Ranking The 56 Games I Reviewed This Year - 2023

[@jjstraka1982]

The best thing about this channel is there is absolutely NO rage baiting about Starfield and Diablo IV, and they are treated fairly rather than used for dopamine clicks for the outrage addicts.

[@ajipah]

there are only 52 weeks in a year, and you reviewed until 100% total of 56 games! amazing dedication. You deserve a holiday.

[@ungooglablegames]

I only ranked 46 games, but they are all from 2023.

[@chocopuddingcup83]

This was an absurdly good year for RPG's. So many great titles.

[@franciscobutte]

Next one is crazy too

[@Hravokh]

the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for sure

[@philippos5547]

Agree, if you have a full time job, no way you more than scratched the surface.

[@chocopuddingcup83]

@@philippos5547 Luckily I work from home with a very irregular work schedule, so gaming is great, for me.

[@patdzon]

Mortismal Gaming is my favorite YT channel of 2023. Thank you for all the content!

[@brentbentKRFP]

You're a CRPG iconoclastic reviewer and an admirable icon in general.

[@Gamez4Evar]

Wow, 56 games/year! I genuinely underestimated how used I am to your company every week Thank you for your hard work and insights! Wishing much fortune and health to you and your familia in the coming year!

[@on10n64]

2023 is going to go down as an “all time great” year. There was something for everyone.

[@noukan42]

It is a great year but it isn't 1998 tier.

[@waltblackadar4690]

Kind of makes up for the COVID lull years.

[@barofsoap6048]

​@@noukan42 what did 1998 have foe you too say that ? Just curious

[@noukan42]

@@barofsoap6048 it's faster this way en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_video_games

[@EmeffMonkey]

I think 2007 and 2017 still edge it out, but it was a fantastic year.

[@darthyorkie9715]

Its crazy you've 100%ed more games this year than there are weeks in a year. Massive props to you man, ur definitely one of the most dedicated reviewers i've seen.

[@firstclaw1]

I was surprised, that Mortim managed to pull this off including more than 500 hours in BG3 and churning out multiple quality videos about this wonderful gem during the same year. True dedication.

[@ungooglablegames]

I ranked ALL games released in 2023.

[@djs8024]

I, like many others have limited time so i rely on a select few reviewers to guide me. You sir are definitely one of the best which is why i subscribed.

[@ZakEmber]

I just want to give Mortym a shoutout: I never would have found or played "Colony Ship" if not for his review and mentions in his videos. What a gem! I had such a blast with that game that I put down everything else and powered through that game for its story! I feel like it's really rare to play a game where you really feel every point you put into every skill, and every gear upgrade feels like a massive win! Fun story, great characters, cool premise... it combined a lot of elements from "Pandorum", "Fallout", and more, but ends up it's own thing. Total blast that put a smile on my face from start to finish, and I never would have found it except for this channel. Thanks Mortym!

[@Affenkopf2302]

My personal favorite this year: The Talos Principle 2. A puzzle game with the best use of philosophical themes in a game since Disco Elysium. Great story, great really clever but never unfair puzzles.

[@Mysour]

I like how you're willing to talk about a game's positive qualities along with the bad. Most people seem to talk about games in one extreme or the other. It's very fair and makes you quite rational. Earned a follow.

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

Very happy to see Octopath up almost at the top. Baldurs Gate 3, OT2 and Cyberpunk 2.0 are probably 3 of my favorite games in the last decade.

[@shaneboyett4608]

This has been one of the best years for games in a long time and we have all benefited from this exceptional year. Many great titles that sadly I can't play them all. Thank you game developers and have a great time playing them fellow gamers.

[@FunkStyles]

Cyberpunk 2.0 and Phantom Liberty is by far the greatest thing I have played this year.

[@lesfrisbees]

BG3, Octopath 2, and Lies of P were my three favorite games of the year (in that order), so it's nice to see all three high on your list!

[@davekeyart7641]

Your channel familiarized me with BG3 and made me buy the game. Thank you for that, best game this year no doubt.

[@okayhellohihowyadoin]

Shocked to see how much you loved Octopath 2. I had no idea it was THAT good in any aspect considering how strong of a year this was for gaming.

[@MichaelWard-le1ck]

His review actually had me order it. 29.99 on Amazon ps5

[@PhilosopherJEB]

I know I’m late to this - for some reason the algorithm is only just now telling me, which is odd since I’m subscribed and alerts are turned on, but I did not even realize this had been posted! @MortismalGaming makes a lot of EXCELLENT video-game content. Your niche-approach and genre-focus really does a great job distinguishing you from other KZbinr’s but these end of year wrap-up videos? Man, they are something special. I mean - a lot of KZbinr’s make them, but they don’t make ‘em like you do. Honestly one of my favorite things about the end of the year. Keep up the incredible content! Lookin’ forward to what you post in ‘24.

