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[Theslammer]

I did one of these at the 1/4 mark of the year, and I'm interested to see if anyone's games from then have changed now.

I'm struck not just at the quantity of the games released this year (and I feel every year, there's been a ton), but also the variety. I've had everything from a new open-world RPG in Horizon Zero Dawn, to a lean and great action-adventure in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, to a Contra/Resogun hybrid in Matterfall, to a blast from the past and "everything is new again" in Sonic Mania, to gravity defying acrobatics in Gravity Rush 2, to a wonderful remake in Crash N.Sane Trilogy. I have Undertale for PS4 pre-ordered and am looking forward to seeing what the hype is about, not just online but also from friends who have played it. I also have Horizon Zero Dawn's DLC pre-ordered, and I may very well play the whole damn game again a third time.

I still feel, same as in April, that I've only scratched the surface. I won't list all the games I haven't played but want to play, but it's long and exciting as I'm sure many of your "need to play" lists are.

Like earlier this year, I've put a big list here as comprehensive as I've been able to make it throughout the year. There may still be games missing, and I'm sorry if/when you find ones that are. Looking forward to the GOTY voting thread later this year. =)



2017 so far

1, 2, Switch (NS)
2064: Read Only Memories (PS4)
Aaero (PS4, XBO, PC)
Absolver (PS4, PC)
Alone With You (PC)
Agents of Mayhem (PS4, XBO, PC)

ARMS (NS)
A Rose in the Twilight (Vita)
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (PS4, PC, Vita)
Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (Vita)
Aven Colony (PS4, XBO, PC)
Bayonetta (PC)
Beat Cop (PC)
Blackwood Crossing (PS4, XBO, PC)
Blaster Master Zero (NS, 3DS)
Bleed 2 (PC)
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (PS4, XBO, PC)
Cat Quest (PC)
Cave Story (NS)
ChromaGun (PS4)
Cities Skylines (PS4, XBO)

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PS4)
Cuphead (XBO, PC)
Danganronpa 1-2 Reload (PS4)
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PS4, PC, Vita)
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (WiiU)

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City (and The Fire Fades Edition) (PS4, XBO, PC)
Destiny 2 (PS4, XBO, PC)
Detention (PS4, PC)
Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer (PS4, XBO, PC)
Digimon World: Next Order (PS4)

Dirt 4 (PS4, XBO, PC)
Disc Jam (PS4, PC)

Divinity: Original Sin II (PC)
Dragon Quest Heroes II (PS4, PC)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (3DS)

Drawn to Death (PS4)
Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers (PS4, Vita)
Endless Space 2 (PC)

Everybody's Golf (PS4)
Ever Oasis (3DS)
Everything (PS4)
F1 2017 (PS4, XBO, PC)

Farpoint (PSVR)
Fast RMX (NS)
FIFA 18 (PS4, XBO, NS, PS3, 360, PC)
Final Fantast XII: The Zodiac Age (PS4)

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS)
Flinthook (PS4, XBO, PC)

For Honor (PS4, XBO, PC)
Fortnite Early Access (PS4, XBO, PC)
Forza Horizon 3 Hotwheels Expansion (XBO, PC)

Forza Motorsport 7 (XBO)
Forma.8 (PS4, XBO, WIIU, PC, Vita)
Freedom Planet (PS4)

Full Throttle Remastered (PS4, PC, Vita)
Future Unfolding (PC)
Golf Story (NS)
Guilty Gear XrdL Rev 2 (PS4)

Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (PS4, XBO, PC, Mobile)
Hakuokl: Kyoto Winds (Vita)
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (XBO)

Halo Wars 2 (XBO, PC)
HaPiKo (PC)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone (PS4)

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PS4, PC)
Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)
I Am Setsuna (NS)

Injustice 2 (PS4, XBO)
Kamiko (NS)
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth (PS4, XBO, PC)
Killing Floor 2 (XBO)
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX (PS4)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (PS4)

Knack 2 (PS4)
Lawbreakers (PS4, PC)
LEGO Worlds (PS4, XBO, PC)
Life Is Strange: Before The Storm (PS4, XBO, PC)
Little Nightmares (PS4, XBO, PC)
LocoRoco Remastered (PS4)
Lone Echo (VR)
Madden NFL 18 (PS4, XBO)

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (NS)
Mario Sports Superstars (3DS)
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (PS4, XBO, PC)
Mary Skelter: Nightmares (Vita)

Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4, XBO, PC)
Matterfall (PS4)
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 (PS4, XBO, PC)

Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
Mighty Gunvolt Burst (NS)
Minecraft: Switch Edition (NS)

MLB The Show 17 (PS4)
MXGP3: The Official Motocross Videogame (PS4, XBO, PC)
NBA 2K18 (PS4, XBO, NS, PS3, 360, PC)
NBA Live 18 (PS4, XBO)
NBA Playgrounds (PS4, XBO, NS, PC)

Nex Machina: Death Machine (PS4, PC)
NHL 18 (PS4, XBO)

NieR: Automata (PS4, PC)
Night in the Woods (PS4, PC)
Night Trap: 25th Anniversary (PS4, XBO, PC)

Nioh (PS4)
Outlast 2 (PS4, XBO, PC)
Overcooked: Special Edition (NS)
PaRappa the Rapper Remastered (PS4)
Patapon Remastered (PS4)

Persona 5 (PS4, PS3)
Phantom Dust Remaster (XBO, PC)
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition (PS4, XBO)

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC)
Pokken Tournament DX (NS)
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (3DS)
Portal Knights (PS4, XBO, PC)

Prey (PS4, XBO, PC)
Project Cars 2 (PS4, XBO, PC)
Puyo Puyo Tetris (PS4, NS)
Pyre (PS4, PC)
Rabi-Ribi (PS4)

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PS4, XBO, PC)
RIME (PS4, XBO, PC)
Robo Recall (VR)
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder (PS4, XBO, PC)
Ruiner (PS4, XBO, PC)
Shadows of Adam (PC)
Shift DX (3DS)
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (NS)
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (NS)
Skylanders Imaginators (NS)
Snake Pass (PS4, XBO, NS, PC)

Sniper Elite 4 (PS4, XBO, PC)
Sonic Mania (PS4, XBO, NS, PC)
Splatoon 2 (NS)
StarBlood Arena (PSVR)
Starcraft Remastered (PC)
Star Trek: Bridge Crew (PSVR)
Statik (PSVR)
Steamworld Dig 2 (PS4, NS, PC, Vita)
Steel Division: Normandy 44 (PC)
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS)
Styx: Shards of Darkness (PS4, XBO, PC)
Sudden Strike 4 (PS4, PC)
Super Bomberman R (NS)
SUPERHOT VR (PS4)
Tacoma (XBO, PC)
Tales of Berseria (PS4, PC)

Tekken 7 (PS4, XBO, PC)
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ (NS)
The Disney Afternoon Collection (PS4, XBO, PC)
The Elder Scrolls Legends (PC)
The Escapists 2 (PS4, XBO, PC)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS, WiiU)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: The Master Trials (NS)
The Sexy Brutale (PS4, XBO, PC)
The Surge (PS4, XBO, PC)
Thimbleweek Park (XBO, PC)
Thumper (NS)
Tiny Trax (PSVR)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4, XBO, PC)
Torment: Tides of Numenera (PS4, XBO, PC)

Total War: WARHAMMER II (PC)
Touhou Genso Wanderer (PS4, Vita)
Toukiden 2 (PS4, PC, Vita)
Tumbleseed (PS4, NS, PC)
Typoman: Revised (XBO, PC)

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
Undertale (PS4, Vita)
Vanquish (PC)
Victor Vran: Overkill Edition (PS4, XBO, PC)
Vikings: Wolves of Midgards (PS4, XBO, PC)
VOEZ (NS)
Voodoo Vince: Remastered (XBO, PC)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (PC)

What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4, XBO, PC)
Wipeout Omega Collection (PS4)
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (PS4, XBO, NS)
World of Goo (NS)
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (PS4, XBO, PC)

Yakuza 0 (PS4)
Yakuza Kiwami (PS4)
Yooka-Laylee (PS4, XBO, PC)
Ys Origin (PS4)
Ys VIII: Lacrimoso of Dana (PS4, PC, Vita)
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (PS4, PC, Vita)

 

[commish]

Are we going to have these threads every 3 weeks...? "34.5% thru the year. Best games?!"

Nier.

 

[Nilua]

I haven't played much released this year, but Persona 5 may be my all-time favorite. So that.

On the indie side, What Remains of Edith Finch is one of the best "walking simulators" ever made. I hope it gets even a little bit of votes come GOTY time

 

[Crayon]

So far its Nier, Zelda, Yakuza 0 and Tekken 7 for me. The year has been good. But Mario and gts are coming shortly and it's going to be a big holiday, too.

 

[Hazu]

My top 5 so far :

1) Persona 5

2) Splatoon 2

3) The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild

4) Fire Emblem Echoes : Shadows of Valencia

5) Horizon : Zero Dawn


Still haven't played NieR Automata so my top 5 might change when I get to play it. Other than that, I only see Super Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 taking a spot if they end up being good. Maybe Fire Emblem Warriors too.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Top10 so far

1.Persona 5
2.Horizon Zero Dawn
3.What Remains of Edith Finch
4.Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
5.Prey
6.SteamWorld Dig 2
7.Destiny 2
8.Resident Evil 7: biohazard
9.RiME
10.Yakuza 0

have not played Zelda BotW and NieR Automata yet, but that wont be the case come the year end

 

[Ogodei]

Purchased (granted, one of these was a 2014 game):

Hyrule Warriors
Breath of the Wild
Super Bomberman R
Mario Kart 8 DX
ARMS
Splatoon 2
Metroid: Samus Returns

Favorite would be a tough choice between Splatoon 2 and Breath of the Wild. Though they've all been great except for Bomberman, which was enjoyable but pretty flawed.

 

[Staf]

Horizon: Zero dawn and Pillars of Eternity. Awesome games!

 

[TheGamingBox]

persona 5
mario rabbids
zelda breath of the wild
splatoon 2
dragonball xenovere 2 for switch

 

[Wozman23]

My top 4 are all pretty much perfect, for various reasons.

1. Cuphead
2. Snake Pass
3. Horizon Zero Dawn
4. Nex Machina

The first two are easily two of my favorite games ever.

 

[ZedLeppelin006]

Thus far Prey, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 & 2.5, Persona 5, Zelda BOTW & Steamworld Dig 2 for games that have come out this year.

Mario Odyssey will soon likely be number 1 by the end of this month.

 

[Acquiescence]

That's a lot of work put into a thread that's probably gonna get locked.

 

[SoundPulse]

I'm now realizing that the only games I bought from this year were Fire Emblem and Stormblood. I should buy Sonic Mania or something.

So I guess those two.

 

[Courage]

I still have a bunch of games to catch up on but tentatively in no order:

Resident Evil VII
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Sonic Mania
What Remains of Edith Finch
Cuphead
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

 

[Gunkankun]

Nier. No question.

 

[T.O.P]

RE7 and Cuphead

But Mario Odissey is gonna wreck this year

 

[shwimpy]

Here are the only games I've put a significant amount of time to this year:

Zelda: BOTW
Splatoon 2
Mario + Rabbids
Uncharted: Lost Legacy

 

[Brock Reiher]

There have been a ton but if I had to pick 3:

Breath of the Wild
Persona 5
Yakuza 0

 

[F0rneus]

Persona 5
Resident Evil 7
Nioh
FFXII The Zodiac Age
Sonic Mania
Horizon Zero Dawn

 

[Duchess O'Death]

My top 5 games so far:

1. Ghost Recon Wildlands
2. Injustice 2
3. Crash Bandicoot
4. Horizon Zero Dawn
5. Mario + Rabbids

Honorable mentions:

Uncharted The Lost Legacy
Beat Cop
Zelda BOTW

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Thimbleweek Park
Cuphead
Dragon Quest VIII
Sonic Mania
Breath of the Wild

 

[Van Bur3n]

If we're going to count the Ringed City, I'll say the Ringed City. Followed by Nioh and Cuphead.

Not much else to care about with RDR2 delayed to 2018.

 

[Linkark07]

So far this year:

1. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
3. Disgaea 5 Switch Edition
4. Persona 5
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Horizon Zero Dawn
Metroid: Samus Returns
Crash Bandicoot The N. Sane Trilogy


Coincidentally the only three new releases I've played this year.


Only other game I'll be buying this year is Star Wars Battlefront II.

 

[Theslammer]

Are we going to have these threads every 3 weeks...? "34.5% thru the year. Best games?!"

Nier.

No, just in quarters. My last one was 1/4. Someone got the halfway mark before I got to it. Now 3/4s, and I'll be awaiting the GOTY voting thread.

That's a lot of work put into a thread that's probably gonna get locked.

Hope not as my first one wasn't.

My top 4 are all pretty much perfect, for various reasons.

1. Cuphead
2. Snake Pass
3. Horizon Zero Dawn
4. Nex Machina

The first two are easily two of my favorite games ever.

Oh? I'd love to hear what attracts you so much to those two! I've definitely heard great things about Cuphead, but haven't heard as much GAF reaction from Snake Pass.

 

[Zeta Oni]

Cuphead

That's pretty much it. All the other games I'm looking forward to this year have yet to release.

 

[t26]

Super Robot Taisen V
Persona 5
Nier: Automata
Utawarerumono
Tales of Berseria
Summer Lession

 

[Mark1]

Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Sonic Mania
Splatoon 2.

Given how busy life has been this year portable gaming has been very helpful. These games were great to play in between sessions

 

[Tali'Zorah]

At the moment, my top 5 games of the year would be as follows:

1. NieR: Automata
2. Yakuza 0
3. Prey
4. Horizon Zero Dawn
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

NieR is a true gamechanger for me and is my current game of the generation, have had so much fun with it, love the combat and the story, possibly the most invested I've ever felt in a game.

Yakuza 0 was my first Yakuza game and I absolutely adored it. Just so much fun to play, with truly incredible characters and a fantastic sense of humour. Need to pick up Kiwami asap

Prey was as good as I thought it'd be - in that it's an Arkane game, so it was always going to be great. That post-credits curveball was cool as hell too.

And then to the 2 open world games from the early part of the year. Horizon just edges out Zelda for 2 reasons for me so far - 1. I've yet to actually finish Zelda, 2. I prefer the combat in Horizon. Both are stunningly good games though with cool art styles.

There's so much from this year that I still need to play - namely the likes of Persona 5, Hellblade, Metroid, Danganronpa and Mario + Rabbids, not to mention the vast amount of cool looking games yet to be released, like Mario, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Wolfenstein and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. So far, this year looks like it'll be considered a brilliant year for gaming.

 

[KraytarJ]

Current top 10
1. Persona 5
2. Breath of the Wild
3. Nier: Automata
4. Splatoon 2
5. Edith Finch
6. Horizon
7. Hellblade
8. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
9. Pyre
10. Arms

Top 3 this year are my top 3 of the generation. Still playing Mario + Rabbids, Danganronpa, and Golf Story so I'll see how they rank after I finish them.

 

[sotojuan]

Of 2017 NA releases? Yakuza 0 by a long shot, followed by Persona 5.

Of any game I played? Dragon Quest V, VIII, or Yakuza 0.

 

[Dandy Lyin]

Thimbleweed Park.

 

[Dysun]

Zelda, Persona, Nioh, Yakuza 0, Injustice 2

Really would have liked to play RE7, Horizon, and Nier to have a more comprehensive list but oh well. Should be interesting to see how it stacks up once Mario and some Fall games are out.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Zelda BotW
Metroid Samus Returns

 

[StarPhlox]

I'll just throw out my top 5 even though we have some serious contenders in October especially

1. Nier: Automata
2. Metroid: Samus Returns
3. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
4. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard
5. Prey

 

[Theslammer]

At the moment, my top 5 games of the year would be as follows:

1. NieR: Automata
2. Yakuza 0
3. Prey
4. Horizon Zero Dawn
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

NieR is a true gamechanger for me and is my current game of the generation, have had so much fun with it, love the combat and the story, possibly the most invested I've ever felt in a game.

