1.) Inside: i never did get much into limbo, but play deads inside caught me entirely by surprise. I was enticed by its
Machab art, and drawn in by its yet to be matched characfer animations and the cycnical under tones present through out. Inside is one of the few games that had me
Thinking about it long after i had beaten it.
2.) The witcher 3: to this day i am a huge fan of bethesdas open world rpg's. But id be lying if i said some of that love wasn't thrown into question after playing cd projekt red's third installment in the witcher franchise. Past experience came from playing about half of the second game on xbox 360 but the third entry managed grip me almost immediatley and throughout my 130 ish hours with the game. I wanted to explore every last bit of that world, and do every quest i possibly could. The characters were so endearing and well written, geralts search for ciri felt urgent and personal. And the sound track that would kick up when faced off against a tough monster was god tier. Witcher 3 blew me away like no game had since oblivion in 2006.
3.) Ori and the Blind forest: Ori and the blind forest to me represented microsofts foot in the ground. It was a bold statement to indie developers that said, we will do better, and here is the proof. Ori presents us with some of the most beautiful 2d art ive ever seen in a game, along side a character who is a genuin joy to control
And maneuver. The art and gameplay are married by a gorgeous orchestral score and a narrative that is at times terrifying and tear jerking all at once. Through challenging escape sequences that act as the ultimate test of your platforming skills, you feel ori's struggle to escape almost as if you are there in person. I am so excited to see what this studio has instore for us next
4.) Dark souls 3: ds3 acted as the ultimate culmination of not only the narrative from started in 2011 but also the gameplay that has evolved and changed from its inception in demons souls to its biggest evolution in bloodborne. Ds3 deftly combines the fast paced aggressive gameplay of bb with the often more defensive style of dark souls and managed to make what is arguably the best combat seen in the series to date. As someone who spent late hours playing souls titles and watching vatti vidya, seeing these plot threads tie togeather as new ones opened up was a pure trear. All of ds3's bosses were varied and memorable to. Few moments in my life will ever give me the pure nirvana i felt when i finally laid that last strike against the nameless king on what mustve been my 10th or 11th attempt.
5.) Life is strange: i had grown tired of tell tales adventure game style for quite some time until i played lis. Though turned off by the first episode and its "hella" hipster lingo, i percevered and found an amazing licensed soundtrack that knew right when to play, choices that actually
Mattered, and characters whose world and personal plights would suck me in for hours at a time. Whenever a game is powerful enough to bring me to tears, you know youve dine something right.
6.) Doom: FUCK ALL THAT BITCH ASS EMOTIONAL
AND PHILOSOPHICAL BULLSHIT FROM THOSE OTHER GAMES THIS IS MUTHER FUCKING DOOM YALL!!! Seriously play this game. Its been so long since an fps has brought me as much nonsensical joy as doom has. Doom gives you one objective, kill all the demons, in the quickest,
Most violent fashion you can while listening to Mick gordons killer soundtrack, and occasionally tracking down a secret or two, and it fucking rocks.
7.) Virginia: its honestly better if you just
Play this one. Take a beautiful sound track, an emotionally charged and effective story that uses no dialogue, and expert use of jump cuts to create one of the most creative cinematix experiences of this generation.
8.) tales from the boarderlands: im like many others where i dislike boarderlands and adored this game. Its cast of characters had me sad to leave pandora by the end of its awesome fifth chapter. Tell tale fatigued be damned, i enjoyed the fuck out of this one
9.) until dawn: again an awesome spin on the adventure genre, it can be argued that in the best way the developers behind this once successfully managed to out cage david cage himself. The story is a love letter to anyone who likes horror. Teens of varying likeability ( fuck you
Emily ) are hanging out in a canadian winter cabin when some spooky stuff starts to go down. It plays with these tropes in unique and interesting ways and its plot will leave you guessing until the very end. I managed to keep every teen alive but its entirely possible for
Them all go in the most gruesome manners imaginable if your not careful. Awesome game, my favorite ps exclusive thus far.
10.) Fallout 4: Yes i can hear the axes
Grinding now. "But your choices dont matter!!" "They watered down the rpg elements" "witcher 3 shits on this game from a 30 story building!!!" And to all of these complaints i say yes. But for as many issues as fallout 4 has it doesnt change the fact that i enjoyed all 200 hours of my time in the wonderfully detailed common welth, fiding scrap and constantly upgrading my sanctuary while listening to
Some junky fifties tunes to me was a joy unto itself. Gunplay was such a massive step up from 3 that its kind of ridiculous, but all the weapons felt great and were a joy to use, it was also so great to find and meet all of the common wealths interesting and unique companions, my personal favorite being piper.
