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04) Life Is Strange

I have nothing but respect for DONTNOD. Their take on futuristic Paris in Remember Me was incredible. I thought the game was the perfect 7/10 and I would have loved a sequel but they moved onto other projects instead.

I’m also a huge fan of Adventure games, even though I haven’t played nearly enough of them in recent years. Adventure games are becoming much broader in what defines them, for example you have the classic style of adventure game: Broken Age, Monkey Island etc, then there’s the narrative driven Telltale style that relies heavily on character interaction, conversations and decisions. Life is Strange feels like a culmination of both styles.

I’ve played a few episodic games over the years, but mostly in a few sittings once the series is over. Life is Strange is the first series I played upon release of each episode making the wait till the next one rather excruciating. Cliff hangers galore and questions you just NEEDED answers too but weren't going to get them until the end were just some of the thing to get me hooked.

Reading Max’s journal and her notes on everything (and everyone) was an effective way to build the character and allowed her to express her feeling on what was happening each day. References to things like Dr Who and Scott Pilgrim were great little touches of teen culture too.

Puzzles mostly consist of Max using her time powers to manipulate objects and characters, they’re clever and never leave you feel like you’re doing the wrong thing since you can just rewind and try again. I can’t wait for season 2, which has already been confirmed and I hope it doesn't use the same characters as I feel that story has been told and closure has been given, but if we do return to Arcadia bay, I’ll be interested in seeing how the world has change.

03) Xenoblade Chronicles X

I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t finished Xenoblade Chronicles, I’ve started it about 3 or 4 times but I always get so far and end up stopping. The same issue has befallen it’s spiritual successor, Xenoblade Chronicles X. The difference with X is that I am definitely going to get back to it and I can’t wait too either.

X is the second game that I hadn't finished before putting it on my list, like Just Cause 3, I knew after a few hours that this was going to be on it, and after a few (dozen) more hours I knew it was going to be high up. I’ve realised that the more times a game makes me shout “OOOH THIS GAME!” the higher it’ll get on my top 10 and Xenoblade did it a whole bunch.

From spending hours in the vase open world to driving around (and over enemies) in your Skell (basically a Gundam) there’s no shortage of “stuff” to do in this game. It’s gigantic and I don’t just mean in length or content but the world is beyond anything I’ve experienced in a game before. I’m not surprised they give you a car, even if it takes 30 hours to get it (Although unlimited sprint helped for that time).

Combat is similar to it’s predecessor using auto attacks and special moves called Arts that are on a cool down much like any MMO abilities. Guns were introduced this time which makes the choice of long range or up close fights a bit more important. I also really like games that let you level up certain classes and X does it with over a dozen classes, letting you switch at any time.

Freedom and scope are 2 words that describe the world perfectly... but just because you can don’t walk up to the level 90 beast by the lake right after you leave the city, you will get destroyed in one hit.

Very few games have allowed me to listen to their soundtracks and have an emotional reaction to them, but every overworld theme, day and night, has been spectacular and because I’m wandering around those same areas for hours upon hours, makes me think of all the things that I’ve done and found there. It’s really something you need to experience for yourself.

It’s worth owning a Wii U for, It’s probably my favourite game on the system and I’d recommend it to anyone. It might not be FOR everyone, but I’m still having an incredible time so if we have the same interests do yourself a favour and jump in.

02) Ori and the Blind Forest

It was tough choosing my numbers 2 and 3 slots but ultimately decided on Ori and the Blind Forest having the slight step up.

From what I knew about Ori going in was that it was a real pretty looking side scrolling platformer with some Metroidvania elements to it. I wasn't wrong, but it’s so much more than that. The abilities you obtain are so, incredibly necessary for exploration it makes you feel great whilst doing rather complex looking manoeuvres.

People have said it’s Super Meat Boy level’s of hard, but I feel like that’s an exaggeration. There are challenging parts, sure, but the level of precision you have with Ori as you run up walls, jump over pits and use enemy projectiles to boost you places all feels pretty natural after a short while.

Apart from the great gameplay and beautiful soundtrack playing over each of the areas, the visuals kept me engaged with the world and kept leaving me with constant awe at what I was seeing. If you aren't interested in playing if because of how it plays, then at least try it to see some of the vistas is has in store.

01) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Of course it’s The Witcher 3. Anyone who follows me on Twitter might have noticed how much I enjoyed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt when I was playing through it a few months back. Not to mention I straight up said that the game was one of my favourite games of all time at one point too.

I’ll try and keep this brief and to the point. I started reading the books for The Witcher series, as well as try to play the first 2 games... I promptly gave up on the games because Wild Hunt came out and I didn’t really want to wait any longer. It didn't matter too much because most choices were made for me (On PS4) and I had some understanding of characters, areas and some lore.

Much like Assassin’s Creed Syndicate,  I started playing the game after a few patches and fixes were implemented so I didn’t have any of the day one issues most people complained about. 

It took me a while to warm up to how combat worked with the whole preparation aspect of things, but once I “got it” I really enjoyed how being prepared and knowing a monsters weakness can help give you the upper hand in battle. Knowing which sword to use, which toxin to put on the sword or which spell to cast all impacted how the fight will turn out. I had no issue with combat, although I set it to the easiest difficulty so I can experience the story without any stress, I’m glad I did even though some monsters were still tough.

The Witcher 3 looks and sounds incredible despite the worlds scope. There’s a level of detail that you don’t expect to see in an open world of this magnitude. The detail in the characters and side quests also stands out as one of the games strengths. There are optional quests that have more detail to them than in most video game stories making you understand characters that would normally have just been generic NPC in most games.

From exploring the huge open world areas to visiting a few large cities dotted around, there’s no lack of activities to take part in. Whether it’s monster hunting or taking part in a Gwent tournament. That’s right, you can play a collectable card game and try to be the very best at it in a tournament held at the games capital city. The first expansion even came with 2 physical Gwent decks: 

(I can only hope that the second expansion comes with the other 2).

I’m serious when I say The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt became one of my favourite games ever, in fact I think it’s one of the best games ever made. Disagree all you want I found it hard to stop playing once I started, it had the same effect that Oblivion had on me back in 2006.

I’m looking forward to the next DLC and I’ll be sure to play last years expansion soon too, but I’m happy the developers are done with it because I’m ready to hear more about Cyberpunk 2077 now.

07) Rise of the Tomb Raider

2013s Tomb Raider managed to get my 2nd slot for that year, just losing out to The Last of Us. 3 years later, I'm trying to think if I made the right choice. I’ve played Tomb Raider about 4/5 times since then on various platforms and it actually become one of my favourite games to play.

The sequel, Rise of the Tomb Raider, for the Xbox One all in one exclusivity system was a great improvement on an already great standard set by the first game. Basically taking everything great about the first game, make it bigger, better and add more of practically everything it had and you have Rise of the Tomb Raider.

More tombs, more open areas, more mods for gear and weapons. Even the additions of crafting and things like side missions made the game more fleshed out and increased it’s longevity. Not to mention the game looks gorgeous; I look forward to playing it again on PS4 when it hits in holiday 2016.

In terms of the exclusivity deal, it never struck a nerve with me as I already had an Xbox One by the time the game hit since I purchased one for Forza Horizon 2 and Sunset Overdrive back in 2014. Having said that, if you’re still holding off on buying the system and don’t want to wait a year to play this (or don’t have a powerful PC) but you’re able to spend the £200~300 for the console... totally do it for Rise of the Tomb Raider; there’s a big enough back log of games to keep the system happy (some are on this list) but even if you just RotTR for a while, you’ll be content until something else hits. It’s worth owning the system for.

06) Lara Croft Go

In almost the completely opposite side of the spectrum, Lara Croft also came out on mobile devices in 2015 in the form of a turn based puzzle game.

I was instantly in when the game was announced at E3 2015, my only question was “when?”. Luckily it wasn't long as when the game hit in August I got it day one and managed to finish it in just a few sittings. I got hooked. What’s better is, upon completion, I started again. I don’t feel like many puzzle games would draw me in that quickly to restart my whole run but I wanted to play the boards again (of which there’s a lot of) and see how my memory served me (not well as it turns out, or was that for the better in this case?).

Lara Croft GO has the aesthetic of a really clean PS1 game if the textures were a bit smoother and higher resolution, it’s simple, yet clean and stylised:

The puzzles weren't too tough either, they’re real clever, but they gave you the right level of “What do I do? Am I stupid?” to “I’ve actually finished, that felt great”.

