Coming in at #13 on my ranking of games I played for first time in 2023 is:
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- Process of Elimination
Ah, this game was definitely something to say the least..... I came into it with pretty high hopes, since I'm pretty fond of the detective style games like danganronpa and such (in fact got couple others on my list for the genre as well.) However, this game just didn't quite suit my fancy as much as some other detective games out there, think mainly just because of how the cases worked when solving them, just wasn't too struck on how the problem solving minigame played out. Then to also note, this game is Japanese, so there's no english voice acting at all, which is fine, but it also means you have to pay that much more attention to screen during dialogue just to read the subtitles to understand the story/plot of game. If you look away or get side tracked with something else, could miss some key story elements, saying that from personal experience, don't worry though as I still got most.
Now when it comes to the characters, they were okay, but I just felt none of them really had anything to make them stand out, like probably only character I even remember is the one who was the mastermind of everything, which unlike Julian, I actually didn't nail that on the head straight away. However, I also wasn't surprised by any means when I did see who it was... so even though I didn't predict it, there was still no surprise given that gave any major wow factor, was more just like oh okay, that's cool I guess. So yea, overall, when comparing this game to not only other detective style games, but to the rest of my list, just wasn't enough of a stand out factor to rank this one any higher.
Ranks:
13th: Process of Elimination
14th: Pokemon Too Many Types
15th: Pac-Man World Re-Pac
16th: Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
17th: Survivor Castaway Island
Coming in at #14 on my ranking of games I played for first time in 2023 is:
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- Pokemon Too Many Types
Now, this is more just a hack of pokemon Emerald more than its own game, so was close to not putting it on my ranking at all just solely because of that, but ultimately decided to include rom hacks as well. So how I found out about this game was by watching Alpharad play it, then tried it out myself, and for the most part I had an alright time with it, think I still prefer regular Emerald, but I liked how there were bunch of new types that got added in to make the experience a little different, although figuring out the type chart with all the new types was a bit confusing can't lie. As well, couple story points that aren't in regular emerald that made this game unique. Overall, I definitely liked this fan made version of Emerald, but there's another emerald rom hack I played that I enjoyed a fair bit more, which will talk about at a later point. Opted to rank this out here though just because I knew everything that went on going into it from watching Alpharad video about it, so just wasn't anything that really caught me by surprise, definitely a game where better going in blind.
Ranks:
14th: Pokemon Too Many Types
15th: Pac-Man World Re-Pac
16th: Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
17th: Survivor Castaway Island
Coming in at #15 on my ranking of games I played for first time in 2023 is:
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- Pac-Man World Re-Pac
Now, I will start by stating this wasn't a game I actually bought myself, this was one that my sister had bought, so I played it via her switch. With that out of the way, when I found out my sister bought this game, I figured I'd give it a try because was something I was interested in, as been a good while since I played a Pac-Man game, and overall, didn't mind the experience. As well, this game actually had some okay difficulty, at least when it came to the final boss, I remember having to give a few attempts to beat it.
However, just like the Kirby game I talked about yesterday, when I finished this game, I didn't leave thinking oh, can't wait to play that again. I more left with impression of it being just alright, so just didn't leave as strong an impact on me compared to some others on my list. Ended up ranking this one higher than Kirby though because overall, my Pac-Man experience was still a bit more fun compared to Kirby, but don't think it's a game where I'd buy it myself
Ranks:
15th: Pac-Man World Re-Pac
16th: Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
17th: Survivor Castaway Island
Now, being a bit new to the Kirby series, with my first game played of Kirby being Forgotten Land for switch, which I adored, I figured when this one came out, I'd give it a try too because never played the og Return to Dreamland at all. I will say I didn't mind it, as platformers are probably one of my more favorite genres to play, so pretty easy to please when it comes to them. However, they're more like casual fun, and not really something that can keep you hooked. This could very well be something I return to at some point, but I just think if I want to play Kirby on switch, I'm more likely to play one through the Nintendo Switch Online service or would play Forgotten Land again, because I just got more enjoyment out of that than I did on this. This game just doesn't really leave a strong overall impact compared to the others on my list (although I will say this game and the next on my list are pretty equal when it comes to impact they left on me, I just gave this one the lower placement because I enjoyed the other one a little bit more.)
Ranks:
16th: Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
17th: Survivor Castaway Island
Now originally I actually had a different game designated as my last place, but changed things last minute and decided that I actually liked this one the least. I bought it to try out a survivor style game on switch, but I ultimately like opened it once or twice than got bored of it straight away, so in a sense, just didn't really hold my interest as a Survivor fan ultimately, and probably is a game that I won't be touching again anytime soon
Hey all, just like my pal Julian, I am going to do blog rankings of games I played for first time this year, one I started December last year, but finished this year, so counting it towards ranking as well. If you want tagged for updates let me know
Coming in last on my ranking of games I played for first time in 2023 is: