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2016 Games Of The Year
1) Rocket League. Over 250 hours into this, last I checked. Still feel the thrill of a good hit, still laugh at some crazy moments, still feel the remorse of a missed shot or save.
2) Hyper Light Drifter. Retro Zelda nostalgia with skill based action. Have to be willing to die just to learn a little bit more of the boss attack patterns. The character gains new abilities throughout the game, but you yourself gain knowledge and skill on how to overcome all enemies. There is no explicit story laid out or any dialogue, but you learn what is happening through exploring and some quite abstract cut scenes. Looking forward to revisiting this sometime, something I rarley do in single player games.
3) Life Is Strange. I wasn't prepared for this experience. I grew attached to the main characters, so when the story twisted into something dark, and then went even darker, it affected me in ways games never do. I will never forget my time with this game.
4) Inside. A dark journey. Another game where you learn about the story as you pay attention to the world. The short length felt good.
5) Guacamelee. Sort of a Metroidvania mashup with a brawler. High level of baddassery to complete some of the fights and platforming near the end of the game.

Notably absent: Gears of War 4. The Gears series has been one of my favorites in the last decade. Easily spent a thousand hours playing online with friends. Much harder to enjoy the experience jumping in solo with randos or bots on your team, not working together and getting steamrolled by the other team. Can't enjoy Horde mode with the randos dropping out and not getting replaced. The campaign was pretty good though, and had some really awesome moments with an older character. I will play more of this one and the next games.

Worst Game of the Year: Star Wars Battlefront. The game is beautiful and has all the right sounds, just plays like shit. None of the guns felt good, and aiming down sight does nothing but essentially allow the enemy to kill you quicker. Why the hell would you have stormtroopers running around without helmets? That has been patched recently, which may be the one good fix they did. Every patch fixes one thing but screws up like 3 others. Fighter Squadron was a good mode, but there were times the Millenium Falcon and Slave 1 were basically unbeatable, then the A-Wings were impossible to shoot down, then last time I played the X-Wings are overpowered and the Tie Fighters are even easier to shoot down than ever. This had so much potential that has just been fucked by bad ideas and balance. What pisses me off the most is that I will probably jump into the next one and hate it too.

Worst Game Runner Up: Batman Arkham Knight. Great story, but fuck your batmobile platforming and tank action.

MOST ANTICIPATED GAMES FOR 2017
Mass Effect Andromeda - Loved the original trilogy. Minor reserve how this game will turn out.
X-Com 2 - Loved the first one, and just picked this up on sale, won't get around to playing it for a few weeks.
Axiom Verge - Metroid throwback.
The Witness - Heard it is great too many times to ignore.
more Rocket League - I can't stop.
more Gears of War 4
Ori and the Blind Forest - in my backlog, got it free on Xbox
Child of Light - same as Ori
Mario Party 2 and 3 - planning on reacquiring a N64 to have some family game nights

GAS KING wrote:Anyone have or try a VR headset?

Just got a Samsung Gear VR today with my new phone. Pretty cool. the future.....

Haven't tried any games yet though, just videos. Minecraft must be amazing in VR.

Iommic Pope wrote:Battlefront fans, I think I need it.
Do I need it?