![]() ![]() The ups and downs have really taken a toll, as it's become way easier to remember the missteps and broken games than the ones that stood out as solid-to-exceptional games. The uneven nature of the Assassin's Creed franchise has been really unfortunate, considering high points like Brotherhood and Black Flag. I've decided to include the platform(s) I played them on, in case you care about that sort of thing. In the end, the games with a little bit of dirt on them endnd up being the most memorable. ![]() ![]() In a lot of cases, this year's best games overcame issues along the way, resulting in games that shine in some areas but not others. ![]() The thing I'll probably remember about 2017's video games is that many of my favorite games also came along with significant flaws. Sometimes it's hard to find 10 games I feel strongly enough about to make the list in the first place. I liked a lot of video games this year, and that made this a harder list to whittle down than it has been in years past. Perhaps it's an unfair comparison, since Nintendo is going to keep on shifting more and more of its eggs into the Switch basket as the 3DS continues it's long, slow (slower than I would've guessed, for sure) ride into the sunset. but it also has strong first-party support. It's a solid home for smaller games, just like the Vita was. While some say that the Switch is the ultimate realization of the Wii U concept, I'd probably also say that it makes good on the core ideas of the Vita. Nintendo releasing the Switch and taking an increased interest in smaller, independent games along the way is probably the most major change. Let's focus on the video games part for now.Ī lot happened in video games this year. With all the things happening in the Actual World this year, I kept getting pulled back and forth between thinking that there's too much else to be done to be thinking about video games and thinking "wait, actually, disappearing into a video game or four is exactly what I need right now." It's more than likely that you've made it through 2017, a year that has been troubling to say the least. His hobbies include sitting down and staring forward, macaroni and cheese, and thinking about (but not listening to) narcocorridos. Jeff Gerstmann is a professional car streamer and pillow enthusiast from Sonoma County, CA. ![]()
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