The Top 10 Games of 2019
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- 2019 had some good videogames. Here are my favorites.
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Dmc5?
@Moogle Midgar first, calm the fuck down.
Second, his goty is outer wild and is second game is ff14.
Look i hate death strander too ok. Im not going to inssult him cause he like it.
So dont be that guy.
@Moogle Midgar he never said iceborn was a game...
why didn't you just use devil trigger for dmc5?
Timestamps for each game:
Number 10 - 5:35
Number 9 - 7:41
Number 8 - 10:43
Number 7 - 12:53
Number 6 - 15:35
Number 5 - 19:03
Number 4 - 22:18
Number 3 - 25:54
Number 2 - 29:21
Number 1 (BIG Surprise) - 32:46
@@yourhighlights589 dude he was being sarcastic..
YourHIGHLIGHTS tbh man you should delete your comment. Spoilers aren’t cool
@@alsage9992 whoops my bad
@@julian2883 whoops my bad
@@antonywhatever572 sorry
Can we all just agree that even though 76 came out last year it’s still the worse game this year aswell?
Hey what are you doing here?
I honestly thought it came out this year.
Between that and anthem probs, but 76 atleast has fans, haven’t seen a single anthem fan
@@gravendanger legit forgot Anthem was a thing
even Anthem is doing better, considering we havent heard much of any bad news about them compared to Fallout 76
I still get chills listening to the "end of the world" music from Outer Wilds. No game has stuck with me for so long after completing it ... it may not be for everyone but it was for me.
I still think about it so often! And I've bought it for several friends. It really was mind-blowing, and even changed out I think and feel about time and space. One of the greatest games of all time for me already
I know i am late but i just finished subnautica and outer wilds looks interesting. Is it in any way comparable?
@@KripticHCS I loved both games, so personally it's a solid yes!
@@filipgronlund1713 alright thanks.
@@KripticHCS did you ever end up playing outer wilds?
Thank you for making me come back to Outer wilds, after I was distracted for a wild by some other games. I can't remember a single game in more than 20 years of my gaming experience which I would finish with the smile and tears in my eyes at the same time. An absolute masterpiece.
final fantasy crisis core you will finish with a smile and tear in your eye
Космос просто! Еще один человек, которого игра задела за живое, как и меня, и который так же пошел читать материалы и смотреть видео по ней) Только глянул ваше видео, и внезапно встретил тут. Outer Wilds - великолепная игра
@@kohtyp9747 Привет!)
I couldn't get into it.
Не ожидал тебя тут встретить! Отличные ролики снимаешь! Я вот в очередной раз ищу ролики про outer wilds, потому что хочу слышать, как люди говорят про эту игру
39:04 "It has a design philosophy that is so obvious, so fundamental, that every game can and should incorporate it because it would simply make every game better. As for what that design philosophy is, I can't explain it to you..."
I do gamedev / am a Godot Engine contributor, so I'll do my best to take a crack at it.
1. Outer Wilds is a curiosity-driven game. The player's goals are not explicitly provided to them by the game. Nor is Outer Wilds the ever-touted "player's make their own goals" type of sandbox. There *is* an endgame. There *is* a purpose behind everything. But the level designers specifically layout the story as discoverable breadcrumbs that connect to a story behind-the-scenes. This makes it feel as though the game world "lives on" independently of the player, and the player is merely stepping their toe into that world and getting involved. It feels less "game-y" when the world revolves around the player's existence. The game feels more alive, and in turn, improves the immersiveness of the experience.
2. Outer Wilds is a knowledge-driven game. Typical player progression of adventure games: Use explicit tutorials or clever level design to introduce new mechanics to player. The entire game gradually 1) introduces a new mechanic, 2) demands mastery of the mechanic to progress, 3) optionally demands mastery of combinations of mechanics, and 4) optionally grants rewards for players who backtrack and use learned mechanics to solve lock-and-key style puzzles for "secrets". There is often a clear linear or branching-but-linear progression that forms a sequence of increasing difficulty.
In contrast, Outer Wilds' levels are all laid bare for the player to discover all at once. The player quickly (within a few minutes) acquires *all* of the mechanics they will ever get (player cam, jump, thrusters, ship, flashlight, camera-drone, soniscope) in a simple tutorial beginner area. The rest of the game permeates with macro-scale systems engineered into the level design that affect interactions with *many* objects ("laws" regarding quantum objects, black/white holes, tornado/jellyfish/angler/dark bramble, ghostfire, gravity/gravitational changes/cannons/teleportation). This is distinct from one-off mechanics regarding interactions with a *specific* object. They are often fundamental rules about the fictional physics systems in Outer Wilds that a player must re-educate themselves with in order to leverage those systems.
The closest equivalent to it is Breath of the Wild which similarly teaches the player a few mechanics in the opening hours and then has a huge variety of challenges and mysteries that rely on using those basic mechanics with environmental puzzles *also* relying on macro-scale systems (wood/cloth + fire/updrafts, water/ice, electricity/metal, statis/hitting, etc.). However, that is a different experience. All of the challenges/puzzles are self-contained, one-off events with private stories (divine beasts / lost woods) or no story (shrines, korok seeds) that have *no* mechanical/lore relation to other spaces. The most mysterious things in the game, dragons, are just that: mysterious with a tidbit of lore and some item bonuses. No greater truths/events hidden behind them.
