The Five Most Disappointing Games I've Reviewed In 2023

[@cristiancaroli]

Hey Mortym, sorry this is a bit too personal, but you mentioned you were homeless at some point of your life and just want to say that I really admire your work and dedication. I'm glad things turned up for the better. Keep up the good work.

[@MortismalGaming]

Thank you! It was almost 15 years ago at this point so it's ancient history but I appreciate it.

[@dezzdinn]

The lamplighters is a heartbreaker for me. The art style, era and tsrpg genre looked so promising.

[@DaveVoyles]

Agreed. I wanted to love this so bad but it was INCREDIBLY repetitive. They just padded time by having you repeat the same missions 10x before you could advance the story missions. It’s a shame.

[@thatdude7102]

I was really enjoying it but it's broken constantly crashing. Was powering thru the crashes after 20+ hours of play time it crashed again and deleted all my saves. F**k that game.

[@Mikediszel]

I'm about to try it out on pc game pass. I buy everything on steam unless game pass gets it.

[@DaveVoyles]

@@Mikediszel Same. It's fun for a bit, but it gets REALLY repetitive after a few hours. You soon realize that it just repeats the same missions in an attempt to pad out the time.

[@stryf3360]

for me it was the missing standard quality of life features that broke it for me e.g no mouse paning, quick save, cant move camera while aiming etc

[@origprankster]

I was eagerly awaiting for the Lamplighter's League.. but was very underwhelmed when I played the demo and deleted it from my Wishlist. Hoping for more from Classified: France '44.

[@Jaroartx]

Thanks for the info of Classified: France '44. looks pretty good already on the wishlist , it truly is a shame the Lamplighter's League situation i wanted a saturday morning cartoon TRPG like but it sure didn't land

[@kaidorade1317]

I can totally understand why Lamplighters League is on your list. No characters should be locked behind day 1 dlc. It’s also a shame the combat didn’t do anything unique

[@lyrrakell]

Not only that, but even if you bought the DLC, you are not guaranteed to even see that character in your campaign.

[@kaidorade1317]

@@lyrrakell that’s terrible! Basically makes it gambling

[@veevoir]

The saddest thing is that Lamplighters League is fixable with some patches/updates. But for that there needs to be dev/publisher commitment to the game. Instead we get PDX d*cking around with HBS and considering it a write off. So much potential wasted.

[@GoodEggGuy]

And they wrote off the game in the summer when, in the middle of QA testing, they fired 80% of the team. No wonder there are glitches and jank and balance issues! So pleased to hear that HBS are flying solo again. I wish them all the luck in coming back from this now that they're free of Paradox.

[@tomkatt2215]

@@GoodEggGuy As a long time supporter of paradox games, I am very disappointed with how they handled it all. Dismiss 80% of the work group and of course there will be consequences.

[@GoodEggGuy]

@@diomedes7971 Now that they're independent again, maybe they will. It's a tough road and they'll need to find investors, but they did it before.

[@somerandom2858]

Those "patches/updates" would need to redo a lot of the game. The game has core design issues, it's not things you can just "patch" like you would some poor balancing or a small bug.

[@filnisius2153]

I'm going to add Cities Skylines 2 to the list as well. Was really looking forward to a newer city builder and it just failed. This year has been marked by both fantastic releases as well as absolutely terrible ones. There seems to be no middle ground anymore.

[@BlackWipeout]

Paradox released 3 meh games this year

[@tomkatt2215]

Cities Skylines 2 has around 70K players on steam right now. So very far from a "failure".

[@BlackWipeout]

@@tomkatt2215 they sold over 12 millions copys for CS1, 70k is maybe low no ? ^^

[@Paincakeness]

I haven't come across anything game breaking or terrible. I also don't game the way I used to now that I got kids. It's nice to just come back to something familiar and relax for a bit and enjoy all the cool new buildings and features.

[@Ringofire280]

@@BlackWipeoutNo, that’s not low considering you are referencing the lifetime sales of CS1 which was released in 2015.

[@MindinViolet]

As a massive fan of the first game, I am hugely hyped for the release of Hades 2 in 2024. I am also interested in Avowed. While I would have preferred Pillars 3, any game set in the world of Eora is exciting.

