20(23) Games You Should Have Played
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2023
- (Whoops! turns out Chants of Sennaar isn't on gamepass, sorry!)
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2023 is being heralded as the best year ever for videogames - and with good reason. From AAA blockbusters, to mega-hit revivals of old franchises to indie surprises taking the world by storm, it seems almost everyone is in agreement that this year has been one of the best for games... ever.
However, The Architect isn't satisfied - with all these good games coming out, it was only inevitable that some would slip through the cracks and not get the exposure they rightfully deserve. That's why every year this series of videos emerges from its post-holiday slumber to tell you all about 20 games from the last year you should have played... but probably didn't - and this year there are some real surprises in store...
You Saw
Pikmin 4
Marvel's Spiderman 2
Final Fantasy 16
Dave The Diver
Super Mario Wonder
Baldur's Gate 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom
Armored Core
Hi-Fi Rush
Lethal Company
Let's Revolution
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Street Fighter 6
Coccoon
Viewfinder
Alan Wake 2
Mr Sun's HatBox
Pizza Tower
Lies of P
Atomic Heart
Forespoken
Skull Island: Rise of Kong
Redfall
Lord of the Rings Gollum
Starfield
The Day Before
Pseudoregalia
rittzler.itch.io/pseudoregalia
Gravity Circuit
www.gog.com/en/game/gravity_c...
Dredge
www.fanatical.com/en/game/dredge
Myhouse.wad
www.doomworld.com/forum/topic...
Jusant
store.steampowered.com/app/19...
Your Only Move is Hustle
store.steampowered.com/app/22...
24 Killers
store.steampowered.com/app/16...
South Scrimshaw
store.steampowered.com/app/24...
Laika: Aged Through Blood
store.steampowered.com/app/17...
King of the Castle
www.fanatical.com/en/game/kin...
Against the Storm
store.steampowered.com/app/13...
Terra Nil
www.gog.com/en/game/terra_nil
Mosa Lina
store.steampowered.com/app/24...
En Garde!
store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Cassette Beasts
www.indiegala.com/store/game/...
World of Horror
store.steampowered.com/app/91...
Void Stranger
system-erasure.itch.io/void-s...
Chants of Sennar
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/c...
Roboquest
store.steampowered.com/app/69...
Slay The Princess
store.steampowered.com/app/19... 
Игры
Here's the complete list of 20(23) Games You Should Have Played! (spoilers!)
~~~~*scifi noises* SPOILER BARRIER ACTIVATE!!! *scifi noises*~~~~~~
Pseudoregalia
rittzler.itch.io/pseudoregalia
Gravity Circuit
www.gog.com/en/game/gravity_circuit
Dredge
www.fanatical.com/en/game/dredge
Myhouse.wad
www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/134292-myhousewad/
Jusant
store.steampowered.com/app/1977170/Jusant/
Your Only Move is Hustle
store.steampowered.com/app/2212330/Your_Only_Move_Is_HUSTLE/
24 Killers
store.steampowered.com/app/1668310/24_Killers/
South Scrimshaw
store.steampowered.com/app/2443110/South_Scrimshaw_Part_One/
Laika: Aged Through Blood
store.steampowered.com/app/1796220/Laika_Aged_Through_Blood/
King of the Castle
www.fanatical.com/en/game/king-of-the-castle
Against the Storm
store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
Terra Nil
www.gog.com/en/game/terra_nil
Mosa Lina
store.steampowered.com/app/2477090/Mosa_Lina/
En Garde!
store.steampowered.com/app/1654660/En_Garde/
Cassette Beasts
www.indiegala.com/store/game/cassette-beasts/1321440
World of Horror
store.steampowered.com/app/913740/WORLD_OF_HORROR/
Void Stranger
system-erasure.itch.io/void-stranger
Chants of Sennar
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/chants-of-sennaar
Roboquest
store.steampowered.com/app/692890/Roboquest/
Slay The Princess
store.steampowered.com/app/1989270/Slay_the_Princess/
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My new year's resolution is going to be no more mean things about twitter which is going to be hard because it's s- ok fine next year maybe: twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot
No Cyber Knights Flashpoint?
