life:games:tiers:games_tier_s

A compilation of games that I've finished and find them to be “Tier S”.
This would be either games that have impacted me the most or that I would recommend any game afficionado to play.

The rest of the lists can be found here.

NameTypeDescriptionQuick ReviewLast Played
Banished
Batman Arkham Asylum
Beat Saber
Capitalist II
CarX Drift Racing Online
Cities Skylines
Dark Souls
Domina
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Factorio
Forza Horizon 5
Furi
Game Dev Tycoon
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Katana ZeroAction, Hack and Slash, Fast-Paced, NinjaKatana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.What an amazing game.

Think of Hotline Miami, but as a Ninja with some “time” mechanics.
The sound design / OST is amazing, the pixel art is great, the controls are top notch, the mechanics are simple but don't get old and the gameplay / gameloop is just *amazing*.

The story does seem to be deep / to go deeper, but sadly the game doesn't have an ending yet story wise, so have that in mind.
Either way it is an amazing experience, that should take just a few hours (2-6) to end but a lot more to master.

Would highly recommend it if you enjoy games like Hotline Miami, Mr. Shifter or similar.
11/2023
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Lies of PSouls-like, Action RPG, Story RichLies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.What a *great* game!
Either you enjoyed Dark Souls - and other souls-like games - or you didn't, you owe it to yourself to at least try Lies of P.
It's like if Bloodborne and Dark Souls (and a bit of Sekiro) had a magnificent baby with it's own character and personality.

From a great combat system, stellar Music, amazing graphics, amazing boss fights, - actual - story, gameplay and game feel, this is one of the best soul-like games out there, I would dare to say, even better that many of the games from FromSoftware (Ultrawide support, unlocked FPS, amazing hit detection boxes, again, an actual story delivery).

Around 20-35 hours to complete, more if you go for multiple runs, and *huge* replayability if you want - only parry run, only dodge run, heavy build run, ninja run, the list goes on -.

If this is the quality of souls-like that NEOWIZ puts out, I can't wait for they next game on the “Lies of” IP.

A suberb game that everyone that enjoys action-adventure games should experience.
01/2024
Life is Strange
Mafia 2
Mark of the Ninja
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Mirror's Edge
Mr. Shifty
Overcooked
Planet Zoo
Portal
Portal 2
Prison Architect
Renegeade Ops
Return of the Obra DinnDetective, Mystery, Puzzle,Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.One of those games I wish I could forget and play again for the first time.

Solving all the questions the game will put your way, deducting who what and when is just an amazing experience.
Stellar sound design, amazing puzzles, even if sometimes there is things that you might not find very enjoyable due to the general pace of the game or art design.

Either way, you will still have a blast finding out what happened in the Obra Dinn and you will, most probably, regret you can only experience it, truly, once.
01/2024
Risk of Rain 2
Road Redemption
Rocksmith Remastered
Saints Row the Third
Civilization V
Civiliation VI
Slay the Spire
Sleeping Dogs
Spec Ops: The Line
Super Meat Boy
Superhot
SuperliminalPuzzle, Surreal, Narration, Physics, First-Person
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
What an amazing game.

So, let me start by saying, that if you just focus on “ending the game”, you will be done in less then 2 hours, tops, and you will be disappointed. Main, mandatory puzzles, they are very few, and once you get the “click” on the solution, you will chug along and be over.

Now, if you take your time to appreciate the levels and go for the hidden content, not only will you find a lot more “puzzles” that will / might stick with you, the entire point of the game, storywise, will stick better with you and will be driven home better.

I would say that if you just want to see the “main puzzles”, then it will be less then 2-3 hours to get everything done, but you would seriously miss in one of the best puzzle games out there by doing so, in a way, going for the hidden “collectibles” will take the game from a 2-3 hours game, to something that you might actual compare to Portal. If you do that, 10-15 hours is to be expected.

Use those different PoV to calculate your “price-value / hour”.

Would definitely recommend, mainly if you enjoy the aesthetic and “fresh take”, but would say to stay away if you are expecting a lot of (main) puzzles.

Definitely, one of the best puzzle / “meta” games I've played.
10/2023
Total War: Medieval 2
Transistor
Transport Fever
Uplink
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead Season 2
What Remains of Edith Finch
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Wolf Among Us
XCom Enemy Unknown
XCom 2
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