Compare to Outer Wilds: Every discoverable fact about one space will inevitably carry with it hints towards a greater mystery related to it or even the starting breadcrumbs of an entirely different mystery somewhere else. All of the spaces' lore and secrets are interconnected by their subject matter. When you stumble on something interesting/different, the secret behind it is always meaningful rather than something that has no impact like BotW's shrines/seeds (95% of its content).
Outer Wilds is different from BotW systems specifically in that BotW's systems are (largely) grounded in reality while the Outer Wilds' systems are grounded in a tweaked version of reality. Similar enough to be intuitive *at first*, but different enough that things don't work quite the way you'd expect and there are many unknown variables at play. It is only by better understanding those variables that one grasps the mechanics of how to properly interact with the world in order to progress. On the flip side, BotW is much more permissive, allowing a large number of mechanical applications to result in success. It is less important to investigate, discover, and grasp specific systemic mechanics than it is to grasp a few simple systemic mechanics and creatively apply them in many scenarios.
For other games to employ Outer Wilds' techniques, you'd need more games to introduce their mechanics as macro-scale systems impacting many things all at once (harder to balance performance / craft level design). You'd need to focus less on isolated mechanics and more on simpler mechanics that can be applied in a myriad of scenarios. You'd need more story content to be revealed as actively ongoing without the player's involvement (difficult in multi-quest, story-driven games that *don't* have a time loop). You'd need story elements to be *capable* of unfolding in an unordered manner, resolving to multiple distinct story threads that culminate in a final conclusion once all discovered (difficult to write, difficult to cohesively deliver without breaking the story itsef). Honestly, it's a wonder they managed to craft Outer Wilds as it is.
You absolutely nailed it. Its a perfect description of what Outer Wilds manages to do better than like every other game. And still it does it so naturally within the games world. I would really much love atleast some parts of it in modern games. But Outer Wilds manages to do quite some difficult things (non-linearity, no map markers, no quests) and still feel just so perfectly concluded.
I think no game is like so game-y like Outer Wilds. Just because I think Outer Wilds is a game that is sooo deep in its core a real game. This piece of art can just work as a game. No other medium could create this experience than games. This game really shows what games are capable of. Not just what writers, actors, stories, music, gameplay etc. are capable of. No this is something of what no other medium could create the feeling it creates even close.
Its like a child which discovers the world and everything in it for the first time.
This game creates this feeling for adults to feel this childish couriosity again on a excellent way.
I love it really much when a game is serious with its players and trusts them and respects the players intelligence.
I know quite many do this in their story but this game even does it in its core gameplay-loop. That entire thing builds on the player himself.
Many games are telling great stories and such things but then like every step is guided by its creators.
Oh btw i have one more recommendation for you. Patholigic 2. A game where quite some of these factors are done really well too with a great mistery and the players freedom to solve it. its not as nonlinear as Outer Wilds but time is also very important here. You play in like 7 days i think and every day things change. They do that change with every decision the player made. So every decision build on the last one and what intrigued me the most is the meta-level behind things aswell as the greater mysterie. But it is a game which dont want to be fun. Its ruthless. A players decision once made stands. The player cant do all quests. In the beginning maybe even just very few (which makes a great replayability).
I would also like to hear more recommandations from you :) Your discription gave me the feeling that we have a similar taste there.
Honestly would've been a great video to make, so much effort for a CZcams post !
Can we take a moment to appreciate how good a writer Ralph is. Crafting scripts of such high quality as frequently as he does is not easy. I am sure he has some natural talent for writing, but I am also willing to bet he works on becoming a better writer. For how often Ralph praises writing in games, he deserves a cheer for his own writing prowess.
ikr sometimes writing is so good, almost as if Sam behind the words.
I especially appreciate how he can hold the opinion of not liking a game but still understanding there's something there that other's do. This is not a normal opinion these days it seems.
That is exactly what makes me wonder why he likes the writing in The Outer Worlds so much. I mean that was poorly written and is only getting the hype cause everyone's hating Bethesda now (which is totally the right thing to do, don't get me wrong) - I have the feeling Ralph is one of them and likes The Outer Worlds for the wrong reasons.
Absolutely this
@@benfrese3573 Outer worlds had bad writing? lol what...? Maybe it just wasnt for you.
"RPG chicken soup for a generation sick of life service garbage"
very well-said.
That shit should be a quote
Live service*
Totally agree. Could be bumped up a couple spots from ten, but I guess that’d be my list, not his.
@@williamrobinson6055 yes
@@zyonhenderson67 it literally is a quote.
My brother is a fan of of your videos. When he told me a trusted reviewer said that "you either haven't played Outer Wilds, or you think it's game of the year", I told him that reviewer must be full of himself.
After playing it non-stop for two days, I couldn't agree with SkilledUp more. This is one of the best games of all time. I played it on Game Pass, and I bought it as soon as I completed it just to give them another sale.
If you ever end up reading this, thanks for the video. I likely never would have played Outer Wilds if not for this video.
Dude, same.
I loved it too
Never thought I would enjoy The Outer Worlds this much
Good job Obsidian
Same for me, I just finished it yesterday and, to the very end, this game just raises a bar for itself - even if I thought I saw everything already.
