Have a very Happy New Year guys, thanks for all your support on Patreon, Subscribestar, Paypal, Streams, Channel members and ofc my subscribers. Enjoy yourselves tonight because tomorrow we start all over again searching for the fabled great computer games.
Hey Mack! If you loved Hive Fleet you should definitely check out Cosmoteer if you haven't already! A great little game that needs more attention. Happy New Year!
Frankly, I disagree with your points of view quite often, but I find it very refreshing that you express your thoughts and emotions the way they are - I respect it, a lot, and that's what keeps me watching your channel. Happy New Year and I truly wish you all the best there is, you deserve it.
Ok guys, I'll try my best (skipping the obvious ones): 2:10 - Fabledom 2:13 - Sons of the Forrest 2:16 - War of Rights 2:41 - Pioneers of Pagonia 2:36 - Thronefall 2:52 - Lethal Company 3:46 - War Tales 4:20 - Great Wars Western Front 5:00 - High Fleet 5:22 - Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 6:24 - Atomic Hearts 6:43 - Trepang 9:49 - Time Wasters
"All the console people have left now" lmaooooo. Love you Mack, looking forward to another year of you looking our for us, hope you have a good new years
@@trabuco9 Ah yes that's why GTAV is one of the most profitable games ever. Because it sucks. Just like PlayStation and xbox in general right? Can't have normal conversation with people like you.
Gaming has become such a nightmare lately. I have to spend hours researching and reading about a game just to see if its a another pile of garbage as most games are these days.
I find the reverse to be the issue. There’s so much crap to wade through that the few playable games tend to have been in my wishlist waiting for a discount for a while (it’s where anything with a season pass goes)
There are probably more good games released these days than ever before. You just forgot about all the trash that was terrible back in the day. Difference is now gaming is more mainstream, so there's more of everything, both good and bad. So yeah, takes a little more work to filter through, but quite easy when you have a few trusted youtubers and streamers/reviewers. Steam reviews are often a great way to get a sense of whether you will enioy a game or not too.
BG3 is the obvious pick. It was an early access title done right, it is phenomenally high quality in every regard, it comes from a passionate developer that's both open and honest with their community, and also treat their employees well. It's an underdog story, really. Even though you wouldn't realize it from seeing the actual game, because it looks so good that you can't believe anyone other than a big rich company made it. But Larian are technically an indie studio still, not triple-A. A fantastic job, and a true victory.
not only the fact that BG3 is an amazing achievement. the entire businessmodel and company behind it deserve all the praise they can get. they are the real mvps
You should check out Against the Storm - picked it up a week ago and it quickly became my top indie game of the year. Having watched your reviews, you’ll probably like it.
As fun as lethal company is, I believe its truly only fun with friends. A game with a group requirement to enjoy doesnt sound like the best pick you couldve chosen for best Early Access. Of course, its your list. Happy New Years Mack
In fairness I went in with that attitude given the way most games like this are to play with randoms, but actually found it had one of the best online communities I've come across. Nobody was taking it overly seriously, people had a laugh when you died in stupid ways rather than raging. I found it genuinely a lot of fun to play even without friends, which came as a big surprise.
It's such a shame that The Talos Principle 2 is just buried into obscurity... not a single person is even mentioning it for 2023 and here I am thinking it's easily one of the greatest releases in recent memory. Probably the greatest puzzle game ever made, freaking dwarfs Portal 2 in terms of standards for puzzle games, not just for the gameplay, but also the story has probably the most optimistic view of humanity in any media ever. GORGEOUS graphics and also innovated in the sense that it's the very first fpp game to have actual NPCs that you can actually talk to who are also in the same situation you're in. Very first time a first person puzzler has ever done that. Every single other first person puzzler always has disembodied voices telling you stuff through a speaker or a 'fake' scripted companion that isn't even in the same situation you're in.
The first Talos Principle was just incredible but very much went under the radar. I reckon that *everyone* who bought the first got the second though, and I was hoping it would get more recognition. Sadly, that doesn't seem to be the case. Only 30 quid too, you'd have thought that reviewers like Mack would be interested in it rather than choosing obviously crap games to bash in reviews that everyone knew were obviously crap without the help of reviewers.
