Exploring Egypt at the height of its opulence, a place ruled by people of color in power and splendor, is a beautiful experience all its own. Led by one of the series’s most endearing and honorable protagonists-the vengeful Medjai Bayek and his loving, bloodthirsty wife, Aya- Assassin’s Creed: Origins paints a grand picture of political intrigue, betrayal, and even the strained intimacy of a marriage in wartime, all in the shadow of a meticulous recreation of ancient Egypt in all its golden glory. Now, the mechanics favor the ingenuity of players looking to conquer their enemies in their own unique ways. The shackles that have long since held the series back from true open-world freedom-the locked structure of missions, the claustrophobia of its locales, its counter-heavy combat-have all been broken. Justin Clarkĭuring the time last year when Ubisoft didn’t release a title in its Assassin’s Creed series for the first time since 2007, the developer took the entire formula back to the drawing board, throwing out virtually everything except the idea that you’re a person in a hood who assassinates bad guys. The best games of 2017 aren’t just exemplary at being what they are, but extraordinary in showing us what is now possible. The face of gaming has never looked so much like the future as it did this year. We live in a gaming landscape where a sincere debate now rages as to whether the best way to play an RPG is in 4K resolution, as a portable title, or in virtual reality. Whether enabled by new technology or not, the concepts of what a developer can do with a genre, who can be the starring character of a game, what a game is allowed to say or portray, even how players play have all been shattered this year. That the Switch’s inaugural year brought with it some of Nintendo’s finest work to date certainly plays into that rule, but even if the system had never happened, this would be the year when creativity and ambition took a drastic leap forward across the board. Then, week after week, we saw something new push every genre, every tired franchise, every burgeoning gem of an idea forward.Ĭommon knowledge says that a new console denotes the beginning of a new generation. It was a year that started from a place of incredible creativity, even in the doldrums of January, with Yakuza 0 and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard both steering their respective series off in unexpected directions.
With some time and distance, 2017 may end up meaning for video games what 2007 or 1999 meant for film.
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