by bollard
I didn't make one of these for last year and it annoys me to not be able to remember what I enjoyed the most from previous years. Most years I don't play 10 games for long enough to consider them my "GOTY," so this is likely to be a top 5.
EDIT: 10/01/18: I've moved Persona 5 down to an honorable mention as I didn't get into it over Christmas at all, and I remembered that Shovel Knight: Spectre of Torment was a glaring omission from this list.
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Yeah, a Visual Novel is my number 1 this year. With a bullet. Don't ask any questions, just play it.
The story in HZD absolutely drew me in, to the point where I was actually going around looking for audio logs (I can't believe it either). This game is gorgeous and possibly my favourite video game story ever. The DLC hasn't grabbed me yet, but I'm at least glad there's more of it.
I don't care whether this game comes out in 2017 or not, the 100 hours I've spent with it have been incredible.
This could very well be higher up, it is so, so good. But PUBG pipped it purely by how much I've played.
After the disappointment of the Plague Knight campaign, Spectre of Torment feels fresh and like a whole new Shovel Knight game. The new movement mechanics were great fun (even if they trivialised the bosses) and the music was a good take on the original OST.