Sometimes I agree with you 100% Mack and other times I wonder… what the hell is he thinking? How could like or hate this game? But that’s why your channel is so good. You give honest and hilarious reviews and never skew your opinion based on anyone else. Really appreciative of all your work. Happy new year! 👍🏼
Awesome video, Mack! You always make me laugh at least once or twice in every single video. Great year for games and I’m really hoping this is a wake up call for AAA studios. The bar has been set pretty damn high with indie games. Happy new year!
I can reccon what you mean. But honestly: try out STALKER EFP or Stalker Gamma - i am not a fps.guy, but i enjoy it very much!! And it costs zero bucks.
I think Hogwarts legacy also deserves a honorable mention. A lot of love and work went into that game, no microtransactions, just a working good looking and fun game. very rare these days.
Haven't played much this year, but have been loving Power Wash Simulator! And I held off from buying Cyberpunk 2077 when it first launched, but been playing over Christmas with the Phantom Liberty DLC and loving it!
@@Jaebird2 well like I said, I haven't played much this year. Have you played it yourself ? Everyone I know jokes about it, until they've played it, they then change their mind.
I read this comment, went to game pass, installed power wash simulator, haven't played anything else for nearly 3 days 😂 He's not wrong, this game is like crack for anyone with an ocd completionist mindset
@WorthABuyMack thank's a million for your reviews, my wife and I look forward to them every week, fortunately you have saved us a few pounds when it comes to buying games, I first started playing games on the old Amiga 500, so like you I remember all the games that were made back then and had to be good, my fave game back then was also the settlers 2 and 3 we were just wondering if you have any high hopes for the new Frostpunk 2 game that may be released in 2024 ? Keep up the fantastic work you do on your channel Mack, all the best to you and all the family :)
For the love of everything please play Against the Storm (1.0 came out in December 2023), that game is brilliant and was already amazing in early access and devs are amazing, probably the best development process I've ever seen from any dev team. They clearly knew what they wanted to do but also listened to feedback from players. Regular updates (every 2 weeks in early access which is crazy to keep that up), regular info, listing what they added and what they wanted to add, what they added due to players... Just brilliant all throughout. I'm very much not into this type of management games but it blew me away. So simple to start with but it has so many difficulty options and customization and upgrades that it genuinely makes you want to push your comfort zone and rewards you. There is no jarring spike when you switch things up that makes you think that you should back down. The progress is so smooth that it just keeps you motivated to keep playing. It's a travesty that 1.0 came out late enough that it got ignored for all awards that it so rightfully deserves tbh. Pretty cheap for what it is as well (and devs pay attention to regional pricing instead of using steam's bs default suggestions). I'd love to see you record your reactions to the steam awards. Precisely that one award that made me almost shit myself with laughter.
At this point, aaa starts to mean nothing. The details are what matter - It's self developed and published in house by Larian, so technically indy, but they are a large studio who can afford to fund their dream game without cutting corners. They have no investors or MBA executives driving the creative vision, it's all coders, writers, and artists. And that is ultimately what matters. As soon as you put businessmen in charge of a creative industry, you start to get shitty products and services.
I'm surprised you didn't like RE4make. Maybe cuz it's not really survival horror. If that's the primary complaint, honestly, completely understandable, especially if you've never played the original. For me, even tho it's a remake, it's certainly a great contender for GOTY. I personally didn't like certain narrative changes done in Dead Space, and it felt like it didn't do enough for me to earn a place as a remake. I'm sticking to the original on that one. For RE4, I can jump from the original to the remake, and I love them both for the same and different reasons. Still, always stoked to hear your thoughts on these.
Thank you for spelling the name out, for me, as a non-english-speaker, the accent is not always easy to understand. Some other titles i am still guessing. Pls Mack, can you write some timestamps or put the names in the description for the next vids?
Machine for Pigs was made by a different studio (The Chinese Room) than the one that made OG Amnesia, and The Bunker (Frictional Games). Frictional Games only published Machine for Pigs, so they didn't go through the bad patch with the pigs, because it weren't them technically.
It blows me away that there were a lot of people who thought Alan Wake 2 beat out BG3 for GOTY. I got so bored with AW2 that I never actually beat it, I'm not even sure how far I got and I don't really care. People praise it for the story, but to me the story is actually the weakest part of it apart from the horribly uninspired combat loop. I wasn't invested in it at all, I didn't care to find out what happened next. It reminded me of the kind of story that an aspiring author would have come up with when they were high school age, just convoluted for the sake of being convoluted. It was a boring fucking game. OH BUT THE DARK PLACE AND MR. SCRATCH AND WHAT HAPPENS TO SAGA ANDERSON AND oh fuck off. BG3's story has Alan Wake 2 bent over in every way imaginable. It doesn't even come close.
