But from the moment you’re let loose in that open world, to the point that a mountain turns into a giant monster, you’ll likely have a hard time wiping the smile from your face. I had long given up hope that a game that had gone through as many development shifts as Final Fantasy XV had any hope of being fun, but here we are, and for the most part FF XV works. I’m actually surprised that Square Enix pulled this one off. More than 100 hours of gameplay later I am beyond happy with the final result. With the amount of anticipation I had going into this release it was hard to imagine an game that could live up to my expectations. (TN)Īfter a decade of waiting and wondering, FFXV came out and blew me away. Issues aside though, this game runs very much in the same vein as its predecessors and is something I believe will be looked back on fondly as we move away from 2016. Control and camera issues plagued what could have been up there contending for game of the year based on the merit of its story. It didn’t shine as brightly as FFXV did, but still managed to make a statement of its own. The Last Guardian is another 2016 game with a decade of anticipation behind it. A magical, emotional journey of a boy and his beast. The long-awaited follow up to Ico and Shadow of the Colossus was worth the long wait. If you enjoy Telltale style games and a fan of the Dark Knight, you wont be disappointed. A completely different take on the lore makes this game one worth playing. This game gave me a rollercoaster of emotions throughout the 5 episodes. (BR)Įven with some issues that needed ironing out at the beginning, Ubisoft’s online 3rd person shooter RPG impressed with intense missions and solid co-op play. The simple color mechanic is taken to incredible heights with intuitive puzzles, a soundtrack that marries each level appropriately and narration that makes it feel like more than a puzzle game. Hue was the biggest and best surprise of 2016. The story plays out without a word being spoken and by the end I really felt everything that the little boy experienced.
Simply one of the best puzzle platform games out there. Even after several playthroughs I am not sure I have found everything or fully understand the game, but love it nonetheless. This relatively short indie follow up to Limbo managed to both wow and intimidate me with the amount of character and narrative that it managed to pack into such a short experience. Pac-Man in any form is always great though. (Paul Rosselli)īandai Namco’s newest arcade-style Pac-Man title was addictive and a heck of a lot of fun. This is a must-own for fans of the genre.
I expect Headlander to reach that cult classic status like many of Double Fine’s prior titles and it’s well-deserved. One of the best open world crime drama games of the year, and a huge improvement over the original game. And it didn’t hurt that it was one of the prettiest games of the year, either. As far as I’m concerned, those reasons are precisely why it was one of the best games of the year. An abrupt and unsatisfying ending.įor many people, those are just a few of the reasons why they didn’t like about Firewatch. Awkward relationships between characters that start off in a grey area and only get more complicated from there. Here are the ones that we collectively liked the most:Ī messy plot with more than a few strands that never got tied up. How many? Well, we here at Gaming Age voted on the list below, and a whopping 77 different games were nominated. For all the flak 2016 has (probably justifiably) received, there’s no denying one thing: a whole lot of really good games came out this year.
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