GamesBeat Determines this year’s games

Throughout the turbulent times of discussing video games, nothing illustrates the power of the human mind. And thankfully, GamesBeat is made up of four heroes who are ready to do just that. Games Beat editors Mike Minotti, Jason Wilson, Jeff Grubb, and Dean Takahashi select and rank the top 10 best games of the year during the more than two hours of online video conferencing you can see in the video above. Did. You can follow the full discussion yourself or scroll down to see the final result. The best games of 2020 are:

10. Yakuza: Like a dragon

From Jeff Grab:

After a half-dozen action-style yakuza game, the series turned violently into turn-based combat with yakuza: like a dragon. Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio also seized the opportunity by introducing a new group of core characters to replace the cast familiar in previous games. And Like A Dragon succeeds thanks to them, not despite these changes. Combat gives the game the opportunity to express the yakuza’s bizarre sensibilities more often, and Kasuga Ichiban and his crew are an adorable group of incompatibility. Yakuza: Like a dragon, you can get all the fast load and quick resume benefits of running on an Xbox Series X.

9. Ghost of Tsushima

From Mike Minotti’s review:

Ghost of Tsushima does nothing you’ve never seen before, but uses its modern Assassin’s Creed formula to host a big and emotional samurai story. I can even say I like it because the story and combat are more powerful than the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

8. Spider-Man: Miles Morales

From Mike Minotti’s review:

I’m not sure if Sony’s console had a better PlayStation launch game than Spider-Man: Miles Morales. This certainly beats Knack and Killzone: whatever the PlayStation 4 subtitles are.

7. SnowRunner

From Jeff Grab’s Review:

Carefully driving a truck around a fallen branch on a wet road or finding a hilltop path can be very rewarding. And for me, this is what games are best at. No cutscenes or motion-captured performances found. Just as jazz is about the relationship between our sounds, it is about the relationship between our machines and the physical world.

6. Astro Playroom

From Mike Minotti’s review:

I love 3D platformers. Unless it’s named Mario, you usually don’t see the charm or polish of this genre. Sure, Astro isn’t as acrobatic as our favorite Italian plumber. He has a simple move set consisting of jumps, hover, and some punches. But Astro’s playroom doesn’t feel boring for a second, thanks to its endless creativity.

5. Last of Us Part II

From Dean Takahashi’s review:

He said the original game was the best video game possible on the PlayStation 3. Also available on PlayStation 4 on June 19th, this game is also the best video game. In my humble opinion, great titles like God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 that make storytelling of stories the best form of video game art are right there.

4. Crusader Kings III

From Jason Wilson’s review:

Crusader Kings III It’s not a grand strategy game. It’s really a role-playing game where you play the sovereignty of the territory. But that genius doesn’t just play one ruler. When one dies, he takes the heir’s cloak. This doesn’t just keep the game going. It allows you to continue role-playing your territory, but from a different perspective.

3. FINAL FANTASY VII Remake

From Mike Minotti:

FINAL FANTASY VII Remake can make this world a reality by exposing more details through what you hear while walking by the talkative sector. You can also learn about some characters that originally played a small role. Avalanche members Biggs, Wedge, and Jesse weren’t very active in 1997, but here additional conversations and missions embody these characters, making them more interesting and likable.

2. Hades

From Jeff Grab:

Hades is a miracle. Its gameplay and narrative loops work regardless of how you interact with them. Want to upgrade your character and weapons to further improve your next run on this roguelike? Well, the game guarantees that you almost always have something new to play. Want to move on? Every time you get back to the start, it comes with a new update from the incredible character cast.This is what seems to witness the developer Resolve A genre in a way that unleashes it for more people.

1. Ori and the Blind

From Mike Minotti’s review:

As a big fan of Ori and the Blind Forest, Will of the Wisps is everything I wanted from the sequel. It’s a great addition, especially a longer adventure with an incredible boss fight. The ending sequence goes down as one of the best in game history. Occasionally technical issues can be annoying, but I put up with five times the bugs to play this masterpiece.

Will of the Wisps is one of the best Metroidvania ever, including companies such as Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night. Sounds good.