[@kaidorade1317]

So many great games out this year! We really should praise the Omnissiah for His infinite wisdom in creating these amazing pieces

[@chiefinasmith]

The Emperor protects

[@kamilslaby_]

You are the best creator. Last games I bought are the only those you rated highly Keep the great work up!

[@nicoalmachannel]

Dude.. great great work. Love your channel.

[@Duckman8213]

BG3 is #1 who didn’t see that coming. Best game of the year.

[@azku]

This year is the year that I got back into gaming. What a great year.

[@cfusion116]

Thank you for giving Starfield some genuine feedback, not just bashing it. I too very much enjoyed it, and sometimes we’re looking to entertained, not dissect what something isn’t and complain based on what “I” think it should be. Also great video 😎

[@karlklein2263]

Honestly i am completely fine with games taking longer to make these days cause holy lord its gonna take awhike to check all these out.

[@JJGaming2010]

Sorry this is late, but a very welcome Surprise and thanks for putting Aliens: Dark Descent in your top 5. It was always on my radar as a franchise fan, but I was iffy on it the game style...until I watched your 100%. And boy I'm glad I did. Got it, been playing it, and loving it, even though I feel like I shouldn't lol. Perfect style for an Aliens game. Thanks Mort!

[@frenchtoastenjoyer]

Its crazy that Cyberpunk 2077 is so high up the list only if they would've delayed and released the game this year.

[@lexnaum]

Company woulda gone under or suffered severe layoffs. Delays are a big deal budget wise

[@moosiemoose1337]

They delayed like 3 or 4 times.

[@sjakkalul]

​@@moosiemoose1337 exactly

[@CorporateShill66]

Cyberpunk 2077 was in "Early access" from 2020 till 2023 xd

[@sony_mdr7506]

@@CorporateShill66yeah i like the game but i feel this, i dont think the game would be in the good state that it is now if they didnt get absolutely trashed by everyone in the begining

[@ThomasPaine01]

A good year IMO.

[@hampuslindvall9053]

This is some serious effort and I love it

[@D1n0nlyD1v94]

Love it when people refresh my vocabulary, i immediately remembered how to spell maligned without remembering its meaning. Thank you sir. 👍

[@watcherofthehollow5223]

Pretty epic list for the year, can't wait to see everything that's to come next year!!

[@alexandrejesus8709]

My fav gaming content creator atm, agreed with mostly everything

[@rofalmatt]

I love these round ups 11 /10 gg

[@Zelosis_]

Got a bunch of new games added to my wishlist now, thank you for the list! Definitely going to check out some of the more detailed reviews for a few of these..

[@robertbaptista6618]

Another great year of the channel. Great work!

[@JazzzRockFuzion]

Thank you for giving Starfield its flowers - it was personally my GOTY; and while not revolutionary in the way I was hoping for it to be, I thought it was easily BGS’s best narrative/faction/role playing experience to date.

[@brentbentKRFP]

Great list! Thanks for a superlative year of excellent reviews. Hope you and your son have a spectacular holiday break whatever you may celebrate. Can't wait to see what 2024 holds for the channel. I'm getting ready to battle the steampunk fire elemental guarding Grymforge for the fourth time, my first time on tactician. I can't wait to see the amended ending sequence! Months from now I'll venture into the honor mode.

[@_walruseater]

Finally, someone who loved Bioshock 2 as much as I did. The multiplayer mode, which doesn’t exist anymore, was super fun as well.

[@adenozin]

I loved Risen, your review brought back so many memories 🥰

[@giannisbarounis]

Love these videos give me a good recap on a lot of releases while at the same time pointing me to reviews and games I had skipped through the year

[@javiernovoa8756]

An absolute legend! You've turned me onto a lot of great games. Thanks for a wonderful year of reviews. I watch all your videos and its a blast.

[@1siege]

Thank you for all the great reviews this year. Definitely one of my favorite channels I found in 2023

[@BradPrichard]

Thanks for all your videos this year! Don't know how I didn't find your channel in the past, but I've really enjoyed your perspective throughout 2023. I also think you have a nice voice.

[@ondrejuz]

Thanks for the videos of 2023 and especially this list which will guide my purchases for the Steam winter sale.

