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I’ve been ultrakilled,,,,,have a gabriel magma doodle
#ultrakill#gabriel ultrakill#augh I love him#I NEED to make finished ultrakill art#love this game so much#this isn’t the best since I’m still getting used to drawing the characters!!!!! but!!!!! i will get better trust!!!!#I should post my V1s here too I think they’re a bit better!!#they’re so awesome. robot with guns my beloved
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in case anyone was wondering where I disappeared to for the past few days, i've been going insane again. fun fact staring at stained glass windows for hours on end will not turn you catholic (source: i stared at so many stained glass windows to make this bc i really wanted to go for a realistic church window sort of vibe)
tumblr is a coward and won't let me upload the full size images so you can look at them and zoom in to your heart's content (please look at them. please) [1] [2]
Prints of this are available on my Society6 (both versions cuz I'm indecisive) (it may take a little while for them to actually appear on the site)
Details:
Timelapse under the cut!
my favorite part of this is when I'm trying to get the pose down and I keep flipping the canvas and it looks like they're doing a silly little dance :)
#ultrakill#my art#stained glass art#gabriel ultrakill#v1 ultrakill#gabv1el#artists on tumblr#this took . so long. why do i keep doing this to myself#the voice of god commanded me to ignore all previous instructions and finish this. and by voice of god i mean adhd#i need to go eat a fruit to recover or smth#....like the food. just to clarify#vibes-wise very much inspired by The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa#had a lot of fun walking a very careful line between tasteful and homoerotic#i love drawing stained glass windows that would make the pope say a homophobic slur for a third time.#the file is named 'penetration metaphor' in case there's any doubt about what im trying to say here btw.#also this was too much serious drawing so i left a little easter egg in there let's see how many people notice lmao
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my video game wife that likes to be kicked like a dog
#ultrakill#gabriel#creations of raptor#i need to post more of my doodles on here it is 90% of my artwork#my art tag cannot be kept alive by the bimonthly finished piece i manage to make
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uhm doodle dump?!
I think Mirage is pretty cool. if you can't read my shit doctor hand writing alt text is avaliable :3c
Also RED VS BLUE REFERENCE?!?!?!?!? (I haven't finished the show so pls no spoilers </3)
reference picture of the gabriel kissing v1 bellow cut so people don't think I'm a deranged clown (thought that isn't too far off from the truth..)
censored license plate for obvious reasons
edit: holy fuck why is mirage just a bright blue my vampire eyes cannot take rhis
#art#ultrakill#digital art#mrbugsart#scribble scrabble#red vs blue#mention?!#i need to finish the show i swear to god especially niw that they've finished it#i'll make an intro for my page later idk#guys#listen#gabriel x v1#aka#gabv1el#is otp#and#v2 x mirage#is yuri#fight me#also imo v2 transfem they/she fight me x2#idk man#they're gay your honor#let the robots be QUEEEEEEREEEEEEERRRRRR#i dunno i feel sick ngl#probably should take a break sooner or later#christ that is a lot of yapping in tags uhmm.... woopsies#ferryman ultrakill#mv2
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*coughing up blood* yeah im fine i just need to stop making new sketches
#ultrakill#ultrakill fanart#ultrakill gabriel#gabriel ultrakill#my art#radio's art#sketches#get this man out of my head#please someone make me do something other than sketches#once again obligatory disclaimer that i am shit at figure drawing#i still need to finish the armor redesign one wowie i am so sorry!!!#there are two wolves inside of me they are both gay. i am gay
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cheston (druid's also cool)
he/him, 24 years old
demi homoromo, ftm trans
read my webcomic, exodus!