[@rehf27]

Starfield is definitely my biggest disappointment this year. It had/has so much potential, but is just frustrating to play with some of the design decisions (e.g., menus, fast travel, no local maps, NPCs talking to you with their backs turned, uninteresting and too similar companions to name a few). Next year, I am probably looking forward to the next Like a Dragon game, and hopefully Nightingale is good.

[@Wft-bu5zc]

I love Starfield and it's so much fun to me, but STILL disappointing at the same time because of what it COULD have been... So many cut corners and lost potential.

[@shawngillogly6873]

After Rogue Trader, the next game I'm really looking out for is Homeworld 3. The original HW is still one of my all-time favorite games. The Homeworld storyline is one of, if not the, best in gaming history. And it had some cool mechanics that haven't been done well since (stealing ships, for instance).

[@AyarARJ]

how do I give multiple thumbs up to indicate how strongly I agree?

[@DimiusG]

As someone who's never really played RTS, how accessible is Homeworld?

[@Layo81]

@@DimiusG you can get the remastered first 2 games very cheaply. Highly recommended. Yeah you need to learn some things but it's worth it.

[@shawngillogly6873]

@DimiusG It has very, very good tutorials. So quite accessible.

[@MeczennikFitnessu]

The Homeworld 3 will be shit, don't get your hopes too high (I know a guy who makes the game)

[@rk13567]

Jedi Survivor is definitely a weird one because it really is an excellent game but yeah even on console it struggled with performance for a while

[@KotaWebb]

I didn’t have too many bugs or crashes that it affected my rating at all, that game was a 10/10 for me

[@Jandau85]

I'm looking forward to Wrath of the Righteous. Yes, I know, it's been out for ages. But it's finally coming to an end of its DLC cycle, which means I'll be diving for a new playthrough with all the DLC and updates.

[@bi_smth]

Kinda heart broken HBS doesn't own Shadowrun and Battletech anymore. However, if Lamplighter is as bad commercially as they say, then I guess that's one of things they can do to help Paradox recuperate lost revenue and cover production costs. Really really bummed that it's getting more unlikely we'll ever get more Shadowrun. But, at the same time BG3 also did really raise the bar higher for me. I think a studio as small as HBS (especially considering their significant layoffs because of Paradox) will really have a long way to go to get close to that bar. I wish HBS the best. I wish we can get more Shadowrun games. I wish Lamplighters was good.

[@Layo81]

HBS has left Paradox. They should be able to another kickstarter to for a Battletech or Shadowrun 2.

[@brianlevor6295]

@@Layo81 If they could borrow the engine from Larian, a Shadrow game on that platform could be exceptional.

[@erih2934]

@@brianlevor6295 It's not a question of engine - at all. You can't compare a studio like HBS with Larian who had an AAA-sized staff for BG3 and that many years of development. You could do the same game in most engines (especially since BG3 is pretty bad when it comes to performance optimization which means the engine is either not created to make full use of the hardware or the content was not optimized). To be honest I would prefer HBS to do Shadowrun in their own style which suited Shadowrun pretty well. Not every game needs to be as ambitious as BG3 to be a great experience. While I liked BG3 and had a lot of fun with it, personally, except for choice and consequences I didn't see anything that really deserved being mentioned in that game as standing out. Voice acting was superb and graphics were good as well, but not going beyond what one would expect with that budget. Everything else was for me rather average.

[@turkysanwtch]

I'm just hoping for MH6 news at this point and hopefully a release in 2024. I really wish Wild Hearts also wasn't plagued by similar optimization issues to Jedi Survivor, that was a real disappointment and would have helped scratch that itch.

[@mathewhosier9739]

If Capcom doesn't announce mh6 or whatever it's going to be called by the end of the year I wouldn't expect it until at least 2025, and from what I hear it's going to be a AAA title more in the line of World but probably even bigger and more immersive than even that game, so don't expect it to release on ps4, xbox one or switch, it's probably going to be a current gen exclusive, only releasing on PC, ps5 and xsx/xss, Nintendo needs to release a switch 2 if they want big developers like Capcom to continue to make games on a Nintendo platform

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

I need some palicos in my life again! Been way too long.