Heard someone say the gunplay was trash... I guess he wasn't wrong
👍
Just finished Outer Wilds...one of the best games I've ever played...can't even explain how INCREDIBLE it is.
i teared up at the end man. That music gave me goosebumps
Thanks for pointing out Outer Wilds. Really forgot about it, but went back and picked it up thanks to your video and its retroactively one of the best games of 2019 for me :)
Yeah tbh outer worlds was actually one of the best, if not the best game of 2019
@@W-mans26 Its still the best game that's come out, I don't think a game has topped it in 3 years and I doubt anything will top it. It's engaging at every level, mechanics, story telling, world building, characters, dialogue, philosophy, symbolism. One of the best games I've ever played...
As someone who has finished the outer wilds, hearing that music at 32:41 instantly gave me goosebumps
Me too. I cried
Wow Skillup great list, especially number 1. I guess I really have to buy Outer Worlds now. Good job obsydian.
Definitely worth it. Playthrough is quite short but quality is gold.
It's an acquired taste, I didn't like it much and put it down after a couple of hours in.
@@Cenot4ph uhhhhhhh dude?
Cenot4ph gitgud
@@Joker-nh6dd hes not wrong. I agree with him
The Outer Wilds was an experience like no other in 2019. I'm so glad this made your number 1
The final moment when you figure out the Outer Wilds last mystery and put it all together will live in my mind forever.
When the outer wilds music came on, I gave a standing ovation
fakkov Me too man. I was sooo fucken happy.
Outer wilds music is complete masterpiece. Even two months after finishing the game it literally bring me to tears. I feel like I cheated the devs by buying it for 10 EUR :/
how about you give a hand
I saw Darth Vader and I clapped
I thought he said outer worlds
I was confused when I heard FFXIV's music while you talked about Sekiro. And then I saw that 2 and heard the Shadowbringers theme and almost fell off my chair. I'm so damn glad you finally gave xiv some coverage, I've wanted to hear you speak on it for a long time.
Remember when he wanted to give a review out before borderlands 3 came out? It's now almost 2020.
Too bad the base game of ffxiv is literally one of the worst games created in the history of mankind. How do people enjoy that shit!?!?!?
They say ''but the endgame is good!'' ... Good for you, masochists. But I have not found a way to get through the base game without almost getting a stroke from stress created by intens boredom.
@@Adama.1 it's getting reworked in a few months
@@Adama.1 I think any player that plays FFXIV will say that the experienced up TO endgame is far more interesting and compelling than endgame itself. Yes ARR is currently a point of struggle for all newcomers, but assuming you take an interest to the story things pick up as your approach level 50, and start your way into Heavensward. However, if you are not keen on the story, FFXIV will just not feel that great of a game.
Lvl 50 to heavensward is basically dealing & understanding primals as well as alphinald being naive.
Thank you Ralph for this video! I saw Outer Wilds in a Steam advertisement recently and remembered your review of it in this video and decided to try it. This was perfect as I had enough time to forget everything I saw in this video and go in completely blind. My god what a brilliant game. A bit Myst, bit Subnautica, bit No Man's Sky, and a lot of genius unlike anything I've played. My GOTY for 2019 as well and I'm so glad you had it in this video.
Hey look, it's me! But not really. Same boat as you homie, saw the release ad on steam, remembered vaguely the praise from Skillup onthis video, grabbed it, it is now etched into my heart forever.
This video truly is both a celebration of 2019's games and Skill Up / Ralph's experience with them. The context provided along with each title ushers in memories of the journey that we all took with him this year. I feel like what I'm saying is incredibly obvious if you paid attention, but yet so many year end videos fail to truly express the person's own experience with the titles.
Here's to 2020 and finding new experiences to love that we never saw coming!
Beautiful comment! Couldn't agree more :)
yeah u.u
Fuck yes, well said man.
And then there's Iceborn, which he's never played? Kind of ruins the list tbh
Thank you for giving The Outer Wilds the credit it deserves. Just listening to the song as the star supernovas gives me the chills and makes me emotional. That's the power the game has had on me that no other game has achieved before. To anyone blessing themselves to play it, don't spoil it for yourself. Don't look up hints or what to do. Just immerse yourself in it and enjoy.
I had never heard of Outer Wilds before stumbling onto this video a few months ago. I *might have* pirated the game to give it a try, but after completing I had to buy it immediately. And that says a lot about a game with not that much replay value. I could write paragraphs on it, but it's redundant, you have to experience it for yourself. Thank you for the recommendation, it may just be my favourite game of all time.
32:52 - You are an absolutely madlad! 😃🙌 I can't believe you actually put it at your #1.
I haven't even seen it in any of the Top 10 lists of 2019 and you put it at your #1. Great man! I respect that 👍
My boy N^3 put it at number one if his games of the DECADE list. Does it deserve that? Ehhhhh. I don't know about that. Love, nay, adore the game, but the decade?
@@Ivan-fy3pr It is a niche game,but it definitely deserves to be one of the best games of the decade
@@Ivan-fy3pr it’s the most unique gaming experience I’ve ever had and transformed my concept of what games could be.
"So without any further ado, let me show you my top ten games of 2019. BUT FIRST!" ... a little more further ado, then
Daniel Gould “But first let me show you a bunch of games that won’t be on the list so as to remove a lot of the suspense from the countdown.”
@@wrenboy2726 That...doesn't make any sense
@@janesmith1840 Think harder. You'll figure it out.
