top games 2019
With that out of the way, let's take a look at the best video games of 2019:
Apex Legends
February 4 | Respawn | PS4, XBO, PCA Plague Tale: Innocence
Release date: May 14 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Asobo Studio's A Plague Tale: Innocence tells the story of two orphans, Amicia and Hugo, who are on the run from the Inquisition and the Black Death terrorizing 14th century France. It's a grim narrative that's full of ominous sequences and gnarled out rat infestations that swarm around as a main puzzle mechanic, and it uses the emotional pull of every environment and set piece to trace the ups and downs of a teenager who is left to care for her 5-year-old brother. Its linearity makes it more of a stealth affair than an action-adventure soap opera, but by choice. Every maze, backdrop, companion, and smattering of alchemy is used to let the world unfold around you -- analyzing the links between innocence and resilience, and how hope will find a way to blossom in the horrors of tragedy. It's a feat that is held back by predictability, but it's one that will forever earmark A Plague Tale as a gorgeous rarity in emotive storytelling.
Asobo Studio's A Plague Tale: Innocence tells the story of two orphans, Amicia and Hugo, who are on the run from the Inquisition and the Black Death terrorizing 14th century France. It's a grim narrative that's full of ominous sequences and gnarled out rat infestations that swarm around as a main puzzle mechanic, and it uses the emotional pull of every environment and set piece to trace the ups and downs of a teenager who is left to care for her 5-year-old brother. Its linearity makes it more of a stealth affair than an action-adventure soap opera, but by choice. Every maze, backdrop, companion, and smattering of alchemy is used to let the world unfold around you -- analyzing the links between innocence and resilience, and how hope will find a way to blossom in the horrors of tragedy. It's a feat that is held back by predictability, but it's one that will forever earmark A Plague Tale as a gorgeous rarity in emotive storytelling.
ART SQOOL
Release date: February 5 (PC)
Unquestionably, ART SQOOL is the weirdest game on this list. As Froshmin at your new art sqool, you're tasked with completing a barrage of seemingly random assignments through drawing on your MS Paint-like canvas, which are graded by your AI professor, all in an effort to make you the best artist you can be in this glitched-out vaporwave world. It can be a frustrating experience -- you only start with one brush (get outside the classroom, kids!), and a bad grade can feel like a personal affront -- but this singular indie game from Brooklyn-based illustrator Julian Glander is as whimsically engrossing as it is a thinkpiece on the institutional strictures and scamminess of real-life art school. Post-grads with liberal arts degrees: Brace yourself for flashbacks to your days of stewing quietly during classroom critiques.
Unquestionably, ART SQOOL is the weirdest game on this list. As Froshmin at your new art sqool, you're tasked with completing a barrage of seemingly random assignments through drawing on your MS Paint-like canvas, which are graded by your AI professor, all in an effort to make you the best artist you can be in this glitched-out vaporwave world. It can be a frustrating experience -- you only start with one brush (get outside the classroom, kids!), and a bad grade can feel like a personal affront -- but this singular indie game from Brooklyn-based illustrator Julian Glander is as whimsically engrossing as it is a thinkpiece on the institutional strictures and scamminess of real-life art school. Post-grads with liberal arts degrees: Brace yourself for flashbacks to your days of stewing quietly during classroom critiques.
Baba Is You
Release date: March 13 (PC, Switch)
Arvi "Hempuli" Teikari's new 2D puzzler follows four simple rules: Baba Is You, Flag Is Win, Wall Is Stop, and Rock Is Push. As the baba -- an adorable bunny-like creature -- the objective is to push aside rocks and touch the flag to complete a level. That is, until you realize every word on the screen is a movable tile and you can modify each of the cardinal rules to complete a puzzle in an entirely different way. It's a mechanic that can become brutally difficult, but the ability to modify and remix larger X and Y statements is what makes Baba Is You an addictive timesink. It's a puzzle game within a puzzle game and one that will gut-check your preconceptions about the genre.
