Video Games - EOY 2017 - Critics' Lists

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:35 pm

A little late this year but nevertheless...

Telegraph

30. Tumbleweed
29. Torment: Tides of Numenera
28. Prey
27. Wonder Boys: The Dragon's Trap
26. Injustice 2
25. Arms
24. Resident Evil 7
23. Splatoon 2
22. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
21. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
20. Stories Untold
19. Old Man's Journey
18. Wolfenstein: The New Colossus
17. Tacoma
16. Fire Pro Wrestling World
15. Doki Doki Literature Club
14. Gnog
13. Metroid: Samus Returns
12. Battle Chef Brigade
11. Horizon Zero Dawn
10. Yakuza 0
09. What Remains of Edith Finch
08. Destiny 2
07. Cuphead
06. Persona 5
05. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
04. Night in the Woods
03. Neir: Automata
02. Super Mario Odyssey
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:42 pm

Vulture

10. Heat Signature
09. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
08. Night in the Woods
07. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
06. Cuphead
05. Divinity: Original Sin II
04. Persona 5
03. Super Mario Odyssey
02. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Time

10. Destiny 2
09. Horizon Zero Dawn
08. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
07. PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds
06. Cuphead
05. Persona 5
04. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
03. What Remains of Edith Finch
02. Super Mario Odyssey
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:48 pm

Slant

25. Assassin’s Creed Origins
24. Metroid: Samus Returns
23. Tacoma
22. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
21. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
20. Cuphead
19. Stories Untold
18. Destiny 2
17. The Norwood Suite
16. Uncharted: Lost Legacy
15. Yakuza 0
14. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
13. Prey
12. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
11. Splasher
10. Night in the Woods
09. Pyre
08. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
07. What Remains of Edith Finch
06. Persona 5
05. Resident Evil 7
04. Horizon Zero Dawn
03. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
02. Super Mario Odyssey
01. Nier: Automata

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:52 pm

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10. Super Mario Odyssey
09. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
08. Horizon: Zero Dawn
07. What Remains of Edith Finch
06. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
05. Stories Untold
04. Prey
03. Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
02. Bury Me, My Love
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:59 pm

A.V. Club

Prey
Night in the Woods
Neir: Automata
Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together
Torment: Tides Of Numenera
Everything
Tekken 7
Gnog
Outlast 2
Tokyo 42
The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Yakuza 0
Hollow Knight
Puyo Puyo Tetris
What Remains Of Edith Finch
Monument Valley 2
Injustice 2
Resident Evil 7

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:10 pm

The Washington Post

What Remains of Edith Finch
Night in the Woods
Nier: Automata
Persona 5
Super Mario Odyssey
The Tomorrow Children
Polybius
Resident Evil 7
Bob's Game
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 11:57 pm

Entertainment Weekly

10. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
09. Sonic Mania
08. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
07. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
06. Destiny 2
05. Cuphead
04. Horizon Zero Dawn
03. Resident Evil 7
02. Super Mario Odyssey
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:03 am

Gamespot

10. Neir: Automata
09. What Remains of Edith Finch
08. Hellblade: Sensuna's Revenge
07. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
06. Horizon: Zero Dawn
05. Divinity: Original Sin II
04. Resident Evil 7
03. Super Mario Odyssey
02. Persona 5
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:10 am

The Game Awards

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Horizon Zero Dawn
Persona 5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Super Mario Odyssey

Jirin · Post by **Jirin** » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:34 am

I didn't play a whole lot of new games this year, but from the ones I played:

1. Persona 5

This is on my shortlist of best games ever. I already loved the Persona series, but this comes back with an amazing theme of secretly infiltrating the subconscious of rich powerful people who do evil things and get away with it to make them give up their distorted desires and confess. Combine that with the best social links they've ever written, very creative dungeons replacing randomly generated ones. Not to mention that this is the longest game I've ever played at 96 hours, second longest clocked in at 65 hours, and I never got bored once.

2. Tales of Berseria

Another 20 year old series to release its best installment. A series that's usually rife with shonen cliches and idealistic youths discovering the power of the friendship, we're hit with a story about a woman whose stepbrother sacrifices her brother in an arcane ritual, is then transformed into a demon that devours other demons by grabbing them with her monstrous hand, and goes off on a revenge quest against her stepbrother. Some of the best characters in the series and some great ARPG combat.

3. Super Mario Odyssey

A good game, but still serves as kind of a letdown because I was hoping for another Galaxy. It is fun, absolutely, but it doesn't deliver what previous installments did. Instead of a small amount of challenging stars which all seem unique, there's a HUGE amount of trivially easy moons, most of which are all the same. There's over 800 moons! A few of them are fun, namely the main story progression moons and the hat door moons that have platforming challenges. The rest are, jump rope 100 times, do some silly minigame about building Mario faces, butt stomp every square inch of floor in the entire damn game. Very few moons are individually challenging, so even though the mechanics of the game are awesome, there's zero actual challenge or thrill in the level design.

4. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

This is also a good game, very good to be the worst new game I played in the year. Main mechanics of the game are great, but I couldn't get into it for the same reason I had trouble with Odyssey. Previous Zelda games were designed around long, involved dungeons, this one had a lot of short, easy challenges.

I don't want my games to have a huge amount of two minute activities, I want a smaller amount of longer, more intricate challenges.

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 4:17 am

Polygon

10. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
09. Everything
08. Horizon: Zero Dawn
07. Prey
06. Persona 5
05. Resident Evil 7
04. Neir: Automata
03. Super Mario Odyssey
02. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
01. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:41 pm

Giant Bomb

10. Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
09. Tekken 7
08. Night in the Woods
07. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
06. Destiny 2
05. Cuphead
04. Super Mario Odyssey
03. Neir: Automata
02. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
01. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

ordinaryperson · Post by **ordinaryperson** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:18 pm

Zero Punctuation

5. Persona 5
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3. Cuphead
2. A Hat in Time
1. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

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