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Titanfall 2 – Games of 2016
I played two games with mechs this year and this was the good one. Respawn learned from its mistakes and shortcomings in its first outing and delivered a solid, single-player campaign where they showed what could happen if you let players experience really cool, unique mechanics…and then didn’t stay married to them for the entire…
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The Last Guardian – Games of 2016
I actually thought I tempered my expectations for The Last Guardian quite well consideringt that the developer’s previous game is an all-timer for me. Truth be told, I wasn’t far off base in my general reaction to the game itself. However, I don’t think even another decades worth of previews could have prepared me for…
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Ratz Instagib – Games of 2016
I blame the shift in shooters this year, but man was I craving some old school multiplayer fps mayhem. I come from the schools of Quake and Unreal Tournament and felt some immediate kinship with the seemingly random appearance of Ratz Instagib this year. I wasn’t the only one though, it didn’t take long to…
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Overcooked – Games of 2016
Glorious, wonderful, stress. That is what this Overcooked is. Do yourself a favor and grab at least one person and play this game. The co-op is some of the best I have played all year. I have had people tell me they just can’t do it because it is just so stressful, but I think…
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Picross 3D: Round 2 – Games of 2016
There’s something to be said for Nintendo’s ability to release key franchises at just the right moment. No franchise has been better timed for me than Picross. I abuse Picross when I have it, but then things calm down just long enough for me to realize, "I could use another Picross." In that regard I…
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Mirror’s Edge Catalyst – Games of 2016
I need to get something off my chest about the long-awaited sequel to Faith’s fast and futuristic parkour journey. Catalyst is a fine game. Not a bad game nor a great game, it lives somewhere in between the lines. The Faith that I remember from the original Edge is competently mirrored here (see what I…
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Firewatch – Games of 2016
Listen, I hate camping. It stresses me out when I think about enduring just one night out there. It’s all work and no relaxation. So try to understand when I tell you that I want to go to Shoshone National Forest and never leave. I wrung out every last mile out of Firewatch that I…
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Batman: The Telltale Series – Games of 2016
While The Walking Dead has basically fallen completely off of my radar in all media forms, it was the first “A Telltale Series” game I played and gosh do I like the format in story-rich games. While Rocksteady’s Arkham games focused on making you feel like you were The Bat (okay, the first two, the…
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The Division – Games of 2016
There is no other game this year that I have spoken or written more words about than The Division. I said some very damning things about this game, but after being away from it for most of the year, I have come to the realization that I actually had a lot of fun. I still…