Gameplay: Open-world, lots of melee combat, exploration, RPG, crafting, patience-testing difficultyĭid you really expect Elden Ring not to be on this list? Making something on par with the Dark Souls trilogy and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was always going to be a challenge, and there was a lot of expectation, especially with George R.R.Graphics: Beautiful, imaginative, fantastical.Similar: Dark Souls series, Demon Souls, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Bloodborne, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.One big difference from most games of this ilk is that there's no chance of unintentionally missing a shot you know beforehand whether you will or won't hit something, with factors such as distance and cover determining the damage. However, the faster pace and several of its mechanics make the battles closer to the underrated Gears Tactics. If you like the juggling-many-plates-style metagame of XCOM, it's pretty much guaranteed that you'll enjoy Daemonhunters. There have been other XCOM-style turn-based tactics titles set in this universe, including the excellent Mechanicus, but this latest one is a challenger for the top spot. There was a lot of anticipation around the awkwardly titled Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters, but does it live up to the pre-release hype? Yes, yes it does.ĭeamonhunters deserves a place among the top five games to carry the Warhammer name.
There are a lot of PC games out there that carry the Warhammer name, and while the franchise can boast brilliance such as Dawn of War 1 & 2 and Space Marine, there's also absolute garbage like Dawn of War 3 and Fire Warrior. Gameplay: Warhammer 40K tabletop game brought to the PC, Strategic overview, RPG elements.Graphics: Cartoonish, but in a good way.Similar: Gears Tactics, X-COM series, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, Phoenix Point.And make sure to check out all our Best of 2017 features, detailing GameSpot's picks for 2017's best games. If you want to see our choices for the best games of 2017, check out our Game of the Year 2017 Top 10 List. Click forward to see 2017's best-reviewed RPGs, and make sure to check out all our Best of 2017 features for more.įor more on the best games by score on other big genres, check out our individual features highlighting the best strategy games, best sports games, best action-adventure games, best fighting games, and best shooters. Genres aren't black and white, but for this list, we've included games that are role-playing games first and foremost-while many of the year's best games include some RPG-inspired mechanics, like skill trees, we've left them off here. In this gallery, we're taking a look at the RPGs that got a score of 8 or above on GameSpot. Regardless of the style you like, 2017 has great RPGs for almost everyone-and across every platform. Many of the year's best games have been RPGs, from Persona 5 and Divinity: Original Sin II to Golf Story and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. 2017 has been a remarkable year for gaming, and a significant part of that has been the year's role-playing games.