Yakuza 0 was my first Yakuza game and I absolutely adored it. Just so much fun to play, with truly incredible characters and a fantastic sense of humour. Need to pick up Kiwami asap

Prey was as good as I thought it'd be - in that it's an Arkane game, so it was always going to be great. That post-credits curveball was cool as hell too.

And then to the 2 open world games from the early part of the year. Horizon just edges out Zelda for 2 reasons for me so far - 1. I've yet to actually finish Zelda, 2. I prefer the combat in Horizon. Both are stunningly good games though with cool art styles.

There's so much from this year that I still need to play - namely the likes of Persona 5, Hellblade, Metroid, Danganronpa and Mario + Rabbids, not to mention the vast amount of cool looking games yet to be released, like Mario, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Wolfenstein and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. So far, this year looks like it'll be considered a brilliant year for gaming.

I've never played a Yakuza game either, and I know a decent amount of people here started with 0. How is the gameplay specifically? How does it feel?

 

[Bobo Dakes]

Are we going to have these threads every 3 weeks...? "34.5% thru the year. Best games?!"

Nier.

I swear we just did this a couple days ago.

 

[Dusk Golem]

Hey everyone, this is Dusk Golem aka AestheticGamer. I have posted on NeoGAF since 2011, and have decided to resign. I have enjoyed posting about horror games here for years, but I no longer wish to support the site and will be leaving for good. I will still be around the internet, I go by AestheticGamer on YouTube, I make games on Steam as Yai Gameworks, and I plan to go by Dusk Golem on other forums. I'll be joining an off-set of the GAF community leaving to try other ventures like ResetEra (Official Twitter for that here: https://twitter.com/reseteraforum ). I hope some of you who read this may consider it, and I plan to try to expose more people to horror games in the years to come. Just not here.

I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1

 

[Speely]

Divinity: Original Sin II
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Dead Cells
ARMS

 

[deadstar72]

There's still a lot I haven't played this year, and a lot I'm looking forward to that hasn't come out yet, but for me at the moment it's:

Destiny 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Wonder Boy The Dragon's Trap
Cuphead
Observer

 

[Zalman]

My current top 3 is:

Breath of the Wild (one of my favorite games ever)
Persona 5
Yakuza 0

 

[Grindlefly]

For me:

1. Resident Evil 7 in vr
2. Yakuza Zero
3. Persona 5
4. Uncharted Lost Legacy
5. Crash Bandicoot Insane Trilogy

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Cuphead is my new number one.

 

[Theslammer]

I swear we just did this a couple days ago.

Wasn't me, nor did I see it, so I wouldn't say "we" did anything? I was planning on doing this in quarter chunks, and I only got to the first quarter of the year (there's a link to my first thread in the OP) as someone else made a thread that got to multiple pages halfway through the year. I'm not on all the time to see every thread, and it's for fun.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Persona 5
Yakuza 0
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resident Evil 7
Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Snake Pass
Hellblade
Pyre

It's been a good ass year. There's other stuff I've enjoyed but these are the ones that stick out.

 

[redcrayon]

Torn between Zelda BotW, Ys VIII and Monster Hunter Stories at the moment. All excellent.

My plan for the rest of the year, spare time allowing, is Steamworld Dig 2, Fire Emblem Warriors and Etrian Odyssey V, so we'll see how I feel in January, I suppose!

 

[jacobs34]

Cuphead - by a mile, there just is not anything like it on the market.


I have a mountain of a backlog though, still need to catch up on: Nier, Prey, Yakuza 0, Uncharted LL, Zelda and a slew of indie games.

 

[brawly]

Knack 2

In a year full of the disappointments, Knack brought me joy and pleasure. All hail the king.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Zelda and Cuphead are up there.

 

[Hoje0308]

Edith Finch
Horizon
Nier: Automata
Yakuza 0
Lost Legacy
Breath of the Wild
Rime
Mario+Rabbids

Hitman is probably my real number one, though it's obviously not a 2017 release.

Also just started Divinity: Original Sin and am really enjoying it. Expecting the sequel to factor into my rankings if I have time for it. Wolf 2 and Mario Odyssey will almost certainly be in there as well.