Each year we expect games with better graphics, sound design, bigger actors and more marketing power than we can endure. Who wants to bet the next Grand Theft Auto game will have a Kellogg’s cereal toy tie-in?
But games are meant to be so much more than flashy graphics and explosive sounds that scare you more than that dreaded THX intro we all suffered through at the cinema. Thankfully, there were many games this year which went beyond simply making shapes and sounds to grab our attention.
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