs. I think they are missing out.
Yeah, I don't expect too many people to watch my Let's plays. But I think it is a good one.
Also, in regards to your discussion of Vampyr. The Devs for Bloodlines 2 seem to be indicating that, there too, decisions your character makes can close off options to you down the track. You can so tick off a faction that they will literally refuse to work with you anymore. Just FYI.
Cool, thanks
Well I'm literally buying kingdom two crowns on my switch. Ty for the recommendation Pam, it looks interesting.
Awesome, hope you like it
Fangtastic selection of games it's so great to see some recommend games that are not all aaa games.
Thanks!
Only one I have heard of is Two Point Hospital (I think I heard you or Kevin mention it before) Most of the others look pretty decent and would be worth checking out.
Far: Lone Sails, beautiful, short and good music.
I've been wanting to play that one
Your list was such a breath of fresh air. I've only heard about a few of these from you, but we will definitely be checking them out. Two Point Hospital looks a little overwhelming though. ALL THOSE SICK PEOPLE NEED TREATMENTS ASAP!!! Oh boy. I am glad they went with fictional diseases and ailments because building an Oncology unit is significantly less fun then that machine that sucked that guys head out of his neck.
I saw Pony Island was on your list to play this year, definitely check out The Hex if you like it.
Kingdom is one of the best games I ever played I can spend hours just getting bowmen and masons, building farms and then seeing everything being destroyed . now with two crowns I can see them being destroyed with a friend running around adn throwing coins so greed don't get our crowns xb. I never saw the Hex game before it looks like something I would enjoy, thanks for sharing that.
Frostpunk was a pleasant (?) surprise this year. I wish the campaign was longer though.
I enjoyed Kingdom. How different is Two Kingdoms? Worth getting if you have the original?
For myself, Dead Cells and Nier: Automata are probably my biggest time sinks. Dead Cells scratches that "one more time" itch, and Nier provided a great story.
I like that they added new scenarios to Frostpunk after release.
Two Crowns is very similar to New Lands. The biggest changes for me were that it was less rogue-like - if you lose your crown you don't lose everything. It's easier to get back to where you were. You can also 'finish' each island by destroying the cliff portal. There are also seasons (winter is kinds dull though) and there's a new Japanese-style game mode, but making restarting after a loss less punishing was the biggest deal for me.
0:50, If you like resource management and survival, do you also play Black Ops Zombies?
Cross Code. It’s a masterpiece.
portwain ok I actually enjoyed my brief playtime in that game. I definitely need to play it some more
Obra Dinn was awesome.
Vampyr is on my list of games to get on the PS4.
I am looking at Getting Vampyr if it should turn up on special, on Steam. Might help to scratch my vampire itch until Bloodlines 2 comes out ;).
I find it a little funny that the popular games like God of War and Spiderman I have no interest in playing myself but I want to play everything on this list because they sound really interesting to me. I knew I liked you for a reason. Great minds think alike. ;-) Now I just need to get some modern systems (unless any of these are on Steam) and I'll be on my gaming way.
Most of these are on Pc.
That just made my day.
I like point-and-click and the premise to Unavowed sounds awesome, but I wish the art style were different. More cartoony, or complete gothic would have been better. The game looks like a cross between the two.
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Vampyre 2 was just announced.
Interesting list Canadian girl ;-)
What microphone model are you using, I'm curious? I kinda hoard microphones.
In this video I was likely using a TAKSTAR SGC-598 for the on camera stuff and a Blue Yeti for voiceover. Now I use a NT-USB for voiceover.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Cool. Thanks for the tip.
well u gotta do a vampyr play through now
I have heard of 3 of these games. Played none of them.
i'm waitin on jan 25th! #RE2RE
I really enjoy Two Point Hospital. I have not beat the reg game and I really want the expansion. I want Red Dead 2 too but I am not buying a console for that one game. It will prob come to p.c. anyways.
Those games are not really my cup of tea, except for Unavowed, which It would be great to see a console release, but I doubt it, and Vampyr.
I'm more of Japanese style games, but I really like classic adventure ones too. That said, I recently played the Observer, and it was such a refreshing take on sci-fi games. Battlechasers was a pleasent and challenging surprise too.
I really liked Observer too.
Hey Pam, been a long while. How have you been?
Been alright, how about you?
@@Cannotbetamed1 Pretty good thanks
Nice shirt
New Year's Resolution - Play more Wadget Eye Games!
Yeah! I'd love to see you review some more.
Could you please explain your name? “Cannot be tamed” just curious-
I explained it in my last Q&A video.
Thank you, great channel
You are game reviews or awesome good to see you don't misunderstand wow you look like a teenager
Thanks
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Sadly no game for me all are way too casual.
This year was bad for people who want really hard single player games.
Mazaker I couldn't disagree with that statement if I tried to.
uHm deadfire?
I didn’t start playing that until this year.
@@Cannotbetamed1 cool, enjoy
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THESE are "best" games of the year? hardly
Yep, you heard right.
Too much PCCCCCCCCC