Runners up: Nioh, Bayonetta (PC port) First-person Shooterĭestiny 2 is the rare sequel that’s better than the original in almost every way.

If you’re lucky, and you’ve got over 100 hours to spend on the game, you may just end up saving Hyrule, again. While easily the weakest graphically of the three major consoles, Nintendo still managed to pull a stunner out of its hat, graphically-speaking, when it came to the newest Legend of Zelda title to grace our screens. Packed into a diverse map full of desert, wetlands, and lush forest, BotW has a non-linear quest structure that finds you solving puzzles, fighting baddies, and discovering new weapons to take on ever-more difficult foes. Link is back, and this time the pint-sized hero brings with him an open world that’s so immense and full of things to discover, it’s almost difficult to stop wandering around and actually play the game.

Breath of the Wild racked up so much hardware this year that we almost started feeling bad for our runners-up, which really didn’t stand a chance.

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