Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
2019 was a bumper crop for fantastic games, but that's had the unfortunate side-effect of meaning that a bunch of otherwise great or interesting games have been overshadowed by AAA giants. The Architect considers this to be a grave miscarriage of justice, and so - for the third time - is attempting to wrap up the year by telling you all about the games you should've played, but probably didn't.
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The Complete List:
- Katana Zero
- Untitled Goose Game
- Steamworld Quest
-Ape Out
-Trailmakers
- Pathologic 2
- A Short Hike
- Dicey Dungeons
- Crying Suns
- My Friend Pedro
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Descenders
- Supraland
- Heaven's Vault
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- Forager
- Frog Detective 2
- BABA IS YOU
- Outer Wilds
- Disco Elysium
You Also Saw:
Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)
Sekiro (2019)
Nier Automata ( 2017)
Cube World (2019)
Slay The Spire (2019)
Unrailed (Early Access)
Dreamquest (2014)
Into The Breach (2018)
Hollow Knight (2017)
Antichamber (2013)
Halo: Reach (2010)
2019 was a bumper crop for fantastic games, but that's had the unfortunate side-effect of meaning that a bunch of otherwise great or interesting games have been overshadowed by AAA giants. The Architect considers this to be a grave miscarriage of justice, and so - for the third time - is attempting to wrap up the year by telling you all about the games you should've played, but probably didn't.
Support me on Patreon!:patreon.com/ArchitectofGames
Follow me on the Twittersphere!: twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot
The Complete List:
- Katana Zero
- Untitled Goose Game
- Steamworld Quest
-Ape Out
-Trailmakers
- Pathologic 2
- A Short Hike
- Dicey Dungeons
- Crying Suns
- My Friend Pedro
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Descenders
- Supraland
- Heaven's Vault
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- Forager
- Frog Detective 2
- BABA IS YOU
- Outer Wilds
- Disco Elysium
You Also Saw:
Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)
Sekiro (2019)
Nier Automata ( 2017)
Cube World (2019)
Slay The Spire (2019)
Unrailed (Early Access)
Dreamquest (2014)
Into The Breach (2018)
Hollow Knight (2017)
Antichamber (2013)
Halo: Reach (2010)






![The Four Fundamental Quests
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Adventurer! Adventurer! My farm is under attack by level 2 spiders who dont seem to know how quests work! Watch this video and explain to six of them that there are really only four kinds of quests and they might leave us alone!
That Architect bloke was around here a while ago but he told me I wasnt real and to shut up he was recording some footage, I dont know about you but he doesnt seem very helpful.
Reward: Knowledge?
[ACCEPT] [REJECT]
Oh just as a headsup, as much as I talk GW2 up in this video, that doesnt mean I endorse Arenanets recent firing policies but its not really relevant so Ill avoid creating a flamewar by discussing it further.
You Saw:
Final Fantasy 14: 2010
Nier Automata: 2017
Guild Wars 2: 2012
Minecraft: 2009
Runescape: 2001
Divinity Original Sin 2: 2017
World of Warcraft: 2004
Endless Space 2: 2017
Super Mario 3D world: 2013
Super Mario Galaxy 2: 2010
Yokus Island Express: 2018
Interesting Links:
Cool D&D stories without having to go to 4chan!:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDGreentext/
A slightly psycholocially out of date book about the 7 different stories and what they mean, still pretty interesting though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots
An article about some stuff WOW has done wrong in its quests with insight from pre-overwatch Jeff!: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/113897/GDC_Learning_From_World_of_Warcrafts_Quest_Design_Mistakes.php The Four Fundamental Quests](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6luOrhlzvrc/mqdefault.jpg)



![What Makes Video Game Stories Special?
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Video games are the new kid on the block when it comes to expressive artforms, and theyve got a lot to learn. More specifically, theyve got a lot to learn about themselves.
The Architect has journeyed to distant shores, plumbed the depths of knowledge and invaded more than one other medium to figure out what makes games tick, and why a 2-bit game about insurance can tell a better story than multimillion-dollar megahits.
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15vr3AC7j2Ckrva3zsaMYe4-p9nauX3yPRkaPPK5F1KE/edit?usp=sharing
You saw:
The Legend of Zelda (1986)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Nier Automata (2017)
Delta Rune (2018)
Thronebreaker (2018)
Bayonetta (2009)
[NICE TRY]
Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)
Darkest Dungeon (2016)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (1979)
Hitman 2 (2018)
Mass Effect 3 (2012)
Thomas was alone (2012)
Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Mario Odyssey (2018)
Overcooked 2 (2018)
Final Fantasy 13 (2009)
A Way Out (2018)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)
Pac-Man (1980)
The Colonists (2018)
Spelunky (2008)
HellBlade- Senua’s Sacrifice (2017)
Metroid Prime (2002)
Monster Hunter World (2018)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
Don’t Starve (2013)
Spiderman (2018)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations (2004)
Ace Attorney anime (2016)
Dishonored 2 (2016)
Fez (2012)
Interesting Linkos:
The power of the Obra Dinns magic book: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/11/07/how-a-book-binds-the-return-of-the-obra-dinn/
The right way to play HITMAN: https://kotaku.com/hitman-2016-taught-me-a-better-way-to-play-hitman-2-1830477221
A bit of a look at the upcoming Delta Rune: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-11-02-undertale-creator-says-the-rest-of-deltarune-has-not-been-made-yet What Makes Video Game Stories Special?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9DIk5Q2LFTw/mqdefault.jpg)