{"id":2252,"date":"2017-01-01T15:31:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2017-01-09T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:47:03","slug":"2016s-games-i-didnt-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/2252","title":{"rendered":"2016’s Games I Didn’t Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While deciding on a GotY<\/b> for 2016 hasn’t proven easy, it seems like part of my problem is that I simply didn’t play as many games as I typically did in the past. It seems unfair, therefore, to actually choose a winner if many recipients of the much-coveted title weren’t even experienced by yours truly! Ultimately, nobody gives a shit about what I think, so this may just be a way of delaying my announcement. Without additional unnecessary ado, let’s look at some of what I missed. Mind you, I don’t expect all of these to truly be in contention; Uncharted 4<\/b> and Rise Of The Tomb Raider<\/b> are in the sights for the title.<\/p>\n

Overwatch<\/span><\/b>
\nI don’t know about MMO games. They’re not usually my thing, but with such clamor over this game’s awesomeness, I would be remiss to not even consider it.<\/p>\n

Titanfall 2<\/span><\/b>
\nDespite my lack of interest in the first title, I’ve heard stellar things about the campaign of this game. There’s no chance a straightforward FPS could win this title, but I would like to give the story mode a go. They’re usually pretty brief, right?<\/p>\n

The Witness<\/span><\/b>
\nNow we’re talking. A curious puzzler that I somehow didn’t get around to? My PSN purchases have been far more infrequent than several years ago. I want to get this one to try out with the wife.<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy XV<\/span><\/b>
\nWithout nearly as much spare time to play games as I used to have, do I really<\/i> even want to start this one? That’s a tough question. But if the desire is there, I think I’d fully enjoy this title.<\/p>\n

Gears Of War 4<\/span><\/b>
\nGears<\/b> and Gears 3<\/b> were both phenomenal 3rd-person action titles and they may be the best co-op experience I’ve ever had in a campaign. While I missed Judgement<\/b> and I don’t own an Xbox 1, I sure would love to try this one out. At least not owning the console is a good excuse not to have played it!<\/p>\n

Inside<\/span><\/b>
\nEveryone is claiming this game is wonderful but my time with the demo underwhelmed. I’ll get around to playing this one day. But a 3-4 hour campaign for GotY<\/b>? No way.<\/p>\n

Battlefield 1<\/span><\/b>
\nAnother game that everyone says is the bomb. Another game I’ll just have to get around to playing, even if it’s low on my priority hierarchy.<\/p>\n

Doom<\/span><\/b>
\nDon’t think I care enough about this one but it got good reviews. My experience with the demo showed it was a lightning-fast shooter that seems to hearken back to the roots of the series. *shrug*<\/p>\n

The Last Guardian<\/span><\/b>
\nI never actually beat Ico<\/b> or<\/i> Shadow Of The Colossus<\/b>! So what would make me think I would get around to actually completing this one? <\/p>\n

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa Of Dana<\/span><\/b>
\nAnother game I can’t be faulted for missing out on. This came out on the Vita with a PS4 version coming in a few months…but only in Japan so far. I’ll have to wait another year for this game, I fear. <\/p>\n

So…next up is actually figuring out which games are in contention. A bit late, I realize. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While deciding on a GotY for 2016 hasn’t proven easy, it seems like part of my problem is that I simply didn’t play as many games as I typically did in the past. It seems unfair, therefore, to actually choose a winner if many recipients of the much-coveted title weren’t even experienced by yours truly! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,4,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-blog","category-games","category-lists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/2306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}