Best & Worst Games I Played in 2023

[@underthemayo]

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[@ThisSirQuick]

was honestly expecting the valhalla dlc for god of war ragnarok to be somewhere in the worst list

[@underthemayo]

@@ThisSirQuick na. It's just dlc. And not bad enough to be the worst of anything. Its just disappointing.

[@RaidenWithBiden]

Well, I was expecting GOW Ragnarok, either on the good side because of the bossfights, or on the bad side because of the pacing and Atreus. My best of the year is Deadlink, worst is GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition.

[@underthemayo]

@@RaidenWithBiden Ragnarok made the 2022 list

[@jellevanderputten2909]

One of the best games this year for me was aliens dark descent. One of the best alien experiences in gaming for sure.

[@quarth9396]

i can't believe you managed to get fredrick olsen to say such a wonderful speech. a champ indeed

[@andrewzel]

“Please wrap it up” 😂

[@Los_Freddos]

I'm still fuming though! 😂

[@Riverslidebishop]

Was this a parody of something? I didn’t get the joke

[@TonicSpirits]

@@Riverslidebishop At The Game Awards 2023, devs were often only given about a minute to speak before a teleprompter in the back told them "Please Wrap It Up," which someone took a screenshot of and it became a meme. While celebrities were given several minutes to talk instead.

[@Fetchdafish]

Thanks a lot for putting this up while the winter sale is still on. You really did us a service.

[@underthemayo]

Happy coincidence

[@sentienceRemains]

@@underthemayo😉

[@raptyrn1290]

What a speech! Congrats to Fredrick Olsen and the team, they did an amazing job and my manager is telling me to wrap up this comment!

[@Bloodstoner]

Resident Evil 4 Remake in VR is probably the coolest gaming experience I've ever had.

[@oldwaterbottle2872]

Honestly some of my favorite games I got around to this year were the original Silent Hill trilogy. I never thought I’d enjoy the survival horror genre, but those games really stuck with me in a way not many others have. SH2 is now one of my favorite games period, with 1 and 3 not far behind. I even played my first RE games this year (RE2R and RE4R) and loved them. And I probably would not have tried them at all if it weren’t for this channel, so thanks Mayo! Hopefully all goes well in 2024!

[@underthemayo]

And they say new people can't get into those kinds of games.

[@jarltrippin]

That's sick. I hope you check out the old school RE games too. In my opinion, the RE1 remake is the magnum opus of the series and my favourite game of all time, and I only played it for the first time a couple years ago. Also, the original RE4 is absolutely still worth playing after the remake, in case you have any reservations about that.

[@Impalingthorn]

"The only people who don't like [Silent Hill] have never played them before!" Seriously though, I feel like a lot of outsiders don't quite understand the affection for Silent Hill that fans have, possibly because there really aren't a lot of games like those original 4 titles. Most probably think it's closer to Resident Evil's "Action Movie" horror when the vibe it sets is more so what I call "Coffee Shop Horror"; an incredibly cozy, familiar setting but where something if off and the constant sense of "This is wrong" permeates the experience. Venturing through the games is a lot like venturing through the fog itself, the mystery of why things are like they are keeps you going and even then the game will still never fully explain some of the horrors that peak through the fog.

[@ShutchyerLips]

@@Impalingthorn well said. The contrasting points of the soundtrack alone gets me every single time.

[@slowmercy69]

Don't skip Silent Hill 4! I personally regretted not playing it sooner than I did​@@ShutchyerLips

[@Tuberuser187]

Game awards gag gave me a genuine chuckle, good lists too and remembering whats most fun in a game is the most important aspect.

[@powermasterjazz]

"It's realistic" is the absolute worst excuse one could give for a video game's shortcomings. I'll let you figure out why that is.

[@maskedman5657]

Lol game did he give that criticism?

[@zameme383]

​@@maskedman5657 I think that's meant for the fans of trepang 2 that defended low equipment with "realism". Mayo mentioned that in this video. Oh, and starfield "space empty realism" defense from the fans later on too.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

Common Gaben win

[@supereldinho]

If Far Cry 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 have taught me anything, it's that "realism" is functionally no different from plain terrible game design if it ends up lessening the fun instead of enrichening it.

[@Rlogsdon100]

I mean, depending on what the game is trying to be. If you were playing a sim or something with sim elements, I'd say that's extremely important

[@tomlion0116]

You just want every Year be great as 2023...

