4 of The most anticipated games of 2017
Even while you appreciate the here and now with the best games of 2016, it's hard not to get excited at everything on the horizon. Be they newly announced or recently delayed, we've already been made aware of plenty of 2017's biggest games, from enticing sequels to intriguing new ideas. Below are some of our most anticipated games in 2017, as we contemplate how we're going to afford buying so many impressive titles.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Platform(s): Wii U, Nintendo NXGenre: Action RPG
When The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild arrives in 2017, the Zelda series will be over 30 years old. This game, the series' debut not just on the beleaguered Nintendo Wii U but the brand new NX, is actually very close in spirit to the NES original from all those decades ago. Emphasizing a wide open world that's primarily monster-infested wilderness rather than a populated landscape prone to cutscenes, Breath of the Wild is a dramatic shift from the handholding adventures Nintendo has traded in during the 21st century. We couldn't be more excited.
Persona 5
Platform(s): PS4, PS3Genre: RPG
After nearly a decade of development and a leap from PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4, the Persona 5 release date finally arrives in February 2017. While the role-playing game still follows high school students with supernatural powers in a highly stylized world, Persona 5 does represent a dramatic shift in tone for the series. Where Persona 3 and Persona 4 focused on fairly typical teens in unusual circumstances - secret paramilitary ghost fighters in the former, a Japanese riff on Scooby Doo mystery solving in the latter - Persona 5 follows a group of flamboyant young cat burglars. Think Lupin the Third by way of Degrassi.
God of War
Platform(s): PS4Genre: Beat-'em-up
Having torn the Greek pantheon asunder, Kratos (now sporting a scruffy beard) has set his sights on a new mythology to conquer: Norse. The fourth main entry in the legendarily brutal PlayStation series drops the numbering and looks like it'll force Kratos to control his endless rage, as he acts as the father figure for a young, as-yet-unnamed boy with latent lightning powers. Don't worry, you'll still slay plenty of fantastical creatures along the way - but expect a lot more character development and quieter moments in between all the carnage.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Platform(s): PS4, Xbox One, PCGenre: Horror
After Resident Evil 6 misfired by going all-in on mediocre action, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard wisely brings everything back to what first defined the series: survival horror. On top of RE7 recapturing the sense of dread and suspense from the earlier games, it's clear that P.T. was also a huge inspiration: you now explore the world from first-person, and the environments are suitably dark and dingy. The RE7 demos we've played have already terrified us (in a good way), so we're excited to see what kind of chilling scares and first-person combat await in the full game.
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