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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19546060

Welcome to the Eurogamer 100, a list of video games that aims to reflect their ever-changing nature. Rather than ranking games by their influence or significance, the below list is a suggestion of the very best things you can play at this moment, according to us.

It's a pretty good list, I think, although there are a few "wtf" moments here and there as I see what's included and what's omitted.

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[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

I'm going to give my probably controversial opinion. I don't think Animal Crossing New Horizons should be on that list and the main reason it got critical acclaim is because it released at the height of Covid. Had it released any other time people would've seen that it's a shallow game where in long term it's mostly a repetition of the same menial actions. There's nothing wrong with repetition, but having to check the store every day isn't exactly the peak of compelling gameplay.

[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

This is 100% an "it's just not for you" situation. I mean, it's not really my thing either, but it's literally the best selling game ever in Japan. That's not just the pandemic.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I agree the genre isn't exactly for me, but I don't think that's really relevant. Stardew Valley and Sims more or less fall in the same genre and I loved Stardew Valley and could see the appeal of Sims. I don't have an issue with those games being on the list but New Horizons just felt shallow. Outside of collecting things for the Museum there really wasn't anything that engaging. I remember also checking if I'm just playing it wrong and the sentiment from the AC vets was that the gameplay of New Leaf is better.

I did a quick check to see New Horizon is still in the same state as I remember and some people are claiming the 2.0 update made the game better so I guess I'll give it another shot one day. Maybe my opinion is dated because I haven't really played since 1.3 update.