[@junk3996]

@8:00 okay that took me offguard, that is absolutely hilarious. i'd almost play a game that is just super janky and buggy for the laughs. actually kinda did that one time, long time ago, Dave Miras BMX game, i had a demo of it. and the demo wasn't the full game (obviously) or polish, but it did have a "bail" button. so you ramp off some jumps, bail off the bike, and when you did the janky positions and ragdoll effects were hilarious, especially if you hit the ground really funny. so for dozens of hours my cousin and i would play that game just bailing and trying to get the most hilarious results. what a good time

[@militantnerd2512]

Great video, as always! The only game from this list I actually wanted to play is Lamplighters League, because I'm a fan of Shadowrun Trilogy. But when i saw the art style (which I don't like), I decided to wait. It's a shame the game turned out this way, but even worse is Harebrained Schemes being gutted. I mean, what were Paradox thinking? That this game will outsell BG3? It's scary to think how Paradox will react to probably not stellar release of VtMB 2, in addition to all other cursed things which already happened to that game. As for the games I really wait in 2024, the list is probably: Commandos: Origins - I don't think they will capture the magic of classic games, and Calypso is probably the worst European publisher. But still, the games in this genre are rare (especially now, with Mimimi closing), so I hope we'll get something decent. Classified: France '44 - I am a fan of turn-based combat and WW2. Enough said. Sovereign Syndicate - just an unusual setting for an RPG. And in general looks interesting. Tempest Rising - looks like a hefty dose of that old C&C goodness. Espiocracy - a sort of Cold War grand strategy focused on espionage. I'm a fan of the setting, so easy pick for me. There are actually a lot more games in my wishlist, but most of them have SOON as release date, and in our time you never know if the game will see a release or not. These 5 at least have a decent chance of actually releasing.

[@DNAOrbb]

We have strong reasons to believe the Elden Ring DLC will be next year. That's an exciting one. Also really looking forward to Helldivers 2 but I'm a little hesitant with their change to third person. Last thing would be V-Rising. While I already played the hell out of it during it's EA launch and big patch earlier this year, they have said that the 1.0 launch is slated for 2024! I love V-Rising and really look forward to 1.0.

[@thewretch4081]

Early next year most likely

[@Shikao87]

By now I think most of my wishlist is from your recommendation and you are also my main source of game news, so it might be bit tough to add something What I can do is recommend some older titles to play: Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark Revenant Remember Me

[@erikskoog8415]

Eiyuden Chronicles for that suikoden itch 🙂 Good show sir

[@DNDmaster29]

It still hurts when I think about redfall . Arkane the creator of dishonored and prey some of the best games to ever exist made that disappointing game with no focus or direction

[@bobspalding2477]

Geez Mort you’ve been an animal with uploads lately. Love your content brother.

[@Abazur7]

In 2024 my most anticipated game is Homeworld 3, the long awaited return of a legendary franchise that saw last main installment (HW2) more than 20 years ago.

[@Genoan01]

The Lamplighter's League was a big disappointment for me too, but it was not the first time Harebrained Schemes mismanaged a project. Who remembers NECROPOLIS? It almost caused bankruptcy for them, the only thing that saved the company was having Battletech in the pipeline and Paradox willing to fund the rest of the development and marketing. I really hoped for them to make Battletech 2 while incorporating solutions from popular mods, but it ain't happening. Maybe Microsoft will surprise us with Mech Commander 3 instead, I can only dream.

[@ducky36F]

Most looking forward to Broken Roads and Rogue Trader 😁 In terms of 2024 I promised my wife I’d finally play Persona 3 when Reloaded came out so that. I’m also interested in GreedFall 2 and Flintlock

[@byghostlight1]

I got hung up on all the swearing in Forsaken, not because I am a prude but because it came across as if was written by a tween whose just learned their first word.

[@ducky36F]

@@Aggnogyou know that any game written by someone like 25-40ish is “millennial writing” right?

[@Taranchule]

You know what the worst thing is? Amy Hennig was on the writing team.

[@latlatko]

@@Aggnog i do wonder if the writing would have been received better a few years ago as that style hadn't nearly gotten as much backlash back then. The writing would have never been good, but neither is most game writing so idk.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

The nominator for this year has to two things: Half-ass and greed. Too many games released in poor state while the price was crancked up to 70$ or in the case for CA 150% (for their dlc).