[@ryanburke1656]

Turbo Overkill was such an achievement that I literally struggle to put it into words. I don't really use the word masterpiece, but TurbOverkill certainly fits the bill. I loved Deadlink too. Had for a few years since early access. It's a ton of fun and I've lost a good 70 hours to it - though I have to admit, Robo Quest has honestly spoiled me rotten for smooth-feeling FPS rouge-lites. I haven't beaten the final boss in Deadlink yet but I've def gotten close and I 100% will cross the checkered line at some point. Both games feel noticeably more rock-solid thanks to your guidance and that rules so hard. You should feel proud of your work and the weight developers have in your design philosophies, homie!

[@z01k1]

what would you recommend of the two deadlink or roboquest

[@ryanburke1656]

@z01k1 personally I would puck Roboquest between the two, but you can't really go wrong either way

[@oliwierkurz3831]

Mad respect and love for the joke about game awards

[@ab_shootin]

definitely one of my greatest finds this year....preciate your insight with these entries and currently buildin my pc to switch up...lookin forward to whats next down the line

[@francocentrone197]

Nice list and fun video, Mayo. The Award Speech parody was a great touch I forgot if you played Ghostunner 2 this year

[@underthemayo]

I bought it but didnt get around to playing it. Robocop stuff consumed the end of my year.

[@WayoftheFerret]

@@underthemayo I hope you get around to it at some point!

[@SingaporeLoveItachi]

My only issue with Turbo Overkill is what Sylar has already mentioned - the deadswap technique with the Button Masher gene upgrade. Fortunately they made it only usable in New Game + in the recent patches. Turbo Overkill is still excellent.

[@underthemayo]

Yeah it was the right call to make it a new game + thing. By then you can just choose to use it or not cause you have fun your way.

[@Crit7k]

I don’t like how pretty much everything one shots on the highest difficulties, but other then that I love turbo

[@SingaporeLoveItachi]

​@@Crit7kSylar's Act 3 guide can help you.

[@WayoftheFerret]

The Ghostrunner theme song at the end of the video with no Ghostrunner 2 in either list is such a tease ;) I already saw from a response you made to someone else that you didn't get around to it, but as per your request at the end of the video, I hope you get around to it in 2024. I think it stumbled in comparison to the first game in a few areas but improved on the first game in other areas and overall I really enjoyed it - especially now that the hardcore mode update is out.

[@Robdrummerkid]

Man, it's a pretty neat thing to see how far you and the channel have gotten. I believe my first video from you was the Dusk review and the marauder analysis, stuck around since then. The list was fun to go through. Keep it up dude! I probably mentioned it to you before but I really recommend playing Returnal (as well as Ghostrunner 2 which came out a while ago) overall good stuff.

[@sully408]

Mayo is the biggest villian in the god of war series and there aint no one gonna top him, straight up. 😂😂

[@maskedman5657]

He should be with his abysmal takes on those games

[@AndrusKungla]

​@@maskedman5657He is right though. God of war reboot has been horrible.

[@sully408]

@xxxmrhankixxx honestly I wasent fond of odins character because all it lead to was him losing the mask and having a scream that somehow makes marios scream sound menacing. They took a different approach unlike insomniac spiderman 2, harry is sick...who saw it coming....

[@maskedman5657]

@@AndrusKungla Horrible? Is that why it got a 4.7 on its audience review scale? What about the 94 on Metacritic? Almost no big review company has given it a score of anything less than a 9 or a 10. Only Mayo, his die hard fans are, and maybe a select handful are the only ones that actually believe that. In that case I don't think you guys are the best when it comes to takes either

[@AndrusKungla]

@@maskedman5657 Not a big fan of this reboot. I'm just a fan of the old gow games and i think they have gotten worse. Gameplay used to be better and Ragnarok was like 70% just cutscenes or walking around and wasting players time.

[@MichaelBrown-tv6qx]

Mayo, I found your channel last year due to your Resident Evil videos and played Tormented Souls off the back off one of the videos you made and it was absolutely my game of the year for new experiences. 👍

[@malcolmbranch10]

I appreciate the use of old Streets of Rage tracks in these videos. Great year, Mayo! Can't wait to hear from you more.

[@diszydreams]

Loved it! Also, after I saw fighting rage for the first time (actually, I think that was one of the first videos from you that I watched) - I have been playing it at least once a week as co-op with my 9 year old son. We love the game! Thanks. Also thanks for 2023 and all the good games I found via your recommendations.

[@phaodaimotnguoi-1manfortress]

Amnesia the bunker is truly a masterpiece!

[@jasonsmith530]

Treyon studios is on an upward trajectory from terminator to robocop! Indeed I must admit, I wonder what thier next 80s action movie will be?

[@Brooksey1992]

I’m dying to see their version of Predator

[@xSabinx1]

Judge Dredd game!

