I'm curious about SOMA! It is unquestionable one of my favorite games and I thought of including it here, but is it a Darkside game or not!!

I would say yes. SOMA is classified as Survival-Horror, which is a sub-class of Action/Adventure. According to the powers that be, the first game (which is usually the definer of the genre/class) to be given the classification of Survival Horror was Resident Evil, which is most definitely a Darkside game. Other examples of that sub-class include Alien: Isolation, The Evil Within and Dead Space, all Darkside games.

TM

Hi all (and Draclvr especially)
I have a question before finalising the count about the following two listings

Vampire Bloodlines
Vampire The Last Masquerade

I am aware of redemption and bloodlines being Masquerade games, and am not sure if that is what is meant by these, or if it is something else. Googling didn't help me.
And Iceland is awesome!

You are correct in thinking that this is what was intended (Vampire: Bloodlines and Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption).

Thanks!

Hi all
A list of placings follows.
Oldies but goodies reign.
I have applied the rules re add-ons, GOTY etc, and added some numbers to identify the production order, given some titles (eg Thief) can be confusing).
I took Prey to be the original, and Prey 2 to be the 2017 version but if I am wrong let me know and I will adjust. Ditto any other errors.
Thanks for participating, and hopefully you will find something new to play in the next 12 months


1 Divine Divinity, The Witcher

2 Bioshock

3 American Magee’s Alice, Dragon Age: Origins, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, Might and Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Zanzarah

4 Anachronox, Bioshock 2, Clive Barker’s Undying, Deus Ex, Dishonoured, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Drakan: Order of the Flame, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Gothic 2: Night of the Raven, Half-Life 2, Pillars of Eternity, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness, Return to Krondor, System Shock 2, Vampire Masquerade 2: Bloodlines

5 Alien: Isolation, Advent Rising, Anvil of Dawn, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Auralux: Constellations, Avadon: The Corruption, Baldur’s Gate 1, Baldur’s Gate 2, Beyond Divinity, Beyond Good and Evil, Candle, Creatures, Crysis, Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, Dawn's Light, Dead Space 2, Deus Ex 2: Invisible World, Deus Ex 6: Mankind Divided, Dishonoured 2, Divinity: Original Sin, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Dragonriders of Pern, Dungeon Keeper 2, Dungeon Siege, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Elex, Enderal, Fable, F.E.A.R., Freedom Force, Gas Guzzlers Extreme, Hero U : Rogue to Redemption, Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition, The Hobbit, Inside, Jade Empire, LA Noir, Lands of Lore 3, Limbo, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, The Last Tinker: City of Colours, Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect , Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect 4: Andromeda, Metro: Last Light, Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honour, Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor, Mirror’s Edge, Mousecraft, Neverwinter Nights, Outcast, Planescape Torment, Police Quest: Swat 2, Portal 2, Prey, Prey 2, Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to be a Hero, Risen, Sacred, Shadowrun: Hong Kong, Shadow Warrier, SOMA, Spell Force 2, Super Panda Adventures, Thief 1: The Dark Project, Thief 2: Metal Age, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief 4, Toki Tori 2+, Tomb Raider, TRON 2.0, Tyranny, Two Worlds, Vampire Masquerade 1: Redemption, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Thanks Flotsam!

Many thanks for compiling the list, flotsam. Now to find the time to play some recommendations!

Thank you, Flotsam! Same here, Marian. Now to pick out some recommendations to play!

Thank you SO much, flotsam !!

I will look to see if I might be able to play one of the newies on the list but have to admit I LOVE seeing the oldies still doing so well

Thank you flotsam!

TM