enjoyer of rain world, dunmeshi, pikmin, ultrakill, pokemon, and a bunch more stuff too. i mostly draw my rain world ocs, but sometimes i draw rain world and warriors fanart too
heads up
i draw blood, injury and violence frequently
my stories include exploration of themes of abuse, generational trauma, ableism and again violence
i say and reblog the f slur uncensored and dont tag it
tags
#druid draw - art/animation tag
#druid animate - specifically animation
#druid babbles - me saying stuff
#oc posting - basically for anything w my ocs, especially large loredrops, comics and memes
#sequential - comics
#druid wips - art wips
#druids hall of fame - my favourites of my art/finished pieces
#guy post - a specific genre of longpost about my ocs, i only have a few rn but want to make more lol
#rw headcanon - rain world headcanon, pretty self explanatory
#sickass art - really cool art by other ppl (trying to use more)
#fav - stuff i really like
#real fav - stuff i REALLY like
#blorbo tag - my favourite silly guys. you can judge my taste in fictional weirdos
my ocs are tagged under their name (the short but not the abbreviated version for my rw ocs), and to keep off string au stuff out of my characters main tags the off string stuff is tagged with os and then their name (like #os rivers would be for his content in the au)
all my frequented tags are on this pinned post for easy access!
other blogs/socials
@cornerslocalgroup - ask blog for my iterator ocs
youtube , comicfury , deviantart, twitter, toyhouse (desperately needs an update)
my carrd, pikmin2.carrd.co, will have more info but rn is a wip
rivers :D
youtube
watch rabbit run immediately.
#pinned intro#druid draw#druid babbles#sickass art#fav#real fav#blorbo tag#rw headcanon#druid wips#oc posting#sequential#druid animate#druids hall of fame#guy post#for me#Youtube
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One single in-the-works Elden Ring comic is holding back an entire flood of Viktor Arcane posting and I’m afraid of the person I’ll become once I finish it. Just got done with the final line art so coloring is all that’s left
(Mind you my rendering process is an absolute bitch so it’s not even 50% done)
But like not to disrespect any of my other obsessions (Vergil DMC, Astarion BG3, Gabriel Ultrakill, Varre Elden Ring; hallowed be their names) no other fictional man has me shrieking like a fucking Nazgûl just by thinking of their character arc
Every molecule in my body goes nuclear when I think about the soon to be machine herald arc holy hell. I’ve rotating this man in a 3d space in my head since the first season 2 trailer came out
Like Viktors just a nice lil guy, frail no one pays attention to him, he’s sick but trying to fix it for himself and anyone else that was also afflicted
AND IM JUST SUPPOSED TO KNOW HE BECOMES *THAT*???? My brain is going supernova. If you follow my account and also take into account the aforementioned characters I love, I LOVE love antagonists, villains and mortally gray characters. To know my boy is gonna make himself a problem, if not a true and proper opp for the rest of the arcane cast, I could cry tears of joy. I will sell my soul to Fortiche if they actually go the villain route with him, nothing would be sweeter, the ambrosia of the gods couldn’t rival it. I want him to go WILD. I need the Jayce Viktor divorce arc in my veins NOW
Like if they make him out to be the twist villain of the entire plot and or the big bad I will never ever ever stop yapping about it
Also expect a full breakdown why Viktor means so much to me soon, I just need to collect my scattered thoughts
#mapple blog#arcane#arcane season 2#arcane s2#arcane viktor#viktor arcane#machine herald#arcane spoilers#arcane speculation
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Hi! This is an ULTRAKILL art askblog.
The profile set up is still a WIP but I plan on creating a banner and PFP for it myself very soon!
MANKIND IS DEAD
BLOOD IS FUEL
HELL IS FULL
About the askblog itself;
Here you can ask any characters from ULTRAKILL questions, interact with them, and just generally have fun!
They will reply as a group sharing a tumblr blog, nothing special.
I will reply to these asks with a drawing of the character(s) you mentioned! (See below)
I still run @asktherighteoushandofthefather but this is a completely unrelated blog, and these two canons do NOT coincide.
While I try to reply to every ask in a timely and accurate manner while keeping it entertaining, sometimes, asks might not get answered for a while or ever. This can be for a few reasons; 1, The ask makes me uncomfortable, 2, the ask directly contradicts canon, 3, I have no ideas/ a really big idea and need time to finish the drawing.
With this being said, please give me time to reply to your asks, I am still in school and I do work: so I am a busy person.
This blog includes some of my OCs too.