[@danielgeronimo5538]

​@@xSabinx1That's gonna be more of a 2012 film. Which is curious enough considering the remake film felt more 80s

[@JihelJay]

29:00 that is some ghost runner ost i love

[@slippy9251]

I love watching your yearly award videos, always giving me ideas for what to play next, also since you loved deadlink so much I recommend you try Risk of Rain 2, another amazing action class shooter rougelike with a looter aspect on top.

[@Hotspur321]

Yayyyyyy glad you played Furi! Beaten that game many times. Love the soundtrack.

[@underthemayo]

yeah awesome music

[@ouroldhouse3674]

Woah I can't believe FEAR is nearly 20 years old. The fuck is going on man

[@thegrudge1077]

Very hyped for Helldivers 2. Loved the first one, still play it sometimes despite having collected the plat.

[@Archdornan9001]

Because of Starfield being trash, I'm legit worried about TES6

[@Impalingthorn]

Agree wholesale about Starfield. Context. F***ing. Matters. A bad game is just a bad game and you can put it down, but a BORING game can sucker you into giving it more of a chance than you should and will result in wasted time, made infinitely worse by stans who will defend it for what they WISH the game was. And this applies to all kinds of things. It's why GOW Ragnarok and 2018 are such failures to me, not because they are TECHNICALLY bad games, but because they wear the "God of War" title only in name considering the ONLY thing that is actually "God of War" about those games is f***in' Kratos. Everything else has been reworked, retooled, replaced and rethemed. Different pantheon, different characters, different and less fulfilling combat, different approach to narrative that is pretentious under the guise that the old games didn't have a narrative (and a better one at that), etc. Relative to the endless hype and praise, GOW Ragnarok could ONLY be a massive disappointment. Fans of the game simply want it to sound like more than it really is, but that's not the kind of player I am. I criticize things I love. I'm a SILENT HILL fan, we haven't had anything good to eat in 20 years. I'm a RESIDENT EVIL fan, a series with mixed missteps that didn't just affect their own game but inspired bad decisions in future games. I am a MORTAL KOMBAT fan, a franchise that, in my opinion, has been fumbling hard since MK9 wher the franchise peaked, had decent stuff going on in MKX, then dropped the ball hard with MK11 and 12 (And yes, I refuse to call this new monstrosity "MK1"), and I have been playing those games SINCE I WAS 6 when they first released on NES and arcade cabinets in the 90's. You cannot GASLIGHT me into liking games. When you try to do that, all you have done is convinced me that there is an issue with the game's own merit. If I criticize a game, it's probably because I have some history with it and there is a part of me that loves it; wishes it could be better. I don't want MK, GOW, RE, SH or any other game to suck. I don't get fun out of complaining. So when I say Starfield is a dumpster fire, that is because there is an Oblivion fan in me that desperately wishes Bethesda's coding team was as good as their world design team. I love the worlds of these games but the bugs literally make them unplayable on PC without mods, and even then certain bugs sneak their way through the cracks and become ticking time bombs that kill my save files... Which is why I didn't have any hope for Starfield. Everyone SHOULD HAVE known it was going to suck and people started entire blood boiled feuds online debating its merit over it. Why, even? It's a BETHESDA game.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

After having played New Vegas, and despite having to walk away from it because of the numerous bugs and crashes, I can still say that NV stomps on Starfield any day of the year, or decade. Also Creation Kit is still gamebryo, they can call it another name but it is what it is

[@Impalingthorn]

@@danielgeronimo5538 Oh yeah, the Creation Kit was something I watched a full video on back in the day and it is almost literally an example of an old busted up machine being held together by repeated duct tape patches. The base engine was already pretty bad but they just kept stacking things on top of it. As for Fallout New Vegas, I definitely did not appreciate that masterpiece enough when it first released. I used to be under the impression that Fallout 3 was the "better" title until I replayed them both some years later and realized just how objectively superior New Vegas was. The only reason I didn't like it back at initial release was because, quite literally, I didn't appreciate Westerns that much and didn't like the setting as a result. Old World Blues, next to the Shivering Isles, is some of my favorite DLC to ever release from a game studio.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

​@@ImpalingthornNew Vegas is a treasure that was in my hands, but was forced to let go of it. I had it, I made it work, I wanted to play it so much but realized that it is something that I will only witness not experience. The game is riddled with bugs and crashes a lot on the modern system, making modding the optimal way to even experience the game. Unfortunately, not everyone has the right schedule table or time for such things, so I had to move away from it. And this is a damn shame, because it had some of the most thought provoking tales I've ever witnessed in a game. Dead Money DLC was some of the best stories about treasure I had ever seen or heard about. If one is not a fan of westerns, it's got a few tricks up its sleeves. And tbh that's one of the things that's so great about it. The fact that it mishmashes a lot of genres of fiction into this beautiful collage, is a proof that, had Bethesda actually paid more care and love to it. It'll be one of the best games to ever exist, and even then, it still is.

