So game of the year for ya

**Husar** · 12-18-2017, 01:32

I think of the full new games from this year, I got only two:

Steel Division: Normandy 44
and
Assassin's Creed: Origins.

They're both nice but the latter might surprisingly be a bit better, although a direct comparison between an RTS and an action game is a bit odd.
Other than those I think I bought mostly DLCs and/or older games and collected hours in Stellaris and Transport Fever.

I had some hopes for SpellForce 3 but the beta demo wasn't very convincing and the release was apparently very buggy. Love the graphics and world design, but that's no use if the game isn't convincing. Mostly because the three factions are too samey for me and I wouldn't expect a lot of different gameplay unless you're the min-maxer type who gives every man individual orders.

Can anyone comment on Forza 7? The lootbox stuff and the fact that I rarely play racing games even though I kinda like them made me step back from a sale there.

**Fragony** · 12-18-2017, 09:41

Forza is a good game, don't have it myself. I hope these microtransactions are a thing of the past after EA's fiasco with Battlefront 2, glad to see they took it too far and lost a lot of money because of it. Pay2win in a multiplayer-shooter, kthxbye. EA used to be so good

**Gregoshi** · 12-19-2017, 05:04

Originally Posted by Fragony

EA used to be so good

Back when the "A" meant "Arts" instead of "Assets".

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**Hooahguy** · 12-24-2017, 06:42

Does it have to be a game that came out this year or just the game I played the most? Probably got the most time out of Mount & Blade Warband. Specifically the World of Ice and Fire. Would love a release date for Bannerlord though.

One day...

**Beskar** · 12-25-2017, 20:07

Loving Table Top Simulator at the moment.

**edyzmedieval** · 12-26-2017, 00:10

Apparently AC Origins is getting a lot of praise. Which is very good for the franchise overall.

**Fragony** · 12-26-2017, 00:43

Like all Assasins Creed games the world is very well made, but it falls apart as a game it's just not fun to play. You ought to be very vulnerable in a stealth-game but there is almost no consequence whatsoever you can always easily kill everything. I would love it if they made it better because so much care went into the setting. Fantastic mood, poor game. The curse of open-world games I guess, it must be really hard to make them. Breath of the Wild is a bit of a masterpiece when it comes to open-world gameplay, nothing comes close really, it deserves all the praise it gets