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Game of the Year 2016

I'm sure many of you have considered 2016 to downright fucking terrible but at least to me personally it's been a pretty good year. I finally got to fulfilled one of my lifelong dreams by taking a trip to Japan doing such awesome things like eating a steak at the legendary Ribera Steakhouse, seeing the Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion, playing fighting games at Club Sega in Akihabara, exploring the Studio Ghibli museum and going on a shopping spree at the Kyoani store in Kyoto. I also got accepted into University as well. All and all it was pretty good year.

While I haven't played all the games I wanted to this year (shoutout to Dishonored 2, Superhot, and Trackmania Turbo) but I did play enough to make a top ten list so here we go.

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  • As of this writing I currently have 1279 hours on playtime in Team Fortress 2. It was a game I loved so much that I help run a server, created a community around that server and made some unforgettable friends and memories. Unfortunately TF2 started to fade. People were getting tired of 24 hour 2-Fort and the heavy amount of scrap metal, tickets and other junk shoved into the game. My friends and I wanted to the recapture those moments again with a new game but we just couldn't find anything even close to that.

    Then came Overwatch.

    I am almost certain 10 years from now I'll still be playing Overwatch. It has the best elements of MOBAs with interesting abilities and character strategies where you don't just stick with one character. It has multiplayer maps so good and well designed I would almost call them perfect. A microtransaction system that is extremely fair. I could gush on forever about how just amazing Overwatch but instead all I can do is give it a personal recommendation from me and my personal Game of the Year.

  • Two years ago I placed World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor as my personal Game of the Year for 2014. That came out in mid November and by the time Game of the Year came around it had only been out for about a month still somewhat fresh. Two months later I dropped it due to lack of interesting content since the only part of Warlords that was good was the leveling progression which was all I had played till that point. World of Warcraft: Legion has been out twice as long and I'm still enjoying the hell out of it. A leveling progression that allows you to tackle the content when you what however you want, class specific artifacts that give every character their own personal story and dungeons and raids so good I've gotten back into hardcore raiding for the first time since Burning Crusade. Legion is on par with the very peak of World of Warcraft and well worth my subscription.

  • There is a perfection description for Hitman and it's 'stupid fun'. It's just stupidly fun. It improves on every concept that the previous games tried and failed on whether it's the insanely large and detailed levels with near infinite replay value, the variety of weapons from giant axes to exploding golf balls and the deadpan tone of the game's humor via the great writing and voice acting of numerous NPCs. I just love this game with all my murderous heart.

  • This was my first pure driving game I've played probably since Project Gotham Racing 3 nearly 10 years ago and boy have I missed out. Forza Horizon 3 was an interesting game for me because not only does it take place in my home country but it takes place literally outside my house on the Gold Coast. The car handling is absolutely excellent, the environments are varied and all fun to drive though and the online interaction makes sure you've always got something to do. I mean, whatever other game allows you to drive a Hatsune Miku car though an Australian desert?

  • I have a very love/hate relationship with The Witness. When you're literally stuck in an area you cannot get out of unless you solve this seemingly impossible puzzle you want to break the TV screen but when the solution you've been looking for finally hit you it makes you want to cry. The best puzzle game since the original Portal it's a game you'll be digging though for hours trying to wrap your brain around both the puzzle and the world itself.

  • Inside was one of those rare games where I played entirely though from start to finish in one night and had to sit down and think about it well after it was completed. It surprises you at every possible turn adding new mechanics at just the right time, it gives you the tiniest hint of story for those who go looking and it has the visuals of a melancholic adventure despite the graphic often disturbing violence. I would recommend this to almost anyone.

  • The swan song of probably the most influential game franchise of the last 5 years, Dark Souls 3 brought the best aspects of every game FromSoftware has released since Demon's Souls. Frighteningly memorable bosses, well designed areas that are worth exploring and a perfection on what already is the best third person melee combat today,

    it gives me confidence that whatever is next for Miyazaki it will be great.

  • There been something missing with today current generation of open world games. Everyone is focusing on scale rather than density. You can have the biggest game world but if it's just a forest with a few trees I'll completely lose interest. The Division is the closest I've seen a AAA developer come to density over scale. You're not exploring a gigantic city but half of one New York borough. It feels lived in and real. This open world also hosts a wonderful mix of MMORPG progression and smooth third person shooter combat. It may have it's flaws but the bright parts outshines the dullness.

  • Now I know what you're thinking "Persona 5 isn't out until April! Why is it on a 2016 Game of the Year list?' That's because I imported the Japanese version. Now Persona 5's inclusion on this list is solely based on the first major dungeon of the game which clocking in at about 15 hours is still a full game's worth of playtime. Even without including story and characters I can tell you purely from a gameplay perspective this is the best playing RPG I have ever played. If Atlus can play their cards right with the localisation then I can assure you Persona 5 will make it on my 2017 Game of the Year list... just a lot higher.

  • I'm so glad this game came out in the west. A completely original concept for a JRPG adding idol culture, music and showmanship to the already tried and tested mechanics of a Shin Megami Tensei game. This freshly optimistic game from Atlus could have been a much better game with a few tweaks to the characters, difficult curb and addition of English voice acting but even with those flaws it's still makes Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE an enjoyable game.
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