Arvi "Hempuli" Teikari's new 2D puzzler follows four simple rules: Baba Is You, Flag Is Win, Wall Is Stop, and Rock Is Push. As the baba -- an adorable bunny-like creature -- the objective is to push aside rocks and touch the flag to complete a level. That is, until you realize every word on the screen is a movable tile and you can modify each of the cardinal rules to complete a puzzle in an entirely different way. It's a mechanic that can become brutally difficult, but the ability to modify and remix larger X and Y statements is what makes Baba Is You an addictive timesink. It's a puzzle game within a puzzle game and one that will gut-check your preconceptions about the genre.
Cadence Of Hyrule
Release date: June 13 (Switch)
Cadence Of Hyrule is ridiculously good. Mentioning it in the same breath as A Link To The Past and Breath Of The Wild might be premature, but it succeeds by being a pixel-perfect remix of two distant worlds. It's a Zelda scroller with an undying love to feel every synth, and it all adds up to a classic action RPG and a map full of super-cute Bokoblins, Wolfos, Lynels, and Gibdos. Every sprite, puzzle, slap of the bass, and adorbs nod to Crypt of the Necrodancer reinforces the lovable charms of Hyrule and the fact that this 2D spinoff is a win for video games.
Cadence Of Hyrule is ridiculously good. Mentioning it in the same breath as A Link To The Past and Breath Of The Wild might be premature, but it succeeds by being a pixel-perfect remix of two distant worlds. It's a Zelda scroller with an undying love to feel every synth, and it all adds up to a classic action RPG and a map full of super-cute Bokoblins, Wolfos, Lynels, and Gibdos. Every sprite, puzzle, slap of the bass, and adorbs nod to Crypt of the Necrodancer reinforces the lovable charms of Hyrule and the fact that this 2D spinoff is a win for video games.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Release date: June 21 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
If Mario Kart is the dorm-room king of kart racers, then Crash Team Racing is the zany WWE equivalent that one-ups your bananas and blue shells with a deafening shot of nostalgia. Beenox's follow-up to N. Sane Trilogy is full of intuitive details with 30-plus tracks, deep kart customization, and 26 playable characters -- including Fake Crash, Spyro The Dragon, and Tawna from 1996's Crash Bandicoot. It's an intoxicating mix that never drifts away from being a stiff challenge for friends (and veterans) as its color-rich exterior is elevated by a balance of positive vibes and precision. It's Crash after all, and Nitro-Fueled is pimped out to be a pinnacle in PlayStation racing games.
If Mario Kart is the dorm-room king of kart racers, then Crash Team Racing is the zany WWE equivalent that one-ups your bananas and blue shells with a deafening shot of nostalgia. Beenox's follow-up to N. Sane Trilogy is full of intuitive details with 30-plus tracks, deep kart customization, and 26 playable characters -- including Fake Crash, Spyro The Dragon, and Tawna from 1996's Crash Bandicoot. It's an intoxicating mix that never drifts away from being a stiff challenge for friends (and veterans) as its color-rich exterior is elevated by a balance of positive vibes and precision. It's Crash after all, and Nitro-Fueled is pimped out to be a pinnacle in PlayStation racing games.
Devil May Cry 5
Release date: March 8 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Hideaki Itsuno's Devil May Cry 5 is ridiculously cool, stylish, sexy, and full-on cheesy, and as much as its narrative is about Nero's path to becoming more than just dead weight, it's a sequel that ties some loose ends together by being the action romp it deserves. One second, you'll find yourself lost in a plot that is equal parts Hot Topic, Fury Road, and Showdown in Little Tokyo, and by the next, you'll be headbanging the night away as you hack and slash enemies with motorcycle swords. Dante is still Dante and the demons are still demons (for the most part), but DMC5 slays at upending the traditional norms and stigmas of today by making a badass arcade gem feel like a theatrical masterpiece.
Hideaki Itsuno's Devil May Cry 5 is ridiculously cool, stylish, sexy, and full-on cheesy, and as much as its narrative is about Nero's path to becoming more than just dead weight, it's a sequel that ties some loose ends together by being the action romp it deserves. One second, you'll find yourself lost in a plot that is equal parts Hot Topic, Fury Road, and Showdown in Little Tokyo, and by the next, you'll be headbanging the night away as you hack and slash enemies with motorcycle swords. Dante is still Dante and the demons are still demons (for the most part), but DMC5 slays at upending the traditional norms and stigmas of today by making a badass arcade gem feel like a theatrical masterpiece.
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