by aleen634
As Vinny so often says on the Beastcast: "It's the best time to be playing videogames" and 2017 had one of the strongest games lineups in recent memory. Japanese developers made a strong showing in the first part of the year, while American and European releases held down the the second part. The Nintendo Switch launched, the PS4 hit it's stride and Xbox One X finally got Microsoft back on track. Major franchises reinvented themselves, while others made improvements to their existing formulas. This was the first year in a long time where there were a wide variety of games for all styles and formats. A small stumble with the sudden heavy push towards loot boxes near the end of the year soured the mood but one can only hope that developers/publishers have learned their lesson.
One can only hope that 2018 can continue this trend of great games.
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Nintendo's major redesign of the Legend of Zelda games doesn't disappoint. Offering an open ended structure and an excellent world to explore, Breath of the Wild shows that open world games can be more than a mess of icons that show the player where to go and instead let them explore and enjoy the world at their pace.
It doesn't reinvent the Mario series like Breath of the Wild did for Zelda but Mario offers larger worlds and unique challenges that's been missing since the Galaxy games.
Wolfenstein 2 offers a combination over the top action, serious moments and the absurd yet manages to mix them together in a way that works.
If the award was for best soundtrack of the year, Persona 5 would win hands down for me. The menus, the characters and the environments come together to have some of the best style in games this year that help depict each character and scenario with their own unique flair.
Welcome to the family. After the disastrous Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil 7 reboots the series with a smaller scale but succeeds in still feeling like Resident Evil.
Telling the story of a doomed family Edith Finch is a series of experiences that don't overstay their welcome. Each one unique in style and presentation, Edith Finch is something worth checking out for the few hours that it lasts.
The shoot, loot, repeat loop that made Destiny so good is back in a great follow up.
I'm surprised Sega didn't try this sooner, but this sprite based follow up to the classic Sonic games finally hits the mark of platforming and speed that we haven't seen since the Genesis era Sonic games.
A sequel that probably shouldn't exist but does, Gravity Rush 2 expands on the original Vita game in all the right places.
The Super FX chip is pushed to the limit and Star Fox 2 is an oddity. But the fact that I can finally play this missing piece of Star Fox history earns a place on my list just for Nintendo releasing this game a little later than expected.