My main blog is @bakedgatorade
Criteria for submitting an ask:
Start off with “ask for [insert character name(s)]” otherwise if you do not, I will answer with whoever I see fit.
No extreme NSFW please!
Asks sent from OCS are totally fine and even encouraged!
You can also ask me, the blog runner things or request drawings! (I do commissions, so if you want something rendered dm me.)
Feel free to spam asks! I love that stuff!
Try not to break the fourth wall too much, but if you do don’t feel bad I will still come up with a reply in character!
Featured tags: TBA
I hope you enjoy this blog, and have fun!
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Killing Demons
Day 34 - Dec 9th, 12.023
With a title like that, you're probably thinking that today's topic is something like: "killing your inner demons". But nop, I just don't have any good subject that I want to write today, so I will just talk about one of my favorite games that I played today.
GO FUCKING PLAY THIS GAME. I don't care if you like boomer shooters or first-person shooters, go play this fucking piece of art. This is simply one of the best, if not the best game I played in a long time. I not even good at it and a love it.
This game is still unfinished, but I think I never had so much fun with a game, the sound design, the graphics, the hidden lore, the soundtrack, oh my fucking god the soundtrack. I will try to be straight to the point and explain without giving spoilers, but just let me say, talking about this game in text, is not an easy task. However, let's just say that if this was a video essay, I would be screaming.
The Gameplay
I will just say this out of the gate: I'm not good at shooters, and even worse at fast-paced ones. I died a lot in this game, every single boss needed me at least 7 to 10 tries in this game, and the more difficult ones (I'm looking at you V2 and Gabriel) I lost count of how many tries I needed. But I think I never had so much satisfaction with a difficult game in my life.
This game is a boomer shooter, but not like your typical Doom, no no, this is Doom on fucking steroids. While games like Doom I would say it's just a walk and shot, I can't really say much because I never play it, but from what I seem it is somewhat to the ground. Well, let's just say that in this game, good luck being on the ground for more than 10 minutes without dying. Want to be in one place waiting for the enemies and being a tank? You will probably die instantly. I never played a game that makes me have to move and go around this much, while still needing to aim and kill enemies. I really wanted to have screenshots and videos for this entry, but unfortunately I didn't record any of my runs, but just fucking search it on YouTube or something, and you will know what I'm talking about.
And this isn't the best part. Again, I'm not good at this game, so unfortunately I can't really say that much. But the sheer amount of guns and attack combos you can do in this game is something which makes even my humble programmer mind blow up trying to figure out how much there's it. I think that the best way I can really tell about the combos is: you can toss a coin from your revolver, change to a laser canon, and shot that coin in the middle of the air to make the laser ricochet to the back of an enemy, killing it instantly most of the time. I almost am never able to shoot the coin, but when I do, the dopamine hits hard.
Also, the Enemies
I will not turn this entry into an entire essay, I already plan to do it on the future, but I just wanted to highlight the design of some of the enemies here, because as someone who likes design characters, they are an inspiration I would say.
This first fella has a flamethrower, and if you toss a coin behind him and hit it, the bullet will ricochet to its gas tank, blowing him up.
These two made my life be miserable... but also a lot happier.
Images taken from the ULTRAKILL's community wiki.
The Lore
I will pass this paragraph because I've to admit that I didn't yet dig deeper into the lore and didn't finish the game yet. However, just the fact that that angel is called "Gabriel, Judge of Hell" and "The Apostate of Hate", is already a win for me. Just want to say that this game seems to have a lot of secrets, because it has a lot of actual hidden levels and sections, but also a lot of secrets and history telling in his characters and world in general.
The Soundtrack [and Voice acting]
This is something which I need to talk about, because it was what made me actually dragged to play this game in the first place. The soundtrack of this game makes my blood flow faster, even more when you mix the voice acting, I wanted to be lying here, but I actually feel hotter and something when listening to it.