[@jakinluk2513]

I like how you led us on to expect GOW valhalla on worst. Well played

[@section6668]

This is by far my favourite video of yours its so fun and well paced with great jokes along the way

[@hieunguyenrileygekko]

i think being remakes instead of new entry is the thing that hold Dead Space and RE4 back from absolute perfection because in the end, they still have to be faithful to the original games instead of having their own creative ambitions, the old games unfortunately contrained them from getting any further still the future of the them is promising

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

I love how Fredrik was visibly pissed off when his speech was cut

[@mattmas6628]

its so true that Dead Space remake could have been so much better if they just had a difficulty modeled around DS2's Zealot. Such a huge missed oppurtunity

[@Deunstephe]

Amnesia The Bunker was honestly such a BLAST. I love it, loved your videos on it, and I was just so happy to play that game and have that survival experience under my belt. Nice to see Frederik's long, wordy, eloquent speech on stage.

[@Marcomkb]

I hope there's Killbug here because the studio shut down recently 😢

[@Rpgist359]

I'm equally excited and nervous about the Silent Hill 2 Remake. Hopefully we get some information on it soon

[@gabrielhipo2347]

Another year of gaming with mayo! Cant wait to see what this year brings also I love that game award bit making fun of the "please wrap it up" meme

[@grizzgreen6821]

Lmao 22:26 agreed. Couldn't have gone into that any better

[@enlighten92]

Dude, I like your game suggestions. I have played Hades and Sifu based on your past recommendations . Good games both of them. I see few interesting ones here too .

[@josepreciado2479]

Mayo turning into Jesse Pinkman when talking about Arcane Studios was hilarious lmao

[@catb0mb]

Fred's speech got me good LMAO. That specific VGA dig won't get old for a while. With how much you've talked about beatemups, i'm curious, what would your thoughts be on potentially looking at Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game? It's definitely not perfect (particularly with it's "complete edition" port) but I've had fun playing it with my friends lately. I'd be curious to see your perspective on it as a non-fan and from your experience w other beat em ups.

[@henryadamsson5179]

Cheers. Mayo. Looking forward to the coming year.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Have you tried SlayersX, pseudoregalia, and corn kidz 64? They are such unique games inspired by previous generations like PS1 & N64 they are worth checking out and I hope we see a huge wave of games like these come out.

[@Edsabre]

Great list! So sad about Starfield. My fiancé was so hyped for it and then gave up 2 hours in because it was so boring. My favorite games this year were BG3 and Dead Space, but I played a bunch of good ones. If you haven't played it, I would recommend Dredge for being a unique fishing-horror experience!

[@jojonr619]

Are we finally going to get that god of war Ascension review this year?

[@underthemayo]

It would be a nice year to play the old games.

[@Impalingthorn]

Between Trepang 2 and Ultrakill I have trouble determining which fanbase has the weirder violent reactions to incredibly lukewarm criticism. Like, "Oh no, he loved the game but thought a single aspect could use slight tuning to improve the quality of life experience. LET'S HANG HIM".

[@underthemayo]

They are the same fanbase, that why you can't decide lol

[@nathanr6381]

Really annoys me when I see random hit piece videos on your content. I'm all for people disagreeing, I actually disagree with a few games you've covered (dying light 1 for example is one of my all time favourites. All these 'response' videos though are so personal, just full of rage. They usually boil down to taking one point and crying over it for half an hour not realising that people are allowed to have different opinions. If there's one thing I'll say about your opinions I don't agree with they're usually well thought out

[@underthemayo]

Yeah there's a lot of ugliness out there. And even some of it has stuff I'd like to respond to and clarify, but I don't respond to people who act so ugly. They should take a note from ShreddedNerd and Kaptain Kuba, who made big videos critiquing myself respectfully, which led to friendships and podcast conversations. I don't engage with childish bullies though.

[@nathanr6381]

@@underthemayo Yeh you're above that shit. Most people don't know you can disagree respectfully

[@AintPopular]

Recommend you play roboquest. its as addicting as deadlink

[@Jack_War]

Yes

[@EchoLocoCJ]

Idk why i havnt bought deadlink or turbo overkill yet. I'm completely sold on them, just haven't gotten to it. The crippling urge to play a good fps has been strong lately

[@badpiggy4177]

Damn, you tried out Furi. Nice lol Was hoping for a vid but hey, it's cool that you liked it

[@SmarkAngel]

I LOVED Starfield. Got a solid 150 hours out of it. Had an awesome time. But yeah, anyone who tells you the traversal is fine the way it is is bananas. Great video.

