For the past couple years, I have been keeping a text document to log all the games I manage to beat over 12 months. I decided this year to open the books on 2017. Be amazed at what I accomplished in my free time!
January 2017
The Last Guardian (PS4) – 1-15-17
The Silent Age (Mac) – 1-15-17
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) – 1-21-17
February 2017
Just Cause 3 – Main Story (PS4) 2-18-17
Steamworld: Heist (PS Vita) 2-22-17
April 2017
Horizon: Zero Dawn – Main Story (PS4) 4-2-17
Mother Russia Bleeds – Bad Ending (PC) 4-4-17
Severed (PS Vita) 4-22-17
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PS4) 4-28-17
May 2017
New Super Mario Brothers 2 (3DS) 5-15-17
Abzu (PS4) 5-20-17
June 2017
Life is Strange (PS4) 6-13-17
July 2017
Ratchet and Clank (PS4) 7-13-17
Type:Rider (PS Vita) 7-15-17
September 2017
Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC) 9-3-17
Game of Thrones (PS4) 9-14-17
October 2017
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PC) 10-8-17
Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (PS4) 10-10-17
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4) 10-24-17
November 2017
Call of Duty: WW2 (PS4) 11-9-17
December 2017
Unravel (PS4) 12-18-17
Steamworld Dig 2 (PS Vita) 12-30-17
Lots of great games played this year. The top three highlights of the year for me were The Last Guardian (finally after all these years in development, Horizon: Zero Dawn (amazing visuals and story), and South Park: The Fractured But Whole (just funny South Park/Topical humor).
Under the radar for me initially, Life is Strange was really a solid story combined with its time shifting mechanics. I imagine I will be playing the prequel followup that came out recently. I can’t believe I only played Middle of Earth: Shadow of Mordor for the first time this year after it has been out long enough for the sequel to be released a few months ago. It had an addictive gameplay cycle for me trying to destroy as many captains as possible and moving through the map as your powers upgraded. I am sure I will check out Shadow of War when it is 6 bucks on Steam as well. Absolutely hated Severed by the end and just wanted to finish it because of the time that I invested in it.
Currently I am working my way up through the ranks in Call of Duty: WWII’s online component. I hated Infinite and Advanced Warfare’s too. Come to think of it, the last multiplayer in Call of Duty I really enjoyed was the second Modern Warfare. WWII is a return to form with it and I am enjoying it. Although I think it’s days are numbered for me as I am spending more and more time on PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (do I really have to capitalize it like that) more and more on PC. The Witcher 3 is on deck for early 2018 after everything I have heard about it these past two years.