Lethal Company completely surprised me how much fun a very simple concept could be. That game has the foundation to be something incredible. If the developer can add more variety and content he'll be up there with the best. Just llok at the Steam charts for active players. I believe it's being developed by only one guy! Absolutely amazing work.
I agree with several other commentors on the disrespect for Resident Evil 4, and you still have Fromsoft Derangement Syndrome from not learning your lesson after Elden Ring. Armored Core 6 was incredible. Wouldn't surprise me if you did a year later review just like you did with ER.
Dude, I absolutely love your reviews! You’re the most honest, genuine and downright trustworthy reviewer. It’s so funny how there’s no triple A games. I think you nailed this. I’ll continue to support you as long as.
I was really getting into BG3 but got totally taken out of it when I had a battle where the enemy could shoot arrows through a rock to hit me. I may go back to it eventually but this flaw really killed my motivation to play.
I dont play early access because I am sick and tired of waiting for them to be finished only to be abandoned by the developers. I am also not playing AAA games because they are not finished and the devs dont fix their broken games.
I've put 110 hours into BG3 so far and it feels like 10, it's that good. I lasted about a week playing Remnant 2 playing with friends before we got bored and stopped playing. Even though they're completely different genres, Remnant isn't even in the same league as BG3.
Only played 2 games that came out in 2023, probably the least I have played since I was able to play video games as a toddler and I was super impressed by both of them. Jagged Alliance 3, I had never heard about this franchise and I really wasn't expecting much and boy was I pleasantly surprised! Imagine Xcom meets The Expandables with a nice touch of humor and a great story, replayability AND soundtrack. My number one pick this year. Aliens Dark Descent. I'm a huge fan of the movies (at least the first 2 ones that is) and us fans have not been very lucky in Alien Games except for AvP 1 and 2 that date back to the late 90s early 2000s AND Alien Isolation which came out 10 years ago and is one of the most underrated video games ever IMO. Anyways Aliens Dark Descent is really cool if you love the franchise and it has a pretty good story, AMAZING atmosphere and music. The replayability isn't that great though and the game really suffered from bugs (not xenos😉) at release. Anyways those are the 2 best games of the year in my opinion. Out of the 2 I have played this year that is! 🤣
I remember when early access first came out and it was a meme. I still avoid early access until the game is mostly complete because many of the devs from back then didn't finish their games and ran with the cash or I would lose interest and not return to the game when it was completed. I still abide by that but will make an exception for one company: Larian.
I thought you would consider Alien dark descent for strategy category (you had it pretty filled though tbf). I’m a warhammer fanboy. I’d love to see your review on rogue trader. great content!!
I always look for your channel when I'm interested in buying a game. An honest upfront review which is very rare, please keep this going as its very refreshing to see. I bought Pioneers of pagonia on your recommendation for £21 as I am a big settlers 1 fan. Its good fun, yes it needs a bit more work but overall a great game. I didnt know you were on twitch, I will look for you when you're next on. Thanks for all the videos and Happy New Year!
Best FPS- Remnant 2, its a 3rd person shooter You never played Moonring which was the best RPG Showgunners was probably best strategy. I played 20 minutes of Dead Space, one of my all time favorites and said, yea played this before. Felt nothing, sort of like the devs who copied and pasted others work. Still Love Ya Mac, you rule. Happy New Year.
Damn there were so many games this year that Mack even get to all of them wich is kinda shame but he is just a man and not a machine. I was missing a few titles but thats my opinion and not his. Hopefully we will get Macks thoughts on Last Train Home and Ready or Not v1.0 (yes, I know he already did a review but that was for old EA version).
Happy New Year to all non-console players ! Not an RPG enjoyer but BG3 deserves to be game of the year in every corner of the interwebs, we need new standards so maybe one day AAA games will get the message.
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Have a very Happy New Year guys, thanks for all your support on Patreon, Subscribestar, Paypal, Streams, Channel members and ofc my subscribers. Enjoy yourselves tonight because tomorrow we start all over again searching for the fabled great computer games.