[@gucciguy3408]

Yea between CA and Paradox even my Multiplayer choice of games will be shrinking soon. It’s gotten so bad in gaming that I will probably quit getting anything new/newish for a couple years.

[@Roundbrow]

It will be pretty hard for 2024 to compete with this year's releases, which by all accounts has been on of the best release years ever. That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing how Helldivers 2 and Last Epoch turn out, as well as cautiously optimistic about Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion. Maybe Frostpunk 2 as well if that releases!

[@KRisziFicaTion]

I have a huge backlog, so for now I am looking forward to getting to play Wrath of the Righteous. I was a bit on the fence, since my interest died out a bit after the halfway point in Kingmaker, but you convinced me to give it a try!

[@Kai_Ning]

At this point i've accumulated a backlog way to large to invest myself into new games that are poorly (or just plainly not) optimized and are a potential can of worms at launch. The great thing about my backlog is that i have to start the from software games from about 75% of Dark SOuls 1 at this point, only finished Fallout 1 for classical crpg and some of them are getting urgent with Microsoft talking about maybe creating sequel to games like Arcanum out of nowhere, etc... I feel like i've stopped playing new rpg since Fallout New Vegas/Skyrim looking at my backlog. I trully don't understand how i've managed to get to that point >_>

[@_JustMonika]

Turns out having a massive backlog is a good thing, if you're committed. Playing games 2 years after release, when most bugs have been fixed and the game has had time to actually develop through patches, everything about it mostly forgotten on the internet and on a 50%+ sale? Sign me up.

[@gucciguy3408]

Yea between Steam,GoG and Epic with all the free games I pick up on there I have about 1,000+ games for potential playing. Been mainly getting only new multiplayer games for the past 2 years or so as newer single player type games to me atleast from AAA publishers and devs continue to be mainly rubbish and insanely unoptimised especially ar launches.

[@Kai_Ning]

@@gucciguy3408 Basicaly the same. The real "new game" i bought for at least a couple years was Street Fighter 6. There was a few other but they were ps2 pc release. Yes, ps2 games. Trully old games i had already completed and replayed instead of hacking at my backlog.

[@Layo81]

I'm really looking forward to STALKER 2. It might not be your typical Morty game. But the buggy original was one of the most atmospheric and scary games, I've personally played. And Rogue Trader of course!

[@dudeguybro]

Nice to tune into your videos on a rough day. Today's my brother's birthday, and he died back in 2009. Thanks for the great content, man.

[@midnight4669]

I loved Forspoken. I also loved Atlas Fallen.

[@marsrii4372]

Yeah, I can’t stand how everyone jumped on the the hate bandwagon for this game. It’s not perfect but I can see it was made with care, and performs really well. I find it really fun, love the story and I love Frey, I find her endearing.

[@ZephyrFate]

Agreed. Forspoken was much better than people gave it credit for. Many of them bashed it without even playing it.

[@sleepfgc]

Really looking forward to Little Goody Two Shoes and Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising (both releasing this year I think). The first one is charming af and looks to be exactly my taste and the second one is a new version of an underrated fighting game that died because it released with bad netcode exactly when the pandemic started. Hopefully the better netcode and free version will bring more people to the community...

[@kinyasdemli4383]

The Lamplighters League gives vibes of the Alan Moore comic, the league of extraordinary gentlemen. And the fact it "failed" hurts my heart.

[@timeforsuchaword]

I'm salivating for Dragon's Dogma 2, which looks like it'll be a worthy sequel. Against all reason, my hope for Bloodlines 2 just won't die no matter how many stakes I see getting driven through its heart.

[@damnerdvana3407]

I'm looking forward to Granblue fantasy relink and VM bloodlines 2

[@moosecat00]

Dragon's Dogma 2, the fact that it runs as well as it does on the limited demos they had set-up for console, well I'm impressed. I wish I fully understood what exactly was causing so many games to run so incredibly poorly. It's likely a total lack of QA, because of extended development times that end up pushing deadlines. However I can't say for certain.

[@Meiscarth]

The engine they use is also pretty good I think, at least all of the games I've played that use the RE: engine play smooth as butter. They're doing something right, that's for sure.