@@wrenboy2726 No you moron, I'm telling you that it objectively doesn't remove suspense from anything.
Having played Outer Wilds, I really really want to experience it again... But with how the game works I simply can't. So now I live my days forcing my friends to play it while I watch and relive it through their eyes.
Watch playthroughs on CZcams. That's how I replay it ;)
Played the first 30 minutes of outer wilds and already feel I know what you mean. WHAT A GAME. Epic £10 coupon made this the best £10 I've spent on a video game.
The timing for the music for Shadowbringers on your list was PERFECTION. One of my favorite games EVER as a expac speaks to its amazing execution.
Death Stranding gets such a bad wrap. It's just fun to hate on. I get why people wouldn't enjoy the game but a lot of "reviews" just say "I dont like walking, so it's trash". As if they're prepared to already hate it. They hardly acknowledge it's strengths, such as the narrative, voice acting, soundtrack, visuals and just the sheer level of risk and heart put into it. Not for everyone but it's my personal GOTY.
THE J-MAN I agree . Its funny because ds reminds me of darks souls and the idea of showing human's resiliency and cooperation to never give up
Metro Exodus actually has the most accurate Russian accents I've heard in any game, movie, show etc. The accent you are used to is the "Hollywood russian" accent, if you speak with a non-fluently english speaking russian this is exactly how they sound (I'm Russian, I know.)
grew up with a bunch of Ukrainians you're right this guy wouldnt know a russian accent if vladislav was blowing a load in his wife with him in the next room.
A year with a FromSoft game is always the best year.
I'm just gonna say, as always when watching your videos, 40 minutes passed way too quickly.
It's been 3 years since I discovered your channel and I'm still very glad I did. Even though you mostly meme with your brother these days, I consider the "SkillUp" channel to be the No 1. place on YT for gaming reviews and insight. I just with there were more of them.
Have a great next year, dude.
ALL PRAISE MIYAZAKI CHAAAAAAANNNNNN GOD OF GAMING
@@neildrunkmaam7040 Trigger warning:
I prefer Miyazaki games to Kojima games. No contest.
Although, I'd probably pay $600 for a game that both of them made together.
@@maskoblackfyre Agree. Fromsoft makes better games.
In miyazaki we trust
ACG is just as good
Opened my eyes to the Outer Wilds.... absolutely amazing. Thanks for not spoiling anything. Love the videos, Keep at it!
"Very excited for 2020"
Welp that didn't age well
yeah... 2020 WAS A NIGHTMARE OF A YEAR!
Uhh, what happened in 2020? I was sleeping.
@@mathatter9158 corona
Dude, your editing never ceases to amaze me. That ffxiv section in particular gave me chills. Im playing it now. Level 52 summoner thats struggling through the missions in between ARR and Heavensward. Good to know the grind will be worth it in the end. Thanks for the video, and cheers to a new year of great games and excellent videos. That goes for laymen as well.
Fappy da Bear Good luck! I also went through it this year, and Heavensward is worth powering towards.
how you finding it now? I reached stormblood after 130 hours and loving the story tbh
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse I quit again before hitting heavensward. Came back a month ago and swapped classes. From smn to paladin. Finding it much better. I just started shadowbringers and I'm fucking loving it. If you are struggling just change classes. It will help. Have fun mate. Its worth for sure.
@@fappydabear1774 luckily i chose ninja and im genuinely enjoying this class. I recently convinced a friend to start playing ffxiv so im thinking of leveling an alt job along with him. Cant wait for stormblood and shadowbringers
"Why do you use FFXIV:Shadowbringers OST behind Sekiro...? OOOOHHH"
Damn that OST. It never fails to bring chills.
This was my reaction. Perfect timing with the song :D
I thought I had some how left the game open and it went to opening credits.
As soon as I heard it I thought the same thing.
You weird man made me buy The Outer Wilds ages ago and I finally got around playing it. Well done. 2 hours in and my mind is blown. It does "just" do exploration, but man, this is one of those games where the first playthrough is the best and you need to go in blind. Everything is fun. Figuring out the Newtonian controls is fun. Figuring out the ludicrous world is fun. Being eaten by anglerfish is fun. It's just fun.
You fumbling through your review of Outer Wilds was beautiful. I’m sold.....and I will do my homework. It seems to encapsulate the experience I long for....one of abstract beauty, awe, intelligence. Worlds that defy comprehension....yet can be navigated with a learned practicality. I’m in! Thank you......
who else got chills when the outer wilds music came in?
HOLY SHIT SOMEONE FINALLY GAVE OUTER WILDS THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES.
Thank you so much Ralph.
Outer wilds or Star Wars?
Agreed just finished it today, it's core design is so strong.
Giant Bomb has it at number one for the year as well.
gremlinclr Star Wars or outer wilds? Stuck on witch to get?
Jason dp outer wilds more replay value and so much more unique.
When Ralph was talking about his #3 pick I heard some music from a game in the background of his discussion that I had come to love for a few months now. I had that game in the background when the song came on and got chills, followed by me thinking I had been kicked to the title screen of my game for being idle. Turns out Ralph just timed that music to my favorite part of the song on his #2 game count.
Well played, Ralph, very well played, and Thank you, for that moment. :)
When the Shadowbringers kicks in halfway through Sekiro mention...
yeah, loved this
My brain was like "Wait a second, why is he using the Shadowbringers theme..." then #2 came up and I laughed.
