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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…
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SUPERHOT – Games of 2016
The first release to put 2016 on the map for me is the only way to start this off right. No other games feel like SUPERHOT and each layer of it feels a bit different. Going in guns blazing works for those first few levels and the style just hits you across the face. After…