Also Turt Reynolds is the best name ever for a turtle and no one can tell me otherwise!” – Tyler Personally, I found it to be a moving and powerful, yet solemn and subtle experience with a lot to say about game narratives from the perspectives of conflict and resolution. A truly mature and sobering journey of one man wanting an escape from the complex and emotionally taxing troubles of life– particularly the deteriorating mental state of his wife. “Firewatch was the interactive drama this year that made me hopeful for what video game narrative can be in the future.

“Sometimes I’d wake up out of a Witness-fueled gaming binge four hours later and surrounded by post-it notes formed into Tetris shapes and think, “I might have a problem.” That’s pretty much how my entire 40 hours with The Witness went and I loved it.” – Ben 9. The game starts itself as a standard puzzle-style game until it becomes apparent that you must gain knowledge, of the island and the puzzles themselves, to further unwrap the mysteries of the game.” – Matt “I thought long and hard about including The Witness on this list, not because it lacked the qualities, but because it felt almost like a dream that I even played it in the first place. Let’s hope 2017 is even better! WATCH: The Game Fanatics Top 10 Games of 2016 Without further ado, here are our picks for the top 10 games of 2016 using the highlights from everyone’s personal lists. Staff members who did not write a list were also invited to vote and help whittle down the list into a jam-packed top 10. The time has come to crown The Game Fanatics’ top 10 games of 2016! At the start of the year, we started publishing our own personal game of the year lists and the results have been tallied and used to create the granddaddy of all GOTY lists.

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