Mortim you have easily become my fav game reviewer of 2023, I love your clear style, and conscientiousness, looking forward to viewing your work in 2024

@battlericky17

6 ай бұрын

Mort is the MAN

@trevorl.4332

6 ай бұрын

Seconded! Mort popped up on my radar with his coverage of Wrath of the Righteous, and he's been my favorite gaming channel ever since. A man who works hard on 100%ing every review... he truly deserves every bit of success he's achieved, and I look forward to seeing his star continue to rise!

This was an absurdly good year for RPG's. So many great titles.

@franciscobutte

6 ай бұрын

Next one is crazy too

@Hravokh

6 ай бұрын

the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for sure

@vor946

6 ай бұрын

what are the lowlights you have in mind? @@Hravokh

@Aggnog

6 ай бұрын

It helps that almost every game on this channel is an RPG.

@philippos5547

6 ай бұрын

Agree, if you have a full time job, no way you more than scratched the surface.

there are only 52 weeks in a year, and you reviewed until 100% total of 56 games! amazing dedication. You deserve a holiday.

@ungooglablegames

5 ай бұрын

I only ranked 46 games, but they are all from 2023.

Mortismal Gaming is my favorite YT channel of 2023. Thank you for all the content!

You're a CRPG iconoclastic reviewer and an admirable icon in general.

2023 is going to go down as an “all time great” year. There was something for everyone.

@noukan42

6 ай бұрын

It is a great year but it isn't 1998 tier.

@waltblackadar4690

6 ай бұрын

Kind of makes up for the COVID lull years.

@barofsoap6048

6 ай бұрын

​@@noukan42 what did 1998 have foe you too say that ? Just curious

@noukan42

6 ай бұрын

@@barofsoap6048 it's faster this way en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_in_video_games

@EmeffMonkey

6 ай бұрын

I think 2007 and 2017 still edge it out, but it was a fantastic year.

Cyberpunk 2.0 and Phantom Liberty is by far the greatest thing I have played this year.

Shocked to see how much you loved Octopath 2. I had no idea it was THAT good in any aspect considering how strong of a year this was for gaming.

@MichaelWard-le1ck

6 ай бұрын

His review actually had me order it. 29.99 on Amazon ps5

My personal favorite this year: The Talos Principle 2. A puzzle game with the best use of philosophical themes in a game since Disco Elysium. Great story, great really clever but never unfair puzzles.

Wow, 56 games/year! I genuinely underestimated how used I am to your company every week Thank you for your hard work and insights! Wishing much fortune and health to you and your familia in the coming year!

The best thing about this channel is there is absolutely NO rage baiting about Starfield and Diablo IV, and they are treated fairly rather than used for dopamine clicks for the outrage addicts.

Very happy to see Octopath up almost at the top. Baldurs Gate 3, OT2 and Cyberpunk 2.0 are probably 3 of my favorite games in the last decade.

This has been one of the best years for games in a long time and we have all benefited from this exceptional year. Many great titles that sadly I can't play them all. Thank you game developers and have a great time playing them fellow gamers.

This list really made me realize on how much I rely on your impressions & reviews to make my purchase decisions. Didn't fail me once and unlikely to ever do, because you talk about everything, good and bad, leaving me with the facts to make a decision instead of taking that decision away from me like a lot of other reviewers seem to do. Thanks for all the videos and looking forward to your videos of 2024.

Honestly i am completely fine with games taking longer to make these days cause holy lord its gonna take awhike to check all these out.

An absolute legend! You've turned me onto a lot of great games. Thanks for a wonderful year of reviews. I watch all your videos and its a blast.

This year is the year that I got back into gaming. What a great year.

Its crazy you've 100%ed more games this year than there are weeks in a year. Massive props to you man, ur definitely one of the most dedicated reviewers i've seen.

@firstclaw1

6 ай бұрын

I was surprised, that Mortim managed to pull this off including more than 500 hours in BG3 and churning out multiple quality videos about this wonderful gem during the same year. True dedication.

@ungooglablegames

4 ай бұрын

I ranked ALL games released in 2023.