Thanks for your opinions. They are gold jerry!!! GOLD!
You normally hate 3rd person and then give FPS to a game that isn't even first person?.!.!..!@@!!
Love ya, Mack!
Hey Mack! If you loved Hive Fleet you should definitely check out Cosmoteer if you haven't already! A great little game that needs more attention. Happy New Year!
Happy new year Mack and family.
It's so refreshing to have a video from Mack where he actually enjoys all the games and isn't ripping them to pieces
aka the Grinch.
Same. Although him ripping bad games to pieces is more enjoyable to watch.
@@ThanhLai5 Yeah, hearing Mack go off all while the bells get destroyed and the clown horn plays is certainly more entertaining.
dont forget that he Busted His Arm last year
*DING* *DING* AN ****ING *DING* ***** **** *DING*
ahh, good times
Remnant was so good it won best first person shooter dispite being a third person shooter. Simply ground breaking
For someone with a big mouth, it is surprising to see that he is unaware of even basic genre descriptions.
@@confusio3851Yes, for example Baldur's Gate 3 was a nice FPS as well. How come he does not mention that?
really was
😂😂😂
@@ugur7227 Isn't it past your bedtime?
Best first person shooter is a 3rd person shooter... the industry really is on its arse lol
The industry is fine, it's just that Mack doesn't know the difference between first and third person 😆
@@cun7us"The industry is fine" You can't be serious LOL
@@Dexusaz well see, I'm not a whinger like some people and actually had fun gaming this year. Quite a few bangers actually.
@@cun7usany chance on some recommendations then?
Came here to say this, should be its own category.
Great video, but remnant 2 isn't a first person shooter. DING DING
True, but it's getting best FPS awards left and right anyway xD.
@@Outmind01 Despite Turbo-Overkill coming out this year?
Yeh there's ultra kill , and turbo overkill, the game isn't fps .😂
yeah Robocop should have been on the FPS shortlist instead.
It's because Remnant is a console game. Read Dead Redemption 2 is the only console game Mack has praised.
Frankly, I disagree with your points of view quite often, but I find it very refreshing that you express your thoughts and emotions the way they are - I respect it, a lot, and that's what keeps me watching your channel. Happy New Year and I truly wish you all the best there is, you deserve it.
Ok guys, I'll try my best (skipping the obvious ones):
2:10 - Fabledom
2:13 - Sons of the Forrest
2:16 - War of Rights
2:41 - Pioneers of Pagonia
2:36 - Thronefall
2:52 - Lethal Company
3:46 - War Tales
4:20 - Great Wars Western Front
5:00 - High Fleet
5:22 - Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder
6:24 - Atomic Hearts
6:43 - Trepang
9:49 - Time Wasters
Thanks, I was searching for Herbaldom
Thanks, this disgrace of a reviewer not only didn’t bother to play the biggest games of the year, he also didn’t include time stamps.
Kagha is awesome. I notice Mac focuses on her a lot when talking about BG3. Brilliant voice actor.
Getting a refund from starfield to get BG3 was a good move
I should’ve done the same thing. Now I’m $100 lighter and stuck with Todd’s pet project that’s so bad modders refuse to work on it.
Wish I didn’t get so absorbed in the ship creator from the start! Would’ve refunded once I saw the rest of the game
@@Waleisch Its Todds world, you just live in it.
That's what GamePass is for mate!
Plus you messed up by thinking BG3 would not follow the blueprint of DOS2.
@@Waleisch tbh am surprised I got a refund after 10 hours in game
Hey that's me at 2:17 ! Thanks for not walking outside the lines. Nice video!
Remnant 2 isn't a first person shooter.
You giving a FIRST PERSON Shooter award to a THIRD PERSON ARPG despite Trepang2 had the best gunplay ... good Lord Mack
"All the console people have left now" lmaooooo. Love you Mack, looking forward to another year of you looking our for us, hope you have a good new years
Let's see how this comment ages when GTA6 releases.
@@vinknivGTA hasn't been good since San Andreas.
@@trabuco9 Ah yes that's why GTAV is one of the most profitable games ever. Because it sucks. Just like PlayStation and xbox in general right?
Can't have normal conversation with people like you.
Gaming has become such a nightmare lately. I have to spend hours researching and reading about a game just to see if its a another pile of garbage as most games are these days.
I find the reverse to be the issue.