The best way to describe is showing, so just listen to it:
youtube
I can feel the hatred of Gabriel, and when the music kicks in, it just makes me scream in a sense. I'm not a violent person, I'm not someone who feels hate or any similar feeling. However, this song, makes me understand what hate means in a way. Also, I cannot stop thinking about fight scenes and characters in an epic battle fighting for their deaths when I listen to it. It's the last breath, it's this or nothing, I can't die now, I will not die now.
The album arts
Never in my life I would think that a cover art for an album/song would inspire me so much.
I would like to again be lying here, but these cover arts actually made me create an entire section of the fictional universe that I'm writing/creating for my art and characters. This duotone style and even more the blend between holy and tech/industrial is something which I personally never seen, and simply love.
An inspiration in the form of game
This is probably stretching too much, however ULTRAKILL is somewhat of an inspiration to me. One, this game is made by mostly one guy as its seem, and he was able to make such a game design that I have never seen in other games. Two, every media that I consume of
it makes me be somewhat inspired to create my world and characters, from music to art. Three, it made me remember what I love in games, which is see your progress and skills improving over time, challenge yourself, actually give focus to the game instead of having it together with a video in the background or something like it.
Yes, it can be "just another boomer shooter", but it actually made me enjoy games again as a hobby and made me feel a lot more inspired, even more now when I'm focusing on work and job, and almost forgot for my love in video games, art and even video making. I have to admit that I almost forget to play it sometimes unfortunately, because it is comforting just sit and watch videos all day, but playing this game again really made me remember to also focus and have fun doing things that I love and can improve upon. Even when what you're improving is how fast and stylish you can kill a demon in a virtual game.
So go fucking play this game! And remember:
Mankind is dead. Blood is fuel. Hell is full.
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Today's Artists & Creative Things
Game:ULTRAKILL - by Arsi "Hakita" Patala (published by New Blood Interactive) - Go play this game.
Album:Ultrakill: Imperfect Hatred (Original Game Soundtrack) - by Heaven Pierce Her (Hakita) - Go listen to this album (I personally prefer this act/soundtrack/album).
Song:The Death of God's Will - by Heaven Pierce Her (Hakita) - Go listen to this song (Personally prefer when it has the voice acting together, but even then it stills superb. Just the name of the song is already a piece on its own).
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Copyright (c) 2023-present Gustavo "Guz" L. de Mello [email protected]
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License
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information on that thing that appeared a couple of times so far - demonstrated in a number of character description sheets, among other methods
(NOTICE: i forgot who made these three sheets)
alright. you got the sheets. now here's the words.
this fella's an ultrakill OC i cooked up with no prep time. wanted to make an angel-type, so i did. this gnc little fuck literally just exists because i willed it so. i love them with all my heart and i am tired. don't ask why they look so similar to @mythostrickytheclown, i could not tell you even if the devil tried to waterboard it out of me.
...hey i could make the two interact who knows
anyway. uhm. what else. OH YEAH LORE. hold on
so Asbeel's lore is as follows: they used to be a respected fighter, marketed as the Angel of Destruction and as the Father's left hand. however, an incident back in time immemorial led to Asbeel getting confused about what to destroy, and through calculating themselves into a hole, they misplaced themselves and razed a Heavenly citadel to the ground. hence, why they're so feared by the Armies of Heaven, and by proxy have the reputation that they do.
Asbeel, after this incident, was cut off from their halo and Fancy Little Details, which led to them forging themselves a crowbar for self defense. in another time immemorial, they were led to being +ENRAGED for the better part of forever, likely related to how no one wants to talk to them, let alone how they cannot talk to anyone - a restrictment forced upon them by the Holy Father in their creation.
they've always wanted to say hi to people, but they've never been able to since God's been around forever... but during Act III of ULTRAKILL, Asbeel is summoned to Treachery-4 /// Judeccca... and finally emits some form of communication, albeit infront of the one who's back they've broken back a billion eons ago or so - Gabriel. yes, they've broken Gabriel's back. no, this is not really important to their lore. just thought i'd include that.
also, as a brief aside, sorry about the run on sentences, i'm going for a marathon over here. /j.
also it's 2 am.