I can’t recommend it enough, it’s been on sale for cheap but, come on, it’s like £4 or something, just don’t get that coffee that one day and pick it up.

05) Batman: Arkham Knight

Oh Batman, the super hero who I couldn't care less about. Until Arkham Asylum hit in 2009 and then when I actually played it in 2011 back to back with Arkham City. The series has made me get into the Batman universe in a way I didn't think was possible because I didn't care for any of the films.

The Arkham games, as they've come to be known as. are superb open world (save for Asylum I suppose) that take the Batman universe, a LOAD of DC comics villains, gameplay tropes and progression gating from Metroid/Castlevania and combine it all with the brilliant, and at the time, new combat system.

You’d expect one would be bored of this sort of game by now, what with the 4th Batman game to.... sorry “Last game in the trilogy” as the developers like to put it... actually no, I liked Origins, it was better than Asylum AND City, stop complaining because it wasn't made by the same developers, it’s a legitimately good entry to the series.

Arkham Knight is Rocksteady’s Magnum Opus I suppose. Their final Batman game. Boy, does it show. The detail in everything, the scope of the game, the secrets, call backs, feel of Batman and the Batmobile (We’ll get to that), everything felt like the final entry in a series that has had extreme care and attention from people who are passionate about their work.

Enough talk about what the series is and more about Arkham Knight. The Batmobile was great, I really enjoyed how it handled and how it turned into a tank to let you wreck shop, the races were hit and miss, but I actually enjoyed them, quick restarts upon failure weren't an issue either. In fact this is the second one in the series that I finished all the Riddler trophies on (first being Origins).

In fact, it’s the first one that I got 100% in so I could see the “true ending”, that means all side missions, all collectables, all everything. It was worth it though, a great way to send the series off but still leave things open for whatever future Rocksteady have planned.

Arkham Knight was one of the most visually pleasing games of the year, ever actually. It looked and sounded incredible. The city and attention to detail that the developers crammed into it was incredibly dense with references to Queen Consolidated and even Superman. The only thing it was missing was a silhouette in front of the moon of a dude in a cape... I kept looking, waiting, but he was a no show....

If you had ANY love for the previous games you probably should check out the best the series has to offer. I seem to play through all of these games on a near yearly basis regardless of my backlog and I really want to play through Knight again. I can’t wait to see what Rocksteady do next (please be Superman of The Flash) but I’m also looking forward to where the next Batman game is set and I’m already down to play another. Lets do this WB.

10) Tales from the Borderlands

To begin my top 10 list I'm adding another Telltale game series. As much as I loved The Wolf Among Us I feel as though Telltale have outdone themselves with Tales from the Borderlands. They managed to take a universe where the stories didn't really matter and make brand new, interesting and often human feeling characters.

Yes it had the Telltale jank that all of their games seem to have (make a new engine, please, for the sake of Batman), but it never got in the way of any intense situations or action scenes that were happening throughout the 5 episodes.

Not to mention this series is funny, Wolf Among Us wasn't meant to have a humour tone, and The Walking Dead sure as hell wasn't meant to either, but with Borderlands as a backdrop, Telltale managed to get legitimate laughs out of me, not a snicker or a “heh”, actual laughing out loud style laughs. Don’t believe me? If you like adventure games, or even interactive/graphic novels which is more the Telltale style now, you owe it to yourself to check this series out. (Seriously, it’s been like £5 for the whole season in all the sales....)

09) Assassin's Creed Syndicate

I was a bit hesitant in picking up 2015s Assassin’s Creed game, especially after the incredibly poor AC: Unity before it. I thought I’d leave it a bit and pick it up when it’s in a sale so I don’t feel burnt by putting down a £55 (Ubi premium) price for it on day 1 like I did Unity (and also waiting till it was patched/finished a bit because, you know... no faces).

I didn't wait too long as it was in the Christmas sale on PSN for a decent price and boy am I sure glad I did get it as I had a fantastic time with it and it became my favourite instalment in the series by far, yes, even over ACIV and Brotherhood.

Ubisoft introduced optional objectives to the series a few years back and I’ve always hated them because they make you play the game how they wanted and not what you wanted to do (if you were aiming for 100%) but for every mission in AC:S I did, I never felt limited by these objectives, I actually enjoyed doing them. The same goes for ranking missions out of 5 stars, first introduced in ACIV, I think the lowest score I gave a mission in Syndicate was 3 stars, which was rare, mostly they were 4 stars and I gave a LOT of missions 5 stars.