There’s so much crap to wade through that the few playable games tend to have been in my wishlist waiting for a discount for a while (it’s where anything with a season pass goes)
There are probably more good games released these days than ever before. You just forgot about all the trash that was terrible back in the day. Difference is now gaming is more mainstream, so there's more of everything, both good and bad. So yeah, takes a little more work to filter through, but quite easy when you have a few trusted youtubers and streamers/reviewers. Steam reviews are often a great way to get a sense of whether you will enioy a game or not too.
BG3 is the obvious pick. It was an early access title done right, it is phenomenally high quality in every regard, it comes from a passionate developer that's both open and honest with their community, and also treat their employees well. It's an underdog story, really. Even though you wouldn't realize it from seeing the actual game, because it looks so good that you can't believe anyone other than a big rich company made it. But Larian are technically an indie studio still, not triple-A. A fantastic job, and a true victory.
not only the fact that BG3 is an amazing achievement. the entire businessmodel and company behind it deserve all the praise they can get. they are the real mvps
Gotta say, I'm kind of stunned that Aliens Dark Descent isn't in here, not even an honourable mention?
If it was not such a hand holding game with disjointed interruptions I would have put it in but that really irked me.
Thanks
You should check out Against the Storm - picked it up a week ago and it quickly became my top indie game of the year. Having watched your reviews, you’ll probably like it.
High fleet can be tough to learn for beginners. Once you understand the ship and doctrine stuff it's brilliant
Love your videos, no countdown, no chitchat, just straight to business! Have a happy 2024 Mac!
Maybe change the FPS category to just “shooter” next year.
Heres to more bell ringing in 2024 🎉
2024 is going to be great. All the best macdaddy
Thank you Mac! Happy New Years!
Mack your authentic demeanor is truly a treasure although I don’t play games much anymore I still love seeing your reviews they are so real. 🎉
Remnant 2? Isn't that 3rd person?
Up the fooking Chels!
As fun as lethal company is, I believe its truly only fun with friends. A game with a group requirement to enjoy doesnt sound like the best pick you couldve chosen for best Early Access. Of course, its your list. Happy New Years Mack
It's only fun with friends but when you play it with friends it's so much more fun than anything else
In fairness I went in with that attitude given the way most games like this are to play with randoms, but actually found it had one of the best online communities I've come across. Nobody was taking it overly seriously, people had a laugh when you died in stupid ways rather than raging. I found it genuinely a lot of fun to play even without friends, which came as a big surprise.
the thing is those type of games are made exactly to be played with friends.
I have no friends and I've made some from random Lethal Company games. It's a wonderful game for making friends.
I think I've honestly made more online friends playing lethal company than I have playing any other game.
Most FUN of the year I've had:
Hogwarts, Jagged Alliance 3, Cyberpunk DLC, Ready or Not, Dead Island 2, Coral Island
i recommend last train home
@@sp1ashy345 Yeah, I dunno how did Mack miss on that one. Seems quite unique and interesting
It's such a shame that The Talos Principle 2 is just buried into obscurity... not a single person is even mentioning it for 2023 and here I am thinking it's easily one of the greatest releases in recent memory.
Probably the greatest puzzle game ever made, freaking dwarfs Portal 2 in terms of standards for puzzle games, not just for the gameplay, but also the story has probably the most optimistic view of humanity in any media ever. GORGEOUS graphics and also innovated in the sense that it's the very first fpp game to have actual NPCs that you can actually talk to who are also in the same situation you're in.
Very first time a first person puzzler has ever done that. Every single other first person puzzler always has disembodied voices telling you stuff through a speaker or a 'fake' scripted companion that isn't even in the same situation you're in.
Yes it's brilliant
The first Talos Principle was just incredible but very much went under the radar. I reckon that *everyone* who bought the first got the second though, and I was hoping it would get more recognition.
Sadly, that doesn't seem to be the case. Only 30 quid too, you'd have thought that reviewers like Mack would be interested in it rather than choosing obviously crap games to bash in reviews that everyone knew were obviously crap without the help of reviewers.
I really liked Terminator resistance, specially the DLC. Very underrated game. Simple but fun.
@@sneaky5141 Maybe he played it this year? I mean Mack mentioned an almost 3 year old game. Doesn't really matter at the end of the day lol.
Sometimes I agree with you 100% Mack and other times I wonder… what the hell is he thinking? How could like or hate this game?