Another oddly fun game: "Give Me Toilet Paper!"
It may not be the #1 low-budget game of the year, but it's a solid #2.
im not really married to the lore of Mega Man, so to hear that Gravity Circuit is what Mega Man should be rn works perfect for me. by all means lets get a Gravity Circuit 2 or something next.
Okay be honest - how many of these came from Iron Pineapple's "I played another X Soulslikes" videos? :-D
When I watched a few slay the princess videos the narrator sounded very familiar, are you the narrator for that game, did you work on the game?
Slay the Princess is 100% on my to play list for this year
wish you'd told me earlier - if I'd known I wouldn't have had to make the video! damn
My favorite game released this year, it's soo good!
Same! I started playing it yesterday and it's quite the experience
If anyone out there likes The Magnus Archives, Johnathan Sims voices about 3/4 of the dialog lines in Slay the Princess.
I'm waiting for the extended cut that's going to come out. I'm looking forward to it
Slay the Princess is unbelievably well written and voiced. It's a 3 hour game that I played for 20 hours just to see absolutely everything it had to offer, and it kept surprising and impressing me the whole time.
I was about to try it until I saw the price tag 💀
If it's without your budget or unreasonably priced in your region, you may need to sail the high seas 🏴☠️
@hipunpun
And iirc, the developers avtively support doing that if you aren't able to afford it.
@@codesymphony17.99?
Id say that due to the very clear intent for replayability there's an expectation most people would at least, generally, do two playthroughs. Making it a six hour game at the least. I would expect only a very rare weirdo or to stop at 3 hours. Or just someone who doesn't like it.
TIMESTAMPS
2:04 Pseudoregalia
2:49 Gravity Circuit
3:31 Dredge
4:11 Myhouse.wad
4:52 Jusant
5:44 Your Only Move is Hustle
6:30 24 Killers
7:22 South Scrimshaw
8:14 Laika: Aged Through Blood
9:00 King of the Castle
9:44 Against the Storm
10:31 Terra Nil
11:10 Mosa Lina
12:00 En Garde!
12:40 Cassette Beasts
13:21 World of Horror
14:06 Void Stranger
14:50 *INTERLUDE*
16:27 Chants of Sennar
18:06 Roboquest
19:31 Slay The Princess
thank mr skeltal
Thanks for that
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People like you are the only ones who pass into the halls of Elysium.
Sad that Bopl Battle hadn't been big enough to make it to the list, freshest platform fighter in a while
Hi hello. This is a formal thank you for creating the entire section about Slay the Princess, it was an absolute joy to watch.
It was created in a semi-delirious state at about 3AM so glad you liked it!
@@ArchitectofGames It was the perfect sales pitch to "I can Fix Her" simulator.
@@ArchitectofGames I'd argue that the scene would in fact be lesser, if it wasn't made in those circumstances specifically.
When I played this game I immediately ran to the credits to check if the voice actor was Adam Millard, but it wasn't. This bit makes me think maybe he's using a pseudonym.
seems like a very inside-joke type thing. it means nothing to someone who knows nothing about the game
So glad Pseudoregalia was on this list, but I can't believe you didn't mention that there's an in-game toggle specifically to change whether Sybil wears pants
the most important accessibility option
@@ArchitectofGames Yes, it's in the Ease of Access settings.
@@half_real ease of ass-ess
Chants of Sennaar was so good that my sister and I basically finished it in one day; it was insanely addicting and like nothing we had ever played before
Might I recommend Heaven's Vault? It's also a game about learning and translating a fictional language, and it's been featured on the 20(19) list
I might recomen Outer wilds, it is fairy similar in what you are doing
@@albetoferroleba6700 As much as I adore outer wilds and chants of sennaar and I think everyone ever should play them both, I don't see how the two relate at all.
@@bananatheo3796 wouldn’t stretch it too far but they both have you exploring “foreign” cultures for clues.