I was pogging the fuck out when that started playing in the background lol.
This video made me play Outer Wilds. It was a game I had never heard off, overcrowded by a year with Sekiro and Death Stranding and The Outer Worlds. It even lost the award for best Indie game. Now I believe this is one of the greatest games of all time. Thank you Skillup. It can be a big risk to put the popular games in 2nd and 3rd place and nominate the game no one is talking about, but thanks to this video so many people have played this masterpiece that wouldn't have so thank you.
BTW you spoil like a massive thing at 33:35 but honestly the context is so removed that it probably doesn't even matter.
The outer wilds was an amazing experience for me. I remember the first time I came across the foggy planet. I can not express the enormous amount of fear I felt as I was eaten. :)
Your commentary on the negative Death Stranding reviews was well said. I get that the game may not be for everyone, but that doesn't mean it didn't bring innovation to the table. Knowing that this is Kojima Productions' first project as an independent studio, I found it very impressive. Can't wait to play what else Kojima has in store for us in the future
More overrated garbage AS ALWAYS
Thank you for recommending the Outer Wilds. I havent heard about before your video and it was hands down one of the best gaming experiences I had in a while :D
24:02 "It's my job [as a reviewer] to ask, 'What is this game trying to achieve, who is it trying to achieve that for, and is it succeeding?" Almost two years down the road, and you still live up to this ideal in your RE8 review. This is why we love you man
A thumbs up and a deafening applaud, if for nothing else but for The Outer Wilds. It's for the developers for making this game but also for you, for recognizing this game for the absolute work of art that it is.
This is where I found out about Outer Wilds and thank you so so much for recommending. That was such an amazing experience that will stick with me forever. Can see why it isn't for everyone but I loved every bit of it. One of my favourite games ever.
Played Outer Wilds for the first time earlier this week when it started appearing at the top of everyone's GOTY lists. Holy shit was it amazing. I'm so sad that I wrote it off as "just another No Man's Sky type game" when it first came out.
It did that thing that The Witness did in 2016, putting you in an interesting world without guidance and letting your own sense of self-directed exploration and learning guide you, but it's also a lot more accessible than The Witness for people who don't like difficult puzzles or who need a story to keep them interested. Great game.
Yep both phenomenal games. Adding Manifold Garden, Talos Principle, Antichamber, Gorogoa, Obra Dinn, and the Swapper to that list - don't miss ANY of these.
There’s not even enough games in the genre to say “just another no man’s sky game “
@@immortalzealot9725 oh man, I'm glad to see another fan of antichamber. I've had friends watch me play that and they just made me keep playing. A wonderful, mind bending puzzle game.
I mean, Outer Wilds has a story, a surprisingly nice (and in some ways, a bit tragic) story.
@@immortalzealot9725 Manifold garden isn't that good. I suggest you check baba is you. I am convinced that it is the best puzzle game ever created and I played many many puzzle games.
The Outer Worlds
Outer Wilds
Outward
I mean ... this was tough to seperate wasnt it
You made the classic mistake of putting a "The" before Outer Wilds making it even more confusing
@@arenkai yeah i confuse my confusions a lot
Outward was criminally underated
@@LXXVIIZONE yes sir
all 3 were some of the best games this year, no doubt
If ace combat 7 isn't on this list im going to get a circumcision.
Edit: im a man of my word but i regret my word
Edit 2: it's scheduled for the 10th of january
Please don't fucking be a man of your word
*insert gif of Palpatine*
"Do it!"
😩😩😩
Circumcision will decrease your sexual drive and you will enjoy sex less
LOL
Here I am, 3.5 years in the future, playing Outer Wilds for the first time. I actually found it because I was curious about Deathloop and watched your review on that, only for you to mention in that review that you believe Outer Wilds is the best game of all time. I knew very little about the game, except that you can only truly experience it once, but holy hell what a fantastic purchase.
I only have 3 hours of playtime now, but I've never played a game that so engrossed me in its atmosphere, at times making me feel completely hopeless and full of existential dread, but at the same giving me feelings of awe, curiosity, and hope.
It really is the best $20 I've ever spent on a video game
Enjoy it. I know people always talk about games they wish they could forget so they could play again, but I honestly wish that could be done for this game. Outer Wilds came out of nowhere for me and I think it's now my favourite game of all time.
This is also the year I discovered you, SkillUp, and though I disagree with you sometimes, you are easily one of my favourite reviewers for games, and when you explained your philosophy during the Death Stranding segment, I now knew why. Keep up the good work!
"More meaningful & thought provoking"
Has luigi's mansion in background
so true
Luigi x Gooigi can be thought provoking.
For a second there I thought Skill Up’s number one game of the year would be Anthem.
Genuinely forgot that came out this year...
But it's obviously GOTY tho
@@Agent1245_ Fallout 76 has given me hours of entertainment and I haven't even played it, obviously GOTY!
@@Agent1245_ jew
@@miki-we8mg what
You convinced me, I’ll buy The Outer Wilds
Same
How was it?
Colin Anderson I stopped playing midway, it’s extremely interesting, not any action tho. The lore and story is the main focus. Soundtrack is amazing.
