HONOURABLE MENTIONS
OLDER GAMES THAT I ENJOYED THIS YEAR
GAMES I WISH I HAD PLAYED THIS YEAR
AND NOW HERE ARE THE BIG ONES
The most richly immersive experience I had this year. Excellent shooting, atmosphere, and attention to detail. Unfortunately I thought a lot of the dialogue scenes on the train dragged and weren't as effective as they could have been.
I played this at launch and fucking sucked at it, then put it down for about six months. I came back to it in November, everything clicked and I sailed through it. It's great to know that FromSoft can deviate from the tried and true Souls formula and still make something incredibly demanding and compelling.
The best third person shooter of the year. Makes Gears 5 look like a pile of old shit (which it is).
A surprisingly good mashup of familiar genres that stumbles a bit on the technical side. I hope this sells well because a sequel with more polish could be truly fantastic.
Mostly worth the wait! I wish the story had ended completely at the end of Chapter 6, but I guess you can't have everything.
Great game but I'm shit at it.
Not really the best Roguelite in the world but in all other aspects it really hits the mark.
I've realised that I don't actually like Symphony of the Night styled Castlevania games all that much, but this game is undeniably great.
Loved Leon's weapons, hated Leon. Hated Claire's weapons, loved Claire. If the remake of RE3 focuses on one campaign then I will eat that up with a knife and fork.
It's an open world game that isn't bloated and I beat it in like 12 hours! Truly remarkable in this market where "games that you play forever" are currently all the rage.
