The MinnMax Show - The Game Of The Year Debate 2021 (Part 2)
Added 2021-12-29 18:01:01 +0000 UTCWelcome to the final episode of The MinnMax Show for 2021! On this big episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, Leo Vader, Janet Garcia, and Sarah Podzorski battle it out to rank and lock down the greatest games of the year for our list of The Two Tens. We talk about Returnal, Deathloop, Rider's Republic, Life is Strange: True Colors, and a whole lot more. On the next episode, we'll let the community in the Discord vote to determine their collective Top 10 for the year. If you've enjoyed our Game of the Year content here at MinnMax, any help sharing the show online or with a friend is appreciated!
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:02 - Our biggest regrets so far
00:06:01 - Ranking the best games of the year
00:20:35 - Unpacking Spoilers Start
00:24:57 - Unpacking Spoilers End
00:33:44 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Spoilers Start
00:37:21 - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Spoilers End
00:39:44 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale Light Gameplay Spoilers Start
00:45:43 - Chicory: A Colorful Tale Light Gameplay Spoilers End
00:49:28 - It Takes Two Spoilers Start
00:56:39 - It Takes Two Spoilers End
01:12:23 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:15:04 - Finalizing The Two Tens
01:29:54 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers Start
01:33:34 - Before Your Eyes Spoilers End
01:47:23 - Returnal Spoilers Start
01:50:27 - Returnal Spoilers End
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I feel there needs to be a more objective way to make the list. I feel like this year was an especially bad case of "I'm louder so I'm righter" for some of the cohorts. Not naming names, but there's a strong correlation between speaker volume/word count, and how high their favorite games placed
Nick Wright
2022-01-06 15:40:07 +0000 UTCFinally finished the episode! Great job all. Two quick thoughts: - I think Bravely Default 2 is deserving on the strength of its deep, tactical combat and party building. Janet started to get at this, but the conversation would often quickly move from the details of the game to the controversy of whether it belonged on the list at all given that only Janet played a significant chunk (and didn’t finish it). I put in the ~80 hours, completed it, and the combat remains incredible throughout: strategic, diverse, creative. I prefer the combat in BD2 to both Persona 5 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake. That said, the art style and story are very forgettable and for that reason, BD2 didn’t crack my personal top 10. - I want to echo (pun intended) Sarah’s love for Echoes of the Eye. It’s in my top 3 for the year and it could easily have been called a full sequel/prequel given how much it invents and the brand new world it offers. “DLC” undersells it. The first hour can be a little slow as you get the feel for the controls back, but after that it really gets going. Absorbing puzzles, great lore, lots of subtle inversion of expectations. “Aha” moments around every corner. Definitely try it out if you haven’t yet!
Ben Taylor
2022-01-01 23:08:27 +0000 UTCSo glad Bravely made it. Episode was a hoot. Thank you all for a great year.
Austin Cummings
2022-01-01 16:00:19 +0000 UTCPlease put spoiler warnings in the youtube description of the video for when you talk about Chicory. The things you talked about, even the mechanics, would have been great to discover without foreknowledge. Janet's discussion of the game made me buy it that night! I loved how she passionately talked about it and defended its number one position on the list.
Marquis Johnson
2021-12-30 16:21:19 +0000 UTCThis is a MinnMax-ass, MinnMax list and I love it. Thanks for a great year, Cohorts!
Woodman
2021-12-30 00:33:46 +0000 UTCI have waited all year for this!!!!1!1!1!
Jeffrey Rommel
2021-12-29 21:44:00 +0000 UTCPerfect timing! Right before my flight
SunniDee22
2021-12-29 19:17:55 +0000 UTC
