Xenoblade Chronicles X

Argh.

So I have to be honest here. This whole GotY series is mostly just an excuse for me…

Let’s Play Siren

On Good Games™, and Making Art from Art

Factorio, A Practical Teaching Tool

So this is a bit of a late entry into the list, considering that I bought Factorio on a whim Christmas day, and realized it might be useful on my 7 hour plane flight for vacation.

Tales of Berseria

Or: How to Care About Saving the World

Civilization VI

(Trigger warning, mild depression talk)

On one hand, I have a lot of issues with both the gameplay and the overall messages and tone that come out of Sid Meier’s Civilization games. On the other hand:

Hyper Light Drifter

It’s Like The Dark Souls of-

Axiom Verge and the Beauty of a Formula

Fun fact, I actually only played Super Metroid for the first time last year. I never owned…

Overwatch

And of course, finally, we have Overwatch. Nothing this year — nothing in the last few years — has been like Overwatch for me. It’s been…

The Witness, It’s Neat

Let’s just start out easy, with an early-year title that everyone got into. The Witness is really good! I just still…

Games I Played in 2016 (GotY List??? idk)

A lot of people I know do these personal Games of the Year articles, where they give a top 10 list and talk about all the games they liked and whatnot. I’ve never been a huge fan of ranked lists, but I do love rambling about games, so I figured this year…