The 10 best games of 2023 from GamesBeat writer Rachel Kaser

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Another year East on It is path out, And It is time once Again has talk about My favorite Games of THE year. 2023 was A Russian mountains of A year, with THE exhilarating tops of THE Games themselves compensate for by THE industry-wide the lowest of layoffs And money problems. He was A fantastic year For Me as A player — as someone with close ties has THE community that makes THE Games, not SO a lot. That be said, This East A moment For party, And I can say with No exaggeration that picking My High ten For This year has has been A of THE most pleasantly frustrating experiences of My professional life.

Narrowing My Most loved Games down has just ten was difficult because I would be love has talk has You about all of them — SO It is What I am TO DO. In A little days, I will publish My end of the year ranking of each game I have plays This year, which should be In excess of 85 Games — maybe 90 (I always need has TO DO A final effective). And keep In spirit that This list East base on My notice, My own staff experiences with each Thu.

ten. Sea of Stars

I doesn't play Chrono Triggering until I was A adult, SO I confess that I don't do it often feel that particularly nostalgic itch towards from top to bottom, Pixel art, turn-based RPG. But playing Sea of Stars, I can get something similar has that feeling. THE game just has those atmosphere, THE sense that It is both A old favorite And A new pleasure has THE even time, And he won Me on pretty quickly. It is A easy game has back has After A long day And has A hot kind of feeling has he that I find hard has describe.

He help that Sea of Stars East beautiful And feels GOOD has play. Turn-based RPG are difficult For Me — I either as them Or I find them tedious. Fortunately Sea of Stars East THE ancient. THE history doesn't immediately hook Me, but I did get In he After A short time playing (around THE time Garlic was introduced). He was not My favorite RPG experience of THE year, but he came very close And he was functioning with A little of A disadvantage given My lack of experience with THE Games It is clearly SEO.

9. Great Mario Brothers. Wonder

Contrary to THE previous entrance In This article, I TO DO to have childhood nostalgia partner with THE Mario series (as A very big portion of THE of the world population). SO Great Mario Brothers Wonder doesn't to have has TO DO that a lot has earn Me on. He just had has be A competent Mario game And he would be to have crack My High 30 without trying. But he done to try. Nintendo do maybe the most beautiful, the most trippy game he maybe could be able, And he shot up My list as Soon as I plays that First of all level. Wonder East Exactly as silly And delicious as A Mario game should be, And exceeds all My expectations.

But Wonder East more that just A nostalgia journey, giving THE entertainment And art design A generally upgrade has modernize he (For lack of A better word), particularly with greetings has THE characters. I assumed, After seeing THE trailer, that Elephant Mario was going has be A a step wonder (No pun intended), but No — THE Elephant gameplay East A clip. I to have No idea WHO came up with THE original concept that, but they deserve A ribbon.

8. Final Fantasy XVI

You are going has quickly get fatigue of Me saying This, but be A big fan of action Games, I am happy that Final Fantasy XVI went THE path of action-RPG. THE Games European Gothic art design combined with It is fast fight And open world exploration East A sorting...