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Only bangers from here on out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So… 2021 was certainly a year… right? To be completely honest it was a year of growth for me. But that is a talk for another time. Anyways, 2021 was a great year for games. To pull a quote from Shawn Layden circa E3 2017, “it has never been a better time to be a gamer”. 2021 also saw the official resurrection of G4 as an entertainment channel (don’t worry, the finale of Celebrating G4 focusing on Portal is on the way as well); but that’s not why you are sitting at your terminal reading this. It’s for seeing the games that made the list. So. Here. We. Go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I had mentioned on a previous episode of Player’s Club<\/a> that I had never played a Ratchet & Clank<\/em> game and wanted to rectify that before the next iteration of the franchise was released so I had started back 20 years prior with the first title in the series. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to complete the first Ratchet & Clank<\/em> (or any for that matter). So I jumped into Rift Apart<\/em> with virtually no knowledge of the greater worldview or timeline of events either. All that said, this is one hell of a game, and a great time at that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game, as you might assume, has to do with multiversal elements. The main characters of this game are obviously Ratchet and Clank, but their doppelgangers are Rivet; a lombax who is part of the fight against the big bad of her world, and Kit, who as Emmett said on the Game of the Year podcast, is a character with a large number of spoilers attached. So, make sure to play this game and you’ll know what I mean. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart<\/em> is not only welcoming for new players but shines even brighter if you have a history with the series as there were numerous easter eggs, nods to past games, and alternate versions of established characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that said, there are really no problems or issues that really hampered my experience with the game. The biggest gripe I had with Rift Apart<\/em> wasn\u2019t really a problem with the game and more of an issue of me not playing all the mainline games so I could understand and enjoy the experience on a deeper level. I\u2019m glad I played this game as the future of the franchise looks brighter than the sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> Brilliant Diamond<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I started playing Pok\u00e9mon right at the beginning of the series debut in the late 1990s and I was obsessed from 1998 to 2004. After Pok\u00e9mon Ruby and Pok\u00e9mon Sapphire<\/em>, I stopped playing Pok\u00e9mon in general. So when I got back into the series with Let\u2019s Go Pikachu and Sword\/Shield I wanted to try and pick up where I had left off. I had purchased Heart Gold\/Soul Silver, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum years ago, and\u2026 they were all fakes. So I then learned that Generation 4 of Pok\u00e9mon (Diamond<\/em> and Pearl<\/em>), would be getting remade I got all hyped up to the point where I bought a Dialga and Palkia Switch Lite. Then I played Brilliant Diamond<\/em> and Shining Pearl<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nothing wrong with Brilliant Diamond<\/em> or Shining Pearl<\/em>. But at the same time, there\u2019s nothing special about them. After pouring a combined 50 hours into Let\u2019s Go Pikachu<\/em> and Shield<\/em>, Brilliant Diamond<\/em> felt like more of the same. The same is great but it makes you wonder what could\u2019ve been instead. Considering it was Ilca who, prior to Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl had never fully developed a video game, that was chosen to make the remaster and not Game Freak proper who were busy working on the now released Pokemon Legends: Arceus<\/em> I\u2019m glad BD was more of the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Legends: Arceus<\/em> now released to the masses and downloadable content all but assured, the real question is what will come first: The 9th Generation of Pok\u00e9mon or the \u201cremaster\u201d of Black and White? Only time will tell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marvel\u2019s<\/strong> Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Marvel\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em>is the second Marvel game from Square-Enix following the release of Marvel\u2019s Avengers<\/em>. Due to the stigma that the latter has attached to it (even though the story is perhaps the best part), Guardians<\/em> has had heavy expectations on it following its reveal last year at E3. Perhaps even greater expectations due to the reception of Avengers<\/em>. But as you can probably tell from the official VGU Game of the Year awards covering last year\u2019s crop of games, Guardians<\/em> was number two in the overall Game of the Year. Here\u2019s why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than cash in on the MCU version of the galactic misfits, Eidos Montreal chose to create an original story that was woven by different aspects\/stories about these characters. Take Peter Quill\/Star-Lord for instance, his Mom doesn\u2019t die as a result of the \u201cgrand plan\u201d of a character with a massive Ego, but rather a variation on her demise in the comics. This game might just be the most loyal to the source material piece of media I\u2019ve ever played. Considering that characters like Fin Fang Foom, Adam Warlock, and Nichollete Gold appear in this game (the latter of whom plays a big part in this game) along with mainstays such as Cosmo, Mantis (who may actually be the best version of the character I\u2019ve ever seen and I want to see more of), and some characters\/races I never expected to see comic-accurate versions of made me put this game above Life is Strange: True Colors.