{"id":246395,"date":"2020-01-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/kevin-mersereaus-favorite-games-from-2019\/"},"modified":"2020-01-06T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:00:00","slug":"kevin-mersereaus-favorite-games-from-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/kevin-mersereaus-favorite-games-from-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Mersereau’s favorite games from 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Twenty-nineteen was a hectic year for me. I’m a 32-year-old full-time college student, and I just wrapped up my first semester at a four-year university, chasing after that ever-elusive bachelor’s degree. Obviously, this impacted the way I play games, but I was surprised to look back at just how many I actually got to experience.<\/p>
Apple Arcade, in particular, ended up becoming a huge boon and fit in really nicely with my busy lifestyle. I don’t have a ton of disposable income, but I can still swing five dollars a month. I’m broke, but I ain’t that<\/i> broke.<\/p>
Anyways, that’s enough about me. Oh, wait, my name is literally in the title of this article. This is actually all <\/i>about me. These are the games that I, with all of my worldly wisdom, have deemed most excellent and worth your time.<\/p>
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5. Apex Legends<\/i><\/b><\/p>
Like many of our readers here, I was initially a bit peeved that this wasn’t Titanfall 3<\/i>. However, I very quickly stopped caring because Apex Legends<\/a><\/i> ended up being one of my favorite multiplayer games in ages. It had a rough start with Season One, but the core gameplay was good enough to keep me coming back.<\/p> We’re now in Season Three, and Respawn has ironed out most of the initial hiccups and turned this into a franchise to be reckoned with. There’s a bit of a learning curve when first jumping in, but it’s still immensely satisfying to see “Champion” come across the screen after whittling through the competition.<\/p> <\/p> 4. Guildlings<\/i><\/b><\/p> This one went under the radar of quite a few folks, but it’s a really adorable story that goes to some very interesting places. The introduction, in particular, hammers home just how different this game is from your typical mobile excursions. It’s equal parts fantasy and science fiction, and it kept me glued to the screen from start to finish. If you’re subscribed to Apple Arcade, don’t miss out on Guildlings<\/a><\/i>.<\/p> <\/p> 3. Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard<\/i><\/b><\/p> Look, I am never going to shut up about the Frog Detective<\/a><\/i> series. The quickest way to get me to stop is to just play the damn thing already. It’s cheap, each episode is only about an hour-long, and it will make you laugh a bunch. Or else. *Cocks gun*<\/p> <\/p> 2. Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/i><\/b><\/p> This was my first entry into the Fire Emblem<\/a><\/i> series, and despite my initial reservations, it ended up being my most played game of the year. A lot of that had to do with the fact that it took me over 100 hours to finish my first playthrough. Maybe it’s Stockholm syndrome? Maybe it’s love? Maybe it’s Maybelline?<\/p> All I know for certain is that Black Eagles is best house and Edelgard did nothing wrong.<\/p> <\/p> 1. What The Golf?<\/i><\/b><\/p> This game brought me an absurd amount of joy. I beat it at launch, and just recently went back through it again to go for the 100% completion from scratch. It is that good.<\/p>