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Best of 2018

by megalowho

Updated over the year.

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Astro Bot Rescue Mission

1. Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Astro Bot is pretty damn good. Like trying VR for the first time again good. The mechanics and scenarios it presents are solid, but the impact of being an active presence in a delightful platformer taking place all around you is game changing. A landmark title whose legacy will only grow as VR itself does.

Tetris Effect

2. Tetris Effect

Soulful journey Turn of the century techno optimism

Hitman 2

3. Hitman 2

The series continuation I was hoping for and then some. A collection of refined, dense and intriguing locations to Hitman your way through Groundhog Day-style in ways both impossibly cool and ludicrously comedic. Major props for including the entire first game under one wrapper alongside new modes and online challenges, delivering a true world of assassination for Agent 47's globetrotting shenanigans.

God of War

4. God of War

Weighty action, rewarding exploration, meaningful loot and quietly affecting character moments. A large scale labor of love that exudes confidence, talent and vision.

Unavowed

5. Unavowed

Forza Horizon 4

6. Forza Horizon 4

Return of the Obra Dinn

7. Return of the Obra Dinn

Methodical

Into the Breach

8. Into the Breach

Yakuza Kiwami 2

9. Yakuza Kiwami 2

Tells an expansive Yakuza story with all the highs, lows, side stories and Majima you want with a level of polish that rarely betrays its remake origins. Up there with 0 as series favorites so far.

Red Dead Redemption II

10. Red Dead Redemption II

Atmospheric, deliberate and alive with artistic intent behind every lived-in detail of its world. Arthur Morgan is a fantastic protagonist.

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