That narrative for Slay the Princess was AMAZING! What an excellent way to show what the game is like without spoiling anything. That was truly brilliant. I love every video you do and I'm proud to be one of your patrons. It's well worth the money to help someone make such entertaining and insightful videos. Cheers to a new year, Adam!
Loved your section on "Slay The Princess"
Phenomenal game, can be enjoyed by even those who do not enjoy Visual Novels.
is your profile picture from 'goodnight punpun'?
@@levipromovies yup! :)
I got totally addicted to Against the Storm like a week ago and I’ve already put an ungodly number of hours into it. It solves my issue of feeling like there’s no “point” in a lot of city builders because there’s a clear goal and feeling of progression. Really really fantastic game!
Mosa Lina cracks me up because I played the demo, felt like the items I had were poorly designed for the challenge, and moved on to the next demo. No where did it explain it's gimmick and I was surprised when I heard people describing it as amazing several months later.
i first saw it when i watched grayfruit play it and watching him shmoove through the game made me pretty quickly realize how good it is
Void Stranger is definitely my goty. I got super obsessed with it while playing and now I'm trying to speed run it.
Void Stranger is an absolutely fantastic game that reminds me of Baba Is You's great puzzles and La Mulana's many, many secrets.
I haven't played Chants of Sennaar, but if Tunic told me anything, is that languages are super fun.
Edit: Just beat Sennaar last night. Definitely worth it.
I used that same description to explain Void Stranger. It's seriously top 3 of the year for me. The devs have another previous game that I haven't played yet but has great reviews too, Zero Ranger
Chants, Jusant, and Cassette Beasts absolutely blew me away. What a strong year for games. Super excited to check out the indies I haven't played on this list.
Everything I've played on this list is excellent. This guy has impeccable taste. I will definitely be checking out some more of these. Slay the Princess is my personal fave so far.
yomi hustle is incredible and my personal favorite game of 2023, the base game is great but i think you should have mentioned the mod support which is what truly elevates it to another level, there are hundreds of fun and incredibly cool playable characters so even if you don't settle on a main the game is always fresh thanks to all the stuff the community is putting out
Never heard of the game before, given that it's one minute it's better to sell the base game. Still not sure if turn-based fighting game is fun...
If somebody is interested they will learn about modding soon enough.
I've played the game for more than 100 hours, so I feel qualified to answer: YES, it is fun! Incredibly fun!
This is both the most satisfying and most challenging game I've played over the months I was invested in it!@@bnjkf9u3
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Many players jokingly describe it as "Chess 2". It's more tactical and intellectual than most fighting games, though less thrilling to play most of the time.
I am obsessed with Against the Storm. It’s the first settlement builder game I’ve found with a progression system that I enjoy and actually pushes me to explore different strategies than doing the same few things over and over again.
Slay the Princess is fantastic. I’ve done one playthrough of it but I intend to go back and 100% it soon.
En Garde was a solid 4-5 hour adventure that was fun the whole way through. The epitome of short and sweet.
World of Horror I’ve played a couple of playthroughs of, and enjoyed it a lot. Definitely another game I need to play more.
The Talos Principle 2 is a must play from this year imo. It's an ambitious departure from the first game and full of some brilliantly designed puzzles.
There is a sequel?! Thank you for letting me know!
@@blobofdespair Yes! Sadly it hasn't garnered much attention compared to the original but its well worth the price.
Yes, TP2 was my GotY! As a fan of speculative sci-fi, it was one of the best-written games I've ever played.
23:18 are we not gonna talk about Adam accidentally stumbling 10 years into the past? 😂
made me chortle! I'm sure I've done that at some point too
Really bummed book of hours wasn’t on this list. It’s such a unique game, somehow using cards to become the librarian of an occult library and reading increasingly difficult and accursed books while performing cryptic rituals.
