“But Ryan!” you shout, incredulously “Where was Part 3??”
I’ll tell you where Part 3 is. It’s here. I just didn’t add it to the post title, because I didn’t want to. There you go. There’s no lost chapter or anything. Just me being silly and inconsistent.
Anyway, just for kicks, here is the list of video games that I had considered for my 2021 Top 10 list, but didn’t quite make the cut. I think that these are all great games, but they just didn’t affect me the same way that the winners did. I would absolutely recommend any game from this list.
- Downfall (PC)
- Ys Origin (Switch)
- Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished ~ Omen (PC)
- Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished ~ The Final Chapter (PC)
- Power Wash Simulator (PC)
- Deltarune: Chapter II (PC)
- Alisa (PC)
- Kathy Rain: The Director’s Cut (PC)
And here’s every other game that was a candidate for the list. If you’ve forgotten, that only means that I played them for the first time in 2021. Not all of these get my seal of recommendation. I’ll let you peruse the Month End Wrap-Ups, should you feel the need to figure out which ones are good and which are… less good.
- Astro’s Playroom (PS5)
- Roki (Switch)
- Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon II (Switch)
- Vader Immortal: Episode I (Oculus)
- Contra (Arcade)
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
- Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (Switch)
- Bravely Default II (Switch)
- Little Kite (PC)
- Pac-Man 99 (Switch)
- The Persistence (Switch)
- Picross S5 (Switch)
- Inunaki Tunnel (PC)
- Stigmatized Property (PC)
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana (PC)
- Crooked Silence (PC)
- Madrobot X (PC)
- Lorelai (PC)
- White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (PS4)
- Doki Doki Literature Club Plus (Switch)
- Legend of Mana (Swtich)
- Pixel Ripped 1995 (Oculus)
- LISA (PC)
- The Medium (PC)
- Shutter (PC)
- Mr. Driller: Drill Land (Switch)
- Stela (Switch)
- Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (SNES)
- Samsara Room (PC)
- NieR Reincarnation (iOS)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (PC)
- Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC)
- Beat Saber (Oculus)
- No More Heroes III (Switch)
- Castlevania: The Adventure (GB)
- Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi (PC)
- Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GB)
- MediEvil (2019) (PS4)
- Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis)
- Ys Seven (PC)
- Pokémon Shining Pearl (Switch)
- The Room (PC)
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (PS5)
- Maize (PC)
- Tap Wizard RPG (iOS)
- Trash Quest (Switch)