| 1. Sources: - Steam suggestions based on what I've liked in the past. - Subreddits like gamingsuggestions to find games similar to X, or by genre. - Gameplay footage from YT channels like gameranx that publish top 10 lists. 2. I crave: - good stories: Assassin's Creed 2, Battlefield 3, Prince of Persia trilogy - Satisfying gameplay: DMC4, Prototype, Resident Evil 4 (2005), Tomb Raider 2013 - Impressive visuals and fantasy worlds: Witcher 3, Elden Ring 3. Finding new games is easy. Everyone and their dog have a must-play list. Finding games that you'd enjoy is frustrating. Reddit comments have proven to be the most misleading, even disingenuous. They'd write paragraphs praising Tetris's deep lore and high-fidelity graphics. For this reason, my shortlisting process roughly looks like this: - Accumulate suggestions over the long term from steam, reddit, YouTube, etc . - Create your own wishlist, distribute it in tiers - GOTY winners and nominees, AAA, top steam ratings, sequels of games you've enjoyed in the past, etc. - order games in each tier based on what factors you desire the most - graphics, gameplay, lore, time to beat. You may move certain games to higher tier based on your bias. - Every time you hear another suggestion for game X, move it one position higher (within the tier). I'd love to see a public backlog DB, howlongtobeat.com is a good one. But I'm also convinced it's a highly subjective and personal process, so I count as a customer who doesn't know what they want (in case you're looking to build something around this). 4. Recent favorites: - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - The 101 trailer was enough to convince me [1]. Also, its prequel Human Revolution was a favorite back in 2012 (got it from a friend). - God of War 3: again, wanted closure for so long. 1 and 2 were favorites back then, source: friend. - Death Stranding: received it for free on Epic. Had heard about it a lot, the relase date was recent, and the trailer was intriguing. Also, Kojima. [1] https://youtu.be/Sh_65yx-sc8?si=B6uoQ7akYRHHMI4B |