Kill Your Babies!: The 30 Worthy Games of 2017
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You've picked them, now time to axe them! You know it, you love it, time once again for Kill Your Babies!
As always, just in case there are new players, here are the rules:
Rule #1: When you make a kill, give your reason why you are killing. Just taking it out isn't all that inspiring. Whether you truly dislike it, you strike out of revenge, you feel that there are other important titles that should have made it, or you have legitimate critiques, explaining your kill is necessary to validate its death. Yes, even to those of you who kill because they're good (Because that makes sense =-D)
Rule #2: Please keep the updated list for the benefit of other players. Cross through your kill to identify what's been chosen. Italicize or bold it to help it stand out if you feel it necessary.
Rule #3: You may kill another game after only four other people have made a kill OR if 12 hours have passed from the last overall kill (not necessarily your own). This should be plenty of time for others to get involved.
Rule #4: If you fail to give a reason, make a 2nd kill without allowing the time to pass/proper amount of players a turn, or if there is an unforeseen issue up for potential review, your kill may not be recognized. This rule is subjective to the situation and hopefully will not be implemented.
Rule #5: Per normal, we will have a straw poll for the final two. Please vote for the one you want to win, not lose.
Let me know if you have any questions. Your kills are your own, so be ruthless, uncompromising, and most importantly:
HAVE FUN!!!
Yakuza 0
Gravity Rush 2
River City Ransom: Underground
Prey
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Assassin's Creed Origins
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Night in the Woods
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
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Yakuza 0
Gravity Rush 2
River City Ransom: Underground
Prey
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Assassin's Creed Origins
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Night in the Woods
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusThe one game I quit playing this year. Repetitive, kind of obtuse. I dunno, I did not enjoy the time I put into this game. I still own it and may go back to it sometime, but I got burned out in 3 hours by what's apparently an 8 hour game. That's pretty impressive.
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Yakuza 0
Gravity Rush 2
River City Ransom: Underground
Prey
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Assassin's Creed Origins
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusFantastic game but not better than the rest of this list
@TokyoSlim AAAAARGH!
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@logic__error Sorry. I know lots of people seem to like it. I just got 2 hours in and thought I was like 10 hours in because of all the repetition. I put another hour in, and just couldn't take it anymore.
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Seeing your dark horse get knocked off a KYB list right near the start is a burn, but it's like a good burn. At least you don't gotta sit in anticipation hoping it survives I guess.
Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Prey
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Assassin's Creed Origins
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusOnly time AC has really caught my eye and kept my interest was Black Flag. This might be one of the good ones, but either way this year is full of so many good games you gotta start culling somewhere.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Prey
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusNothing against it but it's only this year's version of an annualized series, compared to all the original games on the list.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Prey
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusThey destroyed the original narrative and mythology and just used the brand. Lazy. No Tommy Tawodi? I can't get behind that.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusIt's starting to be the time to let 3DS games go to sleep. Also just not my genre out of all these.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Etrian Odyssey V
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusSome people may take this as a deliberate targeting of what's popular, but it was truly the worst game I personally played this year.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusI don't really like South Park enough to play through the whole game. Admittedly I didn't. I played quite a bit of Stick of Truth, and from what I saw, the jokes are all kind of the same. The battle system seems more interesting, but on the whole, I think the South Park formula is something I'm just kind of over.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusHaving seen a few hours it really seems like the collection of everythibg I hate about JRPGs
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Sonic Mania
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusI dont know if its just me, but it feels like Sonic kind has lost is charm and now just feels old and tired
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusI keep reading this list back and forth, and there are maybe three games I'm not interested in. Sadly for Ys, it's one of those. Could be an OK adventure, but I've seen those characters a hundred times before, and the art style could be more ambitious.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusMy second to least favourite game of the year, and the second of only two that I can honestly say I didn't enjoy. It hosts you're typical open world chores and to add insult to injury has one of the most unappealing protagonists of 2017 just after Senua. The more I play, the more ' bySJW' everything feels influenced, and it's just dang boring to boot.
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@Sheria What about the game was SJW influenced?
Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Persona 5
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusSoundtrack isn't as good as 3's.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusYou aint getting away from me Uncharted
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Fortnite Battle Royal
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusFTPPUBGOMGWTFBBQ
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Metroid: Samus Returns
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusMetroid? On 3DS? Double nah from me.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Divinity: Original Sin II
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusThe way modern top-down perspectives games are created places a limit on how good they can be, especially if it's an RPG. I haven't played Hellblade yet, but that's an example of how to make an affecting narrative game on and independent budget. Hell, you don't even have to have facial animation a fifth as good as Hellblade, you just have to let us see it at all.
I also hate being glued to the ground in a 2D game, and almost every top-down game does that. Nier is an example of a game that uses alternate camera angles without being leashed to them due to a lesser budget and/or capability.
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Yakuza 0
River City Ransom: Underground
Dishonored. Death of the Outsider
Splatoon 2
Danganronpa 3
Pyre
Injustice 2
Hollow Knight
Nier: Automata
Super Mario Odyssey
Nioh
Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New ColossusToo many juggernauts on the list to let this game win.