Most Rewarding Games This Year.

Hello, my beautiful SW harem sluts. I'm here, freedomfreak. 50% freedom. 50% freak, and I'm here to talk about rewarding games this year.

No, I'm not talking about bwuh bwuh slo-mo breach door military shooter stuff. Games that are legitimately rewarding. Yes. Stuff like... I don't know.. People always bring up the Souls games. We had one this year... WHY IS THERE NO LINE HERE I FEEL LIKE THE LETTERS I'M TYPING ARE GONNA DROP.

What are yours?

I might as well share mine, since you're so keen on knowing:
Bayonetta 2: Pure Platinum. "So naughty". My my

Shovel Knight: The bosses are challenging and a lot of fun. It feels great defeating them. They require a lot of platforming precision, and ... GO BUY SHOVEL KNIGHT BEFORE I LOSE MY SHIT. The game is cool.

Besides that, I don't know. Haven't given it a thought. I'll leave it to you. You. You beautiful man/woman/tran.

Now you know how Retro Russians party.

Shadow of Mordor and its nemesis system. Having an Uruk remember you and have him make an impact on you? Cool stuff.

The first half of Divinity Original Sin. That game destroyed my anus in the first ~20h

Shovel Knight
Super Smash Bros.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Mario Kart 8

Infamous Second Son, Diablo 3 PS4, SunsetOverdrive, MLB 14

Super Smash Bros I suppose.

Dark Souls 2

Not as good as the first two but still (one of) the best game this year and rewarding non the least.

Dark Souls 2

That's just wrong.

Did you know that the Ps3/360 versions of that game don't have the Nemesis system? Talk about taking all the fun out.

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Yup. Some Dark Souls 2 love. I'm playing Demon Souls myself.

@freedomfreak:
How is the combat system in shovel knight? Do you only jump on enemies or can you attack them like in castlevania?

Yeah, you can "pounce" on them, much like Ducktales, or just straight up hit them with your shovel. There's magic, too. I can shoot fireballs, for example.

Cool, hoped for more castlevania style gameplay but will look into it.

Horizon 2, Diablo 3, Sunset Overdrive, Spelunky and SSB.

@Slashkice said:

Velocity 2X. Whenever I perfect a level I'm just like

A. Stoya is awesome.

B. So is Velocity 2X.

Definitely Dark Souls 2, from what I've played

Divinity : Original Sin , by far .

Valiant Hearts is one of the most rewarding games I've played this year. It hit me right in the feels...

Also, Shadow of Mordor. I've spent way too many hours on that game.

wtf is a santa clause comment?

@freedomfreak said:

@Slashkice said:

Velocity 2X. Whenever I perfect a level I'm just like

A. Stoya is awesome.

B. So is Velocity 2X.

Oh, so she is doing what I think she's doing

@nanerer: Nah, there's some peeps here that like me. That's enough for someone like me

Good luck with the next account. I'm still hanging around, making threads, being fabulous.

To be honest, the lack of boobs in your sigs these days is really bringing me down

@lostrib: Blame GS and their nazi-like 125px height limit.

Sons of bitches!

@lostrib: She is receiving some help from a certain device *wink*

*wink* *wink*

Shovel Knight sucks, sucks big time.

@waxifu: Are you John Matherson? I just wanna know, because I want to clarify that I'm not. I know a which_which fella that posted a bit about his hype threads.

He should've just posted until he got 500posts. Then he could've gone crazy with his threads.

Bayonetta 2 for sure. Also on Child of Light at the higher difficulties. And in Ultra Street Fighter 4 when your stuff goes off without a hitch and you body someone hard. That is the ultimate.

Noooo :(

Gosh, indeed. You should've just kept cool, you know. Wait out your post limit, and go on to make threads. This whole alt thing is not cool.

There's a lot of stuff coming in 2015. A lot of stuff worth making a hype thread for.

Shovel Knight and Hyrule Warriors have been my favorite games of the year so far. Shovel Knight especially was just an absolute gem of a game. Everything about it was fantastic. Gameplay, bosses, music, nostalgia. Brilliance.

I'm posting it. 0 regrets.

I don't really understand the topic anyway. Most games are pretty rewarding for different reasons. You could really just pick whatever game you liked most this year.

If you're nominating Bayonetta 2 then I question your comprehension of the word "Rewarding".

Yes its a rewarding game but its no where near close to being the Most Rewarding.

It didnt' come out this year but I recently played Wonderful 101 and getting pure plat on 101 hard mode in that game is ridiculous.

@CountBleck12 said:

@speedfreak48t5p said:

Shovel Knight sucks, sucks big time.

Easy there friend.

:)

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze for sure. From beating the tougher levels on hard mode to finally finding that puzzle piece that had you stumped to getting a shiny gold medal in a speed run, this game doesn't give you anything for free and it feels so good when you accomplish something in it.

It's for this reason that I consider DKCR one of the absolute best games of last gen and why Tropical Freeze will probably end up as one of the very best of this current gen.

OH NO I AIN'T GOING TO RELAX WHEN YOU DISS MA FAVORITE VIDYA, NOT UP IN HERE. THIS IS SYSTEM WARZ AND SYSTEM WARZ IS SERIOUS BUSINEZZ AND MY OPINION IS THE ONLY ONE DAT MATTERZ. YOU LOUSY TROGLODYTES DON'T KNOW NOTHING.

:P

@Pikminmaniac

That doesn't sound Rewarding either.

How is "most rewarding" supposed to differ from "best?"

List anyway, in spite of indefiniteness:

• Dark Souls 2 (w/ DLC)
• Transistor
• Child of Light
• Velocity 2X
• The Last of Us: Remastered (in spite of it being a 2013 game; if you feel that's cheating, then TLOU: Left Behind)

I anticipate FC4, Bayonetta 2, and Shovel Knight could jump into the fray, but gotta play them first.

@Basinboy

In Lulu's Dictionary, "Rewarding" is the process of getting something in return for doing something.

More emphasis is placed on what you get back in returning than whatever it is you're doing. Hence why I disagree with Bayonetta and Donkey Kong as rewarding games... They are not built around the idea of rewards, they actually want you to enjoy whatever it is you are doing, the privelage of playing the game becomes its own reward, the Ranks and Unlockable features are just bonuses. the game remains enjoyable even when you get nothing back or even when you fail or die, you can look back and say "it was fun while it lasted"

A Rewarding game on the other hand something like Dark Souls, you don't play the game for the sake of playing it, the gameplay is far too bland and boring for that. You play it to earn upgrades, to get new items and equipment and to say "look at me I beat Dark Souls", the game is only enjoyable when get something back in return, theres no enjoyment in the constant dying, the back tracking and retreading, the memorization of Brain Dead AI moves, the enjoyment comes afterwards, as rewards in the form of Souls, Upgrades, Equipment and ofcourse... Being "Teh Hardcore".

Its not a fun a game, its a Rewarding one.

Ofcourse this isn't what TC meant... Not by a long shot.

hehe.

Divinity: OS and Shovel Knight. To an extent, Dark Souls 2.