Lucas Jordan oof, it be like that :/
Colin Anderson I think it’s one of the most amazing games I have ever played. It’s definitely not going to be for everyone but the journey of finding the eye of the universe and uncovering it’s mysteries was spectacular. There isn’t really anything else out there like it. I’m recommending it to everyone I know.
I appreciate that you’re a reviewer who didn’t just put out a review if you weren’t happy with it. Mad respect.
"At the end of the day, fun is the most important thing in video games."
(Didn't play DMC 5)
grateful dead ftw
Let's be honest this is a shitty list to not include DMC5, especially considering the mediocre games that are put in
@@JurritdHaan Is borderlands 3 on the list?
@@JurritdHaan meh, I didn't like DMC5, games are subjective you know
@@Neiropa No, you officially have shit tastes.
Final fantasy shadow bringers was absolutely incredible and definitely deserves the praise it received.
Playing the hades theme...... god what a fight! Especially the extreme version.
28:18 the second I heard the music, the amount of emotions and joy that FF14 brings immediately flooded in. FF14: Shadowbringers is easily my favorite game of all time
Hey do you know the name of the music at 21:48?
Alv Noah BB’s Theme from Death Stranding
@@bigj2105 Thank you so much!!
Alv Noah np. I’ve listened to it about a million times since I played the game. Has such a great soundtrack.
@@bigj2105 Yeah the soundtrack is extremely beautiful.
Thanks for mentioning Metro Exodus, I was kind of surprised how seldom I've been seeing it in year-end roundups. I think it wins my GotY, or it's at least tied with Sekiro for me.
I was just ... breathlessly captivated by nearly every moment of that game. I haven't cared about the characters in an FPS game that much since probably Half Life 2.
I Hope you Player outer wilds
I bought Metro Exodus
I played it and finished it
When i played it, i had fun...but after i was done with it i started disliking the game...it seems my expectations for the game was so high that after finishing it i was like
Is that it...the game just ended...done
I see a trend with "Epic exclusives" ( which are sometimes available on PC game pass too ), they make a lot of noise before release because of the controversy, then they release, most people agree they're meh and immediately forget about them.
Even Borderlands 3, a week after release nobody was talking about it anymore, and I didn't see anyone putting it on their GOTY list yet. That's weird considering how many fans were hyped for that game.
@@Texelion3Dprints its just bl3
@@lordfaust023 I had the opposite experience, I finished it back in March and still today I could probably tell you almost everything that happened in chronological order.
I was _invested,_ boi.
That feeling when a mystery that had you stumped in Outer Wilds clicks and suddenly everything makes sense, everything falls into place, just nothing like it in gaming seriously.
Placing outer wilds on n 1 is the biggest W possible
Finally someone who acknowledged metro exodus, its crazy how everyone including gamr awards just ignored that game like it was nothing
Say that to devil may cry 5 or fire emblem
MrCynical 64 persona 5 as well during 2017
@@Tonberry999 well the awards are rigged as did anyone know that are votes don't matter since ours are only 10 percent of the vote and people like IGN vote that's why action games like dragon age and sekiro won when in the golden joystick awards resident evil 2 remake won just proves my point and most people think that's goty anyway like people like YongYea thought resident evil 2 remake was gonna win that's how many people thought it was gonna win
metro exodus was meh. sure it was pretty. but I wouldn't call it game of the year material when there have been enough better games out
exodus gameplay was awfully boring and the characters were bland, I dont really know what makes it so good for some people
All I have to say is… "Welcome to Fire Emblem" :D
And this is a good Video
I played the original fire emblem on GBA...i will have to check this new one out.
@@Kiryu_YTgt its well worth it. Such a fun game.
Yeah, Fire Emblem was my GotY
Trash
Hope he does a review eventually.
That Chicken soup analogy was perfection.
Let me just start off by saying that you have, over the course of 2019, come to be my favorite reviewer by a mile. Quite a few miles in fact.
The structure of your videos and the amount of care that goes into them is heartwarming and I found myself to agree with most of your points for about every one of your reviews I have seen so far. The choice of game scenes, the music selection, the clear and concise way of communicating your personal feelings as well as objective aspects about each game are top notch and in some cases I found myself re-watching certain reviews multiple times because they were not only incredibly informing but also very entertaining to watch by themselves.
I believe I found your channel through your review of Monster Hunter: Worlds, after having finished the game's story line and already having spent a few hundred hours playing it. Seeing someone else putting out their love for this game to the world like this moved me immensely and I do still come back to the video from time to time just to hear you talk about its qualities and achievements. However, even for games that I have never played or have no intention of playing, I still love hearing your opinions about them to decide whether they would fit my preferred style of playing or are just worth going out of one's comfort zone for.
While I do not entirely agree with all of the placements in this particular video, as is to be expected, every point you made is so well thought through that I came to question my own opinions in favor of a more objective view on these games. A prime example for this, yet not the only one, is Death Stranding, a game that I did not connect to whatsoever before but might just pick up and play for myself after hearing what you had to say about it.
So, to keep this already rather lengthy comment as concise as possible, thank you for putting in so much effort and love into your work. I hope to see much more from you in the years to come.
Siversoul Check out his actual channel, it’s called Laymen Gaming
@@lroberts5730 Oh wow, I didn't even know about that. I'll have to check it out then, thanks for the recommendation!