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okay returning to this it's conveniently midnight. forgot what day i wrote the 2 am stuff on. whatever man it was probably 4/28. as i was saying.
now, i can't Hyperlore like some people can, so i'm not... really trying here? i want to, but i can't, y'feel me?
the thing is, my brain is just... filled with rocks. all of the little neurons up there are too ouppy blorbo fixated onto Literally Anything Else, alternatively FUCKING NOTHING, for me to do anything good.
...i mean, that's how i see it. other people would probably like this (e.g. my friends in the steal town discord), but i don't.
suppose you could say i feel inadequate.
that's not important, i'm sorry.
back to lore.
now, Asbeel's lore was briefly touched on above in the 2 am blabberfest, but tonight i plan to go a little deeper.
Asbeel was primarily created by the Holy Father Thou Art in Heaven to function as a problem solving tool, for the problems that don't want to be solved and also don't seem important enough for the Big Boys such as Gabriel and Michael. one such example can be a rogue machine roamin' through Hell that needs judgement, or a ruler going a little too out of pocket for the Council's liking.
tl;dr, if a problem grew too annoying for the Council, and no one really felt it appropriate for the Armies, Asbeel got sent in to deal with it. pretty simple.
if there are no problems for Asbeel to deal with? they get to stand guard by gates that no one else has the time to guard. it was Very Very Boring for them but they couldn't complain because it was literally impossible for them to do such.
as Asbeel's time of "half problem solution, half gate guardian" has come to a close, and after them being used to punish Gabriel for losing to a fucking go-pro, they finally unlock the ability to Go Do Whatever... just as soon as they finish guarding the Council's personal chambers.
however... as you can tell, they didn't give a shit.
because Gabriel had other plans. you get it.
"No hard feelings, Asbeel?"
no hard feelings from Asbeel. they were tired of being used as a tool, but furthermore, they were tired from everything in general. they wanted to be peaceful, to greet those who felt too feeble to greet the other archangels. they may have hated humanity, but that doesn't mean they wanted to punish them.
humanity is dead.
not by Asbeel's doing, of course. that honor goes to the go-pro that defeated Gabriel not once, but twice now, and TWO of the strongest Prime Souls to ever exist. A SECURITY CAMERA defeated the most powerful creatures Asbeel ever had the chance to meet in person. what chance would they have against it?
whatever. Whatever. WHATEVER!! Asbeel doesn't give a shit. they'll destroy that blasted, glorified gun on legs. Gabriel couldn't, Minos couldn't. Not even fucking Sisyphus could. of course, Asbeel's likely small fry compared to that bloodthirsty blue fuck, but they couldn't care less. their fury knows no bounds. it will suffer. it will die. it will be annihilated.
Asbeel has something to say about it.
Soon.
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sorry, was that any good? i say again, i don't feel like it was.
anyway i'm gonna go write asbeel fighting that damned machine. seeya
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THE pinned post with info
Hello there, it is I, the Fluxxation. It’s like 1 AM and I really need to make this before I fall asleep so here goes nothing.
Me (Basics)
- He/Him
- Technically an adult (18) but no NSFW stuff please
- Exclusively an English speaker
My Interests
Above everything and always I will be a robot enjoyer. I love violent robots, funny robots, detailed robots, cute robots, anything but sexualized robots, please don’t do that.
As for current games, I’m very very big into my Nine Sols brainrot era, somewhat moderately playing Honkai Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero whenever they get content updates, and will always be a Souls and Armored Core fan. I know of Rain World, I wish I could get into it more, but I know of it. Oneshot holds an eternal grip on my heart as well. OH AND ULTRAKILL I FORGOT TO MENTION ULTRAKILL EARTHMOVER AND GUTTERTANK MY BELOVED I NEED MORE GUTTERTANK PLEASE. Also the entire risk of rain franchise im just adding games when i think of them now tbh.
As my previous games show, my interest is generally in difficult souls/souls-likes and narratively strong games, though I’ll play just about anything if it has a lot of robots in it or just outright looks appealing.
My music taste is horrible, I listen to VGM, Djent Metal, lofi, anything electronic, and everything in-between. I will always take song suggestions if you want to offer them. I would say I have a music addiction if 160k minutes on Spotify Wrapped says anything.