[@BatalionHunter]

games im looking forward to in 2024? -EDF 6. (eng console and steam release) in spring. while edf relegates its experiments to the spin-off titles the mainline EDF games have always been an improvement over the last (iron rain being the EDF dev's checking if they should upgrade the engine that they have been using for a long time now or switch to unreal engine the results are they would upgrade the engine) adds a backpack weapon slot for 3/4 of the classes fencer gets a 2-2 booster as a default. the backpack slot allows for a little more experimentation and gets the lesser used weapons more use as they are no longer a waste of a weapon slot but rather backpack slot exclusive weapons/equipment. -Mechwarrior 5: clans. call me a sucker for big stompy mechs -Killing floor 3 (enjoyed the killing floor games so far, kind of wish they added some more story mission stuff) -Foundry. looking like this will drop in 2024 but no set release date -Outpost: Infinity Siege. hopefully Hollow Knight: Silksong, and the sequel for Bloodstained: curse of the moon are released in 2024 (however I do not hold out hope for Bloodstained)

[@dennisdavidov782]

For 2024 the games I'm looking forward to are: Gothic: Remake, TLoH: Trails through Daybreak, Dragon's Dogma 2, Crimson Desert, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Black Myth: Wukong, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn, Avowed, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Outcast: A New Beginning, Deathbound, GreedFall 2, Enotria: The Last Song, Tempest Rising Ys X: Nordics, The Awakener: Risen, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call, Unforetold: Witchstone, Titan Quest II, Clockwork Revolution.

[@Chasewjohnson]

Crazy that you had so many issues with Jedi Survivor. I raced right through the game the week it came out on PS5 and dont remember any issues that got in my way. I though it was definitely an nive evolution from the first game and I'll pick up the next game on release as well. I guess sometimes having the early review copy means that you unfortunately sometimes have to eat the cake when its not done cooking.

[@Amdor]

Lamplighter's is quite good for me buuuuuut. 1)Save bug - game at times decides that campaign slot won't have option to add new saves and you have to pick other campaign slot 2)DLC character problem - first time I got dlc post starting campaign and after I recruited new agent she... couldn't be leveled-up, then started custom campaign to skip cutscenes and I can't recruit her at all 3)Price is not adequade - it should be about 30 dollar game and I'd get it on steam, as it is only sensible way until some sales is to get game pass.

[@tiagoferreira5368]

What you said is exactly how how felt about Lamplighters. I was more excited for that game than for BG3.

[@asham868]

Honestly I don't look forward to games anymore. Baldurs Gate 3 was an exception. But I've been burned too many times in the past few years

[@TheEschwank02]

Harebrain Schemes should have done another Battletech instead. They were really good with that.

[@e.treacy7724]

The camera in Forspoken is clearly held by a one-legged pirate suffering from dysentery.

[@woolenthreads]

My current Wishlist for 2024 with specific dates are Nightingale, Manor Lords and Homeworld3. I still have wish list titles for 2023 like WH40k rogue Trader, The Thaumaturge and Broken Roads plus titles that still haven't specified a date which I assume will change to listing a release in 2024 Falling frontier and Zoria. There are 3 which state they'll release in 2024 that don't have a month being Flintlock, The Axis Unseen and REKA. There are 11 more which simply say TBA or Coming Soon which may be vapour ware.

[@th3_patch]

I'm definitely looking forward to Homeworld 3, Clockwork Revolution, Everwild, and hopefully some news on the new Wolverine game.

[@Evanz111]

😢 as Forspoken’s number one defender, I was sad to see it on this list, but really respected that you had your own reasons for being disappointed by it. I think it’s a flawed game, but it was a shame to see so much of the criticism come from an unfair place, or from people who hadn’t even played it. Thanks for giving it a fair chance at least, your review was one of the better ones I saw for it this year!

[@ragvald8835]

Same here, the writing isn't any worse than 80% of other games out there. Also, I happened to play it after another promising game that I was disappointed in - exactly because of the writing, story and characters - Fire Emblem:Engage. Now that is how horrendous writing looks like. I actually enjoyed Forspoken quite a bit, but Morty's criticism is valid - the world is empty, story is dumped on you right in the end, and most gameplay consists of busywork, like visiting yet another marker on the map. Still, didn't deserve the hate.