But that’s why your channel is so good. You give honest and hilarious reviews and never skew your opinion based on anyone else.
Really appreciative of all your work. Happy new year! 👍🏼
Awesome video, Mack! You always make me laugh at least once or twice in every single video. Great year for games and I’m really hoping this is a wake up call for AAA studios. The bar has been set pretty damn high with indie games. Happy new year!
BEST FPS: A 3rd Person Shooter
That’s 2023 in a nutshell.
Mack is not a millennial, so he is infallible. He's been playing games for 100 years, so he knows what he's doing. 😜
I can reccon what you mean. But honestly: try out STALKER EFP or Stalker Gamma - i am not a fps.guy, but i enjoy it very much!! And it costs zero bucks.
I appreciate that you wait until today to release this, not 3 weeks ago, not last week but the FINAL F******* DAY.
Sometimes it's better that way. I uploaded at the ending of january and I included 46 games.
I think Hogwarts legacy also deserves a honorable mention. A lot of love and work went into that game, no microtransactions, just a working good looking and fun game. very rare these days.
Really pleased you included Dredge...loved it :)
Yeah great little game
did i hear Microprose??? There's a name i havent heard in a long. long time.
Haven't played much this year, but have been loving Power Wash Simulator! And I held off from buying Cyberpunk 2077 when it first launched, but been playing over Christmas with the Phantom Liberty DLC and loving it!
Imagine playing power wash simulator as a highlight.
There’s treasure and happiness out there for everyone 😂🫡
CP2077 patch 2.0 is clearly GOTY
@@Jaebird2 well like I said, I haven't played much this year. Have you played it yourself ? Everyone I know jokes about it, until they've played it, they then change their mind.
With the Back to the Future levels, I got 100 hours played.
I read this comment, went to game pass, installed power wash simulator, haven't played anything else for nearly 3 days 😂 He's not wrong, this game is like crack for anyone with an ocd completionist mindset
remnant 2 is a first person shooter?
@WorthABuyMack thank's a million for your reviews, my wife and I look forward to them every week, fortunately you have saved us a few pounds when it comes to buying games, I first started playing games on the old Amiga 500, so like you I remember all the games that were made back then and had to be good, my fave game back then was also the settlers 2 and 3 we were just wondering if you have any high hopes for the new Frostpunk 2 game that may be released in 2024 ? Keep up the fantastic work you do on your channel Mack, all the best to you and all the family :)
For the love of everything please play Against the Storm (1.0 came out in December 2023), that game is brilliant and was already amazing in early access and devs are amazing, probably the best development process I've ever seen from any dev team. They clearly knew what they wanted to do but also listened to feedback from players. Regular updates (every 2 weeks in early access which is crazy to keep that up), regular info, listing what they added and what they wanted to add, what they added due to players... Just brilliant all throughout. I'm very much not into this type of management games but it blew me away. So simple to start with but it has so many difficulty options and customization and upgrades that it genuinely makes you want to push your comfort zone and rewards you. There is no jarring spike when you switch things up that makes you think that you should back down. The progress is so smooth that it just keeps you motivated to keep playing. It's a travesty that 1.0 came out late enough that it got ignored for all awards that it so rightfully deserves tbh. Pretty cheap for what it is as well (and devs pay attention to regional pricing instead of using steam's bs default suggestions).
I'd love to see you record your reactions to the steam awards. Precisely that one award that made me almost shit myself with laughter.
Having a blast with my old D&D friends playing BG3. It’s amazing.
Pretty sure BG3 is a triple A game!
At this point, aaa starts to mean nothing. The details are what matter - It's self developed and published in house by Larian, so technically indy, but they are a large studio who can afford to fund their dream game without cutting corners. They have no investors or MBA executives driving the creative vision, it's all coders, writers, and artists. And that is ultimately what matters. As soon as you put businessmen in charge of a creative industry, you start to get shitty products and services.
I'm surprised you didn't like RE4make. Maybe cuz it's not really survival horror. If that's the primary complaint, honestly, completely understandable, especially if you've never played the original. For me, even tho it's a remake, it's certainly a great contender for GOTY. I personally didn't like certain narrative changes done in Dead Space, and it felt like it didn't do enough for me to earn a place as a remake. I'm sticking to the original on that one. For RE4, I can jump from the original to the remake, and I love them both for the same and different reasons. Still, always stoked to hear your thoughts on these.
