Comment on Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Do all the big names plus a tohou style arknoid and a geometry wars meets robotron type deal.
I personally wasn’t awwed by avowed like some others were. But putting assassin’s creed at number one seems, well lazy. I kinda get why they didn’t include Claire obscura, given the recent backlash, but it was at least a better game than assassin’s creed. And ghosts of yontei being in the middle? Yeah, sorry ars. Gunna hard disagree with ya.
(I know you’re not the author, I’m just screaming into the ether
geometry wars meets robotron type deal.
That makes no sense. Both of those are just arcade twin-stick shooters, and Sektori is no more Robotron than Geometry Wars was. Also, while Sektori very obviously draws a lot on Geometry Wars, it’s an amazingly good arcade twin-stick that improves so much on what GW did, and really deserves recognition. It’s niche, but it’s genuinely a top game in that niche, and I mean best in ten years top game.
You knew exactly what I was talking about.
(Not trying to sound rude) I rest my case.
Sure, I knew which game you meant. It was just an oddly dismissive and mildly inaccurate way to refer to a legit top-tier game.
I play a lot of twin-sticks, so Robotron was a real curve to throw in. From my perspective, those are pretty different ;P
My bad for being dismissive.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s not #1, it’s alphabetical. 😉
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 day ago
You know what? That makes this list many times better!
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Makes more sense now. Still wish CO:E33 got at least a mention though. But I fucking love that game.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, weird how he skipped the universally acclaimed game of the year.