Branwulf's Game of the Year List

Branwulf is a British Video Gamesmen with some opinions on video games. More opinions will come live at you on twitter @Branwulff

1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

I spent an average of 10 hours a day playing this game for over a week after launch, by far the best Metal Gear game ever made and probably the best stealth game as well.
2. Ori and the Blind Forest

The closest thing to a perfect game i’ve played this year, everything about this game is just exceptional, the music, the art and the gameplay, I replayed the game over and over again just for the fun of it, something I never really do.
3. Destiny

The Taken King update for Destiny has kept me playing it for much longer than I did when the game launched last year, it is, to me, a new game in the same way the annual Call of Duty releases are, it’s the same game, but different. Different and better.
4. Bloodborne

I didn’t enjoy Bloodborne anywhere near as much as I did the first Dark Souls, but it is the closest i’ve come since that game released, lacks replay value for me but still exceptionally fun.
5. Pillars of Eternity

It took me weeks to push myself into getting started on Pillars properly, but once I got going I couldn’t stop, this game proves that sometimes the old ways are still the best ways.
6. Grow Home

I somehow managed to spent 14 hours playing this tiny game and wish there was more in it, pure joy and no Uplay ether.
7. Heroes of the Storm

While i’ve fallen off playing HoTS pretty hard for a few months I can’t deny that i’ve really enjoyed it, it finds a place in a genre that is overcrowded nicely. Also you can play as a tank.
8. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

I couldn’t finished Witcher 3, it’s just too long, it goes on and on and on, but that’s fine. While I preferred Witcher 2’s pacing and structure, Witcher 3 is enjoyable to play, compelling to experience and beautiful to see. A masterpiece of art, sound and story. If It had been a bit shorter and a bit less Bethesda with all the tedious side things, I think it could have been my game of the year.
9. Darkest Dungeon

Not a lot to say here other than I find myself going back to this game in the same way to do FTL, it’s a nice take on the roguelike genre.
10. Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide

I was never that into Left 4 Dead or any of those kind of games but Vermintide was an exception.