[@stevevang8888]

The worst list got me laughing so hard 😂. Having Mortal Kombat 1 on the best and worst list was hilarious. I should've seen it coming for Amnesia: The Bunker being the best game on your list 😅. I need to get back on Resident Evil 4 remake. Glad it was number 2 on your list. Can't wait to see what games you're going to play this year.

[@asgads]

interesting list. I see starfield as a 85% game, atomic heart is in my top ten easily and I really, really don´t like amnesia while being a survival horror superfan. thanks for the tips on deadlink and turbo overkill, these look sick.

[@underthemayo]

I suggest you give The Bunker a spin because it's not like the other Amnesia titles. It's very gameplay focused. Resource management, exploration, small inventory. It's excellent design.

[@CeceliPS3]

Fight'N Rage might look cool, but Little Fighters 2 will be forever the best of its genre despite being a hidden gem and so underrated. It's too bad no one made a game like that with online support. I always wanted to play that game with friends, but playing it via Hamachi was laggy as hell!

[@GeorgeOfGeorge]

Great video man, wonder how 2024 will stack up to such a big year.

[@philippb.7770]

I'm still very excited for the new Alone in the Dark. It'll surely won't be perfect, but the overall atmosphere looks very promising.

[@umpyro]

thank you sm for the video!! i cant wait for more of your robocop content, keep doing what ur doing mayo 😊😊

[@SolonGaming]

Absolutely agreed about Starfield. The shills who gave it a 9/10 or a 10/10 exposed themselves for good.

[@apokolai]

Final fantasy 7 rebirth is a big one for 2024 imo. I would highly highly recommend you play Final fantasy 7 remake if you havent already. Great way as intro for the final fantasy series, and the attack system is refined to respect both turned based and action.

[@patriciamorgan2521]

You actually think Mayo is going to like Final Fantasy? He will fall asleep with all the cutscenes. He likes gameplay first focused games.

[@apokolai]

@@patriciamorgan2521 Meh. I’m the same exact way. I only really play shooters/arenas, but final fantasy 7 remake struck a cord. But maybe your right.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

​@@patriciamorgan2521He liked Chrono Trigger tho, and guess who developed Chrono Trigger

[@patriciamorgan2521]

@@danielgeronimo5538 Chrono Trigger doesn't have long Cinematic cutscenes. It's a SNES game.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

​​​@@patriciamorgan2521So, you mean those dialogues where you have to press a button every prompt is faster than a full CGI cutscene? You know, like every FF and JRPG before FFX? If the story is interesting and captivating Mayo does not mind if it matters. You're basically saying he would hate JRPGs just because they have long cutscenes and slow gameplay when that's not the case. If there's anything he would criticize about FFR it's the combat, being less more so like a traditional hack and slash, and lacking combos and rewards. He'll probably say turn based and ATB would've been better. Because Chrono Trigger uses ATB.

[@PapaPuffPuffPass]

I agree with everything you said about mk1, but expecting flawless optimization of a fighting game on pc is like expecting to win the lottery and then bring upset that you lost. I'm not defending devs that don't optimize games whatsoever, im just saying maybe temper the ol expectations going forward

[@underthemayo]

My expectations were already tempered. Tempered expectations doesn't mean expect a product that doesn't work.

[@PapaPuffPuffPass]

@underthemayo if they were actually tempered you would've waited to hear if it was fully optimized. It seems like you bought it right away when you could have just enjoyed it on the ps5 and waited for a polish overhaul of the PC version, if indeed it actually happens. That's all I'm saying. There's tons of games that experience this when ported to pc from a console build or vice versa. Hell if I had a dollar for every PC mmorpg that came to consoles terribly optimized I'd be Elon Musk rich. It's a thing that's been in the industry since the beginning

[@enderjora]

Hey Mayo, have you looked into/heard of "Your Only Move is Hustle"? It's a little indie fighting game, but I think you'd really like it!

[@JD-xz1mx]

"but the pc port is busted" As is the case for solidly 80% of multiplatform games, yet everyone ignores this when evaluating PC vs. Console arguments.

[@fernandoducer6451]

I love this list, you definitely gave me a game to try out and see what I think, what you said really got my attention. (I can't remember the name of the game now.) As for what I am looking forward the most this year, Dragon's Dogma 2 and Hellblade 2. I hope those games end up being highlights of my year in the end. Keep up the great work, Mayo!

[@seanmcclure]

The same company that made the Dishonored series made RedFall. It’s mind blowing.