I finally bought Outer Wilds from Steam recently and today I was wondering that it was due to whose recommendation that made me interested in that game in the first place and not so surprisingly first it was Adam Millard's 'How Outer Wilds Makes Running Out of Stuff Fun' video where I first notice this game and then eventually your this video and The Writing on Games 'Top Five Games of 2019' List that made me do it and I am really grateful for that because this game is just so amazing! 🙌
Play DMC5. Seriously, play it. Months on, people are still refining their craft and finding new interactions in the game. I wouldn't say the game does anything really new, but it's, in my opinion, the best higher speed/intensity action game ever made. The sheer wealth of options and ways to play is incredible, and the game's careful never to ask too much of the player, even on the higher difficulty levels. Nero alone is a masterclass in making a character who is easy to play and understand, but takes hundreds if not thousands of hours to truly master.
All I care about is it sold well and we'll definitely get another one. DMC is in a league of its own.
I did my homework Laymen Gaming! Thank you so much for the recommendation, has definitely become my game of the year.
Disco Elysium is something special. I want to read every single word from that game, the writing is brilliant.
I tried that game for like 3 hours and I got so fucking bored of it. Honestly, it's incredible how much I hated the game.
I'm a pretty casual gamer and don't ever comment on CZcams videos, but your review of Outer Wilds is why I picked that game up, and it's one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. Thank you for the review!
I remember when I was in school talking to my English teacher about how I didn't think Ulysses by James Joyce was a great book because it wasn't especially fun to read. I remember he said "does art have to be fun to be great?" That question really resonated with my experience of Death Stranding, which (like Ulysses) takes a very mundane experience and stretches it out into an, at times alienating and over-indulgent, incredibly long experience that ultimately has an overwhelmingly emotional payoff. The medium of games is maturing in my mind, and we've got to that point of art history where realism has been more or less achieved so we're free to stretch sideways into the means of communication unique to this medium. Death Stranding is by no means the first game to do so, just as Ulysses was by no means the first piece of literature to feature stream of consciousness, or focus on the mundane or even be so esoteric, but I can see it going down in history as one of those primary cultural signposts in the same way that Ulysses did: a point at which the medium stopping focusing on one thing and started reaching for something else.
This year has not been terrible by any stretch. In fact i would say it was moderately good. Loot boxes are now dirty. EA actually released not 1 but 2 good games for a change that werent aggressively monetised trash. And mixed in amongst were some really good titles. Nothing has ever come close to 1998 IMO. That is a year the gods decided to rain down an orgy of epic titles upon our heads. And i am forever thankful i was alive and cognitively capable to play them all forever and ever amen.
The second that ShadowBringers theme hit I got chills, you're a legend!
@EveryChevyChase You wont regret it! Original game story and quests aren't indicative of the actual game. Each DLC it gets better and better. By Shadowbringers, its a masterpiece.
I was just listening in the background when I heard the outer wilds soundtrack and I got chills again. The Outer Wilds completely deserves the number 1 spot on that list. It's been the most unique gaming experience I have in a while - maybe since ever. The things the game did were beyond genius and the game was honestly almost life-changing. This game is nothing but pure art and anyone who hasn't played it should play it. It will without a doubt be the best purchase you will make this year.
"This game is nothing but pure art"
Makes me consider putting it off for later. "Art" is usually how people describe things that are shallow and convoluted by game standards but loved by non-gamers.
@@budthecyborg4575 Oh, it's way more than that.
It is different for sure. It uses new concepts and mechanics that I would love to see in future games.
It's very much a proper experience and I hope there will be some developers that are going to take some stuff away from it.
@@budthecyborg4575 No.. lol not even a little bit but I get why you think that, it comes off pretentious. But nah this game is actually incredible, it's hard not to gush over it tbh lmao. I'd definitely say to give it a chance.
The absolute, unequivocal, gold standard of gaming channels. Makes every game he covers a better experience for the gamer!
"2019, whooooa, what a year...!" Just you wait, buddy.
I just started playing FF14 and have to say I am loving it. Ive not played an MMO in 7 years and have jumped into FF14 with open arms and couldnt be more happier that I'm back to playing an MMO.
That's awesome to hear man! I haven't played a true-to-form MMO in at least a decade and a half. I'm *very* interested in FF14, would you recommend the purchase?
@@VeteranXGaming I most certainly would. It's slow at first but picks up a lot once you hit the first expansion quest.
Death Stranding is DEFINITELY my game of the year. The most unique and beautiful game I played this year.
Dummy high highs and low lows. Fascinating game but I haven't recommended it to anyone in case they hate it and blame me LOL
@Rosencrantz Implying that someone not liking Death Stranding means they're close minded is a really ignorant thing to do, though. Just because you enjoy new unique experiences doesn't mean you will enjoy Death Stranding, just like even if you don't you still might. Hell, sometimes it's not even a matter of the gameplay loop, since I for example found Death Stranding absolutely boring because of all of the monotonous walking around doing glorified escort missions, instead this time the thing you're escorting is your cargo, but love something like the Digimon World 1 style games(so World 1, Re:Digitize, Re:Digitize:Decode and -Next 0rder-) in which you're essentially a glorified single parent raising 1(or 2 in -Next 0rder-) Digimon that does little more than eat, shit, train and fight. Presentation, the universe and tone make a really big difference in someone's enjoyment of a game.
PH Lol, escort missions? Navigating the terrain is the point. It’s not just walking to point A to point B like in other games. You have to think about how you’re gonna get there.
