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Polygon's Best Games of 2016
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Manmademan
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Racing isn't really as big in the US as it used to be
Very weird that they previewed the game using a Rock Band plastic Guitar.
It turns out those guitar controller runs are pretty difficult.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Surprised TLG made their list, I think they gave it 7.5
Oh well - strong list, but it's actually hard to go wrong this year. 2016 was just all around pretty fucking great...
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for games
Oh well - strong list, but it's actually hard to go wrong this year. 2016 was just all around pretty fucking great...
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for games
I take it whoever this is simply fell to the ground and began seizing trying to play Titanfall 2.
Doom's at #1, all's right in the world.
It's like 70% identical to most other sites' GOTY lists.
It's like 70% identical to most other sites' GOTY lists.
Lord Azrael
Member
Yeah it is, two of the lists I most agree with as well.
forknknife
Banned
Nice
Zen_Arcade
Banned
daaaaaaaaaaaamn
There isn't one Xbox exclusive on that list
Haha no, that would be Uncharted 4. Firewatch is fantastic and feels fresh and original. Uncharted is good but worn out and recycled. Uncharted GOTY picks 113, Firewatch 1 :I
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
This is sooooo painful to watch
pixellated_man
Member
Must have been hard for some of u reading so many lists with uc4 in or around the top spot, lol. And u still have the Gaf goty list to 'look forward' to.
Messofanego
Banned
Yup, that's why they put The Last Guardian in their best of the year list. Huh?
AnthonypUK
Member
Surprised TLG made their list, I think they gave it 7.5
Oh well - strong list, but it's actually hard to go wrong this year. 2016 was just all around pretty fucking great...
...
for games
What did they give UC4? oh a 9 more than everything else on that list aside from inside..huh
Solid list, aside from firewatch
just think TLG should be in a better position
well her story was great and virginia sucked
does every list needs uncharted 4? you guys are a really annoying with this
Firewatch is really overrated. A game with heavy emphasis on story that has a terrible story.
It has great dialogues and that's it, i guess?
just think TLG should be in a better position
well her story was great and virginia sucked
does every list needs uncharted 4? you guys are a really annoying with this
Firewatch is really overrated. A game with heavy emphasis on story that has a terrible story.
It has great dialogues and that's it, i guess?
Yabberwocky
Member
Awesome list, congrats to Doom! Great to see Inside getting so much love, and I was really surprised to see TLG scraping in at 10. All the articles for each game on the GOTY list have been fantastic reads. I really need to play Titanfall 2 already, I've got it sitting there - I'd wanted to get it done before GAF's GOTY list closed.
Yeah, it was a wonderful article, definitely felt the same.
Yeah, it was a wonderful article, definitely felt the same.
They gave Virginia a 9
pixellated_man
Member
Publications not including a game in their top ten list does not mean they didn't like it, people. Stop trying to force an agenda on a subjective list - it makes you look petty.
That's an understatement. Outside of hardcore fans it is dead which is a damn shame because racing games this gen have been pretty good and FH3 is one of the best games this gen regardless of genre.
Zomba13
Member
Think of how many clicks and views they got from that! Easy to see why Doom was their number 1!
Crimsonclaw111
Member
one can only imagine how painful this would've been if they were using a mouse
I don't get it. How can you like more than 10 games?
Everything is hipster until it hits the mainstream. And how does something hit the mainstream? Coverage on mainstream sites like Polygon.
Lists are decided by a group of people, reviews just the opinion of one person in that group.
Wow, that's hilarious. I've completely disagreed with polygon reviews for years (well, I guess specifically Arthur Gies, but also others) and I don't even bother reading review scores there any longer due to how disconnected they are from my own preferences. I would have never, ever thought they'd be the only major outlet to choose my personal GOTY as #1. The fact that the following #2 is Inside, a title that I put firmly in my "I must be completely out of touch with the gaming world because I don't see anything special here" category is even better. What a weirdddddd list.
Edit: lol, yeah, not to mention that Polygon spawned the infamous "what do you mean move and aim?" video that I've watched dozens of times
Edit: lol, yeah, not to mention that Polygon spawned the infamous "what do you mean move and aim?" video that I've watched dozens of times
Peroroncino
Member
The first place has got to be a little a joke considering their history with the game, lol. <polygondoom.gif>
What Firewatch is set to do, it does magnificently. The art style and music gives the game great atmosphere. Writing and dialogue bring the characters to life, they feel like actual real humans. The game takes the player for a ride of different emotions, if you let it. Personally I was really immersed and felt what Henry felt, especially the sense of paranoia was really strong. The story of Firewatch is about the characters and it's really intimate. It's not about what shady shit is going on in the forest, did you think it was? Do you need monsters, dragons, lasers, aliens, ghosts in every game? Does it always need to be a big scale epic adventure? To me no and that's refreshing. The ending was unexpected to me and I loved it.
Delilah wasn't my reward and it felt bad that I didn't get to atleast see her.
Also, what do you mean when you say something is overrated? That your taste in games is the truth? Differing opinions are just wrong? Can't you just say that you don't like it. Why discredit others opinions? Why say that too many people love this game I didn't enjoy.
Edit: I just noticed that you liked Her Story, so I guess you don't need monsters and lasers in every game.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Good list. Not too pretentious, but not SUPER obvious. Great balance.
wild wild rice
Member
That is so funny that they picked DOOM.
Honestly, this is probably the best front to back GOTY list I've seen posted this year.
Honestly, this is probably the best front to back GOTY list I've seen posted this year.
sixteen-bit
Member
congrats to Doom on the win
Messofanego
Banned
Inside is special in that it tells a dialogue-less story of a dystopic world through mechanics really well and does incredible world building as little by little of the eccentricities are teased then capitalised on (such as the hairy swimming boys). It's a melancholic tale about the good and bad of hunanity told mainly through incredibly expressive animations. The variety helps a lot, as you're never doing the same thing for too long. Also has a brutal unforgettable ending.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
The only game on that list that's worth a damn to me is The Last Guardian.
Guhnmystro
Member
Good to know.
More_Badass
Member
Nice collection of games, last year was quite diverse in its top-notch offerings
What Firewatch did exceptionally was establish a sense of place, and then slowly, gradually, corrupt that sense of place, turning familiar jaunts and known trails into places where you just feel unsafe and tense and isolated. It was like being in the middle of an interactive thriller
That's not how this works, in any way.
What does that even mean? That's like saying something is more point-n-click than game or something.
What Firewatch did exceptionally was establish a sense of place, and then slowly, gradually, corrupt that sense of place, turning familiar jaunts and known trails into places where you just feel unsafe and tense and isolated. It was like being in the middle of an interactive thriller
I'll never understand the appeal of a grotesque game like Doom, but good on them. Seems to be a hit.
Again sad that Inside isn't topping off the chart, not sure if getting number 2 will land it as much coverage as Limbo had--Seemed like even that was a slow, steady seller for Playdead.
Again sad that Inside isn't topping off the chart, not sure if getting number 2 will land it as much coverage as Limbo had--Seemed like even that was a slow, steady seller for Playdead.
Like watching my son play DOOM
He's 4..
OT - Does anyone know if Firewatch will go on sale on Xbox anytime soon? It looks really interesting, I really enjoy narrative heavy games.
Salty Rice
Member
Disappointed with Inside being so high.
Frozone
Member
Have you tried it in VR? Amazing experience and definitely a good exercise routine to keep you fit.