I loved the first 2 hours of it but sadly I kinda felt like the _actual_ gameplay loop once you've unlocked all the basics in the village suddenly felt a lot less rewarding
I just came here to the comments to say that myself. Personally, I liked Book of Hours much better than Slay the Princess, as charming as that game was. The combination of free form furniture and book organization paired with the card mechanics felt pretty original to me, and the themes of the different rooms in the castle were just a joy to unlock and discover each time.
I'm not really big on history, but found myself surprisingly invested in discovering the history of Hush House. Also, it has the cutest snek I've ever seen in a game.
Maybe Adam can play it when the first DLC hits.
FUCKING LOVE BOOK OF HOURS
also the devs pump amazing and often update since the game released, they really listen to their community
Book of hours is so damn good, looking forward to going back to it once some DLCs have been released
I *love* your way of showcasing Slay the Princess.
I watched RTgame play about 10 minutes of it, went **NOPE**, and ran away because it was really unsettling and my brain didn't like it at all, even though I can see that it's brilliant.
I think the best one sentence summary of Slay the Princess is a comment I stumbled across on /v/. "Slay the Princess is a graphic novel love story about two people destined to constantly hurt and oppose each other."
I thought and still stand by that Cassette Beasts was absolutely snubbed at the Game Awards this year for an indie title nomination. It's the only creature-battling pokemon-like I've tried that manages to actually feel like a completely different game in the same genre instead of just a game trying to copy pokemon. And the soundtrack is just wonderful. Thanks for including it on your list!
I like that Dredge and World of Horror are in the list, have been playing WOH throughout its early access and Dredge is just such a mood.
World of Horror makes me sad because I am forced to know that not everyone will be as totally entranced and obsessed with it as I was when I first played it but it will always hold a special place in my heart and others
i truly love and appreciate your games you should have played series, and your content in general. you managed to get me to add 5 more amazing games to my library i would have missed otherwise. thank you
In Stars and Time is also another extremely good game, it's a timeloop rpg with amazing characters, one of my 2023 best games
I gotta say I really enjoy having my wishlist/backlog grow exponentially every time you shed light on experimental and lesser known games
Glad to see Slay the Princess on here. The game was an absolute treat to find just before the year's end.
Play Slay the Princess, it is AMAZING it's an easy 10/10 and its not gonna take up too much time it puts "perspective" into "perspective" if that makes any sense 😂
For me the Game of the Year is "In Stars and Time".
It hasnt come out to much fanfare but the game is an actual gem.
It's a monochrome rpg with a focus on characters and taking advantage of the main gimmick of: Spoiler Alert Bellow (even though it reveals it at the start)
It's a timeloop game.
ArchitectofGames, your yearly series always makes me happy and fills me with joy. Never miss it for the last couple years now. Just the warm fuzzies of being happy about games, especially ones that are made by lesser known developers.
Your Jonathan Sims impression is stellar! Felt like a flashback to the Magnus Archives at a few points. Loved it!
Pulled lots of new games from this list. Thank you for continuing to put out such incredible content. So much work; we see it and appreciate you very much. One of my favorite channels.
One of the most well put and entertaining channels I can just sit back and listen to. I always get a little burst of excitement whenever I see a new Adam Millard video pop up. Please keep uploading, your videos are a significant part of my daily routine!
The video did exactly what it intended to do - and now I don't know which games to get next and whether I even want to wait for whenever that is. Great delivery, great selection, the video I missed in this great year of gaming. 10/10, liked and subbed. Thank you. Oh, and your bit about Slay the Princess ... ... ... slayed it.
I'm pleasently surprised to see slay the princess in here! Very good video :) Lots of these I was already planning to play, but they'll have to wait before I get Chants of Sennaar, I had never heard about it and it looks absolutely wonderful to play!! Thx for another great video
Yomi hustle is mentioned, I'll go pack up my torches and pitchforks.
Absolutely astounding end-of-year video, as always!
Pseudoregalia was such a blast to play! No way that I'd have found out about it without this video
Thanks for putting out this list!! When you watch as much gaming content as I do its hard to find something new, but I hadn't heard of quite a few of these!!
I look forward to this video every year!
