<br>There are so many games already scheduled for 2017 that we couldn’t include them all. Not only is this a list of the games we’re more excited to play, but the ones we think are most likely to actually release this year. With any luck, by this time next year, we’ll have played every game here and be raving about how much they met (or didn’t meet) our expectations. It’s impossible not to be looking forward to something here, there is just too much coming <br><br> <br>Inspired by mega-hit multiplayer experiences like DayZ , Sea of Thieves aims to bring a level of AAA polish to a persistent online adventure. Sea of Thieves has pirates working together to find treasure or steal it. The high seas quest is as much about hiding and protecting your booty from adversarial squally-wags as it is about using your trusty compass to find it. The first major project from veteran studio Rare in years, Sea of Thieves should be a return to form for the company responsible for games like Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, and, of course, the original Donkey Kong Country games. Sea of Thieves is undoubtedly the most ambitious game the studio has ever worked on. With a great premise, excellent art style, and years of experience behind them, Sea of Thieves could be a real treas<br><br> <br>The Outlast games make you understand why you should be afraid. There are jump scares, the levels are tense, but more than any other horror game they let you confront evil before making you run away from it. In the tradition of phenomenal games born out of Montreal, the original Outlast was a surprise hit that oozes style. Like the first game, Outlast 2 puts you in control of a journalist investigating a derelict rural local, piecing together a larger mystery. Outlast 2 takes a lot of inspiration from classic horror movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and REC . The focus of the new game is a fanatic religious cult who believes the end is nye. Armed with your wit and a battery operated camera, you need to escape the Sonoran Desert in one pi<br><br> <br>South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut shocked movie theaters worldwide over 15 years ago. We’re happy to know Trey Parker and Matt Stone haven’t lost their passion for farcical pun titles. In South Park: The Fractured but Whole, the kids in town have quit playing make-believe as high fantasy adventurers and graduated to superheroes. We’re already sold on the premise, as the kids can’t agree on how to structure their cinematic universe, starting a civil war between them. Priceless. South Park: Fractured but Whole builds on the open world Games best settings-world exploration and classic role-playing combat of 2014’s South Park: The Stick of Truth , adding a wrinkle of tactical strategy to fights. With the series’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone coming back to work on another video game —bringing their wit and voice talent along with them— The Fractured but Whole is a sure <br><br> <br>Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Nintendo 64 classic Banjo-Kazooie . The smash-hit Kickstarter campaign hit its funding goal in less than an hour and brought in over a million dollars faster than any video game campaign before it. The game stars a green chameleon named Yooka and a purple bat named Laylee who venture off exploring colourful 3D environments collecting dozens and dozens of items along the way. The game is being developed by ex-Rareware developers, with music being composed by the legendary Grant Kirkhope and David Wise (responsible for most your favourite tracks from Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country ). Yooka-Laylee is launching simultaneously for almost every major console under the sun, showing a confidence rarely seen from indie crowdfunded proje<br><br> <br>It's clear when you start up Grand Theft Auto V 's story that Michael De Santa has some problems. Things start off in the present day with Mike venting with his shrink with how crappy his life is with his family, while his shrink Dr. Friedlander sits there asking open ended questions. While you're playing through the game's story, Dr. Friedlander will call on a number of occasions recommending the Michael come in to discuss his troubles. Should you choose to set up on appointment, Michael will join his shrink and they'll begin discussing whatever is on his mind. You may notice once Michael starts to talk, he'll subtly bring up some of your miscellaneous adventures in conversation. So the next time you've decided to grab a girl from the strip club or drive on the sidewalk and kill a few people, understand that it doesn't go unnoti<br><br> <br>We’ve been burned before. Ok… We’ve been burned over and over and over again for years. But'everything about Sonic Mania looks like it will be the best Sonic the Hedgehog game since the Genesis. During the Sonic 25th anniversary event, SEGA proudly presented Sonic Mania to Sonic fans young and old. They have earned the right to a certain amount of bravado since Sonic Mania looks like a dream follow-up to _Sonic & Knuckles _ made by people who understand and love those original games. It remains to be seen if they tie everything together, but it’s been ages since we’ve seen a Sonic the Hedgehog game with so much style and presence. After years of being disappointed, it would be delightful to have such an iconic video game character emerge triumphan<br>
