VIDEO GAME CRITIC WAGER 2023

I'm already thinking about next year's Fantasy league. I have no idea what the results will be for 2022 but they're DANG CLOSE. I've become a fantasy critic goblin. You can become one too.

How it works:

This page explains it better than I can, so we pick games we think we'll do well throughout the year (and ones that might not do well). It's not necessarily about game quality or sales, but how well we think they'll pander to reviewers (websites and magazines). Which is interesting to speculate on as the games aren't out yet and there are several factors to predict. There are some pitfalls to watch out for, if a game isn't even released this year (delayed into the next year) that will count as a zero. There are ways to drop a game before it releases, but there are restrictions on such a thing. If you're feeling risky you can also counter pick someone's existing pick. Other things to note is that I've set rereleases, yearly sports games, remasters (non-remakes), etc. will not be included. The list will likely focus on new mainstream releases. Some of the rules might be hard to keep in mind, but we'll figure it out together. The main thing is to just have fun.

How to participate:

Use this link to join:
https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/a1543979-4a7c-4066-834b-64196857c27a/2023?inviteCode=f02d439c-fe2d-499b-9bea-e0c6c6398f88

1. Sign up for an account if you don't have one (Preferably make your display the same as your forum user)
2. Ask me to invite you to join this league (Post your display name and # here) OR use the invite link: above
3. Create a publisher name (Basically the pretend banner your putting your games under, a fictional brand)
4. Wait for others to join up, draft order will depend on who joined first be RANDOM
5. We then take turns drafting, we'll probably do it passively much like a forum game than in real-time (each person will get 6 games to start)
6. Sit on our asses and wait for the games to come out and occasionally pick more up as the year goes on.

This is all done inside the system so nothing has to be organized here other than who's joining (post your display name+#). The soft deadline date for drafting will be the end of December or January, I can extend it depending on how the interest goes.

THE LEAGUE

Changes this year: I'm going to try and get rid of the mandatory yearly releases/expansion pack stuff as they kind of are mostly duds. I think it's just more interesting to focus more on new game ip or remakes (at least thats what the default slots are suggesting I put, but we'll see). Also let me know how everyone feels about secret/public bidding. I'm leaning on public as I think it can make it a little more strategic.

Entrants---

Darken
kirinja
Shinan
lordbluerouge
kory_toombs

even i didn't expect RE4 to get a 90+. Makes up for the negatives I suppose. I'm thinking of picking up the Suicide Squad but that is such a potential bomb. It's core Rocksteady so the game should be good? But im wondering if the looter shooter elements will leave a bad taste in reviewers mouths. The public opinion just seems so sour, and Gotham Knights and Avengers hasn't been known to crack through making super hero themed looters viable. I'm waiting on other stuff to have confirmed dates before I start securing more picks.

Fucking OOOF at my Redfall pick, i should trust my instincts more because I thought it looked unremarkable but hey its a looter sh- oh that isn't exactly a surefire win. I mean it's hard to predict a buggy ass launch but the descriptions describe a very meh 7 regardless.