[@dhakman8765]

Yes, Starfield was disappointing, but to put it at the worst game for “potential” is stupid. Feeling pity for smaller companies only goes so far, it’s like saying the 2012 worst movie of the year was “The Amazing Spiderman” instead of “FoodFight!” Because one had a larger budget or more “potential”

[@underthemayo]

My list bitch! My rules! You could say the same thing about Village getting worst. I also genuinely think Starfield is not just disappointing but really bad.

[@Kraden34]

I’ve never really been a big fan of survival horror-type games, but purchased Dead Space and RE4 (sort of on a whim) and ended up loving both of them. I decided to pick up the RE2 remake later in the year as well, and 100% completed all three games. I’m now curious to see if another RE game will be coming out in March, like I’ve seen mentioned as a rumor on here in recently.

[@underthemayo]

Looks like it's time to play RE1 Remake!

[@bruhder5854]

Loved RE4R but I really didn't like how, especially in professional and hardcore, successful shots to basic enemies like villagers just didn't do anything. It doesn't need to be stagger for melee, just something like the enemy taking a tumble or being forced to change what they were doing. Like a villager dashing in towards you with a hoe (? Idk what that tool is called), where even if you land hits directly on him, he just continues the animation and hits you. Upon being hit, he should falter (but not melee able) or just show any meaningful impact of the shot. That was probably the biggest problem I had with the game, playing on professional. It just made me quit using handguns altogether because they don't get consistent until you upgrade them quite a bit and you get the TMP very early on which does consistently stagger or slow enemies down.

[@jaysanj152]

Ya know, Mayo's videos can be entertaining when he's actually happy and in a good mood. (Sorry Mayo) I still feel a bit upset and still disagree with some of the criticisms on some of your reviews but that Starfield critic and it's award is well deserved imho... Like there are bad games you can talk shit about and laugh at because you know exactly what they are. and then there are the disappointments which you kinda feel bad so you give them a fair chance because you feel like they are not bad games. But Starfiled ? It's just offensive and insulting to AAA industry, Especially if you just take in its massive budget and the hype it generated. Anyway,Since you're planning to do a Robocop Vs Terminator video, I would actually love to see you do a Robocop Video Game Retrospective one day in which you cover pretty much all of the Robocop games from the NES/Arcade to the dreadful Titus's Robocop and to today's Robocop Rouge City.

[@PhantomHalf]

When RE6 decides to be an action game it becomes fun. It feels like the game wanted to be a sequel to Operation Raccoon City which I would’ve loved.

[@WolfTamer]

Even though you've explicitly stated genres like fantasy aren't your cup of tea, I would've loved to see your thoughts on even worse games like Gollum or Skull Island Rise of Kong. They were so bad it was almost enjoyable to watch as a spectator!

[@reyansk709]

I think RE4 remake has invented a new genre named an "Action Survival Horror".

[@underthemayo]

That credit goes to Dead Space Remake :)

[@reyansk709]

@@underthemayo ;⁠)

[@sh_i_ro]

one of the best games i *played* this year is the original F.E.A.R. the AI really is unfathomably smart. they don't hollar and shoot wildly like nearly every other shooter and instead go silent, communicate, and hunt me like an actual team of veteran killers would i would give up a hell of a lot to see id software obtain the rights to properly resurrect this IP lol edit: mad respect for putting starfield at the bottom. its worse than redfall when you consider its a quarter billion dollar '25 year in the works' project. it goes beyond laughable and its just sad

[@sikevillain]

Great video Mayo.. im kinda hoping you make a list of bad games people hate but you enjoy now lol 😅

[@ZachFett]

I'm very curious, in your survival horror tier list you have "December 2009" listed under E. Is that referring to a specific game?

[@VinylMorpheus]

Good list Mayo. I’m still shocked you didn’t like System Shock Remake. I thought it’d be right up your alley. I loved it. Also I hope you put Blood West on your radar. That was my personal game of the year.

[@underthemayo]

Yeah SS was just okay, too many things didn't do it for me. Lack of aesthetic variety between levels and uninteresting AI behaviors were probably the biggest issues for me. It's more of a game I understand has appeal for some people, but just doesn't resonate with me all that much.

[@VinylMorpheus]

@@underthemayo I get that. Not everything has to be for everyone. Totally fair.

[@SimplexPL]

I hope Frederik saw a "please wrap it up" message.

[@Sebastian-qo2rt]

I always like hearing your opinion about games. For example I would be interested to hear your opinion on Nintendo franchises like Smash Bros., Zelda and Mario. Also, what do you think about the franchises GTA, Max Payne and Hitman? Games to play in 2024? Maybe Vampire Survivor's, Child of Light, Far Cry 3, Jedi Knight Outcast? Not sure if this games would interest you or be fun to play.

