Clash Royale sucked many of our friends into an inescapable vortex on their smartphones, and it’s even popping up on the eSports circuit.īEST SPORTS GAME - NBA 2K17 (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, PC) RUNNERS-UP: XCOM 2 offered some welcome improvements on a formula and world we already loved. Final Fantasy XV was exactly as massive, visually stunning and unapologetically cheesy as we’d hoped.īEST STRATEGY GAME – Civilization VI (PC, Mac)Įach new Civilization game is an iterative evolution of what’s come before, but Civilization VI felt simultaneously more deep yet more accessible, a tricky tightrope to walk. RUNNERS-UP: Dark Souls III couldn’t quite hit the bar set by its cousin Bloodborne, but it was an incredible entry in this tough-as-nails franchise. On a second playthrough, we still kept uncovering new secrets and locations. Not a traditional RPG in the strictest sense, but the cyberpunked-out Mankind Divided had us making the toughest choices of any game this year. Watch Dogs 2 improved vastly on the first entry, with likeable characters and a vibrant, virtual San Francisco.īEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Xbox One, PS4, PC) RUNNERS-UP: Dishonored 2 drew us back into its shockingly detailed steampunk realm with choose-your-own-approach gameplay. Nathan Drake’s final (maybe?) adventure was a master class in gameplay design and storytelling, with some quiet, emotional moments that were easily as powerful as its jaw-dropping action setpieces. Battlefield 1 reinvented the franchise by visiting the seldom-trod domain of the First World War.īEST ACTION-ADVENTURE GAME - Uncharted 4 - A Thief’s End (PS4) RUNNERS-UP: Overwatch mated precisely tuned multiplayer gameplay with Blizzard’s amazing character design. That, and our dear, mechanical friend BT. In what was easily the most hotly contested category of the year, it was Titanfall 2’s blend of an amazing single-player campaign with lopsided-yet-perfectly-balanced multiplayer mayhem that we’ll remember most. Unpause and dive in.īEST SHOOTER GAME - Titanfall 2 (Xbox One, PS4, PC) Here - in our own completely subjective and ever-so-humble opinion - are the finest games of 2016. Which makes picking the best of the best a particularly tough job.īut hey, we’re up to the challenge. It’s a bit of an odd year, too, in that there’s no one single game that absolutely stands out as the year’s finest, but many, many titles that made a lasting impression in their respective genres and categories. It’s been a heck of a year for video games, with the release of two upgraded versions of existing game consoles (the Xbox One S and PlayStation 4 Pro), three high-end virtual reality headsets (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR), new lines of high-powered, low-priced PC graphics cards and an absolute avalanche of incredible titles. Hit the pause button - we’re not done yet.
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