BG3, Octopath 2, and Lies of P were my three favorite games of the year (in that order), so it's nice to see all three high on your list!

Great ranked list! And thank you for being an amazing content creator. To more amazing years like this one.

Another great year of the channel. Great work!

Love these videos give me a good recap on a lot of releases while at the same time pointing me to reviews and games I had skipped through the year

So many great games out this year! We really should praise the Omnissiah for His infinite wisdom in creating these amazing pieces

@chiefinasmith

6 ай бұрын

The Emperor protects

Great list! Thanks for a superlative year of excellent reviews. Hope you and your son have a spectacular holiday break whatever you may celebrate. Can't wait to see what 2024 holds for the channel. I'm getting ready to battle the steampunk fire elemental guarding Grymforge for the fourth time, my first time on tactician. I can't wait to see the amended ending sequence! Months from now I'll venture into the honor mode.

Pretty epic list for the year, can't wait to see everything that's to come next year!!

I just want to give Mortym a shoutout: I never would have found or played "Colony Ship" if not for his review and mentions in his videos. What a gem! I had such a blast with that game that I put down everything else and powered through that game for its story! I feel like it's really rare to play a game where you really feel every point you put into every skill, and every gear upgrade feels like a massive win! Fun story, great characters, cool premise... it combined a lot of elements from "Pandorum", "Fallout", and more, but ends up it's own thing. Total blast that put a smile on my face from start to finish, and I never would have found it except for this channel. Thanks Mortym!

Cheers! Always thankful for all the vids you make 👍

Got a bunch of new games added to my wishlist now, thank you for the list! Definitely going to check out some of the more detailed reviews for a few of these..

Thank you for this awesome ranking list!!

Awesome video, thanks for your hard work this year!

Great work this year🎉🎉🎉 Your work is a blessing.

Keep blowing up Morty! You do a consistently great job with your videos and reviews. It was a great year for games and a great year for your channel.

BG3 is #1 who didn’t see that coming. Best game of the year.

Thank you for all the great reviews this year. Definitely one of my favorite channels I found in 2023

Thanks for all your videos this year! Don't know how I didn't find your channel in the past, but I've really enjoyed your perspective throughout 2023. I also think you have a nice voice.

Dude.. great great work. Love your channel.

Thank you for this year of great reviews. 🖤

Thanks for the videos of 2023 and especially this list which will guide my purchases for the Steam winter sale.

Your channel familiarized me with BG3 and made me buy the game. Thank you for that, best game this year no doubt.

I continue to love the nuance that you bring to your videos,. Watching this compilation has reminded me of some games I have been meaning to try out, and I may be buying myself a few Christmas presents from your list. 😄

I’m really starting to enjoy your reviews as I am slowly going back to the style of games I used to love

I’ve watched every video you’ve put out for majority of the year (found your channel a couple months in) and I have loved your take on reviews and the way you do it, so thank you and thank you for showing me some games I never would’ve even taken an eye to, Merry Christmas and happy new year

This is a great list. Taking out some of the older games and all of the various Soulslikes (I just always bounce off of these) this just about mirrors. My list of favorite games I played this year. A couple of these are still in my backlog, but I can’t imagine them being far off from where you put them. I’m so glad I found your channel this year. We have very similar taste in games and I trust your reviews more than any other source on the Internet. Happy holidays!

You are the best creator. Last games I bought are the only those you rated highly Keep the great work up!

Thanks for your reviews!

Happy holidays! I appreciate all the hard work you've done and continue to do. Thanks for the video

You are the best, love your channel, thanks for all your hard work! Always interested to hear what you have to say about games! I have discovered so many games through your channel!

I, like many others have limited time so i rely on a select few reviewers to guide me. You sir are definitely one of the best which is why i subscribed.

I love these round ups 11 /10 gg

Truly inpiring channel. Keep up the great work. Im a proud subscriber.

Great list of games… I actually played Scars Above because you showcased it in another video and I thought it looked good. Really enjoyed that game! On to 2024

Thanks for a fantastic year of reviews Morty, here's to another great year in 2024.

