Sulphur on 1/2/2018 at 13:10
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So, I'm about to wrap up my thesis, which has absorbed most of my attention (and life) for the last year, and now I'll have time to catch up with all the games I missed out on. On that note, if you were allowed to keep only three games from 2017 and would lose everything else, what games would you pick?
What's your preferred genre(s), though? I'd say Hellblade was a highlight for me, but it might not be so hot if you're averse to games with only competent gameplay, for instance.
Jason Moyer on 1/2/2018 at 13:34
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if you were allowed to keep only three games from 2017 and would lose everything else, what games would you pick?
Prey, Death Of The Outsider, and...erm...Cuphead? The English localisations of Zwei II or Trails In The Sky The 3rd? I have no idea. Definitely Prey and DotO though.
Renault on 1/2/2018 at 14:41
@Starker - I'd go with BOTW, Hollow Knight, and Prey. That was over 300 hours of gaming for me in 2017.
Starker on 1/2/2018 at 19:13
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What's your preferred genre(s), though? I'd say Hellblade was a highlight for me, but it might not be so hot if you're averse to games with only competent gameplay, for instance.
For me, it's more about the game than the genre. I play nearly everything outside of console exclusives, VR games, racing games, and flight sims, since I don't have the equipment for those. Though, I did enjoy Burnout Paradise a lot even with a basic controller.
Renzatic on 1/2/2018 at 19:15
It'd be Breath of the Wild, Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, and River City Ransom Underground for me, and that's only including the games that came out in 2017. If I were to include games I only first played this year, it'd be a much longer list.
Aja on 2/2/2018 at 00:36
I played so few games this year, but the ones I did play were awesome. Zelda and Mario Odyssey are tied for number one, though I still haven’t totally finished either, and Arms comes in third. Most of my other gaming time was spent on the SNES Classic, where I played Earthbound for the first time and loved it.
I still have a pile of PC games that I bought in the 2016 winter sale that I haven’t touched. Firewatch: game of the year 2018!
Sulphur on 2/2/2018 at 03:39
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For me, it's more about the game than the genre. I play nearly everything outside of console exclusives, VR games, racing games, and flight sims, since I don't have the equipment for those. Though, I did enjoy Burnout Paradise a lot even with a basic controller.
Makes sense. I'll give the nod to Hellblade and Nioh for 2017, which complement each other nicely - Hellblade's got okay gameplay and is heavily story-focused for a few very good reasons, while Nioh's got a ridiculous, barely-there story but has gameplay that's pretty much a benchmark for its genre.