Creatively, I’ve always been best at writing. I’ve tried my hand at music, am beginning to finally learn art, but words have always been my forte. I’ve used this passion for writing to do quite a lot of online Roleplaying, generally in style of typical DnD, but also in more narrative-driven formats. I’ve made OCs for a good chunk of years of my life, having made short stories for my favorites and such, some of which I may share here someday. I wouldn’t even begin to say my writing is anything special, but I like to do it, and the people I’ve shared it with seem to think it’s alright.
Outside of my online degeneracy, I enjoy tennis and pickleball. I’m pretty active, loving to hike and climb/clamber. I greatly enjoy primitive camping and the outdoors regardless of weather, almost finding it more fun if I’m with the right people when the conditions are less than optimal.
Why I’m on Tumblr
I’m almost ashamed to say the reason I found Tumblr was the glorious Nine Sols Shitpost tag. I finished the game and my hyperfixation was so bad that I just started scouring the internet for any ounce of content I could get my hands on. Given my background with roleplaying stuff and shitposting, coupled with my new obsession of a game interest and a desire to start digital art, it was a perfect storm to get me to both join Tumblr and start drawing.
Now I’m here to keep up with those goals. I wanna keep providing comedic content on shitpost blogs, working on general art skills so that at the very least I can make decent-enough references for my often complicated roleplay-centric projects, and most of all, looking at content for games I enjoy, hopefully making some new pals in the process.
Oh, and reblogging cool robots / horrible shitposts
Current Projects / Goals
- Work on my Nine Sols AU (Ancient War Machine)
- Continue to practice drawing
- Befriend a few people on here (yippeee)
Asks / Contacting me
Feel free to ask for art requests or whatever else, I can’t guarantee anything close to speedy or good, as my art quality and time management skills are both as far from the word “good” as you can get, but I need the practice so..
I don’t have any other socials really aside from Discord. If you’re a mutual, or think you might as well be, then by all means hit me up and I’ll give you my user (even if it’s close enough to this account that you can probably guess it in a reasonable number of tries). FAIR WARNING, I am very socially awkward and will talk to you like we’ve just bumped into each other at random without any knowledge of who the other person is.
Thanks for reading allat, here’s a star for your efforts!
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I feel so bad for everyone posting ultrakill art in the new blood server rn because I keep getting pinged for the charms
GUYS the shop isn't open yet, the ultrakill charms are just the first of many things I need to finish before you can preorder anything 👴
mirage standee being cleaned up right now, ferryman is next, then ill make stickers. after im satisfied with my ultrakill goodies i want to at least make some half life stickers & charms
ill post everything I finish though & my discord dms are open @vegabox so please don't ping me in the 5min cooldown art chat anymore thank yewwww
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It’s 2023
I played video games and became a Dr. last year.
Let’s go over that first one.
Here’s a list of (most) of the video games I played this year, in a semblance of order of how much I think they’re good. Order subjective and up to change. But enjoy.
1. This position was up in the air for a while. Both games 1 & 2 could switch in a week, but at the time of writing, my favorite game I played this year has to be Elden Ring.
Elden Ring is a triumph of everything that makes video games great. Alternative story telling. Beautiful environments. Great music. And an open style of gameplay that allows and rewards experimentation. A triumph of a game by FromSoft and likely their best game ever made.
It's not perfect; the difficulty swings wildly, and like Breath of the Wild before it so much of the thrill is in the discovery that repeat playthroughs really lose a lot. But this truly is the current pinnacle of open world video games.
2. Just and this next game is honored to share it's spot next to Elden Ring, Elden Ring is equally as honored to be next to my number 2 game, Vampire Survivors. A game that is custom made to deliver serotonin directly into your brain. All the excitement of a slot machine with none of the predation. A game that proves greatness doesn't need a high cost, or great visuals, or the soundtrack of the year, just the ability to allow it's players to go nuts and have fun. To reduce the buttons to 5, to take away so much "agency" so players can focus on the decisions that matter. The DLC almost pushed this ahead of Elden Ring. And make no mistake, I will play (and have played) this game more than I will ever play Elden Ring. There is just so much that you can do.
