The final weekly update will be my gacha games of the year in various categories. This entire list is lighthearted and for fun, don’t take anything too seriously. So, starting off with my first award for “Bread & Butter Gacha Game of 2024” is Nikke. If I have literally only 1 hour to dedicate to myself for the entire day, it’s going to be to this game and its dailies. Still holding up well in 2024 and going strong into 2025.

I recently got back into Brown Dust 2 and after a bumpy reacclimating period, I’ve started to settle in. And it’s quite surprising how much this game has improved from when I played it in CBT to launch. Although I think the game needs a more central community hub, I have little else to say bad about it. Therefore, it wins my “Best Necromancy 2nd Chance Gacha Game” of 2024.

You ever have that game where you absolutely love to play but no one else on the planet is playing? That’s Star Force in a nutshell and wins my award for “I’m All Alone & Don’t Care Gacha Game” of 2024. Pure nostalgia is what motivates me about this Shmup, not only for the ones I grew up with in the arcades, but similar phone games I use to play back in 2014. Speaking of which, it feels like it was developed 10 years ago too and frankly adds to the charm of it.

Sometimes you stay awake at night wondering how the world works. Because a lot of things don’t make sense, and yet they exist. Dragon Blaze is a game that’s still somehow alive to this day and age, and yes I did play it once a VERY LONG TIME ago. All things considered; no other game deserves the “I Can’t Freaking Believe It’s Still Running Gacha Game” of 2024. Take a well deserved bow Dragon Blaze!

I talked about this Kusoge a few months back and it’s still deserving of that title. Like all games past and present in this category, there’s enough awful about it to make it likeable and frustrating at the same time. You end up with something you kind of want to play but also can’t really recommend whole heartily. So Otherworlld Mercenary Corps gets my “This Is Crap Yet I Hope They Get Better Somehow Gacha Game” of 2024.

There are crimes against property, then people, and then humanity as a whole. Daiblos Core is one of those crimes in which it is horrendously underrated due to skill issue. I even crawled out of my cave for two seconds to talk about it in a recent video and this secret one. In any case, Daiblos Core wins the obvious “Most Overlooked & Misunderstood Gacha Game” of 2024. You deserve better baby girl.

We’re closing off the awards with Horizon Walker which came out globally this year. I’ll be frank, this game was kind of deflating. I expected a bit more from the original dev team of Last Origin, and there have been some rumors (I have to stress that point, rumors) of the current team not necessarily being the best of the original bunch. Still, it’s fun enough and I’m doing my dailies. For all of that, Horizon Walker gets my “Most Hard For Then Sort Of Limp Afterward Gacha Game” of 2024. Stop being a tease and release the freaky waifus already.

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