#Top 50 games of 2016 series#

To be honest I wouldвЂ™ve liked to say Planet Coaster is my best game of 2016, but in the spirit of good sportsmanship IвЂ™d say my best game of 2016 is couch co-op game Overcooked by Ghost Town Games. It feels so good to see that play out and to be a part of the fun. Overcooked is one of those games that brings people together through its mechanics. I have always been a huge fan of local multiplayer games, because they can really help you create amazing and sometimes hilarious memories with your friends. The game I have the fondest memories of from 2016 would have to be Overcooked. I came to it after playing a fair few open-world games back to back, and its stripped-back focus and depth was brilliantly refreshing. So I was going to play this whether or not it was any good. Making Doom levels set me on the path to entering the game industry in the first place, and I actually wrote my university degree dissertation on it. ItвЂ™s an excellent finale to the Uncharted franchise.Дoom, for its purity вЂ“ itвЂ™s all about the combat. It smoothly integrates human narrative and high-stakes action while carefully supporting the playerвЂ™s sense of personal agency. A marvel of storytelling mixed with fluid interactivity, Uncharted 4 fulfills the promise of the medium as a vehicle for character-driven drama while raising the bar for excellence in gameplay design. One of the best games IвЂ™ve played this year was Uncharted 4: A ThiefвЂ™s End. Known for: AssassinвЂ™s Creed III: Liberation, LittleBigPlanet A technical masterpiece with a lovable cast. The game ups the ante from the start and only raises the intensity with every chapter. The characters and their stories are wonderfully crafted and really bring the fantasy of adventure to the player.

#Top 50 games of 2016 series#

Uncharted 4: A ThiefвЂ™s End is a fantastic finale to a series that IвЂ™ve enjoyed playing for years. There is something reassuring and lovely about that! I was new to the series, late to the party but I really lost myself in it and it helped me breakthrough some fears of playing online! The fact that helping each other is core to the experience is the clincher, despite everything being awful and scary there is always hope and all hard challenges are made better by working with others. My favourite game of this year was Dark Souls 3. ThatвЂ™s a moment of triumph I can only remember being matched long long ago in my gaming childhood вЂ¦ in Prince of Persia, Monkey Island and BaldurвЂ™s Gate. The sheer euphoria that rushed through my exhausted body when I finally defeated Aldrich propelled me to leap into the air in exultation, shrieking with joy. I really wanted to come up with a hip, edgy, little-known game that in 20 years will be some kind of cult classic вЂ¦ but I must say with all honesty that the game I enjoyed most this year (by far) was Dark Souls 3. Compelling characters, a stunning art style and brilliantly designed levels make Dishonored 2 one of the best games of 2016.

I believe Dishonored 2 takes everything that made the first game great, and perfects it.

Dishonored is one of the reasons I wanted to work for Bethesda. It might sound like IвЂ™m shilling for my company when I say this, but Dishonored 2 is my favorite game of 2016. I love stealth games, so IвЂ™m taking my time with this one! EmilyвЂ™s powers are super satisfying to combine in entertaining ways. My favorite game this year is Dishonored 2, which I am still in the midst of.