The ratings mean nothing really, but the fact that I enjoyed that many missions to where I thought “Yeah, that was awesome” *5 stars* goes to show how far they've come in terms of mission design and general enjoyment flow in the series.

Whether you’re a long term fan of the series who has missed a few games because someone spoilt a character death or even if you haven’t played any of the Assassin’s Creed games before, Syndicate is a solid action game that fixes many, if not all, problems Unity had and also has a beautiful representation of London that deserves being explored.

08) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: A Hideo Kojima Game.

Number 8.... Metal Gear....? Those of you who may know me might be shocked to find MGSV so low (high?) on my list instead of closer to the front.

I didn't dislike MGSV, I really enjoyed my time with the game and whilst there have been patches post release that change certain aspects about the game  (let’s just gloss over the whole Konami situation of 2015), there were certainly moments where I felt like this would be in the top 5 for sure.

It’s upsetting that we’re never going to get another marketing campaign like The Phantom Pain had again, or a story that ties into so many other games, 20 years worth, again. There isn't going to be a game (at least for a long time) that will have ties to a game I played 17 years prior and actually make me gasp.

I'm not upset at MGSV for what it is, I'm upset at what it could have been. Knowing that there’s an Act 3 that’s unfinished to an already super long game, that kinda bums me out. For a series that was built on story, MGSV seems to have swapped story for gameplay and whilst the super crazy, over the top, basically anime story is still there, it’s separated by dozens of hours of gameplay.

It seems strange getting upset over a dozen hours between cutscenes, especially since it’s in a game that I really enjoyed playing for over a hundred hours, but being restricted from the story you want to see just for the sake of filler missions made the game seem needy in a way that most gamers would just stop playing it. (Putting a balloon on a sheep is pretty awesome though).

​20: The Order: 1886

I’ve already talked about my thoughts on The Order 1886, in fact it was one of my first posts. I imagined the game as more like Heavy Rain than Gears of War, as more of an adventure game and not a 3rd person shooter like most of the marketing was making it out to be. Hopefully they embrace the style of game that it actually is for the sequel, which I assume (/hope?) they’re making since that story can’t possibly end where it did.

Like most games these days, The Order was plagued by over hype and high expectations. Then, once the game is out, people who deemed themselves as “all in” were extremely let down by what they had received in the finished product be it length or lack of gameplay/story (See: Destiny, 2014).

I finished The Order in 2 sittings and I actually went back and got the platinum in it. It helped that the game was short because I recognised areas and still saw new things the second or third time I was going through them trying to get trophies. The level of detail in environments and characters helped drive the believability of the game and immerse me in the game world.

Final thoughts are that I don’t think there was another game last year that made the saying “If it isn’t for you, don’t play it” more than The Order, and for what it’s worth, I don’t care what people say, I thought the black bars made it look cool.

19: Rocket League

We had no idea, none of us, at all, what we were getting into when we downloaded the “Free” game on PS+ last July. 5 minute matches and up to 4 players a team, it’s Football with cars. Still not sure if they’re RC cars or full size ones, the lore hasn't been revealed yet.

Rocket League is a game that I probably shouldn't care about. Football? Eh. Sports? Pfft. Multiplayer Only? Ugh. However after 2 or 3 matches with friends it became immediately apparent: The game is incredibly fun. You don’t need knowledge of any kind of sport, even the one it imitates, to enjoy it. It feels like a game designed to make people have “fun” and have a good time, which is where it succeeds to an amazing degree.

The part where it failed so close to launch was connecting and playing online with friends, maybe because it was free from the start and word of mouth got around REAL quick, but holding a match online was rickety at best. When it did work it was almost always a good time.

It would have been the sole multiplayer only game on my list if it weren't for this next entry:

18: Duck Game

Local multiplayer has been thriving for some time now, in fact the past week I’ve bought at least 3 more, and they've all been pretty good ones too. However, nothing quite comes close to the insanely hectic matches that Duck Game has.

