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Top 10 Favorite Games of 2021

#1. Resident Evil Village

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In the same vein as my #2, Village [Eightage] similarly I replayed a ton of times and sometimes for speed runs. As a direct follow up to RE7, we get to see the conclusion to Ethan Winters' plotline in the RE universe as he does his best RE4 impression while going up against a murderer's row of memorable characters all sequestered into their own area spun off from the village hub where each acts its own take on horror video game genres. You got everything from classic RE puzzles in one area to more psychological horror like Silent Hill until it eventually gets very action heavy (and even shortly becomes a military shooter at one point). That giant baby monster is still one of the most memorable moments of that entire game. Among the main villains Lady D may have gotten top billing, but everyone here was great. Ethan is the best RE protagonist because no matter what crazy things he's seen he continues to be shocked and flabbergasted by everything that happens around him and they tie the events RE7 to this game to eventually explain his ability to survive everything that happens to him when any other protagonist in the game would have easily died early into RE7. It also sets up an interesting potential plot for RE9 at the very end so looking forward to seeing where that is going.

Also Chris was there. He's kind of a doofus who makes bad decisions constantly throughout the entire game, but at least they poke fun at him too.

Bonus points for me playing this game entirely while I was on a week long vacation back at my mom's place in Michigan so I was also filled with nostalgic feelings of being a kid and playing games without a care in the world.