Void stranger was my favorite game this year, glad you mentioned it!
Great list! Lots I hadn't seen before. Great pacing as well. Much appreciated!
Love your effort. I have added like 4 or 5 of these to my list. Happy New Year
Oh, that Slay The Princess bit was BRILLIANT! I've admittedly only played and bought a couple of games on this list (STP and Gravity Crcuit), but the rest all look very solid to me as well and most of them are on my wishlist for the future. Cheers!
I gotta say you do an incredible Jonny Simms impression, that Slay the Princess segment was perfect
I had to double check and look up the VA, the resemblance is uncanny lmao.
Great video! I indeed hadn't heard of most of these, most of them look very appealing.
"Where are all the mom games?" I know exactly where you got that idea from. Thanks for the amazing year of videos you gave us.
THANK YOU for mentioning Void Stranger.
Easily one of my top 3 games of this year.
I definitely need to get into Against the Storm. Once I've regained my progress in Gloomwood, since my saves were out of date.
Adding all of these to my list of considerations of course! Happy New Year!
20:37 Saying “sexy” right as you cut to the Tower version is truly impeccable taste LOL
So glad you included Laika, it's fantastic!
I just realized you sound like Moss from IT Crowd. Keep it up, love your videos :)
Turbo Overkill was my favourite game this year. It was developed by one guy, which is absolutely insane.
Amazing review, I rarely have seen reviews that make me want to try games that much!
Thank you for the list. Added some more to my steam wishlist
I was sent here by black tabby games and I loved your slay the princess segment. It was so fun 😊
Found your channel yesterday through your video on Pyre, the quality of your videos is very consistent and you have earned yourself another subscriber
wait you found me through what I think is my least-watched video ever? damn
I'm always glad when most of the games you list are games I already have/on my wishlist
You have exceptional taste
Thank you! I just needed to lenghten my already unfinishable lists of games to play!
I have a reccomendation for a new game this year! There's a very charming and very difficult puzzle game called Pâquerette Down The Bunburrows
Aeide from a banger soundtrack and lovely GameBoy-style graphics, I feel confident in saying this is the best puzzle game I've played since Baba Is You, and that's saying a *lot*.
Great video, I’d heard of almost none of these, and several of them I’m extremely interested in trying out!! Thanks!
you got a sub, really loved this keep it up.. wish your channel booms one day
If you're looking for more recommendations, I just did a video about 46 games released in 2023, most of them obscure.
Really well put together video! I will definitely check out a couple you’ve mentioned 🎉
I bought RoboQuest after seeing gameplay footage of it in one of your recent video's credits. It is quite good and the Top 3 placement is well deserved! Thanks for including such banger gameplay in your credits sections.
I always look forward to these yearly videos.
If you're looking for more recommendations, I just did a video about 46 games released in 2023, most of them obscure.
Several games iron pineapple showcased being on this list is really satisfying, ty adam ^-^
Saw robo quest just yesterday in my steam recommendations and was thinking about it, you saying it's good makes this really easy.
Great vid
Love the series and I really appreciate the work you put into making these every year!
This is going to sound stupid but the only wish I would have is for you to add a little sound effect or so when displaying the Price / Plattform of the games you show because I tend to watch most of my yt content only half aware / on a second screen so I struggled finding the prices while scrolling back throughout the video
Just got Against the Storm 2 weeks ago and it has hooked me like no other game in a long long time. The way they solved the "issues" of city builders with clever design choices is simply inspiring. 10/10
I'm just puzzled why it has so little coverage on RUclips 🤯
oh wow the slay the princess bit at the end is so damn on point - kudos
and thanks for the recommendations... spotted a couple interesting ones ill add to my list
given that you consistently put a bunch of games i thoroughly enjoyed in the list, i have a good feeling about those on the list i had not heard about before =)
It's nice that I've heard most of the titles (I'm counting 17 out of 20). I haven't played most of them, but they were definitely on my radar.
Happy New Year Mr. Millard and fans!