[@marsrii4372]

I am very disappointed by the negativity Forspoken got. It’s actually a very refreshing concept and I really enjoyed it. Sure, there are areas that could be improved, but the main elements are there: an interesting story, magic, parkour, and a cute, sassy character. Hopefully there will be a sequel which really taps the potential of this formula…

[@Umbraso]

Really thought Lamplighters League would've been a silent hit what with it's rather unique setting and team, so in that it was also my biggest disappointment. I do hope we still get to see different settings in upcoming games and not a bland Ubisoftification of the industry. The one game I am mostly looking forward to in 2024 is the actual release of Last Epoch. Because I haven't heard of many releases in 2024 yet and because I am looking forward to playing the 3rd spec for the necromancer.

[@virohn9175]

Hiya Mort! Nice seeing THAT one in the preview image :D Hope yer doing well btw

[@glennojard230]

Looking forward to getting into Horizon: Forbidden West when it drops on PC next year. Just finished Zero Dawn and it was gloriousssssssssssss

[@ThunderCat_]

Personally next I'm looking forward to "The Last Train Home". Played the demo for it during next fest and absolutely loved it. Assuming it's priced resonably I'll probably buy it day one when it released in November.

[@undeadamerican1107]

2024 looks like it's going to be solid - Elden Ring DLC, Blue Protocol, Chrono Odyssey, Black Myth Wukong, Warhammer Space Marine 2, The First Descent, and Dragon's Dogma. Not to mention Last Epoch eventually making it to it's 1.0 release.

[@generaldane]

I have got to say I really appreciate that you can clearly state why you're disappointed in a game without devolving into the usual angry gamer nonsense we see on here all too often

[@TheLordWinter]

I'm looking forward to finally playing the Lamplight's League once I finish BG3. Hoping we'll be a few patches in at that point.

[@Peavey311]

Hey Mortem, how did you come up with your little opening bumper for the channel? It's simple, but really memorable!

[@MortismalGaming]

A viewer who happens to also be a composer offered to help out with making an intro years ago when I needed it changed. Wanted something unique but familiar that sounded like a lot of the games I play, its meant to sound like Pillars of Eternity and the general feel of walking into something like a mysterious cavern. Juan is really talented and you can find his music linked in the description of all my videos.

[@terratrodder]

Glad I avoided those stinkers though I will try Jedi Survivor. The two I'm looking forward to, next year, is Road to Vostok and Nazralath: The Fallen World. Oh yeah, and Enshrouded.

[@theodemir1953]

Can't wait for the Rogue Trader review later this year !

[@Idkwhtpsipto]

Thank god for Larian.

[@AndrewWinkless]

Are you interested in looking at Beast? It just went into early access and is a TRPG which if memory serves is in your baliwick.

[@MortismalGaming]

I might, not in any rush to do so

[@JackSebat]

I love the optimism of the title. - the year is not over yet.

[@MrNotteNera]

Wow, Paradox will never leave my blacklist of publishers

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

Which is so sad for me, because Crusader Kings 2 is one of my favourite games of all time but Paradox as a Publisher have been questionable for a while now.

[@selpharessecret3899]

Well for this year I look for Star Ocean 2 for sure.

[@Noone-wo8mk]

Great round up! Looking forward to the DLC for Elden Ring, Alan Wake 2, and Talos Principle 2!

[@musguera]

For 2024 my most anticipated game is VtM Bloodlines 2. After this one, Stalker 2, Avowed, Dragon Age 4, Dragon's Dogma 2 and New Arc Line. Also, do you plan on making a review for The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales? Seems like an isometric, turn-based and point&click at the same time, maybe something like Disco Elysium. Would like your view on this game.

[@MortismalGaming]

No current plans

[@villainking420]

I'm excited for the next installment of final fantasy 7 remake, ff7 just holds a special place in my heart (Although 9 is my favorite) I didn't like the way they changed things in the remake at first (Still don't like how some parts feel like they were really padding for time) On my second play-through i started to like the changes and how several characters including the world seem to have some recollection of "past events" and are actively trying to shake things up in an attempt to get their preferred outcome. I'm excited to see where the story goes now. Does Aerith still die, does cloud have a mental break still? who is gonna be Cids VA? Still doesn't overtake the hype I had for bg3 though!

[@nkozi]

I'm honestly really interested in Granblue Fantasy: ReLink. I'm a big JRPG player and have been following it somewhat closely and I'm surprisingly enthused by what I'm seeing.

