#1 - Final Fantasy XV
#2 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
#3 - The Brookhaven Experiment
#4 - The Lab
The only other 2016 release I beat was TrumPiñata, but there's no way I'm putting that atrocious cash grab in a "Top Games of 2016" list.
1. It had to come out in 2016.
2. I had to beat it.
Every year, NeoGAF has a 52 games challenge, in which you have to beat 52 new games before the start of the next year. There is also a movie and book equivalent, in which you have to read 50 new books and watch 50 new movies. These challenges provide that extra motivation to do/finish the things you already wanted to anyway and can lead you to checking out stuff you otherwise may not have (this is especially true with books).
Once again, I didn't even come close to completing the challenge, beating only one more game than I did in 2015.
Here are the 19 games I beat in 2016:
Police Trainer (Arcade)
The House of the Dead (Arcade)
Oh...Sir! (PC)
Mount Your Friends (PC)
Life is Strange (PC) - April 1
Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One) - April 16
Devil's Third (Wii U) - April 19
The Lab (HTC Vive) - April 26
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (The Nathan Drake Collection) (PS4) - May 13
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (The Nathan Drake Collection) (PS4) - May 23
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (The Nathan Drake Collection) (PS4) - May 28
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4) - June 9
The Brookhaven Experiment (HTC Vive) - July 18
TrumPiñata (HTC Vive) - July 22
Titanfall (Xbox One) - October 2
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4) - October 10
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4) - October 12
Platinum Demo - Final Fantasy XV (PS4) - November 29
Final Fantasy XV (PS4 Pro) - December 12
We'll see if I fare better in 2017.
While there's not many ways for monsters to approach me on the Bridge, level 7 of The Brookhaven Experiment's campaign, there sure are a lot of them to kill. A couple of good jump scares in this one.
It turns out that water does very little to deter the enemies of The Brookhaven Experiment. Here is my playthrough of the campaign's sixth level, Reservoir, in virtual reality on the HTC Vive.
Things get sticky as I encounter some new eight-legged foes in The Brookhaven Experiment's fifth campaign level, Storm Drain, played in virtual reality on the HTC Vive.
Out of flashlight batteries and surrounded by darkness, I try to survive long enough in The Brookhaven Experiment's Lab Observatory to copy important data to a USB drive and escape. Aw, they're so cute!
A new patch has been released for The Brookhaven Experiment. I take a look at it while playing through the third level of the Campaign mode, Lab Basement. Make sure you pay attention to your surroundings when shooting the big guys!
Welcome to the second episode of my The Brookhaven Experiment campaign playthrough! Played in virtual reality using the HTC Vive, this episode covers the second level, Town Square, which you may recognize as the level from the demo.
Welcome to the first episode of my The Brookhaven Experiment campaign playthrough! Played in virtual reality using the HTC Vive, this episode covers the first level, Abandoned Factory. That jump scare got me good.
The Brookhaven Experiment released yesterday, and as a recording test for HTC Vive games, I decided to try out Survival Mode and see how it compares to the demo. I wasn't quite prepared for what I encountered on Wave 4.