[@justinpaglia616]

Great list of games… I actually played Scars Above because you showcased it in another video and I thought it looked good. Really enjoyed that game! On to 2024

[@bigego503]

2023; the answer to the off heard comment that gaming is irretrievably deteriorated. Great list. Good vid

[@lazydgsf7429]

As someone who grew up with pen and paper games and recalls buying the Forgotten Realms boxes set when it first came out, it’s bizarre to see a table top RPG in any form, video game or otherwise, be so popular. That’s cool. What’s also bizarre is I nearly bounced off this game and feel like warm towards it. It was good.

[@ccollado06]

Seeing you rank OT2 so highly made my day. It is so sad that Square Enix is now moving away from making those types of games because they were really on to something with that one.

[@winstongarcia3931]

Omg rogue trader got top 3 and Ocotpath got second place. Two great purchases I made thanks to you Mort my man. Thanks for everything you do!…but I can’t wait for the full review of rogue trader!

[@jweare333]

This is a great list. Taking out some of the older games and all of the various Soulslikes (I just always bounce off of these) this just about mirrors. My list of favorite games I played this year. A couple of these are still in my backlog, but I can’t imagine them being far off from where you put them. I’m so glad I found your channel this year. We have very similar taste in games and I trust your reviews more than any other source on the Internet. Happy holidays!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for this awesome ranking list!!

[@zomorion9183]

This game was amazing for RPGs, and abysmal for strategy games, especially with Mimimi games closing down. Really hope that changes in 2024, because this genre is so special to me.

[@richf2082]

Truly inpiring channel. Keep up the great work. Im a proud subscriber.

[@promo2000]

Thanks for your reviews!

[@firstclaw1]

Thank you for your great work and videos. 2023 was great with games. If I made a ranking of best KZbin gaming channels this year, I'd place you on #1! Every time I find your videos very informative and engaging. You know what you are talking about after 100% and manage to summarize the key points in your videos with well written reviews and structure. In your channel I discover games, which I would have dismissed just seeing the ad/teaser (e.g. on Steam). Also sometimes find out about a game, which I thought was great fun, is maybe good overall but gameplay wise probably not my cup of tea. I need to select more carefully with my backlog as I have more quality games, than I have time to sink my teeth into them. Anyway to me your channel is infotainment at it's best in the gaming world.

[@kethrael]

Great ranked list! And thank you for being an amazing content creator. To more amazing years like this one.

[@Koshak87]

Noooo, your opinion does not align with mine!! Reeeeee!!! Adore your channel, man

[@AlexcendreM]

Thank you for this year of great reviews. 🖤

[@oldrin1876]

You are the best, love your channel, thanks for all your hard work! Always interested to hear what you have to say about games! I have discovered so many games through your channel!

[@guilbartt3006]

I’m really starting to enjoy your reviews as I am slowly going back to the style of games I used to love

[@Darkholow]

I don't remember how many games i played this year (probably over 30), but I just wanna keep it to a top 10 usually when it all comes down to awards season. Thanks for the list Mort! This was an amazing year of games. This is my top 10 for the year: 1. Baldur's Gate III 2. Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader 3. Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty 4. Lies of P 5. Street Fighter 6 6. Alan Wake 2 7. Armored Core 6 8. Diablo IV 9. Sea of Stars 10. The Pale Beyond

[@crushingit5128]

How you get through all those games. I can probably knock out only 3 titles a year. Crpgs usually take me 2-3 years to complete

[@Darkholow]

Living off pension and just playing games that's how.@@crushingit5128

[@dominickpost8291]

Primarily play on Xbox and don’t play CRPGs hardly ever, but really enjoy listening to your take on games and the industry. Keep up the quality content!

[@Saucysulli]

I’ve watched every video you’ve put out for majority of the year (found your channel a couple months in) and I have loved your take on reviews and the way you do it, so thank you and thank you for showing me some games I never would’ve even taken an eye to, Merry Christmas and happy new year

[@ThunderPhant]

Glad to see Octopath II at your #2 spot, was easily one of my favorite new games this year and I feel that it's gone really under the radar now that we are in award season.

[@MaximumCarter]

Glad to see Remnant 2, Cyberpunk and Lies of P get some love on your list!

[@Seba-rr3dx]

Great work this year🎉🎉🎉 Your work is a blessing.

[@scatsandwich38]

Keep blowing up Morty! You do a consistently great job with your videos and reviews. It was a great year for games and a great year for your channel.