[@XShido]

Hi champ. Would love to hear your comments on Warframe. Focus on the lore and quests as if it were a single player, the core gameplay its a looter shooter scifi ninja space magic.

[@machineofadream]

Jedi Survivor was not bad on console on launch. I had no crashes, no major bugs, and it ran well on graphics mode. Performance mode was okay, but had some screen tear that I couldn't deal with.

[@PapaPercules]

Can’t believe Forspoken was this year!

[@lek1223]

from a RPG point of view, definately looking forward to VTMB2, Rogue trader technically are a 2023 release, but also looking forward to that,

[@chrispaul7595]

Age of wonders 4 upcomind patch and dlc, wotrs dlc and rogue trader

[@magecraft2]

I think the problems for HBS is once they were bought by Paradox (I assume a good deal for them at the time) they would never get access for the FASA IP they knew so well and were known for (also the development model for them changed so much for them). While Microsoft would be happy for a indy studio to breath life back into older IP they would not be happy letting a Paradox owned studio. Feel sorry for the rank and file at HBS who got sacked and wonder if this was fall out from the VTM:BL2 debacle?

[@alessimc]

Weird…I never had any issues with Jedi Survivor. Played on a pretty beefy PC. I realize this is a sample size of 1.

[@Paincakeness]

Everytime we watch a Mortisimal video he drops hints at his lore. During the Forspoken review he said he also dealt with being homeless like it was nothing! Who is this legendary man?

[@sebbyterasu78]

Next year only has two releases I pre-ordered on GameStop: Granblue Fantasy Relink and FFVII Rebirth. For the rest of the year looking forward to the Dawn Expansion of Tales of Arise and Super Mario RPG.

[@sebbyterasu78]

Oh and the eventual PC release of FFXVI.

[@destrega3316]

Completely agree about lamplighters league. I bought it just because of the developer and nine crashes in about ten hours. Got to one of the big heist missions and frame rate dropped to single digits and audio track distorted then a mid-mission crash. Reloaded to the level not loading in so it’s just a black screen, reloaded again to another crash. Literally unplayable.

[@Tixmix]

For next year I'm really looking forward to the new Prince of Persia game and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth in January, Banishers and Homeworld 3 for February (hopefully), and beyond that Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, Mewgenics, The Plucky Squire, and Pacific Drive.

[@zan1639]

Thanks to reviewers like you I manage to stay away from disappointing games. 😅 I am looking forward to the Persona 3 remake, Dragon Age 4, and Avowed.

[@Shad0000w]

Maybe now that Lamplighter's League is over, there's a chance there will be a new Shadowrun. I really want a new one.

[@goransekulic3671]

Lamplighters is a total heartbreak. Because of that BOTH Battletech(a phenomenal IP, but I would prefer Real Time here, something like Armored Core) and Shadowrun(handled properly, see Dragonfall, it is also a work of art) video games are in jeopardy. While I don't care about Lamplighters at all, this is simply too much. I would probably put Diablo 4 here as well. For a fan of various aRPGs(be it Diablo-likes or Souls-likes), for me to simply /whatevs a game from the genre tells more than I could put into words. Still, D4 hasn't jeopardized anything. Unlike Lamplighters.

[@DieEinstes]

You are slowly becoming one of my favourite KZbinrs man. Love every upload. Keep it up!

[@chicagoe6822]

I just came here to say I LOVED Forspoken and I have to continue to get this opinion out on the internet because I dont want these types of games to die! Bring back INFAMOUS, PROTOTYPE, and other third person power trip games!

[@BVargas78]

Jedi Survivor actually runs really well on PS5 (and also Series X i've heard) since a patch that came out around June or July of this year. So i would recommend it for the console gamers or those like myself who have a PC that is getting on a bit. And a current gen console.

[@jovannicorona9804]

Nice a mortismal upload to watch with breakfast 😁

[@Jkend199]

I love RPG's, TRPG's, and RTS. I Do play other stuff sometimes of course, I really loved Borderlands 2 for example (Hated BL3 though) but RPG/RTS are really my thing. Now, for me the one I am looking forward to is Homeworld 3. Homeworld is THE BEST RTS EVER MADE AND ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE. I have no idea if this will live up to the Original 3 (yes 3, Homeworld Cataclysm was AWESOME, if you haven't played it and you can manage to get it running it is every bit as good as Homeworld 1 and 2) but I am definitely hoping it will.

