Atwa

Red Dead 2 by far

I would recommend you skip the game of the year stuff completely if this is how you feel. As there is where this type of criticism reaches the boiling point, where everyone is simply trying to nitpick every single game they don't want atop another. Where extremely minor things gets completely blown out of proportion. I got myself a good laugh from the RDR2 complaints, they are all so very minor as to not even cross my mind most of the time. Yeah I rode into someone once in Saint Denis, its pretty easily avoidable and even if it happens you can just stay and the cops will even let you go after capturing you. Even then I lost at most 10 minutes of my time, is that really worth even bringing up at that point? Sure, when its hard to find flaws in a game you have to go out of your way to look for them.

Its all good though, its not like it affects my enjoyment out of the game. RDR2 is one of the greatest games I have ever played, its a technological milestone of what can be done in gaming.

Sorry still won't switch over from steam.

Gameplay far and away the most important aspect to me, otherwise I probably wouldn't be playing games. It will take a lot from me to play a game with gameplay I don't enjoy, but I have no problem playing a game with awful graphics/story if the gameplay is great.

This is actually one of the things I hate the most of all modern ways of selling games, early access to full games when you buy deluxe editions or pay more in some way.

IT STINKS.

Guess I am canceling my plans of playing it eventually.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice for me. Marvelously intimate, deeply moving. It just grabbed a hold of me completely, all the way to the end which was immensely satisfying. The characterization of Senua is just so masterfully done, and the way her trauma is unraveled slowly as you progress through the game is damn near what I consider perfect.

Also agree with SOMA, for many of the reasons people have already said.
I am also fond of Amnesia A Machine for Pigs which has one of the greatest endings of any game to me, I still rewatch it every now and then. Also really liked Enslaved, maybe not for the story though, but the character interaction between Monkey and Trip is among the best of any game. Which is largely due to the wonderful acting, particularly by Andy Serkis.

Only took them what, 10 years?

Itsuno is directing it, there is no reason to be worried. He is responsible for dmc3 and 4.

Personally I don't really see the similarities with DmC much. It just looks like upgraded more modern looking characters. Nero looks fairly a lot like Virgil in DMC3 minus the slicked back hair.

The gameplay they shown at E3 all looks amazing.

The seasons are so cool, it really elevates the play area into having a lot more variation.. and even then I already adored Horizon games for their variation. I am really excited for this, and the multiplayer aspect seems like where they always wanted the drivatars to be at. Because they just felt weird and a stand in for actually having an online world.