I appreciate that not only did it make your list, but Octopath Traveler also ranked 2nd for the year. It is criminally underrated this year, with an excellent take on Turn-based combat, good growth and added features from the first title, and excellent music by Yasunori Nishiki. The music also being underappreciated as it wasn't even nominated in the game awards. I have a game recommendation, since this year you reached out to a lot of older RPGs, especially aRPGs and Souls-like games, but Final Fantasy: Stranger of Paradise launched on Steam this year. It includes all of the DLC from it's beta year in Epic. It was made by the team that makes the Nioh games, Team Ninja, and it has a Final Fantasy theme that was built on by utilizing a Job system. The story for the first half isn't anything to write home about, but the combat and and job system is what kept my friend and I going throughout the game.

Thanks for the time stamps so I can check out some games I missed.

Just found your channel. So far great work. Keep it up with enjoyable content. Have a good one!

This is some serious effort and I love it

Love your videos and the sincerity overall

The clip of you in the masons guild in bg3 at the end is exactly where I am while listening to this video and playing at the same time. Had to do a double take what a glitch in the matrix

Love it when people refresh my vocabulary, i immediately remembered how to spell maligned without remembering its meaning. Thank you sir. 👍

Love watching these videos, 2023 was an amazing year for sure. It's awesome to see you be able to make a career out of this.

Great reviews mort! Keep up the fantastic work, you were one of the few people I saw review Starfield with very much a similar viewpoint on what I wanted out of bethesdas next game. Cheers!

I loved Risen, your review brought back so many memories 🥰

My go-to guy when I’m pondering getting a new T/CRPG. Keep pumping out that content👍

I know I’m late to this - for some reason the algorithm is only just now telling me, which is odd since I’m subscribed and alerts are turned on, but I did not even realize this had been posted! @MortismalGaming makes a lot of EXCELLENT video-game content. Your niche-approach and genre-focus really does a great job distinguishing you from other KZreadr’s but these end of year wrap-up videos? Man, they are something special. I mean - a lot of KZreadr’s make them, but they don’t make ‘em like you do. Honestly one of my favorite things about the end of the year. Keep up the incredible content! Lookin’ forward to what you post in ‘24.

Wild how many games you covered this year! Gonna run out in a few years! haha

Thank you for your great work and videos. 2023 was great with games. If I made a ranking of best KZread gaming channels this year, I'd place you on #1! Every time I find your videos very informative and engaging. You know what you are talking about after 100% and manage to summarize the key points in your videos with well written reviews and structure. In your channel I discover games, which I would have dismissed just seeing the ad/teaser (e.g. on Steam). Also sometimes find out about a game, which I thought was great fun, is maybe good overall but gameplay wise probably not my cup of tea. I need to select more carefully with my backlog as I have more quality games, than I have time to sink my teeth into them. Anyway to me your channel is infotainment at it's best in the gaming world.

Keep up the great work morty!

You are helping me with my own gaming choices, going to start with replaying the bioshocks, albeit the remastered ones + DLC

My Steam wishlist just doubled in size, thanks! :)

holy the grind is real

Glad to see Octopath II at your #2 spot, was easily one of my favorite new games this year and I feel that it's gone really under the radar now that we are in award season.

I like how you're willing to talk about a game's positive qualities along with the bad. Most people seem to talk about games in one extreme or the other. It's very fair and makes you quite rational. Earned a follow.

As someone who grew up with pen and paper games and recalls buying the Forgotten Realms boxes set when it first came out, it’s bizarre to see a table top RPG in any form, video game or otherwise, be so popular. That’s cool. What’s also bizarre is I nearly bounced off this game and feel like warm towards it. It was good.

A good year IMO.

Omg rogue trader got top 3 and Ocotpath got second place. Two great purchases I made thanks to you Mort my man. Thanks for everything you do!…but I can’t wait for the full review of rogue trader!

Its crazy that Cyberpunk 2077 is so high up the list only if they would've delayed and released the game this year.

@lexnaum

6 ай бұрын

Company woulda gone under or suffered severe layoffs. Delays are a big deal budget wise

@moosiemoose1337

6 ай бұрын

They delayed like 3 or 4 times.