Ralph, hearing you talk about Outer Wilds reflects so much of how I felt after Pathologic 2.
There is a new bookmark in my life: games I played before Pathologic 2, and games I played after.
I was thinking the same thing! Particularly with the way time works in both games.
lol those devs got fucked hard
You gave me my favourite game of all time through this... Thank you so much, no piece of media has ever quite made such a mark on me.
EDIT: I meant Outer Wilds, in case that wasn't obvious!!
I just finished Outer Wilds. It is truly mind blowing.
I really liked Days Gone, probably the game I played the most this year.
Agreed it was my personal Game of The year!
@@Sannoz weird^^
I really enjoyed it too
Criminally underrated game. I enjoyed it more than most PS4 exclusives that got high praises this generation.
BuT hOw CaN iT bE GOTY If It FeAtUrEs A gRuFf WhItE MaLe PrOtAgOnIsT. - Literally IGN.
Alright, SkillUp, I just bought Outer Wilds entirely at your urging. Here's to a breathtaking decade.
Everyone did DMCV dirty LMAO while praising COD. It’s not like we get DMC every year.
If you decided to play DMC for real, don’t go through it with with Devil Hunter thinking you played the whole game. The game is designed with Son of Sparda and above. Vergil fight with full moveset on Son of Sparda
Yeah, kills me this game came out in March and you have all these reviewers that haven't played it, yet picked up Anthem. Blows my mind.
DMC fanss at least got some recognition.
Try being a desperate Pathologic 2 advocate and screaming in the wind with nobody even looking at the game :(
At least Outer Wilds got the recognition it deserved in this particular list and some others, but Pathologic 2 has been snobbed all around
I thought about playing again but screw that game for forcing that V into the game. Such a boring combat style and completely ruins the flow of the game for me.
@@J3f3R20n
He has my favourite combat gameplay though.
To each their own I suppose
@@J3f3R20n I think the problem is the fact that hes in a game with 2 of the funnest movesets in gaming lol
I wouldn't play Sekiro in one go, or as my only game at any given time. But sitting down for an hour, and just fighting one or two bosses is super satisfying. For me, it's the closest a game has come to overly spicy food. I can't eat mountains of it, but I keep coming back for the thrill.
The Outer Wilds hit me harder than any other game in recent years, simple yet so complicated, from the first time the supernova hit and I started the next cycle confused to completing the story and watching the ending with a smile on my face. It tested me, confused me, made me laugh, scared and amazed in cycles of 22 minutes. I'm a better person for playing it and that's not even a joke.
So happy you're giving FFXIV the recognition it deserves!
Just hearing the music! I am sad that the music didn't get nominated for any of it since it is probably the best sound track in 2019
Hope Manuela sees this bro 😳
Now theres two HUGE reasons why it belongs on this list
@BMO thicc professor from fire emblem
Finally someone that gives the outer wilds some justice. I could not recommend this game to my friends enough and praise it like crazy. The outer wilds was so refreshing to play and finish, also the way it makes you feel some times is unexplainable but amazing.
Happy 2020 SkillUp! It was great to enjoy all these games with you and your brother in 2019. Seriously, you guys at Laymen are my favorite youtubers. I enjoy watching you guys, you have thoughtful and thought provoking things to say, and I’m really looking forward to experiencing a crazy new year of great gaming with you guys. I generally get to your reviews late because I want to finish whatever game you’re reviewing first but I have to say, no one else makes better reviews than you. I genuinely feel that SkillUp and ACG set the bar for comprehensive, intelligent, fair and respectful, and quality reviews in this industry. Thanks for making all of your great content this past year and I wish you guys the best in the year to come.
I love watching these videos a year after they're posted so I know what to buy when it's on offer!
Same! :)
I loved the shit out of Death Stranding, the game had the same vibes as Shadow of the Colossus when I first played it back in 2006.
@Ross Skarr I missed the part where I asked for your opinion
@Ross Skarr Calm your tits bro it's just a game.
@Ross Skarr Good for you.
@Ross Skarr no one here should take you seriously
23:39 he's using JackSepticEyes ladder! I remember him placing that ladder in his playthrough! Ooooh that's golden
2019 is the year of "This releases on the platform I want in 2020."
Yeah I'll play outer wilds when it's not trapped in the epic store
Unless you're on PS4
EmperorSigismund You could say the same thing for 2020, given most AAA games will be available on next gen as well, not even accounting for backward compatibility.
I'm just here to say thank you for convincing me to play outer wilds in 2019. It has still been the best video game experience I have ever had.
Putting a game at number 3 that you didn't personally enjoy but could see why it was genius, hmm, respect.
I completely forgot Metro Exodus even existed. Guess that is a side effect of going exclusive.
... Says the PC only gamer
@@DV-ou1yu Thanks for your input.
@@yontevenknow3789 no problem my man
The facial animations are perfect in death stranding, it really shows at the end with the die-hardman scene.
Troy Baker was surprising too, but Die-hardman stole the spotlight at the end wow....just imagine what the next-gen will bring...
I'll be perfectly honest, to this day, I didn't realize that The Outer Wilds was not The Outer Worlds...
Adding it to my wishlist.
Thanks for recommending Outer Wilds… randomly remembered your praise of this game and you were right it’s breathtaking… never too late to experience it!