Thanks Mack for the suggestions. I bought Mahokenshi after watching this video earlier. I just came back to say thanks again, and I'm loving it.
Thank you for spelling the name out, for me, as a non-english-speaker, the accent is not always easy to understand. Some other titles i am still guessing. Pls Mack, can you write some timestamps or put the names in the description for the next vids?
@@mindstar111 Don't feel bad, I had to make an effort to find it. I can't understand Mack either.
great recommendations mack, I wish you all the best in 2024
Brilliant 👌🏻🤨 happy New Year to everyone!
Machine for Pigs was made by a different studio (The Chinese Room) than the one that made OG Amnesia, and The Bunker (Frictional Games). Frictional Games only published Machine for Pigs, so they didn't go through the bad patch with the pigs, because it weren't them technically.
How is armored core 6 not on here? That was one of the best games this year hands down
@@shifterzxor it was just boring as shit with 90% useless easy enemies
Happy new year Mack and WAB channel. 2023 was a very good year for gaming but sadly i dont think 2024 will be even close. Hopefully im wrong.
Jagged Alliance 3 was my game of the year. Was so glad it came to console. Happy New Year Mack!
It blows me away that there were a lot of people who thought Alan Wake 2 beat out BG3 for GOTY. I got so bored with AW2 that I never actually beat it, I'm not even sure how far I got and I don't really care. People praise it for the story, but to me the story is actually the weakest part of it apart from the horribly uninspired combat loop. I wasn't invested in it at all, I didn't care to find out what happened next. It reminded me of the kind of story that an aspiring author would have come up with when they were high school age, just convoluted for the sake of being convoluted. It was a boring fucking game. OH BUT THE DARK PLACE AND MR. SCRATCH AND WHAT HAPPENS TO SAGA ANDERSON AND oh fuck off. BG3's story has Alan Wake 2 bent over in every way imaginable. It doesn't even come close.
BG3, Showgunners and the finally ready Ready or Not are the winners for me. With Wigmund as a runner up.
Lethal Company completely surprised me how much fun a very simple concept could be. That game has the foundation to be something incredible. If the developer can add more variety and content he'll be up there with the best. Just llok at the Steam charts for active players. I believe it's being developed by only one guy! Absolutely amazing work.
Congrats on remnant winning best FPS!🙃
The best 3rd person 1st person shooter eva! XD
Happy new year gamers
best fps and it's a third person shooter. FPS, man, it's in the name
Don't say that, he gets all sensitive when you correct him about it.
@@OMGKiirofunny how most critics can give it but can't take it.
@@LonelyGamr - 100%. It's lame.
Battle bit needed a mention
Dredge was my favourite game of last year. First game where I actually used my own imagination to make it a little scarier.
fucking IN lmao popping a rum and coke down for macs last video of the year this gonna be good
Happy new year, Mac!
jagged alliance 3 got some free dlc (this week?), that is rare
"Yes guys, it's goty 2023 where I take both of the good games and decide on a winner."
I agree with several other commentors on the disrespect for Resident Evil 4, and you still have Fromsoft Derangement Syndrome from not learning your lesson after Elden Ring. Armored Core 6 was incredible. Wouldn't surprise me if you did a year later review just like you did with ER.
Dude, I absolutely love your reviews! You’re the most honest, genuine and downright trustworthy reviewer.
It’s so funny how there’s no triple A games. I think you nailed this. I’ll continue to support you as long as.
I enjoy your content a lot and I think it's because you seem very realistic and sincere - not trying to impress anyone. I like that.
The FPS award goes to a game whose footage shows a 3rd person game, on a channel that regularly reviles 3rd person games.
Hiya MAC! Happy Holidays and a Very Happy New Year! Thanks for making 2023 bearable. Hats off to the great channel! Cheers!
You're the only content creator where i pause to leave a comment. I don't want miss a second! happy New Year Sir!
I can't stop playing the great war western front I love it!
Thank you for not even acknowledging Armored Core 6 and RE4 in this video. Subbed.
My GOTY is The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
I was really getting into BG3 but got totally taken out of it when I had a battle where the enemy could shoot arrows through a rock to hit me. I may go back to it eventually but this flaw really killed my motivation to play.
That's probably a clipping bug, that's usually not allowed and the patches regularly fix things like that.