@sjakkalul

6 ай бұрын

​@@moosiemoose1337 exactly

@CorporateShill66

6 ай бұрын

Cyberpunk 2077 was in "Early access" from 2020 till 2023 xd

@0326dp

6 ай бұрын

@@CorporateShill66yeah i like the game but i feel this, i dont think the game would be in the good state that it is now if they didnt get absolutely trashed by everyone in the begining

Good stuff!

great list, i want to follow some of these titles

Finally, someone who loved Bioshock 2 as much as I did. The multiplayer mode, which doesn’t exist anymore, was super fun as well.

Nice top!

I pretty much have no performance issues on Jedi Survivor. I think its a mixed bag as to whether people are having performance issues or if they are running it perfectly fine

Thank you for sharing.

My fav gaming content creator atm, agreed with mostly everything

For all your end of year videos that I've watched thus far, this one's my favorite. Great bite sized looks at everything you touched this year to give me a good sense on where games stand. Makes me want to give one of those Piranha Bytes games a try! Only thing I disagree with though is Chained Echoes. I *really* hated that combat bar mechanic, and the way you level up just made me miss a more traditional xp system (I know it was on abilities, but still).

Honestly, great rankings, i have played most all of these and would rank them quite similarly. Except Hades, only placement that shocked me. The first thought that comes to your mind when you read this would be correct, which would likely prove my shock, lol

Can you do a video showing your process for playing so many games? I feel like I could learn a thing or two from you about how to prioritize and work through games.

@ilttheDude

6 ай бұрын

pretty sure he has already done a video touching on this, although sadly i can't remember which one, and don't have the time to find it, as he has so many videos to sift through i just seem to recall watching it some time ago. if i'm correct, hopefully him or someone else here in the comments knows which one it is and can link it.

@MortismalGaming

6 ай бұрын

There is a Channel FAQ's playlist where Ive covered the topic before

Nice list Morty son. Wow forget just how many games you review (and therefore 100%) in a year !! its amazing! ❤💀

Glad to see Remnant 2, Cyberpunk and Lies of P get some love on your list!

Dishonored 1 is so amazing, I have fond memories of doing a blink only no kills no detection run. Very well designed game.

@Beastw1ck

6 ай бұрын

Blink is one of the best superpowers in all of gaming

@vor946

6 ай бұрын

Me too. I finished Dishonored 2 for the first time this year, and then few times more, and it is my second favorite game after original Deus Ex.

@JosieJOK

6 ай бұрын

I don’t usually go in for stealth games, but I definitely enjoyed Dishonored! My only issue was after doing a Ghost run first, I lost my excitement for the game. Doing a run where I killed everything that moved, while ending up with a worse outcome, really didn’t appeal after that! I’ll never forget the challenge and the sense of accomplishment I felt after that first run, though!

Octopath 2 was SO good. Glad you recognized it

dayum you played like, most of the best classics this year

Good video as always, mortholomu

This game was amazing for RPGs, and abysmal for strategy games, especially with Mimimi games closing down. Really hope that changes in 2024, because this genre is so special to me.

2023; the answer to the off heard comment that gaming is irretrievably deteriorated. Great list. Good vid

Seeing you rank OT2 so highly made my day. It is so sad that Square Enix is now moving away from making those types of games because they were really on to something with that one.

Happy to see two games I art directed in there : Othercide and Lords of the Fallen !

I always chuckle when I see you give the Risen franchise so much love lol...even taking out the "PB Jenk" all their games have I'm ok with that part...but that's what's great about gaming it's very subjective and if YOU enjoy it then...F anyone else's opinion right..fun vid as always dude

gothic 3 being in a 2023 list is magical. Also u should give battle brothers a try if u enjoyed wartales

@karloslim

6 ай бұрын

Battle brothers is one of my favourite games ever. Wartales is OK but no BB.

Really enjoy your content, thanks again. Your favorites are pretty closely aligned with mine. I still really need to get into JA3 and finish Octopath.. No idea where you find the time to 100% all of these lol

Your top games are all on my wish- / to play list. Great choices. Keep it up! P.S. Hope you will play the remake of Star Ocean 2 as well in 2024.