TIME.com's 10 Best Video Games of 2023 (time.com)

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10. Dredge
9. Diablo IV
8. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
7. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
6. Dead Space (Remake)
5. Resident Evil 4 (Remake)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
3. Spider-Man 2
2. Baldur’s Gate 3
1. Alan Wake II

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[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 58 points 7 months ago

trusting Time with video game lists

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago

It's probably just whichever games had the most articles written about them

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

And controversy. Don't forget their person of the year listings.

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

> implying you can just green text

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Witch!

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

> needing a code block for that

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Double Witch!

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 25 points 7 months ago

Why are two remakes on this? It's not like this year has been short on good releases.

[-] Razgriz@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

I think we need to make a distinction between remakes and remasters. Full on remakes like RE4 should be allowed to compete, remasters or remasters masked as remakes shouldn't.

[-] echo64@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

because they are good. The Thing is one of my favourite films of all time, it's a remake.

[-] M137@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Because those remakes are very different from the originals. They're more like new games based on the originals.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Can we stop slut-shaming remakes? The main reason people hate remakes is because they confuse remake with remaster. Remaster is the same game with a new paint of coat, remake is a reimagining of the original. Music is probably the best medium for a comparison, songs get remastered all the time, but it's very much the same song that just sounds better now. A song remake is a different take (usually by a different artist) on the same song, essentially a cover.

We tend to be more critical of covers but nobody would dismiss a good cover just because it's a cover. So why do we do the same with games?

[-] Destraight@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

Because it is still the same game. Then they expect us to pay for it again? That is so frustrating

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So if you've seen Fincher's Dune then paying for Villeneuve's Dune is not acceptable? After all they're technically the same movie because they're based on the same source material.

I get not liking a remake because it's one to one to the original(edit: I'd even go as far as to say at that point it's likely a remaster not a remake) , but I don't get not liking a remake just because it's a remake. System Shock remake is true to System Shock but it still feels different enough to be a separate game.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

I'm not saying that these, or remakes generally, are bad(I've even been thinking of picking up the DS remake). I just don't think they should be contenders for GOTY.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

So hypothetically speaking, if there was a remake of some game and that remake turns out to be the best game ever made, then it shouldn't be considered a GOTY contender simply because it's a remake?

[-] Destraight@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

What about quake? That got remade and we didn't have to pay for that

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What remake? To my knowledge Quake 1 and 2 got enhanced editions, which basically a remaster that also had some additional content.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 25 points 7 months ago

Hey, four of those games are actually good. I'm almost impressed their list isn't completely stupid

[-] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

"Time's Ten Video Games of 2023"

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 19 points 7 months ago

I don’t trust any top 10 list if it doesn’t have Pizza Tower.

[-] Frogster8@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Number 8 - Sorry but what, I picked this up about 3 months after launch on ps5 and it ran horrendously on all modes and even had screen tearing! I've not seen screen tearing in a console game since r6 siege on x1.

Can't speak for pc performance but too often performance is overlooked in games, would you give car of the year to something with an electrical fault, I doubt it.

[-] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Diablo IV is also going into a much lower player count and it only released mid year based on some videos about how it is not able to compete with games from other publishers this time around.

[-] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

PC performance was awful. I was really looking forward to it, but it ran at about 5 frames per second so I refunded it

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not an excuse in any way, but the x360 had its share of tearing too. I was surprised when I saw that, it's something I had only encountered in PC games before (my only other 3D-capable console were a GameCube and a Wii).

Very noticeable on Bayonetta, and I am not sure which but I remember others had some too (maybe Darksiders?).

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Number 1 is Alan Wake 2? Really? I mean, I hear it's a good game, but....

[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

So far I'm into story-driven games, and I'm loving it.

[-] simple@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Star wars jedi appearing in a GOTY list is an easy way to spot someone who clearly doesn't play many video games but was tasked to make a list anyways. At least Hogwarts Legacy isn't in there.

[-] Rose@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

So why was Star Wars nominated for The Game Awards and the Golden Joystick?

[-] DODOKING38@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Playing dredge right now and it's boring maybe it's just not for me, but it feels like a mini game from another game that was expanded, like a family guy cutaway became a full episode