by darthorange
This is a list of every 2017 game I have played in preferential order. Note: I have not necessarily played all of these games to completion, because I don't have nearly enough free time to spare for something that I am not 100% engaged in.
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Switch The simplicity of the gameplay made me completely fall in love with this fighting game. It is a game with two punch buttons, a jump button, an evade mode, and a block button. I have been able to come back to again and again without having to worry about memorizing combo inputs. Party Mode offers enough variety to keep me coming back again and again, even if only for short bursts, and the free DLC updates have all been incredible. This game oozes style and was by far the one I had the most fun with this year.
PS4 An amazing premise (Clue meets Groundhog Day) and a catchy title were enough to get me to buy this game, but the incredible aesthetic and soundtrack solidified it's place on this list. It is easily the best soundtrack of the year, and the art style and story made me get lost in this world. I normally ignore the bits of lore collected in games that you need to read but this game was so damn interesting I read every last note and enjoyed every minute of it. This is an incredibly unique and beautiful game and I can't wait to see what comes next from Cavalier Game Studios.
Switch This is a game that has no business existing, let alone being as amazing as it is. The Rabbid characters are all super charming and mesh surprising well with the Mushroom Kingdom. The game has a real Borderlands vibe (complete with its own Claptrap stand in) and the turn based gameplay provides multiple ways to tackle its missions. The characters are all unique and the challenges provide a solid level of difficulty beyond what is found in the story mode. Top to bottom, everything about this game just works and feels natural.
PS4 More of a story than a game, but damn if it isn't a really great story. Exploring the Finch house and messing around with the different interactive sections was a lot of fun and I found myself completely captivated by the narrative and its presentation.
PS4 I bought this game because it was made by Ninja Theory and came in expecting a character action game with awesome combat. What I got instead was a puzzle/adventure game with about a dozen or so combat scenarios (which are obviously top notch). Not at all what I was expecting but the game has such an engaging story that I did not mind it. It is a narrative driven psychological horror game that takes you through Norse mythology and does some incredible things with binaural audio to create an experience unlike anything else out there.
Mac A game about snooping through a phone you find. The narrative is a great coming of age story and the puzzles and detective work required to unlock the different parts of the phone are all fun. The game takes some interesting directions with its gameplay as it goes on and turns the player into a real piece of shit for the steps you are required to take in order to find out more information about this individual. But in a game about invading someones privacy and snooping through their shit I am glad the game goes all the way and really has you do some messed up stuff. This direction gives A Normal Lost Phone an added layer to reflect on besides the content of the story.
Mac A dialogue and text free point and click puzzle game that tells an engaging story using only its beautiful art and music. The puzzles are all simple and only takes about 90 minutes to beat so it is over before it overstays its welcome.
Mac This point and click adventure is the video game equivalent of a horror short story. It sets up its premise, makes you feel tense and scared as it tells its story, and then it is over. Short, sweet and to the point. It does what it sets out to do perfectly and there isn't really anything bad to say about it.
Browser A clicker about making paperclips. It is a simple premise that gets really really dumb in the best possible way. You are never doing the same thing for too long and the game was able to hold my attention through to the end due to how absurd the tasks kept getting.
Switch Got it on a whim because I was hearing good things. I've never liked Golf (neither in video game form nor in real life) but this game is pretty great. The act of playing golf itself is serviceable (not my cup of tea) but the story is phenomenal and enough to carry the game.