4x4 Jam (Dreamcast) This one isn’t 100 percent new either, but gets a pass for being the first fully 3D game released for the Dreamcast since the final trickle of official. It set the tone for 2017 and stands next to “Ocarina of Time” and” A Link to the Past” as the greatest Zelda games ever made. So it’s not exactly a new game, but I’m giving it bonus points for being an officially licensed (by the publisher anyway, if not Nintendo) SFC game in 2017. Like “Skyrim” before it, “Breath of the Wild” encourages exploration and improvisation, filling each play session with unforeseen twists and memorable moments. The fresh open-world take on Hyrule is a stunning pivot for the classic franchise, introducing a host of new features (Cooking! Gliding! Makeshift fidget spinners! ) in a land without boundaries. It’s a rare occasion when a horror game pops up and offers something entirely different to the usual jump scare affair, but SOMA was one of the few games to arrive on Xbox in 2017 that. They were, however, most certainly sold on “ Breath of the Wild,” ( especially us) one of the greatest launch games of all time. Yes, the game is a bit rough around the edges, but its also complex, different, and. And in an impossibly tight race between the company’s two biggest franchises, Link struck just a tiny bit harder than Mario to nab Yahoo’s overall Game of the Year honor.īack when the Nintendo Switch launched in March, critics and consumers (including us) weren’t fully sold on Nintendo’s potent portable. NieR: Automata definitely wins the award for most unique game of 2017. This entry was posted in Games, Reviews and tagged Angelina Jolie, Arms, James McAvoy, Nintendo, Playstation, Playstation Move, Switch, Wanted, Wii, Wii U on Decemby marcbod. With ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Nintendo not only reinvented a franchise, but produced one of its best games ever.

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