[@mathewhosier9739]

Im going to be honest, im absolutely adore Stray Blade, its been one of my favorite games released this year, the 1.7 update completely fixed the combat imo, ive already played through the game 3 times

[@FestyDog]

It hurts to think about so many of their staff being laid off, but I think Harebrained will land on their feet. Most of the studio's track record is in crowd funded titles at this point (I've backed every single game they've done crowd funding for). If they return to crowd funding then i know they're a safe bet.

[@Trio3224]

Totally agree on Jedi Survivor. The game itself is fantastic, but runs awful. I think the console versions are finally quite a bit better but PC is still bad. I have a beefy PC with a Ryzen 7800x3D, an RTX 4080, extremely fast SSD, and 32gb of ram. Even with patch 7 i can't lock to 60fps regardless of settings. Hell, i even tried locking it to 45fps and it still stutters. The only saving grace is I didn't have crashing issues, and almost all of the stuttering is from traversal. So when you're in one area doing combat, you generally dont get stutters. At least, i didn't. It ran well enough for me in the areas that it needed to that it wasn't too bad and i was mostly able to just focus on what it does well.

[@randomusernameCallin]

Redfall was a good ideal. The setting and enemies were great ideal but they need to some fixing. The Lamplighter League. they made a melee character that is good in a cover tactical game but the rest stumble over other game play elements.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Amazing video as always!

[@willywitchdoctor]

i was really disappointed in Jedi Survivor because the bugs prevented me from 100%ing it. The bounty missions wouldn't activate at all for me. Totally deflated my motivation to explore and complete other parts of the game

[@ostrowulf]

Two main games I am looking forward to. Rogue Trader and Ultimate General: American Revolution

[@Gala4501]

Forspoken surprised me in more than one way. I expected way less of it and enjoyed the characters and story way more than expected. My biggest gripe with it was how unrewarding the open world felt. The only thing I was really looking forward to was the lore rewards. But gameplay wise I had a good time with it.

[@marsrii4372]

I was not surprised. I knew I was going to like it… and I did even more than expected. Parkour, magic classes, and a cute, sassy character… how can you not love that? But then again I never trust reviews..

[@joemccarthy57]

Jedi Survivor is actually on my game of the year shortlist. I really enjoyed the game, didn't mind the initial performance issues, loved the great story, visuals and gameplay.

[@KnightGamer724]

Yeah, I lucked out on PS5 only really having 1 major crash and minor pop-in/texture stuff, which didn't bother me.

[@gabrielgamedev]

Hey! Rogue Masters is a souls like combat game that will release December 1⚔️⚔️⚔️

[@coconutologist]

Disgaea 7. They learned from, some, of their mistakes with 6. It's a different take, but looks like an improvement. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.

[@leonidfomin9013]

After Patch #2 or 3, Jedi: Survivor was not so bad in performance for me on medium-to-top system. Encountered three crashes through the length of the game, but nothing repeating or too serious. So it was just month or so they needed to get more adequate performance - they just released it too soon. Now in its current state it is my Game of the Year, enjoyed it even more than BG3

[@Netherfly]

2023 has been so jam-packed with games I literally can't think of anything from 2024. Like... at all. Not one thing. Maybe... the inevitable Enhanced Edition for BG3? Otherwise I'm drawin' nothin' but blanks.

[@latima123ify]

Final fantasy rebirth and the new yakuza game

[@Netherfly]

​@@latima123ify Oof... I cant keep up with Yakuza at all. Love the games to death, but there are so many -- the next one is what, the 17th? 18th? I still need to finish Ishin and havent even started Lost Judgment.

[@NaharaVensar]

I'm not sure of the launch date, but I'm extremely hyped up for Kingsvein. I've enjoyed all the other games of the series, but especially the previous game.

[@exxy9931]

Forspoken had so much potential to be good. The gameplay I wouldn't say I was for or against, although I can see why some would say it felt stale after so long. The first hour or two really had me as far as the story went but after that, it began to lose me. I understand being an ass about being pulled into an entirely different world than the one you know but after so long of being the unwilling protagonist, it really got to me.