This video never fails to add at least a couple titles to my wishlist, wait for it every year
Wow man! This was indeed a crazy year for games. Really good list and super well presented!
Love these videos every year
I played Chants of Sennaar after you made a video about it a couple months ago and immediately told everyone I know to play it. It’s so good, I thought about it for weeks even though the playtime is relatively short
I feel like every year this is gonna become my tracker for how good my taste in games is, I was so surprised that so many of my favourite games this year were mentioned, looking at the other half there’s still a lot to go through
nice list! there were some I hadn't heard of yet. If you would consider making a part 2 of this video may I recommend Bramble: the mountain king?
This video convinced me to play void stranger, and I am *very* glad I did because it's incredible! A solid, emotional story, satisfying puzzles, overarching mysteries you only really start to uncover after a few playthroughs, and tons of moments that made me go "Wait, I could've done that the whole time?". The first few trips through the void are slow and difficult, each floor passed is hard-won, but eventually you learn secret shortcuts and find secret items and uncover hidden game mechanics and by the end, rocketing to the bottom of the void is fast and satisfying, even once you already know the answers to the normal puzzles.
Very glad to finally see one of these videos mention void stranger, so deeply underrated
awesome list, I'm stoked to hit Robo Quest sometime soon
Excellent list and a lot more varied than most others I have seen. Played Dredge, En Garde, Cassette Beasts, World of Horror, Chants of Sennar and Slay the Princess. Agree with you on every single one of them so I will make sure to pick up a few more on the steam sale.
Wow, you actually managed to show me a couple of games I haven't seen before.
I'm impressed.
Love this video. Can really tell this guy loves video games; the passion is tangible
Was so happy to see YOMI on the list, however I'm not surprised that you main wizard -.-
duel me rahhhh!!
Cassette Beasts was very nice ,
(Similar situation with WIldermyth , where i played before i had even seen the video , but its nice you are giving a spotlight to games that would appreciated / kinda need it )
PS: the slay the princess bit was very fun .
Finally!!! It’s that time of the year!!!
It's nice to get a video like this with a couple titles I _genuinely_ know nothing about. To the wishlist!
Always a killer list, one of these years I'll catch you and play every game you list before you pop em
Many of these games look awesome and I’ve never even heard of them. Goes to show how great 2023 was for gaming
I just picked up Pseudoregalia and Mosa Lina before watching this and realized Roboquest was already in my Steam library from some previous bundle I got. I will definitely be checking them all out. Thanks for the suggestions.
Coming back to say thank you for the Pseudoregalia recommendation! 6 hours in and not done yet, but the movement has been so fun and inspiring! (if also frustrating at times lol)
I too hope that 2014 is mostly adequate. Every year, I judge how well I've been paying attention to fun weird games by how many of the games on this list I've played or heard of before.
Great list. I might check out a couple of the entries. I'll add one other recommendation that didn't make the list. Lunacid was on early access but only came out officially this year. The game is amazing and well worth playing. It is inspired by King's Field and other From Software trends but as someone that never played King's Field the game was still amazing without nostalgia bias. It's not about defeating bosses or super deep combat but the sense of adventure and exploration as you piece together what is happening in the world is unmatched. It seems it didn't make this list so this my contribution to give it some deserved attention
Thank you for mentioning South Scrimshaw! I never heard about it before, and ended up falling in love immediately after trying!
Always look forward to this!!!!
Your explanation for slay the princess is the best advertisement I've ever seen for a game. It's not even my kind of game generally, but I'm going to get it and try it, because your segment on it was so damn interesting.
Painting a bedroom and an Adam Millard video drops. Going to be a great day.
omg yes i love pseudoregalia so much it was such a good find, the movement feels soooo good
Yesss was waiting for this to drop and i wasnt disappointed!!! I think the entire time i was hoping that chants of senaar would make an appearance AND IT DID. Not only that, IT WAS IN THE TOP 3!! Excellent video as always Adam!!!! I have a bunch of new games im super excited to play though that does mean that the backlog gets infinitely longer,,,,,