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support the channel 2017 was honestly an
amazing year for gaming classics came
back new classics were made and we even
got a new Nintendo console it seemed
like every month there was some
must-have game coming out which means
that this top-10 is definitely gonna
break some hearts today I'm Jeremy's
neck for screw Tech's top 10 games of
2017 number 10 2017 as we say in stuff I
never thought I'd say scary stuff like
the internet we know it is in crisis
random stuff like engine turtles aren't
in justice - or even Ubisoft made a game
starring Rabbids and I like it that's
not supposed to happen right Mario Plus
Rabbids Kingdom battle it's like XCOM
but with a more kid-friendly aesthetic
and instead of shooting aliens you're
blasting bunnies they're rabbits in
dresses the story is mostly nonsense but
the game here is all about pulling up
huge satisfying combos in a tactical
strategy kind of way it's so bizarre
that this game exists at all but even
more so how entertaining it was for the
whole 30 hours or so it took to beat it
even the deal see has been good yeah I
know none of this makes any sense
number 9 Square Enix is epic partnership
with Platinum Games to develop a fresh
installment in the near franchise has
led to like the tastiest of JRPG fruits
platinum is famous for making incredible
action games and Nier automata is now
the latest to be added to that library
look this game is incredibly good it's
an open-world action game where you chop
up some bots but I'd also get into some
deep existential philosophy you know if
you're in that sort of thing and music
all mg the music you'll enter play just
a little bit of that song like enough to
get a good idea of it but not enough
that we get copyright strikes or
whatever
hooking up put it back on the
royalty-free stuff but if you see what
I'm talking about right the music's good
platinum is famous for making incredible
action games and Nier automata is now
the latest to be added to that library
if fast paced melee combat with one of
the most memorable stories in gaming
this year sounds like it's up your alley
don't skip out on this one number they
say that graphics don't make the game
but man oh man they sure can peek the
crap out of your interest there has
never been a game that looks quite like
cuphead I love old-school animation so
as soon as I saw this game in motion for
the first time it shot way up my list of
must play games lucky for me the game
behind the one-of-a-kind visuals was
worth the long wait at its core it's
pretty straightforward your run you die
you shoot you die you fight bosses you
parry pink stuff you die you die die die
guys scream die die die die
yeah Cup it is challenging to say the
least but as long as you don't buy it
expecting to just breeze through and
soak in the visuals and if you like
classic shoot-'em-ups cuphead is
absolutely for you number 7 so Colin a
game Dark Souls has basically been a
meme all year but neo is totally like
the samurai version of Dark Souls team
ninja brought us an interesting
heartfelt story set in 1600s Japan every
enemy from the lowest undead soldier to
the biggest Oni feels authentic to
Japanese Shinto lore and of course it
would not be compared to dark souls in
the first place without being super
difficult yet rewarding and satisfying
in a world where that kind of a game has
really taken off neo still makes sure to
check all the boxes to please the fans
while making sure to go above and beyond
number 6 it's been a long time in the
making but our Caine's prey was
definitely worth the wait and stranded
on the space station Talos 1 you're a
scientist who's recently discovered a
race of extraterrestrials called the
Typhon and of course they're the
scariest freakin things imaginable the
Typhon can shape-shift into objects in
the environment so when you walk into a
room and see a cup of coffee you
actually might be looking at a nightmare
murder monster Freddy's
step you make toward becoming more
powerful you lose a bit more of your
humanity in the process pray turned out
to be one of twenty 17s best horror
experiences and thanks to this game I
will never again trust last window
number five guerrilla games was long
overdue for another win if horizon zero
frickin dawn is number five you know
that from here on out this list is
almost completely neck-and-neck this was
B game that pushed me over the edge to
finally get a ps4 almost as soon as it
was revealed at e3 the world in horizon
is unlike any other
it's loaded with quests and new places
to explore and every machine you
encounter is like its own self-contained
boss battle
what do you encounter at Eve X in the
open world you think about the best way