Having 4 ducks jump around the screen, sliding and quacking (seriously, you press B and you quack, you can even change the pitch of the quack with LT) has only lead to shouting and screaming at each other. Explosions and gun shots going off and an ever increasing list of weapons, makes coming back to the game feel like there’s new content each time. Whenever I end up having one Local Multiplayer game meet up with friends, Duck Game is always one of the first we play.

17: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

I wasn't quite expecting to like Everybody’s gone to the Rapture as much as I did, but just like The Order, there were so many little details that I missed the first time through, only to see them when revisiting areas in my second or third times through.

It was another game I finished and got the platinum over 2 days, not because I wanted to get it over with, but because I couldn't stop playing until I got it and actually felt “done”.

Sure the story can get real confusing and still sorta doesn't make sense, but what they did with that world and the characters made me look at pretty much every inch of every house, path and car dotted around the small English village to learn more and make sure I didn't miss anything.

I don’t want to spoil anything for people who haven’t played it yet but still want to, not that I feel like I would be able to really, but R2 is “Walk faster”. Just.... know that going in, it helps.

16: Just Cause 3

Well here we are again Rico. Full disclosure, this is one of the 2 games in my top 20 that I haven't finished before putting it on my list. But instead of putting it at the top alongside Broken Age and Super Mario Maker I have played enough Just Cause 3 to know it’s exactly what I wanted out of a Just Cause sequel and more.

I've been playing it on the PS4 and, whilst its performance isn't 100% (most of the time it isn't 70%...) the game itself is an enjoyable sandbox that you can blow stuff up in and have a good time, and this it does well.

The world, much like Just Cause 2, is gigantic. It isn't as detailed as some games but when you’re flying past in the new Wing suit that Rico has it doesn't matter, or when explosions are going off everywhere whilst dangling from a helicopter that you’re about to steal to continue blowing more things up only to get shot down by a SAM that you forgot to hack.... where was I going with this?... I might need to play more sooner rather than later.

If you enjoyed the previous game then Just Cause 3 is more of that but bigger and better, don’t be put off by performance issues, the developers have already put out a few patches which help the game run better. I just hope they continue this support, for the sake of the fans.

15: Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Dancing All Night feels like a game that probably shouldn't have been a thing and yet here we are. The 10 hour rhythm game doesn't quite have the impressive storyline as say, Persona 4's 100+ hour tale, but the characters you have become attached to are all here.

I guess since it’s a rhythm game I should talk about the soundtrack. It has practically every song you know off by heart from Persona 4 but remixes them into dance or pop versions. You know what? They’re not bad either, I've been listening to the soundtrack ever since the game came out in Japan and I can’t not tap my feel or hum along.

If I'm honest, I wasn't entirely sure the game would even come out in the west after it was announced but I'm so glad it did as it gave me some of the biggest smiles I've done all year because I got to play the songs that I have heard so much. (Also look at Teddy in that logo!....Awesome).

14: Halo 5: Guardians

What a strange legacy Halo has had over the years. The developer switch, the transmedia initiative with the TV shows, web series and books etc. Halo 5 was originally planned to come out holiday 2014, who knows what kind of state it was in when that idea was first conceived, but it moved up a year and was replaced by the infamously broken Master Chief Collection. We have no idea if that extra year paid off since originally all we saw of Halo 5 was a CG trailer, but ever since then I’ve been picking away at bits and pieces of Halo lore and I must say, I got pretty deep.

Halo 5 picks up well after Halo 4, after a short TV series and after the comic books, in fact, it even incorporates characters from the comics, so I'm glad I read them first. I'm sure hundreds of thousands of people didn't though and that kinda bummed me out knowing that most people who play Halo 5 wouldn't really know what was going on (NB: Neither did I a lot of the time....).

The game looks and sounds fantastic, definitely one of the best on the platform and as a shooter it’s great fun to play too. The new movement mechanics really help the series reinvent itself on the new console whilst still keeping that Halo feel. I haven’t even bothered with the multiplayer side of it but I've heard good things about it so if you’re into Halo multiplayer, go for it.

13: Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae

Okay, before you say anything and give me that sceptical face, hear me out.

Episode Duscae is the only thing on my list that isn't a full priced, readily available game. Some may say it’s a demo and others may agree with that, but I have spent somewhere between 30~40 hours (more than most games on this list) in the land of Duscae from the original version to the updated 2.0. I was utterly engrossed in that world and I can’t wait to get back there (and more of course) later this year.