[@RawvTalent]

Honestly, great rankings, i have played most all of these and would rank them quite similarly. Except Hades, only placement that shocked me. The first thought that comes to your mind when you read this would be correct, which would likely prove my shock, lol

[@matthewmatyszczak1024]

Awesome video, thanks for your hard work this year!

[@Maethendias]

dayum you played like, most of the best classics this year

[@bAtACt1X]

Hey Mortim. You have my absolut respect only for the list of game choices alone (at least 80-90% of it)... despite you´re an awesome reviewer (hope this sentence works somehow). Thx dude. I feel like you put much more afford in your work than you have to (strange enough to say that) and still manage this amount of output

[@DangerSimmons]

Great reviews mort! Keep up the fantastic work, you were one of the few people I saw review Starfield with very much a similar viewpoint on what I wanted out of bethesdas next game. Cheers!

[@scrappymutt2047]

Love your videos and the sincerity overall

[@jeremyfredenburg3827]

I always chuckle when I see you give the Risen franchise so much love lol...even taking out the "PB Jenk" all their games have I'm ok with that part...but that's what's great about gaming it's very subjective and if YOU enjoy it then...F anyone else's opinion right..fun vid as always dude

[@randyyyyyyy6977]

Can you do a video showing your process for playing so many games? I feel like I could learn a thing or two from you about how to prioritize and work through games.

[@ilttheDude]

pretty sure he has already done a video touching on this, although sadly i can't remember which one, and don't have the time to find it, as he has so many videos to sift through i just seem to recall watching it some time ago. if i'm correct, hopefully him or someone else here in the comments knows which one it is and can link it.

[@MortismalGaming]

There is a Channel FAQ's playlist where Ive covered the topic before

[@adampeters4314]

The clip of you in the masons guild in bg3 at the end is exactly where I am while listening to this video and playing at the same time. Had to do a double take what a glitch in the matrix

[@briankelly1240]

Wild how many games you covered this year! Gonna run out in a few years! haha

[@drox3086]

holy the grind is real

[@viphede]

Just found your channel. So far great work. Keep it up with enjoyable content. Have a good one!

[@TheRealSimeon]

I pretty much have no performance issues on Jedi Survivor. I think its a mixed bag as to whether people are having performance issues or if they are running it perfectly fine

[@aleksey7669]

Good stuff!

[@a.s.5986]

Cheers! Always thankful for all the vids you make 👍

[@aregranhaug8617]

I like how you don't completely trash even your least liked games.

[@serhii_himself_98]

7:12 what do you mean? I got GoG version and it worked out of the box...

[@WhiskeyAfterHours]

Thanks for a fantastic year of reviews Morty, here's to another great year in 2024.

[@compencemusic]

As someone who played all the Bioshocks back-to-back for the first time this year, I'd agree that Bioshock 2 is the best one from a gameplay perspective

[@tyhex]

Keep up the great work morty!

[@benkreutzer]

Wartales sounds like a game for me :D I often struggle to finish the story of a game and instead end it when I feel like. will whatch your review next :D

[@SkankHunt007]

My go-to guy when I’m pondering getting a new T/CRPG. Keep pumping out that content👍

[@GuanSuo]

My Steam wishlist just doubled in size, thanks! :)

[@geoff2k]

I continue to love the nuance that you bring to your videos,. Watching this compilation has reminded me of some games I have been meaning to try out, and I may be buying myself a few Christmas presents from your list. 😄

[@Itomon]

great list, i want to follow some of these titles

[@kirilllybashev2748]

Nice top!

[@a.storms9001]

Bioshock infinite in my opinion is one of the best fps ever, story and gameplay were really good.

[@oozingtulip1534]

Dishonored 1 is so amazing, I have fond memories of doing a blink only no kills no detection run. Very well designed game.

[@Beastw1ck]

Blink is one of the best superpowers in all of gaming

[@JosieJOK]

I don’t usually go in for stealth games, but I definitely enjoyed Dishonored! My only issue was after doing a Ghost run first, I lost my excitement for the game. Doing a run where I killed everything that moved, while ending up with a worse outcome, really didn’t appeal after that! I’ll never forget the challenge and the sense of accomplishment I felt after that first run, though!

[@HubertTheMad]

Happy holidays! I appreciate all the hard work you've done and continue to do. Thanks for the video

[@SkyLinXin]

im so glad that there is someone else who appreciates octopath traveller 2 as much as i did

[@Knifedog212]

Good video as always, mortholomu

[@flekmatik]

Ranking Starfield above Kingdom Come: Deliverance ... let's say our tastes differ more than I expected :) ... nice video btw