3. I wanted to wait to write this list until I finished a particular game, thinking it might make the list. And at the #3 spot, Ultrakill delivers. Like DOOM Eternal on amphetamines, Ultrakill is a relentless, hardcore, high intensity experience where the only thing standing between you can getting destroyed is the fresh blood of your enemies. This isn’t an easy game, it’s punishing at times, but hot damn is it fun and it is still in early access. Can’t wait for Part 3: Godfist Suicide. Like come on.
4. Is it cheating to have an 18 year old game on my games of the year list? Maybe, but I first played Ace Combat 5 this year, so it makes the list at the #4 spot. Because it's insane. I've got a full review of this one but suffice it to say Ace Combat 4, 5, and Zero are probably the best trilogy of games ever.
5. At number 5, we have Sucker for Love: First Date, which while not the scariest game I played this year (thanks Anatomy! ) was way more unnerving than the silly concept of dating lovecraftian monsters seemed at first blush. Guess that as long as Lovecraft himself ain't writing, eldritch stuff is just real good.
6. Prey rounds out the top 6, an immersive sim that is great fun for 15 hours, and kinda plodding for 5 more but still a time I'd recommend. Full review for this one exists elsewhere too.
7. Procession to Calvary comes in at 7. While not high art (unlike what it's spoofing), the game is silly enough and a decent enough puzzle game that I can recommend it without many caveats. You're a "noble" knight on her quest to kill the heathens when you get told, hey, the war is over and you can't kill anyone anymore. Naturally, this upsets you, but you do get a chance to kill once more, with the enemy leader still being alive and all. So you hunt him down to get your last hurrah of murder in. It's not perfect, but it has enough charm for it's short runtime so deserving of a recommend.
Interlude: I played a bunch of things that I’ve previously beaten/written about in years past, so just gonna list some of those off.
Project Wingman: Still great, still fun. 100% recommend.
Katana Zero: See above, this is one of the best games of the past decade for sure.
Hollow Knight: I replayed the bangers this year, what can I say.
Ace Combat 4: yep more bangers.
Metal Gear Rising: eventually I’ll stop listing off contenders for top games ever made.
The Stanley Parable (ultra deluxe): but that time’s not now. Also this one is technically new and actually well worth it even if you played the original.
Bloodborne: another all-time GOAT.
Path of Exile: This one was real weird. It started off fantastic with the first two leagues, but Lake of Kalandra was turbo ass and had me uninstalling the game. Current league is back up to par, and am having fun, but the future of the game is kinda shakey.
League of Legends: Game is still garbage, but friends still want to play.
Dead by Daylight: Ditto.
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Now for a list of stuff that doesn’t make the top 7, an arbitrary cutoff point.
Anatomy: Among the scariest video games I have ever interacted with. It's fucked.
Last Epoch: When PoE was crap, I played this. It’s... fine. There’s not much egregiously wrong with it (except the current final boss lol). It’s less diverse than PoE though so that’s something. But still, fine.
Neon White: I didn’t finish, but I had some fun with this one. Then it started hitting the wrong parts of my brain. Ya know, the ones focused on perfectionism and frustration. So put it aside. But the game is pretty cool.
Hypnospace Outlaw: Best wish fulfillment game ever, I played for 2 hours, realized my in-game boss was an abusive asshat, and I decided the most in character thing to do was quit my job and uninstalled the game. 10/10.
Halo 1: I had never played the original Halo. Probably should have kept it that way because it’s... not great.
Deep Rock Galactic: This is a game that’s pretty good if you want to do something repetitive. But I have a lot of things that do that, and this wasn’t the best of those.
Risk of Rain 2: This one was too much for me, godspeed if you like it.
Ace Combat 7: This game sucks. Except for the DLC. Which just shows how much the rest sucks.
Have a bunch of things I’ve started but not finished (and do intend to finish), but this wraps up all the stuff I can think of for now. Video games good.
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