[@underthemayo]

I was never a nintendo guy. My best friend had the nintendo consoles while I had sega and playstation. So I only played nintendo games at his place. So I don't have much to say about that world. GTA: I adore GTA 3 and 4. Vice city was cool but I didn't like how tame the cops were. GTA5 lost me because I didn't like the characters and I got tired of the mission design.

[@jayros4269]

@@underthemayo You have to play the classic Zelda games eventually at least once. It's a requirement for life.

[@underthemayo]

I played the original a lot. @@jayros4269

[@zachtaylor5312]

The MK1 Kameo system should’ve been like an extra game mode or something. Not being able to do regular 1v1 matches is very disappointing. Makes it even worse knowing how broken the kameo system is and how unbalanced the game is overall.

[@Twisted_Logic]

This year I'd say I'm most hyped for Rivals 2. Spent way too much money on the Kickstarter

[@patriciamorgan2521]

Here's a recommendation. Try the Texas Chainsaw Massacre game. I know it's multiplayer only but I'm not into these types of games & I'm hooked.

[@No_1_Sarcasm]

As you're talking about Starfield I couldn't help but think that that mass effect is still more interesting in its galaxy

[@datanon3059]

Turbo Overkill was great for me especially because it justified my opinion of many of the other nu-boomer shooters: they're just kind of bland except for the aesthetic. TO plays super well, looks great, and kept me engaged for the whole campaign. It was really only in the final level that I started to go "Okay let's just get this done with already", and that's a credit to the game considering that I got to that point at around level 3-4 in Dusk & Amid Evil and even sooner in most of the others. I also think the fact that it doesn't really use as much "resource management" and weapon swapping/matching as Doom Eternal is kind of a point in its favor. Heretical as the opinion probably is here, I don't really like DE much (on higher difficulties) because it feels too much like just cycling cooldowns in a really fast MMO to me. It's very distant from the kind of FPS play I grew up with and enjoy. TO, on the other hand, doesn't really require much cooldown management and just lets you use whatever weapons on whoever you want to full effectiveness with very few exceptions like the shield guys. For me, that makes it feel a bit more "free" in combat. I'm not thinking about trying to match ideal weapons/abilities to their ideal enemy to create the mathematically perfect encounter resolution, instead I'm actually able to think about the fight in the same way Johnny is which improves immersion. Probably just a me problem, but still, game's great and I like it a lot. Really hoping they continue to add more to the new map editor because it's pretty basic right now, but has definite potential.

[@horrorjunkie96]

TOP 5 GAMES: 1. Amnesia: The Bunker 2. Resident Evil 2 Remake 3. Deadlink 4. Turbo Overkill 5. Fight'N Rage BEST GAMES OF 2023: (in no particular order) 1. Armored Core VI 2. Killbug 3. Tormented Souls 4. Dead Space Remake 5. Trepang2 6. RoboCop: Rogue City 7. Hi-Fi Rush 8. Dread Templar & Warstride Challenges 9. Mortal Kombat 1 10. Herald of Havoc 11. Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider 12. Furi

[@dc1939]

That game awards jab was great. Mayo and Sseth win best gaming channels 2023. Oh & easily every other year too

[@YourAverageBlocke]

20:52 I cannot stop laughing , that build up caught me off guard edit: it would have been awesome if the whole segment "worst games of the year" been recorded with a bad mic in the garage with mayo farting and burping on occasions.

[@underthemayo]

I'm trying to include some more candid real moments in my videos, since people have gotten to know my personality over the years.

[@maskedman5657]

3:25 Ahhh Classic Mayo.... Being disingenuous to nitpick a game. The game does indeed have impossible mode. Unless you're genuinely one of those players who can complete the Impossible mode with not much difficulty. But you don't seem to mention this. 4:30 "I had been anxiously awaiting Trepang 2" That's very odd because you said that you skipped on the demo because your hyped died down on the game when you saw the gameplay footage. 5:20 So basically you're doubling down on what you said in your Trepang 2 review video? You heavily criticized Trepang 2 for not having the same gameplay aspects of Fear when the game is not Fear. Its inspires by Fear but ultimately it's not fear. You criticizing the game for "taking away" weapon slots is kinda lying because Trepang is not a Fear game. They didn't take anything away. Just how the game was implemented. Also you mention that you don't like the game doesn't let you carry 3 or more grenades... Which is again a Fear mechanic. And you can always use the enemies grenades when you use them as human shields.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

One life mode is different from an actual harder difficulty. You sound more like the nitpicker, just on a KZbinr than on a game. Is there any purpose to your life? Anything better to do? Not happy enough someone added a game in their best list?

