Episode 141: The Best Games of 2016
One of our oldest and most popular episode formats returns as we count down the best games of 2016, a year that brought good news for everyone! Except Microsoft. And Nintendo. Everything from Uncharted 4 to Inside gets discussed in this bumper episode – alongside our (fairly dour) memories of the time working on magazines. Plus, hear all about Matthew’s shattered knee at Gamescom yet again.
Note that there’s a factual error in this episode: Samuel says they should make Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo perpetually available on modern formats including Steam, which it is. Last year’s Capcom Fighting Collection features it, with online play!
This week’s music is from the Hitman soundtrack by Niels Bye Nielsen and the Phoenix Wright: Spirit of Justice soundtrack by Noriyuki Iwadare, Toshihiko Horiyama and Masami Onodera.
Matthew
- Zero Time Dilemma
- Kirby: Planet Robobot
- Final Fantasy XV
- The Witness
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
- Inside
- Dishonored 2
- Hitman (2016)
Honourable Mentions
- Pony Island
- Unravel
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
- Battlefield 1
- Forza Horizon 3
- Rez Infinite (PSVR) Area X
Samuel
- Superhot
- The Last Guardian
- Titanfall 2
- Final Fantasy XV
- Doom (2016)
- Inside
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Hitman (2016)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Dishonored 2
Honourable Mentions
- Firewatch
- The Division
- XCOM 2
- Abzu
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Oxenfree
- Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
- Watchdogs 2