Great vid mate, really enjoyed your commentary
I like how a 3rd person shooter wins first person category haha
Great list, amazing games!
Best awards I've watched for 2023
Where is lies of P?
He did not play it I believe
Thank you for the recommendation Mack, all the best in the new year and hopefully full of nice gaming surprises.
Mack thinks FPS mean fire, pew, shoot
Tactics games being classified as Strategy games is a pet peeve of mine! :D
4:52 Desperados 3. Great vid man! Personally looking forward to Monster Hunter 6 and Hollowknight: Silksong this year.
If you're deciding which RPG game to buy, you should buy both Baldur's Gate 3 and Wartales.
ShadowGambit is an RTT -real time tactics and Remenant is a 3rd person shooter
I dont play early access because I am sick and tired of waiting for them to be finished only to be abandoned by the developers.
I am also not playing AAA games because they are not finished and the devs dont fix their broken games.
I've put 110 hours into BG3 so far and it feels like 10, it's that good. I lasted about a week playing Remnant 2 playing with friends before we got bored and stopped playing. Even though they're completely different genres, Remnant isn't even in the same league as BG3.
Only played 2 games that came out in 2023, probably the least I have played since I was able to play video games as a toddler and I was super impressed by both of them.
Jagged Alliance 3, I had never heard about this franchise and I really wasn't expecting much and boy was I pleasantly surprised! Imagine Xcom meets The Expandables with a nice touch of humor and a great story, replayability AND soundtrack. My number one pick this year.
Aliens Dark Descent. I'm a huge fan of the movies (at least the first 2 ones that is) and us fans have not been very lucky in Alien Games except for AvP 1 and 2 that date back to the late 90s early 2000s AND Alien Isolation which came out 10 years ago and is one of the most underrated video games ever IMO.
Anyways Aliens Dark Descent is really cool if you love the franchise and it has a pretty good story, AMAZING atmosphere and music. The replayability isn't that great though and the game really suffered from bugs (not xenos😉) at release.
Anyways those are the 2 best games of the year in my opinion.
Out of the 2 I have played this year that is! 🤣
Only bought 5 games released this year and I think the ones I enjoyed the most were Wartales and Sanabi.
I remember when early access first came out and it was a meme. I still avoid early access until the game is mostly complete because many of the devs from back then didn't finish their games and ran with the cash or I would lose interest and not return to the game when it was completed. I still abide by that but will make an exception for one company: Larian.
Only Mack could give a third person shooter the best FPS game of the year award
I thought you would consider Alien dark descent for strategy category (you had it pretty filled though tbf).
I’m a warhammer fanboy. I’d love to see your review on rogue trader.
great content!!
A fair result I think. Happy new year Mac. Nice to see you enjoyed gaming in 23, here's to more in 24!
This is how I pick my games! Thanks for all your hars work Mack ❤
Happy new years Mack!
If you've got the time and did not try it yet, I suggest checking Lies of P out. I believe it would deserve a spot in this list. Cheers
What's the game he mentioned after Atomic Heart? The one where he said it's like The Matrix?
Trepang2
I always look for your channel when I'm interested in buying a game. An honest upfront review which is very rare, please keep this going as its very refreshing to see. I bought Pioneers of pagonia on your recommendation for £21 as I am a big settlers 1 fan. Its good fun, yes it needs a bit more work but overall a great game. I didnt know you were on twitch, I will look for you when you're next on. Thanks for all the videos and Happy New Year!
Best FPS- Remnant 2, its a 3rd person shooter
You never played Moonring which was the best RPG
Showgunners was probably best strategy.
I played 20 minutes of Dead Space, one of my all time favorites and said, yea played this before. Felt nothing, sort of like the devs who copied and pasted others work.
Still Love Ya Mac, you rule. Happy New Year.
Damn there were so many games this year that Mack even get to all of them wich is kinda shame but he is just a man and not a machine. I was missing a few titles but thats my opinion and not his. Hopefully we will get Macks thoughts on Last Train Home and Ready or Not v1.0 (yes, I know he already did a review but that was for old EA version).
Happy New Year to all non-console players !
Not an RPG enjoyer but BG3 deserves to be game of the year in every corner of the interwebs, we need new standards so maybe one day AAA games will get the message.
No Age of Wonders 4 in any category? That is our #1 game for our lifetime at the moment.