It was an interesting experience playing with the new combat engine that Square are making for FFXV and even more so when they tweaked it from fan feedback and updated Episode Duscae with improvements. From roaming around the forest to the gas station and the plains, every part of the Duscae region had personality and character.

There was even a Chocobo ranch which had an awesome take on the Chocobo theme, where you could look at Chocobo and not ride them because that mechanic wasn't finished (dang).

12: Box Boy!

Now this was one of my favourite surprises of the year. Suddenly out of nowhere, Nintendo pulled a “Yo, here’s a puzzle game from those guys over at Hal Labs, it’s out, try it”. I jumped on the opportunity, it wasn't expensive and had a bunch of levels so you definitely got your moneys worth.

The puzzles themselves introduce new mechanics per world but also new ways of thinking with the ones you have to solve new puzzles as you come across them. They’re not hard but not super simple either, you could be staring at the screen for ages only to realise it’s something you've been doing for the past few levels but in a slightly different way.

It’s hard to explain what made BoxBoy! so special but at it’s inexpensive price point ( I think it’s like £3....) I can’t recommend it enough. You can even send people a demo through the 3DSs download play feature if you have the game. It was a tough choice cutting this from the top 10 since the whole while I was playing it I was thinking “this is one of my favourite games this year” and it’s still true.

11: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

Another explanation is needed: I made a promise to myself at the beginning of 2015 (which extends to this year also) that I wont include HD Remasters or ports to my GOTY list. Now, Type-0 wasn't released over here in its original form, for the PSP. At a PAX (of all places) Square-Enix came out and announced that we’d be getting the remaster for PS4 and Xbox One; Sure, I'm okay with this.

What we got was a much darker take on a Final Fantasy story. Whilst it was still heavily political driven (think FFXII) there were many parts in the story that felt influenced by religious themes, like the whole history of the crystal mythos that a few games in the series have taken up. I’ll admit, the story in Type-0 didn't exactly grab me throughout, I ended getting confused just as I thought I was getting the hang of what was happening. That said, I got to know the characters pretty well and having the whole team from the get go let me choose favourites and learn their strengths much earlier in the game.

From a pure gameplay standpoint, Type-0 has an interesting take on the battle systems used in Crisis Core and The 3rd Birthday for PSP (both lead by Tabata who is now working on FFXV). The action gameplay and speed that it runs at keeps the game moving at a real quick pace.

Considering it was a remaster of a PSP game from 2009, I think they did a pretty great job of bringing it over. The main characters look good but everyone else looks like they’re from the PS2 versions of FFX but it doesn't detract from enjoyment. You can pick it up for less than £10 now and I’d heavily suggest doing so for fans of the series or action based JRPGs.

22: Broken Age: The Complete Adventure

I feel bad for not being able to finish the second act of Broken Age purely because I completed the first act in one sitting and having played so much else since act twos release, any reason I could give for not finishing it just feels trivial.

I really enjoyed the first act, interesting puzzles, fun characters and a wonderful world filled with a pretty art style and great music.

The second act (so far) has been more of the same, save for swapping characters and environments, but I've only gotten an hour or two (of like 4/5 maybe?) so I hope it keeps on like this. I didn't finish it because I didn't want to rush it, I just wished I played it more.

21: Super Mario Maker

Mario Maker: Giant Bombs Game of the Year. For some reason I feel like there's 20 games that came out this year that were better than it.

Well, not quite. I'm presenting these as two titles that I refuse to put on the list because I haven't played enough of them to warrant a slot in the top 20 and Mario Maker is one of the games that I don't feel like 'I' deserve to put on my list.

I've watched way more Mario Maker than I have played and I've played a lot more than I have created. I'm not a very creative person (says the guy typing on a blog about video games...) but I've made one level and, while I think that level is... kinda rubbish, I made it, me. I made a Mario level, and that's pretty cool.

What's great is that ANYONE can make a Mario level now. There's effectively infinite Mario 1, 3, World and U levels. With the exception of some objects, but they're getting pretty good at giving out free updates to the game with content and new things for people to mess around with.

I think I'll try to knuckle down with the creator now that most of the games I'm playing has died down and I have a while between releases at the start of this year. Maybe I'll do something with Mario Maker levels further into the year.