Zombies: Garden WarfareĪt the end of 2013, the fate of the show was unclear. Just look at the four we chose to discuss: a remake in the mode of Metroidvania, an anthropomorphic number puzzler, an asburdist espionage comedy and a third-person shooter spin-off of a family-friendly real-time strategy game.ġ:25:45 - Plants vs. You know, maybe it wasn't a bad slate of games, so much as it was a strange one. And hey, I'm always happy to shout my love for Earth Defense Force 2025. Bravely Default, The Last of Us' DLC and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze all got lavished with praise by our reviews team. Then again, maybe we were just looking for fun in all the wrong places. And Fable's anniversary wasn't quite worth celebrating. The standout AAA game, Thief, left many of us feeling robbed. The shortest month of the year was practically a wasteland in terms of major game releases. Don't worry, he'll be back next month!)ĥ:00 - Some actually good games from July 2014!ġ:24:30 - The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (Justin) (Oh, and Justin couldn't make this episode because babies. It was an enlightening experience.ĭespite coming up with a whole backup plan for the lack of July games, it actually did end up as a pretty solid month, so we spend the top half of the show on some of the new releases, if that's your bag. The rule, though, was that at least two of the remaining three Besties had to have not played that game, so some of us would be playing them with fresh eyes. Each Bestie was asked to select one game from their childhood that they love. There were so few major releases this July that we decided the best way to cope was to go into the deep, dark past. It's fair to say that July 2014 will not go down as the most active month in video game history. Sorry it got so weird there, in the middle. (This isn't Polygon's official Game of the Year lineup, though - those will be announced soon!)įor those that have stuck with us from the beginning, through the exploratory episodes, the Chris Grant-a-Tron period, the video specials and countless horrible, imaginary special guests - thank you.
In this four-hour series finale, we're pitting 2014's best games against one another in unyielding combat to the death.
We're going to talk about video games for a very, very long time, y'all. The Besties have been on hiatus - which intimates a brief pause in an otherwise regular schedule, so let's call it a "temporary cancellation" - for a few months now, but we've gathered the crew back together for one last hurrah.