<\/em> Speaking of that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life is Strange: True Colors\/Wavelengths<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To say I\u2019m a fan of Life is Strange<\/em> is a bit of an understatement. When I first played Life is Strange<\/em> around this time three years ago I fell in love. I fell in love with the characters, narrative, and themes of the game. The biggest is finding a place to call home and a family in that home. For most of the game, I was in love with Haven and really adored the life of the town. But as is it with Life is Strange<\/em>, things aren\u2019t as they appear to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was at the end of Chapter 4 that the game took a radical shift in a dark direction. In order to survive, Alex Chen had to face her past. What you find as the player solves the big mystery of the game and in turn ruins everything that was being built in the first four chapters of the game. The moment I\u2019m referring to is completely unearned and when factored into the story feels like the famous George Lucas quote \u201cit\u2019s like poetry, it rhymes.\u201d However, after thinking about it more it could be debated that it is something greater in the grand scheme of things and is destiny calling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that aside, the real reason True Colors<\/em> is on this list is the prequel story \u201cWavelengths<\/em>\u201d focusing on Steph Gingrich who made her return in True Colors<\/em> after debuting in Before the Storm<\/em>. The downloadable episode features Steph working at the radio station\/record store and popping in at four points throughout the year. When the game is started you are asked if you saved Arcadia Bay or let it get destroyed by the storm in the first Life is Strange<\/em> game. Depending on the choice made you will have two vastly different experiences. Throughout the episode, you are contacted by a character from Before the Storm<\/em>, and Steph ghosts said character until Halloween. It\u2019s at this point where I felt like I was in Steph\u2019s shoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that point in the game, Steph is filled with anger and some PTSD. Certain moments in the story trigger the event that changed Steph forever. Throughout the story, Steph is working on a song that is the narrative thread that connects all four parts of the story. There are different permutations of the song and what it can ultimately turn out to be and it may be my favorite song in all of True Colors<\/em>. The tune that runs through the entire song is phenomenal and whoever it was who created it, I salute you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Resident Evil: Village<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It still feels strange that we are back in the throes of good Resident Evil games. I remember Resident Evil 6<\/em> and Operation Raccoon City<\/em> as if it were yesterday. (Check out a near ten-year-old video<\/a> of VGU alum Matt Mobley and myself playing ORC) Once I played 2017\u2019s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard<\/em> I knew the reemergence of the series was upon us. Instead of playing as the same characters as was the case of the first six games you were placed in the Everyman shoes of Ethan Winters who is in Dulvey, Louisiana in search of his missing wife Mia. Hilarity ensues and a familiar face comes to the rescue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020 rumors were running rampant that the sequel to Resident Evil 7<\/em> would expand the monster mash to include werewolves and vampires in a rural eastern setting and would attempt to recapture the opening of the greatest Resident Evil<\/em> game (in my opinion), Resident Evil 4<\/em>. I said on an episode of WiN that it was too far out there and like most times I am confident about something being correct or wrong, I was wrong. About a week later, Resident Evil: Village<\/em> was revealed to the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While everyone in the world seemed to lose it over the giant vampire Lady Dimitrescu, I lost it at the change made to Chris Redfield who looked like he took heavy doses of HGH compared to the way he looked in his last appearance. I brought up on one of the Game of the Year podcast episodes about how little effort went into the design of Ethan Winters. The entire game feels like a commentary on Resident Evil as a series. There\u2019s the Resident Evil\/Resident Evil 2 aesthetic seen with the first area, the P.T.-inspired area where you have limited weapon usage. There\u2019s the water-centric area where you have to be super precise and accurate. Then the area that I guarantee was inspired by Resident Evil 5 because the main villain of said area is a major edge-lord. Finally, the last area of the game is a direct callback to RE7<\/em>. Once I realized what was really going on with Ethan I had a major case of \u201cwhy didn\u2019t I put two and two together?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s all folks. Those were my Top 5 of 2021. Hopefully, the sequel to Jedi Fallen Order releases this year, or else I\u2019ll have to cut a bitch\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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