to bring this thing down the way you
tackle fights is usually only limited by
how much of a boss you want to be do you
want to tether that bad boy to the floor
and shoot his cannons off or whatever in
slow motion that's your choice to make
only reason I ever stopped playing
horizon was because 2017 was the year of
amazing games coming out like machine
gun fire but I'm so happy to say that
getting a ps4 was worth it just for
horizon zero dawn alone number four okay
here we go JRPG fans speed the games it
took a million years to come out and
we're totally worth it persona 5 was
another success story this year it's by
no means perfect or even that much of a
departure from the persona formula but
hey it's kind of tough to pick something
that ain't broke persona 5 has a spiffy
high contrast art style that redefines
what a UI can look like even if you
haven't played the game you've probably
seen the meets if you love yourself some
JRPGs persona 5 will easily give you 100
plus hours of turn-based goodness with
multiple endings in all the high school
anime drama you could ever hope for like
fighting evil gods as my favorite part
of 10th grade
number three if you know anything at all
about the games that I like you know
that I am a massive banjo kazooie fan I
appreciate all the hard work that
ukulele did to try recapturing the
old-school rare vibe and all but it
still left me with a 3d platforming itch
an itch that was finally scratched by
Super Mario Odyssey this was a game that
had a death grip on my attention ever
since we first saw the hat mechanic
using it to possess stuff is fun and all
but being able to bounce off of the Hat
completely changes how you do your
platforming you Fame it opens up so much
room for creativity Odyssey takes after
Super Mario 64 and galaxies in the very
best ways possible tight controls tons
of objectives and killer music and just
for kicks you can strip Mario down to
his boxers I'm gonna go out on the limb
and see that Mario Odyssey has one of
the most memorable gaming moments of
2017 don't know what I'm talking about
I'm not gonna ruin it for you but I will
say that I knew that new dunk city was
gonna be my favorite world Super Mario
Odyssey is platforming heaven and hands
down some of the most fun we've had all
year I can only think of two games that
give it a run for its money number two a
few years ago the fad was Horgmo
nowadays it's battle royale mode thanks
mostly to one game our battle royale
games getting kind of old
maybe the Sun but still no game this
year took the world by storm like player
unknowns battlegrounds technically yes
pop G is still in early access and isn't
officially released but you take a look
at the top games being played on Twitch
at any given moment and tell me with a
straight face that this game doesn't
deserve the recognition for those of you
who haven't given it a shot yet it's
basically the Hunger Games a hundred or
so players drop into the island with a
shrinking safety area and the last man
standing wins you can track down weapons
on the battlefield and you can team up
with friends if it sounds incredibly
addictive that's it's cuz it is it's
true that games like h1z1 did this
formula first but pub G is undisputably
the one that made the biggest shock
waves in the
industry like I said this top-10 is
super close with no one game being
obviously better than the last but if
there is a game that could possibly top
pop G it's got to be its number one The
Legend of Zelda breath of the wild is
like a unicorn in the Nintendo family of
games it's beautiful it's jaw-dropping
it's jam-packed with surprises at every
turn and in spite of a tough competition
it's our number one game of 2017 this is
a contender for so many potential bests
besides just Game of the Year best Zelda
best RPG best open-world it's the most
time I've sunk into a single player game
since Skyrim in the most fun I've had
getting lost in a world in years and
it's probably the best thing you can
ever say about a Zelda game I wanted to
explore every single corner of Hyrule
because I knew that a reward of some
kind was gonna be waiting for me there
and taking it on the go with a switch
version it's over it's done I will be
playing this game forever
breath of the wild was more than just
the shake-up at the Zelda series needed
for so long it is quite arguably the
single best game to come out in twice 17
first secret number 11 we got to give
major props to an incredibly well-done
remake Crash Bandicoot and same trilogy
yes it's super challenging but it always
feels great to go back to a classic in
with a coat of paint that looks this
could hopefully in 2018 you will see
Spyro get the same treatment