The Best Games of 1st Half of 2016 - an IFDB Poll
by Anya Johanna DeNiro
RSS FeedSometimes by the end of the year and after the Comp it's hard to keep front-and-center the games that appeared earlier in the year! Here is a place to list what has tickled your fancy so far. One vote per game only please.
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman 9 votes "my game of the year so far: superb design, strong replayability, and exquisite pacing." [+]"my game of the year so far: superb design, strong replayability, and exquisite pacing." --Anya Johanna DeNiro... "wow I played for half an hour and this game seems very interesting.Wel done.5/5" [+]"wow I played for half an hour and this game seems very interesting.Wel done.5/5" ( ) --gugushic... "One of my overall favorites! Great characterizations, and super fun to play!" [+]"One of my overall favorites! Great characterizations, and super fun to play!" () --Callithumpian... "Well-written and interesting" [+]"Well-written and interesting: Well-written and from an interesting point of view. A tad on the linear side, but still makes your decisions matter." --Nathaniel... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --TheAncientOne... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Brian Kwak... "Simple, but very..." [+]"Simple, but very engaging. Characters take more than clicking around to get to know, but are all unique in their own way. Absolutely recommend!" () --Aeris... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Xavid... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell...  Vote for this game | |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 8 votes "Bounty hunting. Cyborg body mods. Galactic exploration. Space opera done right." [+]"Bounty hunting. Cyborg body mods. Galactic exploration. Space opera done right." ( ) --CMG... "Many choices, free exploration with goal" [+]"Many choices, free exploration with goal" --mousetail... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --gobbldygook... (No comment) [+](No comment) --boogerball... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... "exploration and..." [+]"exploration and adventures in a far future transhumanist universe" () --tekket... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Oreolek... Vote for this game | |
| Worldsmith, by Ade McT 3 votes "A science fiction masterpiece!" [+]"A science fiction masterpiece!" ( ) --Billy Mays... "a massive, sprawling, brilliant game." [+]"a massive, sprawling, brilliant game." ( - Full review) --davemaryland... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Tangaroa Deep, by Astrid Dalmady 2 votes "Great use of visual design to evoke the deep, scary sea" [+]"Great use of visual design to evoke the deep, scary sea" --P. B. Parjeter... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Brendan Patrick Hennessy... Vote for this game | |
| Vesp, by Porpentine 2 votes "Dark wasp-infested dystopia with evocative styling and great writing" [+]"Dark wasp-infested dystopia with evocative styling and great writing" ( ) --Hannah Powell-Smith... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Brendan Patrick Hennessy... Vote for this game | |
| The Mary Jane of Tomorrow, by Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Brendan Patrick Hennessy... Vote for this game | |
| Get Lost!, by S. Woodson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Three-Card Trick, by Chandler Groover 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Brendan Patrick Hennessy... Vote for this game | |
| An Evening at the Ransom Woodingdean Museum House, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| What Fuwa Bansaku Found, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "a masterwork of what I call 'the new minimalism'. Spare, haunting and poetic." [+]"a masterwork of what I call 'the new minimalism'. Spare, haunting and poetic." --Anya Johanna DeNiro... Vote for this game | |