Guess I'll do a top 3 or 5 or whatever gosh I didn't play shit this year
1. Overwatch. Still playing it, lots of fun. Balance isn't great, but it's always playable and I've made a ton of friends just through mutual hatred of Genji.
2. Pokemon Sun. Solid entry in the franchise, my favorite game since Nintendo Power was still running. Not much more to say, the post game's pretty lacking but eh what are you gonna do.
3. The Division. Plagued with problems and the devs change the fabric of the game more often than I change pants, but hot damn if the Beta wasn't one of the most enjoyable online experiences I've had in years. Running around the Dark Zone with the Muffin Gang murdering people for their choice in breakfest pastries was hilarious, and apparently the most recent update was fantastic so I outta give it a shot.
4. The Binding of Issac - Afterbirth. An actually interesting ARG surrounding a phenomenal update to one of my most played games, as well as one of the few games I've ever 100%'d. Every new item is a great addition (aside from pills wtf mcmuffin).
That's about it, really. I played Enter the Gungeon a bit and didn't really get into it, just felt like a harder to control version of Issac. I also got pretty excited for Owlboy... and we all know how that went down.
In terms of games I played this year that were released previously, I finally made a Sneaky Archer in Skyrim and it was everything it was hyped up to be, so I dumped an additional 100 hours over the summer. I got to the comically terrible ending of Bravely Default, laughed a bunch, cried a bunch, then shut it off and threw my cartridge into the fireplace where it belongs. Had an 80-hour Warframe stint last spring and I haven't touched it since, Secret Hitler was another quick burst of pure entertainment. I played a bunch of Monster Hunter Generations and loved the gameplay updates, but the content is severely lacking which let me down.
1. Overwatch. Still playing it, lots of fun. Balance isn't great, but it's always playable and I've made a ton of friends just through mutual hatred of Genji.
2. Pokemon Sun. Solid entry in the franchise, my favorite game since Nintendo Power was still running. Not much more to say, the post game's pretty lacking but eh what are you gonna do.
3. The Division. Plagued with problems and the devs change the fabric of the game more often than I change pants, but hot damn if the Beta wasn't one of the most enjoyable online experiences I've had in years. Running around the Dark Zone with the Muffin Gang murdering people for their choice in breakfest pastries was hilarious, and apparently the most recent update was fantastic so I outta give it a shot.
4. The Binding of Issac - Afterbirth. An actually interesting ARG surrounding a phenomenal update to one of my most played games, as well as one of the few games I've ever 100%'d. Every new item is a great addition (aside from pills wtf mcmuffin).
That's about it, really. I played Enter the Gungeon a bit and didn't really get into it, just felt like a harder to control version of Issac. I also got pretty excited for Owlboy... and we all know how that went down.
In terms of games I played this year that were released previously, I finally made a Sneaky Archer in Skyrim and it was everything it was hyped up to be, so I dumped an additional 100 hours over the summer. I got to the comically terrible ending of Bravely Default, laughed a bunch, cried a bunch, then shut it off and threw my cartridge into the fireplace where it belongs. Had an 80-hour Warframe stint last spring and I haven't touched it since, Secret Hitler was another quick burst of pure entertainment. I played a bunch of Monster Hunter Generations and loved the gameplay updates, but the content is severely lacking which let me down.