[@maskedman5657]

@@danielgeronimo5538 First off your first statement is wrong. Because for one the enemy AI is in fact harder in impossible mode and it makes the challenge even harder because you have 3 save slots and it's permadeath. So again Mayo is criticizing the game for a lack of challenge with the difficulty modes when there is an alternative right there. Also you criticize me for being nitpicky which I found incredibly Ironic since UTM is one of the most generally nitpicky reviewers ever. If you ever watched his Titanfall and Alien Isolation review you'd clearly see that. But all of a sudden if I criticize Mayo on his criticisms... Then I'm all of a sudden being nitpicky. I don't see how that translates. If mayo put out false information or unfair criticisms to a game then it's definitely fair to criticize him on those points

[@datanon3059]

My man have you considered that you are literally seeking out a person to dislike on the internet because of their opinions about entertainment? Not even just entertainment in general, but a specific piece of highly niche entertainment? Do you have nothing better to do with your time? Does the very existence of people who disagree with you irk you so much that you have to subject yourself to things you obviously don't like just to spite them? Touch grass, unironically.

[@underthemayo]

What is it with people constantly misrepresenting my points? 1) Impossible Mode is simply not much of a challenge over Hard other than not being able to die. ZEALOT mode in Dead Space 2 is what I'm looking for, which is significantly more difficulty, MADE for veterans. It actually cuts your resources in half, which is crucial to the experience. Remake has no such challenge available. I beat Impossible mode on like my second try. Zealot? I die constantly. I talked about this more in the actual review of the game. 2) Here you're just lying about me. I never said that "my hype died down from seeing gameplay footage." Quite the opposite. I thought the footage was SO GOOD that I didn't want to play the demo. I wanted to save the entire experience to be fresh and amazing when the game finally released. 3) Oh, you're one of those. lol I made it clear right here in the video. I think that taking the FEAR combat loop and amping it up to 11, while also removing a weapon slot and limiting you to one equipment type, was a mistake. It's still a really good game. But I would enjoy it far more if it hadn't done that. Yes, using enemies as grenades is cool, but this doesn't take away from the fact that if I'm holding a bunch of flash bangs, and I find a box of tomahawks, I have to give up all my flash bangs to pick them up and experiment with them, probably not finding any more flashbangs for the rest of the level. It sucks.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

​@@maskedman5657So you decided to be a hypocrite? I've seen better decision making from a raccoon.

[@nonenothing4412]

Brilliant video.

[@Archdornan9001]

Bethesda should have taken notes from Biowares Mass Effect Trilogy for Starfield

[@AKblackandredYT]

Spat my coffee out at the award presentation. Bravo!

[@gxdly9161]

would have been cool if you had checked out ghostrunner 2.

[@underthemayo]

I bought it but I got too busy with all the robocop stuff.

[@gxdly9161]

@@underthemayo maybe check it out sometime,would love to see your opinion on the game.

[@ToastyCubes]

Seeing this list makes me realize Mayo is a proper Gamer, with a capital G.

[@underthemayo]

Capital M too

[@bertruger]

"WRAP IT UP" says Mayo to Fredrick.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Unironically I think there are 0 games I am excited for in 2024 2023 was just too fucking good Robocop, aliens dark descent, RE 4, Warhammer boltgun, baldur's gate 3, trepang2, Dead space, quake 2, Dead island 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 Yeah 2 of those aren't exactly from this year but you get it

[@scolioreset]

I didn’t have the opportunity to play many games due to my own schedule being screwed up. However, I did have some time playing RE4R and Hi-Fi Rush. Pizza Tower is my GOTY, being a fan of the platforming genre and how the game flows. But man… Redfall… even through GamePass, I still felt ripped off. Perhaps one of the worst games I’ve played, ever. I was told it got better with a patch, but it only served to highlight the other problems of its combat system, the abilities, the weapons, etc. It only brought to life how underdeveloped its core gameplay is. Making vampire boring to kill is one heck of a feat…

[@Hyacsho]

Pouring one out for Samurai Punk

[@Trio3224]

I'm convinced there's no vehicles in Starfield because the game is too poorly optimized to handle it. It's already limited to 30fps even on the Series X. It baffles me how bad these games can be on the creation engine when modders have made Bethesda games run and look so much better. How has Bethesda not taken notes from people that actually fix their games to make their games better??

[@slimeriley]

Im looking forward to the tomb raider remaster Trilogy. Currently tho im playing through metal hellsinger and ghost of tsushima. I finished god of war ragnarok a couple of days ago and had a blast tbh, in spite of some of the issues.

[@jaroslavpohoral1897]

I liked the video overall don't get me wrong but the way you pronounce Hrot still gives me PTSD lmao

[@underthemayo]

Meh

[@nomercy8989]

I liked Turbo Overkill but the 3rd chapter just killed it for me. I didn't even finish it