What a season, what a season!
2017 was a great year for gaming; maybe a little better on certain platforms then others in my opinion.
As you'll see the Switch dominates my list this year and it's well deserved. What a fantastic first year this system has had; potential one of the best ever. The other systems were no slouches, but the Switch just really brought it. I love that system.
Anyways, here's my list...
I love Persona 5. It's just such a fantastic game. I love the music, the world, the characters, battle system, the dungeons, the bosses, collecting demons, the story, and just about everything else.
Now, with that said, I don't think that it's better than Persona 4. That game is probably my favorite of all time, but Persona 5 is pretty close behind.
It's easily my game of the year.
Breath of the Wild is probably my favorite Zelda game ever. I love what they've done to the Zelda franchise with Breath of the Wild. Exploring Hyrule is one of the best gaming experiences I had this year.
It was so good I bought it twice. Nuff said.
Super Mario Odyssey is probably my favorite Mario game ever (maybe). The game controls so well and I love the worlds - so colourful, so well designed, so fun.
Odyssey is fun, plain and simple.
I really don't like a lot of things about Xenoblade 2. I don't like the RNG of getting rare blades and wasting hundreds of cores and hours of time just trying to get even one rare blade. I also don't think the game looks that great. It's huge but on close inspection, it's super blurry.
With all that said, I really like Xenoblade 2. I like the combat system, I do like collecting blades (even if I don't like the mechanics around it) and I think the world is super interesting and cool.
I think Xenoblade 1 is an overall better game but 2 is better than X in my opinion. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is overall really good.
I never ended up getting the first Splatoon on the Wii U, but from playing 2 I can see I was missing out... or was I? Everything I see from this game in comparison to the first is that 2 isn't much of a sequel, more of an expansion. So I am actually kind of glad that I skipped the first.
Getting to this game - I really liked my time with Splatoon 2. I think the gameplay is really fun and the multiplayer works pretty well (but it's not perfect). I also liked the single player stuff.
Splatoon 2 is pretty good.
It was released on the Switch this year.
I have never played this game on any other platform.
I'm counting it.
I like Stardew Valley quite a bit. I really like the look of the game, the gameplay, the music, and it's overall style. The farming is really satisfying and I really like the mining. I like trying to build relationships with the townspeople and I like just talking to everyone. I... just really like this game.
And it's great on the Switch.
Yakuza 0 is a great game. I love roaming around 1980s Japan. I love the hard-hitting combat and the different fighting styles of both Kiryu and Majima. I love the noir story and the characters that are introduced throughout. And I really love the music (especially the disco club songs).
I should really get back to this game and finish it.
Just like Stardew Valley, I'm a little late to the party with this one; but with the 3DS version being released this year, I can finally give this one a try.
Dragon Quest 8 is a great JRPG. The combat is interesting and involved. The characters are colourful and fun (I like how British they are). And I love Toriyama's character and enemy design (always love his stuff...)
A great game that I should really try to finish at some point in time.
