The 10 Best Video Games of 2023
time.com
From notable remakes like 'Dead Space' to long-awaited follow-ups like 'Alan Wake II'
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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
  • Vespair@lemm.eeEnglish
    272·
    11 months ago

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

    • Razgriz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      11 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.worldEnglish
      81·
      11 months ago

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

    • M137@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

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

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
      53·
      11 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.eeEnglish
        34·
        11 months ago

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

        • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
          32·
          11 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-cant@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            11 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.eeEnglish
              1·
              11 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?

            • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              11 months ago

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

  • Frogster8@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    11 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.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 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.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 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.luEnglish
      1·
      11 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.worldEnglish
    145·
    11 months ago

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

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    112·
    11 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.

  • DODOKING38@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    11 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

  • mintiefresh@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Wish Street Fighter 6 made the list. I know fighting games aren’t in style but SF6 was such a great entry into the fight game genre.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I liked fighting games, mostly MK but the newer ones give me the ick. They’re not as fun, is SF a standout or just good in that role?